of} 11. dxc5 Qxc5 {would be answered with} 12.  Rxd7+ {winning the Queen, and as the continuation in the text is hopeless, there remains the only alternative of 10...  O-O with a good enough game, all things considered.}) 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12.  Qd2 {Simply posi tion play.  Black’s forces are paralyzed, and the King fixed on the middle of the centre.} Qb6 {Qc7 at once seems comparatively better, and if necessary Castles, and the case is not altogether hopeless.} 13. c3 a6 14.  Qc2 f5 15. g3 Nc5 16.  Bg2 Qc7 17.  Qe2 b5 18.  O-O Bb7 19. c4 b4 20.  Qd2 Rb8 21.  Qh6 Bxf3 22.  Bxf3 Qe5 23.  Rfe1 Qxb2 {Not a judicious capture, to say the least.} 24.  Qf4 Rc8 25.  Qd6 f6 {This move, or resigning.  There is nothing else.  The latter course would be more to the purpose, unless a miracle is expected.} 26.  Bh5+ Rg6 27.  Bxg6+ hxg6 28.  Rxe6+ 1-0

{PGN 72}

[Event “Blindfold Exhibition”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Morphy”] [Black “Bierwirth”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “C00”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game II., p. 200.”] [PlyCount “67”]

{Played by Mr. Morphy without seeing the Chess-board or men, against M. Bierwirth.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c6 3.  Bd3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5.  Nf3 Bg4 6.  O-O Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8.  Be3 Nd7 9.  Re1 Ne7 10.  Nbd2 Bxf3 11.  Nxf3 h6 12.  Qd2 Qc7 13. c4 dxc4 14.  Bxc4 f5 15.  Ne5 O-O-O 16.  Be6 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Kb8 18.  Qc3 {A very ingenious move.  If Black takes Qxe5, he of course loses her by “Bxa7+, etc.” and if with the Kt. it costs him at least a Piece.} Nb6 19.  Qa3 Nbc8 20.  Rac1 g5 21. f4 gxf4 22.  Bxf4 Rd4 23.  Qe3 Re4 24.  Qf3 Qb6+ 25.  Kh2 Rxe1 26.  Rxe1 Qb4 27.  Re2 Ng6 28.  Bd2 Qb5 29.  Bxc8 Rxc8 30.  Bxh6 Rh8 31.  Bg7 Rh7 32.  Bf6 Rf7 33.  Qh5 Nf4 34.  Qxf7 {And Black surrenders, after a struggle of nearly nine hours.} 1-0

{PGN 73}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “1854.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Pindar”] [Black “Montgomery, H. P.”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C10”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game III., p. 201.”] [PlyCount “68”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4.  Nc3 Bb4 5.  Nf3 Nf6 6.  Bd3 {A favorite move with several of the strongest of modern players.} c5 {If White take dxc5, the Black {K.  B.} is brought into play; and if not, the advance c4 is threatened.} 7.  Bd2 Bxc3 8.  Bxc3 c4 9.  Be2 Ne4 10.  O-O Nxc3 {Chiefly to double White’s Pawns.} 11. bxc3 Nd7 {Black foresaw the intended attack on c4, and by providing for it in this way brought another Piece into action.} 12.  Nd2 Nb6 13. a4 {White keeps up the attack on c4 with a great deal of vigor.  The move of a4 was a very good one.} a5 14.  Rb1 Qc6 {The best move.} 15.  Bf3 Qc7 16.  Ne4 Nxa4 17.  Qd2 O-O 18.  Rb5 {The R. is well posted—­for attack and defence.} f5 {Black has now resumed the offensive.} 19.  Ng3 Rb8 20. d5 Qd7 {Threatening to take QxQ if dxe6, and attacking Q. R. at the same time.  There was still another motive for this move, viz.:  to induce White to Rxa5, foreseeing the R. would be lost subsequently.}