S Y N O P S I S

C H E S S OP E N I N G S ,

A TAB U L AR ANAL Y S IS ,

W IL L IA M 9 OOK,

A Membe r o f the B i rm ingham Chess Club .

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AMERICANINVENTIONS INTHECHESSOPENINGS

F R E S H AN AL Y S IS S IN C E 1882 .

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Of the C inc innat i Commerc ial Gazette.

C INCINNATI

ROBERT CLARKE CO.

1 884

COPYR IG HT, 1884 ,

B Y ROBERT CLARKE

PREFACE TO THE TH IRD EDITION.

THE Author o f the Synops is has again the sat isfact ion to

learn that the demand fo r the last Ed it ion has been ex

haustive .

The Second Ed ition was i ssued i n 1 876 , and even duringthe sho rt space of five years many impo rtant d i scoveries

and improved methods of conduct ing the attack and the

defense have been published , and upon review ing the

examples so many imperfections were apparent , and cor

rect ions necessa ry ,that the Autho r saw the necess ity of

p ro duc ing an ent irely n ew book .

The means at his d ispo sal were adequate to the task ,but

the preparat ion o f the Tables was a labo rious u ndertak

i ng , which wo uld considerab ly delay the pub l icat ion o f a

book fo r which there i s st i ll a demand .

The author consulted a few lead ing members of the

B irmingham C lub,and they recommended that several

p rofic ients sho uld be co rresponded w ith to invite thei r

assistance , but this project met w ith but little enco urage

ment . A few amateurs,however

,unde rtook the task

,fo r

which the w riter wi shes publicly to exp ress his obligat io ns .

To.

Mese . A. and M . M ichael,Wi ldman

,and B ridg

water, o f the B i rmingham C lub ; M r. Thomas Bou rn,o f

C levedon ; Rev. H ewan Archdall,o f Newcast le -on - Tyne ;

Mr. Freebo ro ugh,o f H ull ; and Rev . C . E . Ranken , o f Mal

vern,for material assi stance i n the comp ilat ion o f the

Tables , o riginal variations in the openi ngs , and help in“

the

examinat ion o f p roof.

Inasmuch as the book does no t lay claim to o rig inality ,the acknowledgment o f the sources from which the varia

t ions have been co llected i s perhaps unnecessary ; but i t

should be ment ioned that the last E d it ion o f the Hand

buch des Schachsp iels , Mr . G ossip’

s Theo ry o f the Open

(3)

4 PRE FACE TO TH E TH IRD E D ITION .

ings , and Mr. Wayte’

s able reviews o f these wo rks,

together w ith the excellent Chess co lumn o f the F ield and

o ther papers , the New Chess Monthly, and the well- known

CHESS PLAYER’

s CHRONICLE,have been ind ispensable to the

production of the book .

~The'

Au t-hor has endeavored to p resent variat io ns that

have o ccurred in actual p lay to meet the object ion of some

who assume that but few of the pos it ions g iven in theo ryoccur in practice . This has been espec ially adopted in the

Irregular Open ings , which are illust rated ent irely from

pub lished games .

It has been necessary to considerablv enlarge the p resent

E d it ion ,but a compari son with the Second E d it ion ,

which

contained bu t eighty - two pages , w ill explain the slight i ncrease in the price of the book .

TheAu thor»has agai n to exp ress his regret at the delay in

the p ublicat ion of this E dit ion ,which demanded an inser

t ion of a briefAppend ix ,to introduce a few new variat ions

,

and would espec ially call the attent ion of the student to

the Paulsen attack in the Scotch, which has attained such

popularity within the last two years .

BIRMINGHAM, January, 1 882.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDIT ION.

Tho’

few are born with talents to excel,

Yet all may lea rn the art of d o ing wel l .IN p resent ing to the Publi c an add it i on to the already large li terature of

Chess, the wr i te r hopes that his litt le vo lume wi ll supp ly a need so often fel tand exp ressed by young p layers z—An Ana lys is of the Chess Op enings , recorded m a s imp le fo rm.

I t i s now generally admi tted that some knowledge of the autho r i zedOpen ings i s absolutely i nd i spensable to those who wou ld attain to any d egreeof p rofic nency in the Art o f Chess Play ing Membe rs o f a Chess club, o rthose who are in the habi t of meet ing s trong opponents, requi re no p roof,beyond the i r own exper ience to conv ince them o f the t ruth of thi s assert ion .

Un fo rt unate ly , in many of the exce llent t reat i ses where thi s branch ofChes s p lay i ng has rece iv ed spec ial and sepa rate attent ion ,

it has not been

t reated wi th suffi c ient c learness of exp ress ion and i llust rati on to render muchass i stance to the young s tud ent ; the end less games and var iat ions have on lytended to pe rp lex and d i scourage him when seek ing the knowledge he soardent ly d es i res .

The p opular idea of the abs truseness of Chess has not been d ispelled bythe many “

explanato ry ” books , and the g reat d iffi culty hi therto has been tofind out, in theo ret i cal t reat i ses , the moves that occu r to the student in actualp lay . To overcome thi s obj ect ion ,

i n stead of be ing p resented in the usuald ialogue fo rm,

the moves are here g i ven on Tables,the Whi te being p laced

abo v e the line. and the B lack be low; thus the p r inc ipal va r iat ions o f anypar ti cular Open i ng can be seen at a g lance, w i th the ad vantage o r d isadvantage of the line of p lay pu rsued ind i cated at f oot . The tabulated fo rm cm.

p loyed has neve r p rev ious ly been used by any E ngl i sh comp i ler ( fo r comp i lat ion . rathe r than authorship , i s demanded from those who now publi sh on

C he ~ s ) , but i ts ad vantages , when d isp layed in the famous " H andbuch desS chachsp iel s and “Alexand re

' s Ency c lopaed ia, are so o bv ious, that there

i s no reason why the system should no t be t rans fe r red to the pages of anE ngli sh publi cat ion .

Few p layers understand tho roughly even the synopti cal moves of theOpeni ngs , Pre l iminary chap ters are d evo ted e xp ressly to teaching the movesthat d ist ingui sh

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t he var ious debuts , and from whi ch they take the i r class ificat ion and nomenc latu re .

The wr iter expresses his obl igat ions to the Hal . ueh d es S chachsp iel s,1874 ; Wes tminste r Papers ,” “ Quarterly Chron i c le

,

” M r.Wo rmald’

s“ Chess

Open ings ,” and other excel lent t reati ses .He has taken i t fo r granted that the reader i s acquainted wi th the p rel iminary d etai ls of the moves of the p ieces and ru les o r the game ; the space

at his comm-

i nd be ing limi ted , his object has rather been to ass i st those who ,hav ing some knowledge of the game, seek to extend i t in the i r le i su re hours .I t i s in su ch hou rs that thi s book has been compi led , and in st r iv ing for thes impli c i ty whi ch has been his aim,

the wr i te r t rusts that nothing mater ialhas been sac r ifi ced , whi le d iffi cu lt ies hav e been remov ed .

The wr i te r lays no claim to o r i g inal i ty ; his object has been to rep resent,in a s imple fo rm,

the resu lt of mod ern anal y s i s in its lead ing featu res . The

ad vanced stud ent of theory must not expect to find thi s wo rk exhaust ive ; i tss cop e would no t p ermi t o f such an attempt . The c omp i le r t rusts , however,that t he learne r wi l l find mo s t of the in fo rmat ion of whi ch he s tands in need ,and that the advanced p rofi c ient may find i t useful to hav e fo r ready refe ren ce a tabular s tatement of the var ious Open ings , at a p r i ce within the reachof the C hess- p lay ing publ i c .

In conclus ion. his thanks are due to Thomas Bourn,E sq., and J . I .

M inchin,E sq . bo th of C li fton ,

for thei r invaluab le ass i stance,s o cheerfully

rendered . in co r rect ing e r ro rs and suggest ing imp rovements fo r the fi rsttabulated Chess ho o k p r inted in the English language

C L IFTON , C c lober , 1874 .

INDEX .

BOOK I .

’ —KING ’

S KNIGHT ’

S OPENING .

INTRODUCTION1P-K4 Kt-KB3P-K4 P-Q4

2P-KB4

2 Kt -KB3

B -QKt52 Kt -QBS

3

P-QB3 or &c .

4B -Kt3 or &c .

Kt-QBS

QP Counter Gamb i t

Greco CounterGambit

Petroff ’ s De fen se

Ph i l i d or’s Defen se 20

Buy LopezS cot ch Gamb it

G iuoco PianoE vans Gamb i t .

Evan s Decl ined 65

BOOKII .—KING ’

S BISHOP'

S OPENING .

INTRODUCTIONP-K4 B—QB4

P-K4 m Ki ng ’ sKnIght ’s De fenseTwo B i shop ’ s Open ing

P-KB4 The Calab ro i s Coun ter Gam bi tQEF Defense

BOOK III—KING ’

S GAMBITS .

r ac e

INTRODUCTIONP-K4 P-KB4 B -QB4 King ’ s B i shop ‘s

lP-K4 2

P x P Gamb i tKing ’ s Kn ight ’ sGambit

4P-KKtE) Salvi o Gambi t

O' OOHQC '

Muzi o Gamb i tKi eser i tz ky Gambi t 100

Kt'Kti" Allgaier Gambi tCunn ingham Gamb i t

Gamb it i ecl i n d 1 122r - Q4 or ne .

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BOOK INK—MISCELLANEOUS OPENINGS .

INTRODUCTIONP 4 I

'

t -KB -

“Ordz c .

1PK4

2Q 3

C en te r Gambi tP x PP' QBS

Dan i sh GambitKt-QB3

2 V i enna Open i ng 1 125

BOOK V . SEMI-IRREGULAR OPENINGS .

INTRODUCTIONP-K4

1P-K3 French Op en ing 121

Center C oun terG ambi t

S i c il ian Op en ing 1 24

1P-QKt3

Fianchetto d i Do nna l‘

Zfi

1P-K]{t3 Fian chetto di Ri i a;

BOOKVI .

—IRREG ULAR OPENINGS .

EX PLANATION O NOTATION AND TABLE OF

BREVIATIONS.

PLAN OF THE WORK.

The tab les are so ar ranged that each column contains the moves o f a sin

gle var iat ion . The moves are exp ressed as fract ions ; the move of the fi rstp layer, whom we invar iab ly callWhi te, being above the l ine

,and the move

of the second p layer , Black , below.

The notat ion i s the most con c i se Engl i shmethod in use at p resent , and wi l lbe easi ly understood by the reader .

ABBREVIATIONS .

lg stand s for King and King’s ch stand s for check

Q Queen o r Queen’ s d is ch d i s cover ing checkR Rook o r Rook ’s sq squareB B i shop o r B i shop ’ s x takesKt Kn ight orKn ight

’ s en pas en passantP Pawn or Pawn ’s even game

0 -0 Castles on King’ s s ide best moveO-O-O Queen ’s s ide weak move

super ior pos i tion o r game ( i f above the l ine fo r Whi te, i flow the l ine for B lack ) .

winn ing game for White. won game fo r Black .

The figures at the top of the tab les are the numbers of the columns,in

serted fo r referen ce.

The numbers in the marg in ind i cate the order in which the moves are to

be p layed .

BOOK I .

KING ’S KNIGH T ’S OPEN ING .

The King’ s Kn ight’s Op en ing i s p roduced when , after each player has

moved 1 P-K4 1 P-K4 , the fi rst p layer br ings out his Kt -KB3 on the secondmove.

Thi s method of framing an attack i s to be recommended , as i t p rolongs thetemp o rary advantage of the fi rst move more than any othe r open ing. On

thi s ac count some theor ists have adv i sed Black to adop t one of the cl ose defenses 1 P-K3 o r 1 P -QB4, thereby evad ing the Kn ight

’ s game, but i t i sdoubtful whether these l ines of p lay are sat i sfactory ; mo reo ver, dai ly p raet i ce p r oves that the strength of the KKn ight

’ s attack has been somewhato ver rated , fo r should Black conduct the defense w ith ac curacy

,i t must re

sult in an equal ity of pos i t ion .

The co r rect defense has always been a vexed quest ion i n the e arl iestwr it ings we have on Chess , the old Lat in manus c r ip ts at G ot t ingenan d L ucena

’

s treat i se we meet wi th the three d efen ses 2 P-Q3 , 2

Kt-KBS,2Kt -QRS, but nei ther exp resses an op in io n as to thei r comparat ive

mer i ts . Damiano ( 1 512) not ices only the latter, whi ch Lopez ( 1 56 1 ) de

clared to be unsati sfac tory ,on the ground that White m ight p lay 3 B -Kt5

with advantage, and recomm ended ins tead the P-Q3 defense.

Thi s v iew wasl

also taken by G reco who inefi‘

ectually endeavored tosubst i tute his fav or ite counte r gambi t 2 P-KB4 . G ianutio fo llowedby the I tal ian S chool , p ronoun ced in favor o f 2Kt-QB3 and a react ion set

in , whi ch resulted in the adopt i on of the Queen ’ sKn ight’ s Defense fo r nearly

two centur ies . In the midd le of the e ighteenth centu ry Philidor publishedhis “Analyse des E checs,” and on ce mo re asserted the c laims of 2 P—OS, butupon a d ifferen t p r in c ip le than that o f his p redecessors . H is op in ion wasfounded on the bel ief that Black , by p lay ing a certain counter gamb i t on

the thi rd move, could establ ish his Pawn s in the cen ter of the board ; and heeven declared “ that Whi te, by p lay ing out theKing

’s Kn ight on the secondmove, not only loses the attack , but g ives i t to the ad versary .

”I n his sub

sequent ed it ions -he con s ide rably mod ified [

thi s statement, and admi tted that

White could b reak up the center Pawn s wi th ad van tage. The Ital ian -de

fense has been the favo r ite move unt i l the p resent day , with the except ionof an attemp t made by the Russ ian s cho ol to popular ize the counter attack2Kt-KB3 prev iously not i ced by the anonymous wri ter of the G ott ingenmanusc r ipts .We think the game may be defended in e ither o f the three ways ment ioned ,

but every modern wr i ter must g ive the p referen ce to 2Kt-QB3 , whi ch i s

KIN G ’S KN I G H T ’S OPEN IN G . 1 1

p roduct ive of the most interest ing pos it ions . I t i s al so favorable to the reg

ular deve lopment of Black ’ s p ieces, yet i t y ield s Whi te the ad van tage o f a

select ion of p owe rful attacks , and fo r that reason requ i res much knowledgeof the game. The defense 2P -Q3 appears mo re s imp le, but i t shuts inBlack ' s Ki ng’s B ishop , and the game can on ly be Opened s lowly . The counter move 2Kt-KB3 lead s to an ev en game

,but i t does n ot answe r all the re

qu irements , i nasmuch as VVhite’

s attack i s not neutral ized .

We shall pas s ov e r , as unwo rthy of not i ce, the defen ses 2 P-KB3,2 Q-BB

,

and 2 B-QS. The fi rst,2 P-KBS

,on ly apparently p rotect s Black ’ s Pawn,

as W'

hi te may captu re i t wi th his Kn ight, and should Black p lay 3 P x Kt ,White ga ins a d ec is ive ad van tage by 4 Q 2 B-Q3 can no t be favo rab le fo r B lack , as it se r iously p revents the d ev elopment of the p ieces ; forthe same reason 2 Q B3 i s weak p lay , and i t i s no t p rudent to p lay the Queenso ear ly in the game . The fi rst section wi ll be d evoted to the counter gambi ts 2 P-KB4

,and 2 P-Ql ; sect ion 2 to the coun te r attack 2Kt-K'

B3 ; sec

t ion 3 to the defen se o f 2P-QB; and sect ions 4 to 8 to the var ious open ingsar i s ing from the defen se 2Kt-Q83 .

WHIT E .

“

1 P-K4

2Kt -K83

B lack has five replies—three counter attack s, and two defenses .F i rst C ounter Attack 2 P-Q4 z Queen

’

s Pawn .

S econd C oun ter Attack 2 P-KB4_—G reco ’ s .Thi rd C ounter Attack 2Kt

Fi rst D efense 2 P—Q3 z Phi lidor’

s .

S econd D efen se 2Kt-QB3.

F rom Black ’ s Second De fense, sev eral open ings ar ise. White can p lay3 B -Kt5 .

—Ruy Lopez .3 P-Q4 .

—S cotch G ambi t.

3 P-B3 .—Queen ’ s B i shop ’ s Pawn Game .

3 B -B4 .—I f Black reply 3 Kt- B3 .

—Two Kn ight’ s Defense .

And i f 3 B- B4 .— G iuoco Pian o .

3 Kt-B3 .—I f B lack rep ly 3 Kt -B3 .

—Fou r Kn ights’ Game.

I f B- B4 o r P-KKt3 o r etc—Three Kn ights ’ Game.

SECTION I .

COUNTER GAMBITS IN THE KING S KNIGHTS

GAME .

( 1 ) The G reco Counter Gamb it.

1 s eaP-KB4

defense i s' cons idered unsound , as by 3 Kt xP White obtains asup erior pos i t i on .

Although as a defense the “ G reco i s perhaps unsui ted for match p lay,yet as some of i ts var iation s g ive r ise to interest ing and int r i cate maneuvering,

it must cont inue to be a favor ite open ing wi th those who wi sh to avo iddul l games ; and an i nst ruct ive one to the young student

,

(21) The Queen’ s Pawn C ounter Gambi t.

P-K4 Kt—KBSPo i

Thi s al so i s a weak défense ; Whit e by p lay ing 3 P xP obtains at once a

sli rrht advantao e.O O

Tab le I .

—G RE CO’S COUNTE R GAMB I 'I'. 1 3

m m 3

8- 134 Q-R5ch 4:

P x P P-KKt3

Kt- B7 KtxKtPQ-K2 li t- B3

Kt x R Q-R3 Q- R4

P-Q4 R-KKtsq R -KKtsqB -K'

Z ! Kt x B P-K5 Kt x Bm a ? W E KT

“

P-QS Kt x RP Ii xi Q- RG

W‘ "

k r. x KPchQ-K3 flzq—t K-q

W_

Q x Kt li t -Ki ns

P-Q3 P—Q4 Q-R5ch

W Q-K3 Kx KtQ x BP B-QB4 Q x EPchW QT B mK-q Q x Kt P -QKt3

_

W“

B -K2 P-Q4

B x R li -q B-Kt2chB -Ktfich (ma 5 P-Q5 6

P B lack gets a good game by 3 P-Q3 , 4 P-Q4 4 P-K5 , 5 Kt-Kt5 ! 5 B xP,

If 3 Px

6 Q-K2 6 P-Q4 , 7 Q -Kt50h 7 Kt-B3 , 8 Q t P 8Kt x P 9 B -Kt 5 ch 9Kt . 1 9 3

B -B4 3 P-QS, and the game i s resolved into the Lop ez Coun ter Gambi t . See

p age 23 .

Or 9 KKt—QGch 9 K-q , 10Kt-KKt5 10 Q xQeh. 1 1 B x Q 1 1 B t , 12 Kt -B7ch 12

K-K‘Z, 1 3 Kt x R 1 3 B -K3 , 14 B—QR 14 li t-B3 , 15 B-KKt5 15 QKt-Q2, 16 Kt-Kt60h 1 6

P xKt , 1 7 B x P, and Wh ite has the best o f the game.

If 9K-q Wh ite win s by 10Kt x Pch 1 0K-B2, 1 1 Q x Q 1 1 B x Q 12KKt-R5 , savingboth the Kn ights , with two Pawns ahead.Mr. Gos si p recommend s 4 Kt xKt, then 4 QPxKt 5 P-KS. If 4 P- Q4 4 Kt-BS ! 5Kt xKt 5 QPxKt, G P—KE) , 6 Kt-K5 , 7 B -QB4 7 P- B4 , 8 P

-Q5 8 P-B3 , 9O-O+ .

Cont inued 1 4 B -Kt5 1 4 Q- li4ch , 15 P-B3,1 5 Q xB , 1 6 R x Bch 16 K-q ,

1 7 Q xQ ] 7R xQ

l l Q-B3 1 4 Q- R5,15 P-Kt3 15 QKt-Kfl, 16 Q-Kt‘z 1 6 Q -R3 , 17 P

-KB4 1 7 B -B4+ .

1 4 Tab le II .—QUEEN ’S PAWN COUNTE R GAMBIT .

Q x PKt- B3Q-KS Q—R4

B-Kt5ch 1 B B4

B-Q2 KtLQB3

0 -0 0 - 0

P-QR3 B-KKt5

B x Bch P-KR3Kt x B B

Kt-KKt5+ P-Q4 P-R3

0 - 0 -0

R-q

1 The following var iat ion occu rred in a match game between Mr . Wi sker and Mr.

B i rd —5 P-QKt3? 5 Kt-QB8, 6 B -B4 6 Q-Kt3 , 7 Q-K2 7 B -QS, 8 P-Q4 8 B -KKt5 .

See C i ty o f London Magaz ine , Vol . I , p . 1 3.

2 Mr. Wormald con s iders th i s m ove p re ferable to 3 P-K5 or 3 Q x P.

3 If 3 B -Q3 , 4 P-Q4 4 P x P, 5 B-QB4 5 B xKt , 6 Q-R5 6 Q-K2! , 7 P xB , etc .

SECT ION II .

M. P ETROFF’

S COUNTER ATTACK.

1P-K4 Kt-KB3P-K4 Kt-KB3

Thi s counter attack , styled by Maj o r Jaen isch,in his Anal y se Nouvel le

,

the two Kings’ Kn ights ’ game, i s fi rs t found in the G ott ingen MSS . ; nearlyall subsequent w r iters hav e analyzed i t , but .ih a style who lly unworthy ofits me r i ts .It was rev i ved by M . Petrofl'

,the l ion o f Russ ian Chess . In “ L a

Palamede fo r 1842, Jaen i sch p resented a sear ching analys i s,and supposed

i t to be the best counter move to the King’ s Kn ight

’ s attack. S oon after’thi s move was cons idered unsound

,

'

i n con sequence o f the un favo rab le terminat ion of a co r responden ce game p layed between the clubs of Pesth and

Par i s at thi s open ing. Modern theo r ists cons id e r the Petrofi "

s counter attack fai l s to neutral ize the ad vantage of fi rst move.

White has four l ines o f attackColumn s

F i rs t 3 Kt x P 3 P 3 best 4 Kt-KBS !4 Kt x P ?

3 Kt x P?S econd 3 3 84

Thi rd 3 Kt-B3 S ee Three Kn ights’ Game.

Fourth 3 P-Q4 1 7—1 8

1 6 Tab le III .—Petroff ’s C oun ter Attack , or Ru s s i an D efense .

“

11-qKt- B3 5 Kt -Q3

P-KR3B -K3

Q-Kt30 - 0

“R -Ktsq Kt-B3 B x BP60 -0 P- B4 3

B-QKt5 Q-K2 Kt x B Q x B0 -0 Q xKt

‘

B -B2

P-QR4

Kt-R4—4

Maj or Jaen i sch recommended th i s as thebest move i n th i s p osi tion .

Mr. Gossip ,in

“ Theory o f the Che ss Op en ings , ” gives 9 B -KZ as best.Or 1 1 Kt x Kt, 1 2P xKt 12P-B4, 1 3 B -KB4 1 3 B -QS, etc .

These moves are from a game between H err Lowenthal and Mr . Morphy .Von H eydeb rand d er Lasa p re fers th i s move to 8 B—KKtS, or 8 B -K3 .

1 1 Q x KtP i s very in feri or , e. g . 1 1 Q x KtP 1 1 B -Q4 , 12 B x BP 12Kt-QR4 , 1 3B -QKt5ch 13 P-B

7 In a corresponden ce game between Cambr idge and Dubl in , the followingmovesoccu red z—IOB - B3 , 1 1 QKt-Q2 1 1 Kt-K2 1-2B -K5 12Kt-Ki 3 , 1 3 Q-B2+ .

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1 8 Tab le V .—Petrofi "

s C oun ter Attack , or R u ss ian D efense .

P-Q4 5

B-Kt5ch

s o5 4

Kt—B3

Kt- B3

B-KKt5 -J,

Mr. Coch rane ’ s attack , consi dered un soun d .Mr . Thorold has i ntroduced a p leas ing vari at ion i n the attack by 5 P-Q4.

6 P x Pwould giveWhit-e three Pawn s for hi s p i ece .

6 B -KKt5, 7 P-KB3 7 B-K3 i s cons i dered by Mr.Wormald more forcible than themove i n the text.

Petroff’s vari ation con sidered weak play .

Tab le V I .—Petrofi

‘

s C ounter Attack , o r Ru ss i an D efen se . 1 9

P-K4

Kt-KB3Kt-KB3

B- B4 1

Kt x P ! 2Kt- QB3Kt xKt Kt-QB3

QP xKt B x PchP-KB3 3 Kx B0 - 0 Kt xKt6Q-K2 P-Q l

r Kt-R4 4 KKt-KtSch?P-Q3 ? A K-q

8Q-RSch Q-R5ch

K-q P-Kt3

P- B4 Q- B3

B-K3 B-K154+B x BQ x BP x PQP x P

12B-K3+

1 3

1 Th i s var iat ion also ari ses i n the King ‘s B i shop ’ s Open ing by 1 P-K4 1 P-K4 2B - B i

2KtK-B3 3 Kt -KB3 , where i t i s more fully analyzed .

3 li t-B3 wou ld resolve the game into the “ Two Kn ights ’ De fense.

I f 5 P-Q il , GKt xP+ or 6 Kt-Kt5+For 7 R-q see KB op en ing , page 76 , C 0 1 . 2-6 .

If 7 P-Q3 7 B -Q3 , 8P-KKt3 8Kt -Kt4, etc .

7 P-KKt3 i s the best move . See the King ’ s B i shop ’ s open ing , p age 76.s

er

p

en

ts

P-Q4

B x PKt -KB3

B-Kt3B-Q3

P-Q3

O-U

P-KRSP-KRS

B-K3Kt- B3

Q—Q2

Q-K2P-Q4

Kt x PB-QB4

P-Q3

P x B IQ xKtU-U

Q x PQ-K2

P—K'B4

Kt-QB3

Q-K4Kt-QR4 R-q

K-qQ- R5

Kt-Q2Q- B4ch

QKt -B3

Kt xPP-Q4

Q—K2B- B4 !

P-Q3'

B x PchK-qB-Kt3

B-Kt3Q-K2

B x PQ xKt

B-Kt3Q-R t4 l

0 - 0

Q x KtR—q 5

B-QB4

Q-K2B-KKt5

Q x B

B xPch

Q xKt —K- Bsq

Q X Q —‘

E x R

Q- BSch

SECT ION III .

PH IL IDOR’

S DEFENSE .

The Philidorian defense to the KKt game, as obser ved befo re, was fi rstnot i ced in the Gott ingen MSS ’

. Philidor,the celebrated F rench p layer ,

populari z edr and remodeled it .

Several interest ing games , p layed by his contemporar ies,Mess rs . Attwoodand W ilson ,

i llust rat i ve of thi s open ing, as p layed then,may be found in

Walker’ s Chess Stud ies , a work contain ing the immen se n umber of one

thousand games, p layed p rev ious to the year 1 844 .

I t i s general ly cons idered a safe defense, but p roduct ive of a c rampedpos it ion fo r the second p layer .Whit e can p lay 3 P-Q4 best, o r 3 B-B4.

F i rst—3 P-Q4 ,B lack has five defenses .

3 P xP best Col . 1 8

3 Kt-KB3 9- 10

3 B-Kt5 1 1

3 Kt—Q2 12

3 P—KB4 1 3—1 6

S econd . .—3 B-B4. Black has three defen ses .

3 B-K2 ! Col . 1 7

3 P~ QB3 Note . 1 6

3vP-KB4 Col . 18

Q

W

P

OO

M

H

Tab le V II .—PH IL IDOR ’S DE FEN SE . 21

If 5 P-KB3 , 6 B -R4 6Kt-B3 , 7 Q -Q2 7 KKt-K2, 8Kt-B3 8Kt-Kt3 , 9B -B4+

5 B -K3 results in a s im ilar posit ion .

7 P-B3 i s in fer ior ; 8 B -R4 8K‘

t-RS, 9Kt-B3 9 Q-Q2, 10 O-O-O 1 0 B -K2, 1 1 KR-q ,

wi th a good op en ing .Th i s move , the invention o f H err Pau lsen , the

“ Handbu ch ” con s iders farsup erior to 5 P-K5 .

Con t inued 1 3 Q xKt 13 Q x Q , 1 4 B x Q 1 4 KR-q , 1 5 B -K2 1 5 B -QKt5= .

Morphy and Riviere recommend 7 P-KB4 7 B -KKts, 8Kt-KB3 8 P-QB3 , 9P-KR3+.

22 Tab le V II I .—PI-IIL IDOR ’S DEFEN S E .

Kt KB3 s B-Kt5 a» W“

Kt-B3 ! P xP 9 P x P 1 1

P x P Kt x P B xKtB-Q

‘

B3 Q x P B-QB4 Q x BB-K2

Q-Kt5

Q x Qeh

7 Con

5

ti

61u ed from

.

a game Morphy-Barn es : 1 3 Kt xKt 1 3 P xKt, 1 4 Q-B4ch 1 4 K-q ,

1 -O+ .

8 In the“Chess World , 1869, p . 69, Jae-n i sch advocated th i s as Black ’ s best move ;

the Handbuch declares i t to be in ferior to 3 P x P.

9 Or , 4 B -KKt5'

l 4 P x P ! 5 Q x P 5 B -K2, 6 Kt-B3 -6 0 -0 ,7 0 - 0 -0 7 Kt-B3= .

1 o Q~ B3 , 7 Q-QKtS, followed by 8Kt-QB3+ ,or, i f 6 Kt-KB3 , 7 Q-QKt3 win s a

awn .

1 1 H err S teinitz recommend s 4 P-QRS.

Tab le IX .—PH IL IDOR ’S D E FE N SE . 23

H err Z ukertort ‘ s attack , now generally p referred to the old attack 4 P xKP.

Or 4 Kt QB3 , 5 B -QKt5 5 P xKP, 6 QKt x P 6 P-Q4, 7 Kt x P 7 P t , 8 Kt t

8 P t , 9 B xPch+ .

If 6 Kt -KR3 . 7 Kt-QB3 7 P-B3 , 8KKt P 8 P t . 9 Q-R5ch 9 P-KKtS, 10 Q-KS10 R -Kt sq, 1 1 B -KKtS. Th i s move decides the game in Wh i te ’ s favor. If B lac k

now p lay 1 1 B- e or 1 1 Q-Q3 , Wh ite win s by 12 R-q . I f 1 1 Q- X l3 , 12 0 - 0 - 0

Kt -Kt5 , 1 3 Q B4 , and w ins ; and i f 1 1 B -Kt2, 1 2 P-K7 1 2Q sKt3 13 0 - 0 -0 , sacr ificingthe Quee n and winn ing .I f 7 Kt- B7 ? 7 Q- B3

, 8 B-K3 8 P See a game, Barnes—Morphy . Morphy ’ s

Games , p . 280 .

Or 3 P-QBS , 4 P-Q4 4 P-Q I, 5 Px Q ? 5 P—KS, 6 Kt-K5 6 P‘

xP, etc . ,

lead i ng to an evengame .

Or 5 QPxP 5 QP xP,6 Q c h 6 Kt , 7 Kt x P 7 1 ’ x P

B- B4

B 1 6

P xKP P-Q4

P xKP1 3 BP xP P xP

QKt x P Kt-Kt5 Kt x PP-Q4 Kt-KB3

Kt x P P-K6 Kt-QB3P xKt B-QB4 1 4 0 - 0

Q-B5ch Kt xKP—1 5 O-O

P-KKt3 B-K2 Kt x PKt x P Kt xKtKt-KB3 P-Q4

‘ i‘ Q—K5ch B x PQ x BKt-QB3Q-q

B-B4

Kt-R3

P-KB4

P-Q l

Kt-QBs

Kt-Kt5 ! 1 7Kt-KR3

P-Q5

Kt-K2

Kt-QB3P- BS

P- B4

P x QPP x QPP-K5B-Kt5ehP-Q2

Kt-K6+

SECT ION IV .

THE KNIGHT’

S GAME OF RUY LOPEZ .

P-K4 Kt-KBS B-Kt5P-K4 2 Kt -QB3

3

The invent ion of thi s p owerful attack has been e rroneously as c r ibed to

Buy Lopez , a Span i sh p r iest, who wrote a t reati se on Chess,in Span ish

whi ch was afterward t i anslated into I tal ian and F ren ch.

rl‘he cont inuat ion 3 B-Kt5 i s n ot i ced in the Gott ingen MSS . and

Lucena consequently we can not g ive to Lopez the c red i t of i ts'

in

vent ion .

It has attained uni versa l p opular ity in all important matches and tournaments , and was so frequently ad opted in the Par i s Tou rney , 1878, and in thelate mat ch between Z ukertort and Rosenthal , that i t has been remarked i tseems as i f our Chess masters hold the op in ion that the advantage of the fi rstmove can not be ma intained in any othe r open ing i f we excep t the c losegame.

The p os i t ion s in the Fou r Kn ight’ s Game are s imilar and o ften identi cal

with the Lopez ; i t should therefore be stud ied in connect ion with thi s opening as the most 1mportant var iation in the Lop ez , 4 Kt-QB3 t ransfers thegame into the Fou r Kn ight ’ s Op en ing.

Her1 en Z ukertort, Rosenthal , and other first- rates, have rejected Mo rphy ’ sfav or ite defen se 3 P QR3, p robably on account o f the dullnes s of the pos it ion s whi ch ar i se therefrom,

but S te in itz says, in the Field , that he does notthink any palpable infer ior i ty can be demonstrated fo r the second p layer i fhe adop ts 3 P-QR3 , whi ch i s an other way o f say ing that it i s us e ful in cer

tai n var iat ions to have played 3 P—QR3 , and that in others it does not in any

way comp romi se or mater ially alter the pos it ion .

1

B lack has six defensesF i rst 3 P-QE3 !

S econd 3 Kt-B3 !

Third 3 Kt—Q5Fou rth 3 KKt-K2

F i fth 3 13- 134 ?

S ixth 3 P-KKt3

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Tab le X I .—RUY LOPE Z

.

KN IGH TS ’ GAME .

Q-K2 1 3P x P 1 1

B-Kt3Kt -K5 B—Kl2 1 4 B- B4 1 5

P-QR4

B-QKtsqP x P P xP

Kt K2

B Kt z

Q.Kt -Q2Kt—B4 Kt ‘

xKt 0 - 0

Q xKtKt -B4

Or 5 B -K2, 6 P-Q4 6 1’ x P

, 7 BK5 same as C o l . 10.

5 Kt xKP or 5 Kt x Q? are i n fer ior .F irs t . 5 Kt x 1( P, 6 0

- 0 6 B -K2,7 P x P 7 0 - 0 . 8 P- B3+ .

S e c on d 5 Kt x Q I’ , 6 Kt xKt 6 PxKt , 7 P-K5 7 Kt-K5 8Q x P+ .

The“ H andbu ch ” d i smisses the game as even The u sual continuation i s 1 1

Kt-QBS. Black shoul d rep ly 1 1 P-B3 to ay o 1d the following var'iation :,

—1 1Kt -QBS 1 1 Kt-K3 , 1 2 Kt-B5 12B-Kt4, 1 3 Q-Kt4 1 3 B x B ,

14 QR xB 1 4 Q-Kt4, 15Q x Q 1 5Kt x Q, 1 6 li t -K7ch 1 6 K-q ,1 7 P-B4 , etc .

T

ge E di tors o f the “ Chess Mon thly " censu re th i s early development o f theueen .

Played by H errZ ukertort at the Hambu rg T ourney.Or 6 B-K2, 7 P-QR4 7 P-Kt5 , s P-B3 s 0

Kt-K3

Kt xPB-K2

B-K2

R -qKt-B4 0 - 0

B x Kt 0 -20

QP x BKt x P0 -0 1 2

Tab le X I I .—RUY LOPE Z KN IG H TS ’

GAM E . 2?

The Berl in De fense now becom ing the m o s t p o pu la r on accoun t of the tran sformat1ou o f th i s open i ng i n to the Fou r Kn i gh ts '

Game .

Played twi ce i n the Ro senthal - Z ukertdrt match . Wh i te continued by exchanging Queen s , bu t the u s ual move i s 9 Q-K2.

The attack 6 Q -K2 was tw i ce adop ted by Winawer in the celebrated tie matchat the Pari s Tou rn ey , bu t Wi nawer he re p layed 9 li t-Q4.

Or 6 B t 6 Q ? x 13 , 7 Kt x P 7 B -K2, 8 P-Q3 8O-Oz, e tc .

If 8 P-Q4 the co rrec t answer i s 8Kt x B ! , 9 R t 9 P-Q4 , and no t 8P-KBS, on aocou n t o i 9 R - q .

I f 7 QKt x P, 8 R-q .

In another game , i n the Rosen thal - Z ukertor t match ,8 R -q was p layed , bu t i ti s in fer ior to 8 li t -B5 recommended by S te ini tz .

Th i s column i s from the Rosen thal- Z ukerto rt match .

7 Kt-Kt4 i s worthy o f analys i s .

If 8B xKt, the var iat ion i s s im i lar to Col . 10.

28 Tab le XIII .—RUY LOPE Z KNI GH T S ’ GAME .

The vari at ion s ari s ing from the attacks 4 P~Q3 and 4 Q-K2 are sim ilar to thecolumn s 1 and 1 1 , bu t i n a con sultat ion game—B i rd and Mason Blackbu rne

and l lofi‘

er—the fol lowing variat ion occured z—4 Q -K2 4 B -B4,5 B xKt 5 QPxB

,

6 Kt xP 6 Q-Qf) , etc ending i n a draw.

Mr. B ird ’ s defen se.

From a game i n the Vienna Tou rney—Anderson -Blackburne .

The Ed i tors o f the Vienna Tou rney Games recommended th i s move.

Recommended i n “ La Stratégie .

”

If 9 B -KKtS, the an swer would b e 9B x Pch .

From a consultati on game between Delmar and Macken zie and Bren z i nger andMason .

—See “Chess Player ’ s Ch ron i cle , ” 1878, p . 60.

Tab le X IV .—RUY LOPE Z KN I G H T S ’ GAM E .

25

P-K4P-K4

Kt-KBSli t

B-Kt5K li t-K2?P-Q4 ! 3 3

FT P

Kt x PKt xKt

Q xKtP-QB3 P-

.QR3

B-R4

P-Q4 P—QKt4

Kt- BS B-Kt3Kt- B3

Q-Q5

(2- 3 3

The strongest cont inuat ion , as p layed by Blackbu rne again s t S tein i tz , i n the

V i enna Tourney ; i t p reven ts the second p laye r from develop ing hi s game byP-Klft?) and B -Kt‘Z . The other cont inuat ion s for Wh ite 4 0 - 0 and P-B3 areobeo ete .

Th i s vari ati on i s taken from the Chess Playe r ’ s Chron i cle , ” June , 1878.

Mr. Boden ’ s defense ,

From a game be tween Morphy and Lowen thal .The other defen ses at Black ’ s comman d are 3 P-B4 , 3 Q ‘ BS , and 3 P-QS ; they are!1ev

!1

iadop ted i n any imp o rtan t con tes t , and result , wi th best p lay , un favorab lyor ack .

B -B4

P B3

Q-KZ 3 50 -0

P- BS

P Q4

B-Kt3

li t- R3

li t-q

Kt- B4li t- 82

li t-K3P-BS

Kli t-K2

0 -0

0 -0

P—Q-l

P x P

B x PB -Kt3

P-Q5

Kt -KtsqP-QG

l’ x Pwa s 3 6 B-KB4+

SECT ION V.

THE SCOTCH GAMBIT.

1 2Kt-KB3

3P-Q4

P-K4 Kt -QB3

Thi s var i ation of the King ’ s Kn ight ’s attack i s replete with interest and

Var iety ; i t i s o ften ad opted w i th success i n important match games, by the

greatest Chess masters of the day, though the result of modern ana lys i s isin favo r o f the second p layer .The first not i ce of thi s open i ng occurs in the early I tal ian wr iters , E r cole

Del R io and Loll i ° and was fi rst t reated in i ts mi no r detai l s bv the “Anonymou s Modenese but received litt le attent ion t ill the celeb rated matchbe tween London and Ed inburgh ; to the complete suc cess of the S cotch

,in

both the attack and defense of the Opening, i ts des ignat ion i s owing.

E very theor i st admi ts that Black can not,without dec ided l oss , refuse to

captu re the p roffe red Pawn .

H e has two methodsF i rst 3 P x P

S ec ond 3 Kt x PIn the rep ly 3 P x P W’ hi te can cont inue thus

4 Kt x P

4 B-QBl

4 P- B3

Tab le X V .

—S COTCH GAMBIT . 3 1

Q-R4+

Th i s line o f p lay , recovering the Gambi t Pawn at once , i s at leas t as strong , i f nots tronger , than 4 B -QB4 , and the attack i s more endu ring .Mr. Pull ing

’

s'

coun ter attack ; gi ven by the H andbuch as B lack ’ s best reply .

Th i s and Black ’ s i ollowingmove can no t w i th safety b e reversed ; for i f 5 Q xKPchthen 6 BKS 6 B -Kt5eh , 7 Kt -QQ, etc . , w i th the be tter game .

Th i s variation has not yet been p roperly analyzed , b ut i f the best moves areg i ven for Black in th i s column , i t w i ll go tar toward abol i sh ing the de fen se4 Q- RS.

1 0 li t-R3 i s stronger , as p ointed out by Messrs . S te in i tz and Potter.The above moves occurred in a correspondence game between Vienna and Lond on , won by the latter .

C ont inued i n a game between H erren Rosen thal and S te in i tz , as follows :1 4 Kt- B4 1 4 B t -h

, 15 P x B 15 Kt x P, 1 6 li t-K3 1 6 R t ,1 7 B xR 1 7 Kt ,

18 R x Kt 18 Q x RP, and Black should win .

To avoid 6 B -Kt5, etc.

3 2 Tab le X V I .

— S COTCH GAMBIT .

9 Th i s move i s the invention o f Mr . G . B . Fraser , and lead s to many interesting andd iffi cult p osit ion s . A good analysi s o f i ts p rincipal var i ati on s , by Mr. Fraser.1 5 to b e found in the January and February numbers o f “ The Ches s Player ’ sChron i cle , ” 1877 .

1 0 To b e followed up by 121 Q xKtP 14Kt x EPch , 15K-Q2 15 R-KBsq, 16 Kx Kt16 P-QS, 17 QR-q with the bettergame .

1 1 Con tinued thu s. i t B x Kt 14 P x B , 15 Q-QR6 15 B tQtl

t , 1 6 Kt-QBS 1 6 B -KB3 ,1 7Kt x B 1 7 B xKt , 18Kt -QKt4 18B -QKtS, 19 R-K7 19Q-

‘

E sq, 20Kt x Pch 20K-q ,

21 Q-Q3 21 QR-q , 22Q-K4 , etc . , wi th a grand game.

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3 4: Tab le XV I II . S COT CH GAMB IT .

B-QB4

Q-K2!

5 B -KKt5 or 5 B -QB4 also results in an even game .

6 B K?) i s favorable for Black .

7 Kt -Kt5 , followed by S 0 - 0 8B -QB4 at fi rst s ight app ears stronger , but Wh i tecan rep ly wi th 9 B -KB4 and afterward dr ive back the Kt.9 13 - 1q i s stronger .These moves are taken from a con sultat ion game p layed by Messrs . Z ukertort and Blackburne aga in s t Messrs . S te in itz and Potter .If 5 Kt-BS or 5 P-Q3 see G iuoco Pian o op en ing .6 P xP i sweak ; 7 Q-Kt3 7 Q-B3 , 8Kt x P 8KKt-K2, 9 li t-Q5 9Kt x Kt, 10 P x Kt10 Kt-K2, 1 1 B -KKt5 1 1 Q—K

‘

rS, 12 B -Kt5ch 12 P-QBS, 1 3 B x Kt, 13 K x B,

1 4KR -q eh , with a wi nn ing p os ition .

Tab le X IX .—S COTCH GAM B IT . 3 5

23 The fol lowing con t inuati on i s from “ The H andbu ch 1 4 Q x P 14 Kt-K4 ,15 Q -K2 15 Q R6 , 1 6 Kt-Q2, 1 6 P and Black w in s .

24 If 1 4 B x P 1 4 Kt xB , and then C astles , with a safe p osition and two Pawn s ahead'

.

25 Mr . Wormald , in “ The Chess Op en ings ,” says B lack p reserves the GambitPawn , with at least an equal posit ion .

3 6

26

27

28

29

3 0

3 1

3 2

Tab le XX .- S COT CH GAMB IT .

7 B zBsq 7 P-B3 or 7 K-E sq results favorably for Wh i te.

C on t inued thu s : 1 4 P-B4 1 4 B -B4ch ,1 5 K-q 1 5 P-KKt3 , 1 6 B B ?

The above moves are given by Mr . Goss i p i h_“ The Ches s Player ’ s Manual.

Thi s move , the i nventi on o f Mr. Cochrane , i s considered un sound .

7 P-Q3 or 7 P-Q4 gives White an advan tage .

8Kt-Kt5 or 8Q-Kt3 i s un favorable to Wh ite.

Cont inued thus : 14 Q-RG 1 4 K-Ktsq, 1 5 li t -Q2 1 5 B x P,1 6 Kt-Ktfi 16 P-KB3+.

Q x BPP—Q3

P-QRS

B-QB4

P-QKt4QKt-Q5 K-q

B x KEPch Kt—Kt5K- Bsq Kt x P

Q-QS Kt x RPQ-K153 Kt x B

B-KR5 28 B xKtQ x B

Q-R5

P-KKt3 32

3 3

3 4

3 5

3 6

Tab le X X I .—S COT CH GAMB IT . 3 7

Kt-B3

6 0 - 0 i s much stronger .These moves were played in a game between Herr Metger and D r . Z ukertort .

Thi s attack was suggested by Mr. C ochrane , and , though hazardous , requ i res tob e care fully answered by Black .These moves occurred i n the memorable game be tween the Ed inbu rgh andLondon C lubs , bu t the forme r here p layed 8Kt-QBS ; Mr. S taunton con s i dered8 0 - 0 better , as thi s allows Black no favorable op portuni ty o f bring ing theKing ‘ s B ishop into the field .

