The Blue Book of Chess eBook

Howard Staunton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about The Blue Book of Chess.

The Blue Book of Chess eBook

Howard Staunton
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about The Blue Book of Chess.
WHITE. (Mr. S.)                  BLACK. (M.  St. A.)
1.  P. to K’s 4th.                1.  P. to K’s 4th.
2.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.             2.  Q. Kt. to B’s 3d.
3.  K. B. to Q. B’s 4th.          3.  K. B. to Q. B’s 4th.
4.  P. to Q. B’s 3d.              4.  Q. to K’s 2d.
5.  P. to Q’s 4th.                5.  P. takes P.[A]
6.  Castles.                      6.  Q. Kt. to K’s 4th.
7.  Kt. takes Kt.                 7.  Q. takes Kt.
8.  P. to K. B’s 4th.             8.  P. takes Q. B. P. (dis. ch.)
9.  K. to R’s sq.                 9.  Q. to her 5th.
10.  Q. to her Kt’s 3d.           10.  Kt. to K. R’s 3d.
11.  Q. Kt. takes P.              11.  Castles.
12.  P. to K. R’s 3d.[B]          12.  P. to Q. B’s 3d.
13.  P. to K. B’s 5th.            13.  Q. to K. B’s 3d.
14.  P. to K’s 5th.[C]            14.  Q. to K. R’s 5th.
15.  Q. B. takes Kt.              15.  Q. takes Q. B.
16.  Kt. to K’s 4th.              16.  B. to Q’s 5th.
17.  Kt. to Q’s 6th.              17.  Q. to K. R’s 4th.
18.  B. takes K. B. P. (ch.)      18.  R. takes B.
19.  P. to K. Kt’s 4th.           19.  B. takes K. P.[D]
20.  Q. R. to K’s sq.             20.  Q. takes K. R. P. (ch.)
21.  Q. takes Q.                  21.  B. takes Kt.
22.  R. to K’s 8th. (ch.)         22.  B. to his sq.
23.  K. R. to K’s sq.             23.  P. to Q’s 4th.
24.  Q. R. to Q’s 8th.            24.  R. to Q’s 2d.
25.  K. R. to K’s 8th.            25.  R. takes Q. R.
26.  R. takes R.                  26.  P. to Q. Kt’s 3d.
27.  Q. to K’s 3d.                27.  Q. B. to Kt’s 2d.
28.  R. takes R.                  28.  B. takes R.
29.  Q. to K’s 6th. (ch.)         29.  K. to R’s sq.
30.  Q. to K. B’s 7th. 
Black resigns.

[Footnote A:  The proper move is B. to Q. Kt’s 3d.  Taking the Pawn gives an immediate advantage to White.]

[Footnote B:  If White play P. to K. B’s 5th at this point, his opponent may move Kt. to K. Kt’s 5th, threatening to play afterwards Q. to K. Kt’s 8th (ch.), and then mate with his Kt. at B’s 7th.]

[Footnote C:  From this move the attack is very lively and interesting.]

[Footnote D:  There appears to be nothing better, bad as this is.]

          GAME VI.—­Played by correspondence between Mr. Cheney,
          of Syracuse, N.Y., and two Amateurs of Utica, N.Y.

{PGN 16}

WHITE. (Utica.)                  BLACK. (Syracuse.)
1.  P. to K’s 4th.                1.  P. to K’s 4th.
2.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.             2.  Q. Kt. to B’s 3d.
3.  K. B. to Q. B’s 4th.          3.  K. B. to Q. B’s 4th.
4.  P. to Q. B’s 3d.              4.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.
5.  P. to Q’s 4th.                5.  P. takes P.
6.  P. to K’s 5th.                6.  P. to Q’s 4th.
7.  B. to Q. Kt’s 5th.            7.  Kt. to K’s 5th.
8.  B. takes Kt. (ch.)            8.  P. takes B.
9.  P. takes P.                   9.  B. to Q. Kt’s 3d.
10.  Castles.                     10.  Q. B. to K. Kt’s 5th.
11.  B. to K’s 3d.                11.  Castles.

Copyrights
Project Gutenberg
The Blue Book of Chess from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.