C H ESS O P ENING S

FO R B EG INN ERS

BY TH E

R EV . E . E . C UN N INGTO N, M A , . .

A UT H OR ou
r

” “
T HE wo m an c r m ss 93 m m
-
, H H O URS
ALF - w x r u m on p m
'
r, ar e .

Iw ill lead fo r th m y soldier s to the plain .

—Skak sf ea r e K Ri ch iii ; Act v ,

. . so. 3 .

LON D ON
GEO RGE RO UTLEDGE SO NS, LIMITE D ,
BIOADWAY, L UDGATI HILL,
 LO NDON
PR INT E D 8 ? WILLIA M OW
CL E S A N D SO NS, LIMIT E D ,

ST A OR D R
MF ST EET A ND C HA R ING C RO SS.
 P R EFACE .

T HE object of this un pr eten ti ous l ittl e wor k is to

g i v e the b eg i nn er a s ho r t sketch o f the var i ous

ways m o r e o r less tr i ed an d appr oved o f star ti n g

, ,

a g am e o f che ss . Except in a few cases

ti cular in te r e st the O pen in g has n ot been car r i ed
,

beyon d the fir st si x or seven m oves o n each side .

Som e of the O pen in g s her e g iven ar e ver y li ttle

pr acti sed at the pr esen t tim e ; but they m ay at ,

an y later t im e be b r oug ht i n to favo ur ag ain ther e

, ,

bein g a fashion in these as in other m atter s A .

pleasan t though un system atic way of lear ni n g

so m eth in g o f the O pen in gs m ay be foun d i n
wor kin g out gam e s by em in en t player s O r if a.
,

m or e co m plete cour se of in str ucti on b e de sir ed ,

the r eader m ay be r ecom m ended to con sult

.

Mr Jam e s Mason s Che ss O penings? of Che ss

:-
“’
.
”

O pen in gs An cien t an d M oder n by M e ssr s Fr ee

”
, , .

bor ough an d Ranken the latter bein g the m ost

,

com pl ete Engli sh wor k on the subject

iv PR EFAC E .

If in the foll owin g pag es som e of the n otes

se e m tri te an d tr ivial the wr i ter s apo l og y m ust
’
,

be that he wi shed to sm ooth the path of the

beginn er to whom at fir st all m oves seem an d
, ,

n atur ally al ike g ood o r i n d iffe r en t

,
An d if he has .

at all succeeded in l ig hten in g the d i ffi cul t ie s o f

such a on e an d i n g ivin g hi m a he l pin g han d in to

,

higher r egi on s thi s littl e wor k will have m et with

,

all the success that he ever hoped .

ABB R EVIATIO NS, &c .

The n o tati on l
p yo ed i
her e
s th eem
sho r tes t an d m ost
“
com m on l y used ( See H o
. w to P l ay C he ss,
”
pr i ce 6d , .

Br i tish C hess Han db ook Ser i es ) A ll s uar es n am ed i n . q

descr i bin g a m o v e ar e nam ed fr om the m ove/ s si de o f the
b oar d —
O O Castl es on K si de ; “ — —
O O O
C astl es on Q si de ; to ; x takes ; i p. .

i n passin g ; “
ch . chec
“
q
s . q
s uar e ;
“
K t( K 5 )
the K t on Ki ng s
’
th
s sq ; .
Q x B ( Q4) ”
Q ta k es t he B
at her pl ay er ’
s Q
’
4 thssq an d so.on .

Wher e no r em ar k i s m ade, the v ar iati ons ar e l eft at a

poi n t wh er e n ei ther player has any appr eciable advan tag e.

C HE SS O P E NINGS F O R
BE GINNE RS .

THE O PEN INGS .

Tbe B est Way s to Star t a Gam e .

You have set up the m en in o r der , an d you ar e

to play wi th Whi te (which always has fir st m ove) .

H ow ar e you to com m en ce oper ati on s P O n ly

a Kt o r a P c an m ov e ; expe r i en ce show s that to

star t by m ovin g th e Q K t i s n o t ood ; I K t— K E3

g .

i s so m etim e s played, an d wil l be m en ti on ed later

on . r
. K t K R 3 i s sim ply bad r easo n s ar e ( 1 )
— —

it on l y com m an ds two squar es towar d s fr on t ( K B4,

K K t5 ) , in stead o f four ( K R 4, K K ts, Q 4 , an d K 5 ) ,
as at i ts B3 ; ( 2 i t m ig ht be taken ther e by Black
)
QB, g g y i v i n o u two R P s ( the we ake st o n the
boar d) So m ove a Pawn ; but wh ich of the eight ?
.

It i s be st to m ove the K s or the Q s P (r eason ,

’ ’

set s fr ee m ax im um o f fo r ce , Q an d a B) , m ove i t
tw o squar e s ( par tly to fr ee the Bs, o n e o f which
would be other wi se b l ocked ag P K 3 , b l ockin g
— .
-

the Q B s outl et an d par tly to com m an d squar e s

’
—

in the en em y s gr oun d) KP or Q P m oved two

’
.

squar e s i s the be st star t , an d you n eed n eve r seek

a thir d that othe r s ar e bad — e x cept as bein g
'

no
6 C HE SS O PENINGS FO R B EGINNERS .

l ess g ood ; the best of the other s wor kin g in t o

these two .

Now for g e n e raa l i de a O f wh a t y o u m u st ai m at

in the begin n in g of a g am e At the star t your
.
,

pieces ( except the Kn ig hts) ar e l ocked up an d for ,

the tim e bein g usel ess You have to r elease

, .

the m to get them out to the fr on t and so to

, ,

ar ran g e them that they m ay be st wor k tog ether for

offence an d for defen ce ; to place them wher e they
m ay stan d safely ( n ot liab le to be in ter cepted or
sur pr ised) wi th l in es of r etr eat an d al so m ay have ,

m ost attackin g powe r ( m ost oppor tun i ty o f do in g

e fi ec tual wo r k) again st the en em y
'

G eo r ge Walker s advi ce i s excell en t an d ter sel y

’
,

sum s up what you shoul d ai m at ( i e have as a . .

wor king pr in ciple though you m ay n ot always be

,

ab l e to ca r r y i t out r ig id ly) in open in g yo ur gam e

Do n ot pr em atur ely attack befor e your for ce is
tol er ably devel oped in the fi el d Play up the .

cen tr e Ps get out your K ts an d Bs have your K

, ,

castl ed an d your R s in co oper ation (this i m plies a

-

car eful advan ce o f Q) Such is the outlin e of the

.

best dir ecti on s to a begin n er as to O pen in g his gam e .

”

R eason an d exper i en ce have se ttl ed upon ce r tain

be st ways of com m en cin g a gam e ; an d it is better
to accept these r e sults ( tr yi n g to under stan d the
pr in ciples un der lyin g them ) than to tr y an d stri ke
out fr esh path s for your self H ave a r eason g ood
.
—

o bad as m ay be
r ,
— s ti ll s om e so r t o f a r ea so n for your
m ove other wi se how can you expect to im pr ove P
,

But n ow star tin g wi th 1 P K 4 let us suppose

,
—
,

that Black an swer s with the sam e r —

P K4 ;
, .

y o u m g t ike to play a Q
i h l — R 5 attackin g the
.
,

undefended K P Black canno t affor d to l ose it,

.
 t . P K4, P— K4 ; O
— PENING .

so m ust defen d o e way H e coul d play

it in s m .

a. B — this i s bad on pr in cipl e (it

Q3 ; b ut
ob str ucts his Q P an d con sequen tly his Q B
hin der s hi s m en fr om com in g in to the field) O r .

he m ight play 2 K t Q B3 to whi ch r epl y

—
,

m ig ht be 3 B — K t5 ( Mr eaten: 4 B x Kt an d -
. .
,

the n 5 Q x KP eh winn in g a Pawn ) foll owed by

. .
, ,

3. P —
Q3 & c T he m ov e
, 2 Q — K .z .

has onl y this ag ai n st it that the b l ock o f Blac k s

’
,

KB n lzt po ssibly lose a li ttl e tim e Black m ay .

play a . P Q 3 then 3 B B4 ( thr eaten s

— —
, .

4 Q
. x B P m a te l) an d 3 P — K K t3 s
,top s
m ate an d dr i ves ofi Q B3 ( th r eaten in g
'

say Q — -

sam e m ate) an d Black can stop i t by

,
—
B K3 ,

K t KB3
— White Q has n ow spen t two
.

m oves on an attack l eadin g to n othin g an d i s at a ,

squar e whe r e sh e has n o par ti cular futur e be fo r e her

H owever to g o a m ove far ther after 4
, ,

K t K B3 suppose 5 Q Q K t3 ( thr eaten s B x BP

—
, .
-

check) Black develops hi s Q to K 2 ( de fen din g

,

BP) wh ile hi s K B has a g ood squar e r eady for hi m

at K K tz Wh ite s Q m ove s ar e waste of tim e a
.
’
—

waste which m ay be fatal ; his secon d m ove is n o t

ood — i s pr em atur e sally o f Q wh i ch m ust l o se
g a ,

val uab le tim e in r etr eatin g havin g a li ttl e helped ,

to develop the O ppo n en t s for ces Pr in ciple an d ’

.

exper ien ce ar e again st the m ove Do n ot ign or e .

these two factor s As to .

Ot/ia '
Second M ou r f
o Wli fe ,

2 . P— K B3 1s bad, as havin g other par ticular

no

efl ect than to b lock up outlet for Q whi ch your

'

fir st m ove had m ade, an d to take fr om your K K t

8 C HE SS O PENIN GS FOR B EGINNE RS .

hi s b est squar e B
Q 3 .i s l
P
p ya— a bl e a fa i r l y
g ood m ove) as gi v in g an othe r o u tl et to Q ; othe r

m oves o f Pawn s ( except 2 P —

Q4 o r P — K. B 4 , ,

which ar e appr oved m oves) ar e weak as n ot ,

hel pin g to develop your for ces ti e as spen din g

— .

tim e aim lessly ( or n ear ly so ) .

T her e i s n ot m uch har m in z P K K t3 ( or — .

P Q K t3 ) to place the K ( o r Q) B at i ts K t s
— ’
,

sec on d squar e — but n ot m uch g ood T he r e ar e .

better ways of spen din g the tim e so occupied .

z Q
.
— B3 i s bad ( for about the sam e r eason s as i s
2 .
Q — R z Q — K t 4 i.s eve n wo r se ; B l a ck
an swe r s by a P Q 4 un m askin g hi s QB
— , ,

an d so dr ivin g 03 the Q ; e ithe r she m ust stay o ut

som ewher e r unn i n g chan ce s o f bein g tr apped by
,

Black s m in or pi eces or m ust g o b ac k to Q sq

’
, .

