De Rivière against Morphy, Paris — a Ruy Lopez, the second of the casual series and a hard-fought draw. Löwenthal praises de Rivière's able conduct of the game against so formidable an antagonist. Notes by Löwenthal.
5.Nc3This is not a good move, as it gives Black the time required for bringing out his K's B. P. to Q. B's 3rd is better.
11.Qe1To enable White to post his K's Kt. at K. R's 4th.
14.d4Kt. to B's 5th would not have been a prudent sacrifice, though it would have led to a strong attack.
17.Rxd4Taking with the Pawn would have cost the Pawn at K's 4th.
28…f5R. takes Kt's P. (at once) would have led to nothing better.
38.Qd8+And the game was abandoned as drawn. Considering the antagonist to whom M. de Rivière was opposed, too much credit cannot be given to him for the able manner in which he conducts this game throughout.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source