Table No. 4 of the Café de la Régence blindfold display (Paris, Sept. 1858); an irregular defence by M. Guibert that held Morphy to one of his two draws on the occasion.
1…d5A move which Mr. Staunton adopted against Mr. Löwenthal at the Birmingham Tournament, but one that we are not disposed to recommend.
4…e6Black's game is cramped already, and his Q's B. shut in.
9.Ne5This enables White at once to throw forward the K. B's P., a move, as we have before remarked, which Mr. Morphy invariably takes the earliest opportunity of making.
16.dxe5Better than taking with the Bishop's Pawn, as White can now either play B. to Q. B's 5th, or P. to K. Kt's 4th with great effect, and it is impossible for Black to stop both attacks.
19.Bxd6The Bishop thus posted looks sufficient to render victory certain.
24…exf5Much better than capturing with Knight's P., as Q. to K. Kt's 7th would have proved an embarrassing reply to that move.
27.c4We should have preferred playing P. to K. R's 3rd; for an examination of the diagram we subjoin will show that it was only from being permitted to push P. to R's 6th that Black gained the chance of drawing.
35.Rd5A most ingenious conception, and one that would have ensured victory had not White's King been so exposed that he could not exchange the Rooks when he desired it.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source