detects the weak spots, and how immediately he takes advantage of his opponent’s slightest omission or commission.—­Hoffer.} Kf7 34.  Rhg1 gxf5 35.  Qh5+ Ke7 36.  Rg8 Kd6 $2 37.  Rxf5 Qe6 38.  Rxe8 Qxe8 39.  Rxf6+ Kc5 {Imprudent.  The King should make for safety in the corner, via c7.—­Mason.} 40.  Qh6 {Threatening Rf8.—­Gunsberg.} Re7 41.  Qh2 $1 Qd7 {Qd7 is a final blunder.  Rd7 should have been played, or Re6.  The game is now over.  It will be readily admitted that it is a well-earned victory which none will grudge the plucky young player.—­Hoffer We really cannot see a satisfactory move, for if Re6, then follows Qf2+, and Rf8.  Or if Qd8 then likewise Qf2+ should gain some advantage, as, on Kb5, White could continue with a4+ and Qc5, etc.—­Gunsberg.} 42.  Qg1+ d4 43.  Qg5+ Qd5 44.  Rf5 Qxf5 45.  Qxf5+ Kd6 46.  Qf6+ 1-0

{PGN 27}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “1858.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Philadelphia”] [Black “New York”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C54”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 108.”] [Mode “TC”] [PlyCount “77”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.  Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 {The best move.} 6. e5 d5 7.  Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9.  Nbd2 {Preparatory to the move of Qc2.} O-O 10.  Bxc6 bxc6 11.  Qc2 {Threatening to win pawn at c6 or Nxe4, winning the d5 pawn.} Nxd2 12.  Bxd2 Bg4 {If Black had played Ba6, to prevent White O-O, White would have won a piece by a4.} 13.  Ng5 {A premature move.} g6 14.  Qc3 f6 {The best move.} 15. h3 Bf5 {Better than fxg5, as White would then have opened the Rook’s file.} 16.  Nf3 Be4 {Better than fxe5.} 17.  Bf4 {The best move.} fxe5 18.  Bxe5 Qe7 {Intending to advance c6 Pawn.  A strong move.} 19.  O-O-O {An impudent move, in the face of such an attack.} c5 20.  Rhe1 {A strong move.} cxd4 {c4 perhaps stronger.} 21.  Bxd4 c5 22.  Be5 Rae8 {Weak.  We cannot see its object.  Why not Rad8?} 23.  Bg3 Qb7 {The best move.} 24.  Ne5 {Preparatory to Ng4, and then Be5.} d4 25.  Qc4+ Bd5 26.  Qa4 {Preventing Black’s contemplated move with the Q.} Re6 {With a view of withdrawing the B. and playing the Ra6.} 27.  Ng4 h5 28.  Rxe6 Bxe6 29.  Qc2 Kh7 30.  Re1 {The first move of a combination, which gave the victory to Philadelphia.} Bf5 {Insures the winning of the Kt.} 31.  Qd2 {A powerful move, as it compels Black to take the Kt., and thereby opens White’s R’s file.} hxg4 32. hxg4 Qd5 {If Bxg4, White would have played Qg5, threatening to check K. and Q. with R., or win the R.} 33.  Rh1+ ({An all important check before gxf5, as it prevented} 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34.  Rh1+ Rh5) 33...  Kg8 34. gxf5 Qxf5 35.  Qh6 g5 36.  Bd6 {A very attacking move.  Much better than Be5.} Rf6 37.  Qh5 {A better move than checking, as it prevented Black’s K. escaping to f7, and then to e6.  White also threatened g4.} Qg6 ({Black would have lost the Rook, if} 37...  Rxd6 38.  Qe8+ Kg7 39.  Qe7+) 38.  Qh8+ Kf7 39.  Re1 {The coup de grace.} 1-0

{PGN 28}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “1857.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Philadelphia”] [Black “New York”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C44”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 109.”] [Mode “PM”] [PlyCount “63”]