SECT ION VI .

THE QUEEN’

S BISHOP’

S PAWN ’

S GAME .

P-K4 Kt-KB33P-QB3

P-K4 Kt-QR31

The Open ing we are about to c on s ider has been p opular in England , butseldom ad opted by our C on t inental p layers .

'

S taunton,1n the “ Handbook ,” fi rst cal led part i cular attent ion to it, but

the establ ishmen t of the best l ines o f defense to thi s attack i s due p r imar i ly , toM r . F raser

,of Dundee

, Janssens , the Belgian ,and E rnest Morphy , of New

Or leans ; and the results o f thei r almost exhaust ive analyses p rov e beyonda doubt that thi s open ing i s not to be recommended to the fi rst p layer.B lack has three defen ses

F i rst 3 PJS4 Pon z iani’

s Counter Gamb itS ec ond 3 P -Q4 Queen ’s Pawn’ s DefenseThird 3 Kt-B3 Jaen isch’s Counter Game

Tab le XXII .—QUE EN ’S B I SHOP’S PAWN ’S GAM E . 39

l If 6 Kt x P,7 Kt x KP 7 P-Q4 , s Q-RSch 8 Kt-Kt3 , 9 Kt-Kt5 9 Kt-KB3 , 1 0 Q -K2ch

10 B -K2, 1 1 Kt-KG. 1 1 B x Kt , 1 2Q x B 12Q-Q2+ .

Goss ip gives 7 B -QKt5 as an equal game.

If 9 B -KB4 9Kt-QGch ,1 0 B xKt 1 0 Q xB+ .

The H andbuch ,

”6 th ed it ion , gives 9Kt—QBB, 10 Q- R4 10Kt -R3 , 1 1 Kt—Kt5+ .

C on t inued 1 1 Q - R4 1 4 B -B4,1 5 0 - 0 1 5 B x KP,

16 B -K2 1 6 K-K2+ .

Th i s move i s the invent ion o f Dr . E . Schm id t ; a ful l analys is i s given in the 6th

ed iti on o f the H andbuch .

7 If 8P-B3 , 9 P-QB4 9 P x

'

P, 1 0 P x P 1 0 Q-Rl ch ,1 1 QKt-BS 1 1 Kt x P, 12B

-Kt5eh+ .

8 Continu ed 1 4 Q -BSch 14 P-Q4 , 15 B x P 1 0 P-K5 , 10 (QB ? 1 6 B -Q3 , 1 7 P-QB4+ .

If 5 Kt-Ktsq, 6 B-Q3 6 P x P, 7 B x P 7 Kt-KB3

,8 BKKt5 8 B -K2, 9 B x Kt 9 B x B,

10 Q-B2+ .

1 0 I f in stead Black p lays 1 1 K-Q3 , 1 2 P x Pch 12 K-K2, 1 3 B -Kt5ch 1 3K-q ,

l 4 Q c h+ .

1 1 If 3 P-Q3 , 4 B -QKt5 4 B -Q2, 5 P-Q4 5 Kt -KB3 .

03

01

p

4 0 Tab le XXIII —QUE EN ’S B I SHOP’S PAWN ’S GAM E .

1 2

1 3

1 4

1 5

1 6

Th i s con t inuation as played i n a game between Potter and Stein i tz , i s sup eri orto B - Q3 , etc .

Th i s move i s stronger than B -B4, as given i n the second ed i tion .

Th i s br ings about a p osit ion i n the Buy Lopez Kn ight ’ s Game.

Introdu ced by S tein itz i n ’68 i n a game p layed again st Mr . Wi sker .

The above moves are taken from the second match game between Rosen thaland Z ukertort . Black (Mr. Z . ) now p layed B-QS, and the game was drawn ; heshould have p layed , as he h imsel f has shown , i n

“The Chess Mon thly , ” 18P B5,

19 P-Q5 1 9Kt-K2, 20 P-B4 20 Q-Kt3 , 21 Kt -B3 21 B -B4 , 22Q-Kt3 22 B -Kt2+ .

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SECT ION VI I .

THE TWOKNIGHTS ’ DEFENSE .

P-K4 Kt-KB3 B-B4

P-K4

Thi s var iat ion of the Piano Game was fi rst not i ced by G ianutio, 1 597 .

1

owes i ts des ignat ion and elaborat ion to the celebrated G erman analyst, V on

Bilg'

uer,who pub l ished at Ber l in“

,1839, his Das Z weispringersp iel un

Nachz uge, an octave v olume of 80 pages, with fold ing sheets o r tables,exclus i vely d ev oted to thi s open ing.

I t i s st i l l to be d oubted whether the counter game i s a sat i sfacto ry d efense .

White has three l ines of attack .

x F i rst 4 Kt-Kt5

S econd 4 P-Q4

Th i rd 4 0 - 0

03

01

9

03

00

Tab le X X V .—TWO KN IG H T S ’ DE FEN SE . 4 3

The whole o f the variat ion s and notes that follow i n C olumns 1 - 3 are taken verbatim from two ar t icles wh i ch appeared i n the Chess Playe r ’ s Chron i cle , bythe Rev. W. Way te . They are so excel len t and exhaus t ive that they are givencom

lp lefite , and con st itu te the only re futation o f th i s variat i on publ i shed i n

Eng 18

Mr. Way te p oints ou t that Wh ite can no t tran spose the. order o f the moves P-KB ft

and P-Q4 , for i f 1 1 P-Q4 B lack can atta in an advantage by the fo llowing l ine o fp lay : —1 1 B -QS , 1 2P-KB4 12 P x P on p as . , 1 3 Kt x P on B3 , 1 3 B -KKtS.

If 12P x P en p as , 1 } Ktx P ! Mr . Way te says when Wh ite has advanced the Pawn si n p rep er order , 1 1 P-KB4 and 1 2P-Q4 , Black should no t take e i the r en p assant.

Th i s i s the variat ion u pon wh i ch the Handbuch rel ies to p reserve Wh i te ’ s advan tage i n mate rial .The choi ce be tween the advan tage o f Pawn or p os i tion i s le ft by the “

Handbuch an op en quest ion .

Cont inued 1 7 Q-Bsq 1 7 Q -Kt3 , 18Kt-QBS 18Kt , 19 Q xKt 19 B x Kt , 20 P x BP20 Q x P, and B lack has recovered the Pawn , b u t the p os 1 ti on i s i n favor o fWh i te. Mr. Wayte suggests 1 5 Kt-Q4 to s trengthen B lack ’ s counter attack.

The inven tion o f H err Stein i tz , bu t the attack i s hazardous . Re fer to Wor

ma id 's Chess Open ings , p . 1 35.

And i t i s doubt ful i f B lack has an equ i valen t i n p osi tion for the Pawn lost .These moves occu rred i n a Match game , Anderssen -Riviere.

And again the i ssue i s doubtful.

1 0

1 1

1 2

1 3

1 4

1 5

Tab le XXV I .—TWO KN IGH T S ? D E FEN SE .

P-K4

P4 1 3 3 !

P x P Kt-KB3 o -o

B-K2 ! 13- 3 4 QrKaP-KR3 Kt x B

Kt xKB3 P xKt1 1

Q-K2 12 P-KR3

P-KB4B—Kt2

C on t inued 1 4 P-B8 -1 4 R-q .

~ —See C9 1. 3

Or 9 B -KKt5 , 1 0 Q-KKt3 10 P-KR3 , 1 1 Kt-KBS 1 1 B -Q3

Or 1 0Kt eK5 1 0 Q-QZ) , 1 1 B x Pch 1 1 Kt x B , 1 2Kt xKt 12Q-B4i+ .

Mr . Goss ip gives 9 B -K2', 1 0Kt-Q4 1 0 P-B

Or 1 1 li t-R2, 12B-KS 1 2B -Q3 , 1 3 O-O+ . From the “Manual .

“Manual” says , 8Kt-QRS givesWh ite the better pos i ti on.

Tab le XXV II .—TWO KN IG H TS ’ D E FEN SE . 4 5

Kt x P !

Kt t

Th i s move has h i therto been con side red in fer ior . Wormald says . great care i snecessary to r the success fu l conduc t o f the at tack al te r sacri fi c ing the Kn igh t,as i n the fo llown ig var i a t i on . The hot p osi t i on o f the Black King in t h l xvariat i on has given the en ti re Op en ing i ts Ita lian name o f f egatello, or “ fr iedl iver , " ever s ince G ia i i u t i oCon tinu ed 13 Q -K4 1 3 B -Kt4cli , 14 K-Ktsq 1 4 R -Hé , and a fter several move sB lack ge ts ou t o f the a ttack W i th aW i nn ing game . To p reven t th i s l ine o f p la x ,

Mr. Wa y te ,i n h is Ren ew o f the Handbuch , s ays , 1 1 B - R4 i s p roposed , and i i

1 1 l ’ 1 2B-Kt '

We insert th is variation from an arti cle by D r . Z ukertort , p ubl i shed in the“C i ty o f London Magazine ,

”Vo l . II p . 75 . Z ukerto rt say s , Wh ite has n ow

five d i ffe ren t co i i ti nuat i ons , b u t n o ne W i l l enable him to retain h i s numeri calsuperiori ty wi th a sat i s fac tory pos i tion .

”

Mr. Wayte says , “ Thu s far Black has retained hi s Pawn ; bu t i f Wh i te now p lay13 Q - Bsq. as suggested by S tei n i tz . th rea ten ing Q- HSch, to b e followed byP-QB4 or QR-q , accord ing to ci rcum s tan c es , the re ten tion o f the Pawn becomes very d ifli cu l t for Black , and as hi s s ituat io n i s also uncomfortable . the

de fen se 8 Q ‘ Bé mu st p erhap s be abandoned .

4 6 Tab le XXV I II .— TWO KN I GH T S ’ DE FEN S E .

20 5 B -QB4 resolves the game into Max Lange ’ s attack i n the G iuoco Pi ano .21 Or 9B -K3, 10 B -X ts 10 B -QKts, 1 1 P-QBS 1 1 P x P,

12P x P 12B -R4=.

22 5 P x P i s the best move—See Col.

SECT ION VIII .

GIUOCO PIANO.

P-K42Kt-KB3

1P-K4 Kt-QB3

The earl ier wr iters of the Ital ian S chool bestowed great attent ion to thi smethod of develop ing the p ieces . The character of the open ing i s well defined by its des ignat ion, giuoco play ,p iano smooth, i . e. careful o r even play ;the p ieces being p laced in command ing pos i tion s without r i sk ing any sac r ifice . In the past i t has rece i ved a fa i r share of popular ity—recent d icoveries are in favo r of the second p layer , consequentl y our modern Chessmasters seld om adopt the sl ow game analyzed in thi s sec tion

, but p refe r thebr i l l iant var iat ion called the E vans Gambit , hereafter to be cons idered and

commented upon ,in S ection IX .

Whi te has fou r continuat ions zF irst 4 P-B3 Col. 1 8.

S econd 4 0 - 0 9- 12.

Thi rd 4Kt- B3 Note 1 6 .

Fourth 4 P Q3 1 6 .

Our analys i s o f this open ing has been greatly en r i ched by a se r ies o f articles by H e r r Z ukertort

, publ i shed in the fi rst volume of the “ C ity of L ondon Ches s Magaz ine.

4 8 Tab le XXIX.—'

G IUOCO PIANO.

B-Ktb’

The Handbu ch p ronounces th i s an even game.

In an excellent arti cle publ i shed in the C i ty o f London Magazine , Vol . I . , wehave an analysm o f th i s bran ch o f the G iuoco Piano . Herr Z ukertort g ives twoo ther moves h ere , 10 B -Q3 and 10 B-Kt5.

The Handbuch , sixth ed i tion , continues 1 1 O-O, b ut Mr. Wayte , in h i s reviewi n C hess Player ’ s C hron i cle ,

” Augu st , 1880, says the variation 1 1 O-O, 12Kt- lm12 Q moves, 1 3 P-Q5. etc . ,

IS bad fo r-Black , and there fore recommends themove i n the text .

H err Z ukerto rt continues 1 4 Kt-B3 , and cons iders th i s . variat ion will requ i remu ch care. on the p art o f Black to br i ng all hi s p i eces i nto act ion , yet i t leadto an even game.

If 1 1 P x P, Black re - takes wi th the Rook , wi th the better game .

The Handbu ch con t inues 1 4 Kt xKt 1 4 P xKt. (If 1 4 B x R , 15Kt-KKt5 recoversthe exchange , 15 Q-Kt3ch 15 Q-Q4, 1 6 R-q , even game ) .

An arti cle tran s lated by Mr. Fras er f rom the“ Nord isk Skaktid end e ” Will be

found i n the Ches s Player ’ s C hron i c le . March , 1878.

Mr. Wayte says , there are s trong reason s for p re ferri ng 8 Q-B4.

From a game Steinkuhler an d Ste in itz .

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50 Tab le XXXI .—G 1UOCO PIANO.

B-KBsq

Max Lange ’ s attack , un sound , b u t p rodu ct ive o f fine p os it ion s .If 9 B -K3 , 1 0 B X E 10 Kt ,

1 1 Q l l Q, 12 B t 12 P x B,1 3 R x P

ISK-K2= .

If 7 B -QKt5 7 Kt-K5, 8Kt x -P 8 B -Q2! 9 B x Kt 9B x B ,10Kt xB 1 0 P xKt+ .

If 9 Q-Q4, 10Kt-B3 1 0 Q-B4 , 1 1 Kt—K4+ .

If 1 3 B -Kt3 , 1 4 B x B 14 Q x B,15Kt x QP 1 5 R -q , 16 P-QB3+ ,

If 1 1 B -QS, 12 R -Kt50h 12 K-Bsq, 1 3 Q-R5 1 3 Q -K2, 1 4 K-E sq 14 P-QG, 15 Kt-B3

15 B-K3 , 16 R -Kt7 1 6 Kx R , 1 7 B -R ti ch 1 7 K—Ktsq, 18 Kt-Q5 18 Q-q ,19 R -q

1 9 B -KBsq,20 R -K3+ .

And Gossip gives Wh i te the better game , as he will now be able to p lay K-q .,

and R -E sq; B lack ’ s game will thu s b e broken up .

Th i s ingen iou s variat ion i s ,the i n vent ion o f H err Stein i tz.And Black has a strong counter attack .

SECT ION IX .

EVANS GAMBIT .

Kt-KBS 13- 134 P-QKt41P-K4 Kt ens

313 - 134

4

Thi s p leas ing var iation of the Piano Game was casually d i scov ered byCaptain W. D . E van s , o f M i l fo rd , s carce ly fi fty years ago . I t has been an

espec ia l fav or i te w ith p layers o f all degrees o f sk i ll, from the days ofMcDonnell and D e L a Bou rdonnai s unt i l the p resent t ime. It has

'

been

wel l said thatAge can not w ithe r i t , nor cu stom staleIts infin i te variety .

”

The analys i s of this in tr i cate open ing wi ll , for con ven ien ce, be d iv idedinto three parts .

PART I .

P- 8 34 B x P 5 B -Kz o r B- Q3

6P—Q4

7P x P

P x P E -Ktbch?

B-Kt3

Kt-Kt57

P—Q4P x P

PART III . EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED .

P413- t

Oi 4 aga 66

1 1—1 2

1 5—38

43—54

10—24

25—30

52 Tab le XXXI I .—E VAN S GAMB IT .

P—BS

P x P

If G14 0 3, 7 Q-Kt ‘3 7 li t- R4 , s 13 x Pch sK-Esq, 9 Q- R4+ .

If 9 P-K5 9 P-Ql , 10 B -Q-Kt5 10Kt -Q2, 1 1 Q-R4 1 1 P-QR4 .

If (3 0—0 6 Kt-R4 , 7 Kt x P 7 I} x Kt , 8 B x Pch 8Kx B ,9 Q- R50h 0K-Bsq,

10 Q x B10Kt-QB3 .

If 7 Kt P,8P x P 8 B x P

,OKt

Adefen se somewhat success fully adop ted by Ki eseri tz ky .

1 1 8Kt s 0 - 0 . 9 P- B4 9 e x BP, 10 P-K5 10 B x P, 1 1 1

) x B 1 1 Q-Bi ch ,12K-q

1 2Kt x P,1 3 B -Kt3 13 P-KRR, 1 4Kt-R3 1 4

‘

P-KKt4+ .

If 9 P-QRS 9 B- R4 , 10 R-RZ 10 P-QKtS, 1 1 R -K2 1 1 B -Kt‘Z -l» .

If 10 P-QRS 1 0 B -R4 , 1 1 P-QS 1 1 Kt x P,12Kt t 12 Q x Kt, 1 3 R -R2 1 3 K- Esq,

14 R -K2 1 4 Q—B4 r.

9 The “ H andbu ch con s id ers the p o s i t ion equal as g i ven abovefbu t Goss ip con

t innes 20K-Ktsq 20 P-KKt4 and gives Black a won game .

B -B4’

P-Q4

l’ x PP x P

Kt- B3 B-Ktbch

R-q 1+ 6 K- Esq

Tab le XXXIII .—EVAN S GAMBIT . 5 3

P-KG

If 9 P Q4, 10 P x Kt , followed by 1 1 R -q ch, and i f 9Kt-KKt5 , 10 B x Pch . If9Kt-Ks, 10 R -q .

If 1 1 Kt-K2, 12P-Q6 .

If 12P x P,1 3 Kt-K5, and win s.

If 10 P-Q") 10 Kt K2, 1 1 B -Kt2 1 1 O-O+ ; or i f 10 B -QKtS 10 0 - 0 , 1 1 Kt -B3

l l B -Kt5+ .

Gossip gives as best 1 1 P-Q5 1 1 Kt -K2, 12Kt x P 12O-O,1 3 B -R3+ .

I f 9Kt-R4 , 10Kt-B3 1 0 B -Kt5 , 1 1 P-K5+ .

I f 10 Q -Kt3 ? 10 Kt -R4 , 1 1 B x P0 11 1 1 K-E sq, 12 Q-Q5 12 Kt -KBS, 1 3 B -Kt5 '

1 3 Kt , 14 B x Q 14 Kx B+ .

Th i s move partakes more o f the character o f a defense than an attack ; i ts:p rimary obj ec t i s to p rovide a re treat for the King ’ s B i shop i n an t i cipa t i on o fthe adverse Kn i gh t going to Rook ’ s fourth . It has more resou rce abou t i tthan app ears at fi rst sigh t, and , as far as we can see , g ives the fi rst p layer agood chan ce .

Perhaps Black m ight p lay wi th greater advan tage 10 B -Kt5 , 1 1 P-KS, 1 1 P-Qi z .

54 Tab le X X X IV é—EVANS GAMBIT .

1 8 If 9 B -Kt5 , 10 Q-R4 1 0 13 -02, 1 1 Q -Kt3 1 1 li t—R4 , we arrive at a p ositi on o f theFraser- Mortimer attack somewhat un favorable to the fi rst p layer.1 9 And Wh ite ’ s p osit ion i s qu ite an equ ivalen t for the Pawn he i s minu s.20 If 1 1 B x P 1 1 R -KKtsq, 12 B -Q4 12Kt xB , 1 3 Q.

-R4ch 1 3 Q-Q2, 14 Q x Kt 14 R xPch ,

15K—q 1 5 Q -R6,

'

1 6 QKt-Q2 1 6Kt -Kt3 , 17 R-KKtsq 1 7 Kt -R5+ .

21 If 1 3 P x P, 14 Kt x P 14 Kt-Kt3 , 15 Q-R5 1 5 Q-QS. 16 QR -q 1 6 B -B2, 1 7Kt-K4

gg,xg, h

18Kt-Kt5 18 Q x Pch ,19Kx Q 19Kt-B5ch 20K-q 20Kt x Q ,

x c

Tab le XXXV .—E VAN S GAMB IT . 5 5

22 If 15 P x Kt , 1 6 Q-B3 1 6 P-B3,1 7 li t-Q4 1 7 Kt -K4

,18B -K2 18 QKt-B3 , 19Kt-Kt5+ .

23 If 14 P-B4 , 15 P x P 15 B x P, 16 B x B 1 6 R x B , 1 7 QR-E sq 1 7 Kt -K4, 18Kt x Kt

1 8 P x Kt , 19Kt-Kt3+ .

24 If 19Kt-Kt2i 20KKt-Q4 ( i f 20 B -Q4 20 B -Kt3 ) 20 B -Q2, 21 P-B4 21 Kt-B4+. Th i svariat i on i s g iven i n Gossm’

s Op en ings i n the Rec tifications.

25 For 22Kt-BIJ, see column 25.

5 6

25a

25 b

25 0

XXXV I . EVAN S GAMBIT .

Kt-KB3 B-B4

Kt-B5

If 23 P-B5,24 R x Kt 24 P-BG

,25 R x Peh K-q ,

20 Q-K2+ .

If 1 6 Kt x Kt 1 6 BP x Kt,1 7 K-q 1 7 Q~R5 , 18P-B4 18 R - B3 .

Black can al so p lay wi th advantage 1 5 B -Q2, 1 6 Kt-Kt3 1 6 R -q ,1 7 Kt-BS

1 7 B x Kt , 18P x B 18Kt -K4 , 19Kt xKt 19 BP x Kt+. (Th i s i s B i rd ’ s variation . )

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3 6

3 7

3 8

3 9

4 0

Tab le XXXV III .—'

EVAN S GAMB IT .

QKt~Q2

If OKt—R4 , 1 0 P-Q5 10Kt -K2, we arri ve '

at a s im i lar p osition as when Wh itep lays 9P-Q5 9Kt -R4 , 1 0 B

-Kt2 1 0Kt -K2.

If 10 P-K5 10 P 12P x B , 1 3 Q-Kt3 1 3 Q—Q4+ .

If 10Kt-K2, 1 1 Kt -B3 1 1

If 10 B -Ktb 1 0K-E sq, a 1 0Kt-R4, 1 1 B x Pch 1 1 K-B sq, 12Q-Q512Kt -KB3

, 1 3 Q -KKt5 -K5 1 4 Kx B ,1 5 P x B 1 5 R -q ,

1 6 P x Kt1 6 Q x P+ .

If 1 4 Q xKt , 1 5 Q—R4ch xKt 1 6 B -R6 , 1 7 P-Kt3 1 7 B x R ,18Kx B

18Kx P“

, 19B - R3Ch+ .

Tab le XXXIX.-EVAN S GAMB IT .

B x Pch40nKt-KKt5 4 1K x B Kt x BP-K5 Q- R4ch

P-KRS Q-Q2

P—Q5 Q x KtB-KB4 P-KR3

P—K6ch Kt- B3K-K2 Q-B3

Kt-KR4 Q-Q3

B- RZ B-Kt5

K-q P-Q5

Kt-KB3 Q-Qz

P- B4 Kt-Q4Q-q Kt-K2P-B5

li t- B5

Q -K2Kt-K4

B-R3

QKt-Kt5

QR- Esq

Kt -K6

R-B3

Q-R4

59

4 0 a I f 10 B -KKt5 10 P-KB3 ! 1 1 B -R4 1 1 Kt x B , 12Q-R4ch 12Q-Q2, 13 Q x Kt 1 3 Q -B‘

Z

4 1

4 2

4 3

4 4

4 5

4 6

14 Q-Q3 14 Kt-K2+ .

If 1 0 B -Q3 1 0Kt-K2, 1 1 P-QS, we arrive at the same p osi t ion as in column 15 .

If 1 1 B x P, 1 2Q-Kt3 12B -Ka, 13 B x B 1 3 P x B , 14 Q x Pc l i 14Kt-K2, 15 Kt x B15 P x Kt , 16 KR -q 1 6 Kt-Ktsq, 1 7 li t-Q5 1 7 Q -Q2, 18Kt x Kt+ .

If 10 B xKt , 1 1 P x B 1 1 K- E sq,1 2Kt-K2.

If 1 5 B -Q5 ? 1 6 Q-B2 1 6 B x KP,17 QR-q 1 7 B -QS , 18Kt-K4+

If IOP QRS, 1 1 B -R4 1 1 Q B3, 12Kt-

IQS 1 2 Q-q , 1 3Kt 1 3 P t ,

l4 P-Q514 P-

,QKt4 1 5 P t 15 P x B ,1 6 P x

If 1 2P-QB 12Kt-Ktsq, 1 3 Kt x P 1 3 Kt -K‘

Z , 1 4 Q ~Kt4 (12Kt-R4 ,1 3 Q x B , 14Kt x

13 B x Bch

Kt- B3

P-K5P x PB-R3

B-Kt5

Q-Kt3B-KR4

P x PKt-KKt5

QR -q

Q- Bsq

P-K6P-B3

Q-Ki 5B-Kt3

B-Q5

B-Kt5

B-QKt5 lK- Bsq ! 4 3

B x KtKt -QR4 4 2P x BP-qKt x BQ-R4cli

P- BS

Q x KtB-K3

R x PQ-Q2

R x BchP x RKt -K5

P-K5B x KtP x BP x PB-BSch

Kt-K2

P x PQ x Q 4 4KB x QK-q

6 0 Tab le X L P E VAN S GAMB IT .

P-K4 P-QKt4

P-B3

4 7 Mr. Fraser ’s attack .4 8 If 1 1 Q-B3 , 12P x Kt 12<O/-O-O,

1 3 Kt-Q5 1 3 Q—“Kt3 , 14 P x Pch+.

4 9 Mr . Mortimer's attack.

5 0 If 14 P-Kt3? 15 P-KSch 1 5 B x P, 1 6 Kt-Kt5eh 1 6K-B3 , 1 7 P-Q5 1 7 B -KB4 ,1s QKt -K4ch 18Km . 19Q-B3 19 Q-KBsq, 20 Q x R+ .

5 1 If 18Q ~Kt6 18Q-KBsq, 19 B -Kt5 19 P-B3 , 20KR -q eh 20K—Q2+ .

Tab le X L I .—EVAN S GAMB IT .

—Part I I . 6 1

Q-Kt5

B -Kt3 resolves the game in to the n o rmal pos i tion . I f 8 Q -K2,9 P-Q

'

i 9Kt -K4 ,10 Kt x Kt 10 Q x Kt , 1 1 Q-R4ch 1 1 B -Q2, 12 Q x KB 12 Q x R , 1 3 lat -B3 and ru n s .

If 10 B -KKt5 10 Q-B4 ( i f 1 0 Q-X t3 , 1 1. R -q ) , 1 1 Kt x KP 1 1 Q x Kt ! 12B x12K-Bsq. I f 1 1 Kt x Kt, 12R -q 12 B -Kt3 , 13 PJ34 1 3 P x Pd i sc h , 14 K—l:sq14 B-Qs , 15Kt x P 1 5 K-Bsq, 1 6 QR-q 16 Kt x B , 1 7 Q x Kt 17 B -K3 , 18 Q x KBP-KB3 , 19Kt -K4+ .

I f 1 0Kt R3 , 1 1 B -KKtS 1 1 Q -B4 , 12 Q° R3+ ; and i f 10 B -Kt3 , 1 1 B -KKt5 1 1 Q -B-i,

Kt x KP 12Kt x Kt, 1 3 P- B4 1 3 1) x Pd i scli , 14 K-q 14 B -Q5 , 15 Kt x P+ .

Whi te may p lay here 1 1 B -QS 1 1 B -Kt3 , 12B x Kt 12P x B , 1 3 B -R3 1 3 Q-B3 ,1 4 l’ x P+ .

Thi s variation i s taken from the Chess Player’

s Chroni cle, wh i ch , I bel ieve , i s i ndeb ted to the Rev. Sanders for thi s i ngen ious de fense .

If 1 .1Kt -q , 14 B x Kt, and i f 1 3 B -KKt5, 14 B x Pch 14 Q x KB,15 Q x P.

If 1 5 R -q 15 P-KB3 , 1 6 Kt-B3 1 6 B -K7 , 17 R -q 1 7 B x Kt, 13 l ’ x B 18O-O-O.

6 2

8

9

Tab le X I I I —E VAN S GAMB IT .—Part II .

B-Kt3

'

P t

Q-Q5eh 1 3 .

If 1 1 P it t 1 1 P-KR3 . 12Kt x T" 1 2R t . 1 3 B x R eh '

1 3 Kx13,

“

14 P-Kt3 1 4 B -Kt30h ,

1 5 P-Q4 1 5 Kt x 1 0KLE x Kt 10 Kt - B7d i sch+ .

If 1 2Q-Kt3 12Q -q . 1 3 B x R eh 13 Q,x B , 14 Q x t 1 4 Kx Q , 1 5 P-Kt3

1 5 B 10 30 11 , 1 0 P-Q4 16 B - li li , 1 7 R -BQ 1 7 Kt x P, 18 B ? x Kt 18B x l ’,19 P x Kt

1 9 13 x QB ,20 P x Pch 20 1{

If 8Kt-QS. 0 B -KKt5 9 P-BS, 1 0 P x P 1 0 P x B,1 1 P x Kteh 1 1 K-Bsq,

1 2Q-Q5

.

1 2Q - BS,1 3 Kt x tind W1 1

'

1 s .

If 1 0 B x QR 1 1 B x Pch , 1 1 K-B sq, 12 B -Kt5 - 12Kt -K2,

1 3 Kt x'

P 1 3 P-Q4,1 4 Q-KB3 14 13 - 134 1 6 B -K6 , and shou ld wi n .

1 1 1 3 Q-Bflch B -

_X t5 , followed by I4 P—B4+ .

C ont inued ZJK-KtS 20_K-q ,21 R ~q 21 Q x R , 22 Q x Q 22Kt x Bob , 23K-Kt4

23 P-KKtS, 24 Q -Q5+ .

B lack shou ld here p lay 9 P x B , and although he gets a somewhat cramp edgame , we b eheve he i s safe .

I t 1 0’

0 - 0 1 1 Q-R5 1 1 P-KRS, 1 2Kt x P 1 2R x Kt , 1 3 B x Reh 1 3 K-E sq, 14 B-R3eh

14 Kt -K2, B -Kt3 and w ins .If 1 1 Q-Q2, 12Q-Q

‘

Z 12 0 - 0 - 0 , 1 3 P x B , and Wh ite has a sp lend id game .

P x BP x Peh

K- Esq R-q eh

Q x t Kt-K‘

Z

B x QU -O-O

B -K2

Tab le XL I I I .—E VAN S GAMBIT .

—Part II . 6 3

1 7 If 9Kt or B x QBP Whi te repl ies 10Kt x BP.

1 8 If 10Kt -BS, 1 1 P-Q5 1 1 Kt-K‘Z,12 P-QG 12 P x P,

B -R3+ .

1 9 If 1 1 P-QBS, 12B -RS 12 R-q ,1 3 B - B2 P—Q

'l,1 4 P-KB4+ .

(a ) If 9 Q-Qr‘

) 9Kt x QEF, 10 Q-Q3 10 P-Q4 , 1 1 B -X t3 l 1 n x Kt , 12R x Kt, 1 2Kt-K2+ ;or i t 9 Q-Q3 9Kt -B4 , 1 0 Q-Q5 10Kt-K3 + .

( b) The above variation i s taken from the s ixth ed i t ion o f the German Handbu ch .

(c) Richardson ' s attack .

6 4 Tab le XL IV .- E VA1\TS GAMB IT .

Kt x KPB-R3 Kt x BPP-Q

Kt x Kt B x RchP x Kt K x B

20 Usually given as a level gum-e, bu t I th ink most p layers would p re fer Black ’ sp os i ti on .

21 I f 1 1 Kt-Ktsq, 12P-Q 6 12PxP, 1 3 R -q 1 3 B x P. 14 R x Kt ! 1 4 1; x Q-BSeh

15 K-Bsq, 16 B-Kt5 1 6 11 - 153 , 1 7 B x B 1 7 P x B ,

18Q-R60h+ .

22 If 12Q—E5ch 12K-Ktsq, 13 P-QG 13 P x P+ .

23 If 1 6 Kt -K7eh , 1 7 K-q 1 7 P-B3 , 18Q-B3ch , and win s the Kn ight.

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24

25

26

27

28

29

3 0

3 1

3 2

3 4

3 5

3 6

Tab le .X LV . c ont inu ed .- EVAN S GAMB IT .

Notes to p age 65 .

The C omp rom i sed de fen se.

In the matchbetween Z ukertort and Ste in itz the latter p layed 9 BKKt5 and thegame was con tinued—9 Q -Kt3 , 1 0Kt x .P 1 0 B x Kt . 1 1 Q x B 1 1 Kt - B3. 1 2 B -Q312 0 - 0 , e tc . The correc t cont inuat ion from move 1 1 i s P- B3 , 1 2B

-B4 12 P-Q3+ .

If 9Kt x P,1 0 R -q 1 0 P-Q3 , 1 1 Q-R4ch 1 1K-Bsq, 12Kt x Kt 12P-B7 ,

1 3 Kt—Kt60 11 + .

If 1 0 B x Kt , 1 1 Q x B 1 1 KKt-K2, 12Kt -Kt5 12o -o , 1 3 B -Q3 1 3 Q-R4 , 1 4 B x Pch14 K-q , 1 5 P

-B4 15 P-Q3, 1 6 B -K4 1 6 B -B4, 1 7 B-B3 1 7 B -Kt5 , 18Q—Q3 13 Kt -Kts,

19 P-K6+ .

Th i s counter gambi t i s the key move o f the defen se ; i f he p lav in stead 1 1 0 - 0 ,

White gets the advantage by 12B -Q3 12Q-K3 , - 1 3 B x Pch 1 3 K-q , 1 4 Q-R414 P-Q3 , 1 5 Kt -B4 1 5 Q-Q2, 1 6 P-K6 1 6 P x P, 1 7 Kt -Kt5 1 7 P-K4 , 18QKt-K618 R -BS, 19 Q-KR4 19 R -R3 , 20 Kt-B7eh+ .

Taking the Pawn with e ither B i shop or Queen i s in ferior .

If 15 P-QR3 , 1 6 QR -E sq 1 6 B -Kt2, 1 7 KR -q 17 B -Kt3,

18B—K4 18 li t-R4 ,19Kt-Kt5 19Q -K2

,20 B x B 20Kt x B , 21 Q-K2+ .

I f 1 3 Q -Kt5 , 1 4 Q-R4 14 K-q , 1 5 Kt-KB3 1 5 B x R ,16 Kt x B 1 6 P-QRS+ .

I f 1 1 P -Kt4 ? 12Kt x P 12R -QKtsq, 1 3 B x Kt 1 3 Kx B,

14 Q -RSCh 1 4 B -Kt5,15 Q -K3 1 5 Kq ,

1 6 Kt-Kt5 16 R -E sq, 17 QR -q + .

And i f 1 1 0 - 0 ,1 2QR -q 12P-Kt4

,1 3 Kt x P 1 3 R -Ktsq, 1 4 Q -K3 1 4 P-QB

1 5 QKt-Q4+ .

If 9 B xKt , 10 Q x B 10Kt -B3 , 1 1 B -B3 1 1 P-Q3 , 12 P-K5 1 2Kt-Ks,1 3 Q -Kt'z

1 3 QKt x P, 1 4 Kt x Kt 1 4 Q x Kt, 1 5 KB -q + .

I f 1 1 Kt -B3 , 1 2Kt-Q5 12Q x Q, 1 3 P x Q 1 3 P-KB 3 , 1 4 B -R4 14 B -Bsq, 1 5 B -Kt61 5 P-Q3 1 6 P-K5 1 6 P x P, 1 7 KR -q 1 7 B -Q2, 1 3 Kt x Kt i s P xKt , 19 B -B5+ .

If 8Q-BS , 9 R—q 9P CB , 10 P-K5 1 0 P x P, 1 1 B -KKt5 1 1 Q-Q3 , 1 2 B x Pch1 2K-E sq, 1 3 QKt-Q2 1 3 B -Kt3 , 1 4 Kt -B4 1 4 B -K3

,1 5 B x b’ 1 5 Q x B ,

1 6KKt x P+ .

If 9 Q -K2, 1 0 B -R3 1 0 Q-B3 , 1 1 P-K5 1 1 Q-Kt3 , 12Kt-Kt5+ .

Tab le XLV I . E VAN S GAM B IT D E CLIN E D . 6 7

Kt -QS 7

hi s i s the bes t way to decl ine the Gambit .

From a game i n the Paris Tou rn ey , B i rd v . Rosen thalFrom a con su ltation gam e , Blackburne and Potter agains t S te in itz and Z uker

tort.From

.

a game . Andersse n v . Pau lsen , Mr . Wavte says Anderssen ’ s attack, o f

wh i ch th i s i s a mode1, 1 s to o i mpe tuou s , as i t leaves Wh i te w i th Pawn s n eedlessly weakened for the end game .

Mr. S te in i tz says z—Thi s attack was tr ied b v And erS s en again st Pau lsen i n thematch at Le i p s ig afte r the QRP had already been p u shed to R5 , and the B lac kB ishop was d riven back to R2.

From a game in the Pari s Tourney , Z ukertort v . Engl i sch .

The Hand buch con t inues , 1 3 R -Ktsq 1 3 K-E sq, 1 4 B—Kt‘Z 1 4 Ix'

t - B -l,

1 5 Kt -B315 KKt -K2+ .

68 Tab le XLV II .—E VAN S GAMBIT D E C LINE D .

P-K4

P-KB3

B x Kt

Q xKPch

P- B

B x R P- RSch Kt—B3B x it

Q x Qeh B-QKt x QB x RP-Q4 9

8 1 11 a game, M inch in v . Wayte , Mr .

_l\l ineh in i n trodu ced 6 B -K‘Z

, with the objecto f gam ing an advantage o f p os 1 t i on by confin i ng the Black Kt .From a game , Berber V . Goring , see Clvess '

Playe_r’

s Chron i cle, Augu st, 1878, p . 1 75.

Or 9 R -KKtsq,10 B x Pch 10Kx B , 1 1 B x P 1 1 B -Kt5. See game._Z ukertort v .

Way te , Chess Player’

s Chron i cle, January , 1877 , p . 9, and a game , same number,

p . 1 1 , M inch in v . Wayte .

B lack may also play 4 P-QKt4? 5 B x Pch 5 Kx B ,GP x B 6 P-KtS , 7 P-Q4 7 P xP

,

8Kt x-P 8 Q—BS, 9 B -Kt2

Th i s variati on o f the Evans decl ined may b e found mos t elaborately worked ou ti n Gossip ’ s Theory , p . 1 08. Whl te may also p lay 5 B x P, or 5 B ‘Kt5 .

Fi rst—5 B x P 5 Kt x P,6 B -Kt3 6 Kt-KB3 , 7 Q -K2_ 7 0 - 0 , 8 0 - 0 S

'

E -Kt5,9 B -Kt2 9 Q—K2.

Or, : Se'

eond —5B -t 5 5 P x P ! 6 P x B 6 P x Kt, 7 B x Ktch 7 P x B , 8P x PSKt -K‘

Z—F.

SECT ION X .

THE POUR KNIGHTS ’

GAME,and

THE THREE KNIGHTS ’

GAME .

Ki -KB3 Kt -B3

P-K4 Kt - s

Thi s cont inuat i on has attained cons ide rable popular i ty within the lastthree years, and was frequently adopted in the Par i s Tourney , 1878.

The most frequen t fo rm i t assumes i s known as the Doubl e Buy Lopez ,whi ch oc cur red in the late match between Rosenthal and Z ukertort .I t should be p o inted out to the student , that the Open ing known as The

Fou r Kn ights’ G ame may occu r by several tran spos it ion s o f whi ch we g ixefour examp lesF i rs t 1 P-K4 l P-K4 , 2Kt-KB3 2Kt-QB3 , 3 Kt-QBS 3 Kt-KB3S ec ond 1 P-K4 1 P-K4

,2Kt-KB3 2Kt -KB3

,3 Kt-QRS 3 Kt-QB

Third l P-K4 1 P-K4 , 2Kt-QB3 . 2Kt-QB3 , 3 Kt-KB3 3 Kt-KB3F ourth 1 P-K4 1 P-K4

,2Kt-QB3 2Kt-KBS, 3 Kt -KB3 3 Kt-QBS

In add it ion to the c ontinuat ion , as i n the fi rst examp le fo r Black , 3Kt-KB3whi ch const i tutes the Fou r Kn ights’ Open ing,

Black may p lay 3 P-KKt33 B- B4

,3 B-Kt5, o r 3 P-Q3 , whi ch w il l be found anal y zed in the last Table

o f thi s S ect ion .

The debu t is one o f the safest, but at the same time in its soundest v ar iat ionsone of the d ullest open ings on the board .

Columns

B-Kt5

1 0- 12

1 3 - 18

1 9-22

Kt x P

25-26

7 0

6

Q

W

P

UJ

N

H

00

44

'

9

1 0

1 1

The

Tab le XLV I II .

— T'

H E FOU R KN IG H TS ’ GAM E .

B-Kt5

Kt-Q5

Kt xKtehKt- B3

B-Ki 3

P x P l l

M r. B lackb urne’s a ttack

Ste in i tz commends 9Q -Q3 9 Q-K2, 1 0 B -K3 10P-QS , 1 1 Kt-Q2.

Firs t game i n the match,Z ukertort v . Rosen thal—drawn game .

Prop osed by Rosenthal and Z ukertort.9 P-QS? on accoun t o f 10 Q-Q2.

(I f 1 4 P-Q4 , 15 P x P on p as , followed by P—Q7 '

th rcaten ing R-K8eh) ; cont inued15 B -Q3 15 P-Q4 , 16 P x P en p as 1 6 B

-KKté z .

If 1 2P x R , 1 3 B x P followed by Q-RS, winn ing eas ily.If 1 3 Q -R4

,1 4Kt -BGch,

fellowed by Q-R5 . If 13 P BS,1 4 B x P, and the R can

not retake 0 11 accoun t o f Kt x RchOr 7Kt-K2, 8Kt x P 8Kt x P, 9P

-QB3 , wi th a sl ightly better game .

Or 8B xKt 8 P x B , 9Kt-K3 9 P-B4, 1 0 P-QKtS 10Kt-q , 1 1 B -Kt2 1 1 P-B4 ,

1 2P x P 12 B x P,1 3 Kt -Q2+ .

From the th i rd game in the match ,Z ukertort v . Rosen thal .

n otes to th i s Table , an d the variat ion s in 0 0 15 . 2, 3 , 4 and 5 , are from the Chesscolumn o f the F ield , ed ited by H err Stein itz .

Tab le XLIX .—TH E FOUR KN IG H TS ’

GAM E . 7 1

Q- Bb’

1 5

If 8 Q-B3 , 9 0- 0 9 o -o , 1 0 B x P+ .

Introduced by D r. Fle i ss ig at the Le ip sig Tou rney , 1877 , i n a game aga in st H errE ngl i s ch .

1 1 12Q-Kt3 , 1 3 Q x Kt 1 3 Q x B ,1 4 B -R6+ .

C on t inued 1 4 B xKt 14 R -K4, 1 5 Q-B4 1 5 P-Q4 , 1 6 B x P,1 6 Q x Kt, 1 7 Q x B

1 7 R x B z.

H err Z ukertort recommends 5 0 - 0 .

If 5 B x Pch ? 6 Kx B 6 Kt x Kt, 7 P-Q4 , and Wh ite has the better game .

I f 7 P x Kt? 7 B x P, 8Kt-K‘

l S Q -K2, and Black wins a Pawn .

72‘

Tab le L .-TH E FOUR

,KN IG H T S ’ GAM E .

B x Kt 23

Q- Q2 P-KKt413-q Q-Q4

P-QKtS 24 P-QKt3 Q-Q2

K- Bsq Q l’-q R-q O

P-QB4 P- QB4 P-QB4 P-QB4

Q-Qz 25 Q-KB426 Q x BP28

Thi s move i s un sound . P-B3 might b e better , bu t Column s 1 to 9 should bethoroughly stud ied i n connect ion wi th th i s variat ion—the on ly d ifferen ce i nthe p osi t ion being that Black has dri ven theWhi te B i shop to QR4.

From a game in the Par i s Tou rn ey , Blackburne v . Z ukertort.Played i n the ti e match for the fi rst p rize in the Par is Tourney , between Z ukertort and Winawer .

The Ranken variation s , from an article i n the Chess Player’

s Chroni cle, December , 1879.

1 3 Kt-B3 i s weak , as Black can reply 1 3 B -QKtS, as p oin ted ou t in the Bri ghton .

H erald,1 7 th Ap ri l , 1880.

C on t inued , 1 5 QR -q 1 5 B -KB4 , 1 6 P-B3 1 6 B xKt, 17 P x B 1 7 B -Q3 , 18B -B4+Or 1 5 B -K2, 1 6 B x B 1 6 R x B , 17 K-B5+ .

Wh i te ob tain s the better game by 15 QR -q .

Again , 1 5 QR -q givesWh i te the better game .

Con t inued , 15Kt-B6ch 15 K-q , 1 6 QR -E sq 16 Q—Kt4 , 17 P-QR4 17 Q x RP1 8Q-Q3 18P-KKtS, 19Q-KR3 19 P-KR4 , 20Kt x P 20 B x KtP, 21 B

-BGCh , andWln S .

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74 Tab le L IL—TH E THREE KN IGH TS ’ GAME .

B-Kt5

Mr. Gossip gives 8Kt-K4 , 9 B -K2 9 P-KB4 , 1 0 B -KKt5 , with an excel len t op en ing.From a game i n the Vienna Tou rn ey , Rosenthal v . Ste in i tz .From a game i n the Boston Tourney , Ranken v . Thorold .

If 6 Q-B3ch , 7 K-q or 7 K-Ktsq 7 Kt~Kt5, 8Q-Q2 8Kt-K2, 9 P-K5+Gossip ’ s Theory continues z—l f 1 0 Q -R50h , 1 1 Q x Q 1 1’ Kt x Q 1 2K-Kta 12Kt-Kt3 ,1 3 Kt -Kt5 1 3 K-Q2, 14 R -B7 , with a marked superi ori ty.From a game, M inchin v . Ballard .

BOOK II .

KING ’

S BISHO'P S OPENING .

Thi s inst ruct ive method of commenc ing the game was the class i cal d ebutof Philidor’s era. I t i s now seldom ad opted , recent autho r i ties p refer r ingthe King

’ s Kn ight’ s Open i n <r whi ch g i ves the fi rs t play er a mo re endur ing

attack,and greate r s cope fo r comb i nat ion .

