Board 3 of the Birmingham blindfold display; a Sicilian against Mr. Avery, one of the two games Morphy did not win — abandoned as drawn after a long rook ending.
9…Ba6P. to K. B's 4th would have been a better move.
10.O-OIf White had captured the proffered Bishop, Black would have checked with Queen at R's 4th, regaining the piece and strengthening his position.
13…Qb6We believe that Mr. Avery acted prudently in exchanging pieces and simplifying the game, Mr. Morphy having shewn himself so extremely accurate and skilful in complicated positions.
20…e5Very well played. We give a diagram of the position of the forces, which is one of much interest.
33…Rf7And the game was abandoned as drawn.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source