Annotations
Morphy at the odds of his Queen's Knight against an amateur — a Petroff's Defence finished in admirable style. Notes by Löwenthal.
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9.Bg5
If Black had interposed the B's P., White would have taken Pawn with Knight, and gained an advantage.
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16.Rxe6+
Played in admirable style.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source
[Event "Morphy, odds of the Knight"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Qe7 5. Be2 Ne4 6. O-O d5 7. exd6 Nxd6 8. Re1 Be6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Bh5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nxf7 Nxf7 14. Bg4 Nd8 15. Qxd4 Rg8 16. Rxe6+ Nxe6 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Qc5+ Kf6 19. Qf5+ Ke7 20. Rxe6+ 1-0