The Blue Book of Chess, based on the work of Staunton and Modern Authorities


WHITE.	BLACK.
1. P. to Q. B's 4th.	1. P. to K's 4th.
2. Q. Kt. to B's 3d.	2. P. to K. B's 4th.
3. P. to K's 3d.	3. K. Kt. to B's 3d.
4. P. to Q's 4th.	4. P. to K's 5th.
5. K. Kt. to R's 3d.
You have the advantage in position.

French Defence.
Game I.—Between Drs. Lasker and Tarrasch.

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WHITE. (Dr. L.)	BLACK. (Dr. T.)
1. P. to K's 4th.	1. P. to K's 3d.
2. P. to Q's 4th.	2. P. to Q's 4th.
3. Kt. to Q. B's 3d.	3. Kt. to K. B's 3d.
4. B. to Kt's 5th.	4. B to Kt's 5th.
5. P. takes P.	5. Q. takes P.
6. Kt. to B's 3d.[A]	6. P. to B's 4th.[B]
7. B. takes Kt.	7. P. takes B.
8. Q. to Q's 2d.	8. B. takes Kt.
9. Q. takes B.[C]	9. Kt. to Q's 2d.
10. R. to Q's sq.	10. R. to K. Kt's sq.[D]
11. P. takes P.	11. Q. takes P.
12. Q. to Q's 2d.[E]	12. Q. to Kt's 3d.[F]
13. P. to B's 3d.	13. P. to Q. R's 3d.
14. Q. to B's 2d.	14. P. to B's 4th.
15. P. to K. Kt's 3d.	15. Kt. to B's 4th.
16. B. to Kt's 2d.	16. Q. to B's 2d.
17. Q. to K's 2d.	17. P. to Kt's 4th.
18. Castles.	18. B. to Kt's 2d.
19. P. to B's 4th.	19. P. to Kt's 5th.
20. Q. to Q's 2d.	20. R. to Kt's sq.
21. Q. to R's 6th.	21. B. takes Kt.
22. B. takes B.	22. Q. to K's 4th.
23. K. R. to K's sq.	23. Q. takes P.[G]
24. Q. to B's 4th.	24. R. to Q. B's sq.
25. Q. to Q's 6th.	25. P. to B's 3d.[H]
26. B. to R's 5th. (ch.)	26. R. to Kt's 3d.
27. B. takes R. (ch.)	27. P. takes B.
28. R. takes P. (ch.)	28. Resigns.

[A] The best line of play against the McCutcheon defence. It was played in a game Sjöberg vs. Giersing, Stockholm, 1906.

[B] Out of place in this position. Q. Kt. to Q's 2d or Kt. to K's 5th, would be alternatives—the former move in preference.

[C] This excellent move was probably not taken into consideration by Tarrasch when advancing P. to B's 4th.

[D] If 10.., P. takes P., then 11. R. takes P., and Black could not challenge the Queen with 11.., Q. to Q. B's 4th, because of 12. R. to Q. B's 4th. Nor could 10.., K. to K's 2d be played, because of 11. P. takes P., and 11.., Q. takes B. P. would be answered with 12. R. takes Kt. winning the Queen, and as the continuation in the text is hopeless, there remains the only alternative of 10.., Castles, with a good enough game, all things considered.

[E] Simply position play. Black's forces are paralyzed, and the King fixed on the middle of the centre.

[F] Q. to B's 2d at once seems comparatively better, and if necessary Castles, and the case is not altogether hopeless.

[G] Not a judicious capture, to say the least.

[H] This move, or resigning. There is nothing else. The latter course would be more to the purpose, unless a miracle is expected.

Game II.—Played by Mr. Morphy without seeing the Chess-board
or men, against M. Bierwirth.