( bett e r than to K 2 wh i ch ob str ucts KB)

, l o s i n g ,

valuab le ti m e a B B4 i s g ood an d will be

— . .
,

tr eated later on ; so i s a K t Q B3 But m ost — . .

i m por tan t i s 2 K t K B3 givin g r ise to the

— .
,

Kin g s Kn ight s O pen in g whi ch ( accor din g to

' ’ ”
,

the sequel) b r an ches o ff in to sever al g ood an d

r ecogn i sed O pen in g s
”
.

K IN G S K N IG H T S O P E N IN G
’ ’
.

— —
[ 1 . P— K 4, P K 4 z . K t K B3 ]
.

Befor e g oin g fur ther we will dispo se of sever al ,

b ad an swer s o f Black Either he m ust de fen d hi s

.

KP o r attack White s (gettin g Pawn for Pawn ) A ’

.

m ove like s B B4 l eavin g the KP un de

—
,

fe n ded si m ply th r ows away a val uab l e P for a ver y

,

sl ig ht g ain in devel opm en t .

 K IN GS
’
KNIGHT S ’
O PENING .

z KB3 is a weak m ove her e

P— It lays .

Black K s flan k dan g er ously open White m ay

’
.

safel y play 3 K t x P , b r in g in about the D am i an o

.
g
G am b i t Suppo se Black to seize the Kt we get
3 P X Kt ; 4 Q — R 5 e h .
, P — K K t 3; 5 Q . .

x KP ch , foll owed by 6 Q x R, spe ll in g r ui n fo r

.

. .

B ck But, a ter 4 Q R 5 ch , tr y 4
la . f — . K .

K z , s Q x KP eh , K — B z ( for ced) , 6 B— B4
. . .

ch , P
.
—
Q ( 4 be st ) , 7 B P c h , K.
— K t 3 x It 18 . .

n o t har d to see tha t Black is in a bad way— the

thr ee P3 the Kt ; then l ook at the exposed,
hel pl ess, positi on of Black K The sequel m ight .

be, P 8 .
— K R4 ( th e ten s P R 5 m ate) , P R4
r a — —

( be st ) 9
; B x K t P ,
. B x B ( to sa v e R ); 1 0 Q — B 5 .

ch , K R 3 r 1 P Q4 dis ch , P K t4 (for ced) ,

.
-
.
-— . .

n . B x P ch , for king K an d Q O f cour se Black

. .

n eed n o t tak e the Kt ; hi s be st i s 3 — Kz

Q .

then 4 t K B3 , Q x ’ KP ch , with a tol er abl e

K — . .

g a m e i n fa ct , Wh i te s be st co u r s e ( u n l e ss he
tr usts to Black s ign or an ce) 13 to let the KP al on e
’

an d play 3 B - B4 stoppin c t K de
( .
g as l in g s i ) , an d
devel op his pieces as qui ckly as he can .

O ther weak defen ces o f Bla ck s KP ar e 2

’
o
. .

Q — Kz z
, B —
Q3 ( ob s t r u ct i n g the deve l op
m en t of other pi ece s by b l ockin the Q )P a
g
— B places the b d y t ht o ow f
Q 3 Q a l ; h i s m ig f ll o r a
begin n er ; 3 B B4, Q K K t3 ( attacking KP an d
— — .

K K tP) But White m ay safe ly leave ei th er ex

.

posed ( Diag suppo se ( A) 4 Castles, an d th at . .

Black gr ab s the KP ; 5 B x P c , K K z ( for h —

. .

by K x B 6 K t K ts ch , Black Q 18 lo st ;
.
—

f
. . .

whil e, a ter K Q sq , foll ows 6 Kt x P, an d

— o
. .

Black dar es n ot take Kt o n accoun t of 7 R K sq , — . .

Q m ove s out o f w a y; 8 R — K 8 m a te
.
); 6 R — K .
to C H ESS O PENINGS FOR B EGI NNERS .

sq .
, Q — B5 ( no better ) ; 7 . R X P , ehX .
;K B
— ch , K — K t3 ;
8.
Q 4, Q P— B 3; 9 . Kt — K ts .

IO Q —.
Q3 eh , an d whe r e c a
.n K g o ? If R 3( o to
r

R 4) , the Q i s l o st by the Kt go i n g K 4, to
d i s

Bl ack .

Dr ao am 1.

Whi te to Move .

cover in g check fr m o B ( or R ) . Now B

( ) tr y
4 . P— Q 3o an d l e t laB ck play Q
X K tP
Wh ite again con tin ues 5 B X P ch . . t e
h n if
K X B ; 6 R K t sq Q
— . .
,
— R6 7
—
K t K ts eh , .

fo r k s K an d Q ; whi le if 5 K — K z ( or Q
6
. R— K t sq .
, Q — R 6 ; 7 R— . Kt3 , an d ha w t
is the Q to do ?
It would be obv i ously im po ssib l e to tr eat m an y
m ove s wi th th is degr ee o f e x h austiven e ss The
begin n er m ust r em em ber that the m oves r ecom
m en ded in C hess book s h ave been te sted an d pr oved
-

tim e after tim e ; an d if at a ver y ear ly stage of the ,

 GIUOC O PIANO . 11

gam e he thin ks he sees for him self som ethin g that

,

ever yon e else has over l ooked the chan ces ar e that ,

he is un der a delusi on which an exper ien ced player

would quickly di spel .

Black s best r eplie s to z K t K B3 ar e

’
— .

K t Q B3
— P Q 3 ( de fen d in g his P) an d
,
—
,

K t K B3 ( l eavin g the KP un de fen ded but

—
,

attack in g Whi te P) .

We wil l n ow take a r egular O pen in g called the

G IUO CO P IAN O QUIET GAME) .

[ ITAL IAN G a m
]
a

Quietly devel opin g the B5 ar e well placed

( be ar in g on the weak s pot the K BP wh i ch o n l y , ,

the K defen ds) an d each side i s fr ee to cas tle .

H er e com e s in a tr ap ; 3 K t Q s (l eavin g
—

KP exposed ) White shoul d play 4 Kt X Kt

, .

( do u b l in g B lack P 5 ) o r ca stl e ; b u,t suppo se he

m i staken l y plays 4 Kt X KP ; then 4 .
Q
K t4 an d th i s (c g ) m ig ht h appen 5 Kt X B P
u
, .
,

Q X K tP ; 6 . R — B sq .
, Q X K P ch .
7 . B— K z,
—
K t B6, m a te ; yhow White woul d
but an l o se
so m ethin g ; ag 4 B X
. P ch
.
( be st) K —
Q q ;
s .
, .

5. C astl e s ( be st ) Q X Kt,; o r t r y 5 K t— K B3 , .
,

Q X K t P ; 6 R .
— B sq Q X Kt & c
.
, , .

—
4 . P Q3
Begi n n er s often play her e P— K R3 ( to pre ven t
12 C H E SS O PENI NG S FOR BE GI NNE RS .

hostile B fr om com in g to his K K t5 pin n in g Kt or , ,

attack in g Q) ; b ut it i s se l do m g ood play ; it l o se s

tim e an d weaken s the Pawn po sition These .

four th m ove s suppo r t the K Ps an d fr ee the Q Bs .

Whi te . Bl ac k .

5 . B — K3 B — K t3

T he object of White s m ove i s to have in case ’

,

of B ck exchan gin g Bs the KB file O pen for his

la ,

K R ( af ter castlin g ) doub lin g the KP would

str en g the n his Ps Black r etr eats as he does n ot
.
,

wi sh his Q P dr awn f r om the cen tr e ( pr in ciple

other th in g s bein g equal to b r in g Ps towar d s n ot , ,

fr om cen tr e of boar d)
,
If Wh ite at m ove 6 ex .
, ,

chan g ed Bs it woul d give Black ( as he woul d take

,

with R P in cr easin g the val ue of that P) an O pen

,

l in e for hi s QR Goin g b ack .

5. K t— K t5 ( th r e ate n i n g Kt o r B X K BP) i s m et
by . K t R 3 ; an d if 6 K t K B3 ( th r eaten s
— — .

B X Kt doub lin g Ps on R fi le) Black can play ,

6 KtK K t5 ; an d i f, ag ain , 7
— K t5 , . Kt—

Black can castle an d the exchan g e o f White s B ’

an d Kt fo r the R an d K BP would be n efit Black

( y g
b e tt in g r i d o f two o f W h i te ’
s p i ece s i n g ood
play) N o O bject o to 5 C astle s, or K t Q B3 ;
. i n — .

but 5 B K K t5 i s a usele ss attack o n Q, be in g

.
-

m e t by K t B3 ( deve l opin g an othe r pi e c e ,

—

an d exch an g e O f B fo r Kt can n ot he l p Whi te )

th is, P B 3 ( to dr ive of?B) i s b ad, as m ak in g
—

castlin g ver y difficult 5 P B3 ( to keep Black Kt

— . .

fr o m h i s Q 5 o r Q K t5 ) i s a g ood m ove ( after war d s

b r in gin g out the Q K t at! Q 2 )
’

B lack ( in stead o f the te x t m ove ) m ig ht play -

5 B X B ; 6 P X B , K t —
. R 4 ; 7 B —
K t3, .
 GIUOCO P I AN O . 13

Kt to e ve Wh te w th
X R ; 8 R P X K t, . l a i i two
t Kt
R ts ag ain s B an dWh te
; but wo d be
i s Ps
’
ul
ve y t o
r the ope fi e
s r n g , an d n wo d
l s fo r hi s R s ul
vo
fa ur him to co
R etum in g
. lum n
Whi te . Bl ack .

6 Kt— B3 —
Kt B
.
3
7 K. t— o n the w ay to
K z, K K t3; the r e i s n o
r e al O b str uct o her e , as Q i s n o t l ikely to go out
i n
in that di r ecti on fo r som e tim e to com e .

H er e we m ust l eave it ; the po sition s ar e equally

g ood ; n e i the r pl ayer has co m m i tted h im se lf an d ,

they ar e r eady for the fr ay .

B .

r . P— K4

B — K Z , gi ves the H un gar i an D e

fen c e con tinued, 4 P Q 4, P Q 3 seldom
— .
—

played , as Black Is l iab l e to g et a cr owded , c r ar n ped,

position .

4 .
4 P— B3B3i s al.so a.
g ood
Kt— m ove .

H er e we m ay m en ti on , wi th a cauti on , as bein g
quite un soun d, the J er o m e G am b i t ; 4 B X .

P eh , K x B ; 5 K t x P c h , K t X K t ; 6 Q
. . . .

R 5 eh , an d Black plays 6 K
.
— K 3 ( or B sq ) wi th
. .

a safe gam e .