B lack has fou r l ines o f play at his command :t

F i rst 2Kt-KB3 King’s Kn ight ’s Defense

S ec ond 2 B- B4 Two B i shop’ s Open ingThi rd 2 P-KB4 Calabro is C ounte r Gamb i t 25- 30

Fou rth 2 P-QB3. 104 2

7 6 T ab le L I I I .

~—KING ’S B ISHOP’S OPEN IN G .

Q-K2l 4

Kt-R4

R x

'

P 5

Q-R5ch

P-Kt413-q 6 Kt x P Q-Kt4eh

P x B

B-K2Q—K4ch

Q -x Beh

P x Kt 9

See also Petrofi‘ s C ounter Attack .

For 3 Kt -B3 , see Two Kn igh ts ’ Defen se .

I f 1 1 Kt-Kt6 1 1 Q—q , 12Q-R3 12 Q x Kt , 1 3 P x Q 13 B x Q , 14 P x B 14 P x P+ .

If 6 P-KKtS, 7 R -q 7 P-Q3 , 8Kt-Kt5 8P x Kt, 9 R x Peh+ .

The Variat ion s ari s ing from 8 R .x P are taken from an analysi s contributed byMr . W. T . Pierce to the H ud dersfield College Magaz ine, Vols . 6 and 7 .

x

If . 1 1 B x B 1 1 Q x B ,1 2Kt x P 12P -KKtS, 1 3 R -q 1 3 P-Q4 , 14Kt x KtP 14 Q x Q,

1 5 R x Q 1 5 19 3 2, 1 6 Kt x Reh 1 6 K-E sq, 1 7 B -Q3 1 7 B -Q" 18 B x P 18K-Ktz ,19 R -K7ch 19Kx Kt , 20 P-KB4 20 P-QB4 ,

21 P-B5.

If 1 6 Q- B80h 1 6 K-B2, 17 Q x R 17 P x B, 18Q-QBS 18P-R4, 19P

-KKt4 1 9P-QKt4,20 R -Q4 20 P-Kt4, 21 R -Q8 21 P-Kt5 , 22R -R8

And Wh ite can at least d raw.

I f 1 6 R -q eh 1 6 K-K3 ! 1 7 Q x Pch .1 7 K-K2! 18 R -q eh 18K-Q2, 19 Q-B7ch19K-Q3 , 20 Q—B60h+ .

Black may al so p lay 5 B -K2,6 Kt x P 6 0 - 0 , 7 etc .

If 9 B -Kt5, 10 R x Q 10 B x Q , 1 1 B -Kt5eh 1 1 Kmoves: 12R x

Tab le L IV .—KIN G ’S B I SHOP ’S OPE N IN G . 7 7

P x P !

1 6 P QB4 i s u sually recommended ; bu t Wh i te gets a good game by breaking upthe Pawn s by 7 P QB3 !

2 Lead ing to var iation s s imilar to the King ’ s Kn ight ’ s Defense to the B i shop ’ sGamb i t.

3 Or 4 BP x P 4 Kt x P, 5 Q-Bs 5 Q-R5ch. 6 P-KKt3 6 Kt x KtP, 7 P’

xKt 7 Q x B .

8Kt-B3 8 B -K3 , 9 P-Q3 9 Q-B3 , 10 B-Kt5 1 0 P-Q5 , and B lack has the ad van tag t .

4 If 4 P-Q3 , 5 P

85 P x P, 6 Kt~KB3 6 B -Q3 (6 B -KKt5 would be better ) . 7 P-Q4P x

7 P x P, 8 P- 5K 8 0 -0 , 9 0 -0 9 R -q , 1 0Kt-Kt5 IOR X P, 1 1 Kt P l l Q,

1 2Kt d i SC i +l

78 Tab le LV .—KIN G ’S BI SH OP’S OPEN ING .

Q xKP '

Th i s i s the class i cal move , favored by Phil id or.

It 5 Kt-K5 , 6 Q-K2 6 Kt-Kt4 , 7 P-B4 7 Kt -KR, 8P-B5 8Kt-E sq, 9Kt-B3 9P x P,

10Kt -Kt5+ .

3 Sho uld Wh ite p lay 9K- Bsq, Black gets the advantage by 9 P x P, 1 0 Kt x P10 Q -Q6eh , 1 1 KKt-K2 1 1 R x Kt , 12Q-Q5 1 2R -B7d i sch ,

13 Q x Q 1 3 P x Q .

Or 8 P-QBS, 9 Q x Kt 9 P-Q4, 10 B x P 10 P x B , 1 1 Q x QP+ .

It 4 K-E sq 4 Q-K2

,5 P-Ql 5 B -Kt3 6 Kt-B3 6 P-Q3 , etc .

Black may al so p lay 3 Q-K‘

z, 4 Kt-KB3 4 P-Q3 , 5 0 - 0 5 B -K3 , 6 Q-Kt3 6 B -X tS,

7 B x B 7 Q x B , 8 Q c h 8P x Q, 9 P-Q4 9 P x P; 1 0 P x P 1 0 Kt -KB3

If 4 P x P 4 B x Pch , 5 Kx B 5 Q‘

-B50h+ .

If 5 P—Q4 5 P x P, 6 P x P 6 B -Kt5eh , I t-B3 7 Kx 1

7 B , 8P t 8Q x P,9Kt-B3

9 B -Kt5, 1 0 B -K3 10 13 xKKt, 1 1 Q x B 1 1 Q QI

OC"

po

x

x II

P-Q4 6

B x P 7Kt ~KB3

Q-BS ! 8

O-0

P-Q4

P x P

B-Kt5P x P

B.

x KtP-B7

Kt-B3Q X QB

Q X QP x Q

Kt- B3

Kt x B !

P x KtP- B4

Kt-K2O-O

P Q4

Q-Kt3B -Q3

Kt

1

2

Tab le L V I .

—KING ’S B I SH OP’S OPEN ING . 79

P-Q3 , 4 P-B4 4 Kt -KBs, 5 P-Q3 5 Kt—Kt5 , 6 Kt -KEB 6 B -B7ch , 7 K-q-QB4 , s R -Bsq s Kt -QB3 , etc .

If B xPeh 4 Kx B, 5 Q-B i ch 5 P-Q4, 6 Q x B 6 P x P

,7 Q-B4ch 7 B -K3 , 8 Q x P

8Kt-B3 .

Th i s move const i tu tes the Lep ez Gambi t, no t so good as 5 Kt-BS.

I f 3 Kt -KB3 , 4 P-B4 4 P-Q4 , 5 l l 5 Kt , 6 P t 6 0 -O, 7 P x P 7 Q x P8Kt QBS 8Q-q , 9Kt -KB3 9 B -KKt5 .

I f

P

3 Kt -QBS, Whi te may adop t the “ E van s Gambi t. See also the G iuocoiano?I f 3 P x P? 4 P-Q4 4 Q ~R5ch , 5 K-E sq 5 B

-Kt3 ,6 Kt~KB3+ .

I f 4 R x B 4 Q-R5ch , 5 P-Kt3 5 Q x RP,

6 K-E sq 6 P-Q4. etc .

Mc Donnell’

s favori te Double Gambit , cons idered unsound .

The Rev. T . C . Sanders has shown that Black may p lay 4 P x P w ith advan tage .

6 . q. ,4 P x P, 5 Kt -KB3 5 P~Q4 , 6 P x P ( 1 f 6 B x P 6 Kt-KB3 , 7 P-B3 7 Kt x B !

followed by 8 B Q3 or 8Kt x KtP, wi th advan tage , accord ing as Wh ite p lays ) ,6 Kt-KB3 , 7 P-B3 7 B -Q3 , e tc .

Agame between Messrs . Mongred i en and Morphy p roceeded—7 P-B3 7 B -QB4 .

8 P-Q4 8 P x P en p as , 9 Q x P 9 0 -0 , 10 B-R3 1 0 B x B ,

1 1 Kt 1 1 B -Kt5 , etc .

If 6 B x Pch ? 6 K-q , 7 Q-R4 7 R -Bsq, 8 B-B4 8Kt-Kt5 , 9 0 -0 9 R x P+ .

H S

7 8

4

so Tab le E VIL —KING ’S B ISHOP’S OPEN ING.

Q R5ch

Kt-KB3+

mo s

The Calab ro i s Counter Gamb i t .

2 I f 3 P-Q4 3 P xQP'

, 4 B t or (4 Q x P 4 Kt-QB3 , 5 Q-K3 C P x P. GQ x PCh6 Q-K2=) 4 R x B , 5 Q x P 5 Kt-B3 ! 6 Q-Q5 6 Kt-KQ, 7 Q-Q3 7 P x P, 8 Q x KP8P-KKt3=.

If 5 P-K5 , 6 P x P 6 Kt x KP, 7 Q-B3+ .

4 B lack may al so p lay 5 P x BP, 6 0 -0 6 P x P, 7 P x P+.

Wlii i

ct

le

Kol

‘

g

tai ns an even game by 4 Kt-QB3 4 Q-Kt4 ! 5 Q-B3 5 P~Q3 , 6 P-Q4

6 See Note 5.

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SECT ION I .

KING ’

S BISHOP’

S GAMBIT .

The oldest examp les of thi s open i ng are to be found in the works of Lopezand G reco

,al so i n the manus c r ipts o f Polerio , who was v ery d ist ingu i shed

for his t ime. I n a late r age the celebrated McDonnell b rought to bear newl ights , by invent ing n ovel forms of attack and defense, but we owe to Maj o rJaen isch the elaborat ion of thi s most complex open ing, whi ch he eloquent lystyled

An‘ imp eri shable monumen t o f human wi sdom .

Black has e ight defensesF i rst 3 P-Q4 (which, followed by 4 Q- R5ch

,i s now con

sidered best )Second 3 Kt-QB3

Third 3 P-KKt4

Fourth 3 P-QB3

F i f th 3 P—‘QKt'

fi Bryan’ s C ounter Gamb itS ixth 3 Kt-KB3\ Lictenhein ’

s Counter AttackS eventh 3 P-KB4 The Old C lass i cal DefenseE ighth 3 Q-R5ch The Modern C lass i cal Defen se

Tab le LV III .~ —KING ’ S B I S HOP ’S GAMBIT . 83

P-KB4P—K4

1 2

P x P ? B x P

KtLQrz s K- Esq

P-KKt4

P-Q4 Kt-KB3 ?O-O Q-R4

KKt-K2 P -KR4P- b t

‘

) B-Kt2 !

P x P K- B2

Kt- l’A P-Kt5

P-KR4 Kt-Ki Sli -q P-Kt6ch2li t-K4 K-qB-Ktbc h Q x Qeh

K-Q2 K x QB-Q3 B-Kt5ch

K- B3 K-qP-QKt4 Kt-Q lj3

B x P B x P0 11 3

P-QB3

Kt x B B-Kt3

Q x Kt ‘

Kt-Qz'

)

B- R4 P- B3

B 113 Kt-K7

R-q B-qKt -Q

‘

Z Kt x BB x BKt- Q6ch

Kmov esli t -B7

Gossip gives 4 Q - RSch , 5 K- E sq 5 B -O‘

S, 6 P

-Q4 6 Kt-K2+ ,w i th a good op en ing

Ii 9 B -Q5ch , 10K-E sq 10 Kt-KR3 , l l P- QS 1 1 13 - 133 , 1 3 P-B3+ , or i f QKt -KRR,

10 P-Q4+ .

3 If 1 3 B x Ktch 1 3 P x B ,1 4 Kt -QB3 1 4 li t-B3 , 15 P-QS 15 Kt-R4, _16 Kt-K2 1 6 B -K4 ,

17 R -Bsq 1 7 P-B3 , 18Kt -B3 18O-O-O+ .

4 If 1 0 0 -0 ,1 1 B -K4 ! 1 1 P-B4, 12Kt-K

‘

l ! [1 2QKt-B3 13 K-Ktsq‘

1 3 Kt x QP,1 4 P x P

14 Kt x KKtch , 15 B x Kt 1 5 Q x P, 1 6 QB x P1 f 1 1 P x B , 12Kt-K4 12P-Kt5

,1 3 Kt-q + .

If 1 1 Kt-q 1 1 P-BG, 1 ° B -K3 12QKt -B3 , 1 3 B x Ktch 1 3 P x B ! 14 li t -Q3 14 P x P,

1 5 Kx P 1 5 Kt -Kt3

7 If 5 Q-KZ 5 Kt x B , 6 P x t i sch 6 B -K2, 7 Q-B3 7 B -BSCh , 8 P~Kt3 8 P x P, 9 P x P

9 B -Kt4, 10 li t or i f 5 Q s B‘

i , 5 B-Q3= .

84 Tab le L IX .

—KING ’S B ISHOP’S GAMB IT .

B t Pl

Kt-K4

QB x P Q x KtKt- lt4

Kt -Q5 K x P P-KKt415-623 1’ x P c . p .

Kt x Puh P-Q4 K-K'

t2

KKt-K2 15- 623

8 4 Q-R5ch i s mu ch stronger , fol lowed by 5K- E sq 5 P-KKt4 , 6 Kt-QB3 67 PbKKtB 7 P x P, 8K-Kt z 8 P-Q4 l 9 RP x P 9 Q-Kt5 , 10 P x P 10 Q x Q , 1 1 Kt x Q1 1 QKt x P,

1 2B x P 12 B -B4+ .

9 If 5 B -K2, 6 QB x P 6 B x Pch, 7 P-Kt3 7 B -K2, 8 P-B3 8P-KR4, 9 Q-Kt3 9 R -R2

,

10 R x P 10 R -Kt2, 1 1 R -R8+ .

An ingen iou s de fen se , devised by an Ameri can Amateu r , Mr. Bryan , bu t subsequently analyzed and recommended by the Ru ss ian p layer Ki eseri tz sky .

11128

gig

-

{Km 8B-B4 , 9 P

-Q4 9Kt-B3 , 10 P x B 10 Q-K2, 1 1 0 -0 1 IQ x Pch , 12K-q

6 Kt -KB3 6 Q-R4 , 7 13 - 134 7 Kt-KB3 , sKt -B3 s B -Kt5, 9P-Q3 9 B x Kt, 1 0 P x B1 0

'

P-Kt4 , 1 1 R -QKtsq 1 1 13 - 133 , 12P-KR4 12P-KR3 , 1 3 K-Ktsq

86 Tab le'

L X . c ont inu ed . KIN G ’S B I SH OP’S GAM BIT .

Notes to page

13 Wormald gi ves as best 4Kt -B3,5 Kt~ B3 5 B -Kt5 , 6 0—0 6 P-QS, 7 Kt-Q5 7 O-Oz

.

1 4 If 6 KKt-Q2, 7 Kt x P 7 P-QB3 , 8Kt x B 8 P x B,9 P-Q4+ .

1 5 Goss ip g ives as best 10 P x P 1 0 R -KKtsq, 1 1 Kt-B3 , and Black ’ s game i s brokenon both wings .

1 6 Gossip suggests for.B lack 1 0 0 - 0 ,1 1 P x P 1 1 R -q , 12 0 - 0 12P-QR3 .

1 7 If 4 P-Q4, 5Kt x P 5 B -Q3 , 6 Kt x Ktch 6 Q x Kt 7 P-Q 1 7 Q-R5ch, 8K-E sq+ .

1 8 Max Lang recommended 7 P-Q3 7 B x Kt, 8 Q x B 8 Q-R50h , 9 P-Kt3 9 P x P10K-K2 10Kt -B7+ .

1 9 If 6 Kt-QB3 6 B -K2, 7 B x Kt 7 R x B

,8 li t -Q5 8K-q , 9 Q

-

x P 9 R -q ,

1 0Kt-KBS 10 Q-R4,1 1 Kt x KBP

20 Wh i te might also play 7 Kt-QB3 , or 7 Kt -KBS, bu t i n each case he will b e le ftwi th an in ferior p osit ion ; he may , however , equal i z e the game by 7 B x Kt7 R x B; 8Kt-KB3 8 Q\ -B3 , 9Kt -B3 9 P-B3

,10 P-Q4 10 P-Q4= .

21 If 4 P-Q3 , S te in i tz continues 4 Q -R5ch , 5 K-Bsq 5 P x P, 6 P x P 6 B - B4

, 7 Q-B3

7 B x Kt, 8 R x B , 8Kt -KR3 9K_t-B3 9Kl-Kl5—l

22 Black would do better to p lay 6 Kt-Ks s, 7 Kt -KB3 7 Q—R3 . s Q -K2 S E -K2,9P-Q4

9 P-Q4, 10Kt x Ktch 10 Q x Kt, 1 1 B x QP 1 1 P-BS , 12B -Kt3 1 2 B -KKt5+ .

Tab le L X I .—KIN G ’S B I SHOP ’

S GAMB IT . 87

If 1 0 Q x P, 1 1 Kt-B3+.

If 9 Q Kt3 , 10 Q K2+McDonnell

’

s attack , though bri llian t and aggress ive , was always con s ideredhazardou s un t i l the p ubl icat ion o f Mr. Fraser ’ s analyses in the Chess World .

H e was the fi rs t to establ i sh the soundness o f the sacrifice.

Thi s i s Mr. Fraser ’ s amendmen t to the a ttack .If 9 0 -0 , 10 P-Q3 10Kt-B3 , 1 1 Q Kt3 1 1 Q xx Q ,ch 12P x Q+.

If 10 P-QB3 , 1 1 Kt B3 . If Black now p lay s 1 1 B x P,or P Q3 , or P Q4 , Wh ite

equally rejo in s wi th 12Q-Kt3. rema in ing i n each case wi th the sup er ior game,

{gEI Q Kt5ch,

12 Q x Q 12Kt , 1 3 PKR3 1 3 Kt KRS , 14 B x Pch 14 P B3 .

R4+

Black has several other moves . If he p lay 7 Q-B5 , 8Kt-Q5+ ; i f he p lay 7 PxP,

8Q x Pch 8K-q , 9 P and i f 7 P Q4 , 8 P t P 8Q-Kt5 , 9Kt x P 9 Q c h,

10Kt x Q 1 0 PKt5, 1 1 Kt KL5 1 1. PKR3 , 12Kt x KEP+ .

SECT ION II .

KING ’

S KNIGHT ’

S GAMBIT

4B-Kt2

Thi s,the most an c ient b ran ch of the Ki ng’ s Gainb it i s j ustl y con s idered

unsound .

We fi rst find i t ab ly analyzed by Dr . Salvio, the Neapol itan . Numerouswr iter s have bestowed infin ite pain s upon this var iat ion , whi ch“ leads to themost interest ing attack s in Chess . In our own day we may ment ion an

admi rab le ar t i cle,written by the Rev. W. Wayte, and publ ished in the

Chess Player’s Chron i cle

,whi ch contain s the c ream of all the mode rn

analyses .White “

can now cont inueFi rst 5 P-Q4

S econd 5 P-B3

Thi rd 5 OJ )

F ourth ,

5 P-KR4

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90 Tab le m un —KING ’S”

GAMB IT .

KT .K2B KKts Kt-RS

Kt x P 12

Kt-Q2

QR-q P-K5R i3-Kt3

P x Ktch

8 If 1 1 Q-Kt3 , 1 1 B x B ,12 Q x B 12 B

“ x Pch , 1 3 K-E sq 13 B -K4,14 Q-KtSCh

14 Kt-Q2+ .

9 I f sKt-QBS, 9 Q-R4 9 B -Q‘Z .

1 0 I f n e w 12 P-B4, 1 3 P-R3 1s Kt-R4 , 1 4 P-Q5 1 4 B x RP, 17 P x B 1 5 Kt-Kt6 ,1 6 R -

‘

B2 1 6 B x 1 7 R -Ktsq 1 5 P-KR4+ .

1 The Handbuch recommends 9 QB x P,giving up the Kn ight for a good attack .

1 2 If 1 0 P-KR3 10 P-KR4 , 1 1 Kt x P 1 1 P x Kt , 12Q x P 12 13 x P, 13-

Q x Pch 1 3 K-Q2,14 R -B2 14 Q- Ii Bsq+ .

1 3

1 4

1 5

1 6

1 7

Tab le LXIV .—KIN G ’

S GAMB IT . 91

P x P

P-K4

Gossip gives 9 P-Kt5 . 10Kt-R4 1 0Kt-K2+ .

Cont i nued : 20 Q -RSch 20 K—q . 21 QR -q , 21 Q-q , 22Q-B3 22K- B sq, 23 B x B23 P x B ,

24 Q x P, and Wh i te has a fai r game , having th ree Pawns for the p iece .

“ The H and bu ch observes , al thoughWh i te has only two Pawn s for his Kn ight,he has by 1 10 mean s a bad game , as these Pawns occup y the cen te r .

C on tinu ed : 19 R x P 19Kt-K2 20 P-K5 20 li t-Kt3 , 21 P x Kt 21 B x P, 22 B x P+ .

If 7 Q -BS, 8P-K5+ ; or i f 7 B -Ktb, 8Q-Kt3+ .

T ab le L X V .—KIN G "S GAMB IT.

Kt-KB33 4

B-Kt2

Kt -QB3 1 K1-Q83

Kt-K2 P x PQ-K2 P x PQ-Q3

B x R B-Q2

B-Q2

U- U- U

B- B3 Kt- B3Kt {3

P x PP -x P

Kt x Kt Kt-Q5P x Kt K- Bsq

0- 0 - 0 Kt x KtPKt-B3 Q x KtP-R3 B x P

Q- ltSCh

P-Kt3

Q- R8ch

P-Kt 3 Q-Kt7ch

If 5 P-Kt5 , 6 Kt -Kt5 6 Kt -KR3 , 7 P-Q4 7 P-KBS, 8 B x P 8 P x Kt, 9 B x KtP9 B -B3 , 10 B x Kt 10 B x Peh ,

1 1 K-Q2 1 1 B -Kt4ch , 1 2K-QS

If 1 3 B x P, 1 4 B x B 1 4Kt -B3 , 15 B x P011 1 5K-K2,1 6 Q-Kt6 1 6 Q x B+ .

If 14 K-E sq ? 1 5 B x P 15 K-K2, 1 6 B -Q6eh 16 K x B , 1 7 P-K5ch 1 7 K x P.

8 P Queen s 18 Q x Q , 19 Q x Pch 19 K-Q5 , 20Kt -KQch 20 Kx B ,21 P-Kt30h

21 K-Kt5, 22P-R3mate ; or i f 1 4K-q ? 1 5 Q x P 15 QKt-Q2, 1 6 B x P+ .

C on t inu ed 19P-Q6 19P-B3,20 Q-QKt3 20 B -K3 , 21 Q-Kt4 21 Q-q

'

, 22P-Q7+ .

If 1 0K-E sq, 1 1 Q-R7 1 1 B -Kt2, 12Q-R5 12Kt-R3 , 1 3 Kt x P 1 3 B -Kt5+ .

Black can also p lay 9Kt-QB3 or 9K-E sq, b u t neither move i s so strong .Gossi p gives 12P x P,

1 3Kt-KKt5 1 3 Kt-Q2, 1 4 P-K5 14 li t

SECT ION III .

THE SALVIO GAMBIT.

5Q- lt5ch

Thi s open ing i s fi rst not i ced in the wo rk o f D r . Sal v io , who d id n o t

o r igmate the var iat ion , but cop ied i t from a Portuguese t reat i se. Fo r a con

siderable per iod the Open ing was seldom p layed , the fi rst p layer p refer r ing tosacr ifi ce the attacked Kn ight rather than comp r omise his game by the d is

placemen t of his King. I t was rev i ved by H er r S tein i tz , who p layed i t i nhis celebrated matches with H er r Anderssen and Her r Z ukerto rt .Black has three l ines o f p lay at his command

F i rst 6 Kt-KB3 ? Co l.

S econd 6 Kt-KR3 I 0

1

03

Thi rd 6 P-BG ! M r. C ochrane’ s G ambi t

94 Tab le LXV I .—SAL V IO GAMBIT .

Kt-KB3 B B4

B x Pch

B-B4ch'

1 The following variat ion we take from the H and buch, 6th ed i tion , and i f Black ‘ srep l ies are the bes t, i t shows 6 Kt-KB3 to b e very in fe r ior to 6 Kt -KR3 .

Il err Ste in itz u sually p lays 1 0Kt—B2.

10 B -KS, as p layed by H'

err Anderssen in h i s match wi th H err S teimtz , accord ingto the H and buch 1 s d 1sadvan tageous for B lack .

1 1 P-KB4 resul ts favorably forWh i te .

10K-q 10 Q- R4 , 1 1 Kt B4 i s p erhap s better p lay .

M r. Cochrane ’ s Gamb i t.If S B t -

qKS12 Q-

,R60h 1 3 KKtsq IS E -Kt2+ ; or 11 8 P-KKt3 , 8 Q- I,

{60 h -9KB2 9Kt KB3 ,1 0 B -Kt3 1 0 P-

.Q3+ If S Q-KSQ S P x Pch, 9Kx P 9 Q l{GCh

Q- R6ch

K-B2 5

Q-Kt7eh

K-K3B ~K2Kt-B4B—Kt4

B Esq

Q x it

B-Kt5chP- B3

Q X Q +

P- B6 ! 6 .

P-Q4

P x PchK x PQ- lt6ch

K-KtsqKt-KB3

Q—Q3

Q X Q

P x QP-Q3

B x KtB -x B

Kt x BPB-K6 ch

K-Kt2l t- E sq

l- Bsq

B x P

B x KtP x KtB- B4

P x PQ x PB-Bbch—i

Tab le LXV II .— SALV IO GAMB IT . 95

Q-Kt 7ch

e x P +

H err Z ukerto rt p re fers 8P-Q3 ,‘

9 li t-Q3 0 P x Pch. 1 0 Kx P 10 B -Ktz , 1 1 P- D.:

1 1 Kt -B3 , 12 B -KKt3 12Q-K2,13 li t-Q 3 1 3 0 -0 . 1 4 Q K2 1 4 K—q + .

Gossip gives 1 0Kt-Q3 1 0 B -Kt2, 1 1 Kt-B2

The correc t move at thi s j unc tu re , to p reven t Wh i te p lay ing 1 0 P-KKt3 . In the

match be tween S te in i tz and Z ukerto rt the lat ter p layed 9 B -Ktl .

I f 1 1 P x P,1 1 P-Q3 , 12 Kt-Q3 12 Kt x Pch ,

1 3 K-K4 1 3 P-B7d i sch ,1 4 K-B4

1 4 B - R3ch , 15 Kx P 1 5 Kt-K60h ,1 6 K-R5 1 6 Q-RGmate.

1 1 9 B xKt 9 P t , lOB x B 10 1< t P+ z o r i f 9Kt tP,QKt t, 1oP t

10 B x P,1 1 Q ~Q3 1 1 B -RGch, 12K-K2 1 2 R—Ktsq-l

If 1 1 B x Peh 1 1 K-K2, 12 Q x P 12B -Rfich , 1 3K-K2 1 3 li t-Q2, 1 4 R -Ktsq 1 4 Kt t .

1 5 P x Kt 15 R -E sq+ . 1 1 Kt x P i s also bad .

SECT ION IV.

THE MUZ IO GAMBIT.

P-KB4 Kt—KB3

Thi s br i l l iant Gamb i t was fi rst n ot i ced in the t reat i se of D r . Salv io , whostates that “ the game was sent to him by Si gnor Muz io

,who commonly

won it of “his adversarv D on Geron imo Casc io . The attack obta ined bythe bold sac r ifi ce of the Kn ight was un ti l recentl y con s ide red i r res ist ible.

Modern analy ses are all in fav o r o f the second p layer . Amongst thesewe may espec ially ment ion the excel lent var iat ion of Her r Z ukertort, whi chcomp letely nullifies any remnan t of attack remain ing.

Afte r the orthodox moves,Whi te mayp lay

F i rst 5 Kt- B3 McDonn ell’

s cont inuat ion C o l. 1 2

S ec ond 5 P-Q4 As analv z ed by KochThird 5 B x PchFourth 5 0 -0

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as Tab le ma x — 111 112 1 0 GAMB IT .

Kt-KBS 13- 13 4

B 13 ?

P-Q4

P-Q3 Q-K2

Kt- B3 QB x P

K-E sq Q x BKt-QB3B x Pch Kt -K4

9 x 9 6 KQw

B x B

R x Kt Kt-B6P x R

P-Q3 1 7 Kt- B3 9 Q—Kt2 10

5 1 1 6 P-Q4, 7 B x r 7 P-QUS, s B x KBPcn- t .

6 1 1 1 0 Q x Pch , 1 1 B-K3 1 1 Q-K4, 12Q x Q 12 P x Q,

1 3 QR -q ch - t .

7 C on tinued 1 8QR -q 18 B M,19 R x QP 19

‘

-B x R ,20 R -q 20 K-q , 21 B x B

21 Kt-Kz , 22 Q x Kt 22B -Kr5,

R -Q5 23 R -E sq, 24-Q-Kt7 24 B -K3 , 25 Q x Pch

25 B -Q2, 26 Q-Kt7 26 B -B3 , 27 B-R4+ .

8 If 1 3 Q- E sq, 1 4 Q-KtSch 1 4KKt -K2, 1 3 P x P 15 P x P,1 6 Q-BG 16 K-B2

,1 7 Q x Peh+ .

9 Continued 18B x B 19R x B,1 0 1 1 x

1 0 Con t inued 18 R—R3 18 P-KRS, 19 li t-R5 19'

Q-Kt4, 20 Q'

x Q 20 P x Q,21 Kt-B6d i sch+ .

B -R6 B x BKt-Kt 3 Q x BQ-Kt8 Q x KtP QR-q QB x P

K- Bsq8 B x BQ- B80h P-K6 Q x B

B -q

B x P P-Q5

Tab le LXX .

—MUZ IO GAMB IT . 99

P-KB l

17

P- B3

li t

P Q4

Kt x P P- B3

B-Kt3

1 ’—Q b 3

QR-q

Q- B4 ch ? Q- B40 h

K-qP- Q3 U—U ?

P- Q l 1 7

M o rphy p layed a t th i s p o in t , ag a i n s t Lowen thal , 8 B x Pch 8 K x B,9 P-Q4

9 Q x Pch ,10 B -K3 10 Q- B3

,1 1 Q-R5ch .

I f 9 B—Q2_ the move generally g i ven—the H and buch. shows Black can safely p lay9 Q x P, 10 B

- B3 1 0 Q -Kt3ch , 1 1 K-q 1 1 Kt-KEJ,

I f 13 R -KKtsq, 1 4 R x Kt 1 4 Kt x R , 15 B - 136 15 R -q , 1 6 P-KKt4 16 Q-KtS,1 7 Q-K2

1 7 B -E sq,18 P-Kt5 18 P-Q3 , 19Kt x KBP 19 Q-B -l , 20 P-KR3 20 P-KR

C on tinu ed 18 Q x B 18 Q x c i,19Kt x Q 1 9R -KKtSq,

20 B -B3 20 P-B4,21 B -BG

21 K- Ql , 22P-Q4 22P x Kt+ .

Th i s i s the best de fen se ; i t was fi rst given by Z ukertort, in the Schachz ei tung ,

1868.

C on t i nu ed 18 B x Kt 1 8 B -B4 , 1 9 QR -KB4 1 9 B -K3 , 20 B x B 20 P x B,21 R -K4

21 R x Bob ,22Kx 11 , 22R -Bsqch ,

23 K-Ktsq 23 li t

C ontinu ed 18B -Kt3 18 Q x KtP, 1 9 R -KKtsq 19 Q- B4 , 20 Q-Kt2 20 B x Kt, 21 R x BP21 K-q , 22 R x B+ .

C ontinued 18 B x R 18K- B2,1 9 Kt x P,

19 B x Kt, 20 R x Bell 20 B -B4,21 B -B

21 Kt-Ql

SECT ION V .

THE KIESERITZKY GAMBIT.

Kt-K5

Thi s beaut iful var iat ion of the King’ s Gamb it i s one of the most fashionable open ings of the p resent clay

,and although theoret i cally un sound in

p ract i cal p lay, i t frequentl y resul ts in fav o r of the attack ing p layer .Black has eight defen ses

5 P-Q3 ad vocated by5 P-Q4

5 Q- toK2

5 Kt-QB3

5 B-K2

5 B-Kt2

5 Kt-KBS

5 P-KR4

Kolisch

E . MorphyRosen thalNeumann

Polerio

Pau l senPhi lidor

C lass i cal Defense

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102 Tab le LXXII .—KIE SERITZKY GAMBIT . .

Kt-K5

9 Kt-KB3

Kt-B310

P—B6

P x PKt x KBPchK- Bsq12Kt-Q5

P-Q31 3B- B4

B-Kt-51 4:

O

Q—Q215R -q

1 6R -q

Called “ H err Neumann’ s De fen se , con s idered un sati sfactory .

If 6 P-Q4‘? 6 Kt xKt , 7 P x Kt 7 P-Q3 , 8 B x P 8 B -Kt2, 9 B -B4 9 Q-K2, 10Kt -B3

10 P x P+ .

Amove n oti ced by Poleri o and Salvio , bu t i t i s not to b e recommended .

1 0 1 1 Kt-B3 or 1 1 R x B resul ts un favorably for Wh i te .

1 1 If 1 0 P x P,1 1 R xKt 1 1 B x R , 1 2B x Pch 12K-K2, 13 B x B+ .

CD

(13

4

Kt x KtQP x KtP -Q4

Kt- B3

B x PKt x PB-Q3

Kt-Q3

Kt-B3B—Kt2

Kt-K2O

P—B3

B -B4

Q B2

B x BQ x B

t—q

B-K2 9Kt x KtP ? Q x P ?P-Q4

P xP

B x PchKt- B2

K x BQ x PP—Q4Kt-QB3

P-B3

Kt - B3

B x PB-Kt5

B- B4

B x PchK- Esq

P-Q4

_E x P

P-Q4

B-Kt4

P-KKtSQ -B3 1 1

P.x P

B x PK-Kt2P- B3

B x BQ x Bl- Esq

Q-Kt4

B x PchKt x BKt x Kt

Tab le LXXI II .—KIE S E R IT Z KY GAM B IT . 10 3

Kt-KBS

B-K3

H err Paulsen ’ s de fen se .

If 6 Kt x KtP 6 P-Q4 , 7 Q-B3 7 Q-K2, 8 B -K2 8P x P+ .

If 7 Kt-QB3 7 P-Q3+ .

Z ukerto rt p layed again st S te in i tz 1 1 P-QB4 , 12 P-B3 12 P x P, 1 3 Kt x KtP13 Q—K3 , 14 Kt-B2 1 4 Q -QKt3 , 15 P-B4 15 B -K3 , 1 6Kt-Q2 16 Kt-Q2+ .

If 1 2Kt x Kt , 12P x Kt , 1 3 B -K3 1 3 P-QB4+ .

If 10 B x P 1 0 Kt-R4 , 1 1 P-KKts 1 1 P x P,1 2 Q x QP 12 li t-QB3 , 1 3 Kt t

13 P x Kt, 14 Q-Q2 14 R -q c l1 + .

I f 10 P x P en pas 10Kt x P, 1 1 Kt x Kt 1 1 P x Kt, 1 2 QB x P 12Kt- R4+ .

B x P, 13 Kt-B3 , or R -q + .

If 1 3 Q x RP, 1 4 R x P 14 B -R3 , 15 R x BP 1 5 B x B , 1 6 R -B4d i sch 16 K-Kt2, 1 7 Q xB1 7 Q-K2, 18 R x R 18Kx R ,

19 Q-RGch 19K-q . 20 R -KBsqIf 14 Q x P, 1 5 R x P 15Kt -B3 , 1 6 B -R3 1 6 R ~q , 17 B x Pch 1 7K-q , 18 B

-QG18 Q-Kt4 , 19 P-KG 19 Q x R . 20 B x Q 20 R x Qeh , 21 R x R+ .

White regain s hi s Pawn wi th a sl ight advantage in p osi tion .

10 4: Tab le LXXIV .—KIE SE R ITZKY GAMBIT .

P-KB4 Kt-KB3 PKB4

If 14 P-B7 , 14 R-E sq.

7 B -Kt2, lead ing to a p os i t iou'

s im i lar to that i n H err Pau lsen ’ s defense , i s cons i d ered the bes t move here . See C ols . 1 3 to 18.

In stead o f th i s capture, Black may p lay 9P- B6, a defen se adop ted by S tein i tz in

the V ienna Tournament . The game was con t inued 10 B -KtSCh 1 0 P-QB3 ,1 1 Q -q 1 1 O-O+ .

If 9 0 - 0 , 1 0Kt -K2 10 Q-K2+ .

Mr. Goss ip cons iders Wh ite to have the best game , and th inks Black would dobet ter at mo ve 1 2 to p lay 12 Q -q , continu ing 1 3 Kt x QEF 1 3 Kt x Kt,14 B x Ktch 1 1 1

5- l 1 5 B x R 15 Q x B ,

16 Q-K2ch 16 K- E sq+ .

Kt-QB3P- l Q-K2 26P x P B-Kt5chP x P P-B3

Kt x QBP P x PKt x Kt P x PB x Ktch Kt—Q5K- Bsq Q-K3B x B Kt- B7chKt-Ktb’ B x KtK-B2 B-B4

Kt x Beh Q—K2Q x Kt B x PchP-Ktbch Q x BK-q Kt x QQ-c h+ Kt +27

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SECT ION VI .

THE ALLGAIER GAMBIT.

Thi s Open ing was cons ide red by Allga ier i nv inc ible , but modernauthors p resen t satisrato ry d efenses to the var ious l ines of attack .

A new form of the attack has been introduced by Mr . Tho rold,whi ch

rev i ved this,nearly obsolete

,open ing .

Black ’s on ly safe d efen se. i s 5 P-KRS .

After 6 Kt x P 6 Kx Kt, White has three continuations z

F i rst 7 P-Q4 .

S ec ond 7 B-B4ch.

Thi rd 7 Q x P.

Tab le LXXV I .—AL L GAIE R GAMBIT . 10 7

P-KR4

B x B +

Q-Q3

Mr. Thorold s’

s attack .

If 8 B -Kt2, 9Kt -BS 9 P x P, 10 B -B4ch , 10 K-Kt3 , 1 1 Kt-QS .

If 10Kt-B3 10Kt-KB3 , 1 1 Q -Q2 1 1 B -Q3+ .

Mr. Freeborough’

s variat ion .

Mr. Potter ’ s de fen se .

I f 13 B -K3 13 Kt-QR 1+ .

I f 9Kt x P, 10 0 -0 , the posi tion i s that o f column 7 after Whi te ’ s 1 2th move .

Th i s variation i s from the Hand buch. If 9 B -K3 , 9 B x 15

0 11 , 10K-Q2 10 P-Q3+ .

108 Tab le LXXV II .~ —AL L GAIER GAMB IT .

B-KB4 1PlB7ch

K x PP-Q4

B-K2

Q-Kt6eh

B-~B4ch 2

P-Q4

B x PchK-Kt2

P- B6 4

Q-Kt5ch o -o-o

B -K2

P-Kt7

Mr. Freeborough’s variat ion . If 8B -K2

, 9 B -Kt 3 . If 8 P_Q4, 9 Q-Q2 9 B -K310 B -K5 10Kt-KB3 , 1 1 Q-B4, &c .

2 Pr in ce Ouroussoff ’s attack .3 I f 1 0 O=O,

1 0 P-B6, 1 1 P x P 1 1 P-Kt 6 , p layed by H err Z ukertort against HerrS te in itz .

4 In trodu ced by H err Z ukertort .5 In troduced by H err H orny .

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1 10 Tab le LXXV III .

— CUNNIN GHAM GAMB IT .

Kt-KB33

l’ -Q3 WP- Q4

B- t ) Q- as

QB x P P-K5Q-B3 P x P

P-K3 P x PKt-Kz Q-K2

QKt -Q2 QB.

x PP-K B-KL5

P-KR3 Kt- B3B x Kt B—QTKt x B Kt-K4Kt-QZ

K-KtsqB-KtU

Q-Q2

1 From a match game between Mes srs . Wi sker and B i rd . Mr. B ird i svery part ialto the Cunn ingham Gambi t, and p lays i t u sually wi th un common abil ity.

2 If 5 B -Kt4, 6 P-Q4 6 P-QS, 7 Kt x B 7 Q x Kt, 8Q-BS+.

3 Wormald recommends 8P-QB4, 9 P-B3 9 Q-Kt3

4 C on tinued 1 6 P-B4 16 B x P, 17 B x P 17 Kt-KR3 , 18Q-B8+ .

Kt

P x KtB—Kt4P-KR4

P-KR4‘

P-Kt5

Kt-R2P-B6

P x PP-Kt6

Kt-Kt4B x P

Kt-BSP-QBS

K-Kt2P-Klt4

Kt-K3B-Kt4 4

03

1 0'

1 1

1 2

Tab le LXXIX.—CUNN INGHAM GAMBIT . 1 1 1

1 am

The best mo r e , i n the Op in ion o f the H and buch.

I f 8 P x P, 8B- BJ! 9 li t -KI) 9 B x Kt , 10 R -q 10 Kt -K‘

Z,1 1 R x B 1 1 O

I f 1 1 P CB 1 1 K-Ktsq. 12 B -Kt3 12 P-KR3+ ; an d i f 1 1 P 1 1 Q -Q4ch ,

12Kt-KB3 12Kc-R1 , 1 3 P-B l 1 3 Q

I f 0Kt x B , 9Kt. x B . 10 P x Kt 10 Q xKt , 1 1 Q -c h 1 1 K-q ,12 Q x P 1 12Q x Qeh ,

13 Kx Q 13 P-KB3 + .

l f OKt d ch , 9 Kt-KB3 , 10 P-Q4 10 R -E sq,1 1 B -Kt5 1 1 K-Ktsq, 12Kt-QB3

12 P

I f 0 K-KQ, 10 Q-R5 10 P x Kt, 1 1 Q x P0 11 1 1 K-Q

‘

l , 1 3 Q-Qdch 12K-K2,1 3 Q-B7ch

An d Whi te draws by p erpe tual check .If 8 0 -0 , 9 B x Kt+ .

SECT ION VIII .

GAMBIT DECLINED.

I t general ly ad v i sable fo r the second p laye r to accept the gamb it.Such games are more entertain ing, the comb inat ion s be ing more c r it ical ,and they are usual l y more instruct ive than the refused gamb i ts .When the second p layer w ishes to decl ine the Pawn , he can do so with

perfect safety, v i zColumn s

F i rst 2P-Q4

Second 2 P-Q3

Thi rd . 2 R BI.

Fourth 2Kt-KBS

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1 1 4 Tab le L X X X I z—GAMBIT DE CL INE D .

CO

CD

Q

1 0

P-QR4

It 3 Kt-QB3 . See Vienna Op en ing .I f 4 B -KKt5, 5 P x P 5 P xP, 6 B x Pch+ .

“

I f 6 P—Q3 , 6 o -o= .

If 5 B -K2, 5 Kt -QB3+ , an d Mr . S te in i tz p oints out that Black Sp eed ily gets thebetter game.

BOOK IV .

MISCELLANEOUS OPENINGS .

THREE OPENINGS ONLY COME UNDER THIS CLASSIFI

CATION .

F i rst— 1 P-K4 1 P-K4, 2 P-Q4 2 P x P.

— Tab ! e 82.— The Center Gamb it.

The pos it ions ar i s ing from thi s l ine—of p lay are s imilar , and often id ent i calwith the S cotch Gamb it, whi ch should be stud ied i n connect ion w ith thi s

The only nominal var iat ion i s— 3 P-QB3 .—Tab le 83 .

— The Dan i shGamb it.I t has rece ived a searching analys i s by V on der Lasa

,the Pruss ian Am

bassador at Copenhagen ; hence it i s cal led the Dan i sh G ame.

S econd—l P-K4 1 P-K4,2 Kt-QBS.

—Tables 84 and 85 .—The V ienna

Open ing, o r Queen ’s Kn ight ’s game.

Thi s excel lent Open ing was brought p rominently i nto not ice by Austr ianp laye rs . Her r Hampe, of V ienna, has greatly fav o red i ts adopt i on and

analys i s . I t i s somet imes cal led Hampe’ s Open ing ,

and was frequent lyp layed in the V ienna Tou rnament

, .1873 .

The Three and Four Kn ights ’ game should be stud ied in connect ion withthi s Open ing.

Thi rd— 1 P-K4 1 P-K4,2 P-QB3 .

— The Queen ’ s B i shop ’ s Pawn ’s Opening . Seldom,

i f ever, p layed in our day . We do not p resent any

analys is .

1 1 6 Tab le LXXXII .—CENTE R GAMBIT .

Kt xP

Q-

‘

Kt5

If 4 P-K5 , see KB Op en ing, Table 54 , Co lumn 7 .

11 x Pch i s un sound .

Wh i te may obtain a strong attack by 6 P x B 6 Q x R , 7 Q-Kt3 7 Q -B3‘

, 8Kt-QB38Kt -Kz , 9KKt~K2, though h i s advan tage in p ositi on does no t comp ensate forthe loss o f the exchange .

4 In a. game , C oker v . Macdonnell , 9P-K5, to wh i ch the reply was 9Kt -BS, w iththe bet ter game .

5 Mr . Wayte says , 12 0 -0 - 0 the attack on the i solated P by Kt-K2 and Kt3 and

R -q ,shou ld y ield a drawn game .

6 3 P resolves the game in to Phi li d or ’s defense, and 3 Kt-QBS in to a Scotchgam i t .

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1 1 8 Tab le LXXXIV .—V IENNA OPEN IN G .

13- 134 3

Kt- BS

1 A favorite cont inuat ion with L . Paul sen .

2 In a con su lati on game between Paul sen and B ier, S chwarz and ,Scho ttland er ,

3 Kt -B3 , 4 B-Ktz 4 B -B4. 5 P-Q3 5 P-QR3 , 6 P- B4 6 P-Q3 , 7 P-B5 , &c . See Chess

Monthly , Sep tember , 1879, p age 20.

3 Mr. Ranken says Wh ite can here adop t the Thorold -Allgaier attack w i th moregi

ga

pit

l

a

ige than i f the Kn igh ts were not ou t , or p erhap s after 5 P-KR l 5 P-Kt5,

t tsq.

