[D] The first step in a combination of admirable daring and ingenuity.
[E] Had he taken the Knight it would have cost him his Queen.
Game III.—Between Mr. Morphy and Mr. Harrwitz.
| WHITE. (Mr. M.) | BLACK. (Mr. H.) |
| 1. P. to K's 4th. | 1. P. to K's 4th. |
| 2. K. Kt. to K. B's 3d. | 2. P. to Q's 3d. |
| 3. P. to Q's 4th. | 3. P. takes P. |
| 4. Q. takes P. | 4. Q. Kt. to Q. B's 3d. |
| 5. K. B. to Q. Kt's 5th. | 5. Q. B. to Q's 2d. |
| 6. B. takes Kt. | 6. B. takes B. |
| 7. B. to K. Kt's 5th. | 7. Kt. to K. B's 3d. |
| 8. Q. Kt. to Q. B's 3d. | 8. K. B. to K's 2d. |
| 9. Castles on Q's side. | 9. Castles. |
| 10. K. R. to K's sq. | 10. P. to K. R's 3d. |
| 11. B. to K. R's 4th. | 11. Kt. to K's sq. |
| 12. B. takes B. | 12. Q. takes B. |
| 13. P. to K's 5th. | 13. B. takes Kt. |
| 14. P. takes B. | 14. Q. to K. Kt's 4th. (ch.) |
| 15. K. to Q. Kt's sq. | 15. P. takes P. |
| 16. K. R. takes P. | 16. Q. to K. Kt's 7th. |
| 17. Kt. to Q's 5th. | 17. Q. takes K. R. P. |
| 18. K. R. to K's sq. | 18. Q. to Q's 3d. |
| 19. K. R. to K. Kt's sq. | 19. K. to K. R's 2d. |
| 20. Q. to K's 3d. | 20. P. to K. B's 4th. |
| 21. Kt. to K. B's 4th. | 21. Q. to Q. Kt's 3d. |
| 22. Q. to K's 2d. | 22. K. R. to K. B's 2d. |
| 23. Q. to Q. B's 4th. | 23. Q. to K. B's 3d. |
| 24. Kt. to K. R's 5th.[A] | 24. Q. to K's 2d. |
| 25. Q. R. to K's sq. | 25. Q. to Q's 2d. |
| 26. P. to Q. R's 3d. | 26. Kt. to Q's 3d. |
| 27. Q. to Q's 4th. | 27. Q. R. to K. Kt's sq. |
| 28. K. R. to K. Kt's 2d. | 28. P. to Q. Kt's 3d. |
| 29. Q. R. to K. Kt's sq. | 29. Kt. to K's sq. |
| 30. Q. to Q. B's 3d. | 30. P. to K. B's 5th.[B] |
| 31. Q. R. to K. R's sq.[C] | 31. P. to K. Kt's 3d. |
| 32. Q. R. to K. Kt's sq. | 32. Q. to Q's 4th. |
| 33. Q. to K's sq. | 33. P. takes Kt. |
| 34. K. R. to Kt's 5th.[D] | 34. Q. takes P. |
| 35. Q. to K's 5th. | 35. K. R. to K. B's 3d. |
| 36. Q. to K's 7th. (ch.) | 36. Q. R. to K. Kt's 2d. |
| 37. Q. takes Kt. | 37. P. takes R. |
| 38. Q. to K's sq. | 38. Q. to Q. B's 3d. |
| 39. P. to K. B's 3d. | 39. K. R. to K's 3d. |
| 40. Q. to K. B's 2d. | 40. Q. R. to K's 2d. |
| And White abandoned the game. | |
[A] This looks promising, but does not turn out well. He had better, perhaps, have played K. R. to K. Kt's 6th.
[B] Well played. White must now beware, for his Kt. is in sore peril.
[C] This will not save the Kt. The best move was K. R. to Kt's 4th.
[D] Merely desperate.