Kt— K B3
4
C on si der ed better than P—
Q3 tho
, ug h the
Q — Kz m ay be played
 C HESS O PENINGS FO R B EGIN NERS .

with con tin uation ; 5 Cas

.tl e s, P—
Q3 ; 6 . P—
Q4 ,

B — K t3 ( n ot P X P; else 7 P
. X P , im
pr oves White s Pawn po sition ’
, g ivin g hi s Q K t m o r e
scope ) .

Whi te .

5 . P—
Q4 . Or P— Q3 , l ea d in g to a safe gam e .

Px P
Plain ly it is thi s or r etr eat of B ; but if , B
— Kt
3 we ,g e t 6 P X P an d if B la ck an
. swe r s ,

K K t X P we m ig ht g et 7 Q Q 5 ( thr eaten s
—
, .

m ate) B X P ch ( to g et what he can for the pi ece

,
.

he m ust l ose) ; 8 K B sq an d Black to avoid

— . .
, ,

m ate m ust g ive up the K K t

, If 6 Kt .

K R 4 it i s l o st after 7 P K K t4
,
— if 6 Kt .

— Kt s
q Wh i te h
. as, a P a w n ahe a d an d a we ll
devel oped gam e .

6 P K 5 o r for var i ety play 6 P X P B

.
—
, , , .
,

h
K t5 c ; 7 B.
—
Q z B X .B c h ; 8 Q K t X B, ( to . .

develop the Kt an d m a t the KP) P Q 4 &c

i n a in —
, , .
,

an d thoug h Wh ite wi ll have an i so lated Q P i t i s ,

o f slight or n o con sequen ce .

—
6 P Q4
7 . K z B —T o tak e Q P in passin g would
.
, ,

m er e y deve op B ck Q
l l la n or i s 7 P X Kt P X B ; .
,

8 P
. x K tP, R — KKt sq
q u i te g ood fo r Wh i te .
, ,

B lack et
g tin g m u ch eedom o f m ovem en t After
fr .

the text m ove White r ecover s his Pawn when

-
, ,

Black has secur ed his K K t (at his K 5 )

Wh ite m ay in the Giuoco Pian o play 4 Ca
,
stl es , .
,

but the r e i s n o advan tag e in doin g so un l ess he

.

m ean s i t as a step towar d s playin g the M ax L an ge

Attack .
 MAX G
LAN E ATTAC K . 15

MAX LANGE ATTAC K .

A var iation o f the Giuoco Pian o ( it m ay occur

al so in the Tw o Kn ig hts o r the Ki n g s B ishop s
’ ’ ’

Gam e) White sacrifices his Q P to gain a m ove

.
,

an d an atta ck whi ch Black can , however with , ,

car e r epel
, .

I. K4P —

2 Kt
.
— K B3
3.B — B4
4.C astl e s

5.P —
Q Black can n ot do better than
4 .
'

accept the Pawn ; i f 5 B K t3 6 P X P

— .

( better g am e ) T he o n l y q ue st
. i o n i s w i t/z w /i at ,

to take it If 5 .
Q K t X P ? ; the n 6 Kt X .

P ( thr eaten s Kt x BP winn in g the exchang e) , ,

—
( if
*
Kt K3 ; 7 B t BP x B Q P X B ;
K
. .

th en 8 Q c . h, x Q ; 9 Kt. P ch , . .

wi n g R ) ;
n i n 8 K t Q 3 , wi th bette r gam e
— .
5 . .

B X P i s safe, an d l ess com pli cated than the

m ove g i ven be l ow ; i t is fol l owed by 6 Kt X B , .

K t X K t ; 7 P B4, P— Q 3 ; 8 P X P, P X P ;
— . .

9. B— K K t5 Q
,
— K z ; an d B lack wil l keep h i s P
ah ead wi th n o hur t But, r esum in g, tr y
P X P
P—
Q 4 !

Kt— K K ts ; 7 . P— KR 3 , K Kt x
I

7.P X K t . He could play 7 . P X Pi p .

Or 6 C astles ; 7 — P— —
. Kt Q B3 , Q3 ; s. K t Q3 .
I6 C HE SS O PEN INGS F O R BE GINNERS .

but it is better to pr e ss on wi th the attack at all

hazar ds .

Bla ck .

7 PxB
8 R —
. K sq . ch. B — K3
9 K t
.
— K t5 ( th r eaten s Kt X B ,

DIAGRAM 2 .

After Whi te s ’

oth Mov e .

Whi te .

—
Q Q 4 !
H er e Q X P woul d be bad ; for 10 . Kt X B ,

P X Kt ; r r Q .
— R5 ch .
, an d 1 2 . Q X B woul d
gain a pi ece .

1 0. Kt—
Q 3
E ! It is easy to see why the P
dar e s n ot take i t a cl ear gai n
— O f ti m e on Whi te s
’

Still avoidin g captur e of BP .

18 C HESS O PENINGS FO R B EGI NNER S .

A ove r ecom m en ded by Lasker an d played in

m ,

the m atch St Peter sbur g Vien na 1 89 7 8 to

.
-
,
-
,

con ver t Black s extr a m ateri al in to positional

’

advan tag e
”
.

B l ack .

8 P >< P
. P x P ( Diag .
)
Black .

DIAGRAM 3 .

After Bla ck s '

8th Mov e .

Q X Q H er e Whi te m ay tr 9 B X P
9 . .

y .

ch . K X B ; 1 0 Kt X P ch ; how i s Black to
, . .

pr oceed ? Not 1 0 Kt X Kt ; else 1 1 Q X .

Q . If 1 0 K. B 3; the n 1 1 B — K t5 ch
-
.

K X B; 1 2 K t B 7 eh w i n s Q
— . If 1 0 .
, . .

K — K 3 ; then 1 1 Q K t4 eh — K X Kt ; 1 2
. .
, .

Q — B
4 ch K — K 3; 3 Q
. 1,
— B 5 ch K — K 2 ; 4
1 . .
,
—
B R 3 ch K — .K sq 15 Q B
— 8 ch K —
.
Q z . .

Whi te could n ow dr aw by r epeatin g chec ks with

,

d b 6 R — h K
Q at B 5 an B 8 ; ut tr y 1 Q q
s c t . . .
,

Q5 ; 7 Q1 X. P ch K t— K 2
( or A o.r ,B); 1 8 ,
 EVANS GAMEIT . 19

B X Kt , sq Q — Kt . 1 9. Q — B6 K— K s
, q . 2 0.
P X Kt an d win s
, .

—
( )
S
A 17 K Bs ; 18 . P x K t n ot Q x R ;
else win s —
K t B 7 eh .
,
fo r Black B X P ( to
stop 1 9 —
P Q5 . 19 Q X B X
Q Q; s o .
, .

R X Q &c , .

B
( ) 71 K K 3; .1 8 P X Kt B X P ;
-
.
,

19 R X B Q — — —
B3 ; 2 0 Q K t4 eh K Ba ; 2 1
_
. .
, . .
,

Q Q sq” &C
If 10 . K — B sq .
( or K — K z ) , then
( n ot 11 K Kt
Kz el se 12 .
Q — B3 c h. , an d
“

Wh i te win s at on ce) ,

l eadin g in to n ext var iati on , b ut w i th the White B

al r eady r aki n g Black s K s quar ter s Black should
’ ’
.

play 1 0 .K K sq ; then 1 1 Q R 5 eh ,
— — . . .

P K K t3 1 2 Kt X P, K t— K B3 ; 1 3 Q— R 6,
— . .

R K K t sq ; 1 4 K t B4, an d Whi te has two

— — . .

pas sed Ps for his piece , an d fai r attackin g pr o

spec ts . Th e r e st i s specul ati on R etum m g to .

our text we get

,

an d Blac k has a winnin g Pawn po si tion if he can -

,

r educe co m plicati on s an d b r in g m atter s to a sim pl e

en din g .

R etur n in g to White s n in th m ove we m ig ht g et

’
, ,

9 Q
.
— Kt
3 ( thr e aten s B X P Q — B
3 ; Io .

B Q 5 K K t K 2 ( to pr even t his Ps fr om being

—
,
—

b r oken up by 1 1 B X Kt 1I B .
— K t5 Q .
,

K t3 ; 1 2 QB X Kt K X B ( n ot
. Kt X B
, ,

because of 1 3 Kt X P attac kin g Q and con cen

.
,

tr atin g on K BP) ; 1 3 B X K t Q X B ; 1 4 K t X .
,
.

C 2
to C HESS O PENINGS FO R B EGINN ERS .

P Q
,
— K3 Black s policy to ex change
. It is
’
he
mas m uch the better po si ti on .

O ther var iati on s of the Evan s Gam b it ar e

A .

r .K4 P—

2 Kt—
. K B3
B— B
3 .
4
4 P—. K
Q 4 t

Suppo se Blac k to Kt X P ; White

m ust n o t be tem pted to sn atch the KP ; else 5 .

Kt X P Q B3 an d how save the m ate the Kt

—
, , ,

an d the Q R If 6 P Q 4 B X P
— an d Q dar es
.
,

n o t take B on accoun t o f 7 , Kt X BP ch .

6 K t K B3 i s best but Black plays

.
—
Q, X R ;
an d a te r 7 K t
f — B3 ( hem m in g i n the Q) Black
.
,

can extr ic ate Q by K t X R P ; 8 Kt X Kt . .

° . .

B Kt 5 9 B Kt
x — —
( or
B K 1 B K,t3 x , .
, ,

Q — B
3 an d,w ill wi n .

—
P B3 B — B4
5 .

6 C astl es
. P—
Q3
7 P—.
Q4 P X P
8 P X P
. B— K t3
We her e g et the Nor m al Positi on
C on tin uin g fr om positi on in d iagr am we m ight
have
— ’ —
K t R4
9 P .
Qs
Io . B — K tz , thr eatening 1 1. B X K tP, an d 1 2 .
BX R

B— R K — — K2 ; —
P K5,
l 9.
3, t R4 ! 10. B Q3 Kt 1 1.
a as , &c .
 EVANS GAMBIT . 21

DIAGRAM 4 .

Evans Gam bi t
Nor m al ”
.

Whi te to Move
(9th M ove) .

Black .

1 1. B —
Q3 . But why n ot s till B X K tP
Because Black , e
aft r R — K K t sq .
, woul d g et
a str on g attack o n castled K .

11 Castl es
1 2. Kt— B3 Kt— K t3
Thi s i s to pr ovide agains t 13 P—.K5 ( cl ear ing
way for Bs) .

— —
1 3. Kt K2 P Q 4
B
He m ay wan t the KB on the other si d e .

