1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Nf3 g5 4.  Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 Qe7 {The proper move is d6.} 6.  O-O h6 7.  Nc3 c6 8. e5 Qb4 9.  Ne4 Bf8 10.  Qe2 {This little game is excellently played by White.} g4 11.  Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6+ Kd8 13.  Ne5 Rh7 14. c3 f3 15.  Qe4 Nf6 16.  Qxh7 Nxh7 $18 {And White gave checkmate in six moves.} 1-0

{PGN 49}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “der Laza, V. H.”] [Black “H.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C38”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 141.”] [PlyCount “36”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Nf3 g5 4.  Bc4 Bg7 5.  O-O h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 c6 8.  Qb3 {Having now your d pawn protected, and an opening for your Queen, you can advantageously advance the g pawn, and sacrifice your N, as in the Muzio Gambit} Qe7 9. g3 g4 10.  Bxf4 gxf3 11.  Rxf3 Be6 12. d5 Bg4 13. dxc6 Bxf3 14. cxb7 Qxe4 15. bxa8=Q Qxa8 16.  Bxf7+ Kf8 17.  Bxg8 Rxg8 18.  Bxd6+ Ke8 $18 {White mates in three moves.  A brilliant and amusing little skirmish.} 1-0

{PGN 50}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Z.”] [Black “Popert”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C38”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game III., p. 141.”] [PlyCount “49”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Nf3 g5 4.  Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6.  O-O h6 7. g3 g4 8.  Nh4 f3 9.  Be3 Nc6 10. c3 Bf6 11.  Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nge7 13.  Qb3 d5 14.  Bd3 Qd7 15.  Qc2 h5 16.  Nd2 h4 17.  Bf4 O-O-O 18. a4 hxg3 19.  Bxg3 Rh5 20. b4 Nxf5 21.  Bxf5 Qxf5 22.  Qb2 Bh4 23.  Bxh4 Rxh4 24. a5 Rxh2 25.  Kxh2 $19 {Black mates in three moves.} 0-1

{PGN 51}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “der Laza, V. H.”] [Black “J.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C35”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, p. 144.”] [PlyCount “39”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Nf3 Be7 4.  Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 {The correct reply is Kf1.} fxg3 6.  O-O gxh2+ 7.  Kh1 Bf6 8.  Ne5 Bxe5 9.  Qh5 Qe7 10.  Rxf7 Qc5 11.  Rf8+ Ke7 12. d4 Qxd4 {The best move.} 13.  Bg5+ Nf6 {Kd6 is the proper play.} 14.  Bxf6+ gxf6 15.  Qf7+ Kd6 16.  Nc3 Rxf8 17.  Qxf8+ Kc6 18.  Qb4 d5 19.  Bb5+ Kb6 20.  Na4# 1-0

{PGN 52}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “H——­d”] [Black “der Laza, V. H.”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C37”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 151.”] [PlyCount “45”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Nf3 g5 4.  Bc4 g4 5.  Ne5 Qh4+ 6.  Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3 8. g3 Qh3+ 9.  Kf2 Qg2+ 10.  Ke3 f6 11.  Nd3 Nf7 12.  Nf4 Bh6 13.  Kd3 Bxf4 14.  Bxf4 c6 15.  Nc3 O-O 16.  Bd6 b5 17.  Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. h3 b4 19.  Bxb4 Ba6+ 20.  Ke3 Qxg3 21.  Qg1 Qc7 22.  Qxg4+ Rg7 23.  Qxf3 $18 1-0

{PGN 53}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “?”] [Black “?”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C37”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 151.”] [PlyCount “38”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Nf3 g5 4.  Bc4 g4 5.  Ne5 Qh4+ 6.  Kf1 f3 7.  Qe1 fxg2+ 8.  Kxg2 Qh3+ 9.  Kf2 Bg7 10. d4 d6 11.  Bxf7+ Ke7 12.  Bxg8 Rxg8 13.  Nc4 Qf3+ 14.  Kg1 Bxd4+ 15.  Be3 g3 16. h3 g2 17.  Rh2 Bxh3 18.  Nbd2 Qf1+ 19.  Nxf1 gxf1=Q# 0-1