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WHITE. (Mr. M.)	BLACK. (M. B.)
1. P. to K's 4th.	1. P. to K's 3d.
2. P. to Q's 4th.	2. P. to Q. B's 3d.
3. K. B. to Q's 3d.	3. P. to Q's 4th.
4. P. takes P.	4. K. P. takes P.
5. K. Kt. to K. B's 3d.	5. Q. B. to K. Kt's 5th.
6. Castles.	6. K. B. to Q's 3d.
7. P. to K. R's 3d.	7. Q. B. to K. R's 4th.
8. Q. B. to K's 3d.	8. Q. Kt. to Q's 2d.
9. K. R. to K's sq.	9. K. Kt. to K's 2d.
10. Q. Kt. to Q's 2d.	10. Q. B. takes Kt.
11. Kt. takes B.	11. P. to K. R's 3d.
12. Q. to Q's 2d.	12. Q. to Q. B's 2d.
13. P. to Q. B's 4th.	13. P. takes P.
14. K. B. takes P.	14. P. to K. B's 4th.
15. Kt. to K's 5th.	15. Castles on Q's side.
16. K. B. to K's 6th.	16. B. takes Kt.
17. P. takes B.	17. K. to Q. Kt's sq.
18. Q. to Q. B's 3d.[A]	18. Q. Kt. to Q. Kt's 3d.
19. Q. to Q. R's 3d.	19. Q. Kt. to Q. B's sq.
20. Q. R. to Q. B's sq.	20. P. to K. Kt's 4th.
21. P. to K. B's 4th.	21. P. takes P.
22. Q. B. takes P.	22. Q. R. to Q's 5th.
23. Q. to K's 3d.	23. Q. R. to K's 5th.
24. Q. to K. B's 3d.	24. Q. to Q. Kt's 3d. (ch.)
25. K. to K. R's 2d.	25. Q. R. takes R.
26. R. takes R.	26. Q. to Q. Kt's 5th.
27. R. to K's 2d.	27. K. Kt. to K. Kt's 3d.
28. Q. B. to Q's 2d.	28. Q. to Q. Kt's 4th.
29. K. B. takes Kt.	29. R. takes B.
30. B. takes K. R. P.	30. R. to K. R's sq.
31. B. to K. Kt's 7th.	31. R. to K. R's 2d.
32. B. to K. B's 6th.	32. R. to K. B's 2d.
33. Q. to K. R's 5th.	33. Kt. to K. B's 5th.
34. Q. takes R.

And Black surrenders, after a struggle of nearly nine hours.

[A] A very ingenious move. If Black take the Pawn with his Queen, he of course loses her by "B. takes Q. R. P. (ch.), etc." and if with the Kt. it costs him at least a Piece.

Game III.—Played in 1854, between Mr. H. P. Montgomery, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Pindar,
now one of the leading members of the Manchester Chess Club, England.

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WHITE. (Mr. P.)	BLACK. (Mr. M.)
1. P. to K's 4th.	1. P. to K's 3d.
2. P. to Q's 4th.	2. P. to Q's 4th.
3. P. takes P.	3. Q. takes P.
4. Q. Kt. to B's 3d.	4. K. B. to Q. Kt's 5th.
5. K. Kt. to B's 3d.	5. K. Kt. to B's 3d.
6. K. B. to Q's 3d.[A]	6. P. to Q. B's 4th.[B]
7. Q. B. to Q's 2d.	7. B. takes Kt.
8. B. takes B.	8. P. to Q. B's 5th.
9. K. B. to K's 2d.	9. K. Kt. to K's 5th.
10. Castles.	10. Kt. takes B.[C]
11. P. takes Kt.	11. Q. Kt. to Q's 2d.[D]
12. Kt. to Q's 2d.	12. Kt. to Kt's 3d.
13. P. to Q. R's 4th.[E]	13. P. to Q. R's 4th.
14. Q. R. to Q. Kt's sq.	14. Q. to Q. B's 3d.[F]
15. B. to K. B's 3d.	15. Q. to Q. B's 2d.
16. Kt. to K's 4th.	16. Kt. takes Q. R. P
17. Q. to Q's 2d.	17. Castles.
18. Q. R. to Q. Kt's 5th.[G]	18. P. to K. B's 4th.[H]
19. Kt. to K. Kt's 3d.	19. Q. R. to Q. Kt's sq
20. P. to Q's 5th.	20. Q. to Q's 2d.[I]
21. R. takes Q. R. P.	21. P. to Q. Kt's 4th.[J]
22. Q. to K. B's 4th.[K]	22. Q. to Q. Kt's 2d.[L]
23. Q. P. takes P.	23. Q. to Q. Kt's 3d.
24. P. to K's 7th.	24. K. R. to K's sq.
25. K. R. to K's sq.	25. B. to K's 3d.[M]
26. R. takes Kt.[N]	26. P. takes R.
27. Q. to K's 5th.[O]	27. K. R. takes P.
28. Kt. takes P.	28. K. R. to K. B's 2d.
29. Kt. to Q's 6th.	29. K. R. to K. B's 3d.
30. Kt. to K's 4th.	30. K. R. to K. B's 4th.
31. Q. to K. Kt's 3d.	31. Q. R. to K. B's sq.[P]
32. Kt. to K. Kt's 5th.	32. B. to Q's 4th.
33. B. takes B. (ch.)	33. R. takes B.
34. Kt. to K's 6th.	34. Q. takes Kt.[Q]
And Black wins.