4 The Stein itz gamb it .4 a. From an elaborate arti cle by Mr . Fraser up on th i s defen se—5 P-QKt3 , see Chess/

Player’s Chroni cle, May , 1879, p age 98.

5 From a game , Ste in itz V . M in ckwi tz , p layed at the Baden Tou rney , 1 870.

6 Whi te i s a Pawn m inu s , bu t has the sup eri or p os it ion .

7 Mr. Gossip gives 6 Kt x P 6 B -Kt5ch , 7 li t-B3 7 O-O-O, 8B x P.

8Kt-B3 , 9B-Kt3

9 Q—R3 , 10Kt x Kt 10 Q x Kt , 1 1 P-B3+ .

8 Or 7 0 -0—0 , 8P xKt 8 B -QB4, 9 P x Pch 9K~Ktsq,1 0Kt -QKt5 10Kt-B3 , 1 1 K-Q3

1 1 Q—R4 , as i n a game be tween Z ukertort and Ste in i tz .9 From a corresp onden ce game- Skipworth v . Pugh—i n the Chess Player ’

s C hron

z cle Corresp onden ce Tou rney .

Tab le LXXXV .—V IENNA OPEN IN G . 1 19

I

If 3 Kt-B3 , see Tables 48—51 .

Mr. G o s sip g ives 0Kt x P 1 0Kt x KP, 7 P-Q4 7 Kt-Kt3 , s Kt-KBS s Q—K2, 0 B -Q3

9 P-KB4, etc .

Or. as p layed by Blackbu rne i n h i s match w i th Ste in i tz . 5 Kt x P, 6 P x Kt0 Q - BSch , 7 K-K‘

Z 7 B x Kt, 8 P xB 8 B -KtSCh ,9Kt -B3 9 P x P, 10 Q -Q4 , W i th a.safe game.

If 5 P x P, 5 P x P, 6 Kt x P 6 Q-Q5, 7 Kt-Q3 7 B -Kt3 , etc .

Or 6 B -KKtS, 7 Kt-QR4 7 B -Kt3 , 8Kt x B 8 RP x Kt, 9B -Kt5 , wi th a good op en ingOr 3 Kt-R4 3 B x Pch , 4 Kx B 4 Q-R5Ch, 5 K-K3 5 Q-BScb ,

6 K-Q3 6 P-Q4 , 7 KB

7 Q x KP,8K-Kt3 8 B -K3+ .

These moves occu rred i n a game , H amp e v . Me i tner , wh i ch ended in a d raw :

also between S te 1 n 1 tz and.

two Man che s ter al l ie s , won by the former ._The ex

posed p os i t i on o f the Ki ng i s hazard ous , b ut he may be moved i nto sa fequarters .

SEMI - IRRE G ULAR OPEN IN G S .

‘

BOOK V .

SEMI-IRREGULAR OPENINGS .

Thi s -sect ion wil l be devoted to the i r regular defenses whi ch B lack mayadopt in an swer to 1 P-K4 .

There are fou r important var iat ion s .

Fi rst — l P-K4 1 P—K3 .— Tab les 86

,87 .—Fren ch Game.

S omet imes cal led the “King’s Pawn One Game. I t i s qu ite safe fo r thesecond p layer ; the pos it ion s ari s ing from its adop t ion are usually

'

dull and

un interest ing.

S econd .—1 P-K4 1 P-Q4 .

—Table 88.- Center Counter Gamb it.

A weak counter attack, i n var i ably g i v ing the advantage to the fi rstp layer.

Thi rd .- 1 P-K4 1 P-QB4 .

—Tables 89, 90.—S i c il ian Game.

I f ac cu rately conducted , resu lts in an even game.

Fourth —1 P-K4 1 P-QKtS, o r, etc .—Tab le 91 .

— F ian chetto Defense.

Thi s method of open ing has been very popular ; i t i s safe p lay , but productive of a somewhat c ramped pos it ion .

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122 Tab le LXXXV II .— FRENCH DE FEN SE.

The Chess Player'

s Chroni cle remark s that thi s move was favored by Anderssen .

The H andbuch, 6th ed i tion , says—o Even game .

The attack in trodu ced by S tein i tz V . Mei tner at the V i enna Tourney , up on wh ichthe variation i n Column s 5—6 are based , b ut in those variat ion s B -KKt5 i sp layed as a p rel iminary .

Th i s retreat i s necessary to b e e i i ab led'

to defend QPwi th QBP.

Mr . Potter suggests 9 P-QR3 or P-KKtS.

H err S tei n i tz remarks i n The F i eld In cou se uence o f the u n favorable th i rdmove ,

Black i s now virtual ly two moves beh i li 7 B x Kt wou ld have enabledWhli tfe

EpBobtain the u sual strategi cal advantage ari s ing after P x B by R -QKtsq

an 4.

From a game p layed i n the Ph iladelp hia Tourney—Mason v . Martinez.7 Kt-QB3 , same as C olumn 1 .

The best moves on each s ide , accord ing to Jaen i sch ’s theory .

Herr Rosenthal , in a game w i th Mr . Hun ter , at Glasgow, p layed 4 Kt-KB3 at thi sp oint , following with 5 P-B3 , 6 B -Q3 , and 7 B i n success ion .

B—Kt5

P x P !P x P

Kt—B3Kt-KB3

0 - 0

0 - 0

B-Q3 14

B-KKt5P—B3

Q -Q2B-K3

QR-q

QKt-Q2

Kt-K2(2- 132 1 5

P xP

P xP

Kt -KBS

B-Q3

B

0 - 0

U -U

P- B4 1 6

B-KKt5 '

13- 11 3

P-B3

QKt-Q2QKt-Q2

Q-KtSQ-Kt3

Q-B2

Q—B2

QR-Esq

QR—Esq 1 7

Tab le 88.-French D efen se —C enter C ounter G amb i t . 123

1 If 2 P-KS, 2P-K3 , we have a variation o f the French defen se favorable to thesecond p layer .2 Mr. Go ssip gives an ingen i ous variati on to p ro ve that Black can no t plav 6 P-K4 .

7'

Kt—B3 7 B -KKté , 8 P x P S Kt x P, 9 B-Ktéeh 9KKt -Q2, 1 0 Kt x Kt , Wi nn ing a

p i ece .

3 The E c

li

i

i tors o f the Chess Monthly cen su re th i s move ,wh i ch exposes the Queen to

attac

From a game between Morphy and Anderssen .

The following variati on an d notes are given in the Chess Monthly , to p rove that4 Kt- B3 p reven ts Black develop ing wi th P-K4 .

Or 5 P-BS, 6 B—B4 GB -KB LI, 7 0

-0 7 Kt -Q‘

Z, 8 R -q 8 P-B3 , 9Kt -KR4+ .

If 6 B xB, 7 Q x Peh+ . If 6 B -QS, 7 Kt x P+ .

If 7 P-Q4 7 B S B -Q‘Z 8 B x

From a game between Morphy and Anderssen , rep rin ted , wi th excellen t no te s ,i n the Chess Monthly . Q i s necessary , otherwi se Blac k co u ld p lay 12Kt 154 .

124 Tab le LXXXIX .— S IC IL IA1\TBEFEN SE .

Kt- BSKt-QBSP-Q4 3 a

P x P

Kt x PR ona

B-KQ !li t- 3 3 B—Kt5

Kt x/Kt Q—QB4.

KtP x Kt KKt-K2

P-K5Kt-Q4Kt-K4 —

3

P-KB4 3

1 Th i s attack was the favori te i n the late Pan s Tou rney 1878.

2 From a Pari s game , Blackburn e v . Anderssen .

3 From a game , Z ukerto rt v. An de rssen .

Kt-Q60h , i s the bet te r cont inuat ion forWh ite .

Kt—KB3

It i s doubtful whether 1 0 B -Rach , or3 a Mr. B i rd i ntroduced at Pari s 4 B -KtS. M r. Potter says , 4 KKt-K2 i s the best4

5

6

7

8

9

Herr Z ukertort ’ s suggestion .by Ste in itz 1 11 the F i eld .

Mr . Wayte’

s move , wh i ch equal i zes the game .

From a match game , Fisher v . Burn .

In a game , M inch in v . Way te , 7 0 -0 7 Q-B3 , 8 Kt x Kt 8 KtP x Kt , 9 Kt- _R49Kt-KZ, 1 0 P-QB3 10 B-R él , 1 1 Q -Q6+ .

From Goss ip , column s 3 and 4 commun icated by Mr. Ranken .

An Amer i can inven t ion frequently p layed by Lou i s Pau lsen .

If 1 0 B -KKt5,10 Q -R4 ! 1 1 B -Q2 1 1 P~Q4 , as g iven

If lOB t , 1 1 B xB 1 1 Kt x P,

Ste in itz declares the game even .

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Tab le X C I .— F IANCH E TTO. DE FENSE .

3 4 5

Blackburne Z ukertort Coch rane Mason

Hamel H amel Mgheschun Potterer

Ste in itz, i n The F i eld , says : A good way o f meeting th i s op en ing, thoughnovel . Black ’ s QPwill e i ther b e kep t back, or i solated at Q4.

I f 6 P x P, 7 P-QB4 , with an excellen t game.

8P-Q4 was necessary here , and Black Wou ld have a safe game.

Th i s cons ti tutes the Fi a-nchetto o f the Ind ian p layers . Mr. Potter says i t i sp robably as good as any o ther close de fen se.

Mr. Potter, in the Ci ty of London Chess Magaz ine, say s : It i s not good , in gameso f th i s k ind , to th row u p the fou r cen te r Pawn s ; by p rop er p lay on the othersi de they should be broken up .

It wou ld be b ad to take the P,as Black cou ld answerKt-X '

ts, regain ing i t , witha better game.

The Ed itor o f the Chess Player ’s Chroni cle recommends P-QRS, P-K3, and Kt-KZ,or P-Kt3 , and B -Kt2, etc .

P-QRB, followed by Q-B2, should have been p layed fi rst, says the E d itor o f the

Chess Player’

s Chroni cle.

BOOKV I .

IRREGULAR OPENINGS .

The Open ings on the Queen ’ s s ide o f the board , str i ctly speak ing, holdthe fi rst rank among all the Open ings at Chess s in ce they are those whi ch ,

may be played w i th the g reatest exactness . —Jaeni sch.

The theo ry of the I r regular Open ings can not be mapped out in var iat ionsw ith any sat i sfactory result ; consequently in work s extant whi ch have beenwr i tten upon the Open ings, they have been somewhat n eg lected . The gen

eral p r inc ip les whi ch should gu ide the p laye r who selects the cl ose game

may be acqui red by a careful study of the publ ished games of the bestp laye rs .The comp i ler has selected a collect ion of examp les, g iv ing the fi rst twelve

moves on each s ide, and i nserting at the head of the column s the sour cefrom whi ch the examp les have been der ived , and the names of the p layersengaged , and i n the foot-notes the c omments o f the Ed itors in abbrev iation .

The aband onment o f theo ry and the adep t ion o f p rac ti ce in the examp lesp resen ted wi l l , we bel ieve, in troduce the studen t to a co r rect method of obtain ing the knowledge necessary for the conduc t of the c lose game.

The Queen ’ s Gambit, 1 P-Q4 1 P-Q4, 2 P-QB4 , i s the foundat i on of manyof the c l ose open ings . I t i s ment ioned in the o ldest wr i tings on the p ract i cal game, but was espec ially not i ced by S tammaB lack can safely accept the G ambit by 2 P x P, but it somewhat p rol ongs

the development of his p ieces . On thi s account Walker and Jaen isch haverecommended that the Gamb it he dec l ined by 2P-KS. In decl in ing the Gambit these wr i ters hav e followed S al v i o, who t r ied to avo id the per i l s of i tsacceptan ce by p lay ing a Counte r Gamb it, 2 P-QB4 .

In the Gambit ac cepted White can cont inue the Game by 3 P-K3,or

3 P-K4,to whi ch Black ’ s answe r i s 3 P-K4

,o r White can p lay 3 Kt-KBS,

an attack introduced by Blackburne at the V ienna C ongress, 1870, to p revent B lack from p lay ing P-K4 . We append a synop s i s of the contents ofthi s chapter.

1 P—Q4 1 P-Q4, 2 P-QB4 Queen ’s Gamb it1 P-QRS Anders sen ’ s Open ing1 P- QB4 The E ng l i sh Open ing1 P-KB4 The KBPawn Open ing1 P—K3 Vant Kruy ’ s Open ing1 P-Q3

l P-Q4 1 P-KB4 R i v iere’s Open ing1 P-QKt3 F ian chetto d e Donna1 P-KKt3 F ianchetto d e R i

128 Tab le XCII .

—QUE EN ’S GAMB IT .

2 3 5 6

C . P. Com Wiener Westmin Staunton ’ s S taun ton ’ sp an i on , Tou rney , ster Pap ers , H andbook , Handbook,p 368 p 206 Aug . 1878, p 363 p 362

p 79

St. Aman t H eral Mason Bri sto l De laBou rS taunton Rosenthal Wi nawer Amateurs donnai s

Staunton McDonnell

1 8P-KRS shou ld have been p layed by Black : i t i s almo st i nd i sp ensable for bothp layers to take th i s p recaut ion early i n th i s open ing, as Black has now to re

treat 9 B -K‘z .

Premature be fore d evelop ingKt-B3 .

Mr . Potter recommen ds 9B -K3 .

The best move to p reserve the QP.

Th reaten ingKt-KKtS, wh i chmight cost Black a p iece .

G

U

I-D

OO

M

B -Q3 i s the p roper square i n th i s open ing .

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1 5

1 6

1 7

1 8

Tab le X CIV .~ QUE EN ’S GAMBIT .

1 3 14 15 1 6 18

1851 Tou r C . P. Com C . P. Com Wes tm in Wien er Illu stratednamen t, pan ion , pan i on , s ter Pap e rs, Tou rn ey , Newsp 42 p 341 p 350 p 222

Anderssen S t . Aman t St . Aman t S te in itz H eral Berl i nS z en S taunton Staun ton Anderssen Pau lsen ViennaP-Q4

P-QB4

B -Q2would have avoided the loss o f a Pawn .

Th i s exchange of Pawn s i s almost ind i sp en sable to p revent the B having command o f the d iagonal .There i s a d i ffe ren ce o f op in i on amongst p rofi c i ents , some remarking that tfi rst p layer should no t allow the Kt to b e p inned ; and others that P-QR3 , top reven t B -Kté, i s sup erfluou s .Th i s i s now the most favored conti nuat ion ; adop ted by Stein itz an d others i nthe V i enna Tou rney .

1 1 R-E sq i s better.

Tab le X CV .—QUE EN ’

S GAM B IT . 1 3 1

22

Two other me thod s o fdecl in i ng the Gambi t ,from the Synop s is , 2uded it ion .

H arrwi tzLowen thal

1 9 Necessary, to p reven tKt-QKté .

1 32 Tab le X CV I .—IRRE GULAR OPENING S .

1 2 3

Westmin Westm i n Chess Wi ener Fieldster Pap ers , ster Pap ers, Mon thly , C ongress ,Aug . 1878,

- Aug . 1878, Dec . 1879, 1 873 , p 247

p 89 p 91 p 1 12

Anderssen Anderssen Anderssen Ste in itz LondonMacken z ie Mason Morphy Blackburne Vienna

P-QB4 7

P-KB4

Kt- B3

B-K2

Kt -QB3

B-K3

KP x PKt- B3

For Notes,see next p age.

Kt -QB3

B-Kt5 Kt-KB3

Kt- Q5 s Kt-QBS l l13 B-Krs

P-Q4 9 KKt-K212P x P 0 - 0

13- 134 P—QR3P-QB3 B x Kt

Kt x B 1 0‘Kt x Kt

Q—R4ch

P-Q4 QKt-B3Kt xKt 4 P-Q3

O-O

B-Q2

Kt-Q2 P-QKt4P-KB4 '

Q-qP-KB4 5 R-KtsqP-KKt4 6 P-Kt3 ?

B- B4?

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1 3 4 Tab le XCV II.—IRRE GULAR OPENINGS .

7 8 9

Wiener C . P. Westmin Wes tm i nCongress , Chron i cle , ster Pap ers , ster Pap ers ,p 1 51 March 1880, Oct . 1873 , Sep t . 1878,

p 1 1 4 p 105

Ste in itz Skipworth'

Stein i tz Pi tschel Skipworth Wi skerRosen thal Wayte Gelb fuhs Blackburne Bu rn B i rd

P-KB4 3P-KKt3

Kt -K3 3 Ps-KB4 Kt -KB3“

3P- QRS 15>-s Kt-KBS Kt-K li 1 mP Q4 P-Q

'Kt3

4B-Kt2

Kt x P P-Ql’t éfl2

B -K'

Z 5

P-QKt4 K's- BS

Kt—Q‘

Z

1 1B Kt2 o - o e ons

Kt- B3 Kt- BS .

12134 34 B P-

‘

Q4

O-O Kt -K5 Q -q

1 The game i s s imi lar to Column 3 , by a tran sp osi t ion o f moves , where Morphyplayed 9P-K5 .

2 .4_P-QKt3 i s p robably better .

S te in itz d i sapp roves o f th i s move , and p oin ts out that i t creates d i ffi culties wi ththe QP, whe ther advan ced or reta ined . 1 11 the former case the KP i s left weak .and i n the latte r the adversary ’ s QPmay advance to Q5 , hamp ering the development of theQKt.

4 A good move , where the adversary ’ s QP i s unmoved . Were the latter already“at Q4 , the p recau t ion wou ld be superfluous , forWh ite could then allow theKt tob e p inned by B -Kt5 , or taken , as that wou ld enable h im to retake wi th the KtP,strengthen ing h i s cen ter .

B -Q3 at on ce i s better play .

B lack i s laboring under the d i ffi cul t ies innate to th i s op en ing , as p ointed out i nNote 3. H i s QKt i s now blocked , and y et the move o f the QRPwas necessaryto p revent Kt-QKt5 .

Dr . Z ukertort says , i f 6 P x'

P, 7 B x Ktch 7 P x B ,8Kt -B3+ .

I f P take P, 0 11 thi s or the nextmove , Wh ite regains i t by Q-R4 .

Tab le XCV III .—IRRE GULAR OPEN IN G S . 1 3 5

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omp anmir C omp an ion ,

p 35 1 p 3011

Z ukerto rt S taun ton S taun tonPo tter S t . Amant S t . Aman t

P—QmP-KKL3 P-Q 131

P- Q4 Kt QBS15- 11 12 Kt QBS

Kt-KBS P-K3P-Q3 P- Q3

P-K3 P-Ql

P-KB4 1 P x P 3B-K2 P x PP 153

Ii i - B3

P-Q1

Kt- BS P-Q 13

P-K4 2 li t

P-K4 P- B5

Kt-K2 15- 11 2

QP x P P—QKt i 4QP x P Kt-K;

P- B5 li t-K2P-KP1 3 P-Q l

-La

B- QRJ. Kt- R 13li t-Q2 P4

3

4

Q- QG B -Q3

Q- ltet 13- 153;

1 F lack i s early p lay ing the Pawn g ame o n hi s tender flank . the Ki ng ’ s s ide : alway s a dangero us pol icy , for the Pawn s become s ta t ionary , and the op ponen t canabide h i s t ime for assaul t i ng t hem , e i ther w i th Pawns or p ieces . when there i sa chance o f u ncover ing t h e K, who i s rely ing upon the i r sup port.li t- 8 3 , w i th a view to Cas tl ing , n o d oub t b etter .

Imp ruden t , as i t op en s the d iagonal for 1he adverse B i shop .

B - QS, p reventing the Kn igh t be ing p lan ted a tK3 , wou ld have been better .S taun ton b elieved P x P u ould have been sounder p lay .

Avery u nu su al , and no t a commendable . mode o f meet ing 1 P-QB4.

I f 12 B x R ,1 3 li t -R4 . Wh i te has the be tter S i tuation .

Messrs . Bird and Macdonnell are p ar tial to th i s op en i ng . Mr. Potter ' s op in ioni s . that i t y i e lds a ttack on ly aga i ns t a bad de fen se ; al l the Pawn s on the King 'sS i de a re weak . S ec S te i n i tz , no te 3 , 0 11 the las t p age , to column 1 1 .

9 No t commendable—41m early developmen t o f the QB i s , i n the Irregular openings , unnecessary .

Z ukertort and I-Iofl’cr p re fer 5 Kt-KB

The weak p oin t i n the open ing . 1 P-K84 i s the d i ffi cul ty always exp erienced i nd evelopmg the Q1a1de , wh i ch becomes e i ther weak or block ed .

1 6

Wes tm i ns terOc t . 1873 ,

p 1 1 1

P-Q3 6

P- Q4

P-KKt3

Kt - QRS

l5-Kt2

li t- B3

P-R 154

P-KKt3Kt-Kli 3

P-KR4Kt- BZ

P- R5

P-K3

P-K4Kl - QZ

B-Kt2P-Q

B-K3li t - 153

P x R tPRP x P

R x Rehli t x R 7

1 7

Wes tm i 11ste r Pap e rs ,S ep t. 1878,

p 1 10

B i rdPi tschel

P-KB4 8P K15 4

P-K3P-K315-K‘

2

li t - 11 1525

P-QKtS15- 11 2

B-Kt2O-U

li t-K153P- QS

P- Q l-M

Kt-K5

1) -Q3

15 B3

P- BS

li t - B4

P-QKt4KKtQ .Kt3

Q q

li t-Q1

1 3 6 Table XC IX.—IRRE GULAR OPEN IN G S .

23 24

Land and IllustratedWater News

Potter andothersBlackbu rne Thorold B i rd Sorensen Wi skerand others Bu rn Wi sker From Z ukerto

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rt

1 B -K2 i s better , as the B canno t b e maintained at th i s p ost now withou t blockinghi s other B by P-B3 , to keep ou t the Kt .

2 Stein itz says : It would b e n o waste o f time to p lay P-QR3 , to p revent -B -Kt5 ,for Wh ite ’ s KB seems otherwi se u seless.3 What had to b e done l ater m ight have been done now, p erhap s wi th greater

advantage—B-q , with a view to p reserve both B i shop s , followed by Kt-QLZ .

4 8Kt -KBS wou ld have been mu ch better ; Wh ite can now bring every p iece i ntop lay at hi s lei su re .

5 From ’s gamb i t, see art i cles in Chess Monthly , October and December , 1879, andJanuary , 1880.

Wh ite can convert the game in to the King ’ s Gamb i t by 2P-K4 .

Dec i d ely the best ; i f 8 B -B2, 8Kt x B , 9Kx Kt 9 P-Kt5, etc .

Black cou ld have won the exchange by 1 0 P x B. 1 1 Q-K4ch 1 1 Q-KZ , 12 Q x '

B

12Kt x Pch,1 3 K-q 1 3 Kt x R , 14 Kt-R3 , and as Black

’

s Kt has no escape , themove i n the text i s better .

9 If 6'

Kt or B x P, 7 Q-R4eh , and 8 Q-K4eh .

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1 38 Tab le CL— IRRE GULAR OPEN ING S .

32 35 3 6

C . P. C . P Westm inChron i cle , C ompan i on , ster Pap ers ,May 1880, p 318.

Dec . 1875 ,

p 101 p 146

Goring Ste in i tz Barnes S taun ton PotterMi nekwi tz Z ukertort Perr in S t . Aman t Z ukertort

P-QR3

P-KB4 8

Kt—B6eh B x BP

Th i s move , in trodu ced by Stein i tz for the fi rst time i n th i s game , transfers the

advantage to Black .1 1 Q x RPm ight have enabled Black to escap e, bu t a fter th i s move the game can

n o t be saved .

If 10 P-KG,1 1 Kt-Ktsq, and Black must lose a Pawn .

P-Q5 i s amove deserving o f con s ideration here.If the Pawn can be maintainedon that square Wh i te wi ll have the bet te r game ; b u t i t i s an op en ques tionWhether Black can not win the Pawn .

St . Aman t dep ri ved th i s b izarre d e fense from Benon i .To e stabl i sh B at Kt2, wh i ch p reven ts any advan ce of the adverse center ; i topens also to the B i shop the imp ortan t square R3 .

P x P, leav ing the adverse KPweak was p erhap s p re fe rable , although i t openedthe QB3 to the Kt .

Necessary to p revent P-K4.

P—KKt3Kt-KB3

B-Kt2P-K3

Kt-KB3B-Kz

PaB4

B-KtfichKKt—Q2R i -Ké ?

B x KtP x B

O

Kt x llP

P-B3

KP x P 3R x

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P

Kt - 15z5

P-K3

Q—K2

P—QB4

P-KS

P-

‘

Q lts

Kt-KB3Kt ~QB3

P-QKtSP-KSB—Kt2Kt- B3B-KZ

B-KZU—U

P—QKt4 4;Kt- li é')B lxt

‘)

B-KB3

Kt x k t

Kt 2

'B- R5

P-Kt3B -KKt4

T ab le OIL—IRRE G ULAR OPEN IN G S . 1 89

Potter Skipworth OwenZ ukerto rt Bu rn Wi sker

P-QKt3

P-K154

Infe rior to 3 P-QB4. If d on e to take the opp onen t ou t o f the hooks , i t g ive s u pthe advantage o f the fi rst mo ve , for the second p layer ac tually takes the in i tiat i ve on 11 1 8 fou rth move .

No t a momen t too so on . It wou ld have been most d i sadvantageou s to allowWh i te to exchange Pawn s , and thus op en room for the ac t i on o f h i s R and QB .

The most effi c ient move to coun terac t the action o f the adverse B i shop .

To p reventWhite from exchang ing the QP, followed by Kt-Kt5 . and a fterward sB -QBS i f B lack retreated B -K

Ste in i tz coun sel s 3 P-KB4 ; i f Wh i te then answe r 4 P-KB4 . the second p laye rmi ght bri ng ou t 4 Kt-QBS, and Wh i te ’ s KP would have to remain stationaryfor some t ime .

The attack here in st i tuted does no t appear as p rom i s ing as the material ad vantage o f a Pawn , wh i ch B lack neg lects to obtain .

APPENDIX .

Upon reviewing the examp les , on the complet ion o f the p rin ting o f the Tables , thecomp iler has d i scovered that the logi cal conc lus ion s to b e drawn from the analysi si s , in some cases , o f a m i slead ing charac ter. Th i s i s no t o f frequen t occurrence,

and does not hap p en i n the variat ion s wh i ch are most p racti ced . Page 1 14 , Column

8, i s an i llu stration , cop ied from the H and buch, and given i n favor o f Black , bu t .

Wh ite m ight p laya s i n the foot-note 9. The ChessMonthly says , the best con t inuationi n th i s variation i s 4 Kt -QBS ; and i f Black p lay 4 Kt -KBB, 5 B -B4 ; and i f 4 Kt-QB3 ,5 B -Kt5.

It i s a source o f regret that a better move i s frequ en tly p oin ted ou t i n a foot-note .

The comp iler Offers h i s ap ologies for these i rregulariti es , and can on ly crave i hdulgence , on accoun t o f the labor involved i n select ing , record ing, an d revis ing theTabl es . H e tru sts the Reviewers will p oint out the imp rovements , for the con s iderati on o f the S tudent.B UY L OPE Z .

—TABLE X . COLUMN 5 .-Chess Monthly says , 6 P-B3 i s in ferior to

6 0 - 0 , wh i ch gives White the better game , whether Black con t inues 6 P-QKt4 orP-Q3 or Q-K2.

TABLE XIII. COLUMN 19.—We have p assed over the variation 4 P-QS with the re

mark that the p osition s that occu r are s im i lar to the p osit ions before examined i nthe P-QRBdefense , bu t shou ld p oin t ou t a note from Chess Monthly , wh i ch says thatBlack may sa fely rep ly to 4 P—QS with 4 B -B4 , and then i f 5 _P-B3 , 5 0

- 0 .

S COT CH GAM B IT .—TABLE XVII. COLUMN Iii —Z ukertort p refers the follow

ing l ine o f defense for Black z—7 Kt-K4 , 8 B -K2 8 Q -KKt3 9 0 -0 9 P-Q4 , lead ing to a

better game .

TABLE XVII. COLUMN 16 .—Th i s imp ortan t attack , in trodu ced by L . Pau lsen , i s very

strong. We can no t find many examples , bu t p resen t '

a few, wi thou t exp ressing anOp in ion as to thei r comparat ive merits .

Max Judd Blackbu rneMackenz ie Gun sberg

U-O Kt-q0 - 0 Kt x Kt O-O

P-QS QP x Kt U-O

Kt x Kt '

B x B Kt-Q2P x Kt P x B P- Q4

B x B B x Kt B-Q3

B t 15b Q x B B-Q3

P x B B- Q4 P x PQ x KP Q-Kt3

R-q P-KB4 QKt B3Q- 154 U-Kto can

Q -q P-QB4

P-K154 1 ’ -Q154

1 B -B4 i s con s id ered be tter by the Chess Monthly .

TABLE LXXXIX . COLUMN G.—S i cil ian Defense.

E RRATA.—Thi s Col . should read 3 Kt-KBS

,4 P-Q4 4 P x P,

5 Kt x P S E -QKtS, etc.

After 3 Kt-QB3 , 4 P-Q4 4 P x P; 5 Kt x P, the move 5 B -Kt5 occurred i n two

games between Z ukerto rt and Blackburne, with the following cont inuat ion s :(1 ) 6 Kt-Kt5 6 Kt-B3 , 7 P-QRS 7 B x Ktch , 8Kt x B 8 0 - 0 , 9 B

-K2 9 P-Q4 ,'

10 P x P10 P x P, e tc .

(2) 6 Kt x Kt ! 6 KtP xKt, 7 Q-Q4 7 B -Bsq ! 8B-KB4 8 P-B3

,9 B -Kt3 9 Q-Kt3, etc.

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PR E FAC E

The ed i tor d oes no t as sume to be an ana ly s t of chess apart fromthe army of che ss p laye rs who have given thought and s tudy to the

Op en ings , and p layed them fo r many yea r s . The body of analy s i s inthe Ge rman H and buch i s the p roduc t o f ten thou sand m ind s ; and the

be s t ana ly s ts have no t been i nfa l l ib le , as wi tne s s the d e c larat ion o f

H oward S taun to n that the S ic i l ian was the be s t Open ing for the secondp laye r . The che ss Open ings come in to and go ou t o f fashion w i thou tmuch regard for ind ividual p refe rences ; and they s tand o n Sh i ft ingground ,

sometimes s t rengthened temporar i l y by a new l ine o f p lay ,and aga in la id on the she l f as the n ove l ty is fu l l y d i s sected and i ts

weak po in ts mad e known . I t is certa in ly d e s i rab le to pu t on recordall no tewo r thy id eas i n the open ings ; and this is the aim o f the ed i to r

,

e spe c ial ly for tho se o r ig inat ing on th is s id e o f the Atlant ic . Space w i l la l so be given to the fre she s t fo re ign analys i s . Nea r ly three year shave e lap sed S ince the thi rd ed i t ion of Cook

’

s“Synop s i s " was pub

lished . S in ce i ts appea ran ce the re have been memo rable In te rnat iona lChess Congres ses in Lond on ,

V ienna, and Nu rembe rg, and s eve ra lche ss matches between the g reat masters . The p roof read ing o f thi svo lume has been carefu l ly supe rvi sed ,

the ed ito r regard ing th is as one

o f the vi ta l things i n the pub l icat ion of chess wo rks . H is wa rmthanks are d ue to many Amer ican lovers o f che s s for valuab le sugges

t ions and a s s i s tance in co l lec ting mate r ial .

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Thoma s Long,the d i st ingu i shed ana lyst“

,afte r summar iz ing the Op en

ings at the congres s , reaches the fo l lowing con c lu s ion s :1 . That the Regu lar Open ings , .as aga in s t the Ir regu lar , are the

favor i te s by upward o f 3 to l .

2. That amongs t the Regu lar Open ings the open games predomina te

by abou t 100 to 80 ove r the c lo se on es .

3 ; That the Op en Regu lar , the Ruy Lopez , i s fi rs t favo r i te,by a smal l

major i ty , ove r the fir s t c l o se Regu lar , the French,

-v iz . , as 53 to 49.

4 . That in the Ruy Lopez, the favor i te d e fen se i s 3 P to QRS, by 27to 19

,4 and 3

,re sp ec t ive ly .

5 . That d iffe ren t p lay e r s ad op t va r ious moves at the same stage inthe same op en ing.

6 . That the same p laye rs a l so ad‘

op t d i fferen t moves at the same

st age in the same Open ing.

7 . That che ss p ra c t i ce shows that at almo st eve ry step in each var iat ion o f all the Open ings the re are seve ral road s equally safe ,

and that,

accord ing to the temp e rame nt o f the p laye r at the t ime,or in acco rd

ance w i th hi s ord ina ry“ sty le o f p lay , wi l l such and - su ch a move be

se l ected .

8. That the b es t p laye rs at t imes ad opt move s— even in important

tou rn eys -wh ich they c ond emn,as is e v id enced in several o f the lat e

congre ss games .9. That theré

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i s scar ce ly i n any ches s open ing on e parti cu lar move o r

fo rm o f p lay u n i ve rsal ly accep ted as the bes t,even amongs t the magnates

Of the game ,al though the re are some gen e rally p re fe r red , and ,

there

fo re ,so fa-r

,app roach ing fi nal i ty in the favo r i te Open ings

”o f chess .

Mr . J . H . Blackburn e , in summ ing up the Lond on Congress o f 1883,

in wh ich he par t ic ipated ,said : NO st r i k ing n ove l t ies have been

introdu ced by any o f the p laye r s . The Ruy Lopez , as in all p reviou stou rnamen ts , has been the mo st fre quen t debu t. Zukertort

,i n hi s

open ings , gen e ra l ly Won o n the Queen ’

s s id e by ad op t ing the Engl i shand the Queen ’

s gamb i t . Blackburn e,Mason

,Sel lman

,and No a

,have

p e rs isten t ly ad op ted the Fren ch d e fen se . The Gu i oco Piano has a l somo re frequen tl y been resorted to in thi s than i n forme r tou rnamen ts .

NO fewe r than e ighty-on e game s—or exact ly one half Of the wongame s— we re d raws .

”

Dur ing Mr . Z uk erto rt’

s

‘

recen t v i s it to NewOr leans,he exp re ssed hi s

l ack o f fa i th in the King’

s Kn ight’s gamb i t , an d the King

’

s Bi shop ’

s

gamb i t in part icular . As a fi r s t move he cond emn s P to KB4 ,for

e ithe r fi rs t o r second p laye r . He d ec la red 3 P to KB4 a lo s t game

for the d efen se in the Ruy Lopez, agree ing the re wi th the Syn op s i s ,”

page 29. He approved of the Queen ’ s pawn Op en ing and the Evans

attack .

The fo rego ing remark s show two th ings F i rst, that the masters insup reme con tes ts d o n ot ri sk the i r repu tat ion on gamb i ts ; second ,

that

ana lys isof the che s s open ings is s t i l l in a t ran sition stage , Such be ing

the ca se,n ew id ea s are we l c ome : and the e ven tua l d i s p os i t io n o f them

i s no t a lways to be gue s sed . They wi l l se rve,in any e ven t

,to g iv e

var i ety to the game ; whi le the su rp r i se s and neat l i ttle scheme s of thegamb i ts w i l l n eve r be d i s re l i shed . It often happen s to beginn e r s inche s s that an an tagon i s t makes a move or ad opts a l ine o f p lay at anear ly s tage that seems i nvinc ib l e . In such a case the Synop s i s w i l lhard ly fa i l to a id the s tud ent .qu ick1y , and Often suggest a co unte r l ineto tu rn the tab l e s ; for some o f the b i t s o f st rategy mo st t r oub le s ome

to

,

l earne rs are who l ly un sound . A good manua l in theOpen ings i sind i spen sab le to the p laye r who wou ld imp rove and

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keep s tep w i th thep rogres s o f che s s . S u ch a tex t-book embod ies the che s s w i sd om o f

cen tu r ies , and p rodu c t ion s o f the men tal ingenu i ty of all n at i ons ,c iv i l ized and hal f c i v i lized . Y e t ana ly s i s of the che s s open ings i s notfin i shed . The re are , d oub tles s , e r ro rs to remove and impo r tan t d iscoveries to be mad e .

The game o f che ss is bette r known throughou t the wo r ld now than

any o the r aes the t ic human i nven t ion . It i s the fi r s t th ing,and the

on ly thing thu s far to ga in admi ttan ce in to the poe t’ s “

par l iamen t of

man ,the fed e rat ion o f the wo rld .

”

It is the fi r s t language to sp readaround the globe , none the l ess exp re s s ive for d i spen s ing w i th word s ,and n one the le s s inte ll igib le for i ts une r r ing app ea l to rea son and

men ta l concen t rat ion ,rather than to the d ip lomacy o f the to ngue .

The c ommun ion o f two m i nd s at ches s i s not subject to the l im i ts Oflanguage or nat ional i ty . Some knowledge o f so un ive r sal a pas t ime

shou ld be regarded as a nece s sa ry ac comp l i shmen t for all .

THE EVANS GAMBIT.

Thi s beaut iful gamb it i s st ill in g reat favor . In tournament, as in

hand p lay, the attack wins a maj o r ity of games . Analys i s has not et

found an ent i rely sat i sfacto ry defen se against the E van s . Mr. Z ukertort is

of the ,op ini on that the C omp rom i sed i s the best of the defenses . For

rap id , spark l ing i nt r i cate p lay thi s gamb it i s second to no other ; and an

alysts are constantly cal led on to examine new l ines of attack that may be

adop ted after a dozen moves hav e been played on each s ide. The var iat i ons in the fol lowing pages p resent some fo rc ib le ideas.

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14 8 Tab le 0 1 1 1 . c ont inu ed —EVAN S GAMBIT .

Th i s move i s d is ap p roved on p age 59 o f the Synop s is , bu t the Br i ti sh. ChessMagaz ine for May , 1884 . say s : " There i s now reason to bel ieve that i t i s themost p otent form o f the attack .

”In the Lon don Congress , 1883 , Tsch igorin

made th i s move again s t S tein itz , and won 0 11 the 39th move .

Best . If 10Kt-K2 10 Q-K2 i s very cramp ing .Instead o f 1 4 Q -Q3 , as g i ven i n the

“ Synop si s , ” lead ing to a w inn ing game forBlac k. The move i n the tex t i s the i nven tion of Rosenthal . B lack can no t re

p ly Kt=K2 or B -Q2 w i thou t losing a P, and h i s development becomes very d ithcu lt . The su cceed ing moves are from t he Tschigorin-S te in i tz game referred

to , wh ich wi ll b e found i n the Book o f the London C ongress .The Comp romi sed De fen se .

Now generally p referred to 1 1 li t-K2. M . Z ukertort says i t gives the most lastingfo rm o f attack i n the

“C omp romi sed .

”The other p lau s ible moves are

1 1 R -q and 1 1 R -q , lately suggested by Mr. W. N . Potter .H err An derssen was exp erimen t ing wi th th i s move at the t ime o f hi s death .

Mr . Mor timer p layed i t again st both S tein itz and Z ukertort _at the Lon don Congress , 1884 .

Recogn i zed as a better con tinuation than the Han dbu ch ‘ s 1 2Kt -QKt5 .

Mor timer p layed th i s move again st Tschi gorin i n the London Congress ; and1 3 Kt-Ql aga i n st Z ukertort i n the same meet ing . H e shou ld have lost bothgames . Black ’ s 1 1 QR -Ktsq i s un sati s factory .

Wi th a fine attack .

Mr. W. N . Potter ’ s recen t suggest ion . The var iat ion s are from hi s analysi s i nLand and WaterMr . Potter savs : Mate nextmove , save for a u seles s check . If 1 5 Q-Kt5 or Q-RS,then 16 Kt-B6c h , and win s : or ( i n the latter case) 1 6 B x Pch as be fore . After14 Kt -QS, there i s 14 Kt x Kt ; 1 5 B x Pch , followed by 1 5 B x R : or 14 B -Kt515 B x B , Kt xB : 1 6 Q x Kt , Kt x Kt ; 1 7 B x Pch , followed by Q x R , Wi th a comfortable sup er i ority i n each case . We wou ld , however , desire to p oin t out thatafte r 1 1 R -q , O-O,

Wh i te can at on ce p lay 12 B—Q3 , Q-K‘

l ; 1 3 B x Pch , K-q :

14 Q-R4 , P-KKtS ; 1 5 Q-RS, or 1 5 B-Kta, or 15 li t-KKtS , w i th a warm attack i n

each case . The re i s also 1 4 B 1 5 B -Ktsq, or 1 5 B -Q3 , _Or 15 B-QR3 , withmore or les s sat i sfac tory resu l ts . Al together we do not think that 1 1 0 - 0 willbe generally adop ted .

If B lack takes the Queen he loses the Gamb it Pawn : and i f he play Q-Q4 . then

15 li t -Kt3 , an d Wh i te seems to have at least as good a game as i n the normalgrooves Of th i s Open ing . As to 1 1 R -QKtsq. “h ite answe rs 12 P—QR4 , andsmiles . Th ere rema in s now br t 1 1 B -Kt3,12Q -R3 (among other rep l ies) 120 -0 ,

1 3 li t-K2, o r 1 3 B KB4 , or 1 3 B—Q3 , wi th a sense o f com fort . Altogether wethink that we have made good our case ,

wh i ch i s , t hat 1 1 R -q ought to b ereckoned as a cand idate for adop tion . We urpo s e d eal ingW i th PQ-Kt4 , andou r ideas wi ll crop ou t i n the form o f ad it i onal variat i on s . To p roceed :1 1 R -q ,

P-QKt4 : 12Kt x P, R-QKtsq: 1 3 B -Q3 , Q -K3 ; 14 Q-R4

,P-QR3 ; 15 Q x B ,R x Kt ; o r P x Kt ( i f Kt x Q , then Kt xPch ,

wi th an und oubted advan tage)16 Q x BP, and Wh i te has rather the better game . Instead Of 14 P -QRS Blackmay play 14 B - RS. Whi te has three rep l ies , vi z . : 1 5 Q x B , 15 Kt x Pch , and1 5 QKt -Q4 . The two las t named continuat ions , bran ch ou t i nto a luxuriou sd i sp lay o f variation s and sub -variati on s , some o f them h ighly in teresting . Asnet res

du lt , Wh i te , adop ting any one Of these three rep l ies , c an at leas t stand h i sgroun

Th i s may seem form idable , bu t, as a matter o f fact , there are two rep l ies—onebei ng 14 P-KRS , Q -QKt5 ; 1 5 Q x Q, B x Q ; 1 6 Kt x Pch K-q (K-E sq; 1 7 B-KB4 ) ;

1 7 Kt ‘ QKt5 , P-QRS ; 18Kt-Qfi, B - B6 ; 19 R -Ktsq. or Kt x Pch , and Wh i te forcho i ce . Instead o f 15 B x Q, Black may p lav 15 Kt x Q , where fore 1. 6Kt P,

Kt x B ; 17 R xKt. and , wh i le c laim ing n o su periori ty fo rWh ite, wemu st exp ress ,doubt whether h i s bold b id for a numer ical sup eriori ty can b e p roved to b e a

d isastrous stroke for h im . H owever , there i s the other an swer . vi z . : 14 B -KQ( instead Of P-KRS ) . If Black reply with P-QRS, then 15 Kt-Kt5, Q -B4 . bes t ;1 6 P-Kt4 , wi th a p rom i s ing at tack . If B lack answe r 14 B—K2, wi th Q—QKt5 ,

then 15 Q x Q , Kt x Q ( B x Q, 16 Kt x Pch ) : 1 6 B -Qz , w i th a good game . Al together there seem s to be p len ty o f scop e for the analys t i n 1 1 R -q , an sweredby P

-QKt4 . Our method (cont inues Mr. Po tter) o f imp roving the attack i s impugned by “W. W. , than whom the re i s n o more em inen t authori ty amongs tE ngl i sh analysts H e writes as follows If your move o f 1 1 KR-q i s met by1 1 and Wh ite then p lays 12B -R3 , Black ’ s rep ly shou ld be 1 2P-QKt4 , h etP-QR3 ,whi ch loses too much t ime ; and i f 12B -Q3 , no t Q-KS (whi ch i s all r ight be forecastl ing) , but 1 2Q -R4, and I can n ot see that the attack i s at all strengthened .

We ment ioned two con tinuat ion s for Wh ite , n amely , 12 B - R3 , and 1 3 B -Q3 .

These are the cont inuat ions wh i ch W. W.

