uncomfortable.} Kh8 12. d4 Rg8 13.  Bd3 Qe7 14.  Rab1 {Routine—­indirectly including the questionable 16. d5?.  At once Ng1, to be speedily followed by g3 and f4, would have given the matter another and perhaps very different complexion.} b6 15.  Ng1 Be6 $1 16. d5 $2 Bd7 17. g3 Rg7 18.  Rbe1 Rag8 {...  The difference is in favor of the young American representative, who presses it fully.} 19. f3 {Manifestly weakening.  The Russian champion feels himself on the defensive, and at a loss how to continue.  Thus the text move may be as good as any other.} h5 $1 20.  Re2 Nf8 21. f4 exf4 22.  Qxf4 Nh7 23.  Nf3 Bg4 24.  Nd4 {Nh4 would be much stronger, the importance of halting the advancing Rook Pawn duly considered.  Going from bad to worse, the downright blunder two moves later caps the climax—­and more need not be said.} h4 $1 25.  Re3 Qe5 26. gxh4 $2 Bf3+ 0-1

{PGN 09}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Cochrane”] [Black “Staunton”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C40”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 72.”] [PlyCount “39”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 d5 3.  Nxe5 Qe7 4. d4 f6 5.  Nc3 fxe5 6.  Nxd5 Qf7 7.  Bc4 Be6 8.  O-O c6 9. f4 cxd5 10. fxe5 Qd7 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. e6 Qc6 13.  Qh5+ g6 14.  Qxd5 Ne7 15.  Qe5 Qxc4 16.  Qxh8 Nf5 17.  Bh6 Qb4 18.  Qxf8+ Qxf8 19.  Bxf8 Kxf8 20. g4 1-0

{PGN 10}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Jaenisch”] [Black “Petroff”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C40”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 73.”] [PlyCount “73”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 d5 3.  Nxe5 Qe7 4. d4 f6 5.  Nf3 dxe4 6.  Nfd2 f5 7.  Be2 Nc6 8.  Nb3 Nf6 9.  O-O Qf7 10. c4 Bd7 11.  Bf4 O-O-O 12.  Nc3 h6 13. a3 g5 14.  Bd2 f4 15. d5 Ne5 16.  Nd4 Bc5 17.  Be1 Rhg8 18. b4 Be7 19. f3 e3 20.  Qb3 g4 21. c5 gxf3 22.  Nxf3 Nxf3+ 23.  Bxf3 Ng4 24.  Qc4 Kb8 25.  Qe4 Rde8 26. d6 Bc6 27.  Qd4 Bxf3 28.  Rxf3 Bg5 29.  Nb5 c6 30. d7 Re6 31.  Bg3 cxb5 {If Black had taken fxg3 at this point, the following moves show that he would have equally lost:—­} (31... fxg3 32.  Qxg4 gxh2+ 33.  Kh1 Qxd7 34.  Qg3+ {and wins.}) 32.  Bxf4+ Ne5 33.  Bxe5+ Rxe5 34.  Qxe5+ Ka8 35.  Rxf7 e2 36.  Qe8+ Rxe8 37. dxe8=Q+ {and wins.} 1-0

{PGN 11}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Capdebo”] [Black “Harrwitz, D.”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C54”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 79.”] [PlyCount “42”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 Nc6 3.  Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7.  Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.  Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.  Qe2+ Be6 11.  Bb5 O-O 12.  Bxc6 bxc6 13.  O-O Rb8 14. b3 Nf4 15.  Qa6 Re8 16.  Rfe1 Qd7 17.  Ne5 Qxd4 18.  Ndf3 Qb6 19.  Qxb6 Rxb6 20.  Rac1 f6 21.  Nc4 Ra6 {And Black ultimately won.} 0-1

{PGN 12}

[Event “?”] [Site “Philadelphia Athenaeum, PA, USA”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “McCabe”] [Black “Montgomery, H. P.”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C53”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II. p. 80”] [PlyCount “46”]