—
1 4» Q Q 2

Fo r on ce
in a way, a g ood m ove It for estall s .

s om ethin g o f thi s kin d , that m ight tak e place ,

i f Blac k was n ot on hi s guar d again st it ;

1 5 Kt
.
— K t3 , B Q 2 (eg ) ; 1 6 B X P, K X B ?;
— .
22 C HESS O PENIN GS FOR BE GINNERS .

17 .
—
K t R5 R sq ( best) ,
ch. , K — 18 Q
.
— R 6,
—
R K K t sq 19 K t K ts, an d Black
— . .

stop the m ate by sacr ificin g hi s Q A . notab l e

v ar iati on ; as m atter s stan d, Black has a g ood

g am e .

A b
( ) .

( Go back to Diagr am .
)
White . Bl ack .

B Kt—
9 3
.

ro B— KK ts . Kn own as Gii r ing s Attack

'
.

Not —
K t KB3 as the advan ce of White s ’

Ps m ig ht en dang er the Kt .

11 —
B B4 Kt X B
— R 0h —~ 2
Q 4 Q Q
Black m ight also play .
—
K B2 1 3. Q X Kt
eh —
B K3, & c.
.
,

1 3. Q X K t
1 4. KR— K sq .

16 Q — R 4 ch
. .

an d Black has a well devel oped

-
gam e . If he
Q oo n a fte r B— 2 ; an d, s ,

C astl es ( Q) ; he woul d expose hi m self to a shar p

attack on Q si de whi ch however he sh oul d r epe l ;
, , ,

but the text m ove is safer -

.

B (a) .

Star tin g again , we give two contin uati on s , in

 EVAN S GAMB IT . 23

Whi te .

1. —
P K4 —
P K4
2. Kt— KB3 —
K t Q B3
B — B4 B — B4
3 .

4 . P— K
Q 4t B X K tP
P— Bs —
B R4
5
6 P—.
Q4 PXP
Or 6 P
Kt X Q ( to avoid l oss of K BP) ; 9 Kt X P , .

P— K B3 l o Kt
— .
Q3 , Kt— K 2 an d Black is to
be pr efer r ed O f . cour se , White m ay, in this, tr y
.
—
8 Q K t3 , &c .

7 C.astl e s PXP
T hi s m ove m akes the C om pr om ised Defen ce ,

in whi ch Black with a r etar ded devel opm en t has

, ,

to m eet a sever e attack .

—
8 Q K t3 —
.
Q B3
—
9 . P— K5 Q K t3
Not X P ; bem use of IO
. Kt . R— K sq. ,
P—
Q 3 ; 1 1 Kt X Kt P X
. Kt ; 1 2 Q —
, . K t5 eh .
,

winn in g the KB .

1 0 Kt X P
.

11 .
—
B R3
Black s policy to r educe for ce s if he can
It i s
’
,

do so with safety Thi s m ove is r ecom m en ded .

by Lasker .

Q X B P—
Q 3
K t
—
13 B—
Qs Q R3
If n ow 14 . B X Kt Black plays , . K X B ( n ot

Kt X B el se 1 5 Q X BP) ;
, . if 1 4 B— B sq , . .

Q — R4 ; 1 5 . P— K 6, BP X P, an d
24 C H E SS O PENINGS F O R B EGINNER S .

Whi te gets n o g ood nom K tP, because of 16 .

Q X
—
— K
R K t sq ; 1 7 Q X R P ( n o t .
Q B 6, .

— R4, Q X Kt,
Kt Q4
— 18 Q .
Q— K t5;
1 8 Kt.
— R4 ( o K
r B — K t2 an d Black m ay
castl e wi th a fin e attac k ; if 1 4 K R Q sq , then
— . .

—
B K tz , &c Black should n ot l ose . .

b
( ) B .

Star tin g again , at Whi te s si x th m ove in B ( a) we

’
,

Black .

6 Castles P—
Q3
— I
i —
7 P Q4 Q z

San de r s Defen ce ; —
B KK t5 —
8 Q R 4,
’
or tr y .

P X P; 9 P X P .
, P—
Q 3
R ( to m eet 10 . P —
Q5
by P Q K t4)
— IO . B —
Q5 , B— K t3
1 1 B X Kt ch
. P X B; .
, 12 .
Q X P eh .
, B—
Q z .

— — K2
Q K
8 t.
3 Q
B— R Kt— R3
9 3.

As an additi on al defen ce to the sequel

K BP, in .

PXP
10 . Kt X P
1 1 Kt x Kt Q x Kt
Q X K tP K t— K t5
If Whi te n ow wer e to pl ay 1 3 Q X R ch afte r . .

K K z he woul d be m ated or woul d l o se

—
,

his Q fo r the R .

13 .
—
P K B4 —
B K t3 Ch .

14 . K — why n ot take the checkin g

R sq . But
B an d gain a piece as both Q s would then be
, ,

exposed ? Because of the r eply 1 4 Q — KR

4 .
,

thr eaten in g m ate an d savin g Q whil e White s Q ,

’

woul d r em ain liab le to captur e .

 C H E SS O PENINGS F O R BE GINNERS .

DIAGRAM 5 .

Bl ack .

9 .
Q KP ch X .

ro K —
Q q
.s Kt X B
.

11 B X P . If Whi te in cauti ousl y plays R K

.
—

sq the an swer i s
.
, Kt X B ch ; 1 2 K B sq— . .
,

Q X R ch .

—
Q Kz
Q x Q ch Kt x Q .

13 B X R. P Q4
—

If he played B X P White by 1 4 R B sq —
, , . .
,

would gain B on pain of m ate

, .

14 P . K B3 an d the i ssue i s un cer tain

-
, .

F inall y Black m ay tr y 4
, P Q 4 with a
— .
,

con tin uati on like 5 P X P Kt X P ; 6 Kt X P .

, .
,

Kt X Q P ( n ot Q — B 3 bec aus e o f 7 C a stl e s .

,

an d Bla ck Q dar e s n o t take the Kt) ; 7 B— K t

5 .

eh . , —
K B sq . &c
, .
 SC OTC H GAME . 27

SCOTCH GAME .

So called fr om its use in the

Edin bur gh Lon don -

C or r espon den ce Match, —

1 82 4 8

Bl ack .

1. K4 P— P— K 4
2 Kt — .KB3 K t Q B3
—

3 P —
Q.4 F r ee in g Wh
~
. i te’
s Q an d QB , an d
pr even tin g the for m ati on of an y Pawn cen tr e by
Black Thi s O pen in g is n ow seldom played in
.

im por tan t con tes ts , it bein g thoug ht that Whi te can

do better in other ways .

P x P
Better than Q3P— wh i ch l ead s
, to 4 Q5 . P—

( c r am p in g to B lack ) o r to 4 P X P Kt X P ; .
,

5 . K t X K t ,P t ; 6 Q c h . & c ( Wh i te , .

g a in i n g ti m e ) ; be tte r too , than K,t X P ; . .

4 K t X K t P X K t ; 5 Q X P K t K a ( plain l y .
—
.
, ,

Whi te has m or e com m an d of the boar d than hi s

4 K t X P
.
( see D i ag) ( or 4 B .
4, t h e S c otch . B—

Gam b it) ; Black has thr ee m ai n lin es of defen ce

B
( , , ); 4
A C Kt .X Kt i s b ad , a s n o t deve l o p
in g an ythin g Let that Kt stay ; if Wh ite takes
.

Kt, Black r etake s with K tP, an d g ets open lin es for

Q R an d QB ; a n d the sli g ht b r eak u p O f hi s P s i s -

n ot likely to har m hi m An d Bl ack m ust n ot yet

.

play —
P Q4 fo r then 5 Kt X Kt , P X Kt ; .

6 P X P ; an d i f n ow
.
Q X P ; W
. h i te w i ll
l eave him with doub l ed an d is olated Ps ; whil e if
6 P X P, Whi te by 7 B —
Q 5
K t ch w
. i ll g ai n .

a P ( after B Q 2 ; 8 Q X P) , or will for ce

— .

Black K to hi s secon d sq ( bl ockin g hi s gam e) . .

28 C H E SS O PENINGS F O R B EGINNE RS .

DIA GRAM 6 .

After Whi te s '

A ( see

Black .

—
B B
4 4
5 .
—f
B K3
I 5 .
( th r e aten s K
. t X —
K t B5
K tP ch ) Black m ay play
. P— K K t3 an d if
6 K t— K t7 eh , it i s l o st after
. .
—
K B sq ; .

whil e, by the etr eat, t m e is l ost T ext m ove

r i -
.

thr eaten s to Win a piece by 6 Kt X Kt, an d .

7 . BxB .

— B
5 Q 3
6 . P—
Q 3
B . If 6 . Kt X Kt Black woul d do
,

. .
Q X BP
ma te) ; 7
. P x B, Q x P; 8 . Kt—
Q z, K tP X Kt .

6 K K t— K 2
—
7 . B Q 4
B O 0 -

Or. 7 B — K t —
Q s 0 0; . or 7 Q —
Q z. P—
Q s
R
 SC O TC H GAME . 29

Black s m ove
’
her e is to pr eve n t 8 Q 5
K t . Kt—
,

which White thr eaten s to play n ow that he is ,

r eady to r epl y Q x B n o t P X B b r eak in

( u
g p hi s ,

Pfl m B X B .

B ( see
Black .

—
K t B3
4 .

5 . Kt x Kt Kt R tP X
6 B—.
Q3 . No se to attack the Kt by P
u — K5 .

6 P —
Q4
7 .
Q — K2 B— Kz
8 B x P, K t ; 9 Qx
. .

Kt eh , Q K 2 , &c l eaves a bad Pawn po si ti on

. .

fo r an y c l o se e n din g though the fr eedom of

Black s Bs is, m ean whil e , som e com pen sation
’
.

8 . 0 — 0 —
0 0

C ( see

— R5
4 Q
White can n ot well defen d KP by Q 3
B o n Kt—
,

accoun t of 5 B K t5 (l eadin g to d isl ocati on

—

o f Q si de P s un l e ss Wh ite suppo r ts the pi n n ed

,

Kt by) 6 K t( Q 4) K t5 then we m ight g et

—
.
,

6 Q X KP
; 7 B — K2 eh
, B X K t e
. h ; . .

8. Kt X B, Q Q 5 9 B Q 3 , K t K ts 1 0 K t
— — .
-
.

K t5 , K t X B oh , an d Black keeps his P w ith safety

. .

Nor does defen ce of the P by 5 Q Q 3 tur n out

— .

w el l
. So Wh i te l ets the P g o , an d usually plays

5 K t
.
— K t5( th r eaten s Kt X BP oh , w in n i n g R ) .

5 Q KP ch x .

—
6 B K 2 O r 6 B K 3 , K Q sq (n ot
.
—.
— . . .
30 C HESS O PENINGS FO R BEGINNERS .