”takes up ; he reply ing to the for

mer with P-QKtl , and to the latter with Q - R4 . After p rem i s ing that thesemo ves are o f s uch importance t hat they ough t to be con sidered , though we

Tab le C III . c ont inued —E VAN S GAMBIT . 1 4 9

fo und i t necessary to l imi t ourselves p reviou sly to more paten t d efen ses , we

wi ll p roceed to exp ress ou r ideas ana ly ti cally :

1 1 R -q , 0 - 0 ; 12B -R3 , P-QKt4 :13 B -QS, Q -R4 : 1 4 Kt-K4 . P-Kt5 ; 15 li t-Kt3 , Q -Kt5 ; 1 6 B -Kt‘z , w ith a game suchas any expe rtwou ld bewel l sat i s fi ed W i th . Wh i temight also have p roceeded wi th1 6 P-KRJ, Q -K3 : 1 7 B - B4. Q -Kt3 : 18 B -QBsq, wi th a sati s fac tory game ,

n or wi lli t have been lost s ight o f that he could , i t so choos ing , have forced a d raw inthis variati on . As 14 P-Kt5 eviden tly co n form s to Whi te ’ s d esi res , wem u st see i fBlack can do any thing better . 14 B -Kt2wou ld be su ffi c i en tly me t by 15 B x Kt ,Kt x B ; 16 Q xKtP, Wi th a good game . 1 4 B -Kt3 admi ts o f 1 5 B x R tP, R -Kts1 6 Q -Q3 , R -q : 1 7 QB x Kt , Kt x B , best ; 18 B x P, R -q ; 19 B -KKL4 , R xbest : 20 B x Q , and Wh i te has rega ined both t he Gambi t Pawns . The p re tt i nes sOf thi s variat ion , ar i s ing as i t does from 16 R -q , wh i ch i s Black ’ smos t p laus i ble move ,

i s suffi cient j ust ifi cat ion for g iving i t, bu t the very d e fen S ive moveOf 16 R -q was bet ter. H oweve r , as against that li ne , Whi te would b e con tentw i th having regained one Of the Gambi t Pawn s without havmg su ffered inp o s i t ion . If bri lliancy be Wh ite ’ s obj ect, he may an swe r 1 6 R -q , wi th1 7 li t -B6ch, P t ; 18 P xP, B x Pch , i f Kt -K3 , then (B x Kt) 19Kx B , Q x B ;20 Q x Q , R x Q : 21 P x Kt , R-q : 22QR - Bsq; but we do no t mean to say thatwe recommend th i s cou rse . S t i ll the fac t that Wh ite has so many resou rce sOpen to his select ion would o f i tsel f cause 14 B -Kt3 to b e shi rked , even weret hat move i n itsel f good . There i s , however , 14 R -Ktsq, b u t that i s so s low a

method Of p roceed ing that we would simp ly an swer i t wi th 15 P-KRS. H oweve r . les t we mav have gone beyond the reader ’ s range ,

let us retrace our step s1 1 R -q , 0 -0 ; 12 B-R3 , P-QKt4 : 13 B Q3 , Q -R4 ; 14 Kt-K4 ,

* R -Ktsq; 15 P-KR3 ,and we shou ld look u p on the game as und oub ted lv i n Wh i te ’ s favor, for nowhe threatens Kt fromK4 -Kt5 , with d i re ful eff ects . Shou ld theKn igh t ge t there ,

B lack can no t p lay P-KR3 , as h itherto , on account o f P-KKt4, nor can he p layP-KR3 beforehand to p revent i ts getting there , for then comes anothe r destructi ve move , vi z . : Kt—Kt3 . It i s c lear , there fore , 15 P-KHB must b e attended to .

Some may suggest, as a rep ly, 15 P-Kt5 : 16 B -Kt2, Kt -Kt3 : but then 1 7Kt-Kt3 ,

Q- R3 ; 18 B -QBsq, Kt-B5 ; 19 Kt-B5, winn ing a p iece , wh i ch i s good enough,

t hough we imag ine that Whi te could also have p rofi tably p layed 1 7 Kt fromKt4 Kt5 , Here we mu st leave the variation s ar i s ing from 12 B -R3 , P

-QKt4 ;wh i le as to 12B -Q3 , Q -R4 , we wi l l con ten t ou rselves for the p resen t w i th p rop o sn i g 13 B

- R3, P-QKt4, 14 Kt-K4 , whi ch i s the same l ine Of p lay ari sing by

tgansp es i ti on .

*An arti cle in the B ri ti sh. Chess Magaz i ne for May , calls th i s move a real novelty ,and add s : Clearly , in Mr . Potter 's own words , 1 1 R -Ql , for Wh ite, i n theC omp romi sed De fen se, i s a. cand idate for adop tion .

”

1 50 Tab le C IV .—E VAN S GAMB IT .

Kt-KBS B - B4

Kt - R4

P- QBS P-QKté 1

com

KKt -Q424 Kt -K2 Kt-K4

25 QKt xKKtP! KKt-K6

26 QKt- B5 R xKt P—KR3 6Kt x Kt

27Kt x Kt QKt x KtP Q-Q4 B x KtQ x KP 5 R-KEZ Kt x B QP x B

Kt-K85 R—B7 QKt x KtPB x RP Q-QR5 a x KtQ-Kt5ch R x B Kt x R

Q x QRPch R- B7ch

Kt Pch—l Q-KSQ—Q8eh

K-RZ

Q x QRP +

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B-Rl 7

Kt xKP

Q x Kt QKt-Q2B-KB3 Q—B3

0 -0 B-BS

Ki t-K1 6

1 Th i s move i s p ronoun ced bad on p age 52 ( 0 0 13 . 1 and 2) o f the “ Synop s is ”. Thevariat ion s here p re sen ted are from the S chach z e i tung , 1879.

Thi s move i s not given i n the Synop s i s .Wh ite could p robably do better by wa i t ing and develop ing .P x P i s the move i n C ook .If 7 B -Q3 7 KP x P, or 7 B-QKt3 7 Kt-KBS.

Game played by correspond en ce . C on tinued : 13 P-KB t 13 P-Q3 , 1 4 R -BS

14 P x Kt, 15 P-B5 15 P-KKtS . 1 6 P x P 16 B P x P. 1 7 QB -R3 1 7 QB-KB4 ,18 R x B 18 P x R, 19 Q x B -P 19 B -KKt2, 20 Q -K4 20 Q -KBS, 21 Kt-Q2 21 Q-KB5,22R -q 22B-

‘KEI , 23 B- Bl 23 B - B4ch , 24 K- R i 24 R -KB] . 25 Q x Q 25 R x Q,26 Kt -B3 26 R -B4 , 27 P

-KRS 27 P-K5 , 28Kt-Kt5 23 QR-KBl

7 Played by Mr. S te in i tz aga inst Tsch igorin ,i n the Vienna C ongress , 1882. Mr.

Tschigorin (White ) won on the 4oth move .

THE KNIGHT ’

S GAME OF BUY LOPEZ .

Thi s p ower fu l attack i s adopted e ftener than any other in the open gamesin match and tournament p lay . I t i s also a favo r i te in co r resp ond en cegames

,Par i s p lay ing i t, the p resent year against V ienna, and E d inbu rgh

aga inst G lasgow. I t i s one of the most common open ings w i tnessed in

clubs and eff- hand play . In a recent art i cle, in the “ Br it i sh Ches s Maga

z ine,Mr . Freebo ref ugh says : The d i fferen ce o f op in ion that exi sts wi th

regard to the d efense to the Lopez , shows that the t rue theory has yet to bed is covered . I t i s st i l l undetermined whether it i s better to p lay 3 P-QRS , o rlet the fi rst p laye r ’ s B i shop s tand on QKt5 . The latter has been held of lateto be the on ly ‘

absolutely correct defense .

’The ‘Synops i s ’ alludes to

3 P- QRS as a loss o f t ime in certain v ar iat ions . M r . S tein i tz has repeated lypo inted out i ts d i sad vantages . I n the earl ier part of the L ondon Tournament ( 1883 ) Z ukertort p layed 3 Kt-KBS, but late r he p layed 3 P-QR3 , his

opponents being S te i n i tz , W inawer Rosenthal,and Mackenz ie . As an ah

notato r he i s s i len t on the subject . The Ruy Lopez was adopted 53 t imesin the L ondon C ongress , whi ch was more than one- fou r th the number ofgames p layed . The second p layers adop ted for the i r thi rd move P- Ql

’t fi

twenty- seven t imes , Kt-KBS n i neteen t imes,P-KKt3 four t imes , and Kt-Q )

three t imes . N ine of the p lay e rs— out of fourteen— ad opted 3 P-QRS, and

five chose 3 li t-KBS ; but, whi le all the p layers, who at t imes p layed the

latte r move , at t imes also chose the former,fou r out o f the n i ne never

p layed 3 Kt -KB3 . Mess rs . E ngli sch and Mackenz ie always mov edP-QR3 ; D r . Z ukerto rt hav ing about equally favored both moves

,and M .

losenthal—though also us i ng both—g iv ing the p referen ce to 3 Kt-Kll8,

whi le Mr. S te in i tz neve r p layed the last-men t ioned move .

After 3 P-Q ltS chosen twen ty - seven t imes by Black,Whi te r epl ied i n

twenty-five cases wi th 4 B-QR4 , to whi ch Black an swered i n twenty - two

case s w i th 4 Kt-KBS,twi ce w ith 4 KKt-K? ( S te in i tz ) , and on ce with

4 l’-KKt3 (S te i n i tz ) . These fac ts make i t ev iden t that the best thi rd move

fo r B lack i n this open in g i s s t i ll und ete rmined,though 3 P-QRS and

a )

3 Kt-KB3 are most frequently ad opted .

1 54”Tab le CV I .

— '

RUY LOPE Z KN I GH T ’S GAME .

Kt- B36Q x Pch

For Notes 366 next p age.

P Q4

Kt x P

Kt x KtP x Kt

£2- 3 3

B -K3B-Kt2

R ees

Q x QP x QP-QRS

B-R4 3

P-QB4

P-K5P

3 - 3 2

B-QKt2o-o

P x P

B t

QP x B

Q x P

Q X Q

Kt x QB -QZ

O-O

B—Kt2P-QB3

o -o -o

B-Kt5P- B3

B-K3P-QB4

Kt-Kt3P-QKtS

QKt-Q2

P-QRS 5

B-Kt2PP x P

P x P 6

QKpKz

B-KKt5P-QB3

B-R4

Kt- B3P-K5 7Kt-K5B-KR4Q-R4ch

ont oe

Kt-B4

B-KKt3Kt x Kt

Kt x KtKt x QP+

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1 5 6 Tab le CV I I .

—RUY LOPE Z KN I G H T 9S GAME .

1P-K4P—K4

8

Vienn a LondonC ongress , Cong ress ,

1882 1883

Z ukerto rt Tschigo ri n De Kiw ereE ngl isch Z ukertort Tsch i gorin

P x P

For notes see next p age.

10

MatchBalt imore,

1 334

Seliman

Z ukertort

1 1

LondonC ongres s ,

1883

Engl i schZ ukertort

KKt -Kt 3

12

LondonCongress ,

1883

Stein i tzRosen thal

Jt—Kl

QB~ B4 ~

Kt-B3 ?Kt x KtR x PehB-K3

P x KtB -Q3

0 - 0 6

B—Kt5Q—B l

Q-Q2

P- B3

B -B4

Q—Q‘

Z

B x BP x BP-QR3

B ~Kt5

Q- B4

B x Kt

Q x BKR-KI

Q—Q3

P- BS

QR-Kl

P- Q3

Kt-BSP-KKt3

P-KRB -Kt2

B-K3B-Q2

Q—Q2

P-KR3

O-O

Kt-KKt l

P-Q4

P x P

Kt P

KKt- 11 2

QR-Ql

Kt-K4

B-K2P-KKt4

P-B4

Kt- l i5R 82

R—KKt l

P—QB3

Kt -Kt3B-KBI

B x KEPKt x P

RUY LOPE Z KN I G H T ’S GAM E .—c ont inu ed . 1 5 7

Notes to p age 1 56 .

E ~ X 3 orKt-Q4 i s the u sual p lay.Threaten ing Kt x P.

C ap turing the B would lose .

Mr. Ranken p re fers Kt.

" P as giv ing a p erfectly even game . The text moveg i ves Black an immed i ate advan tage o f pos i t i on .

Pronounced best by M . Rosenthal .Mr. Sellman says the weakness o f Wh i te ’ s e ighth move now becomes apparen t.Black has e ffectual ly parried the attack , and comes out o f the melee Wi th the

advan tage o f two B i shop s agai ns t Kn ight and B i shop .

M r

qkertort th inks th i s sacr ifice o f a P wou ld p rove un sound again st the best

d e en se .

Th i s p age gives the p re ference to games won by the de fen se : the mai n d i ffi cu ltyW i th the B uy Lopez be ing to mee t th e many resources o f the V i gorous atttack.

1 58 Tab le CV III .—RUY LOPE Z KN IG H T ’S GAME .

Kt at Q?-K4

K-R l

R—K220 B x KRP+

For Notes see next page.

1 6

New ViennaOrleans , Cong ress ,1883 1882

Martinez McConnell McConnell Blackburne Mar tinezS te in itz S tein itz S tein itz S tein i tz S tein itz

R x RPKit- Ul

13- 13 R x R P-

_QR4 Q-R4

B x B P—Q4 B—Kt lRP x 13+ Kt-R2 P x KtP QR-Kl

P-QB4 QR- X ]

D rawn .

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Vien naCongress ,

1 882

Fle i s sigMackenz ie

V i en naCongress ,

88‘

Weis sMackenzie

Kt- B3B—B4

Kt x PKt x Kt

P—Q4-B-Q3

P- B4

Kt- li 3 2

B-Kt5

P x KtQ x PB -K3U-O

O

P x llKt-K‘

J

P—B4P—Q4

P x PKt x P

Q-QQ

B- B4

B- B2

Q-KKt3

B-KKtSKt- B3

QP-R i

Kt-K5

Q—K3P-Kt4+ 3

Kt-KB3 B-QKt5m

21

London C orreC ong ress , Sp ond enee

1883 Match ,

1884

S te in itz Pari sZ ukertort Vi enna

P-Q3

P Q3

P-B3

P-KKtS B-K2P—Q4 QKt-Q2P-QKt4 0 - 0

B- B2 QKt-KBIB-QKt‘Z Kt -Q2

P-Q5 B-K3li t—K2 P-KB4

P-Ql’t 4 ’ P x P

P x P 4 R x P

B x Pch B-Kt3chKt -Qz

P-R4 P-KR4P- its Q—Kl

P-R5 Kt-KKt5P—Kt4 Kt-QB4

P-KKt4 B-Qf'

)

Kt- B l R-KS I

B-K3 QB x KtB -K2

QKt-Q2U-O

B- B2

P-QB3 5

P- B4

KtatBl -Kt3

Kt—KKt lQ- B

'

Z

P-Kt3KR- B l

For Notes see next p age.

N

Q

U‘l

rh

OO

CD

'N'I

R U Y LOPE Z KN IG H T ’S GAME .

- cont inu ed . 1 6 1

Notes to page 1 60.

B -K3 i s the u sual move .

M r. Sellman says the move u sually recommen ded i sKt-Kt3 , bu t the move i n thetext seem s p re ferable as i t embarrasses Wh i te ’ s development after 10 Q x P.

Clearing the p osit ion atK1 for h i s Rooks .Leav ing the beaten track .Black took the attack at th i s p oint, an d won after a hard con test o f n inety moves .Mr. C . A. Mau i ian says th i s coun ter gambi t y ield s the second p layer a very inferi or game i n the op in ion o f most au thorit ies , bu t again st an Op ponent notwell versed i n the books , i t i s ap t to p roduce a strong coun ter attack .4 P-Q4 or Q-K2 are also good.4 Kt-Q5 i s p referable.

THE FRENCH DEFENSE .

Thi s c onservat i ve , but no t neces sar i ly s l ow,method of rep ly ing to the at

taek’

s l P-K4,i s very mu ch i n vogue i n formal and off -hand p lay . It was

p layed forty-n i ne time s at the London Congress of 1883 . Blackburne,

Mason ,Noa , Sel lman

,and Winawer defended wi th the French 43 t imes in

the total o f 49 games. Tschigorin chose i t twi ce, Ski pworth three t imes ,and Mackenz ie on ce. The remai ning s ix of the fou r teen c ontestants , Bird ,E ngl i s ch, -Mor timer , Rosenthal , S te initz , and Z ukertort, d id not p lay i t at all.In the 49 games the attack p r o ceeded 2 P-Q4 4 6 t imes ; 2 P-K5 twi ce(S te in i tz) ; and 2P—KB4 once (E ngl isch) .The old l ine o f p lay , la id down i n S taunton’

s Handbook , v iz . : 1 P-K41 P-Kii

,2P-Q4 Z P- Q4 , 3 P x P 3 P x P,

was adopted at the Congres s “

but

-1 1 t imes . A’ mo re re cent fo rm, not spoken of i n the Handbook,

”

vi z

1 P-K4 l P—K3,2P—Q4 2P-Ql , 3 Kt—QB3 , was adopted by the attack 33

time s . The defense r epl ied 3 Kt-KB3 3 1 times , and B QKt5 twi ce. Thismoremodern attack,

3 Kt—QBi-i , was i nvar iably chosen _by Bird ,Blackburne,

Mackenz ie , Mo rtimer . Noa . Ts chigorin ,and Winawer. Mr. Sel lman a lway s

adhered to the older 3 P x P,the remain ing contes tants vary ing themove.

t imes ; a maj ori ty of 2 to 1 i n favo r of the fo rme r . Blackburne and Mortsimer adop ted both forms . Invar i ably S te i n itz , Mackenz ie,Winawer , MasonBi rd

,and E ngl i s ch attacked with 4 B -KKto and Noa , Tschigorin ,

and

Rosenthal wi th 4 P x P.

Mr. Thomas LOng remarks o f the frequent emp loyment of the French Defense i n the L ondon Congres s that : We might, at fi rst s ight , natu ral ly.c onc lude from these fig u res that one c ons iderable sec t i on of the se finep layers hold the theo ry that, in the battle for p os i ti on i n the open ings ’ ofChes s

,Black can not hop e to

'

equal ize the game in as short a per i od ( i f atall) by adop ting the open game of 1 P-K4 as when he moves 1 P-K3

, but

we mu st c ons ider that it by_no means fol l ows that,becau se the sec ond

p layer -adop ts the ‘

French,

’

the‘

S i c i l ian ,

’ o r ‘ Irregular game, that he i s ofOpini on that the attack i n theory mus t obtain the better p os i tion in the opengame. He may be des irous of avo id ing some part i cular Openi ng Wi th some

espec ial an tagon i st.L ikewi se wi th the firs t p layer : it does not neces sar i ly follow that , because

he somet imes opens wi th s ome i rregu lar or bi zar re move as 1 Kt-KB3 Or1 Kt-QB3 , as in the Congress games , that he holds that the defen se mus tObtai n the better p os it ion in the Open regular of 1 P—K4 . He too ,

doubtles s,

has his obj ect at the t ime he thus commen ces hi s game—for we find the

same p layer s mov i ng P-K4 o r otherwi se on the fi rst move.

“The fact i s , theory holds—howeve r p ra cti ce may vary—that the se c ond

p layer can equa l ize the game i n every opening c ommencing with 1 P-K4 on

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Tab le CX .- FREN CH D E FEN SE .

2 4

Vienna Vienna Match MatchCongres s, C ongress, Havana , Ph i la1882 1882 1 883 1882

S te in itz Ste ini tzGolmayo Martinez

Kt-KB4

B x Kt P-KR3 + 6

For Notes see next p age.

P-KB4P x P P' Q4

P7Q4 P x P e . p .

Kt-KBSP-KB4 P-Q4

P-QB4

B-QS P x ‘

P

QKt- BS . Q- R4ch

Kt-KBS Kt- BsB-Q3 Q x BP1) -s B—Q3

Q-Bz

P—KKt3 Q—K2B-Qz B-Q2

li t-Q2 KKt -B3

P-KR3 Kt- B3

Kt-K5 B -K3B x Kt t?) Q-QR/l

BP x P 0 - 0

KKt -Kt l B - B4

O-O P-QRs

KKt-K2 B x BehQ- R5 Q x BP-KKtS ' 10 .

- 1i

Q-M Q-Q2

Q- B4o li

Kt-K133 K- Rl

o -o - o Q-Ko

KeKm Q X Q

R-Kt z (a) Kt x QQ x P KR-KlQP-KKt l Kt-KKt5

R os s 5

Tab le OX . c on t i nu ed .—FREN CH D E FEN S E . 1 6 5

Notes to p age 164 .

One o f several innovati on s tried by Mr. Ste in i tz at th i s C ong ress .Mr. Sellman wou ld p re fer 2P-Q4 or 2P-KB3 .

Mr. Max Judd suggests for Black 3 P-KKt4 , Wi th the view o f i solat ingWhi te ’ sKP.

NOt good . The Kt should have gone to B3 .

(a) Black should have Castled at h i s 1 1 th move.

Novelty for novelty .

The game ran up to nearly 60moves , Mr. S te in itz winn ing at last by a sl ight advan tage i h position .

7 Mr. Gun sberg and the Lond on Chess Player’

s C hron i cle, ap p rove o f th i s rep ly.Shou ld Wh i te take the P, B lack retakes wi th the Kt , thereby having won a

move . If Whi te sup port h i s exposed KP, Black further developes h i s attack onthe advanced posi ti on .

8 It i s said , that th i s move co s t S te in itz £ 70 and a d ivi s ion o f the fi rs t honors at theVi enna C ongress . The game i s one o f those fough t a fter the last round to d ec ide the tie , the resu lt be ing another and final t ie .

9 C on tinued , 21 Q -QRS 21 Kt x B ,22Q-B3ch 23 P-K4 , 23 Kt x Kt Q-Kt4 , 24 P-Kt3

251 11 43

1 , 25 li t-K4 25 Q-K2, 26 li t -Q5 26 Q-K3 , 27 Kt -B7 27 Q-KBch , and Wh i te re

S i gne

1 6 6

B-KKt5

P-KRSB-R4

P-KKt4B-Kt3

P-Kt 5 1Kt-R4

Kt x PP—QB3Kt-B3 2Kt-QZ

Kt-K2? 3R-Kl

K-Kt2Kt-B lKt-Kt3Kt-B5ch

B x KtKB x BP-KR4Q—QZ

P-B3

Q—Kt5R—RlB xKtP x BR-KO

Tab le CX I .—FR EN CH DE FEN S E .

1 1

Toron to , Nuremberg1884 C ongres s ,

1 83

Z ukertort FritzAld . Judd Mason

P-B3

Kt-K2

Kt-Kt3B-KKt5

P-KRSB-K3

Kt—Ktt')

P-KB4P-KR3

Kt' lt t

Kt—B5QKt-Q2

Kt x B'

Q x-Kt

P- B3

Kt—K5P—BS

P-KzB-KB4

Q-Kt4

tin-x i

QR-Ql

P- i ts“

4”

B lack won .

For Notes see next p age.

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Vienna ViennaCo r

l

i

gé‘

ess , Coxiggé

rss ,

Tschigo ri n Ts chigo rin Z ukertort Macken z ieF lei ssig Ki ttson Noa

P—K4

P-K5 P x P3 P-QB4 P x P

P—QBS Kt—KB34 ma s s m

L'Kt-KB3

0

B—QS

P-QKtSB-KKt5 4; P—KR3P-QB4

P-QB3

QKt-Q2QKt -Q2

1 1 P-QRS Q-B2

Kt -Kt3 B x BB-Kt3QKt-K2 QKt -Q2 B x KtP-KR4

1 WQ -Kt3l t-QBl

P x B

For Notes see next p age.

Tab le CXII . c ont inu ed . DE FEN SE . 1 69

Notes to page 168.

A new idea p layed success fully by Mr Z ukertort at the Lond on Congress . Mr.

Freebo rough say s thi s move o f Wh i te i s to b e recommended , as i t enableshim to conduc t on bo th wings operat ion s that may supp lement each othe r .A l ine of attack fi rst p rom inen tly brought into noti ce at th i s tournamen t by theVienna p layers .B lack takes the attack from th i s p oint.Thi s move was adop ted in rep ly to 7Kt -B3 i n a series o f games be tween Messrs .Judd and Ki ttso n o f the Hami lton , On tario , Chess C lub , and they are o f theop in i on that 7 B—KKt5 i s Black ’ s best move.

Mr. Sellman says th i s i s to the p oin t. Should Whi te n ow p lay 19 Q x BP Blackresp ond s with 19KR -Bl , and the following wou ld be the best mo ves i n con tinuation : 20 R x P 20 Q x R , 21 Q x Ktch ‘21 R x Q , 22P x Q , and B lack come s ou tw i th the exchange against two clear Pawn s the chan ce s app earing to be abou tequal . Wh i te eventually won , Black let ting victory sl ip th rough hi s fingers.

THF SCOTCH ( x

No very p rominent n ovelty in thi s Gamb it has been p res ented within thelast three years . The open ing, as generally p layed .now

,is not a Gamb it,

the Pawn be ing recaptu red on White’ s fourth move. Nearly all var iat ion so f the S cotch lead to highl y interest ing and often br i l liant pos it ions , and iti s a game p rol ific o f coun ter attack s fo r Black . The neglect o f such openi ngs in tournaments and matches i s typ i cal of the state of affa i rs whi ch induced Mr. John Rusk in to wr ite recent ly to an Engl i sh p er iod i cal , “ Chess,I urge pup i l s to learn ,

and enjoy i t myself to the p o int o f i ts becoming a

temptation to waste of t ime often v ery d iffi cu lt to res i st ; and I have real lyser ious thoughts o

’

f'

publishing a se lect ion o f favor ite old games by chessplayers of real gen i u s and imaginat ion ,

as opposed to the s tup id ity cal ledchess-p lay ing in mOd ern days . -Pleasant ‘

play ,’ t ruly ! in Whi ch the oppon euts s it calculat ing and analyz ing fo r twel v e hours, t i re each othe r n earlyinto apop lexy or id iocy, and end in a d raw o r a v i cto ry by an odd Pawn .

Whi le Mr . Ruskin d oes not qu ite do just i ce to the modern t ime l imit systemi n set encounters , he wi l l find a mult itude to agree with him that the fav ori te o ld games are more interest ing than those of the p resent day .

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1 72 Tab le CXI I I . c ont inu ed —S COTCH GAMB IT .

Notes to page 1 71 .

The u sual continuation forWh i te here i s B sQB4 , B -QKtS, or Q-Q2.

P-QS may also b e p layed . Mr . Stein i tz commended the Cap tain ’ s move , as heob tained an op en Rook ’ s fi le later on when the B i shop s were exchanged .

3 Mr. S te ini tz would have p re ferred Kt-Q2. Black i s able to defeat Whi te s in tent ion to ex change the B . and play KtWh i te should rather have con t inued the advance on the K s i de wi th P-KR4 .

Continued . 21 B—BS 21 R x P, and Black won . Mr . Stein itz attributes the loss o fthe game to Wh ite ’ s failu re to pu sh on hi s KRP.

I f 16 Q x Kt , 1 7 Kt-KBS, and Wh ite win s a p i ece.

C on tinu ed , 21 R -K’

i ! 21 Q-Kt3 , 22R x B 22KR -Ql , 23 B -K5ch 23 Kt x B , 24 P x Kt24 R x k ,

25 Q x R , and Wh ite won . In th i s game Wh i te made the bes t developmen t i n open ing . H i s 2l s t move brought abou t a winn ing end game.

The app roved moye i s B xKt.Los ing a P. Bu t i f

i

the B had not been moved , Wh ite ’ s Kt would have taken i t,greatly weaken ing B lack ’ s center .Rev. W. Wayts says , Q -Q2, followed by B -Kt2 seems equally good.

B ette r have Castled wi th KR , say s the 83me authori ty, and i f 15 P- Rs , 1 6 P-KKt4 ‘

B lack ’ s development then would have been extremely d i ffi cu lt. and Wh i tewou ld have had t ime for a deci s ive advance o f the Pawn s . The tex t p lay gaveB lack an opp ortun ity to clear hi s game .

Tab le CXIV .

—S COT CH GAMB IT . 1 7 3

7 8 9 1 1 12

New Nu remberg Vienna V i en na Match Lo ndonOrleans, C ongress , Cong ress , C ongress , H avana , C ongress ,1882 1883 1882 1882 1 883 1883

Mackenzie Pau lsen Fle i s s ig Paul sen Golmayo RosenthalMau rian Le ifman Z uke rto rt Winawer S tein itz B IN-l

For Notes see next page .

B - B4

B-K3 5Q—B3

P-QB3

KKt-K2Kt - B2

P-Q3

Kt-Q2Kt-K4B x BP x BKt-K3B-K3

Q-R4ch

P- B3

B-K20 - 0

0 - 0

Kt (K2) -Kt3P-KKt3KP-Ql

Q—BQB -RO?

P-KB4B x RP x KtKt x PR x BQ-K3

Kt- (Q2)- B4P-QKt4

Kt x Kt+ 6 QR-Ol

Q-R5 7

Kt-E t5B -E tsch 8 Q x PchP- B3 B-KQB -B4 B-Kt t' i ch

Q-K2 B-Q2

B-Kt 3 K-Q l

B-K3 9 0 - 0

Q-Ql B x BB x B Q x B{P x B P-QR»?

P-KKt3 KKt -B3P-Q3 Q- lt e

'

)

B-Kt2 QKt-R3KKt-K2 P-QKt4

Kt-Q2 B-KB3U—O Q- i ’te

’

Kt- B3 QP-Ql lOB-Kt -3 Q x QP-KR3 R x QB x Kt KKt -K2

B x B li t -Q5

P- B4 QB-Kt l

P x P KP—KlR x P P-Q3

B-K4 QR -K2R-B3 B-K3

O-O Kt-KB4

Q-Q2 Kt-Q5 1 1

B-Kt2 R-K4

QR—KBI Kt x BehP x Ktli t -B4. 12

B-QB4

B- B4

O

P Q 3

P-QB

B-KKt5

Q-Kt3B x KtB x PchK- B l

P x B 1 3Kt -KBS

i - QS

Q- Bl

B-K6

B- B5

B -Kt3B- B4

Q- PA

Kt -Q2

B -Kl

Q-Ql

QK-R l

Kt -KZ

B-R3

P x PP x PKt x PP x KtQ x BB -Q7

l’t -Q l

Game was

d rawn .

Tab le CXIV . c ont inu ed .

—S COTCH GAMBIT .

Notes to page 1 73 .

An exp er imen tal move by Mr . Maurian .

Wh ite seems certain towin a p i ece, bu t B lac'k saves i t ingen iou sly .

Con t inu ed , 21 R -QS 21 B -QB4, 22 R-QB3 22K-KtR, 23 P-QR3 23 Kt -Q2, 24 R -QKt1 ch24 K- BS . 25 li t -R6 25 KR -Kl , 26 P-BS 26 R -Q5 , 27 B -KBz 27 R—Q4 , 28 P-QR428KR—K4 , 29 P-KKtzl 29P-KKt4 , 30 R -QK15 30 P—KR4 , 3 1 R x QRP

.

31 P x KtP,

32P x P 32 P-KB4 , an d th i s move p ermi tted Wh ite to exchange off all the

p ieces , after wh i ch one o f hi s p assed Pawn s won .

The Schachz ettnng says thi s i s hasty , and that P-KB5 would have been stronger .Th i s con tinuat ion i s n ow p referred to 5Kt x Kt, wh i ch soon results in an evenend game .

6 Blac k cou ld not extr i cate h imsel f from the results .Of hi s 1 5th move. He res igned ou the 36th move .

Amove n ot mu ch played recen tly.Unu sual .Tak ing advantage ‘

of the novelty.Not as good as Q x Q .

Sacr ifi cing a P for a strong attack .The remain ing moves i n thi s interesting game were 21 Kt x B 21 P xKt , 22R x P22 P-QKt5 , 23 Kt -QB4 23 Kt -QS. 24 QR -K3 24 Kt x QBP. 25 Kt -QRS 25 R -QKt4,26Kt - Bticn 26 K-Q2, 27 Kt -QR

"

? ( the Kt can no t ge t out) 27 R -KKt4ch . Wh iteresign s .

1 3 Better , says Land and Water , than B x Kt , but thi s i s not say ingmu ch .

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Tab le CX V .—G IUOCO PIANO.

5 6

Th i rd ViennaFrench Congress ,Nat ional 1882Tou rney ,1883

Mason Maur ian Mau ri an Blackburne Goudjon B i rdWi nawer Z ukertort Z ukertort Tsch igorin De R ivierc Flei s s ig

Kt- BS

B-K3B-Kt3

P- BS QKt -Q2 13- 11 3

P-Q P-Q3 B-QKt3Kt-Q2 Kt- Bl QKt-Q2Kt-Kz 15- 1i 3

Kt- Bl Kt-Kt3 Q—KzP- B3 P-KR3

Q—Kt3 Q-Q20 - 0 P-B3

Q- B2

P-Kli 3 P-Kt4Kt-Kt3 P-Q4 P x B

li t—Kt3 Q- BZ U -O

R-Ql P-Q4

P-Q4 Kt -Kt5 .l’ -Ql{t4

B-Kt3 ? 4 B- BQ

15 x 15 Kt x B B-Kt5

P x B Q x Kt 6 0 - 0

P x P Kt-Kt3 QR-Kl

P x P Kt-R5 P-QR4

on us Kt- BS Kt-Kz

QR-Kl Kt xKt RP x Pli t -KL?) KtP x Kt {P x P

Q- Ri Q-Q2 R-RS

KR-Ktl 7 PB K-Bl KR-QRI

B R-Kt3 Kt-Kt3

P-

‘Kt3 Kt-R4 R-R7.

QP-Ql {4 33 8 Q-B l

Kt x P 0 K2 P-QS 1 0

Kt x KLI’ 5 B-Q‘

Z 9

For Notes see next p age.

l ’—Q3 1 1P-QS

Kt—KB3B K3B-QKt3

QKt-Q2B—K3

QJK2 12Q—K'

Z

O-O

P—KRS

Kl’t -KlP—KKt4KB x BQ x B 1 3

Kt -KB1Kt -K2

Kt-KKt3Kt-KKt3Kt-KB5O-O-U

P-QKt4154 m.

Q-Kt3

P-QR4

P-QK4

P Kt-SKt-Q l

Kli t- B3

QKt -Q2

Kt—K3

Kt- BlKt- B4

Q 32

Kt-K3O- U

B x BP x B

B x B ! 1 4. Kt-B4Kt -K1351 5 QKt—oz

Q-QB2

R]? x B

P-KKtS'

Kt-KKtsP-Q4

li t-Q2 1?

P Q5Q K153

li t-Q2

Kt x BKt x Kt

Q-KtS

QKt—Q2

B—K3P—QKt3

O-O

K- Rl

Q'

li -KlKt-R4

1 4:

1 5

Tab le C X V . c on t inu ed .

~ —G IUOCO PIANO. 1 7 7

Notes to page 1 76 .

The lates t ( s i x th ) ed i t ion o f the “ German Hand buch gives B x B . an d an an

alys i s , to Show that , by th i s move , Black ob ta i n s t he be tte r game .

Castling wou ld b e better.No t as good as 0 —0 . Wh ite made a cen ter attack , and won o n th e Si s t move .

H e should have exchanged Bi shpp s .

Con t inu ed , 21 Kx Kt 21 Kt x Kt. 22 R -Ql 22 li t-Kt3 , 23 R -Q4 , P-QBi , 24 R x B .

Thi s last move o f Whi te ’ s i s mu ch in ferio r to R-Ql , when i f 24 P-B S,25 R -Q4

P x P. 26 P x P, and , as Black can no t cap tu re the P. Wh it-e rema ins w i th a

fa i r game , The game was won by Black on the 3 4 th move .

I f 1 4 P x Kt Black rej oins 1 4 P x P, and Wh i te can n o t retake w ithou t losing ap i ece by 15 P-Q4 .

Mr Mau rian remarks that 1 7 B -Q2, p rep aratory to Castl ing , wou ld give B lack as l i gh t supe r ior i ty .If 19 R -Kt2

, or to Kti , Wh i te would p robably gain an advan tage by 20 P x P, followed by Q—QGCont inued , 21 Q-RS 21 0 - 0 -0 , 22P x P (cap tu ring BPwou ld resu l t i n los ing QP)22P x l’ . 23 Kt-B3 23 B -K3 . 24 R x Reh. 24 Q x R , 25 Kt x l’ 23 P and B lacklost. He cou ld have drawn by 25 B x B .

Mr. Blackbu rne won on the 44 th move . H i s su cce ss was mainly d u e to h i s at

tack on B lack ’ s cen ter , wh i ch began on Wh i te' s 9th move .

Mr. Rosenthal p re fers Kt-KBS, and P-Q4 for Wh i te ’ s next move .

In feri or to B -QKtE} .

Thi s move allow s the Wh i te Kt to take u p a strong p osi ti on at KBS. B lackco uld have ob ta ined a i avo rab le p os i ti on by 1 1 P x B , fol lo n ed by 0 - 0 -0 .

The Pawn s on the Q s ide can now advan ce.

Worse than u seless , as i t d ri ves the Q to a better p os i t ion .

V eraartLoman

B -B4

li - B4

P- B3

Kt- B3 .

B- li tb’

QKt Q2 1li t-K2

P-KRS

P-Q4 .

P x P

P x PP—Q4

B-Q3 2P x P

Kt x PO-U

Q—BQ 3Kt x Kt

B x Ktl ’-Kb 1

Q-B4c'

n

K- B l

B- B2

P- Bé’

)

M t

P x B (KG)

P x P 4

P x B

0 - 0

Q-Kl 5li t-K5

Tab le CXV I .—G IUOCO PIANO.

BlackburneMacken zie

i -Kz i

Q ' BQ 6

KB x B

P x Bli t -KKt i')B x BKt x KP

B x PchK x B

Q-Kt3ch

K-B2

Kt-KtSCh

K-K2

QR-KBlKa Km

Kt 153

P-Kt4P-QKt3

li t-B4

P-Kt 3

Kt-K3QP-KI

Marine , Ill .

C incin nat i

B x KtchP x B

P x PB -Kta’

Kt-QB3'

P-Kb‘4

0 - 0

0 - 0

B-KB4B-QKl Z

Kt-QB4P-KKt4

Kt x . Bl'lP x Kt

B- Bl !

B -Ql’t S 7

B-KlP-KKt5

Kt-Q2

K x Kt !Q- Béc ll

K-KtlP

Kt—KBfiR x l tch+ Kt Qlt4 + P x Kt 8

For Notes see next p age.

1 1

C anada

Eggiaway

B-Q5 1 3

O

P x P B x KtB ~Kt50h QP x B

Kt'

xKPB x Beh Kt x P

QKt x B P-Q4

KKt x P B-QS

Kt x Kt 0 40

P—Q4 P-KRSKKt—Kt5 9 P-KB4O-O P-KBb’

Q-R5 1 0 Kt-Kt6B- B4 1 1 R- BZ

Kt x RP P-KB5

Kt x l'i. Q-KKt4P x 15+ 12

‘Kt—Kt4

12

Team Match ,

1884

B ri stol andC l i fton vs .S t George ’ sClub .

Fed d enWayte

o- o

Kt- B3

P-Q3

1’-Q3

B-KKt5 14P-KR3

B-R4

P-KKtet

B-KKt3P-KR4 1 5Kt x KtPP-R5

Kt xPP x B 1 6

Kt x Q 1 7B-KK15

Q-QQ 1 8

Kt-B3'

1 9

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1 80 Tab le CXV II .—G IUOCOPIANO. JE ROME GAMB IT.

Q-R4ch

Q-K3

P-Q153

For Notes see next p age.

Tab le CXV II . c on t inu ed . G IUOCO PIANO.

Notes to page 180.

Q-Q5Ch Q x BKt-Kt3? K-q P-Q3

P-Q4 Kt-QRS

B x P K-QB3+

3 12 also looks good .

P-B5ch P-Q3

KKt- B3

Q-R3ch

P-KKt3 KmovesP-QKt4 Q-RSch

Q-B3 Q -Kt3 K-Q3

K-B2

9Kt -QB3+

P-KB4

Kt'P x Kt

P-Q4 Q-q

B -KKt5 K-BZ

Q-QB3

Kt-B3

P x Bch P-Q4+

P x KtB - R6+

181

TWOKNIGHTS ’ DEFENSE .

Thi s open ing lead s to intr i cate and dar ing coun te r attacks , and analys i shas not yet determined whethe r the ad vantage in the m idd le game in c linesto White o r Black . Such be ing the case, i t i s an open ing to be en cou raged ,and yet i t is one o c cupy ing ve ry few pages in the books o f Chess Congresses, and in therecord s o f se r ious mat ch p lay . We have the p leasu re oflay ing before the student some n ov elt ies in the open ing that hav e been tested ,and have exc ited mu ch inte rest in the chess c i r cles of several large Ameri

can c it ies .

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184 Tab le CXV I II . c ont’d .—TWOKN I GH TS ’ DEFE N SE .

1 1

1 2

1 3

1 4

1 5

1 6

1 7

Notes to p age 1 83 .

The p reviou s moves are accord ing to themost mod ern i deas i n th i s Op en ing ,bu t 1 1 P-KB4 i s p re fe rred for Whi te .

Lost t ime. B -K2 should have been p layed .

Mr. B i rd th ink th is move has meri t, and deserves investigat ion .

Th i s move o f Suhle ’s i s generally thought to tu rnthe game i n favor of the secon d

p layer .B i rd ’ s move ,

wh i ch R ev. W. Wayte p ronoun ces mu ch better than the H andbuch ’s ” li t-R4.Mr. B i rd says he should have cont inu ed th i s game , 1 7 Q xKt 1 7 P-QB3 , 18 Q xKP1 8P xKt , 19P BS 19 Q- B2, 20 B - B4

, with a Pmore and at least as good a p os ition . But Mr. Wayte d oes n ot th ink’ that S ii hle ’

s cou nter a ttack i s thus p roveda fa i lure. The fau lt , he says, l ies i n Tschigo rin

‘

s 15 Q -Kt3 . The natu ral i i is tinc t o f a s trong p layer to keep Wh i te p inned as long as p oss ible i s here m i slead ing . Black might have recovered the P, with a t least an equal posi ti on . bytwo d i stinc t modes o f p lay : (a ) 1 5 B x Kt. 16 Q x B 1 6 Q x P, threaten ing to wi nthe Q, and Whl te ’s best rep ly i s apparen tlv 17 Q -K2, si nce 1 7 P-QB4 would leavehi s Q awkward ly p laced ; (5 ) 1 5 Q x P, 1 6 Q x Q 16 Kt -x Q , 1 7 R -Q i ; (c) 1 7 P-QBt

-El

18 R x Kt 18 P x i i . 19Kt~ B7 19 B -Kt2, 20 Kt x-

R 20 R x Kt In thi s las t var iati on 1 7 P-QB4 i s in ferior : -17 P-QB4 1 7 P-QBS, 18P x Kt 1 8B x Kt, 1 9 R—Ql19QR=Q1 , and Wh itemust lose ano ther P.

Th i s move wa s suggested by the Berl in Frhachz ei iung . The analys i s here i s b yS . E uph rat and S . A. C harle s , C i nc i nnat i .

If 6 Q-

v

K2? , 7 P-QG 7 P _x P ,8 P-KER 8 B -R4 , 9Kt x R 9 P-KB

,10 0 -0 10 P-Q4,

1 1 B -K2 1 1 Q-B-l eh , 12.K-Rl 12Kt -K5 , 1 3 P-QB3+ .

Th i s resolves th-eg ame in to a variety o f the_Gu i oeo

.

Piano , lead ing i n th i s andthe followmg two sp ec imens to some very i n tere sti ng p lay.The o rd inary continuat ion here would be 4 B -B4, 5 P

-Q3 5 P-Q3 , 6 Kt-K2 o r 0 - 0 ’

with an even game .

Aven tu resome move.

14 Q-KB4ch i s ap paren tly better , e. g . , 1 4 K-K3 ( i f K-

‘

Kt , 1 5 Q x Kt , remain ingwith a. better game and a P ahead ) , 1 5 Q-KKt4ch , and i t B lack play 15 R -B4,16 P-KB4.

Intend ing QR -Kl , butWh i te ’

s attack p roves too vigorou s .C ontinued . 21 Q -R4 ! 21 B -K3 , 22B x R 22R x B , 23 R t 1 ) -K1 23 R -Kl , 24 K-Ktl !24 B -Q2, 25 R x Rch 25 B x R , 26 R -K7 . and B lack res igned .

Mr. Z ukertort varies hi s p lay i n th i s second trial , but h i s 1 1 th move i s p robablyoverbold , and does no t take in to cons ideration Wh ite ’ s eff e c tive 1 3th and 14thmoves .Q -B2 at on ce app ears better.C ont inued , 21 B -B5 (necessary to'

p reven t Black from p lay in g R -Q3 and then ce toKt3—Whi te dee s .wel l to .sac ri rice the B ) 25 P-QKt3 , 22P-Kt5 22Kt- R4, 23 B -Kt423 Kt -Bs, 24 Q R-KZ 24 P-Q lt ct . 25 P x P e. p . 24 P- B4 , 26 B x P 26 P x B , 27 R-Ktl !27 R -Ql , 28 it x P ! 28 i t 29P-RY2) Q x P, 30 R x B , and again Wh i te won .

T ab le CXIX.—TWO KN IG H T S ’

D E FEN SE . 1 85

Kt-KBSP-K4

C incinnat i ,1884

Z ukerto rt G rund v

Lukenbach S tarbu ck

For Notes sec i te-

ri page.

P x B ?Q checksP-Kt3Q x R PQ- R4

Q x PchK-Ql 10

l’t -Ql

K-B2 1 1

Q-Kt 7

Q x Kt

Q—Q i 1 2P- B3

li t -Q4

P-QKt4 1 3Q {5 0 11

P-Kt3

Q x BPP x BQ x PchR- B2

Kt x KBPQ- R4

Kt-‘Kt4Kt x BKt x Kt

Kt-K6ch+ Q 152

186 Tab le CXIX. cont ’d .—TWOKN IGH TS ’ D E FEN SE .

1

2

1 1

1 2

1 3

Notes to page 185.

Th i s move i s a departu re from the Synop s i s ( See p age 44 . Col .t inuat ion there i s 10 0 -0 , 1 1 P

-B3 1 1 P-QBi , 1 2 0 - 0 12B -Kt2, 1 3 Q -R4 1 3 R -QB l ,and the variat i on i s le ft withou t commen t .

Black has obta ined the advantage in pos ition with all hi s forces well i n han dto commence attacking Op erat ions .The P cou ld not b e saved .

Cont inued , 21 K-R l 21 Kt-Kt5. and Wh ite resigns .Th i s move , the i nventi on o f Mr. Hen ry Loewe , C in c innat i , O. , has p roved to beone d i ffi cul t to meet i n actual p lay . As far as Whi te ’ s 12th move , the game i sident i cal wi th C0 1. 5 , page 43 . o f the Synop s i s , wh i ch p roceed s , 1 2Q-QR orB -Q3 for Black , and says i t i s doubtful i f Black has an equ ivalent i n po s i ti onfor the P los t.Con t inu ed , 21 P x Kt 21 P x BP, 22B xP 22P x B , 23

’

t xRch 23 KxR , 24 Q-KBSch24 K-Ktl , 25 Kt-QBS 25 B -Kt5 ', 26 Q-KB4 21; R -KB i , and B lack win s .Thi s move. or P-KKt3 i s Wh i te ’ s best resource .

P x Kt Q xKP

Kt checks , mate . Kt chs . and win s Q.

Kt x P R -B3

If 1 8Kt -QB5

R -B2may be p layed.

