1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 Nc6 3.  Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6.  Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9.  Bxd5 Qxd5 10.  Qf3 Rd8 {From this point we look upon the game as virtually lost for White.} 11.  Qxd5 Rxd5 12.  Ke2 ({Probably his best move.  Had he played} 12. b4 Nxb4 13. cxb4 Bd4 {winning the exchange.}) 12...  Bg4+ 13.  Nf3 Rad8 14. d4 {As good a move, perhaps, as he had on the board.  By playing Rd1, he would evidently have lost a Piece.} exd4 15. c4 Re8+ 16.  Kf2 {Well conceived.  Tempting Black to open the discovered check, which would cost him ‘the exchange.’} Rd7 17.  Nbd2 d3+ 18.  Kg3 Bxf3 19.  Nxf3 Re2 20.  Bd2 Rd6 21.  Rad1 Rg6+ 22.  Kh3 {Interposing Ng5, and then pushing f5 on the Rook afterwards, would have been unwise, on account of Bd6+, etc.} Rh6+ 23.  Nh4 Be7 24. g3 Nd4 25.  Bc3 Ne6 {Threatening, if White took at d3, to win a Piece.} 26.  Kg4 Bxh4 27. gxh4 Re4 28.  Rhf1 Rg6+ 29.  Kf5 Re3 30. h5 Rg2 31. h4 Nc5 32.  Rfe1 g6+ {And then Black mates in two moves.} 0-1

{PGN 15}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Staunton, Howard”] [Black “St. Amant”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C53”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game V. p. 84.”] [PlyCount “59”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 Nc6 3.  Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 exd4 {The proper move is Bb6.  Taking the Pawn gives an immediate advantage to White.} 6.  O-O Ne5 7.  Nxe5 Qxe5 8. f4 dxc3+ 9.  Kh1 Qd4 10.  Qb3 Nh6 11.  Nxc3 O-O 12. h3 {If White play f5 at this point, his opponent may move Ng4, threatening to play afterwards Qg1+, and then mate with Nf2+.} c6 13. f5 Qf6 14. e5 {From this move the attack is very lively and interesting.} Qh4 15.  Bxh6 Qxh6 16.  Ne4 Bd4 17.  Nd6 Qh5 18.  Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. g4 Bxe5 {There appears to be nothing better, bad as this is.} 20.  Rae1 Qxh3+ 21.  Qxh3 Bxd6 22.  Re8+ Bf8 23.  Rfe1 d5 24.  Rd8 Rd7 25.  Ree8 Rxd8 26.  Rxd8 b6 27.  Qe3 Bb7 28.  Rxa8 Bxa8 29.  Qe6+ Kh8 30.  Qf7 1-0

{PGN 16}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “2 Amateurs of Utica, NY”] [Black “Cheney, of Syracuse, NY”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C54”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game VI., p. 85.”] [Mode “PM”] [PlyCount “58”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 Nc6 3.  Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7.  Bb5 Ne4 8.  Bxc6+ bxc6 9. cxd4 Bb6 10.  O-O Bg4 11.  Be3 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14.  Nh2 f5 15. f3 Ng3 16.  Re1 f4 17.  Bf2 Qe7 18.  Nc3 h5 19.  Qa4 Be8 20. b4 Qe6 21.  Qb3 Bd7 22.  Ne2 h4 23.  Nf1 a5 24.  Nfxg3 hxg3 25.  Bxg3 fxg3 26. a3 Qh6 27.  Kg2 Bxg4 28. fxg4 Bxd4 29.  Rad1 —­ {Black announced mate in four moves.} 0-1

{PGN 17}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Popert”] [Black “A Fine Player of London”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C54”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game VII., p. 85”] [PlyCount “57”]