21.  Rxa5 b5 {To enslave the Rook.} 22.  Qf4 {An excellent move.  In this and the succeeding moves, White played very well.  His efforts were directed to saving his R., but, as the result showed, without success.} Qb7 {Apparently hazardous, but justified by the gain of time.} 23. dxe6 Qb6 24. e7 Re8 25.  Re1 Be6 {We believe his best move.} 26.  Rxa4 {White was obliged to lose the exchange, although he fought manfully against it.} bxa4 27.  Qe5 {Another very good move in White.} Rxe7 28.  Nxf5 Rf7 29.  Nd6 Rf6 30.  Ne4 Rf5 31.  Qg3 Rd8 {Black’s advantage in the exchange begins now to tell on the game.} 32.  Ng5 Bd5 33.  Bxd5+ Rdxd5 34.  Ne6 Qxe6 {And Black wins.} 0-1

{PGN 74}

[Event “?”] [Site “?”] [Date “1857.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Philadelphia”] [Black “New York”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “B40”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game IV., p. 202”] [Mode “PM”] [PlyCount “81”]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3.  Nf3 e6 4.  Qxd4 Nc6 5.  Qd1 Bc5 6.  Bd3 Nge7 7.  Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9.  Ne4 Bb6 10.  Bb5 O-O 11.  Bxc6 bxc6 12.  O-O f5 13.  Ng3 Qc7 14. c4 Nf6 15.  Qc2 c5 16. b3 Bb7 17.  Ng5 Qc6 18. f3 Bc7 19.  Re1 Rae8 20.  Bb2 g6 21.  Re2 e5 22.  Rae1 e4 23. fxe4 Bf4 24.  Nh3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Nxe4 26.  Ng5 Nxg5 27.  Qc3 Qxg2+ 28.  Rxg2 Rxe1+ 29.  Qxe1 Nf3+ 30.  Kf1 Nxe1 31.  Rd2 f4 32. gxf4 Ng2 33.  Rd7 Rxf4+ 34.  Kg1 Be4 35.  Rg7+ Kf8 36.  Rxh7 Ne3 37.  Rh8+ Kf7 38.  Be5 Rf1+ 39.  Kh2 Nf5 40.  Kh3 g5 41.  Rc8 {And Philadelphia announces mate in six moves.} 1-0

{PGN 75}

[Event “Blindfold Exhibition”] [Site “?”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Morphy”] [Black “Preti”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “B21”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game V., p. 203.”] [PlyCount “47”]

{Played by Mr. Morphy without seeing the Chess-board or men, against M. Preti.} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3.  Nf3 e5 4.  Bc4 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7.  Nxe5 Qf6 8.  Bxf7+ Kf8 9.  Nd3 Bb6 10.  Bb3 d6 11.  Ba3 Nc6 12.  O-O Nh6 13. e5 Qg6 14.  Nf4 Qg4 15.  Ne6+ {This is more effectual than Qxd6 at once.} Bxe6 16.  Qxd6+ Kf7 17.  Qd7+ Kg6 18.  Bxe6 Qg5 19.  Bd5 Nxe5 20.  Be4+ Nf5 21.  Qe6+ Qf6 22.  Bxf5+ Kh5 23. g4+ Nxg4 24.  Bxg4+ {And Black surrenders.} 1-0

{PGN 76}

[Event “?”] [Site “Philadelphia, PA., USA”] [Date “????.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Clements”] [Black “Lewis, Dr.”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “B40”] [Annotator “The Blue Book of Chess, Game VI., p. 204”] [PlyCount “125”]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 {The proper move.} 3.  Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5.  Bb5+ Nc6 6.  O-O Nf6 7.  Ne5 Qb6 8.  Bxc6+ bxc6 9.  Re1 Be6 10.  Qe2 {Well played.} cxd4 11.  Nxf7 {This move, properly followed up, should have given White the game.} Ne4 12.  Nxh8 O-O-O 13.  Qf3 Bc5 14.  Rxe4 dxe4 15.  Qxe4 Re8 16. b4 Bd7 17.  Qxe8+ Bxe8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19.  Ba3 Qxc2 20. h3 d3 21.  Bb4 Qb2 22.  Bc3 Qc1+ 23.  Kh2 c5 24.  Bd2 Qc2 25. a4 Bc6 {Allowing the escape of the Knight.} 26.  Nf7 Qd1 27.  Nd6+ Kd7 28.  Nc4 Be4 29.  Bc3 Qc2 30.  Ncd2 Bd5 31.  Bxg7 c4