Q x KtKt-K6, mate.

f 1 9

The late Mr. D . F . M . S tarbuck , o f C inc inn ati , o ften p layed th i s novel var iat ionwi th success . The u sual move at th i s p oin t i s Q-QS followed by Kt-Kt2. Thetext move , however , lead s to some fine s i tu ation s .P-KKt3 i s the only move.

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nothing parti cular i n view when c omi ng to B3 , and ,indeed , i s i tsel f often

exp osed to being attacked there ; whi le , as to the unhappy QP,i t has oh

viously a most di s tres s ing future befo re i t. Black’ s ev i l cond ition p r o ceedsd irectly from 3 P x P. Cou ld that cap ture be rendered unnecessary , hisdeve lopment, though slow

,would be as sured , and the future of the game

would be such as sk ill,hand in hand wi th pat ience , might hopeful ly face.

An end s o des i rable has attracted the attenti on o f var i ous analysts ; andparti cu larlyMr. J. Lord i ntroduced 3 Kt-QZ . The defen se ,

however,has not

p roved sati sfac to ry , and , i ndeed , i f ,met at once ,

4 P583,as adv i sed by S tein

i tz,we can see that i t ought not to answer , cons ider ing that nowWhi te threatens

B -QB4 , fol l owed by Q-Kt3 . Our own op ini on“ i s, tha t unles s Black can p lay

3 Kt-KB3,as rec ommended by Majo r Jaemsch

,the

‘

Philidor’

i s d oomed .

We are,however , by no mean s c lear but that the move in questi on shou ld

s tand . Let us set the moves . 1 P-K4 P-K4,2 KtKB3 P-Q3, 3 ,

P~ Qt

Kt-KBS, Whi te has three rep l ies , namely : 4 P x P

,whi ch i s sat i sfactor i ly

me t by Kt x P,4 B-KKtS

,whi ch Jaenisch answers wi thP x P

,and 4 li t -B3

,

to whi ch the Rus s ian analyst again rep l ies with P x P. As regard s4 B -KKt5, we wi ll only say ,

respec ting the cap ture o f the P,tha t we doubt i ts

nece s s i ty,but i t may pass for the present , as the i nferi ori tv which resu lts is

not very p ronounced ; in respec t, however , of 4 Kt-B3 , whi ch is the mored readed l ine for White , we can not but fee l , fi rst

,that to captu re the P mu st

y ield a bad game ; and second ly,that there i s no ne ces s ity for such a con

tinua’

tion. As al ternative, we suggest for B1ack, 4 QKt-Q2, continuing wi thP-KB3 i f

,and when necessary.”

Tab le CX X .- PH IL IDOR ’S D E FEN S E .

2

Vi e nnaC on g res s,

McConne ll Winawer

Z ukertort

P-K41 P-x i

Kt-KB t-t

B- 134 1

li t-Qb'

3 2

P-QRS 3

P-KBat

P-Q3

li t -Kus

3 - 1 mm6 P-KR3 4.

B x KtQ x BKt-QB3Kt-KZ

Kt-QKtS !9 K- Q l

(OZ-Q?

r - o

Kt- BSP-KKH

P-Q4

P x Q ?Kt x QPB-Kta

O-O-O

P x P ?Kt-Kfich lB t

Q x QPchK—Kl

B x Bli t-Q4

Q-Q7ch

K- Ul

B x KtR -Ql

Qt P Kt -KtS

3

C om'

l G tt z .

C o rre

S pond enc e

To n rn e y ,

ShawB lackbu rne Robe rtson

Kt -QBS 5 Kt-KB3li t -KB3 .l

'- Q J

Kt- B l’

-Q l

P—QI)’

P x PP-Q4 Kt x PP x P P—Qi

Q x P P x PB-KZ Q x PB Q-K'

2t ‘ll

O-O

-O-O Q—Kt50h7Kt3-B3 Q x QQ-Q

'

Z Kt x QB -K3 Kt-Q l’t 3

P—QR 3 B-KB4P-QK3 P—QB3

P-R3 Kt-QfiehP-QKL4 B x KtB x Kt B x BB x B P-QKtS

Kt-Q5 Kt- B3B x Kt B-Kt2

P x B 0 - 0 - 0

0 - 0 - 0

P—KKt3 P-KKt3Kt-Kt3 Kt-QB2

B- l’t Sch

R -Kt K-Kt l

Kit-KlB- Bl

Kt-Q4 B x KtchP-Kt5 i

Q x P R x Rl’t -Kt i K x RQ-R4 B x BKt- Btj ! 1x

R -K8

Q- li z 6 K-QZ 8

4

Com '

l Gaz .

( JorreS po n tl e nce

To u rn ey ,1882

rrawayRobe rtso n

Q x PKt-Q a;

B -QKt-S

B t

B x B

Kt-KBS

P-Kr'

) 9

P x PQ x PeltQ—K2

B x KtP x BQ x QehB x QQKt -Q2

li -KKt l

O-O

U- U- U

P-KKt3P-KB4

QR-Ql

B-KB3

P-Qt ;

B QBU

P-KR4

P-QR4

R-K?

Kt-QKt lx R

R x B

q k k u o

For Notes 3c next p age.

Schu lde rBoden

P—B3

P-KB4

P- B4

KKt - 5 3

P Q4

P X'KP

P x KPP x KtP x KtQ x PP x PKt - Bb

’

P- B4

B -QZ

B -K3U-U- U

Kt- QQl-l-Kl

Q- B3

B- B-l

O-O-O

P-Qi

B x PQ x Pe ltP x Q

189

J . W. YoungE . B . H ussey

P-Q4

P-KB4

P x KPBP x PKt-KKt5P-Qi

P-K6B -QB4 1 1

QKt-B3 12P-QBS

Kt-KB7Q-KB3

Q-Q2

QB x PKt x B.

Kt - Q2

Kt QR4P-Kfi

P x PQ—RSch

Q -KEQQ x KtB-Q3

U -U—U

B x RPB—RtjmateKKt- BS

P—QKt3Q—KKt5

Kt- B7B x KtB-KBSB-QKt5ch

B-Q2

B x BehK x BKt -K5chl 3

190 Tab le CX X . c ont inu ed .—PH IL IDOR ’S D E FEN S E .

Notes to page 189.

1 A con tinuation favored by Mr. Boden , but generally held b e in ferior to3 P—Q4 Of late, however , several strong p layers , in clud ing Mr . Blackburne ,have g i ven the tex t move some attent ion .

Harrwi tz’s move B -K2 i s more usual , and apparently stronger.

To p rovi de a retreat for the B should the adverseKt attack from R4, but P

-Q4 i sp re ferable.

Again B -K2would b e better .The game becomes substant ially a Ph i l i d or i n a few moves .Continued , 21 B -Q3 21 R -Kt3 , 22P-B3 22KR-Ktl , 23 B-B2 23 Q-K7 , 24KR-Bl

24 B -Kt40h , 25 K-Ktl 25Kt -Q7ch , 26 R x Kt 26 B x R , 27 R -Ql 27 R x Kt l, 28 B x R28B x P, 29 B

-B2 ( i f P x B then Q x Reh) 29 R x Pch, 30K-Rl 30 R -Ktl , 31 Q-K43 1 R -Kt80h l, 32Kx R 32Q-Kt4ch , 33 Q-Kt4 33 B x Q, and Black win s .

7 The Synop s i s (page 21 , col . 5 ) p rocéed s'

here 7 Kt-Kt5 7 Kt-QRS, 8 QKt-B38Q-Ql etc . , lead ing to an even game .

8 As these contestan ts are exp er ien ced , and sk i ll ful co rrespo nden ce p layers wegive the remain ing moves : 21 R -R8 21 K-K3 . 22 li t—K2 22 P-QB4 , 23 P—QB423 P-Kt3 , 24 R x P. 24 Kt -B3 , 25 Kt- B4ch 25K-QS, 26 R x P 26 Kt -Q2, 27 P-QR427 P-KKt4 , 28 K

‘

s-Q5 28 K-B3 , 29 K-Q2 29 P-KR4 , 30 P- R3 30 R -R3,31 R - B5

31 P-KKtS , 32 P- R‘

4 32 K-QS, 33 Kt - B4 33 Kt- B3 , 34 K-K3 34 K-B3. 35 R -Ki535 R -Rl , 36 R

-KtG 36 R -Kl eh , 37 K-Q3 37 R- Qleh , 38 li t -Q5. and Wh i te wins9 No t i n the boo-ks . The app roved continuati on i s 8Kt -B3 8B -K‘

Z , 9 0-0 -0 9 0 -0 ,

1 0KR -Kl 10 li t -Q2, even game .

Continu ed , 21 P-KKt4 21 R x QEF, and White resigns .Kt -KR3 i s the u sual move.

It would b e better to p lay 7 Kt x KP 7 P x Kt. 8Q-RSch but.

games p layed atexh ibi ti on s o f “ Living Ches s ” are not a fa i r subject for cri tl cal notes .Continu ed : 21 B x Kt 21 P x B , 22KR-KBl 22 P-KKtS. 23 K-QB3 23 Kt-K4 , _24 P-KR3 24 Q-KS, 25 Q-KR4 Q ~Q4 , 2a K-QKt2 26 Q—QB4, 27 QR-Ql 27 Q-QR4 ,28Q x KP 23 Kt-QB5ch, 29 P x Kt, and Black drew by p erpetual check .

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1 92 Tab le’

CX X I .—4 KN I GH TS ’ AND 3 KN IG H T S ’ GAME .

For Notes see next p age.

1 2 4 5 6

Vienna LondonC

Lond onC

Lond on

mgr ongress ,coisgsh

ess ’ c origds

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dtc

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1883

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1

Tou rney ,

Engl i sch Steini tz vs. Clerc Blackburne S te in itzRosenthal Bu ck , Dunn ,De Riv iere S tei n itz B i rd

an d Ségu in

B-Kt5 6 P-QR3 1 2 P x P0 - 0 B xKt Kt x P0 - 0 QP x B B-Kt z

P-Q3 Kt -Q5 Kt x P B-K3P-QS Kt x Kt Kt x P Kt- B3

B-Kt5 P x Kt Kt x Kt B-K2B x Kt Kt-KZ Q-Q5 0 - 0

P x B P- s 1 0 0- 0

P-KR3 7 B- R4 Q x KKt Kt -K2B -KR4 P-Qe R—R l B- B3

B-Kt5 .8 P x P B-K3 P-Q3

P-KR3 P-Q4 P Q4 Q-Q2

Q Q4 Kt—Q2

R-Ktl Kt-Kt5 Kt- QB3 B-R6

P-QKt3 ? P-Q4 Kt-K4

P-Q4 B -R4 B-KKt5 B x B Q—K2P; Q3 P-KR3 K x B K-QZ

‘

?

R-Kl Q-R5 Q-KR5 B-K2 13- 134

P-Kt4 ? B - B4 P-KKt3 P—KB3 P-KB4

Kt x P l B-Kt3 Q-KR4 P—B4 R-Ql

P x Kt B -KKt3 B -KKt2 Kt- Bz B x Kt 1 6B x P B-K3 QR-Ql P x BP x P ? P-KR3 P-KKt4 P-B3 P x PP x P Q—KKtS B-B4 B-R3

B-K4 P-KB4 O-O-O B-Q‘

Z P-Q4

P x R Kt.—B4 QB—Ql B x Kt Q x PQKt x P B-B2 P-KB4 R x B P—QKt4

P-KB4 P-KR4 P-KB4 P—BS B x KtPKt-Kt3 Q-Q2 B-KB3 Kt- Bl P x BB x B P-R5 B-KB2 P-K5 ! B x KtQ x B K-R2 Q-QB3 BP x P K-B3 1 7

B x Kt Q-K3 Q-K3 Kt-Kfich Q-K5B-Ql 1 1 KR-K1 1 3 B x Kt 1 4 Q- Qz 18

4. KNIG H T S ’ AND 3 KN IG H T S ’GAME .

—c ont inu ed . 1 98

Votes to page 192.

Mr. Sellman recalls the fac t that , i n the Fi rs t Amc r tc an C hess C ong re s s ( t857 t ,Morp hy p layed a t thi s po i n t t l - t ) , andnvo n , and remarks that the te rm in a t io nwas o t such remarkab le d ep th and br i ll i ancy as to rank i t among the immo r ta lgames .Wh i te has made a sk ill ful open ing .

Tame . M r. Ranken suggests as better 1 7 R—QRS 17 P x P,18 Q -B2

,fo llowed ne x t

move by QR-Q l .

Threaten ing B x RPch.

C on ti nued : 21 B -B2 21 R x Reh , 22B x R 22R -Kl , 23 BB S 23 P-Kt3 , 24 B -Kt224 B- Rl , 25 Q - BS 25 K-Kt2 ( i n fe r i o r to R -K3 ) , 26 B -Km 26 Q -KS, 27 P-KKrl27 B -Kt'l , 28 P-Kt5 28 K- Bl . 29 P x Kt 29 Q-Ko, 30 Q-Kt l 30 Q-B 7 ,

:Il R -K1 ! ( i lB lack cap tu res the B he lo s es his Q) 3 1 R -K5 , 33 R x R 32 Q x R

, 33 B -K533 P-KRal , 34 KB2 34 Q - B7eh , 35 8 K2, and B lack re signs .This game was the last p layed i n the Co ng res s . and resu lted i n E ngl isch t ie ingwi th Mac ken z i e and Maso n to r fi rth, S i x th , and s even th p r i zes .Mr. S te in i tz says thi s i s weak . H e p re fers 8 li t-K2, a move that can no t be madea l te r the KRP i s moved .

Los t t ime . H e should p lay B - Ql at once .

The same au thori ty p re fers here 10 B x Kt, and 1 1 P-Kt4

The u sual cont inuat ion is 8Kt x P 8Kt x P, 9 P-QRS, and Wh i te i s though t tohave sl igh tly the better game .

21 Q-R3 21 P-R4 , 22. P-R4 23 QRBI . 23 B -Q1 23 R-B'

Z, 24 R - R3 24 R - BS , 25 B -K‘>

25 R -Kts, 26 B -Kt5 26 Q -Bl , 27 P-Q l( t3 27 Kt Kt l . 28 l’

-QB4 ( Mr. S te in t t z p ronounc ed th i s ad va nce p rematu re . and he ld tha t 28 13 -Q2 would have g i ven h ima decided advan tag e ) 28 B -Kt4 . Black wo n o n the 8oth move af ter a seven hou rs ’con test , i n th ree S i t tings .M . Rosen thal says the bes t move here i s B -QKtS .

C ont inued : 21 Q-KR3 21 B -KKt2 (M. Ro sen thal bel ieves Black could have wonby 21 Q x BP) , Q -KR‘

) 22 R -Kix’

tl . 2t Q-KKtti 2 : B (M. Rosen tha l savs thatthi s move gives Wh i te the be t te r game ) , 21 Q x Q 24 P x Q , 23 13 -KKL3 25 B -KHl ,26 P-Q5 ? Th i s weak move p ermi t ted the B lac k KB to en te r the game . B lackwon on the 46 th move .

C on tinued , 21 P x B 21 R -K'

l, 23 Q Kt-3 23 Q -Kl , 2} R -Q

'

fi 23 R x P )

. 24 R - lt s

24 Q-K2, and Wh i te mated 1 11 three moves .M Z ukertort say s th i s i s an i n feri o r de fen se . H e would bring out the o therKt , runn ing i n to the Fou r Kts ’

G ame .

1 6 If B -Kt3 White win s wi th P1 7 If Q x B Wh i te wou ld continue 20 R x Pch 20 K-K]

,21 R -K5

1 8 C on tinu ed : 21 Q x R 21 Q x B , 22 R -Kl 22Q -Q3 , 23 R -KS Q -Q2, 24 QR-Kl24 Q -QB2, 25

'

Q-Boch 25 K-Ri , 26 QR-KG 26 B x R , 27 R x B , and B lack res igns .

THE QUEEN’

S BtsKOP’

s PAWN’

S GAME .

Thi s open ing i s also known as S taunton ’s Open ing,” and the “ Engl ishKn ight

’ s Open ing.

”1 he “ Synops i s ” says without qualifi cat i on that full

tnalysis has shown that i t i s not to be recommended fo r the fi rst player .Chess per iod i cal s may be exami ned fo r months without find i ng a spec imen

of i t. Mr. S taunton said o f i t , in 1 848, that “ i t deserves,and i f we m i s take

not wi ll yet attai n ,a higher p lace i n the category of legi t imate open ings than“

has hitherto been ass igned to Twenty-five year s late r he w rote that theopen ing had been grud ingly admi tted into favor , and that another quarter ofa century wou ld poss ibly be requ i red to enable it “ to take the. rank i t deser ves among our best debu t.

”Thi s op in ion has not been ver ified , and there

are but s l ight i nd i cations that it wi ll be.

Mr. W. N . Potter has recent ly wr itten two b r ief art i c les 0 11 the openings,in whi ch he takes, i f not a favo rab le, at least a neut ral p os it ion regard ing i tsmer its : As to some defenses , ” he says , we fan cy the last wo rd s have yetto be said . Take

,fo r instance

,S tein i tz ’ s defen se

This last mo r e was adop ted b y S te ini tz against W isker , i n‘

1868,and

ever s in ce i ts i ntrodu ct ion on that occas i o n has been highly esteemed . Z u

kertort thought so well of 4 P4 33 tha t he ad o pted i t against Rosenthal inthe i r match. Wi sker and Rosen thal both cont inued w ith 5 B-Kt5 ; and

S tein i tz and Z ukertor t both rep l ied w i thKKt-K2. Wi sker then cont inuedw i th 6 P x P, gett i ng thereby a bad game . Rosenthal‘ s con t inuat ion was6 P-Q3 , and Z ukertort an swered wi th B Q2, whereupon fo llowed seven7 P x P, Kt x P ; and B lack has und oubted ly the better game . Now acco rding to our op in ion ,

Rosenthal’ s s ixthmov e was all r ight , but his seventhwas1 mater ial aid to Black in devel op ing. Let the moves be rep layed

1 P-K4 1 P-K42 Kt-KB3 2 Kt-QBX3 P 83 3 P- Qt

4 Q-R4 4 P-KBS5

‘

B-Ktsx 5 KKt -K26 P QS 6 B-Q2

We now p lay fo r Whi te 7 Q-BQ, and are unable to perce ive'

that Blackhas the sl ightest supe r io r ity . Thi s

,by way of a fi rst step , and because we

do n ot want to i nfi ict too v iolen t a shock upon those who assume that

4 Q-R4 met by P‘ BEE, S trlt‘jects Whi te to a c ro <ming d i s advantage.

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are, i n his op in ion ,undeser ved .

“We lately gave our reas ons,he says

,

“ for suppos ing that ( the l ine of p lay g iven above) y ield s no such game as

White should fear , and we rather fancy the same may be said o f the fo rmso f 3 P-Q i . At any rate they, wi th 3 P-KB4

,may wait unt i l there i s more

demand fo r an examinat ion of thei r c laims than at p resent ex i sts . The mostformidable enemy of the “ S taun ton Attack ” i s 3 Kt-KB3 . The recogn izedrepl y i s 4 P-Q4, w ithKt x KP o r P-Q4 as Black ’ s rej o inde r . He re Mr . E d

ward Marks step s in and p roposes P x P as anothe r fourth move that Blackcan ad opt. He send s us an analys i s

,wherefrom we ext ract the fol l owing

lines ( beginn ing each t ime at White ’ s thi rd move) : 3 P- B3 Kt- B3,4 P-Q4

P x P,5 P x P B—Kt5ch, w ith the better game. 3 P-B3 Kt—B3

,4 P-Q4

P x P,5 Kt x P Kt x P,

and again Bl ack for cho i ce. 3 P- B3 Kt-B3,

4 P-Q4 P x P, 5 B -KKt5 P x P, and such attack as White may have wi llscarcely compen sate him fo r be ing a Pawn behind . 3 P—B3 Kt- BS

,4 P-Q4

P x P, 5 P-K5 . B lack has three rep l ies , namely, 5 Kt-Q4 5Kt-K5, and

5 Q-KQ’

. Mr. Marks sends us var iat ion s upon each, but they open up i ssuesthat can not be sati s facto r i ly d ealt wi th in the l imi ts at our d i sposal . We

may , however , men t ion as one o f the ma in po ints that B lack threatens tob reak up White’ s center by P-Q3 , on whi ch account Mr. S te in itz , to whomM

'

r. Marks submitted his var iat ions , condemned White’ s game as a whole.

“Our own examinat ion of 4 P-Q4 P x P,has n ot had the effect of making

us p erfectly assu red of the goodnes s o f Mr. Marks ’ defense ; but that quest ion becomes of minor impo rtan ce in our eyes on account of the gene ra lfee l ing we have agains t P-Q4 itself. We p refer e i ther 4 Q-R4

,or 4 1 B-Kt5 .

The former,i f we mi stake not, is now suggested for the fi rst t ime ; whi le as to

the latter , though not new,i t has been hither to wrongly cont inued . We

wi ll take them in suc cess ion : 4 Q R4 B K2, 5 B Kt5, w ith the better game.

4 Q R4 P Q4, 5 Kt x P,and White for cho i ce . 4 Q R4 P-QRS, 5 B B4

( i f 5 BKt5, then Kt x P,and Black appea1 s to us to obtain the super ior ity ,

though on thi s p o int we would be glad ly conv i cted o f eri or, whereas P x Bwe do not fear ) P-Q4, 6 P x P Kt x P,

7 Kt x P Q-K‘

Z, 8 B x Kt Q x Ktch,

9 Q—K4, and White i s a Pawn ahead w i th no d i sadvantage in p os it ion .

Had Black p layed 7 P-QKt4 , then 8Kt x Kt, to say nothing o f 8 B x KtP,

whi ch could , however, have been p r ofitably p layed . As far as we can see,

4 Q-R4 can stand . I t i s obv ious that P—QR3 , 5 B- B4 Kt x ‘

P,6 B x Peh

Kx B ,7 Q x Kt, p rodu ces no in fer ior i ty fo r Whi te ; to say no more

,and

therefo re after 4 Q—R4 P-QR3 , 5 B-B4 , Black appears to have nothing better than B-K2 o r B- B4 . E ither o f these moves i s doubt less good enoughfo r equa! ity , but Black ought to aim at something more than aneven game

,

i f the un fav o rable op inions of var ious analys i s are to be maintained . It i sfi ne that, after 4 Q R4, B lack can p lay at once B- B4 ; but then 5 B .Kt5

,and

Whi te has rathe i the bette r game .

As to the e tl1e 1 l ine ment ioned,namely

,4 B-

,Kt5 the usual cont inuat ion

i s Kt x P,5 O 0

,but we would p lay 5 QK2 Kt Q3 , 6 Kt x P, and i f

Whi te suffer from any i nequali ty we should like i t to be made known to us .

We co n clude this debate on a neglected open ing with a game,at thi s debut,

p lay ed in July , 1883 , at the Nu remberg Congres s, with n otes from the Lon

don F ield ”

D rawn game .

In ferior . 4 P-B3 i s the p roper con tinuation .

Thi s cap tu re i s u n sound , and ought to involve the loss o f the game i f p roperlyfollowed up by Black .

If Wh ite had p layed now 1 1 Q B3 , Black ‘ s game wou ld have been i rretrievablylost . Winawer remarked that he knew the move well enough , and p layed th i svariat ion 0 11 the s trength o f i t ; b u t, somehow, at the last momen t, changedh i s m ind .

Now i t i s too late to re ti re Q-B3,becau se o f 12B -KKt5 , etc .

1 3 R -Kl would have been more forc ible , and p robably have won the game . If,in answer , Wh i te castles , B lack win s wi th 1 4 Kt x P, etc .

THE QUEEN’

S PAWN COUNTER GAMBIT—THE H

GARIAN DEFENSE .

These open ings are not b rought near togethe r because they have any re

semblance ; indeed , they are ant ithet i cal . In the Queen ’s Pawn C ounterGamb it B lack at once tr ies to seize the attack . In the H ungar ian Defen sethe second playe r takes a very qu iet l ine of p lay , l ook ing to a safe and sub

stan tial devel opment o f his game,before e ithe r sustain ing “o r attempt ing a

ser ious attack . The Queen ’ s Pawn Counter Game 'd-oes not stand high in theesteem o f analysts . The Hungar ian Defense has no t received much at ten

t ion from them,the d ebu t be ing so conser vat ive that , l ike a fo rtunate people:

it has but l ittle history . It enab les Black to avo id the E van s and k ind redattack s, and i t i s bel ieved to be sound in all respects . The fact that it IS notment ioned by Staunton ,

B i rd,Wormald

,G ossi p , o r C ook i s due to its not

hav ing att racted much n ot i ce from p layers and analysts . The reputat ioni t has i s fai r .

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200 Tab le CXXII I .—HUN GAR IAN D E FEN SE .

0 - 0 5

B-KKt5 P-QB3 Kt,_K1B K3 B x KKt Kt x P

R x Kt P_Q4

Kt t

P t

B t

ForNotes see next page.

T ab le CXXI II . c on t inued .—H UN GAR IAN D E FE N S E . 20 1

1 0

Notes to page 200.

Potte r cons iders that Black has an excellen t game. Black n ow p roposes top lay Kt -Kl , fo llowed by P-KB4, W i th a p robab i l i ty , unles s met wi th n i ce p lay ,o f obta in i ng a sup e riori ty i n p os i ti on . In p lay ing 3 B-K‘

Z Mr . Pot ter says thatBlack sup ports 11 1 3 Q a t t he ve ry momen t she wan ts sup port .

Kt x P wi ll no t d o . Kt x P, GKt x Kt 6 P x Kt. 7 Q-KRS

Wh i te ‘

s m ove . 5 P- i . has the e ffec t o f dep riving Wh i te o f the sl ight advantagep ro p e rly belonging to the fi rs t move . Mr . Pot te r remarks tha t ex tended analys i s o f the Hungar ian i s n o t requ i red , s imp lic i ty he i ng i ts sp ecial character i st i c .The Hand/wr it s sug ge s te d va r i at io n at th is p oin t i s 5 P-Q5 5 Kt -Ktl 6 B -Q

‘

3

6 B -KKté , 7 0 - 0 7 Kt -KB'

i , 8 P-QB4 8 P-QBB, 9Kt -QBS 9Kt-QRS.

Thi s , and the following l'

n l tl i l l ll . are from the German, H andbuch. 5 P-QRS seem s

to be a better mo ve to r Wh i te than tho se sugges ted by Mr. Potter .I f 6 B -KKt5 , 7 B -QKtS. If G P x P, 7 P x P 7 P-Q4 , 8 P x P S Kt x P

, 9 B-Kt5

If 6 Kt-KBS , 7 Kt -KKt5 7 Kt -R4 , 8 Q -R4eh S P-QBS, 9 B-KG

Prematu re ,since i t afi‘

o rd s Wh i te the opp ortu n ity for commencing an immed ia tea ttack .

Bes t. Thi s , as w ill b e s een ano n , obtain s a decided advan tage i n posi tionB lack has a lready a very d i fficul t game to p lay .

B -B3 i s be tter .C on t inued : 21 K- Rl 21 B -RG ( B-Kt .

’ wou ld be s till better ) , 22 B -KBl 22 B x R,

23 R x B Q -QB4 , 24 B- ui 24 Q lt -Kl, 25 Q -Q2 li t -K3 , 26 B -RG 26 R x Rch ,

27 R x R 27 (2-85 , 28 Q-Kl 28Kt-Bl , and Wh i te announced mate i n five moves .

VIENNA GAME STEINITZ)

GAMBIT—FYFE

GAMBIT—HAMPE THOROLD ALLGAIER GAMBIT.

The V ienna Game,wi th i ts ram ifi cat ions

,i s the subject of much interest

i n the Chess world , and some impo rtant d isco ver ies have been made in i t

w i thi n a year o r two .

The S te in i tz G ambi t,fo rme rly cons idered a remarkab le c omb inat ion o f

i ngenu i ty and bold movement o f the King, has d oubt less met i ts fate in a

s imp le d i s covery by the Revf G . A. MacDonnell that Black in the Open ingmoves has the opt ion o f forc i ng a d raw. M r. S te in itz has hard ly yet con

ceded the d ownfal l o i' the gamb i t ; but his attemp ted v ind i cat i on of i t in theLondon C ongress had a d i sast rous effect on his s co re.

The Fy fe Gambit, which i s no t refer red to in the “ Synops i s , was introd uced ear ly , in 1883 , "

by M r. Fyfe,of the G lasgow Chess C lub. M r. Black

burne gave i t a br ief examinat ion ,dur ing a v i s i t to G lasgow,

and i s said to

have exp ressed the op in ion that the gamb it lead s to an even game .

A rev ival of interest has occu r red in the Hampe-Al lgaier Gambit ; espec ially in what may be cal led the Hampe-Al lgaier-Tho rold . The text book shav e g iven the beaut ies and d ifficul t ies of thi s open ing but l ittle attent ion .

”

We p resent the substance o f an analys i s of i t by W. T imbrel l Pier ce, pub

lished in the Br it i sh Ches s Magaz ine, 1 884.

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20 4: Tab le CXXIV . continued —V IENNA OPEN ING .

Notes to page 203 .

P-Q4 i s the u sual move.

B -Q2was the p rop er move.

M Rosen tli ai , from whose n o tes to th i s game we quo te , does n o t app rove o f thi smove . H e regards i t as losing t ime . Wh i te shou ld p lay 3 B-QB4 or Kt KB3 .

4 Black should have p lay ed here B~

,QB4 followed by P-Q3 , a p osi tion iden ti calwith one i n the Buy Lopez .The p rop er p lay B -QK

'

t5 , 5Kt -Q5 5 Kt x Kt or B-K2.

B -QB4 i s better.B -QB4, followed by 0 -0 ,

i s preterable.

Thi s attack on the Q side i s p rematu re , the Pawns o n th i s s id e being weakenedf0 i the end game .

Weak . P- Q4 should have been p layed .

A p rematu re attack .

M. Rosen thal would have p re fe rred 20KtK2 20 OO! 21 B x Kt 21 P x B ,

22Q B2 followed by Kt KKt3+ . The game was equal at the 38th move ; bu t,throughBlack ’ s weak play at that p oin t . Wh i te won on the 58th move .

Lost t ime . He should have p laved at once 9 P-KB4 9 P x P, 10Kt x P. becau senow B x KtP i s not to b e feared .

B -Q5 would have been fatal .In seeki ng to avoid the exchange of Queen s , Mr . Stein i tz d id not observe thath i s Q had no good

\s.quare to go to . M . Rosen thal says he shou ld have p layed

14 Kt-B3 , -1 5 Q -Bl , and then retreat .

Th i s mi stake should have lost the game . H e should have accep ted the exchange o f Queen s , then p layed Kt K2, rema in ing with a good game.

Too hasty with the attack . B -K3 would have won eas i ly .If R moves Black makes the p aralyz ing reply P~Kt5 .

The u sual attack i s Kt-Q5 .

M . Rosen thal , in a gen eral way , d i sl ikes th i s moye . It Op en s the way for a combinat i on i n wh i ch an adversary can sacr i fic e h i s QB .

Lost t ime . Kt-K2was the move .

Again l o st t ime .

Weak . Wh ite should have kep t hi s B to take p art i n a counter attack .

C on t inued . 21 Kt ~KR6 21 R -KKt2, 22KR -QKtl 22 R -QKtl 23 P QRS 2“

Q KB] ,24 PKKt3 24 Kt K2, 25 PKR4 25 P x P. a weak move B lack cou ld have won .t

P and the game at th i s p oin t by PKKt5 . After a p rotrac ted struggle , Blackwon .

24 21 P x R 21 R x P and Whi te res ign s . One o f twelve simu l taneou s games p layedby Dr. Z ukertort.

Tab le CXXV .—HAT/IPE -AL L G AIE R -THOROLD . 205

a mi+

.li t x R 12

For Notes see next page.

P-Q3

B-B4

Kt -K4

B -Kt3P-KR 3

P-Q4

P x Kt

P x R t 1 4:

208 Tab le C XXV . c on t’d —HAMPE -AL L GAIER , _E TC .

Notes to page 205.

1 I t Black plays 6 P-KB3 , the following i s l ikely : 7 Q x P 7 P-KR4 (.i f 7 Kt -K4 ,8 Q-Rfieh 8 Kt-Kt3 , 9 Kt-RS, 8 Q-B5 8 QKt -K2

, 9 Q xP at B5 9 P x Kt ,10 Q-K5 10 B -R3 , 1 1 B

-B4 , with a s trong at tack .

2 If 8 P-B6 Wh i te p roceeds 9 B -B4ch ,or 9 B -KB4 as i n the u sual Allgaier , b ut wi th

a better chance .

3 Wh ite may check w ith B e i the r on th i s or the next move. If Wh ite , 9 B ~B4chBlack ’ s shou l-d rep ly K-Kt3 , in order to play B -Kt2.

4 B etter than‘K-

‘

Kl , as the cont inuati on then would b e 1 1 B -K3 1 1 Q—K2, 12Q-Q2,followed by 13 O-O-O. Wi th a strong game .

5 Th i s moves seems essen tial_to p rotect the QP. Wh ite may , however , try 11 P-K5 ,and Black can hard ly ven tu re to take the P becau se o f the con t inuati on12P-R5ch 12K-B3 l

,1 3 B or P x Pch

,etc . Black ’ s best rep ly i s p robably 1 1 B H4

,

1 2P-R5ch 1 2K~ E Z,1 3 B -K6 1 3 KKt—K2, 1 4 B x Beh 1 4 Kt x B , 1 5 Q x P or Q-Q3 ,

If B lack r eply 1 1 KKt -K2, Wh i te p roceed s 12 P-BSCh 12K-R‘Z , 1 3 P-K6 ', and

131

30

131

13

13d i ffi cult game. Wh ite m ight also p lay with equal force 1 1 P-R5ch

an

6 Game Z ukertort—H i rschfe-ld , the object being to p revent Wh ite from cas tl ing .

In ano ther g ame between the same p layers occu rred th i s variat ion : 1 ] KKt-K2,

12 0 -0 12 R -Bl , 1 3 Q-Q2 1 3 K- lt2, 14 R x R 14 Q x R , 1 5 R -

‘

B l 1 5 1 6 B -B'

71 6 Q-R1 ! , 1 7 Kt

7 Mr. Pierce ’ s latest op in ion i s that Wh i te ’ s best move is to castle. ( See nex tcolumn . )

If Kt-Kt5, Wh ite wins with 1 3 P-K5ch.

Best. If 1 3 R -Bl, Wh ite con tinu es 1 4Kt ~ Q5 , an d wi n s .

Threaten ing Kt-BGCh .

I f B -B4, 18 R x B , wi th the bette r game, threat en ing R -R5d i sch . If Kx R ,Wh i te mates i n three .

Th i s corresp onden ce game between Mr. W. T . Pi erce (Whi te) and Mr . F . Buddeni s con t inued : 21 Q-QB3ch 21 K- B2,22R-Bl ch 22K-K1 ( the move actually p layed

was K-Kt l , b u t the text move i s stronger) , 23 Qi

-Kt7 23 Q -K2, 24 Q-Kt8, andWhi te shou ld now recover hi s p ie ce and win by B -Q3 and B—Kt6 .

P x Kt i s b ad , for then en sues 8P x Kt, 9 Q x P 9 P-Q3 , 1 0 Q-Ql ( o f cou rse Wh i tecan no t take KtP with Q) 10 P x P at K5 , with much the better game .

And Black app ears to have the advan tage sl i gh tly . Black can n ot very wellcap tu re KP because o f 1 1 B x Pch 1 1 K-K2, 12 Q x Qch , 12Kx Q, 1 3 B x Kt1 3 B x B , 14 P x P 1 4 R x P ?

, 1 5 -R -R8 15 K-R l . 16 Kt-Q5+ .

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208 Tab le CXXV I . cont’d .—HAMPE -AL L GAIE R , E T C

‘

.

1

1 2

1 3

lVotes to page 207 .

Mr . Potter,i n n otes to th i s gam e , exp resses d i ssat i s fact ion w ith th i s move . H e

d i sl ikes 1 t equally i n the Thorol d -Al lgaier , although upheld by Z ukertort.S tein i tz , and Way te.

The object here , as i n Mr. Thorold’s variation o f the Al lgai er, i s to c lear theKB

file for the R . Nevertheless. Mr . Potter says , having regard to the p o s it ion o fthe B lack K

,he p refers for Whi te 10Kt-Q5, as p u tt ing a u se fu l p iece i n act ion ,

and an tic ip at ing B lack ’ s B -K‘)

Q-Q2would b e better .I f 20 R x B 20Kt x B,

21 O x Kt 21 Kt x R , 22B-Q3 22B -Q3 l, 23 Q-BZ 23 R -KBI+ .

Mr. Z ukertort afterward p ronounced th i s weak , and said 1 7 Kt -Q5 m ight havemain tained the attack. The variat ion s , however, are ve ry comp l icated .

17 R x Pwould be bad for Wh i te on account o f 1 7 R sKBl,18 Q-Q3 18QKt-Kt5+ .

Con t inued , 24 B -K3 24 Kt-K4ch , 25 P xKt 25Kt x Pch , 26K-B3 26 Kt x R , 27Kt x R27 Q x P

, 28 B x QRP. 28 K-K2,29 Kt—Ktfi 29 Q-K6ch , 30 R i nterp . 30 Q-B4ch ,

31 K-Q2 31 Q-R4ch , and Wh ite re s ign s .Cont inued , 24 R -Q2 24Kt x Pch ,

25 Q xKt 25 R x Q, 26 R x Q ,26 B x R

, and Wh i teres i gn s .Mr.

RRanken s ays th i s i s an error , and that Wh ite should have p layed in stead

P 5 .

Bu t now Black i n hi s turn i s fau lty . He ought to p lant the B at KB4 , and'

onWh i te ’ s p lay ing R -B4,in order to doub le h i s Rooks , the Q m ight go to q ,

and afterward to Kt3.

Mr. Ranken th inks Q-K5ch would have given Wh i te an advantage.

Cont inued , 24 Q -K4 24 B -Q3 , 25 R -B3 25 B -R4,26 R -K3 26 B -QB4 , 27 R -K227 B x R ,

an d Wh i te res ign s .P x P would b e dangerous on accoun t o f B -Kt4 .

B x R , gi ving up the Q , would b e better .

Tab le CXXV I I .—S TE IN ITZ GAMBIT—FYFE G ’T .

LondonC o ng ress ,

1 583

S te in i tzl‘

sch igo rin

Q-Kl oh

QKt-K2

P x PQ X QP

R- l)\ 4 7

(02- 5 3

Kt-K4

Q- t

B-Q3

B- B4

Kt x 80118P x KtB-Kt5ehK- Bl

P- B4

Kt-KB3

Kt- B3B-Kt5

Kt-Q4Kt -B4

Kt x Kt

Germah

town Pa . ,

1883

S tein itzSh ip ley

B-Ktéc h

Kt- B3O-O-U

P x KtB - QBl

P x PohK- Kt l

Kt—X t5Kt - B3

K-Q3

B- Bl ch

K-B3

Kt -K50h

K-Kt3

Q- Bd

Q-KlKR-Kl

15 x QP

KKt x BKl - B‘l c ll

K- iM

t x QR x RKt x B

P x KtP-QR3

P-QR4

209

2 3

G lasgow , Glasgow ,

1853 1883

Spen s andFyfeC rum and

Prevo t

Spen s and Sp en s andFy fe Fy t’

e

C rum and C rum andThomson Thomson

P-K4J

’-K4

Kt-QB3KtQ B3

P-Q l 1 0

Kt x l’

P-KB4B-QKtZ)

Kt -KB?)Kt-QBfi

P-KR5 1 1Kt-KB3B-KK15P-Q3

P-QRS

B-QR4 1 2

P QKt4B -Q ii t3Kt-Q5Kt—QS

Kt x Kt (Q‘3)

B x Kt

P-QRS

B-KB7cn !

K-K2Kt x Kt !

B x QKt x Pch

K x 13Kt x Qeh

R x KtK x 15B QB4

P-KBS

P HRM

K-K2

P-KR4

KR-KKt lQ x Kt 9 Pt ch+ B -Q2 1 3

For Notes see next page.

Kt x RKt x K tehQ x KtRP x Kt

B -QB4

B-Q‘

Z

O

P—QB3

KR-Ql

P-QKt4

B -Kt3

Q-Klb’ c h

K R1

P QB4B x KtP x BQ—K3R- R3

P x PQ x 1’ 1 4

B x K tehP x R

Kt t

'

Q t

P x l’

B x P 1 5

Kt -K2

Q-KKt3Kt -Kt3 1 6

B x PQ ue

Q X QKt x QB-QG!

K—Ql

B-QB—l

R-Kl

O-O

P-KB3

B-KR?R x P

QR -KlE u-KE4 IB-K84R-K3

P-KKt4Kt- R5B x RP x BB-R6 ?

P x B 1 7

210 T ab le CXXV I I .— S TE IN IT Z GAMB IT—FYFE GAMB IT

Notes to page 209.

(a) Mr . C . E . Rankeu says (1884 ‘ Th i s move undoubtedly , i n our op in ion , imi ti

M

1 0

1 1

1 2

1 3

1 4

1 5

1 6

1 7

ates the t rue defen se. to the S te in i tz Gambi t, i or, i f now P x P , i t enab les B lackto draw, i t he p leases , by Q-K2ch , et

‘

c . ; o r to institute. as the game (Col . 3 ) exemp l i fies , a:severe. i t

‘

not fatala ttack , at the t emp orary cos t o f a p iece . I f , on

the o ther hand , the Kt x P . B lack obtain s a dec i s ive advan tage by 6 B -Kt5ch ,

7 li t -B3 , 0 -0 -0 , 8P-B3 o r B x‘ P ; P-B4 , etc .

”

Th i s repetit ion o f check s b y the Queen ,alternatel y at KRS and K2, has ap

p arently demol i shed the S te in i tz Gambit as an attack . Wh i te must e ither concede a draw at thi s earl y stage , or take very hazardous r i sks .Th i s assum i ng o f the ri sk s referred to i n a great internat ional contest was

p lucky at all events .9Kt x P , 1 0 P x P 10 Q-Kt5 , i s recommended by Mr . Z ukertort , among others r as

a. more s imp le and safer l ine o f p lay . Mr . Ste in itz says Wh ite shou ld p lay9Q -K1 0h ,

fo l lowed by P x P .

A lo s ing move. Q-K2eh i s best .I f 14 Q-K4eh B lack ’ s best rep l y i s Q -K2

Cont inued : 21 R x Kt 21 Q, x Kt, 22 Q- R4 22 P-KR4, 23 R -KKt3 23 KR -Kl24 R x B 24 Q-QSch , 25 KR2 25 Q x QR ,

26 Q x Q 26 P x Q, 27 K-Kt3 27 QR -Ql ,28B x P 28 R -K7 , 29 P-Kt4 29 R x P , 30 R-Kl 30 R -Q6ch , 31 K-R4 31 P-Kt3 ,32R -K7 32P-Ki 6 , 33 R -Kl 33 R-Qéch , 34 K x P 34 R x P , an d Wh ite res ign s .Not so good , Mr . Stein itz says , as KKt-B3 .

Mr . Stein itz condemn s th i s as very weak , and regard s KKt-B3 as the p rep ermove , and lead ing to a s trong attack ; bu t these sugge s tion s have not been ful lytested .

Con tinued : 21 B -B4 21 P-Kt4 ! , 22 B x Pch 22K-Kt2, 23 R x B 23Kt x R , 24Q-B3ch24 P-B3 , 25 R -KBl 25 Q-K5eh , 26 K-Ktl 26 Q-K7 , 27 R -B3 27 KR -KI ! , 28 B x R28R x B ,

20 B - BS‘

29 Q-R7ch , 30 K-Bl 30 R -K7 , and Wh ite res ign s . Mr . Ml l lCh lnsays , in the Book o f the Congre ss . that the resu l t o f these two games , at h i sown op en ing ,

s everel y hand icap ped Mr . Stein itz . Whether the gambi t b e o r

be n o t, he continues . theo ret ical ly sound , the danger in endeavor i ng to avoi dthe p erp etual check on the e ight h move was so great p ract ical ly , that even Mr .Stein itz , who i s so thoroughl y acquain ted with all i ts in tricac ies . d id no t againven ture to adop t i t , and i t wi l l p robably never again b e p layed i n imp o rtan tcontes ts , o r onl y by an in fe r io r p layer , content to accep t the draw wh ich thesecond p layer can fo rce.

The Fyfe Gambi t , wh i ch has not y e t been care ful ly analyzed . The G lasgowHerald p ronounces i t worthy o f attent ion .

A hamp ering move to Black .

Perhap s the cap ture o f the Kt wou l d have been better .Con tinued : 21 P-KKt5 21 RP x P. 22P x P 22 R -R2, 23 P x P 23 P x P, 24 B -KKt8 !24 R -R5, 25 R

-KKt7ch 25 K-Ql , 26 QR-KKtl 26 R x P, 27 B-K6 , and B lack res ign s .

Cont inued , 21 Q x Q 21 P x Q , 22 B x Pch 22K-K2, 23 B -Q5 23 B -B3 , 24 P-B4? , andto th i s weak move

, ,Whi te attr i buted the u l t imate los s o f the game .

Tho ugh Wh ite ’ s Pawn s are i n a ragg ed state B lack ’ s game i s almo st whol l y u hdeveloped .

If Wh ite win s the P Black. can force 'an . exchange o f Queen s .Con t inued : 21 R x BP 21 K-K2, 22 QR -B-I (mot good , bu t B lack failed to see thewinn ing rep ly Kt -B4) 22B

’vQ2, .23 R. x RP, and

'

Black’

s over s ight led to the lo ss o fthe game.

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Table CXXV I I I .—ENG L ISH OPE N IN G .

1

Match byTe legraph ,

1881

Vienn aCongress .