Q K 4,
—on acco t o 7 K Q 2, thr eatening
f
un t—
— o r 8 K t— KB
.
—
8 K t B4 3.
, if 7 P —
Q 4)
— — Kt &
7 K t
.
Q ,
z Q 3 , c .

B lack .

6 —
K Q sq

If he played Q X K tP he wo u l d l o se ,a ft er

7 . B— B 3 Q r et r ea,t s ; 8 Kt X B P ch
. .

7 C a st.l e s P —
Q 3 R
8 K K t B3 an d Whi te for the m issing Pawn
,
—
, ,
.

has a safe po siti on an d fin e attackin g chan ces ,

Black K bein g awkwar dly placed In fact .

,

Q — R
5 h as s e l do m bee n fo u n d to a n swe r
for Black .

The Sco tc h G am b i t is for m ed by

4 B —. B 4 to wh i ch B,la ck m ay r ep l y B
B4 o r
, B K ts eh the la tter g en er all y l ead
— .
,

in g to a l ively in ter estin g gam e ; or he m ay g et a

l e ss co m plicated state o f thin gs by P Q3 or
—
,

K t B3
— But the Gam b i t i s sel do m played
.

n owadays .

H owever as speci m en s we m ay gi ve
, ,

( )
A 4 3 — 13.
4 3 — 134 ; 5
.
P — B s P x P .

6 . B X P K X B ; 7 Q Q 5 ch
ch B sq.
— K — .

( th e adv an ced B P i s n o t wo r th an y t r ou b l e )
8 Q X B eh , P Q 3 ; 9 Q X BP, Q B3
.
— .
— . .

Black, by 5 K t B3 , o r
— P Q 3 , m ay
—

tr an spo se in to the Giuoco Pian o .

B
( ) 4 B — B4, .B — K t5 e h ; 5 P— B 3 , P X P . .

6 Cas tl e s, P B7 ( o r
.
— P Q3
— n ot

P X P ; because o f 7 B X K tP wi th str ong .

B lack Q d ar es n ot take the K t at her K t4, because of

K t— Q6 eh . , fo llow ed by B XQ .
 TWO KNIGHT S DE ENC E
’
F .
3:

attack) 7 Q X BP ( the Q i s her e less dang er ous

.

to B ack) P
l —
Q3 d W h i te b tte d vel p t
’
, an s e r e o m en
co m pen sates for the m i ssin g P .

Two Kn IGHTs DE FEN CE

’
.

Black .

1. K4P— P— K4
2 K t— K B3
.
—
K t Q B3
3 B—. B4 K t B 3 ( Diag
— .
)
Bl ack .

DIA GRAM 7 .

After Black s ’

3r d Mo v e .

Whi te .

H er e Whi te can g et a safe gam e by 4 Q3 ; . P—

suppo se he accepts Black s in vi ta ti on an d

’
b ut ,

p lay s

4 . Kt— K t5 P— Q4
The best m ove ; if 4 Kt X P ; White pl ays
32 C HESS O PENINGS F O R B EGINNERS .

(n ot 5 .
Q Kt X
R 5 6 BP , K K t3 , Kt
— X . P— "l

K t ; 7 BP X Kt , Q
P .
— K 4 eh , &c , wi nn in g ; but) . .

5 B
. X P e h , K — K 2 ; 6 P — .
Q4 , P— K R 3 ( n o t .

P X P ; else 7 Q K 2 , pin n in g K t ; n or
— .

Kt X Kt ; 7 B X Kt eh , win n in g Q) ; an d White
. .

g ets the bette r g a m e by 7 Kt X Kt , K X B ; 8 . .

P Q5 ,
— K t Kz
—
9 Q
— R 5 e h , P — K K t3 ( if
. .

—
K t K t3
. Io Q — B 5 eh , win s the Kt ) ; 1 0
°
. . .

Q X KP ,
B — K t2 ; Q
— B 4 eh , & c I f,
a fte r 4 . . .

K t X P, Whi te wer e to play 5 Kt X Kt, Black

. .

woul d r ecover his piece by —

P Q4 .

Whi te . Black .

5 . PXP K t—
Q 4
R
If 5 K t K 2 , White woul d play 6 P
—

Q 6 , K t ( ) Q ; 7
K 2 —
4 P X P , & c i f .
5 Kt .

X P, the gam e m ight g o on 6 Kt X BP, K X K t ; i .

’

7 Q .
— B
3 e h , K — K 3 (
. o n l y w ay to keep the p i ece
ah ead) 8 K t Q B3 , an d, whateve r theor y m ay
— .

say, Black g en e r al ly l o se s ; tr y 8 K t K t5
—

( i t i s th i s , o r K t— K z ) 9 Q — K 4 , P —
Q 4K t .

to
( g ai n ti m e ; i f 1 0 B X P , the n . B — R 3,
et
g i g t n r i d o f the t r o ub l e so m e Wh i te B , or a t l ea s t
un pi n n in g the Kt ; if 1 0 Kt X P , then P .

B
. .

B3 ; 1 1 K t Q 4 eh , K — K
— .
—
Q3, . 1 0 t3, .

P B4 ( thr eate n s
— P B5 , w inn in g B)
— 11
°
.

H er e , as e1tam pl e o f the str en g th o f

K n Ig hts w o r ki n g tw o
to g ether , t 6 Q — K2 , K t— Q s l ; 7 Q — B (best) , K t
q
.

x KB P l ; Q t Kt BP ch ; 9 K sq , Q x . .

B ch ; w i n n in g ea si ly
. .

White, at the po in t n o ted, w o uld do better by 6 C as tl es, .

B— B4 — & b h i i i h il
7 P Q 4 c ut w at s g v en m g t ea s
°

y
°
.
, .

ha pen to a beg in n er
g
.

l hrs v ar iation is kn ow n as the

Th
' '
egatell o fr ied F
li ver ) l
34 C H ESS O PEN INGS FO R BE GI NNERS .

—
( ) 4 A . P Q 4 , P X P ( 4
if K .K t X P ;
5 . P X P , an d th e a dv an c ed Kt ,
i n V i ew o f 6 Q .

Q5, th r ea te n i n g m a te , m u st g o to Q 4, B l o si n g
tim e ; if 4 Q K t X P , we g e t 5 B X P e h , . .

K X B ; 6 Kt X P eh , an d 7 Q X Kt,
. . .

5 (
P — K if K t— K t K t— K 6 B — K t P
5 .
5 , 4 3 , .

K R 3 Whi te l o se s tim e ) , P Q 4 ; 6 B Q K t5 , Kt
— — .

-
K 5 ; 7 Kt X P , . B —
Q 2 an d i f Wh i te do u b l e s

a Pawn by Kt ( o r B) x
Kt, it will n o t hur t Black .

( ) BM o r phy played 4 P —
Q4.
, P X P ; 5 C a st l e s , .

Kt X P ; 6 R q , P Q 4 ; 7 B X P !, Q X B ;
—
.
— . .

8 K t B3 (a pr etty ser i e s o f m ove s) , Q K R 4 ;

.
— —

9 . Kt X Kt ( th r eate n s K t — B 6 d o u e h , w i n n i n g Q) ,
. .

—
B K2 1 0 Kt X P , r ecover in m ater ial , wi th an
.
g
equal gam e .

( )
C 4 C .a s tl e s, Kt X P 5 B —
Q5 ,
th . i s r ecove r s
the Pawn , for , after K t K B3 , Wh ite plays
—

6 B X Q K t, Q P X B ; 7 Kt X P
. . Suppo se 5 . .

P B4 ?; 6 B X Q K t, Q P X B ; 7 K t X P ,
.
— . .

an d that Bl ack played such a m ove as 7 B

Q3 , we m i g ht ha ve 8 Q — R 5. e h , P — K K t 3 .

( fo r ced ); 9 Kt .X K tP , a wkw ar d f or B l a c k ; f o r i f
he plays 9 R K K t sq ; r o K t K 5 di s
— - —
. . .

e h , fo r ce s R K t3 , &c an d i f he thin k s to
.
— .

esca pe by 9 K t— B 3; IO Q — K 2 e h
.
, W in s .

the R

PETRO FF DEF EN C E ( R U SSIAN GAM E) .

A .

Whi te . Black .

1. P— K4 P— K4
2. —
K t KB3 . Her e we m ay m en ti on 2 Kt .

K I, Al apin ’
l Attac k ; it m ay be played for
 PETR O FF F
D E ENC E .
35

var iety sake though the K K t m ay have to l ose

,

so m e ti m e ag 2, tK t Q B3
— .
3 K t—
Q 3 B .
,

K t K B3 4 P B4 P Q 4 5 KP X P Kt X P
— — —.
, .
,

6 P X P Kt X P ; 7 P Q 4 K t( K 4) m ove s
.
,
— .
,

(7 Q R 5
—ch 8 P — K K t3 he l p s .Wh i te ) .
, .

T he i dea o f it i s to fo r ce the KB fi l e O pen wi thout

r iski n g ( as in the K in g s Gam b its) a Pawn
’
.

B l ack .

2 Kt— KB 3
3 Kt .X P Q3 P—

Thi s i s m uch bette r than to play Kt X P

at on ce ; the Pawn can n ot e scape .

4 K t—
. K B3 I f K t—
Q 4
B B la
.ck wo u l d in ,

a few m oves dr ive i t off ( gain in g ti m e) beside s i t ,

b l ocks his KB .

4 Kt X P .

5 P — .
Q4 Be tte r th a.n P—
Q3 ( w he n th e Kt
woul d r etur n to K B3 ) Q K 2 is m et by
—
Q
K2 .

5 P—
Q4
To ppor t the Kt to cl ear the way fo r KB
su , , an d

stop Wh i te s Q P
’
.

6 . B—
Q3
7 C as
. tl e s

1 P— K4

Not to K t5 el se 5 ,
or cin g it to .
—
P K R3, f R3
( wher e the B w oul d take it doub lin g the R P)
'

,
n or

D 2
36 C HESS O PENINGS F O R BEGINNE RS .

to Q4 whe n ce
, ( afte r 5 Q X P ) i ts m ust m ov e
.

aga in un less Black plays

—
P Q B3 ( blockm g
,

Q K t s
’
o utl et); n o r to K t sq ( pla i nl y l osm g tun e) . .

Black .

5 Q x P P —
Q4
Not —
K t B4 ( when ce i t wo ul d have no g ood
m ove) .

6P X P i p To disl odge the Kt an d to

. . .
,

pr even t a m ove hke 6 B Q B4 ( fo ll owed

—
.

by BX P
6 Kt X Q P
Kt— B3 Kt— B3
7 .

C och e ed to p y 3 Kt X P, P Q3 ; 4
r an la us — . .