[A] A favorite move with several of the strongest of modern players.

[B] If White take P. with P., the Black K. B. is brought into play; and if not, the advance of P. to B's 5th is threatened.

[C] Chiefly to double White's Pawns.

[D] Black foresaw the intended attack on the B. P., and by providing for it in this way brought another Piece into action.

[E] White keeps up the attack on the B. P. with a great deal of vigor. The move of R. P. two was a very good one.

[F] The best move.

[G] The R. is well posted—for attack and defence.

[H] Black has now resumed the offensive.

[I] Threatening to take Q. if P. takes P., and attacking Q. R. at the same time. There was still another motive for this move, viz.: to induce White to take R. P., foreseeing the R. would be lost subsequently.

[J] To enslave the Rook.

[K] An excellent move. In this and the succeeding moves, White played very well. His efforts were directed to saving his R., but, as the result showed, without success.

[L] Apparently hazardous, but justified by the gain of time.

[M] We believe his best move.

[N] White was obliged to lose the exchange, although he fought manfully against it.

[O] Another very good move in White.

[P] Black's advantage in the exchange begins now to tell on the game.

[Q] Threatening mate if R. takes Q.

Game IV.—Played by Correspondence between New York and Philadelphia, in 1857.

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WHITE. (N.Y.)	BLACK. (Phila.)
1. P. to K's 4th.	1. P. to Q. B's 4th.
2. P. to Q's 4th.	2. P. takes P.
3. K. Kt. to B's 3d.	3. P. to K's 3d.
4. Q. takes P.	4. Q. Kt. to B's 3d.
5. Q. to Q's sq.	5. K. B. to Q. B's 4th.
6. K. B. to Q's 3d.	6. K. Kt. to K's 2d.
7. Q. Kt. to B's 3d.	7. P. to Q's 4th.
8. P. takes P.	8. K. Kt. takes P.
9. Q. Kt. to K's 4th.	9. B. to Q. Kt's 3d.
10. B. to Q. Kt's 5th.	10. Castles.
11. K. B. takes Kt.	11. P. takes B.
12. Castles.	12. P. to K. B's 4th.
13. Q. Kt. to K. Kt's 3d.	13. Q. to Q. B's 2d.
14. P. to Q. B's 4th.	14. Kt. to K. B's 3d.
15. Q. to Q. B's 2d.	15. P. to Q. B's 4th.
16. P. to Q. Kt's 3d.	16. B. to Q. Kt's 2d.
17. K. Kt. to Kt's 5th.	17. Q. to Q. B's 3d.
18. P. to K. B's 3d.	18. B. to Q. B's 2d.
19. K. R. to K's sq.	19. Q. R. to K's sq.
20. B. to Q. Kt's 2d.	20. P. to K. Kt's 3d.
21. K. R. to K's 2d.	21. P. to K's 4th.
22. Q. R. to K's sq.	22. P. to K's 5th.
23. P. takes P.	23. B. to K. B's 5th.
24. K. Kt. to K. R's 3d.	24. B. takes Kt.
25. P. takes B.	25. Kt. takes P.
26. Kt. to Kt's 5th.	26. Kt. takes Kt.
27. Q. to Q. B's 3d.	27. Q. takes K. Kt. P. (ch.)
28. R. takes Q.	28. R. takes R. (ch.)
29. Q. takes R.	29. Kt. to B's 6th. (ch.)
30. K. to B's sq.	30. Kt. takes Q.
31. R. to Q's 2d.	31. P. to B's 5th.
32. P. takes P.	32. Kt. to K. Kt's 7th.
33. R. to Q's 7th.	33. R. takes P. (ch.)
34. K. to Kt's sq.	34. B. to K's 5th.
35. R. to K. Kt's 7th. (ch.)	35. K. to B's sq.
36. R. takes K. R. P.	36. Kt. to K's 6th.
37. R. to K. R's 8th. (ch.)	37. K. to B's 2d.
38. B. to K's 5th.	38. R. to K. B's 8th. (ch.)
39. K. to K. R's 2d.	39. Kt. to K. B's 4th.
40. K. to R's 3d.	40. P. to K. Kt's 4th.
41. R. to Q. B's 8th.
And Philadelphia announces mate in six moves.