1882

S te in itzMackenz ie

E x R

3

LondonCong ress ,

1883

MasonZ ukerto rt

B-Q8P=QKt3

Kt-K5B -Kt2

{P x PR—B2B-R5 10

P-K5

4

LondonC ongress ,1883

Z ukertortBlackburne

B-Q8

Kt- BSo - o

P- QKt3

QKt

QP-QBl

P-K5Kt-Kl

P-B4

P-Kt 3 1 2

5

Match byTelegrap h ,

1884

B-QKt K5

BP x

K

P

Kt x Kt

B v

6

ViennaC lubTourney ,1882

H rubySchwarz

P-K4 1 3

BP x P

Q-Kt3Kt- B3

Kt-Ql

P- B4

B-Q2

Kt- BS

Kt x KtB x Kt

R- Bl

P 3 5

B-Kt iP—QKt4

Kt -K‘

Z

P-Kta')

Kt 'KtSP-QR4

R-KlP=R5

Kt—‘B5P- RG

Kt x BP x KtKt—Q2

Kt x Kt

Q t

P x P

E x P

KP- QBl

QR-KlB-QB2

_Kt-QRSKt-KB3

Kt Bs13 - 22

PK3o - o

B-K2P-QKt3

0 - 0

B-Kt2

P-QKt3QKt_Q2

B -Kt2

B-Kt2Q-K2

Kt-KBSKt-QB3

Kt xKt1 5KtP x Kt

P-KGKt -Qe

‘

QB-Kt5

Q-Q 132

QP- Ql

P-KR3

B- R4

P—KKt4

B -Kt3

1 2

1 3

1 4

1 5

1 6

1 7

T ab le CXXV I I I . c on tinu ed .—EN G L ISH OPEN IN G . 21 3

Notes to p age 212.

The L ondon Chess Player'3 Chromcle says thi s i s conceded to be the best rep l y ,though many excel len t p layers adop t PKB4 .

Though the Chron i cle u rges no th ing sp ec ific against th i s i t p refers one o f the following moves : Kt-KBS , Kt -QB3 , B -K2.

Adangerou s advance . One of the Kts shou l d have been p layed .

Wel l p layed . Liverp ool gets more than an equ ivalen t i n p os i tion .

111 judged . The op en ing o f the B fi le mus t greatly increase Wh ite ’ s fac i l i tiesfor attack . Kt x P was a be tter move .

The Chron icle says th i sKt shou l d have gone to B3 , and even tual l y to KKt3 , i fp o ss i ble , bu t i t seems that the Calcu tta p layers failed to cons ider castl ing as a

mean s o f escap e from thei r embarrassmen t, and that they supp osed the extraP wou l d comp en sate them fo r any in fer iori ty 1 n o ther respec ts .Calcutta d id wel l to res ign . I f the Kt be taken immed iatel y Whi te check s wi thQ and cap tures KP . B lack m i ght have delayed the re sul t by 16 P-QKt4 , butWh i te had a W i nn ing p o s it ion several moves back .

The beg inn ing o f a vigorou s attack .Th i s move weaken s the QP.

Fo rced , to save a p iece.

The game ran u p to 73 moves , and was won by B lack , though Wh i te m i ssed a

draw and p o ss i b l y a wi n .

The rema in ing moves o f th i s game , wh ich i s undoubtedly the mos t bril l ian tp layed at the Co ngres s , were '

21 R -KS ! 21 P-B4 , 22 P x P e . p . 22Kt x P . 23 PB S !23 Kt K5

,24 B xKt 24 P x B ,

25 P xKtP 25 R -B7 , 26 P x Pch 26 K- Ri,27 P-Q3ch

27 P-K4 , 28 Q -Kt4 ' 28 QR -B4 , 29 R -BSCh 29 K x P , 30 Q x Pch 30 K-Kt2,31 B x Pch 31 K x R

, 32B-Kt7ch 32K~Kt1 , 33 Q x Q, and B lack res igns .

Th i s idea o f M . Rosenthal ’ s looking to an open game has received as yet no en

cou ragement from o ther analys ts .Th i s move make s Black ’ s game i n ferio r . Mr . S te in i tz sav s Kt xKt , i ollowed byE ~QS, was the on l y plaus 1 ble con t inuat ion . Black co ul d not advance the KPafte rKt xKt on account o f the u l timate rejo inde r Q -QR4ch .

Amove that a id s Wh i te to form hi s c en ter . Kt-Kt3 attacking the B was better .I f B -B2Wh i te rep l ies 1 5 B ~Kt4 wi th fatal effec t .

Con tinued , 21 Q -Q3 ! 21 P-Kt4, 22Q -Ktfich 22K-Ql , 23 R xKtch ! 23 B xR, 24 R

-Ql ,and B lack res igns .

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P-K134 P-QB4

P-K3Kt-QB3 KKt -B3

P-QR3 QKt-B3 Kt-KB3P—KKt3 PKt-QB3 P-Q4 5 P-Q4

B-Kt ‘z B-Kz P-K3

B Q3 P-QRS

P-Q3 P-Qk ts mB-K2 Kt- R3 Kt-QB3P 154 P-QB3

B-Q2 B Q3

QKt- 11 2 o-o Kt-Kt3

Q-B2 P-B3 Q-K2 8Kt- Be

Kt- B3 P-R3 P-B5

Kt- Bd K- Ri B-K2P-K4 P-QKt4 P-QKt40 -0 Q-Kl Q- 3 2

P—KR4 R-R2 3 t

P-K4 !0 - 0 - 0 P-Kt5 P x PQ- B2 Kt-Ql Kt x PK-Kt i -P-K4 6 Kt xKtB-KS Q xKt

QR-KB l P x P B-Kt2P-Q4 P-K4 Q 3 2

Q-Bl P-Q5 Q-B2

QP x KP B - B4ch P-KKt3

P x P K- R l Kt-K2P x P P-Q3

Kt-R2 Kt-R4 Kt-Q4P-KR4 B B1 Kt-K5

Kt-Ql Kt x B P- B3

Kt- B4 B xKt Kt -Kt4

B-Kt5 P x B K- B2

Kt-Q5 KtP xKt B

Q-B2? 4 QR-KB2 P-Kll4 ?Kt x Q .Kt -Qz 7 Kt-K-

‘Sch! 9

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QKt- B3KKt-B3PP-QKt 3

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B-Kt5Kt x'Kt

P xKtB-Q2

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Kt-Q4 B -Kt2

Q-K4 QKt -B3P. Q3

Kt-QBS P-B4

Kt-Kt3 KKt-K2

P-KB4 O-O-O

B-QKt5 B-KSKt-B3Q-Q2

0 -0 - 0 Kt-Q'

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P-KB4 1

Q-QB4ch B- B3 \ \

K- R l B x B

P-KR4 2 Q x BB x Kt Kt-QKt l 9

Q x .B 3 Q—RSKKt-K2 B x Kt

B-QB4 P x BQ - B4

Kt-KRS P-KKt3

Q-Kl 4 Kt x P

B-Kt3 5 Kt-Q4 !KL—KKt l Q-Qz

P-KKt4 6 Kt-Kt5P x P P-Q 3 3

Kt-Kt5 Kt x RPchKiz -RS KP-R5 R x Kt !R-KB4 7 P x RKR—Kl B-Kt5Q x HP 8 Q-KS 10

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m Kt - BS P- B? 23

i as 1 1 P-QBS QKt -B3 Q x PB-Kt2 B-R4 Kt Q5 Kt QB3 24Kt-Q5 1 2 Q-KLS B -Q3 Q-Kt3 25

P-Q3 Q 158 JSLB4 Q-KBS

K-t -K2 P-KB4 Q-K'

ts Kt—KBSKt-K2 P—Q3 Kt-K2 B -QB4

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B-Q2 B-QS B-KB4 Kt-QB30 - 0 1 3 B-Kts Kt-Ks KKt-K2

0 - 0 - 0 Kt - B3 B-K3 olo

Kt x Kt KKt-K2 B x B 0 - 0

P x Kt QKt-Q2 Q x B s inu s

Kt—K2 B-Qz Kt - B5 Q»KKt3

B - B3 Kt- B4 B-Bl B -Q3

Kt-B4 Q—KtS 0 - 0 P- Q'

Q-Q‘

3 1 4 P—B5 P-KKt3 B x KtQ x Q Kt- (BS) -Kt3 Kt x B

P-KKt3 P x Q O-O-O Kt-Q5 26Q-QR.) Kts-R4 1 7 P-Qlt3 Kt x Kt

K-Ktl Kt-Kt51 8 P- B4 Q x KtP- B4 P-KBS P-Kt4 P-QB3

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) K- Bi). 1 9 P—Kt5 B -KRO‘

Q-Q2 Kt x Kt QKt-K2 Kt-KlB-R3 B x Kt Q-K3 P-QKt-1

Kt-B4 P-KKt4 ! PoR5 K- R l

P-QKt4 P-KKt4 Kt RI B-K3

P-KKt4 1 5 B x P P-R6 Q-QB2

P-Kt5 1 6 Kt-B4 P-KB4

B x KtP Q—B5 P-K5B x Kt Kt x RP B -Q4

Q x B Q x KtP P-KB4Q x B—f P- R4 21 QP-Q l

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TABL E CXXX . c ont inu ed .—CEN TE R GAMB IT . 21 7

Notes to page 21 6 .

Th i s op en s up B lack ’ s p os i tion to attack , b ut i t i s doubtfu l i f he has a bettermove .

The P obviou s l y can no t b e taken .

It was n ec essary to take the B w i th the Q , becau se 1 3 B x B 1 3 P-QKt4, fol lowedby Kt x KEP, g ives B lack as good a game as Wh i te , i f no t better .At th i s stage QKtP or QRPm igh t have been advanced .

It i s n eces sary to keep the B on th i s d iagonal .The w inn ing move . It i s dangerous to take or leave the P .

Wh i te th reaten s Q-Q3 .

No t a good move . B lack evidentl y d id not notice the smo thered mate‘variat ioni f R was ret i red to B1 .

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1 he remain ing moves o f th i s game wh i ch i s bri l l ian tl yp layed by Wh i te . we re : 21 R R 1 21 Q K13 , 22 R x Kt 22P x R , 23 P KGch 23 R B3 ,24 Kt -B7ch ,

and B lack res igned . I f KKt2, 25 P B5 and win s . I f KKtl , 25 PK7and win s .As Whi te threaten s Kt-BG.

Con t inued : 21 Q-B3ch 21 KKt3 22R -Kl 22 K x Kt, 23 R x Q+ .

Wh i te was p layed by L . Pau lsen ,R iem ann , and Schallop , and B lack by B lackburne , M i nckwi tz , an d Schwarz .

The Kt can n ot b e d i s lodged here.

B x P wo u l d b e b ad ,for then fo l lows 9 P-QRS, 9 B x R , 1 0Kt-BGch , etc .

B3 wou l d p robabl y b e a better po s t fo r the Q.

A lo s ing move . P KtS shou l d have been p layed .

Th i s lo ses a P , bu t lead s to a fi ne attack .

P-BS i s the move .

Threaten ing Kt x Kt , fo l lowed by B -B4 .

A m i staken attemp t to win a p iece . The p rop e r move was O-O-O.

A11 unu sual move , p ropo sed by Mr . Pau l sen .

Con t inued : 21 Q-Q4 21 R Ktl (Wh i te w in s sp eed il y i f B lack cap tures RPby 22 li t 22Kt Q RS 2Z -R KtS 23 Q 8 5 23 B Kt2 24 Kt B3 24 R Kt ] ,25 P R3 25 R xKtP,

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26 K x R B k ch 27 B Kt5o

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27 B xKt , QSQ xP ‘28 R KBl

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29KR K1 29 Q—X 15 , 30 R x P SOQ xKtP, 3 1 R Q8 31 PKt3 . 32B c h 32KxR ,

33 R -K80h , a:1 d B lack res igns .M . Ro senthal say s he p refers th i s to Q -K2 o r P-Q4 , wh ich on ly equal i zes thegame .

The same au tho rity recommend s th i s move , as i t p reserve s B lack ‘ s advan tageo f a P .

24 The correct move i s B -QKt5ch

25 Kt-KB3 i s better.26 Weak . H e shoul d have p layed Kt-QKt5 , fol lowed by P K5 , to break B lack ’ s

cen ter Pawn s .

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Q- BS

QR-KlB-K8

QR-Ql

P-KRA

B-B4

B x B 3

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Q—QR4

Kt- B3 P-Q4 7P-QB3

13- 134 4 PMli t-KB?) B -Kt2

Q-Q2 8

Kt- B5 Kt-K4B-K2

P- Q-5

P-KKts Kt x BP x Kt

P'

x Kt '

l Kt-BSP x Kteh Kt x Kt

B x Pch

Q- B3ch

K- BQ 5 B-Kt4Drawn game.

J’or Notes see nextpage.

62- 628 1 0

Kt-Kt5Q-Kélch

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THE srerLIAN DEFENSE .

The frequent employment of th i s defense in former years was due to Mr.

Staunton’ s op in ion that i t was the bes t opening the second player cou ldadopt. Thi s e stimate has not been su stained . In fact the S i c i lian has nowscarcely the standing

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of a first- c lass defense . The resu lt of the S ic i liangames at the London Congress was against the open ing. Mr. Potter, whohas thoroughly tested the S ic i li an i n important contests , said of i t in 1884 :

“The sympathy we. fee l toward defendants secures for th i s open ing our

best wi shes ; but we can not a l low our j udgment to be swayed by desi re ,

and there i s that about the S ic il ian whi ch cau ses u s to have the strongestdoub ts concern ing i ts soundnes s as a defense. l P-K4 1 P—QB4 , 2Kt-QB32Kt-QB3, 3 li t-B3 3 P—K3

,4 P-Q4 4 P x P

,5 Kt x P“

. Su rvey ing the

board at th i s,the c r itical phase of the opening, there c an be no questi on

but that Black’ s game looks h ighly unpromi s ing. Both 5Kt—BS and 5 B-Kt5have been found unsati sfactory

,and the same as to any other move of a de

veloping kind , so that after the r i se and fa l l of many hopes, the tendency i sto retu rn to the old love, v i z : 5 P—QRQ butWh i te now plays 6 B-KZ

,after

wh ich let us again look at the board . Wh i te has three p ieces in - the field ,and i s ab le to Castle

,wh i le h i s QB i s almost in as good play as i f al ready

on the fie ld , and he has a c lear Queen’ s file. In other words,Wh ite’ s game

i s i n a highly developed cond ition ,and for th i s advantage he has nei the r

gi ven up a gambit Pawn nor made any other kind of payment. On Black’ sside ,

we see but one piece i n the field , and none of the other p ieces can bespeed i ly developed i n any u seful fash ion . The QB i s dreadful ly b lockedup

,and the QP dangerou sly weak. We are al so constrained to look cu

riously upon one sp ec ial feature—namely, that in the three l ines of Black’ s

posi tion there i s bu t one wh i te square unoccup ied , v i z .,K-Kt3

,as again st

eight b lack squares s imi larly unoccup ied. Tho se occupi ed wh ite squares .

imply a very confined,locked up pos ition ; wh i lst, as to the b lack squares,

the mere fac t of K2, QEZ, and QEZ being unoccup ied at th i s early stage, i hdicates that there mu st be var iou s weak spots . These two defects ough tcertain ly not to ex i st in the same open ing ; but i f Black had the means o fnow speed i ly develop ing, there might be no great objection . But can he so

deve lop ? Let us repeat the moves : 5 Kt x P 5 P-QR3 , 6 B-KZ . Black i susual ly made to reply with 6 Kt-BB, wh ich continuation,

i f maintained byplay of a wo rry ing n i cety

,may end in preser ving Black from a r u inou s i i 1

feriority . Whether so or not i s,to our mind , immater ia l ; for we wou ld no t

play the S i ci l ian upon su ch terms . And moreover, we th ink that Black hasa better l ine, v i z. , 6 Q-BZ

,wh ich enab les him to attempt operat ion s of a free

ing nature. There are also some ground s for suppos ing that th i s l ine may

be adopted a.move earl ier,even though the results seem too eccentr ic to be

favorab le -e. g.,5 Kt x P 5 Q-BZ

,6 KKt-Kt5 6 Q-Ktsq,

7 B -KZ 7 P-QR3 ,and we should imagine Black’ s game to be as good as in the normal grooves

o f the S ic i l ian. However , the QP always remains a source of anx iety,and

we can not have doubts respecting the fu tu re of th i s defense .

”

In a

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suhsequent i s sue of Land and Water ,” Mr. A. Mar riott wri tesWi l l you al low me to supp lement you r ve ry i nteresting artic le on the

S ic i l ian Defe n se by a var iation wh ich wi l l , I th i nk, confirm your op inion of

i ts unsoundness in regard to the continuation 6 Kt-B3 . In a correspondence game played about a year ago ,

in wh ich I p layed the attack,the fo l

lowing variation occu rred : 1 P-K4 P-QBJc , 2 li t-QB?) Kt-QB3 , 3 Kt-B3P-K3

,4 P-Q4 P x P ,

5 Kt x P P-QR3 , GB-K2,Kt-B3 , 7Kt xKr, KtP x Kt

,

8 P-K5 Kt-Qi , 9Kt-K4 P-KB4 . Th i s seems the u sua l move at th i s j unctu re, and i t i s d ifficu l t to find any th ing more sati sfacto ry , i n v iew ofWh i te ’ sthreatened 1 0 P- QB4 . I note from Wes tmi nster Paper s ,” in a game Z u

kertort v s . Anders sen ,Wh i te repl ied wi th 9P-KB4 wi th 1 0 B-R5ch

,P-Kt3 ,

l l B-Ki 5, and the game was eventual ly d rawn . The continuation adop ted

by myself seems to firmly estab l i sh Wh i te ’ s superior i ty : 1 0 P x P en pas ,

Kt x P,1 1 B-KK15 Q R4ch ( i f 1 1 B-K2 12 B x Kt , B x B,

1 3 Kt-Q6ehK-K2

,14 Q-Q2 Q-B2

,15 R-q ) , 12 B-QZ Q-K4

,1 3 Kt x Ktch Q x Kt ,

14 B-QB3 P-K4,1 5 B-Q3 B-Q3 . I can not see a better move— 1 6 cas

tles , wi th a winning advantage. The move adopted by Mr. Bi rd 3 P-KKt3,

appear s to me to be the most favorab le form of th i s hazardou s defense .

”

To wh ich Mr . Potter rep l ies :You r case stand s es tab l i shed , we th ink. As to the combination of the

S i c i l ian wi th the King’ s Fianchette , to whi ch you refer , i t was adop ted byMr. W. N. Potter in var iou s games played by him i n 1870—71

,and i t was

about the same time that he introdu ced h i s combination of the CenterCounter Gamb i t wi th theKing’ s Fianchette . As to the S ic i l ian ,

we do not

th ink that Mr. Bi rd adopted the King’ s Fianchette i n combination therewi thunti l q u i te lately , wh i le as to grafting the King’ s Fianche tte on the CenterCounter, i t was , i f we remember ar ight , adopted byMr. Blackburne i n 1873 ;

but we fee l su re that he wou ld unhes i tati ngly acknowledge that the comb ination i n question had been i ntroduced beforehand by Mr. Potter . We may

add that to each defense there i s the same weaknes s ari s ing from the opponent p lay ing B-K3 , fo llowed by Q-QZ , a l ine of attack estab l i shed by Mr.

Blackburne some t ime ago.

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B-K30

P—B4

B- B4 ? 7

K- R l

B x Kt

B’

x B

B- B5

R - BZ

P-K5P-Kt3

B-K3B-Kt2

Kt -Kt5R-Kt l

Kt-Q6R-KB l

Kt x Bt x Kt

B- BS

Q-K2

P-KKt3 8B-QEZ

Q-Q2

P-K3

Kt B3QKt-BSP-Q4

P x PKt x PP-QR3 9

B-K2Kt -B3

B -K2 1 0

Kt-Ql

li t-K4P-KB4

Kt-QGch 1 1B x Kt

P x B0 - 0

P-QB4

Kt- l53

P—QKtSB -Ktz

P- B5

R-KlR ES

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Kt -KBSKKt-QKt5B—QKt5

Kt-Q6ehK-K2 ( a )B-KB4P—K4Kt- B50hK-B l

aP—Q

B-QS

P-K11 4 1

Kt -KKt5P-KR3

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THE KING’S BISHOP’S OPENING.

By W . N . POTTER ,i n London Lan d and Water , 1 884 ]

This opening i s not in favo r . P layers o f all strengths jo in in tabooing it.The 242 games of the London Tou rney supply but one example of it. Th isfact, wh ich speaks c lear ly enough as t o the d isesteem in wh ich the open ing:i s hel d by first- rates, wi l l p robab ly be cons idered equal ly conc l usive as to

i ts mer its . No deduct ion woul d be mo re er roneous . An interest ing chapter coul d be wr i tten on the darkness of expe rts

, and i t could be studdedWith proofs from every g reat tou rnament . These contests are, in fact , rubb ish ho les

,into wh ich moves and var iat ions once thought to be co r rect arc

swept l ike so many dead leav es . As to the KB open ing, we are conv incedthat the major ity o f first- c lass players are p rofoundly ‘

ignorant o f i ts realp r inc iples, and we w i l l say the same o f

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analysts . The cause o f the ming ledd is l ike and contempt wi thwhich i t i s regarded may be fo und in the fact thati t has been c lothed with var iat ions utterly al ien from i ts real sp i r it. In our

Opin ion ,theKB open ing, far from being weak and infer io r

,i s st rong and re

l iab le. We .also consider that, p roper ly handled, i t y ields just that endur ingattack in wh ich i t has been said to be wanting. Ourmain not ions wi l l appear in the fo l lowing var iation s . They wi l l be found v ery b r ief and s implel

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P-K4 P-K4, 2 B- B4 Kt-KB3, 3 Q K2 Kt—B3 , 4 P-QB3 B -B4, 5 li t- B3

0 -0,6 P—Q3 P-Q4 ,. 7 B-Kt3 . Th i s i s our type posi tion in th i s opening, and

we consider that whatever c ou rse B lack now adopts White retains such i hitiative super io r ity ast onght to belong to him as fi rst playe r .We wi l l not ice three natu ral repl ies : Fi rst, 7 P x P ,

8P x P B-KB, 9 0 - 0,o r

9 B-B2, accord ing to taste. E ither course i s good . S econd ly,7 B-K3

,

8 0 -0 , or 8 B -B2,as in the last var iat ion

,for i t i s but a t ransposit ion .

Th i rdly , 7 B-KKt5, 8 0 - 0 P_x P

,9 P x P Kt-K2

,1 0 P-KR3 , fo l lowed

( i f B-B4 ) by 1 1 B-Kt5,w i th the better game. Black would p robab l y take

theKt, but Queen retakes and Wh ite for cho ice.

L et us now go back : 1 P-K4 P—K4, 13- 154 B- B4, 3 Q—K2 Kt-QB3,

4 P-QB3 Kt 3,5.Kt - B3 0 -0

, 6 P-Q3 P-Q4, 7 B-Kt3 , and the intel l igentreader wi l l see that we hav e again ar r iv ed at the type posi tion . Herein l iesour idea o f thi s open ing. Sweep ing away the L opez G ambi t

,and-a lot of

other old rubbish,we confine the open ing to a simple and leg it imate g roo ve.

B lack may indeed d i verge. H e can play 5 P-Q3, to wh ichwe would sti l l ahswe r wi th 6 P-QS, and .Wh i te’s game Would be to our l iking. I t i s t r ueenough that 1 P-K4 P-K4

,2Kt—KB3 Kt -QB3 , 3 B- B4 B—B4 , 4 P- B3 Kt—BS,

5 P-Q3 P-Q3 ; the we l l-known G iuoco Piano var iat ion o f the Blackburne

and Z ukertort match cou ld now be tu rned i nto our l ine, last above ment ioned ,by Q-K2; and we answer any o bject ion on th i s sco re by say ing that 6 Q-K2would be our cont inuat ion in that b ranch of the G iuoco Piano . Altogetherwe hope to hav e made i t clear that

,the KB open ing, simpl ifi ed as above , i s

well wo rthy o f bei ng c o ntenanced .

KING’S BISHOP’S GAMBIT. AND KING’S KNIGHT’SGAMBIT.

Though theo ret ica l ly the defense obtains some advan tage in these openings , it i s mo re the fashio n to dec l ine than to accept them in match playE ven the M uz io

,in p rac tical p lay . has a good recent reco rd . I n the mino r

tou rney of the L ondon Congres s , 1 883 , M r. G . A. MacDo nnell play ed theattack against M r. I . G unsberg, and won after a st ruggl e o f 66 moves . Thi swas the only Muz io contested at that g reat gather ing .

But l ittle fresh analvs is has appeared in these o pen ings excep t in the

K ing's Bi shop ’ s Gamb i t to which we devote seve ral pages .

226 Tab le CXXXI I I .—KING ’S B ISH OP’S GAMB IT .

P-K5 1

Q-Kt3 9

For“

Notes see next page.

Q-QS 5P—Kt5 O-O QKt- B3Kt-Kl Kt-K2 Kt-K2Kt -Kt3 Kt x B

Q-Kt5eh 6 P x Kt P-B3 8

P-KB4

B-Q2 7

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228 Tab le CXXXIV .—KIN G ’S B ISHOP’S GAMB IT .

Mo rtimer Tschigor i n Su ttonB i rd De R i viere B lackburne

Q- R5ch

Kt-K2P x P

Kt x R B x P

Q x R - t

Q—B2 10Kt x QP

Kt-KB4Q- RS

R-KBIB- B5

R -KlKtXBP+ 1 1

For Notes see next page.

B x PQ- R-Sch

P-KKt4

Kt-KB3Q- R4

‘

P—KB4 1 5Kt-QBaleKt-K5 3PP-

‘

KKt4Kt-K83

Tab le CXXXIV . c ont’d .

—KIN G ’S B I SH OP ’S GAM B IT . 229

Notes to page 228.

Mr . B i rd says : " I adop ted thi s move with much succes s inAmerica i n 1877Al though i t i s n o t i ecommend ed i n the works o f am o f the lead ing au tho ri t ies ont ’the o p en ings , i t has stoo d the tes t o f p ractice we l l

, and I bel ieve i s better than P-KKt4 , the move u sual ly p layed i n the magn ificen t game s o f Anderssen , HarrW i tz , Lo we i i i hal , Kic s e ri t z ky , and o ther great masters who weremo st p artial to the unr ivaled ‘

B i sho p ’ s Gambi t Open ing .

2 Mr B i rd con tinues : “Kt-QB3 i s ju s tl y con s idered the bes t m o ve a t th i s p o in t,as i t threaten s at once to go t o Q5 , a fo rm idable sq uare . Kt -KB3 , o r P-Q4 , are

al s o l requen tly p layed , the o rder o f them be ing var ied . The move i n the text(Q—KB‘

b has the sanct ion o f S taun ton , and has been regarded as free from oh

jec tion by o ther lead ing au thoritie s . W i th d ue re sp ec t , however , I d o not re

gard i t as p erfec tl y sat i s fac to ry . The‘B i shop ’ s Gambi t ’ i s rare l y ven tu red i i i

tou rnamen ts o r g reat games , being an o p en ing o f a dange rou s and dec i s i vecharac ter . Ou t o f the 283 games in the V i enna Tournamen t of 1882. there was

onl y one examp le of i t .

”

Th reaten ing P-Kt7 .

Mr . Bi rd 3 n o te s I d o no t reco l lec t to have observed thi s move at thi s p o in tbe fo re i n an imp o i tant co ntest : i t ap pears , mo re o ver . wo r thy o f atten t ion , and ,

I th ink s tro ng ; i t comp els Black to p l av l l\ l< t t i t o i i r e . i f he i n tend s to at

temp t i o keep t >the gambi t P , and th is d ep i ives h im o f a numerou s cho ice o f

mm c s which he m ight o the i n i se sel ec t .B lack p re ferred no t to attemp t to maintain the Gambi t P .

Mr . B i rd doubts the p rudence o f th i s move wh ich appears to lo se imp ortan tt ime .

7 The Kt co ul d no t b e al lowed to go to K5 .

B lack c alculated on Whi te p lay ing to Kti , los ing the B and n o t the R : B lackwou ld then have obta i ned an equ ivalen t in p o s 1 tion fo r the sacri fice o f a R fo rB and P .

D r . Ryal l says KB2 i s p robabl y better.P-QS wou ld b e bad .

Dr . Ryal l won on the 42namove .

D r . Rvall knows o f two ins tances where th i s absurd movewas made .

A favori te de fen se o f Mo rphy , who continued , however, 4 Kt-KBS.

Agrave error . B -Kt2 i s the on l y cor rec t move .

A r i sky coun ter gambit, no t to be c ommended .

P-K5 wou ld b e be tter. By the move in the text Wh ite goes on the defen s i ve .

I f Kt x P Black mates in four .Cont inued : 21 KR221 QKt Kt5ch ,

22KR3 22Kt B7d blech , 23 KH 23KKt K t5eh,

KKtl 24Kt xPch , 25 KB 1 25 Kt x Q, 26 B xKt 26 O 0 O, and Wh i te res ign s .

DEFEAT OF GRIMM’S ATTACKIN THE, KING’S

BISHOP’S GAMBIT.

The fo l lowing analys is, from M r. A. G . Sel lman, o f Baltimore, fi rst

peared in Brentano ’ s Chess Monthly ,” August, 1881

Wh ite must win .

K- Esq

5 KKt-B36 P-Q4

7 QKt- B38

9 P—KR410 Kt-QS1 1 K-Ktsq12 Kt x KP1 3

1 4 P x B

1 5

1 6 KB xsl?1 7 KRP x P1 8 B x B

19 R-KBsq20 B x P21 K-R2

BLACK .

1 P-K42 P x P.

Q-R5c li‘

4 P-KKt45

.

6 B-Kt27 P—Q38 P x P9 P—KR31 0 K-q1 1 Q-K

'

t3

12 Q-B4

1 3 B xKt1 4 P-QBS

1 5 P xKt1 6 QKt- B31 7 B-K318 P x B

Q x QBP

20 Q—B4ch21 Kt x KP

22 P-Kt6,and the “ books ” d i smi ss the game, asserting that

S uppose, however , B lack cont inues with 22 KKt- B3 ,

theii'

I th ink we can p rove, by the fo l lowing var iat ions , that the reverse wi l lhappen .

Fi rst, by23 B-Kt524 K-Kt3

,or a and b

25 K-B3

26 Q x Bob

27 Q-Kt7ch

And Black wins easi ly . White mustpend ing mate o ver four mov es .

a I f

24 Q t 24 P x Bd isch,wins .

22 KKt- B323 li t-Kt5eh24 Q-K4ch25 P x B

26 K- B2

27 K-Kt3

sacr ifice h i s Queen to delay the im

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232 Tab le CXXXV .—AL L GAIER -THOROL D .

2 3 4 5‘

Team Match Glasgow, S t . Pau l London ,Lond on , 1884 Minn . 18811884 1884

Tho ro l d Ham ilton G i i nsb e rg CockerBal lard Rohrer Bal lard Asp a

Kt - Bs

Kt x P !

K x B

R-B l ch

B-K5chKt aK153

0 - 0

B-K2

Kt-QBSKt—QB3

R -KB4Kt x B

P xKtQ x Qeh

B- B4ch

Kt R4

R- B'

Tch

KKt 3

R x QBPP-Kt6ch

K-Rl

B-Kt3

R »Q6ch ‘

P4 23 1 4

B B4ch

K-Kta

B x PmQ—Q3 1 5

Q -KlKt- QB3Kt -QBS

P- R5ch

Kt x PR x K tKt-Kt5

P R3

li t- B3

O-O-O

K-R tS

li t-Q5

R- lt z 1 6

R B2

B checks .KKt2

Kt- B6

Tab le CXXXV . con t inu ed .

—AL L GAIE R - THOROL D . 23 3

Notes to page 232.

Mr . C . E . Raul-ten says , i n the fo l lowing n o tes to th i s game , that. th i s move , i t i strue , breaks Wh i te ’ s ce nter , bu t then i t le ts i n hi s KB , and i so lates the Pawn .

We there fo re p re fer e i the r P- BG fo r Bl ack ’ s 7 th move , o r to bring the KKt he reto B3 , fo r i f then the P a ttacked the Kt, i t woul d go to R4 , and , i f 9 B -K5 , B lackcoul d an swe r wi th Kt-QBS.

Mr. Z ukertort , we be l ieve ,ho l d s that th i s fol lowed by B -Kt2 i s best .

There woul d b e n o advan tage now o r at the n extmove i n P-RSc li , as the K wo uldS imp l y ret i re to R2.

Kt -KB3 i s certa in l y s tronger , defend ing both the weak Pawn s , as w i l l be seenanon .

5 Prepar ing an ingen iou s attack , the p o in t o f which seems to have escaped B lack ' sobservat i on , o r he would have rep l ied wi th Q -Q2, o r K-R2.

6 Mr. Ranken agree s wi th the F ield , i n i ts no tes on thi s g ame , that B lack had amp le t ime now to p lay QKt ~ BS , tho ugh at the sac ri fi ce o f the KKtP, e.

1 4 QKt -B3 , 15 Kt -Kt3 K-R2,1 6 Kt x B Kt xKt , 17 B -QS Kt -K2 18 Q x P Q-Q2,

19 R -B3 K-q , etc .

Th i s does not turn ou t well at all : QKt -B3 wou l d s til l b e bette r .The Q shou ld have gone to Kt l

. and ,i f the P attack her , to R2, fo r n ow she i s

speed il y shu t ou t from the game .

9 I f Kt-Ktsq. then 19 Kt x. B R xKt , 20 R -KS R -E sq,21 R x R B x R ,

22B -K5c liB -Kt2, 23 R x B8, and W i n s .

1 0 The Glasgow H em ld th ink s that thi s move , fol lowed by the cap ture o f the R P

g i ves B lack ti t—Winn ing game .

1 1 Th i s move an tic ipates the threaten ed check at B7 .

1 2 Necessary , on accoun t o f the check at R5 .

1 3 Cont in ued : 24 R B]. 24 B -QS , 23 Kt-Q2 25 R -KBI,26 Kt~ B3 26 B -B7 , 27 R -Ql

27 R xKt, fo l lowed by 28 li t -B5 , and B lack w in s .Mr . Potter cal l s th i s a very ineff ec tive move . The p rop er move i s P-Q4 or P-B6 .

M r. Po tter sav s Kt -B3 i s dec ided l y better .H e woul d p re fer B—Kt2 here , as Black c an no t escap e some los s now.

li t-R4 woul d have been better , comp ell ing the QB to retreat.Weak . B -B l was best .B-KE4 was the on lv reso u rce .

Cont inued : 24 P x R 24 Q x R (hop ing fo r the d raw i t Wh i te cap ture the B ) ,25 B -QS ! 25 K- R tl , 26 Q- R7ch 26 K-B l , 27 Q x RPch 27 K-K2, 28 Q c h

28K-B2, 29 B—Ktfich 29K-Kt2, and Whi te mates i h three.

Mr. Po tter say s 1 0 Q -Q2 has some c laims he re , bu t he does not regard i t as tru s two r thy . Bu t there i s ano the r con t i nuat i o n , to wi t, 10 Q -K2. Upon th i s eccentric and ap paren tl y a imless move he bases h i s hep e “

that the br i l l ian t c areero f the Al lgai e r-Tho ro ld shal l no t fo r a lo ng time come to a c lo se .

"

B lack hasthree not iceable rep l i es , name ly , 10 Q x QP, 10 Kt—QBS. and 1 0 Kt ~KB3 In ah

swer to the fi rs t , Wh i te p ro c eed s l l 1 1 Q- B4 , 1 2 B~KS , fo llowed by B - Q4ch.

and afte rward R -KRI, o r Kt o r Cas tl ing , as the c ase mav requ i re 1 1 P-B3

1 1 Q ~Q1 , 12 B -K5c li 12 Kt i nterp oses . 1 3 R -KHI 1 3 B -K2, 1 4 li t -Q2 14 li t - B3

,

15 B xKtch 1 5 B x B ,1 6 Cas tle s , with a stro ng at tack . I f Black l l Q-Kt3 ,

12 B -K5 12 Kt in terpo ses , 1 3 R -B l , wi th a to lerable game W h i te may al sop lay 1 1 B -K3 , wi th a strong game . I t i s to b e no ted that 1 0 Q 10 Q x P , trequentl y al lows Whi te to p lay O-O. Mr . Po tter p rom i ses to deal W i th B lack 'so the r de fen ses at h is ten th move at some fu tu re t ime .

For Notes see next p age.

234 Tab le CXXXIV .—SAL V IO.

—AL L GAIE R -K’ZKY .

1 2 3 4 1

Vi enna Wiesbaden Com ’ l Gaz . Ber l in ViennaCong res s , Congress , C o rre Co ng ress , Congres s ,

1882 1880 spond ence 1881 1882Tourney ,1883

S te in itz Con su l Ki ttson Tsch igorin S tein itz Tho rn tonTschigorin tation Tatnal l W inawer Z uke rtort S te in i tz

game

KKt- 133 1 3 B-Kt z

B- B4 P-Q4

P-KBti 1 1 Kt -KB3

P-Q4 P x P B -QB4

Kt-KB3 B-Kt2 P—Ql

B- B4 4 P-Kt3 Kt-QBS QKt-B3 P x PP-Q3 Q li beh P x Pch 0 0 -0

K- BQ Kx P P QB x PP x Peh Q-Kt7eh Q Kl’toch Kt-R4 Kt x Q l’

K x P K-K3 K-Kt l KeKa B-KKt3li t-B3 P-KB4 P—Q4 12 P-QB4 1 4 Kt-K6

B-KKt3 QKt-B3 B x QP P- B3 Q-K2l

Q-Kz 5 P-QBP, .Kt P x P Q x QP

Kane li t-Q3 s Kt x Kt P x P P- B3

P x KP B-QS li t-Q2 1 5 Q-Kt 3

P—B3 Kt-KB4 Q—Kl Kt x Kt 1 6 B—Kt35 -s Kt-KB4ch Kt-Q2 B x Kt B-K3

Kt-Q2 Kx P Kt x Kt Q-QS Kt-Q2O-O-O P-Q4eh B x Kt R-B l Kt-BS

P-Kt4 6 B x P P—K5 Kt x P Kt x KtP-B4 W o -o -o R -Kl e ’

h B x B

P-R ts QKt x P P x B ! K-Ql Kt-K7ch lli t-Q3ch K-R l

R-Kl 7 Ix Q-QR-B Kt x Kt P x BKt x B Q- B7 9 P x B KR—KlKt x Kt B Q-QR3 Kt QB4B x KtP B- B4ch B x P Kt x KtP x P

'

K- Bs P x KtW Kim 3 4 33

Kt-K3 K-Kt3Kt x P B x BPch R t

Kt t Q x B Q t P

Q x Kt Q x Beh B-Kt zQ x P Kt x Q KR-Rl

Q x Q+ Kt x Pct Q x R 1 7 Q-Kt6 1 8

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3 6 Tab leCX X X V IL —K. GAMB IT—K. G . DE CL INED .

1 2

London Lend on

Congre s s , Congres s,1883

Mo rtimerRosenthal

P- R3 Q- Bz

Kt 132 P-Kt3 P—KKt3Kt-Kt4 QR- R i

QP.-RI

R -Kt l 2 Kt-Kz 4

f or notes see next p age

P-KB415- 134 1 0

KKt- BSP-Q

3 134

K li t - 153P BQ-K2 ! 1 1

Q-Kzz'

i

P4 53 !

P-QS

P-QKt4

B-Kt3KKt-Q2P-B5

B-Kt2

Kt - Bb’ ?

P-QR4 1 2 P—Q4P-QPA Q—K2ch

P—B5 K- B2

KKt-Kt5 Kt-KochP-Q4 1 3 K-Kt lP x P O-U

P x PB x P P-KB4

Kt x B P4 34

P-QB4 !

Q xKt P—Q5

Kt- B ’

i eh QKt-Q2.

K—Ql Q-K2li t-K4 1 5

Q x P Kt xKtl’t -KBl B xKt

P-KKt;lS-Q2 B checks

Q x Reh K-Kt2

Q X Q

B X Q+

C ab le CXXXV I I . c on t ’d .—K. GAM B IT K.G . DE CL INE D . 287

Notes to page 236 .

1 M r. Z ukerto rt says Whi te may en ter he re in to the Muzio w i th 6 0 - 0 o r 6 B x P,

o r p ro ceed wi th li t-K5 . The tex t move i s new, b ut perfec tl y sa fe.

2 C o n tinu ed : 21 Kt -Kt4 21 Kt -BS ? , 22 Q xKt ) 22Kt x B ( i f P x Q , Wh i te ’ s rep l y i sR x lt c lf -H 133 Q xKM

3 Mr. Winch in savs i t i s s ingu lar tha t such a maste r o f the op en ing s as M . Ro senthal should ha \ 0 s elected th is o ld fash i oned fo rm o f de fen se , when that sp ringing from li t-KB 3 and B-Kt .

’

g ive s so dec ided an advan tage that the attack i snow rarel y ve n i u re d o n .

4. Through e rro rs Wh i te los t th i s game at mo ve 53.

An o ld move—the Po leri o Gam t.

As at the s im ilar s tage o f the S te in i tz Gambi t. Black may here p lay 5 Q-K2ch,

giving Wh i te the cho i ce be tween a ve ry i n i eri o r game and a d raw by p erpetualcheck . As Black i s p lay i ng to wi n i n t h i s game . Mr . W . M . Gat t ie wou ld p re ferthe fo l low ing con ti nuation fo r Black : 5 B—KKt5ch , 6 Kt—R I 6 lx

’

t-Q2, 7 P- B4

7 0 - 0 - 0 ,8K~ Q2 8Kt -B3 , w i th a good gam e .

Q - R5 wou l d have been a d i fficu l t move fo r Black to m eet .

An erro r . Whi te shoul d have p layed Kt x I} , a fte rward regain ing th e P b y

QR-Kl and B -Q4 .

Further errors enab led B lack to win o n the 46 th move .

Mr . Max Judd says th i s i s B lack ’ s best re ply . In h i s o p i n io n . the cap tu re o f theP , whatever i t may b e theo re t i cal l y , mo re o fte n lead s to de f e a t t han su cc e s si n p ract ice ande ven i n match p lay . Tak i ng the 1 ’ g i ve s the f i rs t p lay e r manyways o f ins t i tu ting a s tro ng attack .

( nld s g i ve rs are ver y p ar t i al to the Ga inb i t accep ted . By dec l i n i ng the G amb i t wi th 2 B - B4 the game rema in s even .

Mr . Judd say s th i s i s the best move at th i s s tage , and lead s i n many cases to d ec ided advan tage fo r B lack . I t p reven ts the e s ta b l i shme n t o f Whi te ’ s cen te rPawn s . In th i s l i n e o f p lay Black mu s t n o t exc hang e h i s QB fo r the Wh i teKKt . The books advi se i t , bu t M r. J udd says i t i s n o t the be s t p lay .

Preven ting Black from exchanging QKt fo r B , and having o the r obviou s i n te nt i on s .

1 3 Wh ite m ight al so p lay R -B l .

1 } An inven t ion by Mr . Barbour .1 5 Showing the p u rp o se o f h i s 1 1 th mo ve1 6 Cont inued : 21 Q -B3 21 R x B . and M r. S te in i tz res ign ed . see ing that i f he to o k

the i t h e woul d lo se h i s Q by B- Rfich , fo rc ing the Kto abandon the de fen se o f

the Q.

IRREGULAR OPENINGS .

The popular ity of the i r regular Open in s in the recent C hess Congresseshashlready been refe r red to . Spec imens of these effo rts to ’

avoid book playare very frequent in the Book of the L ondon C hess Congress, 1883 , and indeed the vo l ume might se r ve as a modern t reat ise on the subject . In the

242 games the fi rst playe r opened 182 t imes with P-K4, and otherwise 60

times . The secon d player repl ied to 1 P-K4 with the s'ame move 1 10 t imes,and otherwise 72 t imes . W’h i te played 1 P-KB4 eight t imes ; 1 Kt-QRSonce ; 1 P

-Q4 twenty- fou r t imes ; 1 Kt-KB3 n ine t imes ; 1 P—K3 twice ; and1 P-QB4 s ixteen t imes . Ten of the th i rty - two games contested at thatmeet ing by Mr. Z ukertort had i rregular open ings. We present one pagefrom the L ondon games as examples o f prevai l ing ideas in dec l in ing to

offer any of the standard debuts.Mr. E . Freeborough says the open ing 1 P-KB4

,advocated by Mr. B i rd ,

does not stop the reply from B lack 1 P-K4, if the latter wishes to playProm’

s Gamb i t.

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240 Tab le CXX X V III . cont’d .

- IRRE GULAR OPENING S .

Notes to page 239.

1 Mr . Z ukertort says M . Ro senthal p lays th i s game below h i s u sual standard . Hehas already a bad game , and the text move loses time on the Ks ide , and g ive sWh ite an opportun ity to break up the Q s ide .

2 B locking the action o f both host i le B i shop s and op en ing a good square for hi s Bat QB4 .

3 Ab lulp d er , bu t B lack ’ s game i s lost , his p o s it ion being b locked and h i s Pawn s

wea

Mr . Z ukertort says Wh i te may al so p roceed wi th 4 P-QKt8, 5 B -Kt‘z , and GB -Q3.

After the exchange o f Pawn s on the p reviou s move Whi te make s the text moveto p ro tec t the QBP, and keep the QB file c lear fo r the Rooks .B lack errs here i n attack ing Wh ite ’ s QEF, which i s n ot open to assau lt.Threaten ing to win a P W ith 1 4 P x P 14 B x B ,

1 5 P x Kt 1 5 B -Kt4, 1 6 Kt-K51 6 Q-Kl .

P x P wou l d b e better.Over looking Whi te ’ s n ex t move. H e shou ld have cap tured the Kt .Wh ite cou l d no t p lay the KP on accoun t of B lack ' s rep l y B -Kt5 .

Preparing to attack on the K side.

Making an outlet for the K , and p repar ing to attack i n the center.I f 1 9Kt-Kt5 Wh ite wins a p iece by n x Pch , etc

Wh i te won after a\ hard battle o f 58moves .A p remature attack .M r. Z ukertort says he shoul d have p layed B -Qz .

Th i s game was a p ro longed struggle o f 79 moves . Black overlooked a draw atmove 45 , and agai n a t move 59. Whi te final l y won .

Mr. Steinitz says th i s i s a n ovelty which seems to break the force o f th i s attack ,once so much dreaded that Mo rphy avo ided i t again s t Harrwi tz by 1 P-KB4 ,after los ing twice wi th the de fense 1 P-Q4 .

Securing a cen ter , and an excel lent game.