Kt X P, K X Kt ; i f n ow 5 B — B 4 eh , B la ck pla y
. s .

P Q 4 ( better than B K 3 ) ; 6 B— K t3 ( if
— —
P X P, Black b l ocks the P by —
B Q 3) , B
K K t5 7 P— K B 3 ( b l.o ck in g the Q) , B — K 3;
an d Black sh oul d Win White woul d do best, after
.

the sacr ifice, to r apidly devel op hi s for ces, castl e

( Q) , an d push fo r w ar d on the K s i de , w i th
Pawn s , &c .

Th e B ad en -K i s se r i tz k y G am b i t i s as fol
low s : 1 P — K 4, . P — K 4; 2 —
K t K B3 , K t K B3 .
—

3 . B — B Kt
4 , X P ; 4 K t— B3,. X Kt
; 5 Kt .

Q P X Kt by( w tht
a k i n g i Q P , r n s he p eve t
Q 4) , P — Kto top
B 3 ( s K t — K t s) ; 6 C a s l s ( i f . te
Kt X P B ck
, we
la a n s ow
r s — n o t X , a ll P Kt
in g Q — R 5 eh , &c w— the
but
. .
Q — K 2 ,
i n n in g
Kt ), B ck ho d keep the P w
an d l a s u ec e
l a n , o r s u r an

adv t e po t o ho h
an ag in the t e be he
si i n , t ug for im in g
o ewh t c
is s m ed a ppo e
r am p ; su s 6 Q — Kz
;
7 . R — K s o o d oo by
q , P —
Q .
3 ; f l l w e s n
B K3
— .
 R UY L O PEZ .
37

Ruv LO P EZ ( SP AN ISH GAM E) .

So n am ed fr om a Spani sh pr i e st ( ti m e of Phili p
IL) . O n e of the m o st pr ac ti sed O pen in gs .

Bl ack .

1. K4
P— K4 P—

2 Kt.
— K B3 K t Q B3
—

3 B —
. K t Thi s m ove con str ain s Black s
5 .
’

g am e by the th r eat o f 4 B X Kt, in di r ectly atta ck

.

in g KP Black has sever al r eplies, of which the

.

m o st appr oved ar e P Q R 3 an d
— Kt
K B3 .

P—
3 Q 3
R
TO av o d 4 B X Kt , 3
i . K t Q 5 has been
—

played but Wh ite, by 4 Kt X Kt, doub les Black s .

’

Q P ,
an
’

d th i s do ub l ed P i s,
i n te n de n cy , a di sad
van tag e , however sl ight, to Black .

4 . RB4White can n ot her e gai n the KP ;

— .

fo r then
if B X K t, Q P X B ; 5 K t X P .
,

Q —
Q5 ; an d 6 Q X KP ch .

4 K t— B 3 ( D iag) .

K K t K 2 is ob str uctive to B an d Q ( though

—

it pr eve n ts an y doub l in g of Ps after B X Kt) ; Black

can g et r i d o the B by 4
f P — K
Q 4; 5
t B .

K t3 K t R 4 6 C a stl e s Kt X B ; 7 R P X Kt
,
— .
, .
,

but it r athe he p
r l s W h te ; 4
i —
P Q 3 m ay
cause a slight l o ss o f ti m e .

A ( ) (
a see

Kt X P
P—
Q 4
K t
38 C H E SS O PENIN G S F O R B EGINNE R S .

P , m ight l ead
to dan ger thr oug h 7 R — K sq .

Black .

D IAGRAM 8 .

After Black ’
s

4th Move .

A ( b) ( see

Kt— B3 —
B K2
5 .

6 Castl e s
. White cann ot gain the KP her e ;
.

ag 6 B X K t, Q P X B ; 7 K t X P, K t X P ; 8
. . . .

Kt X Kt ( if Kt X K BP, then Kt X Kt ;
— 6 d K — B
5 Q Q Q
— R h
9 Q
.
, 4 l ; IO K t o u e.
, . .

sq , an d Black will gain a pi ece) , Q — Q 5 , r ecover

.

in g the pi ece ; but, after 6 C astl es, Whi te thr eaten s

to w in a Pawn ; e g 6 . Castl es ; 7 B X Kt,
'
. . .

Q P X B ; 8 K t X . P ,
K t X P -
Q5 ;
 R UY L O PEZ .
39

t e — —
h n 9 K t B3 , an d r e P Q 3) ; 9 K t X
. . . Kt ,
— i i
Q Q5 ; Io K t X Q BP, g.a n n g a P ( as Black Q
does n ot n ow a , a tt ke the Kt
her K 5,

Whi te . Black .

C astl es
8 B sq
. Kt—
. Kt Q2
B— K P B4
—
9 3
Pr om isin g a har d fought gam e -
.

Whi te at m ove 5 m ay also play P Q 4 (an d

,
—
, ,

easily r ecover s the Pawn which Blac k take s) or

Q — K2 b ut we c ann ot g ive the se .

B .

Mr Lasker
con sider s that Black s b est thir d ’
.

m ove i s —
K t B3 3 P Q R 3 leadin g
—
,

to som e weakn ess o f the Pawn s on Queen side ,

which m i ght pr ov e har m ful in the long _r un .

I K4 P— P— K4
2 Kt— K B3
. K t— Q 3
B
3 B— K t
.
5

4 C astl.e s

5 P Q4
It woul d n ot do to play P X P ; because of
K
” .

.
—
6 R K sq .
(pinn in g the t) He m.ig ht play
40 C HE SS O PENIN GS FO R BEGINNER S .

Q 3 R e
Kt—
tur n in g to Wh i te s.fi fth m ove ,
’

we m ight get 5 R K sq , K t Q 3 ; 6 Kt P,
— — . . . x
Kt t Q, y 7
b K t t .

ch ) 7 R Kt oh , B— K z , &c
. . x . .

Black .

6 .
Q — Kz Kt—
Q3
7 B x Kt
. K tP xB
So that the Kt m ay to K tz
g o , afte r P x P;
8 .

7 Q P x B o n would be bad accoun t o f

8 P x P , K t K B4 ( if
.
— K t K t4 ; tr y
—

9. P —
Q 4) ; 9
R R —
Q q,
s B —
Q ;
z IO
. P— K 6, . .

P X P; r r K t K s, K t Q 3 ;
— —. 12 R x Kt, .

B x R ; 1 3 Q
— R 5 c h , P.
— K K t3; 1 4 Kt X . .

K tP &c .

4 . P—
Q3 P—
Q3
Black m ay se t a tr ap her e by Kt— Kz ;
5. Kt X P B3 ; 6 B4 ( settin g a
P—
. Kt— tr ap in
h is tum — for if 6 P B ; 7 K t— Q 6 m ate) , x .

K t K t3 ; 7 B R 4, P Q K t4 if 6 B m ove s,
— — — . .

then .
Q — R 4 e h ,.an d 7 Q Kt x
P B3
. .

5 .
-
B —
Q z

6 .
Q Kt—
Q 2 P— K K t3
7 . B — R 4, so as to br in g i t to Q Bz , or to
K
Q 3t .

7 BK ta—

8 K t— B sq
. .
, to b r in g it to
K3 .

8 C as l s te
42 C HE SS O P EN IN G S F O R BEGINN ERS .

Q or Kt P x
; 3
1 R t wi n s a piece .
, as Black
cann ot r etake without l osin g Q .

— —
P K 4, P K 4
r . 2 K t KB3 , K t
— .

B — K — — —
Q s 3
B s t s . P Q sR ; 4 » B R 4 . K t Bss
5. Cteas l s,
P —
Q3 ; 6 P —
Q ,
4 P — K
Q 4 7 t B
. .

PxP
K t3 , Kt x P ; 8 ? ( K . t — K ts i s r i g ), ht
Kt x Kt Q x Kt
; 9 , . P — B 4 10 m oves, .
Q
P B5 ac tch the B
-
in g .

r P — — —
K 4, P K 4 2 K t K B3 , K t Q B3 ; - °

_ _
. .

— K P
3 ° B tS ’ Q R 3 5 4
-
B “
R 4 ’ K t B 33 5 Q °
'
°

K 2 , B B4— 6 P B3 , P Q K t4 ; 7 B — B z ,
— °
—
. .

P Q 4 ?( P Q 3 l) ; 8
— — x , ; 9 P —
Q4 . P P QxP .

(d v
r i in g ) , B — B
Q3 r o B — K t 3 , Q
l — K 5 .
°

II Q X , Kt x Q ; 1 2 B —
Q5 w i
Q n s a K t
_ _
. . .

—
(5 ) 1 P K °
4: P K 4; 2 K t K B 3a K t — B
Q 3; °
' '

3 B — K t5 K t— B 3 4 C as tl s ; 5
°

P . e Kt x P
_ _
.
, , .

6 B —
64 , P Q 3R 2 Q3 9 P Q°
4 7 P B 4 : K P "
°
“

x P ? [B — K K ts l] ; 8 P x P, Q x P ; 9 B x . .

Kt gai n in g a pi ece c ot t ke B
o

, , as Q an n a , on
accoun t of R — K sq .

FO UR K N IG H r s O P EN IN G ' ’
.

A quiet, safe, O pen ing , l eadin g g en er ally to a

well c on tested gam e

-
.

1 K4
P—

2 Kt.
— K B3
3 K t
.
— B 3

If Black played e g 3 , . .
Q 3 i t woul d b
P—e
°

the T H R EE KN IGHTS ’
O P EN ING con tin ued , 4 P
‘
.

X P, B — —
K z ; 6 B K3 ,
—
Q4 ,
P X P; 5 .
Q .

Ca stl es .
 PH ILIDO R S D E EN C E
’
F .
43

Black .

K t5 B — —
K t5
B
4 .

5 C as.t l e s C astl es
6 Kt Q 5
—. . Or 6 . P—
Q3 , P—
Q3 ; defer r ing
the r eal con te st .

6 Kt x Kt
7 P x Kt . P— K5
8 P x Kt . P x Kt
9 Q x P .
Q x P
P
But the m ove s gi ven he r e m ay be g r eatly var i ed .

Pa DE F ENC E
’
m on s .

An O pen in g ch in favour the ob str ucti on

n ot m u ,

of Black s ’
KB givin g White m uch com m an d o f
boar d .

1 . P— K4 P— K4
2. K t K B3
— P —
Q 3
2. Q4 g i ve s Pthe
—
Q P C o u n t e r
G am b i t, wi th a con tin uati on such as 3 P x P, .

Q x P ; 4 K t —
Q 3 Q
B .
,
— K 3 an d B lack i s
playin g the C en tr e Gam e wi th a m ove behin d the
fir st player has a slig ht advan tag e In this, if .