Game V.—Played by Mr. Morphy without seeing the
Chess-board or men, against M. Preti.

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WHITE. (Mr. M.)	BLACK. (Mr. P.)
1. P. to K's 4th.	1. P. to Q. B's 4th.
2. P. to Q's 4th.	2. P. takes P.
3. K. Kt. to K. B's 3d.	3. P. to K's 4th.
4. K. B. to Q. B's 4th.	4. K. B. checks.
5. P. to Q. B's 3d.	5. P. takes P.
6. P. takes P.	6. K. B. to Q. B's 4th.
7. K. Kt. takes K's P.	7. Q. to K. B's 3d.
8. K. B. takes K. B. P. (ch.)	8. K. to B's sq.
9. K. Kt. to Q's 3d.	9. K. B. to Q. Kt's 3d.
10. K. B. to Q. Kt's 3d.	10. P. to Q's 3d.
11. Q. B. to Q. R's 3d.	11. Q. Kt. to Q. B's 3d.
12. Castles.	12. K. Kt. to K. R's 3d.
13. P. to K's 5th.	13. Q. to K. Kt's 3d.
14. K. Kt. to K. B's 4th.	14. Q. to K. Kt's 5th.
15. K. Kt. to K's 6th. (ch.)[A]	15. Q. B. takes Kt.
16. Q. takes Q. P. (ch.)	16. K. to B's 2d.
17. Q. to Q's 7th. (ch.)	17. K. to K. Kt's 3d.
18. K. B. takes B.	18. Q. to K. Kt's 4th.
19. K. B. to Q's 5th.	19. Q. Kt. takes K. P.
20. K. B. to K's 4th. (ch.)	20. K. Kt. to K. B's 4th.
21. Q. to K's 6th. (ch.)	21. Q. to K. B's 3d.
22. K. B. takes Kt. (ch.)	22. K. to K. R's 4th.
23. P. to K. Kt's 4th. (ch.)	23. Kt. takes P.
24. K. B. takes Kt. (ch.)
And Black surrenders.

[A] This is more effectual than taking the Queen's Pawn with Queen at once.

Game VI.—Played at the Philadelphia Athenæum,
between Mr. Clements and Dr. Lewis.

