[Event "La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 1st Casual Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[EventDate "1834.00.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais"]
[Black "Alexander McDonnell"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 {Notes by Morphy} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 f5 {Weak; The
correct play is ...e5, which leads to an even game. As was
observed in a note to one of the preceeding games, M'Donnell's
radically unsound defences to the Queen's Gambit greatly
detract from the merit of these contests, so beautifully
conducted throughout by his antagonist. } 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c6
{Feebly played again. He should have brought out his king's
bishop at once.} 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. e4 b5 8. Bb3 a5 {All this is
deplorably weak. M'Donnell's conduct of this game would have
been unworthy of a player to whom he could have given the odds
of a piece. } 9. exf5 exf5 10. O-O a4 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Bg5
Qc7 13. Qe2+ Kf8 {Why throw a move away by not moving the King
to f7 at once? } 14. Rfe1 Kf7 15. Rac1 Qb7 16. d5 h6 17. dxc6
Qa6 18. Nxb5 hxg5 19. Nxd6+ Kg6 20. Ne5+ Kf6 21. Qh5 g6
22. Qh7 Be6 23. Nxg6 Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Qd3 25. Qe7+ {White could
have mated in two moves by two different lines of play, thus:
25.Rxe6+ Kxe6 26.Qf7 mate or more prettily 25.Qf7+ Bxf7 26.Ne8
mate. } Kxg6 26. Rxe6+ Kh5 27. Qh7+ Kg4 28. Rc4+ f4 29. h3+
Qxh3 30. Qxh3# 1-0