Two hundred years already, eh?

<February 1885, page 46:
‘When I first met Anderssen in 1862, he spoke in the highest possible terms of Morphy. ... In 1866 I had another conversation with Anderssen about Morphy. The professor had much cooled down in his enthusiasm, and he did not seem to think that Morphy could always have beaten him for certain. My own impression is that Anderssen, who could not play a single game blindfold, was at first overawed by Morphy’s wonderful sans voir performances, and he overworked himself by calculations out of his real depth. But he subsequently found that he could hold his own against blindfold players like Blackburne, Paulsen, Suhle and Zukertort, by relying on his natural fine judgment, and then he began to doubt whether his fear was based on real grounds.>> Paul Morphy (kibitz #6932)

Is it really conceivable that Anderssen couldn't play even one game blindfold? Can anyone identify a game, occasion or source to the contrary?

<MissScarlett: ... Is it really conceivable that Anderssen couldn't play even one game blindfold? Can anyone identify a game, occasion or source to the contrary?>

Blind games by Anderssen are very rare, but <Steinitz's quote isn't true!> ... - an example of Anderssen's 'sans voir skills' was given on page 13. at Bird's book 'Chess Masterpiece':

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Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848

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Comments by Henry Edward Bird:

20. Ng3 [Well played.]

25. Qg5 [If the Knight is taken by 25. exf6 the piece can be regained with Qe3+.]

29... Ne3 [Ingenious and perfectly sound, in fact, practically deciding the game in Anderssen favor. This interesting and excellent game, played by both without sight of board and men, would be considered a masterpiece if played by any two players with the board and men before them.]

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Another game was published at the 'Schachzeitung 1849 Vol 4' on page 141 (both played sans voir):

[Event "Blindfold Game"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1849.??.??"]
[White "Schlesinger"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 e6 3. d4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qb3 cxd4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Na3 Bd7 10. Be2 Rxa3 11. bxa3 Nc2+ 12. Kd2 Nxa1 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Bd3 Nc8 15. Rxa1 b5 16. Ne1 Nb6 17. Nc2 Be7 18. f4 O-O 19. Nb4 f6 20. Rf1 Nc4+ 21. Kc3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Ra8 23. Bc1 Nxa3 24. Rf3 Rc8+ 25. Kb3 Rxc1 26. Kxa3 Rc3+ 27. Kb2 Bxb4 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxc3 Bxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Kg6 0-1

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Eliot Hearst & John Knott - Blindfold Chess, p. 29:

'Anderssen occasionally played blindfold chess, and once he played against the sighted Kieseritzky at Simpson’s Divan in The Strand, London, in June of 1851, just after he had beaten Kieseritzky in the first round of the international tournament. Kieseritzky gave a pawn handicap and allowed Anderssen the white pieces and two moves at the start of the game. Perhaps Kieseritzky felt he had achieved a measure of revenge after his loss in the regular tournament, because he won this struggle despite the odds he gave. On the other hand, Anderssen played blindfolded while Kieseritzky did not.'

EDO 1851 Estimates
1 Morphy, Paul 2741
2 von der Lasa, Tassilo 2720
3 Anderssen, Adolf 2673
4 Petrov, Alexander 2627
5 Staunton, Howard 2607

EDO 1858
1 Morphy, Paul 2801
2 Anderssen, Adolf 2635
3 Löwenthal, Johann 2630
4 Petrov, Alexander 2629
5 Paulsen, Louis 2627

EDO 1870 Estimates
1 Steinitz, Wilhelm 2725
2 Anderssen, Adolf 2687
3 Neumann, Gustav 2663
4 Mackenzie, George 2636
5 Potter, William 2619

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[Event "casual"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "1859.01.??"]
[Round ""]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[EventDate "1859.01.??"]
[Source "Hazeltine Scrapbook v29 (1858)"]
[Source_url "https://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org
/digital/collection/p4014coll20/id/15844/rec/3"]
[Notes_1 "Source is a newspaper column(?)
- Louis Paulsen submitted the previously unpublished game"]
[Notes_2 "Source error on move w11 - see comment in PGN"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9.d5 Na5 10.Bb3 Nf6 11.Bb2 The Hazeltine scrapbook source gives "11. ♗ to ♕ 3d" which is nonsensical. ( 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Na4 Qd7 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.h3 Bh5 16.Kh2 Qe7 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 19.Rg1 f6 20.Qd2 Rf7 21.Qh6 ) ( 11.Be3 O-O 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Na4 Qd7 14. Nxb6 axb6 15.h3 Bh5 16.Kh2 Qe7 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 19.Rg1 f6 20. Qd2 Rf7 ) ( 11.Bc2 O-O 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Na4 Qd7 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.h3 Bh5 16.Kh2 Qe7 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 19.Rg1 f6 20.Qd2 Rf7 21.Qh6 ) 11...O-O 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Na4 Qd7 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.h3 Bh5 16.Kh2 Qe7 17. Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Nh5 19.Rg1 f6 20.Qd2 Rf7 ( 20...Kh8 ) 21.Qh6 1-0
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Because the source botched White's 11th (11. B Q3rd ?!?!), the game is a reconstruction. I left a couple of alternative variations in, though they should be stripped.

Q1- does anybody have another version?

Q2- When was it played?

Q3- Is there a better reconstruction?

Great found! This game is not included in the Anderssen collections.

Hazeltine's Chess Scrap-book v29 give the chess column's from <THE 'SUNDAY DELTA'> (New Orleans) - see: http://www.chessarch.com/excavation...

<Unfortunately I can't find Anderssen's game in Scrap-book v29...> A page number would be helpful!

Similar games from Anderssen in 1859:

[Event "Breslau"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Suhle, Berthold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Qf4 Bh5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Rad1 cxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Nf5 Nxd3 20. Qh6 1-0

Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1860 (wrong year)