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WHITE. (Mr. C.)	BLACK. (Dr. L.)
1. P. to K's 4th.	1. P. to Q. B's 4th.
2. P. to Q's 4th.	2. P. to K's 3d.[A]
3. K. Kt. to B's 3d.	3. P. to Q's 4th.
4. K. P. takes P.	4. K. P. takes P.
5. K. B. to Q. Kt's 5th. (ch.)	5. Q. Kt. to Q. B's 3d.
6. Castles.	6. K. Kt. to B's 3d.
7. K. Kt. to K's 5th.	7. Q. to Q. Kt's 3d.
8. B. takes Kt. (ch.)	8. P. takes B.
9. R. to K's sq.	9. Q. B. to K's 3d.
10. Q. to K's 2d.[B]	10. Q. B. P. takes P.
11. Kt. takes K. B. P.[C]	11. K. Kt. to K's 5th.
12. Kt. takes R.	12. Castles.
13. Q. to K. B's 3d.	13. K. B. to Q. B's 4th.
14. R. takes Kt.	14. P. takes R.
15. Q. takes P.	15. R. to K's sq.
16. P. to Q. Kt's 4th.	16. Q. B. to Q's 2d.
17. Q. takes R. (ch.)	17. B. takes Q.
18. Kt. P. takes B.	18. Q. takes P.
19. Q. B. to R's 3d.	19. Q. takes B. P.
20. P. to K. R's 3d.	20. P. to Q's 6th.
21. B. to Kt's 4th.	21. Q. to her Kt's 7th.
22. B. to Q. B's 3d.	22. Q. to Q. B's 8th. (ch.)
23. K. to R's 2d.	23. P. to Q. B's 4th.
24. B. to Q's 2d.	24. Q. to Q. B's 7th.
25. P. to Q. R's 4th.	25. B. to Q. B's 3d.[D]
26. Kt. to K. B's 7th.	26. Q. to Q's 8th.
27. Kt. to Q's 6th. (ch.)	27. K. to Q's 2d.
28. Kt. to Q. B's 4th.	28. B. to K's 5th.
29. B. to Q. B's 3d.	29. Q. to Q. B's 7th.
30. K. Kt. to Q's 2d.	30. B. to Q's 4th.
31. B. takes P.	31. P. to Q. B's 5th.
32. B. to Q. B's 3d.	32. Q. to Q's 8th.
33. Kt. to R's 3d.	33. Q. to K. R's 4th.
34. Kt. to Q. Kt's 5th.	34. Q. to K. Kt's 3d.
35. P. to K. B's 3d.	35. P. to K. R's 4th.
36. B. to K's sq.	36. P. to K. R's 5th.
37. R. to K's 5th.	37. B. to Q. B's 3d.
38. Kt. takes Q. R. P.	38. B. takes Q. R. P.
39. Kt. takes Q. B. P.	39. B. to Q. Kt's 6th.
40. B. to Q's 5th. (ch.)	40. K. to Q. B's 2d.
41. B. to K's 5th. (ch.)	41. K. to Q. Kt's 2d.
42. B. to Q's 7th. (ch.)	42. K. to R's 3d.
43. B. to Q's 6th. (ch.)	43. Q. takes R.
44. B. takes Q.	44. B. takes Kt.
45. B. to Q. Kt's 4th.	45. K. takes Kt.
46. K. to K. Kt's sq.	46. K. to Q. Kt's 3d.
47. B. to Q's 2d.	47. K. to Q. B's 4th.
48. K. to K. B's 2d.	48. K. to Q's 4th.
49. B. to K's sq.	49. K. to K's 4th.
50. K. to K's 3d.	50. K. to K. B's 4th.
51. B. takes P.	51. P. to Q's 7th.[E]
52. K. takes P.	52. K. to K. B's 5th.
53. K. to K's sq.	53. B. to Q's 6th.
54. K. to K. B's 2d.	54. K. to K. B's 4th.
55. P. to K. Kt's 3d.	55. B. to Q. B's 5th.
56. P. to Kt's 4th. (ch.)	56. K. to Kt's 3d.
57. P. to K. B's 4th.	57. B. to Q's 4th.
58. P. to K. B's 5th. (ch.)	58. K. to K. Kt's 2d.
59. P. to K. Kt's 5th.	59. B. to K's 5th.
60. P. to K. B's 6th. (ch.)	60. K. to Kt's 3d.
61. K. to Kt's 3d.	61. B. to Q's 4th.
62. K. to Kt's 4th.	62. B. to K's 3d. (ch.)
63. K. to Kt's 3d.
And Black draws the game.

[A] The proper move.

[B] Well played.

[C] This move, properly followed up, should have given White the game.

[D] Allowing the escape of the Knight.

[E] From this point, we believe Black can draw the game against White's best possible play. The latter part of the game is well played by Black.

Game VII.—Played in Oct. 1858, between Mr. James Thompson
of New York and Mr. H. P. Montgomery of Philada.

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