Morphy, Paul VS Bird, Henry Edward 1858.??.??

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Morphy against Bird, London 1858 — a casual Allgaier Gambit. Notes by Löwenthal.

1. 9.Nc3 One of Mr. Morphy's many excellent inventions; we first saw him adopt it with success against Mr. Medley.
2. 10.Ne2 Neutralizing the power of the adverse King's Knight.
3. 13.Bg5 With a winning position.
4. 13…f6 P. takes Kt., instead, would have availed nothing, because White by retaking Pawn with Queen would have regained the piece and brought his Queen into powerful co-operation.

J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source