[Event "La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 1st Casual Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "1834.00.01"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 {Notes by Morphy} e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. e5 Nge7 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Ne4 h6 10. Nf6+
Bxf6 11. exf6 d5 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Qe1+ Kd8 14. Ne5 Nfxd4
{Apprehensive of 15.Be2. The following shows that 14...Ng3+
with a view of winning the exchange, would have lost Black the
game - 15.Kg1 Nxh1 16.Nxc6+ Kd7 (best) and White mates in
three moves. Black's proper move was 14...Re8, which would
have given him an evident advantage.} 15. c3 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6
17. Qxd5+ Ke8 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Bxc6+ Kf8 20. Qc5+ Kg8 21. Bf3
Qg6 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qe5 {The last two moves with the Queen are
not good. He ought to have played 22.Qf2 or 22.b3.} Re8
24. Be2 {This is clearly fatal. Almost all the commentators
recommended here 24.Qxc5, but in that case Black might have
obtained an almost winning attack by 24...g4, etc. The correct
course was to play 24.Kf2, after which, White, with ordinary
care ought to have won without much trouble. If Black then
check at c2, White would have interposed the Queen. If, again,
24...Bd7 the reply would be 25.Qd6. And, if 24...g4, White
would play 25.Be4.} f3 25. Kf2 fxe2 26. Be3 b6 27. h4 {This
again, was far from being well played, but did not affect the
ultimate result.} Bd7 28. Qd5 Qxf6+ 29. Kxe2 Bg4+ 30. Kd2 Rd8
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