Board 5 of Morphy's five-board simultaneous at the St. James's Chess Club, 26 April 1859. A Ruy Lopez in which Löwenthal, playing White, steered for an end-game and held Morphy to a draw.
9.Qxd4Preferring end-games to any other stages of chess contests, Mr. L. purposely courts exchanges.
15.Ng3If White had moved B. to K's 3rd instead, Black would probably have taken Kt. with P., in order next time to play R. to Q's 7th.
16…h6It is necessary to prevent White from playing his B. to Kt's 5th, and then to B's 6th.
21…Bb6Black, it is clear, was threatened with the loss of a piece by White's bringing K's R. to Q's sq.
24.Bb2The only perfectly safe move; B. to K's 3rd would have allowed Black at least to take possession of the open file with his R.
25…h4Here commences a very pretty and instructive end-game.
28…Ke6If Black had taken P. with K., White would have pushed P. to R's 6th, with the better game.
33.Rg5The best move on the board.
43…f5If Black here play P. to Kt's 6th, White moves R. to K. R's 3rd (ch.) and then takes K. B's P.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source