[Event "USA Congress"] [White "Lichtenhein,Theodor"] [Black "Morphy,Paul"] [Site "New York"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "Efstratios Grivas"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "1857.10.22"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Bxe4 {(D) [#] White has just captured Black's knight on e4 and surely expected the recapture 10...dxe4 11.0-0, when White's king is safe and he has the better pawn structure.} Qh4 $1 ({Expecting the unclear} 10... dxe4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qe2 {. But, P.Morphy, the strongest player of the day, instead played the text zwischenzug, with the threat 11...Qxf2 #, so White cannot save the bishop.} )11. Qe2 dxe4 {(D) [#]} 12. Be3 $2 ({A lethal mistake. Forced was} 12. O-O Bd4 13. Nd2 O-O 14. g3 Qg4 15. Qxe4 Rfe8 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Re1 Bxe5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Bd2 {, when Black has the bishop pair and White the better pawn structure.} )Bg4 $1 13. Qc4 $2 (13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Bxc5 Rxd2 15. Nxd2 Qg5 $17 {, should be a better try...} )Bxe3 14. g3 (14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxa8+ Ke7 $19 {.} )Qd8 $1 15. fxe3 (15. O-O Bd4 $19 {.} )Qd1+ 16. Kf2 Qf3+ 17. Kg1 {(D) [#] Black can win with a number of moves, but he found the most accurate and spectacular!} Bh3 $1 18. Qxc6+ Kf8 19. Qxa8+ Ke7 0-1