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Back in the olden days, the strong players were often giving odds (pawn, pawn and move, two moves, knight, rook, queen, or some other handicap, as well as playing blindfolded). And we see their brilliant victories. There must have been disasters; probably threw those in the trash. I had a big laugh when I played over these two games, for they are the rarest of games, brilliancies played against the greatest masters. Hm, better not spot that guy a rook, but Morphy does spot him a rook and wins the next game.
G. Walker - L. C. M. de la Bourdonnais (remove Black's f-pawn): 1 e4 Nc6 2 Nc3 e6 3 d4 d5 4 e5 Nce7? 5 Bg5 Bd7?! 6 Bd3 g6 7 h4 c5? 8 Nb5 Bxb5 9 Bxb5+ Kf7 10 Qf3+ Kg7 11 Bf6+ Nxf6 12 Qxf6+ Kg8 13 Qxe6+ Kg7 14 Qf6+ Kg8 14 e6 1-0.
P. C. Morphy (remove White's a-rook) - C. A. Maurian: 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 Qh4+ 4 Kf1 b5 5 Bd5 Nc6 6 Nf3 Qh5 7 d4 Nf6 8 Bb3 Ba6 9 Qe2 Nxd4! 10 Nxd4 b4 11 Qxa6 Qd1+ 12 Kf2 Ng4# 0-1.