3. K t x P , the n P x P ; 4 P
— .
Q 4, . B — K 3; .

5. B—
Q ,B4 B x B ; 6 Kt x B , P— KB 4 , & c . .

3 . P— P xQ4 P
If 3 P K B4 we m i ght g et this in ter e stin g
—

play 4 K t B3 K t K B3 ; 5 P x KP Kt x P ;
,
— —
.
,
.
,

6 Kt x Kt P x Kt ; 7 K t K t5 P Q 4 ( n ot
—
,
— .
,

P X P; 8 Q X Q oh K x Q Kt
. .
, ; 9 .

—
8 P K 6, B4 ; 9 Kt KP (n ot x
B
B7 .
— .

Kt — B7 , because of . .
Q — B
3) , B— K z ( fo r if
44 C H ESS O PENINGS F OR BEGINNE RS .

9 P X Kt ; then Q 10 .
Q
R5 oh .
,
P— K K t3 ; II .
Q — K 5, R — B sq . Thi s
thir d m ove tak es too mu ch r isk for Black .

White . Black .

4 . X Or
Q X ,
P . K B 3; 5 K t Kt P Kt— .

Q 3B ,
B — K z ( B— K t5 6 B — K 2 l s i
’
s
°
. deve op Wh te
g ae
m )’ B 6 °
— K z , C.as l s ; 7 C as l s,
B—
Q ; z te . te
B ck po t o
la s si i n i s on e of f n de e ce .

—
4 B Q 2

B— K K t Q B3
—
5 .
3
6 Q Q2
—
. Kt— B3
7 K t B3 B Kz
.
— —

8 C astle s ( Q)
. C as l s te
White o play 3 m ay al s B4 Kz ; 4 P . B —
, B— .

Q 4, P X P ; 5 Kt X P t K B3 6 K t Q B3
K — .
—
,
°

( to stop P—
Q )
4 .C as t l e s ( i f 6 Kt X P , .

then 7 B X P cb K X B ; 8 Q R 5 h K B
.
— .
, . c —

sq .
9 Kt X Kt
. & c w i th bette r deve l oped
, g am e )
.
, .

It is plai n that Black s KB ha s n ot m uch scope

’
.

PO NZ IAN I ( S TAUNTO N S) ’
O PEN IN G .

1 . P K4 —
P— K4
2 . K t K B3
— K t Q B3
—

The G r eco C o un ter G am b i t, for m ed by

2 P K B 4 ; 3 B B4 ( better than P X P) ,
— — .

P Q 3 ; 4 P Q 4 , K t— Q B3 ( o r P X Q P ) i s a
— — .

r i sky O pen in g fo r Blac k If Wh i te play s 3 Kt X P, . .

Black , by Q —
B 3 , l e ad s i n to d i fficul t an d
com pli ca ted play, favour ab le to a bold in g en ious
player .

3 P —
. B 3 O pe n in
g a l i
.n e fo r the Q, b ut
b l ocki n g the natur al outl et fo r Q K t .
 PO NZ IA N I ( STA UNTO N S) ’
O P E NI N G .
45

Black .

3 Kt— B3
4 P
—.
Q4 Kt X KP
If P X P Whi te by 5 . P— K5 har asses the
Kt ; an d if P Q 3 ; then
— P—
Q5 b l ock s i n
the KB .

5 . P—
Q5 K t— K t sq .

Or Kz ; 6 Kt— . Kt X P, K t K t3 ; 7
— . Kt X
Kt , R P X Kt, &c .

B— Kt K B3
6 .
Q3 —

7 . Kt X P B — B4
‘
Black o at m ove 3 play
m ay al s , , P—
Q4
4 Q
.
— R
4 ( thr ea te n s 5 Kt X P ) P— B3 .
, 5 B.

K t5 K K t K 2 ; 6 P x P Q x P ; 7
—
, .
, . Castl es .

B—
Q 2, &c .

N TE O I .

Pi nnin g K t K B S i h B — Thi i l d
( ) w t at s s se d o m g oo , .

just as a m o v e to g o on w i th , un l ess yo u ar e r
p p e ar e d to
m ake the ex chan g e o f B fo r K t ( fo r so m e g ood r easo n ) If
K
.

hostile has n o t castl e d, hi s K R P m ay d r iv e o fi the B , o r

'

fo r ce an ex ch an g e ,
br i n gi n g hostil e i n to acti o n , o r ( by Q
r e captur e w i th K t P)
g i v in g p
o en fi l e fo r t h e K R ( pe r h a p s
ag ai nst y o ur Ca s tl ed ) K
B ut in d iag r am w e g iv e a po si ti on
.

w her e Whi te has castled an d Black ( as a r esul t o f pi n n in g a

K t) can br eak up the K s pr o tectin g Ps an d e x po se hi m
’

to l osses K — K K h
1 t Qs ; 2 Q —
3 K t X t c
X
. .
,

3 P K t, o r w il l l o s e pi ece fo r n o th i n B — R 6 ; 4 .

R K— — — K R — K K
K t B5 K R q Q
— t t
5 s , .
4 . s q , .

—
B K t7 ch 7 X . B , . R
X m a te ; Qb u t vRar y th e po s i ti o n

K — R s i i h h b ug h
4 .
q g ( v n u
g p t e. ex c an g e) i s e s t ; tho
th is l o ss sho uld be deci si v e B ut the tex t m o ve is a n atur al
.
-

o n e fo r a be g i n n er .
46 C H ESS O PENINGS FO R B EGINNERS .

D IAG RAM 9 .

Whi te .

by laci n White K at star tin g at R sq ( i n Diag ) Black

l g
. .

co u d do im se l f n o g oo d by thi s cour se o f acti o n , fo r then

w e sho uld g et 4 . R — K K t sq ( seiz i n g the o pen fi le ) , an d
.

Whi te woul d hav e ti m e to secur e hi m self B r eaki ng o pen a

.

fil e ( on your ow n o r the en em y s si de ) is n o lig ht m atter

’

see fi r st w h ose for ces ar e li kel y to m ak e adv an tag e o ut o f i t .

In diag r am , Wh te, i w i th m o ve , co ul d p l ay I Q
.
— K 3 ( to fr ee
the K K t, i f Black B does n o t tak e ; or to r etake w i th Q,
i f h e d o es ) ; i f r —
Kt Qs; 2 Kt . X K t, &c .

O
N TE II .

Th e M o v e P — —
B a Y o un g l ayer s
p o ften
l ose v al uable
ti m e a t b egi n n i n g of g am e by pushm g o n each R P o n e s uar e q
to pr ev en t an y pi n n i n g of a K t( B 3 ) by h osti l e B a t i ts K ts .

If th e pl ayer had tw o ex tr a m o v es fo r th is pu p er ha ps
n o har m m i ht ar i se b ut, as thi n g s ar e w hi le e i s m aki n g
g ,

these de fen si v e m o v es , h is oppon en t w il l be d o i n g so m e thin g

m or e im por tan t, si c m aki n g tw o devel opi n g m ov es
. Do
.
 THE KING S GA MBITS ’
.
47

n o t m ake this m ove d m fl y to pr ev en t the pin ni ng Let B .

in K t, an d then ( if n ecessar y, o r adv i sabl e ) dr i v e hi m

gesi des, 1f o n m ean to castle ( or hav e do n e so ) , th e l ess the
.

P8 a bo ut i
e castled K ar e m ov ed , the be tter The r e is
K
.

m uch dang er ( after castlin g si d e ) , y o ur K R be in g a t

K B sq K B P un m o v ed, i n the ho stile Q B ( sup o r ted ,
an d
X X
.

g z b
y Q ) , sacr i ficin g hi m self by 1 B R P, K t B;
K
ig?
.

Q X R P , w i th y o ur i n a v e r y uns af e s ta te , w i t h pe r
l n a hosti le K t r eady to jo i n i n fo r a m ate .

o r Bl ack , the m o v e —
P Q R3 i s oc casi on al l y adv is
. .

ab l e to pr even t a Whi te Kt fr o m g c tti n g to Q K t5 an d a ttack

i n g the Q BP, per haps i n co m bi na ti o n w ith a seco n d iece .

O f co ur se . P Q B3 w o uld keep out the K t, ut i t

.
-

m ig ht n o t be adv i sabl e ( o r possi bl e ) to m ov e this P Th e .

Q BP ( w hen i ts Q i s a w ay) i s a w ea k sp o t i n th e p osi t i o n .

TH E K ING S ’
G AM B ITS .

This i s
the n am e given to a ser ies of O pen in gs
for m ed by Whi te at hi s secon d m ove offer in g a
Pawn to b r eak open the KB file hopin g ther eby
, ,

to b r in g a m ass of for ce quickly developed to bear , ,

upo n the Black Ki n g .

Whi te .

1 . K4 P—

2 P —
. KB 4
K t— K B
3 .
3
Black n eed n ot m ain ain t the P ; he m ight play
3 (
K B Kt— B K Kt— P —
3 .
3 ; 4 or 4 5,
R
. .

Kt—
4; 5 B — K z , P— K K .t4; 6 Kt X P , Q X .

Kt ; 7 B t , Q. t P ; 8 Q — B 3, Q x Q ; .

9 B. X Q . P —
Q 4, &c ; o r 3 P—
Q4 ; . .

a RQ x E & e

B— B4 —
B K ta
4 .
4s C H E SS O PEN INGS FOR BEGINNER S .

Thi s i s Black s sim plest defe c — ed afi er

’
n e n am
Phili dor .

5.C astl e s
6 P Q4
.
—

An d White does n ot easily r ecover his P or obtain ,

an attack to com pen sate fo r i ts l o ss .

Var yin g at Black s four th m ove we m ig ht get the

’
,

Mv zr o GAMBIT,
in whi ch White c ces
sa r ifi a pi ece for a quicker
attack .

1. P—
K4 P— K4
2 P— K B4
. P X P
3.K t— K B 3 P— K K t4
4 B B4 K t5
.
—
P—

5 C
. a s t l e s Wh i
. te m ig ht a l so pl a y Q 4, o r P—

K t B3 ; it i s a str uggle of po siti on again st m a

—

ter ial ; an d m ater ial shoul d wi n , thoug h a wea k

m ove o r a sli g ht l o ss of ti m e woul d g ive Wh i te
the victor y White m ight tr y 5 K t K t sq ,
.
—
. .

keepin g his piece , thoug h l osin g tim e Suppo se .

5 . P —
Q 4, P X Kt ; 6 C a st l e s, . B la ck sho ul d p la y
P Q 4 ( giv in g up Paw n for s fety) ; 7
—
a .

B X Q P , B K K t5 ( thr eaten in g to win Q by

—

P B7
—
8 P X P , B R 6, &c ; n ot
.
—
.

