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Morphy at the odds of his Queen's Knight against an amateur — an Evans's Gambit in which Black's Queen wanders and is punished. Notes by Löwenthal.
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10…Bd7
The best move, undoubtedly.
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14…Qb5
Weak, placing the Queen out of play, besides exposing her to attack.
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16.Qg4
This excellent move leads to a speedy victory:—
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21…Bxd6
There was little choice, for if Kt. to Kt's 3rd, White would certainly have played 22. R. takes Kt's P.
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 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qb5 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Qg4 Ne7 17. Qd7+ Kf8 18. Rb3 Bd4 19. Nf3 Bc5 20. Rc1 c6 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qg3 b6 24. Qc7 Rc8 25. Rd3 Re8 26. Rd8 Qa6 1-0