1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Bc4 Qh4+ 4.  Kf1 g5 5.  Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. e5 Nge7 8.  Nf3 Qh5 9.  Ne4 h6 10.  Nf6+ Bxf6 11. exf6 d5 12.  Bd3 Nf5 13.  Qe1+ Kd8 14.  Ne5 Nfxd4 {Had Black checked with his Kt. and taken the Rook, he would have been mated in five moves.} 15. c3 Nxe5 16.  Qxe5 Nc6 17.  Qxd5+ Ke8 18.  Bb5 {This portion of the game is played by Mr. McDonnell with great judgment.} Be6 19.  Bxc6+ Kf8 20.  Qc5+ Kg8 21.  Bf3 Qg6 22.  Qd4 c5 23.  Qe5 Re8 24.  Be2 {It would have been better to take Qxc5.} f3 25.  Kf2 {It is obvious he would have lost his Q. by taking the P.} fxe2 26.  Be3 b6 27. h4 Bd7 28.  Qd5 Qxf6+ 29.  Kxe2 Bg4+ 30.  Kd2 Rd8 0-1

{PGN 64}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Perigal”] [Black “?”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C33”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game III., p. 178.”] [PlyCount “38”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Bc4 Qh4+ 4.  Kf1 g5 5.  Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7.  Kg2 Bxc3 {This is not advisable play.} 8.  Nf3 Qg4 9.  Bxf7+ Kf8 {Taking the Bishop would evidently involve the loss of the Queen.} 10. h3 Qxe4 11. dxc3 Kxf7 12.  Re1 Qc6 13.  Qd4 Nf6 14.  Bxg5 Re8 15.  Rxe8 Nxe8 16.  Qf4+ Nf6 17.  Kxg3 Qd6 18.  Ne5+ Kg7 19.  Bh6+ Kg8 $18 {White mates in two moves.} 1-0

{PGN 65}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “?”] [Black “Staunton, Howard”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C33”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game IV., p. 179”] [PlyCount “44”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Bc4 d5 4. exd5 {It is better to play Bxd5.} Nf6 5.  Qf3 Bd6 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 c6 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. d4 Ne4 10.  Bxf4 Qh4+ 11. g3 Nxg3 12.  Bxd6 Nxh1+ 13.  Kf1 Be6 14.  Bd3 Rad8 15.  Bh2 Bd5 16.  Qf4 Qh5 17.  Nd2 Ne7 18. c4 Ng6 19.  Qg4 Qh6 20.  Rd1 Qe3 21.  Qf5 Bg2+ 22.  Kxg2 Nh4+ $19 0-1

{PGN 66}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Desloges”] [Black “Kieseritzky”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C33”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game V., p. 180.”] [PlyCount “75”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.  Bc4 b5 4.  Bxb5 Qh4+ 5.  Kf1 g5 6.  Nf3 Qh5 7.  Be2 g4 8.  Nd4 d6 9. h3 Bg7 10.  Nb3 f3 11. gxf3 gxh3 12. f4 Qh4 13. d3 h2 14.  Bf3 Nc6 15. d4 Ba6+ 16.  Kg2 Nh6 17.  Rxh2 Qf6 18.  Be3 Rg8 19.  Qh1 Nxd4 20.  Nxd4 Qxd4 21.  Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22.  Kh3 Bc8+ 23.  Kh4 Bf6+ 24.  Kh5 Rg6 25.  Rg2 Ng8 26. f5 Rh6+ 27.  Kg4 Rxh1 28. c3 Be5 29.  Be2 Nf6+ 30.  Kf3 Nxe4 31.  Rg8+ Ke7 32.  Rxc8 Ng5+ 33.  Kg4 h5+ 34.  Kxg5 f6+ 35.  Kg6 Rg1+ 36.  Kh7 Rxc8 37. a3 Rcg8 38.  Bc4 $19 {And Black mates in three moves.} 0-1

{PGN 67}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Morphy”] [Black “Bornemann”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C30”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game I., p. 183.”] [PlyCount “61”]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3.  Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5.  Bc4 Nf6 6. fxe5 Bxf3 7.  Qxf3 dxe5 8. d3 Nc6 9.  Bg5 a6 10.  Nd2 Be7 11.  O-O-O Qd7 12.  Nf1 O-O-O 13.  Ne3 h6 14.  Bh4 g5 15.  Bg3 Rdf8 16.  Nd5 Ne8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nd6 19.  Bb3 Bd8 20.  Rhf1 Nb5 21.  Qe3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23.  Nb6+ {A manoeuvre altogether unforeseen by M. Bornemann.} cxb6 24.  Be6 Rd5 25.  Rf7 Ne7 26.  Kb1 Re8 27.  Rc1+ Nc7 28.  Bxd7+ Rxd7 29. d5 {Capitally played.  Black can take it only at the expense of a Piece.} Nc6 30. dxc6 Rxe3 31. cxd7+ {And Black gives up the battle, after fighting for above nine hours.} 1-0