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. (Capt.  E.)                BLACK. (Mr. P.)
1.  P. to K’s 4th.                1.  P. to K’s 4th.
2.  P. to Q. B’s 3d.              2.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.
3.  P. to Q’s 4th.                3.  P. takes P.
4.  P. to K’s 5th.                4.  Kt. to K’s 5th.
5.  Q. to K’s 2d.                 5.  Kt. to his 4th.
6.  P. takes P.                   6.  B. to Q. Kt’s 5th. (ch.)
7.  Q. Kt. to B’s 3d.             7.  Q. Kt to B’s 3d.
8.  Q. to her 3d.                 8.  P. to Q’s 4th.
9.  P. to K. B’s 4th.             9.  Kt. to K’s 5th.
10.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.            10.  Q. B. to K. B’s 4th.
11.  Q. to K’s 3d.                11.  Castles.
12.  P. to Q. R’s 3d.             12.  B. to Q. R’s 4th.
13.  P. to Q. Kt’s 4th.           13.  B. to Q. Kt’s 3d.
14.  Q. B. to Kt’s 2d.            14.  Q. B. to Kt’s 5th.
15.  Q. Kt. to Q. R’s 4th.        15.  B. takes K. Kt.
16.  Q. Kt. takes B.              16.  B. takes K. Kt.  P.
17.  B. takes B.                  17.  Q. to K. R’s 5th. (ch.)
18.  K. to his 2d.                18.  Q. R. P. takes Kt.
19.  B. takes Kt.                 19.  P. takes B.
20.  Q. takes P.                  20.  Q. to Kt’s 5th. (ch.)
21.  Q. to K. B’s 3d.             21.  Q. to K. B’s 4th.
22.  Q. R. to Q. B’s sq.          22.  Q. Kt. takes Q. Kt.  P.
23.  K. R. to K. Kt’s sq.[A]      23.  Q. Kt. to B’s 3d.
24.  K. R. to Kt’s 5th.           24.  Q. to her 2d.
25.  P. to Q’s 5th.               25.  Kt. to K’s 2d.
26.  K. R. takes K. Kt.  P. (ch.)  26.  K. to R’s sq.
27.  Q. to her 3d.                27.  Kt. to K. Kt’s 3d.
28.  R. takes Kt.                 28.  Q. R. to K’s sq.
28.  K. to B’s 2d.[B]             29.  R. to K’s 3d.
30.  R. to K. Kt’s 3d.            30.  R. to Q’s sq.
31.  P. takes R.                  31.  Q. to K’s 2d.[C]
32.  P. takes P.
Black surrenders.

[Footnote A:  Black played ingeniously in offering to give up the Kt.  If White had taken it, he must have been subjected to an embarrassing attack for some little time.]

[Footnote B:  Had he played on the P. (dis. ch.), he could not take the Q. until his King was removed.]

[Footnote C:  Taking the Q. would have been fatal to him.]

GAME II.—­Between Messrs. Cochrane and Staunton.

{PGN 45}

WHITE. (Mr. S.)                  BLACK. (Mr. C.)
1.  P. to K’s 4th.                1.  P. to K’s 4th.
2.  P. to Q. B’s 3d.              2.  P. to Q’s 4th.
3.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.             3.  K. Kt. to B’s 3d.
4.  K. Kt. takes P.               4.  K. Kt. takes P.
5.  P. to Q’s 4th.                5.  K. B. to Q’s 3d.
6.  Q. Kt. to Q’s 2d.             6.  Castles.
7.  Q. Kt. takes K. Kt.           7.  P. takes Kt.
8.  Q. B. to K. B’s 4th.          8.  B. takes Kt.
9.  Q. B. takes B.                9.  Q. Kt. to B’s 3d.
10.  K. B. to Q. B’s 4th.         10.  Q. B. to K’s 3d.
11.  K. B. to Q. Kt’s 5th.        11.  Q. Kt. to K’s 2d.
12.  Castles.                     12.  P. to Q. B’s 3d.
13.  K. B. to Q. R’s 4th.         13.  Q. Kt. to K. Kt’s 3d.

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