1. e4 e5 2.  Bc4 Nf6 3.  Nc3 Bc5 4.  Nf3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. d3 Be6 7.  Bb3 Nc6 8.  Ne2 Qe7 9.  Ng3 Nd4 10.  Nxd4 Bxd4 11. c3 {White gains a move by this exchange of Pieces.} Bb6 12.  O-O d5 {h6 would have been better play.} 13.  Bg5 c6 14.  Nh5 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bxb3 16.  Qf3 {This is very finely played, and is an example to young players of the importance of gaining time at chess.  Had White paused in his attack to recover the lost Bishop, the adversary might have succeeded in dislodging one or other of the Pieces by which he is beleaguered, or in bringing his own forces to the rescue, and then have ultimately retrieved the game.} Bc4 17.  Bxf6 Qe6 18.  Nxg7 Be2 19.  Nxe6 Bxf3 20.  Nxf8 1-0

{PGN 41}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Schulten”] [Black “Horwitz”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C26”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 132.”] [PlyCount “29”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Bc4 Nf6 3.  Nc3 b5 4.  Bxb5 Bc5 5. d3 c6 6.  Bc4 Qb6 7.  Qe2 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9.  Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Bxf2+ {Black plays capitally now to the end.} 11.  Qxf2 Qb4+ 12.  Bd2 Qxc4 13.  Qf3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.  Qg3 $19 {And Black mated by force in three moves.  It is rarely in actual play one sees so pretty a mate.} 0-1

{PGN 42}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Bledow, Dr.”] [Black “Von Bilguer”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C23”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game III., p. 132.”] [PlyCount “65”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4.  Nf3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6.  Qd5 Nd6 7.  Nxe5 c6 8.  Qf7+ Nxf7 9.  Bxf7+ Ke7 10.  Bg5+ Kd6 11.  Bxd8 Kxe5 12. f4+ Kf5 13.  Bg5 Bb4+ 14. c3 Bc5 15.  Bb3 h6 16.  Bc2+ Kg4 17.  Bd1+ Kf5 18. g4+ Kg6 19.  Bc2+ Kf7 20.  Bh4 Be7 21.  Bg3 d5 22. f5 Nd7 23.  Nd2 Bf6 24.  Nf3 Re8+ 25.  Kf2 Nc5 26.  Rhe1 Bd7 27. b4 Ne4+ 28.  Rxe4 {The terminating moves are admirably played by Dr. Bledow.} dxe4 29.  Bb3+ Kf8 30.  Bd6+ Be7 31.  Ne5 g5 {It is quite evident that on taking the B., mate would have followed next move.} 32. f6 {Beautifully played.} e3+ 33.  Kg1 1-0

{PGN 43}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Amateur”] [Black “Amateur”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C23”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game IV., p. 133.”] [PlyCount “53”]

1. e4 e5 2.  Bc4 c6 3.  Qe2 Qc7 4. c3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. f5 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.  Bb5+ Bd7 9.  Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. d4 e4 11.  Nh3 O-O-O 12.  O-O Bd6 13.  Nf4 h6 14.  Qf2 Ng4 15.  Qe2 h5 16.  Nxd5 Bxh2+ 17.  Kh1 Qd6 18.  Qxe4 Rhe8 19.  Qf3 g6 20.  Bg5 f6 21.  Bd2 g5 22.  Na3 a5 23.  Nc4 Qc6 24.  Nxa5 Qb5 25. c4 Qa4 26.  Nb6+ Nxb6 27.  Qxb7# 1-0

{PGN 44}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Evans, Captain”] [Black “P.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C20”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 135.”] [PlyCount “63”]