Kt-KB4 woul d have been p remature , on account o f the rep l y K-t -KR4 .

Wh i te p robabl y saw too late that he cou l d no t cap tu re the QP. 19 QKt x P19 P x P , 20 B x KP 20KB x QKt, and Wh ite can not retake W i thou t los ing hi s Q.

Mr . B i rd says Wh ite has un quest ionab ly the better op en ing.

Th i s was a fine game o f 45 moves,and was won by Wh ite

THE BLACKMAR GAMBITS .

Mr. A. E Blackmar,o f New Orleans

,sends to the ed ito r the fo l lowing

analysis o f winn ing positions in two interesting gamb its inv ented by him,

and wh ich he has been play ing for fou r years . The second gambit i s notplayed much

,because few make use o f the H ol land i sh D efense

,B lack

1 P-KB4 .

In the fi rst gamb it the general op inion i s that B lack shou ld not captu rethe second P, but play 3 P-KS or 3 P-K4

, as sug

gested by M r. Chas. A.

Maurian .

M r. Blackmar has a manusc rip t book o f o ver 300 games played at the

gamb its, and his conc l usion i s that both lead to most interest ing posi tions,g iv ing Wh ite an immen se var iety o f b r i l l iant attacks to repay fo r the Psac r ificed .

The second gamb it resemb les F rom’

s Gamb it at Wh ite’ s fou rth move, except that Wh i te i s a mo ve ahead .

24 2 Tab le CX XXIX. GAMB IT .

PLKBS Kt x P

B-Kt3

Q-Kt3

P—Kt5

1 Threaten s R x B .

2 Correspondence game between A. E . B lackmar and L S, Atk i n son .

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24 4 T ab le C X L I f—BLACKMAR GAMB IT .

5 Kt -KB3

Kt-R7

B- Bl 1 K x KtKt-K4 + “

2 Kt-K4_

P x KtB x RP

R -KBI B x P

R-B3 4

I f 12Kt-K2, or B -K2, or B -B5, or_B -K4 , 1 3 Kt—K4

I f 1 3 K x Kt , 14 Kt-Kt5ch , or 1 4 Kt x BPch . If 1 3 B -Kta, 14 KKt x BP1 5 Q-Q2, 1 6 B -Kt5 and then to B6

If 1 6 P-Q7, 1 7 B -B4ch I f 1 6 P-K4,1 7 R -Kt3 . I f 1 6 P—B3, 1 7 B x Rch

If 12P xKt, mate i n two .-Ii 1 2P-KKt3 , mate i n four . I f 12P-KB3 , 1 3 Q-Kt6+.

I f 1 3 P-KKt3 or KR -Ql , 1 4 QKt—B6ch

Wh ite mates i n eight moves .

Tab le CXL I I .—BLACKMAR GAMB IT

P-KB4

R x PQ—Q

’

Z

QR-KBB-Q3 Q-K‘

Q-Kt5 2 B-Q2 4

Co rresp ondence game be tween A. E . B lackmar and L . S . Atkin son , d i scon tinuedalter 1 7 th move .

I f Black p lays 20 E ~X 2 Wh ite mates i n 7 moves . I f 20 B x R , mate in 2; i f20 Q-K2, 21 R -BSCh w in s : i f 20 Q-q ,

21 R -B7 21 R -Ktsq (21 Kt-Q2, 22B -Kt7ch ,

mat ing i n 22B -Kt7ch wins .If 19 B -Kt5 19 Q -Q4.

I f 20 K t-Q'

Z,21 P-Q5 21 P x P , 22 R -q .

211 6 Tab le CXL II I . —BLACKMAR ’S S E COND GAM B IT .

P-K3

Kt-Kt5P-KKt3

Kt x RPB. xKt

B x Peh

1 The p o s i t ion i s l ike that o f the From Gambi t, excep t that Wh ite has g iven KBP

P-KKt3

Kt-KKt5P-Q4

Kt x RPt xKt

B x

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Pch

P-Q3

P—KR3

QKt-B3

Kt-Kt5

Kt x RP

B x P

Q- R5ch

instead o f QP, and i s a move ahead .

I f 1 3 K-K2,1 4 R x B

Game between A. E . B lackmar and ALabry .

I f 14 Q x BP, 15 B xKt 15 R x B,16 Q-B30h 16 K-q , 1 7 Q -R8

I f 9Q-K2,10Kt xKtch

App ears better than B -B5ch ,P-Q5 , or Q-Kt-‘lch .

I f PeK3, 1 1 P

-QS, Kt-K4 , 12 P x Pch , K m'

oves , 1 3 B xKt

I f Kt goes to any o ther square Wh ite mates in two .

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248 Tab le CX L IV .—M—EADOW HAY O.

—STONEWAL L O.

P-Q4'

P4 Q4 _ Kt -KBSP-KB4 5 B KB4P -K3 1& 1; t

KKt 133 Kt-K133KKt - 13 3 u-Kta

Kt—R3

R-KKlsqKt-K5

18 Q 11 6

P-Kt3

19 Kt- B4Q-Q BS 1

For Notes see next page.

Tab le CXL IV . c ont inu ed —MEADOW HAY O. , E TC . 24 9

oq

Notes to page 248.

And Wh i te mates i n four moves . Th i s game i s one o f a match p layed by Mr .Ware with Mr . Keyes i n Bo ston in 1878. Mr . Ware p layed h i s “ Meadow H ayOp en ing i n all the ten game s o f the match , w inn ing n ine of them.

Mr . Stein itz wou ld have p referred P-QKtS.

Black ’ s RPwas bound to fal l , and the o pen R fi le Of ives Wh i te the bet ter p os i tion .

The game i s one won by Mr. Ware trom Cap t . Macken z ie .

From a game won from Mr . Ware by Cap t . Macken zie.

The “Stonewal l Open ing .

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Aloss o i_ t ime _Mr. S ellman recommend s P-QKt4 . From a game won by Mr .Ware from Mr . We i s s at the V i enna Internat i onal Ches s Congres s , 1382.

Beg inn ing a counte r attack .

A weak move . Th i s game was won from Mr. Ware by Mr. Pau l sen at theV i enna Congress , 1 382.

O

C H E S S C OD E

T H E C H E S S A S S OC I A T I ON

OF THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA.

Adop ted in New York,January 28th, 1880, durz ng the sessi on of the Fif thAmeri can Chess Congress .

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED .Whenever the word Ump ire i s u sed herein

,it stands for any Cem

mittee hav ing charge of Matches or Tou rnaments , wi th power to de

termine quest ions of chess - law and ru les ; or for any duly appo intedReferee

,or Ump i re ; for the by standers , when properly ap pealed to ; or for

any per son ,present or absent , to whom may be referred any d i sputed

questions ; or for any other author ity whomsoever having power to determine su ch questions .When the word “move i s used it i s understood to mean a legal move

or a move to be legal ly made accord ing to these laws .When the word “ahan ”

or“men

” i s u sed ,i t i s understood that i t em

b races both PKeces and Pawns .

THE CHESS - BOARD AND MEN.

The Chess -board mu st be placed with a wh i te square at the r ight-handcorner.

It the Chess-board be wrongly placed , i t can not be changed dur ing thegame In progres s after a move shal l have been made by each player

, pro

vided the men were cor rectly p laced upon the board at the beginning, i . e.

the Queens upon thei r own co lors .Adefic iency in number , or a mi splacement of the men , at the beginning

of the game, when d i scovered , annu ls the game.

The field of the S tandard Ches s-board shal l be twenty- two inches square.

The Standard Chess-men shal l be of the improved S taunton C lub s i ze and

pattern .

F IRST MOVE AND COLOR.

The right of first move mu st be determined by lot.The player hav ing the fi rst move mu st always play with the wh ite men .

The r ight of first move shal l alternate, whether the game be won, lost ordrawn .

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J’

ADOUBE .

“J’

adoube,

”I adj ust , or wo rds to that effec t, can not protect a p layer

from any of the p enal ties imposed by these laws, -unless the man or men‘

touched, Obv iou s ly need adj ustment, and unless such notificationbe d i stinctlyu ttered bef ore the_man

,or men

,be touched , and only the playerwhose turn

i t i s to move i s al lowed so to adj ust.The hand hav ing once qu itted the man ,

but for an instant, the move muststand .

Men overturned or d i splaced accidental ly may be replaced by eitherplayer , withou t notice .

Awi l lful di sp lacement , or overturning of any of the men,forfei ts the game.

PENALT IESPenal ties can be enforced on ly at the t ime an offenSe i s committed , andbefore any move i s made thereafter.Ap layer touching one of h i s men

,when i t i s h i s turn to play , mu st move

i t. If i t can not be moved he mu st move h i s King. If the King can not

move , no pena lty can be enforced .

For play ing two moves in success ion the adversary may e lect wh i ch moveshal l stand .

For touch ing an adversary ’ s man , when i t can not be captu red , the of

fender inus t move h i sKing. If theKing can not move,no other penalty can

be enforced . But i f the man touched can be legal ly taken ,i tmu st be captured .

For p lay ing a man to a. square to wh ich i t can not be legal ly moved , theadver sary, at h i s option ,

may requ i re him to move the man legal ly, or tomove the King.

_For i l lega l ly captii ring an adversary' s man , the Offender mu st move hisKing, or legal ly capture the man , as h i s Opp onent may elect.Fo r attemp ting to Castle i l legal ly , the player doing so mu st move ei ther

the. King or Rook, as h i s adver sary may d i ctate.

For tou ch ing more th an one of the player ’ s own men,he must move either

man that h i s opp onent may name .

For tou ch ing more than one of the adversary’ s men,

‘

the offender mustcapture the one named by h i s opponent , or i f ei ther can not be captured , hemay

-be requ i red to move theKing or capture the man wh ich can be taken,

at the adversary’ s option ; or , if nei ther can be captured , then the King mu stbe moved .

A p layer mov ing into check may be requ i red , by the Oppos ing player,e i ther to move the King e lsewhere , or replace theKing andmake some othermove —but such other move shall not be selected by the player imposing thepena lty .

For d i s cover ing check on his own King, the p layer must ei ther legallymove the man touched

,or move theKing at h i s adversary’ s option. In case

neither move can be made,there shal l be no penal ty .

Wh i le in check,for touch ing or mov ing a man

_wh i ch does not cover the

check, the playe r may be requi red to cover with another p iece, or move theKing, as the oppos ing player may e lect.

TOUCH ING TH E SQUARES .

Wh i le the hand remains upon a man,i t may be moved to any square that

i t command s , excep t such squares as may have been touched by i t dur ingthe de l iberation on the move ; but i f all the squa res wh i ch i t command shave been so touched , then the man mu st be p layed to s uch of the squaresas the adver sary may e lect .

*COUNT ING FIFTY MOVES .

If,at any per iod du r ing a game , ei the r player pers i st in repeating a par

ticular check, or ser ies of checks , or pers i st in repeating any p ar ticular l ineof p lay wh i ch does not advance the game ; or i f “

a game-end ing

”be of

doub tfu l charac ter as to i ts being a win or a draw ; or i f a win be poss ib le ,but the ski l l to force the game questionab le ; then e i ther p layen may demandj udgment of the Ump i re as to i ts being a proper game to be determined asd rawn at the end of fifty add i tional moves , on each side ; or, the question :

l s , or i s not the game a d raw ? ” may be, by mu tual consent of the players ,submi tted to the Ump i re at any time . The dec i s ion of the Ump i re , ine i ther case , to be fi nal .And whenever fifty moves are demanded and accorded

, the par ty demanding i t may ,

when the fifty moves have been made,c laim the r ight to go on

with the game , and thereupon the other par ty may c laim the fifty move r u le ,

and theend of whi ch,un less mate be effec ted

, the game shal l be dec ided adraw.

STALE -MATE .

Astale-mate i s a drawn game.

T IME L IMIT .

The penalty for exceed ing the t ime l imi t i s the forfei tu re of the game .

It shal l be the duty o f each p layer , as soon as h i s move be made,to stop

his own regi ster of t ime and start that of h i s opponent,whether the t ime be

taken by c locks , sand -glasses , or otherwi se. No comp la int respecting an

adversary ’ s time can be cons idered , un les s th i s r ule be strictly compl ied wi th .

But noth ing here in i s intended to affect the penal ty for exceed ing the timel imit as regi stered .

ABANDONING THE GAME .

If ei ther player abandon the game by qu i tting the tab le in anger , or in an

otherwi se offens ive manner ; or by momentar i ly resign ing the game ; or re

fuses to abide by the dec i s ion of the Ump i re, the game mu st be scoredagain st him.

If a player absent h imself from the tab le . or man i festly ceases to considerh i s game , when i t i s h i s turn to move , the time so consumed shal l , i n everycase , be regi stered aga inst him.

D I STURBANC E .

Any player wi l lful ly d i sturbing h i s adversary shal l be admoni shed ; and i fsuch d i stu rbance be repeated

,the game shal l be declared los t by the player

so offend ing, prov ided the p layer d i sturbed then appeals to the Ump i re.

THE UMPIRE.

It i s the du ty of the Ump i re to determine all q uesti ons submitted to himaccord ing to these laws, when they app ly , and accord ing to h i s best j udgment when they do not app ly .

No dev iation from these laws can be permi tted by an Ump i re , even bymutua l or genera l consent of the players , after a match Or tou rnamen t shal lhave been commenced .

The dec i s ion of the Ump i re i s final,and b ind s Beth and all the players .

RULES FOR PLAYING THE GAME AT ODD S .

I . In games where one-player g ives the odds of a p i ece ,or the exchange ,

or al lows h i s opponent to count d rawn games as won , or agrees to checkmate with a par ticu lar man , or on a part icular square

,he has the r ight to

choose. the men ,and to move first

,un less an arrangement to the contrary i s

agreed to between the combatants .II . When the odd s of Pawn and one move , or Pawn and more than one

move are g iven , the Pawn “

g iven must be the King’ s Bi shop ’ s Pawn when

not o therwi se prev ious ly agreed on .

III . When a player gives the odds of h i sKing's or Queen’ s Rook,he mu st

not Castle (or mo re p roper ly speaking leap h i sKing ) on the s ide from whichthe Rock i s removed , unless befo re commencing the game or match he stipulates to have the pr iv i lege of so do ing.

IV . When a p layer under takes to g ive check-mate wi th one of h i s Pawns,

or wi th a p articular Pawn , the said Pawn mu st not be converted in to a

P iece .

V . When a player accepts the odd s of two or me re moves , he mu st notplay any man beyond the fourth square

,i . e.

,he mu st not c ros s the midd le

l ine of the board , before h i s adversary makes his fi rst move. Such severalmoves are to be co l lectively cons idered as the fi rst move of the playe r ac ~

cepting'

the odds .VI . In the odd s of check-mating on a part i cu lar square it mu st be thesquare o ccup ied by the King mated

,not by the man g iv i ng ma te.

VII. The p layer who u nder takes to win i n a particu lar manner , and e itherdraws the game , or wins insome other manner

,must be adj udged to be the

loser .In all other respects , the p lay in games at odd s mu st be governed by theregu lations before laid down .

RULES FOR P

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LAYING CORRESPOND ENCE AND CONSUIJTATION GAMES .

I . In play ing a game by correspondence or in consul tation,the two parties

shal l always agree befo rehand i n wr it ing or o therwi se as to the persons whoare to take part in the contes t, as to the t ime and mode o f transmitting themoves , as to the p enalties to be inflicted for any breach of the contrac t, andas to the ump i re or referee .

II . In games of thi s descr ip tion each party i s bound by the moved i spatched ; and in thi s connection the word move refers to what i s inte lligihly wri tten ,

or d oliw. red viva voc

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HINTS ON CORRESPONDENCE PLAY .

[C roydon (Eng ) Guard ian ]As most st r ingent rules govern co r respondence chess , it behooves theplayers to proceed with methodi ca l care

,both in thei r p rel iminary ar range

ments for the contest and in the game i tsel f: The prel iminary arrangements

,to be very premse, cons ist in game reco rders , chess board d iagrams,

and a copy of a good book on the “Open i ngs . The fi rst named are merelypr inted fo rms , upon which the moves are recorded . The date of t ransmi ss ion or receipt shou ld be noted by- the

‘

side of each mov e. The d iagrams areused to show the actual state o f the game afte r the last move. The o rd inarywr itten symbols for the men should be marked in penc il

,and the position

altered after each pai r of moves,to p rev en t the necess ity o f play ing over

the game from the sco re . Of cou rse,a prec i se knowledge of the Engl ish

system o f notat ion i s abso l u tely n ecessary . There are one or two pecul iari t ies in co r respondence play

,as d i st ingu ished from ov er- the- board games

,

that deman d c lolse atten tion. In the fi rst place,deepe r and mo re complete

examinat ion o f position induces greater soundness of combinat ion,and

hence i t i s found that the b r i l l iant gambit, whi ch over the board frequentlycar r ies all before it ,

“

admits o f a perfectly sati sfactory defense,and can not

be safely adopted when play ing by co r respondence. In a simi lar mannerthose erro rs that occ ur in o rd inary play and affo rd oppo rtun it ies for dash ingattacks, or at least for the acqu i rement o f dec i s ive advan tages , rarely c reepinto a correspondence p ar ti e. I t i s

,therefo re, necessary to acqu i re the

power of d iscern ing the s l ightest weakness in the host i le posit ion,and of

using the smal lest ad vantage in such a manner as to p roduce the g reatestpossible benefit Another marked feature o f cor respondence play i s themuch stronger analyt ical power wh ich i s n ecessary to command success . Acomprehens i ve analvsis i s general ly requ i red after every th ree or fourmoves . The best way to proceed with th i s i s to examine the most probab lel ine '

of play resu lting from a part icular move, unti l a clear advantage restseither. with you rse lf o r you r opponent. Then . commence again and try to

improve the play of the los ing s ide. I f eventual ly the result be reversed,

take the last var iat ion and again attempt to strengthen the p lay of thatwh ich has now become theweaker co lo r . After exhaust ing, to the best ofyou r ab i l ity, the var iat ions on each s ide, test one or two other in itiatorymoves in the same manner , then select the one which best su i ts the emer

gene ies o f the case. All l ikely sac r ifices,both on you r own part and on

that o f your oppone nt,should be sc ru t in i zed wi th some p rec is ion

,and ir

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they appear to lead to impo rtant var iat ions they must be c lo sely exam ined .

Th is analys is sho uld always be wr i t ten and kept at leas t unti l the fin i sh o f

the game . When send ing yo u r own play always repeat yo u r opponen t ’ slast mov e . I t al so his fo l lowing move i s compu lso ry o r v ery ev ident

,it i s

wel l to hasten the game by stat ing what your answer would be i f he we reto adopt the proposed alte rnati v e . G reat care must be used in reco rd ingthe mov e on the card . To prevent mistakes in the n umber o f the squarealways play from you r own s ide o f the board , and no t svstemat ically fromthat of the fi rst player . On the sco re o f conc iseness and non - l iabi l ity toer ro r

,i t i s prefe rab le to wr ite the moves one unde r the other , White be ing

placed above and Black below,with a l ine between . Hav ing posted you r

card giv ing the chosen mo ve , the on ly th ing that remains to be done i s towait as calmly and composed ly as vou conven ient l y can unt i l the reply arr i ves . Make it a stand ing r u le not to analyze in the inter im. I t frequentlyc reates hesitat ion and weakens yo u r play

,because the fresher ideas you can

b r ing for the considerat ion o f you r opponen t ’ s move, when i t does come,the

better i t i s for you . Then,however , ev en i f the move has been expected ,

give i t a l ittle further examination befo re send ing a reply .

A GREAT CHE SS CLUB .

THE NEW ORLEANS CHESS , CHECKERS , AND WHISTCLUB—A SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY .

[From the NewOrlean s T imes -Democrat, July 22,Dur ing the latte r part of June , 1880, a number of gentlemen ,

who-

had

formerly belonged to ches s c lubs in NewOrleans , and who had wi tnessed ,wi th no l i ttle regret , the untimely d issol ution of each and all of them, at

several informa l meeti ng s d i scussed the project. of re-es tab l i sh ing such a

Cl ub in New Or leans , to be kep t up for rec reat ion in the idle days of summer and abandoned as the bus ier per iod of the fal l should approach . Nat

urally these d i sc uss ions were confined to a very l imi ted c i rc le , but theyeventual ly resu lted i n a search (and a pro longed one itwas) for rooms su i tab le for the intended organi za t ion and wi th in the very s lender means ant icipated for i t. Th is d ifficu lt taskwas under taken by a se lf- appo inted com

mi ttee,cons i sting of Mess rs . Char les F . Buck

, Charles A. Maurian,and

James D . Segu in ,and notwi th s tand ing energet ic effort

,i t was nearly the

m idd le of the succeed ing month befo re any th ing defini te was accompl i shed .However , on Thursday , July 21 , 1880, or j u st fou r year s ago yesterday , theintended Cl ub held i ts fi r s t i nforma l meeting over Eugene Krost’s saloon,128Grav ier stree t. The meet ingwas cal led to order by Mr . A. E . Blackmar.

Mr. Char les A. Maurian was e lected Pres ident and Mr. James D . Segu in ,

Sec retary, each p ro term, and a commi ttee was appo inted to d raft a constitution. The gentlemen present or represented on that occasion

,and form

ing the nuc leu s of the organi zat ion that has s ince grown to such immenseproportions , were Wi l l iam Armstrong, D . J. Baldwin ,

A. E . Blackmar,

Char les F . Buck,I s idore Danz iger , Wi l l iam H . Dwyer,Char les N. Edwards

,

Lewi s L . E l l i s,Edgar H . Farrar , Fred . G . Freret

,Lou i s Gal lot, James A.

Gresham,R. A. Harr i son

,W. S . Kep l inger , Leon -L . Labatt, Alexander

Labry,L uc ien A. Ledoux

,Char les A. Mant ian

,John Roch i , AndreW. Se

gu in ,James D . Segu in ,

Bernard C . Sh ie ld s,Ju les Targes , Jr. ,

T. Toca,Ed

ward F . Vix,Edward Vor ster , and James Wibray , twenty- seven a ltogether ,

of whom allbut hal f a dozen or so are sti ll member s of the Cl ub.

It had a l ready been s uggested that, to insure greater attraction and a

more en larged interes t, the games of checker s and whi st shou ld be added tothat of chess , and the Committee on Consti tution. were instr uc ted to reportaccordingly .

The second meet ing o f the C lub occu rred July 24 , 1880, wi th th i rty-fivemembers present out of a membership that had a l ready reached fifty- two .

The const i tut ion reported by the commi ttee was adopted , and the officers

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House,at the corner o f Cana l and Baronne s treets , and fi t it up for p erma

nent c l ub- rooms .On the l st day o f December

,1 883

,the C lub took possess ion o f thei r pres

ent magn ificent quar ters .On the fi rs tfloor to the r igh t i s the ches s - room, containing thi r teen heavyb lack walnut ches s tab les , with e legant i nlaid board s ; the walls are hungwith fine p ictu res , and the mantels ho ld the photograph s of the world ’ s greatchess players . Bes ides , the room i s fi tted up wi th all the other app l iancesand comfor ts necessary to a first- class chess- room. E igh teen sets of c lubsi ze S taunton men have been o rdered from ‘

England , and are expectedsho rtly .

The l ib rary and read ing- room i s off the chess- room and fro'

nts on the

Baronne street s ide. On the opposi te s ide; fronting Canal street, i s the parlor

,l uxur iou s ly furn i shed . The annex par lor

,i n which there i s a sp lendid

p iano , i s u sed as the mu si c room. Adjo ining the annex i s the bar- room, cl

egantly fi tted up , and where the bes t of dr inkab les are kept.To the left on the wing

-

i s the reception- room ; back of th i s are the domi no , checker s , and wr iting- rooms . On the rear gal ler iesare the wash- rooms ,store- room, and c losets .On the second floor on Baronne, i s the bi l l iard- room,

contain ing two new

tab les,b rough t from New York. At the corner of Cana l and Baronne i s

the wh i st—room. Ac ros s the hal l' i s the genera l card- room,where

,however

,

p lay ing i s on ly al lowed for amu sement , as no money- play i s permitted inthe C lub b u i ld ing. Nex t i s the euchre

,backgammon

,and c r ibbage- room.

Opposi te the b i l l iard- room i s the poo l~ room,wi th one new tab le for the

amu sement o f the lover s of that game .

The renovat ionl

ofl the upper floor i s not yet completed , but i s rap idlybeing put i nto good order . The hal l has a l ready been cut through to con

form wi th those be low,and Baronne street s ide has been thrown into one

large room, to be u sed exc l us ively as a l ib rary,as i t i s the inten tion of the

C lub to estab l i sh a c i rcu lating l ib rary for the benefi t of the members .The increase of membersh ip has been p rod igiou s s ince the occupancy of

the new locat ion. The young men of the c i ty have flocked in ,finding

'

there

easy recreations , a p lace to feel at home d ur ing the even ings , to enj oy themsel ves at the many innocen t games that are played , and to s i t in the c00 1

b reeze that a lmost always b lows along the wide ve randa surround ing theentire bu i ld ing.

The officer s of the C l ub are : Hon . Charles F . Buck, Pres ident ; JudgeChar les G. Ogden ,

Fi rst V ice-Pres ident ; Dr . S . M. Bemi ss , SecondV i ce -Pres ident ; A. T. Mather

,Treasu rer . _Govern ing Commi ttee : I . K.

Small,C . B. Penrose , H . F . Warner

,L uc ien Lyon s

,Charles Janv ier.

L ibrary Commi ttee : Jas . D . Segu in ,Fred . G . Freret , and Jas . L . McLean .

The growth of the C lub has been phenomenal , and i t '

now numbers aboutmembers . No th ing reasonab le with in the resou rces of the C lub has

been left u nsuppl ied , and all the rooms bear evidences of comfort and re

fined attracti venes s .

AMERICAN CHESS CLUBS AND RESORTS .

The fo l lowing li st i s by far the most comprehens ive that has yet beenmade. The as su rance i s general that lovers o f ches s away from home wi l lbe we lcome v i s i tors at these ches s roomsALBANY

,N. Y .

Rai l Road Read ing- rooms, Union Depot.

BALT IMORE,lull

The Bal timo re Che ss As soc iation meets at i ts rooms,S . E . corner of

Char les and Saratoga S ts . 1 10 members .

BROOKLYN , N. Y .

The Phi lidor Chess C l ub meets at 61—73 Mesero le S t ,E . D . Fifty

fou r members . Hour s of play , Tuesday and Fr iday even ings . Dr . E . W.

Owen,President . Robert Hen tscher

,Sec retary .

The : Dan i tes Chess C l ub ” i s a soc ial organ i zation . The member s meet

at each others ’ res idences .The Pau l Morphy Chess Assoc iation meets at 427 Gates Ave.

,on

Tue sday,Thu rsday , and Saturday even ings . Dr . Jas . T. Bund ick

,Pres ident .

W. Edmons tone , Sec re tary .

The Col umbia Ches s C l ub i s a soc ial o rgani z ation in Sou th Brooklyn .

BUFFALO,N. Y .

The“Buffalo Chess C i rc le meets at members ’ res idences . About

th i rty members .BATAV IA

,N. Y .

The Batav ia C lub has ches s- board s and men.

COBOURG,CANADA

Has a strong ches s c i rc le.

CH ICAGO , ILL .

Chicago Chess Club meets day and eveni ng a t Dearbo rn S t. Dr.

N. F . Cooke , Pres ident . John D . Ada i r , Sec reta ry .

An umber o f che s s p layers mee t daily i n the Sherman Hou se baseme nt.Also

,at We lch ’ s Restaurant , Dearborn S t.

CINC INNAT I , O.

C inc innati Chess C lub , the o ldest c l ub in the c i ty , meets every dayexcept S unday , at the Yo ung Men

’ s Mercant i le L ib rary , Walnu t S t .

,above

Four th . Chas . Mi l ler , President. F . C . Mi l ler , Secretary . Usual hour s ofplay

,from 1 to 6 P. M.

The Cuv ier C lub , Longwo rth St .

,East of Race , has several tab les . Open

to i ntrod u ced s trange rs

CAMD EN , N. J

Chess C lub .

CLEVELAND , O.

The C leve land Chess C lub meets at 24-6 Super io r St . W. G . Amor ,Pres ident. Dr. Robt . Dayton ,

Sec retary.CANAD IAN CHESS ASSOC IAT ION .

The l i st of officer s for 1884 i s as fo l lowsPatron

,H is Excel lency , the Governor- Genera l . Pres ident , G . E . Casey ,

M.P. V ice Pres idents,J. B . Hurlburt

,LL .D .

,

-F. H . Lambert,and Professor

Cherriman, Ottawa ; H . A. Howe , LL .D .,Montrea l . Managing Commi ttee,

C. P . Champ ion,Quebec ; 1 . Ryal l

,M.D .

,Hami lton ; T. C . Larose

,Ottawa ;

W. H . H icks,J. Barry , and J. G . Ascher

,Montreal . Secretary

'Treasurer,

W. H . Morgan , Ottawa.

DETROIT,MICH .

Det ro it ChessAssoc iation . Room NO. 8,Mer r i l l Block. Thomas D.

Hawley,P res ident. Geo . L . Swan ,

Sec retary . Rooms open day and even ing.

There are severa l chess tab les at the Phoenix Restaurant, 77 Bates St.DAYTON

, 0“Day ton Chess Cl ub . _R oom in C legg’ s Block, East of Jeffer son St. ,

2nd story . Open every day ,except S unday , from 3 to 6 in the afternoon ,

and on Tuesday and Saturday even ings . C. L . H awes,Pres ident. Cap t.

A. C. Fenner C orrespond ing Sec retary .

DENVER,COL .

Ches s p layer s me et at the Markham Hou se. Tab les alsoa t the roomsof the Y . M. C . A.

E LIZABETH,N. J .

The rooms of the E l i zabeth Ches s C lub a t Van Deventer ’ s , 128 BroadSt .

,are open to the p ub l ic day and even ing. R .W. Pope, Pres ident . W. H .

Lu ster , Sec retary .

At Po l lard ’ s ches s and read ing- room ,No . 258 Mor r i s Ave.

, p layers arealways welcome.

Chess p layers wi l l find _a pleasant reso rt day or even ing atMax Puegner

’

s

c igar store, No . 73 Broad S t.ELMIRA,

N. Y .

The Centu ry Cl ub , Mason ic Te‘

mp le ,o ver the pos t-Oifice , corner of

Lake and Market S ts .,has severa l ches s tab les . Chess p layers vi s i ting the

Ci ty and des i r ing to be i ntroduced , can call upon Mr. E . E . Bur l ingame , atthe E lmi ra Telegram Office .

EASTON , MD .

Ches s Club .

GUELPH , CANADAHas a strong chess c i rc le.

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MONTREAL“ Montreal Chess Club ( the o ldest chess c l ub i n Canada), 14 1 Mans

field St. , i n connection with the Montreal Gymnas ium. Meets Tuesday andSaturday even ings and Satu rday afternoons . H . A. Howe

,Pres ident. J.

G. Ascher,Sec retary . Rooms Open for play every day except Sunday

“Montreal Ches's D ivan,

” fo rmer ly the Ci ty Chess C lub . 1 12 SaintFranco i s X av ier S t. Prop rieter, C . H . Crossen . Free to all. Open everyday du r ing the s ummer , unti l 7 P. M.

,and - in winter un t i l 12 P. M. J. G .

Ascher,Pres ident. J . Bemrose , Secretary.

MORGAN , BASQUE Co .

,TEXAS

Head- quarter s of the ‘

Texas Cen tral Chess Assoc iat ion .

MILWAUKEE,WIS .

Philidor Ches s Cl ub, 292WestWater S t . Josep h Fi sher , Pres ident.G . Herrscher , Secretary .

“Mi lwaukee Chess C l ub,

corner East Water and Mason S ts . (No

present organ i z ation . )

NEW YORK CITY“Manhattan Ches s C lub , 1 04

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East 1 4 th S t. , opposi te Steinway Hal l .Rooms Open da i ly, inc l ud ing S undays and hol idays , from 1 P. M. to mid

n ight. Geo. T. Green ,Pres ident. J . S . Cu-

rry,V ice—Pres ident . W. M.

de V i s ser,Correspond ing Secretary . Dr. C . S imonson ,

Record ing Secretary .

F . M Teed,Treasu rer . Membership now about 220.

New Yo rk Chess C lub ,” E Second Ave . (near Hou ston St. ) JacobG reenberger, Pres ident. Patr ick J. Doyle

,Sec retary . Rooms open dai ly.

Member sh ip abou t 60.

The game i s publ‘ic ly played In several places InNewYo rk C ity , of wh ichthe

“TuI n Hal le

,

’

66 and 68 East 4 th S t. , and the“Cate Logeling,

”49

Bowery,are the most p rominent. The Logeling was for some year s the

home of the Manhattan Ches s Cl ub .

The“Telegraphers Chess C l ub has rooms in theWes tern Un ion Bu i ld

There are severa l chess tables ‘

in the l ibrary room of the N. Y . StockExchange.

NEWARK,N . J .

The Young Men’ s Heb rewAssoc iat ion ,

of Newark, have e legan t chessrooms and inv i te all players to call. J. Stein

,Pres ident . C. Hymes ,

Secretary .

NASHVILLE,TENN.

Sou th Nashv i l le Chess Room ,E ngi ne

’

House No. 3 .

Merchants ’ Exchange Chess Room ,No . 23 No r th Col lege.

NEWORLEANS CHES S , CHECKERS , ANDWH IST CLUBMeets at i ts rooms , corner Baronne and Cana l S ts .

, up stai r s . Has over

a thou sand members . Chas. F . Buck, Pres ident .

OTTAWA, CANADA

The Presiden t'

o f the Ottawa Ches s Club is Prof. J . B. Cherriman .

W. H . Morgan , Sec retary .

ONEANTO N. Y .

Y . M. C . A. Read ing- room.

P ITTSBURGH ,PA.

The“ Pi ttsburgh Chess Club meets at the Mercanti le L ib rary

,Penn

Ave. near 6 th S t. Regular evenings for p lay , Monday s and Thu rsday s , thoughmembers may be found there at any time . V i s i to rs are a lways we lcome .

Pres ident , J. W. Col l ins , No . 94 D iamond S t. Sec retary , H oward S utton,

care Me rcanti le L ibrary,P i ttsbu rgh .

PORT JERV IS,N. Y .

Ches s i s p layed at S t. John ' s d rug store , C . L . H . Bayne ’ s barber shop ,

and Col. Green ’ s s tore .

PH ILADELPHIA,PA.

The“ Ph i lade lph ia Ches s Cl ub meets at 1 1 6 Sou th Twelfth S t. , second

story . Open at all hou rs . The u sua l hou rs for p lay are from 4 to P. M.,

and from 8 to 12 P. M . S ix tab les . D . M. Mar tinez,Pres ident . Robert

F rank,Secretary .

The Mercanti le L ib rary ches s room,Tenth S t. , below Chestnu t, second

floo r,has 24 tab les . Open e very day excep t S unday , from 9A. M . to 10 r . M .

S tranger s are welcome .

The R idgway Branch o f the Ph i lade lph ia L ibrary , co rner of Broad andChr i stian S ts .

,has two tab les , also the very

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ex tens ive chess l ib rary of thelate Prof. Al len.

The Athenaeum,219 Sou th S ixth S t. , has fou r tab les . Open from 9

A. M. to 10 P. M. The usua l hou rs for p lay are from 1 1 M. to 6 r . M.

The Quaker C ity Chess , Checker , andWh i st C lub ,Arch S t. , near Nin th ,has five tab les.

The Merchants ’ Exchange ,Exchang e Bu i ld ing , co rne r of Th i rd and

Wa lnu t S ts . ,has fou r tab les . Hou rs o f p lay , 12 M. to G P. M .

QUEBEC,CANADA

The Quebec Chess C l ub has been i n ex i stence abo u t 50 years . Roomsare at 50 S t. John S t. All v i s i ting che ss p layers are i nv i ted to ca l l . The

l ub n ights are Tuesday s , Thu rsday s , and Satu rd ay s , bu t the rooms are openevery afternoon and nigh t.

“

T . Le Dro i t, Hono rary Pres iden t. F . H . Andrews

,Pres iden t. D . R . McLeod , Sec retary .

RICHMOND,IND

Ches s p layers meet at the fire engine- hou se.

RICHMOND,VA.

The“R ichmond Ches s C l ub meets a t room 1 3 Rueger

’

s bu i ld ing ,

Bank St. Th i rty members . Ho n . John W. Johns to n ,Pres iden t. Chas . L.

Page , Co r respond ing S ec retary .

ROCH ESTER , N. Y .

The“Roches ter Ches s and Checke r C l ub mee ts a t 79 Arcade. 25

members . Freder ick D r i sco l l , Pres ident . Albe r t E . Newman,Sec re tary.

RICHBURG,N. Y .

Aiken Hou se.

ST . JOHN,N. B.

0

The S t. John Chess C lub meets Monday, Wednesday,and Fr iday

even ings at the rooms of the Y:M. C . A.

SENE CAFALLS , N. Y .

Chess c lub with 28 member 's . J. N. Hammond,Pres ident. J. P . Met

calf,Secretary. Meets i n P . 0 . bu i ld ing.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAHChes s p layers meet

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at each o ther s ’ residences . Among prominentplayers are Orson Pratt, Jr.

,J. Barnett, Harmel Pratt

,and Arthu r Pratt.

ST LOUIS,Mo .

‘S t. Lou i s Chess , Checker , and Wh i st Cl ub meets corner Ninth andOl ive S ts . 60member s . Jas .Mi lburn , Pres ident. A. H .Robbins, Sec retary.

“Socia l Chess C l ub meets at 1 542 Sou th Broadway. 20 members .

Theodore Rabusky, Pres ident. H ugo R inke l , Secretary.

The Young Men’ s Temperance Un ion ,

corner of Tenth and Locu st S ts . ,

has severa l ches s tab les . Open dai ly, excep t Sunday, from 10A. M. to 1 0 P. M.

ST . PAUL MINN .

The S t. Pau l Chess Club meets at room corner of Wabasha and

Four th S ts . Open at all times . Regular meetingsWed nesday and Thur sdayeven i ngs . D . DeLong, President. C . S . Rohrer

, Co r respond ing S ecretary.SAN FRANC I SCO , CAL .

Chess players meet at the rooms of the Mercant i le L i brary .

SPARTANBURG ,S . C .

Chess Club number s abou t 30 members . Hon . J. S . R . Thomson,Pres

i dent. Capt . F . N. Wa lke r,Sec retary.

TUNKHANNOCK, PA.

T. Greenv i lle’ s d rug store, S . H . S ickler’

s drug store , and Bi l l ings 81.Reyno ld ’ s Hotel .TROY , N. Y.

Rai lroad Reading- rooms , Troy Dep ot .

TI—IURLOW,PA.

Ches s C lub . D. B. Fox,President. C . E . Denn i s

,Sec retary .

TOLED O , O.

“

_To ledo Ches s C lub meets over the Commerc ial National Bank,cor

ner of Summi t and Monroe S ts . Maur ice Judd, Pres ident. Col. C. C . Doo

l ittle , Sec retary .

TORONTO CANADAThe To ronto Chess C l ub meets i n the Athenaeum C lub rooms in

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LIST OF AMERICAN CHESS COLUMNS .

NetUSp apers .

New York C l ipp er,Um d i e Welt,New

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York Scotsman ,

New Yo rk Sunday Worl d ,Noah ’ s Sun day Times ,Latino Amer icano ,

E lm i ra Telegram,

Enfi‘

alo Sunday T imes ,

Ph iladelph ia S unday T imes ,Pittsburgh Ch ron icle -Telegraph ,

Harri sburg Sunday Telegram,

Balt imo re Sunday News ,Balt imoreAmer ican,

Newark Sunday Call ,Central New Jersey Herald ,Charleston Weekl y News ,C inc innat i Commerc ial Gazette ,Mirro r o f Amer ican Spo rts ,St .Lou i s Globe-Democrat,Anze iger,Nashvi l le Amer ican ,

Hart ford Weekl y T imes,Detro it Free Press ,Southern Trade Gazette,

New Orlean s T imes -Denincrat ,Quebec Morn ing Chron icle,Globe ,Ottawa C iti zen ,

Ottawa In dep endent Forester ,Toronto Week ,Argonaut,Brooklyn Chess Ch ron icle ,*Tur f

,Fiel d and Farm ,

Monthl y Magaz ine .

Where Publi shed .

NewYork ,New York ,New Yo rk ,New York ,New York ,New York ,E lm i ra, N . Y . ,

Bu ffalo,N . Y . ,

Ph i ladelph ia, Pa. ,

P ittsburgh , Pa. ,

Harr i sburg , Pa. ,

Baltimore , Md . ,

Balt imo re, Md . ,

Newark , N . J. ,

E l i zabe th ,N . J. ,

Charleston , S . C . ,

C inc innat i , O. ,

Ch icago , Il l . ,St . Loui s , Mo

St . Lou i s , Mo

Nashvi l le , Tenn . ,

Hartford , Conn . ,

Detro i t, Mich . ,

Loui svi l le , Ky . ,

New Orlean s , L a. ,

Quebec , Canada,S t. John ,

N . B . ,

Ottawa , Canada,

Ottawa , Canada,

Toron to , Canada.

San Franc i sco , Cal .

B rookl yn ,N. Y

New York ,

Edi tors .

M . J . Hazeltine .

P'

. J . Doyle.

J . B. Halkett.Unknown .

UnkIIOWn .

Unknown .

E . E . Burl ingame.

C . H . Tutton ,

G . Rei chhelm .

D r . T . D . Davi s .E Burl ingame .

E Denn i s .Sel lman .

Pop e .

A Balaguer.W . Mi l ler.K . D . Peterson .

Ben R . Foster .Hugo R inkel .A. B . Hodges .J . G . Bel den .

T . P . Bu l l .W . H . Lyons.

J . D . Seguin and C .A. Manri an .

M . J . Murphy .

C . F . S tubbs .J . B . Halkett.J . B . Halkett .

Chas . W . Ph i l l ip s .Unknown .

J . B . E . M . Munoz .Unknown .

G .

E .

W

E .

C .

A.

D .

R .

E .

J .

I N D E X

Allgaie l,

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ame r i can Ch e s s C l ub s and Re so rts , L i st o fAme r i can Che ss Column s

,L i st

Blackma r Gamb i t s

Cen ter

Cen ter Coun te r Gamb itChe s s Cod e o f the Ch es s Assoc iat ion o f the Un i ted S tate sCorre spond en ce Play , H in ts o n

E van s

G r imm ’ s At tack in KB Gamb i t , De feat o f

H ampe -Tho ro ld -Al l gaie r Gamb i t

I r regular

Je rome Gamb i t 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 : 0 0 0 0 0

King’ s Bi sh op ’ s Op en ing

King’ s Bi sh op ’ s Gamb i t

King’ s Kn igh t ’ s Gamb i t

King’

s Gamb i tKing

’ s Gamb i t Dec l ined

MeadowHay Open ing

New Or lean s Chess , C. W . C lub,Sketch of

Philidor’

s Defense

Qu een ’ s Bi shop ’ s Pawn ’ s Game

Queen ’ s Pawn Coun ter Gamb it

Recen t Pract ice of the Best PlayersRuy Lopez Kn ight’ s Open ing

Salvio Gamb it

Sco tch Gamb itS te in itz Gamb it

S tonewall Open ing

Three Kn igh ts’ Game

V ienna Game

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Amer i can Pol i ti cs , Cr i tical Rev iew o f.Reemelin 6

Ame r ican S tate Unive rs i ties . Ten Brook“ 7Ang lo - Saxon L i te ratu re . Hart. 3

Ant i S lavery befo re 1800. Poole . 5

Army of the Cumberland, H i s to ry of the .

Van Home

Ai tCharcoal D rawing Rober tCh ina Pai u te1 s

,S uggestions to. Mc

Laughl inCh i na Pai nting . McLaughlin

Po t tery Decoration . McLaughlinModelmg l n C lay . Vago u

Perspective ,E lementai y . Kel ler

Art of Pleas ing. A Lec ture . Roy

Bib le m the Common Schoo lsBiog raph icalCo ffi n , (Lev i ) . Remi ni scences .Co rwin (Thomas ) . Ru sse l l .Hayes (Ru therford B. ) L ife , Pub l ic Serv ices etc

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Sa iety . Mi ttenheimer

o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Camp il

ng and Cr u i s ing i n F lo r ida. Hen

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Cr ime and the Fami ly . NashDrainage , Land , Kli ppartDrunkard s

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Education,Common Schoo l. Curr ie

Educational Reformers , E ssay s on . Q uick.

Egyp t, Anc ient . OsbornE lements o f Knowledge . Bidd leFami ly Expense BookFa 1 Eas t . Letters fi om Egypt and Pa lest ine . Bur tFic tionGeneralsh i p , orHow IManaged My Hus

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Ind i ana. V incennes,Co lon ial H istori

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Mound Bu i lder s , Ind iansCaptiv i ty wi th the Ind ian s , 1755 1 759.

Smi thFootp r ints of Van i shed Races Conant .

Mound -Bu i lders .Mound s of the Mi s si ssi ppi Valley . Carr ..

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Ind ians,Exped i t ion again st. Bou

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OuruInd ian Wards. ManypennyPre H i stor i c Man

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etc Fo rce.

Pre-H istmic Remains i nKentu cky Carrand

Some Early No tices of Oh io Ind ians .

Name and Addres s BookNational Guard sman. Phister

North—West,D i scovery of the . Butterfield

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chtrachi ans Of NorthNorway, S ix Month s in . Anderson Romance of Western H i story . Hal l .Oh ioAthen s County . H i story . WalkerChampaign and Logan Counties . H i s

to ry. Antr im _

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Col umbu s . H i story . S tuder .Co shocton County. H i story . H untGreen Township , Hami lton County.

Reemelin

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Jou rney of Cap tain Trent to Pickawillany

Ross Pioneer Record . Finley .

Ohio Country , Journey to the.

Ohio Val ley H i stor i cal Mi s ce l lany 1

Old , Old Story. _ALecture. RoyOlden Time (The) . CraigOur BarrenLand s . Hazen

Penc i led F ly Leaves . P iattPhonographyAm e r i c a n Phonograph ic

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D i ctionary .

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