Board 1 of the St. George's Chess Club blindfold display (20 April 1859); a King's Gambit Declined against Lord Cremorne, the first of Morphy's five wins.
10.f5A very good move, so hampering Black's game as to render the development of his pieces a matter of much difficulty.
10…Qe7Had his lordship, with the intention of breaking up the Pawns, played P. to Kt's 3rd, White, by replying with P. to Kt's 4th, would have maintained his position; neither would Kt. to K's 3rd have availed more for the second player.
12.Nc3Preparing to play the Kt. to Q's 5th, in order to cut off the adverse King's Bishop, which commands an important diagonal.
16…Na5Kt. to Kt's sq. would perhaps have been better.
18…Qf8K. to B's 2nd would have been a bad move, on account of the forcible rejoinder of P. to K's 5th, &c.
19.Bc3After this there is no hope for Black's game.
23.Qb3As this is all played blindfold, White's exactitude is most astonishing.
25.Ba6Finely played again. We give a diagram of this interesting position.
26.e5Q. to R's 7th might also have been played with much effect.
27.Bxb7+Winning in a few moves.
J. Löwenthal, Morphy's Games of Chess (1860) · Public domain · source