P X P ; because of 7 B X P c h , with a . .

win n in g atta ck thr ough expo sur e o f Black K .

Aga , the e
i n r i s 5 B X .P o h ,
K X B ; 6
. K t— K 5 .

ch , . K — K sq Q
. X P 7 .
,
Kt— K B3 8 .
Q X BP,
P —
Q3 Black should win .
so C H E SS O PENINGS F O R BEGINNERS .

Black .

B— B —
P Kt
4 .
4 5
5 K t—
. K 5 Q — R
5 ch .

5 K t— K R 3 ( d efe n d i n g K B P ) woul d
Whi te g et a g ood ga e by 6 C astl es
m . .

Bl ack .

D raG u u 10 .

After Whi te s '

6th Mov e .

6 Kt— K R3
P—
7 Q4 P B6
—

8 B— B4 Better
. . than —
P K K t3 , Q— R 6 eh ; .

K — B z , Q — K t7 ch . Io . K — —
K 3 , P K B4, &c .

8 P —
Q3
9 K t
.
—
Q3 P X P ch .

IO . KX P K t— Q B3
B — K K t3 —K Q
II .
Q
an d Black has the best
 L
SA VIO GAMBIT .
51

Var yin g Bla ck s si xth m ove we

’
at , m ay g et

B ( see
Black .

P— B6

Thi s
i s C ochr an e s coun ter attack suppo se
’
-

7 Kt
. x P ( )
B 7 , K t— K B 3 ; 8 Kt x R , Kt x P ; .

9 Q .
— K s
q ( fo r ced , fo r i
. f 9 P — K K t3, the n .

— R 6 ch — K
Q ; 1 0 K — K sq Q
, . t7; I I . . .

R B sq , P B 7 ch
— — . an d m ate n ext m ov e) , P X P .

oh ; IO K X P , Q
. .
— R 6 ch ; I I K — K t sq , B . . .

B4 ch an d what i s Wh ite to do
.

7 P Q4
— . If P X P , then .
—
K t K B3 ,
wi th m an y var iati on s If 7 B X P eh , then
f
. . .

— K 2 ; 8 P X P, P Q 3 ; 9 B X K t,— . .

R X B ; Io K t X P , B X K t ; I I P X B, R X P ;
. .

I2 P — .
Q3, Q — R 6 ch I 3 K — K sq , R — K t7 . . .

an d will w i n .

7 P P ch X .

KX P — R 6 ch
8 .
Q .

9 . K — K t sq . Kt— K R3
Io . B— B4 If B X Kt, then B X B
( thr e a ten s B K 6 m ate)
— .

—
P Q3
I I. K t—
Q3 , an d Black is s till his P ahead ,

wi thout disadvan tag e .

We m ay add ( C) see Diag 6 K t Q B3

—
, .
,

7 . B X P cb K K z ; 8 Kt X Kt ch Q P X Kt ;
—
.
, . .
,
— Kt — R4 ;
9 . B— K t3 , Kt — K B3 ; Io . P Q3 ,

I I. Q — K sq .
, P— K t6 ; an d Black is to be
pr efer r ed (better devel opm en t) .

Thi s Gam b it i s quite out of fashi on ; though

I 2
5 1 C HESS O PEN INGS FOR BEG INNERS .

Ste in itz , in hi s m atch ( 1 866) v An der ssen , played i t .

( a s Wh i te ) seve r al ti m e s an d w i th succ e ss .

K IESER ITZK Y GAM B IT .

For m ed by Whi te, at m ove 4 , pushin g for war d

his K R P, b ar r in g Black s Q fr om her K R 5
’
.

Whi te . Black .

1 . K4 P— P— K4
2 P —
. K B4 P X P
3 K .t— K B 3 P — K K t4
P —
K R P— K t5
4 .
4
K
' —
s K B B — K tz
5 .

Paulsen s defen c e o r r ather coun te r attack

’
,
-
.

White should suppor t Kt by P Q 4 By way o f

— .

cauti on tr y 6 Kt X K tP P Q 4 ; 7 P X P P Q
,
— .
, .
,

K 2 c h ; i f Wh i te n ow stop s the check by in te r

.

po sin g Q o r B be will l o se his K K t i f he m ove s

K to B 2 8 B Q 5 ch will expo se him to a
—
, .

ter r ib le attack .

6 . P —
Q4 Kt— K B3
7 . K t Q B3
— P—
QS
Or, 7 . B— B4, Q4 8 P X P , C aP
st
— l e s ; 9 K t . .

Q 3 B , K t— R 4 Io K t— K z , P —
Q 4B . Wh i te .

l O W had bette r play II P— B3 , P K t4 12 B X

‘ —
. .

KtP, P X P .

8 . Kt —
Q3 Kt— R4
9 . Kt x P Kt— K t6
Io . R — R2 C astles
II . B — B4 Kt X P
12 . Kt X Kt R — K sq .

I3 . K — Bz . No use to play B—
Q3 beca use
,
 ‘
K IE SER ITZ K Y GA MB II .
53

of P—
Q4 better to m a ke way for the Q R
m m K Me
White . Black .

I3 R X Kt
I4 . P— B3 Kt—
Q z

an d Black ha s the best of it White dar e s n o t play

1 5. Q X P bec ause o f K t— K 4 w
, i nn in g the ,

KB .

An other lin e defen ce is : 5 Of K B3 ; Kt—

6 B— B4 P— Q 4 ; 7 P X P B— K tz 8 B
.
, .
, .

K t5 ch ( P Q 6 i s m et by
— . P X P ; an d ,

after 9 Kt X BP Bla ck save s both his pie c e s by

.
,

Q — K 2 ch P — B 3 9 P X P C.a st
,
l e s ; .
,

1 0 P X P B X P ; II P
.
—
Q (
4 to
, an t ic i pa te .

Q Q )
—
4 B X P ; 1 2 ,
R K t sq P — B6 ; a n d .
—
.
,

Black s g am e is pr efer ab le
’
Black has other .

cour ses at hi s fifth m ove ; but tho se given ar e con

side r ed the be st What i s g iven is on ly by way of
.

spec im e n .

In the var iation j ust g ive n a beg in n er m ight ,

pr oceed 6 Kt X K tP Kt X P ; 7 P Q 3 K t
, .
—
, .
,

K t6 ; he m ig ht n ow wi sh to save his R but i f he ,

does so it [ a s been f ou d i n pr acti ce that he lo ses

,
n

the attack an d g ets a bad gam e ; so that it is held

best fo r White to con tin ue 8 B X P Kt X R ; be , .
,

n ow ha s two in ter e stin g co n tin uati on s ; b ut they

both fa ; ( ) 9 B
i l a — K t5 B — K 2 ; Io Q .
— K2 , .

( n ot ice the th r e a t I I K t— B 6 c h I 2 B — R, 6 . .
, .

m ate ; so ) P — K R4 II Kt — B6 ch K . .
,

B sq ; I 2 Q K 5 K t B3 ; I3 Kt X Q P ch
.
— — .
, . .
,

K — K t sq ; an d the atta ck i s spe n t ; ( b ) 9 Q

. .

E g 8 R — R B— K
.
'
.
9 B
. X P B X Pz, K —
Qz z .
, Io .
,

P—
Q4 ; fol lo w ed by Q — B3 .
54 C HESS O PENINGS F O R BEGINNER S .

K2 ch Q— K2
( other wi se m a te as sho w n
, above );
10 K t B 6 ch ,
.
—
. K q—
;
. I I B X
. P c h K X B ; .
,

; 3 Kt X Q B X Kt ;
— h —
K q
1 2 Kt
.
Qs c .1 .
.

— KB4,
I4 Q .
— Kt
4, P Q3 ; I5 . Q — R — Kt sq .

(n ow the Kt can be extr icated ) ; an d Black has

the best of it White has gain ed the Q but it i s

.

a case o f b uyin g g ol d too dear .

ALLGAIER GAM B IT .

This var i es fr om the pr ecedin g Gam b it a t Whi te s

’

fi fth m ove In the Allgaier , he sacr i fice s hi s Kt to

.

diSplace the hosti le K an d to secur e an attack which ,

whether soun d or n o t, it is in pr actice har d to r epel .

Whi te .

1.K4 P—

2 P —.K B4
K t— K B
3 .
3
P — K R
4 .
4

Kt X BP
6.

White has her e thr ee con tin uati on s

( )
4 7 B — B 4 ch
. P —
Q 4 ! ; 8 B X . P ch .
, K
—
K t2 9 Q 4, P— K B 3 ( oKt
r Q 3) d B—
° °
. an
Black ought to win .

( ) 7 Q
13 X . P , K t— K B 3; 8 Q X BP ,
B —
Q3
.

to
( g ive r oo m to K , a n d to r el e ase the K R )
°

9. B — B 4 c h ( i f P — . K 5 , the B sim p ly t ake s i t ;

an d Q dar es n ot r etak e , o n accoun t o f
—
R K K — K ta an d Black has the be st o f it .

( )
C T h o r o l d
’
s— the be st —
7 P —
Q 4, P —
Q4
8 B X P , K t K B3 l ( o r 8
.
— P X P; 9 B .

B4 eh , K — .Kt a Io B — —
K 5 ch , K t KB 3 ,
. .
 C UNNINGH AM GAMBIT .
55

— — — —
9. K
B 2 ! ( 9
o r K t B3, B K z ), K t B 3; Io . .

— —
K t B3 , K K tz ; an d gthe
am i se far f r m o
deci ded Whi te s chan ces r est on keepin g the
.
’

attack m ovin g H e m ust pr e ss o n at al l hazar d s

.

ear ly castlin g especially Q side hel ps him m uch

, , .

We give a specim en o f the kin d o f gam e that

m ay occur in thi s fi n e O pen in g The win n er w as .

Mr E Fr eeb or ough
. . .

I P — K 4, P— K 4 2 P— K B4, P X
.
; 3 K t . P .

—
K B3 , P K K t4 4 P K R 4 , P K ts ; 5 K t
— — °
. .

Kt 5,
—
P KR 6 3; KtPX—P K X Kt ; 7 Q4 .
, .
,

P—
Q4 ; 8 , . BXP PXP ,
—
B B4 ch K — K tz ; °
.

— —
K t B 3 , K t K B3 K K —
Io . II Q — z ,
t B 3 .

12 C astles ( Q) , Kt X P ; 1 3 Q B z , P B4 ;
.
— — .

I4 .
—
B K5, B K2 — 15 Kt X P, Q K t3 ; I 6
—
. .

— —
K t K t3 , R B sq ; I 7 P B3 , K t K 3 ; I8
— — . . .

— — —
K t R 5 ch , K K t3 ; I9 B Q 3 c h , K t K 5 ;
.
— . .

2 O B X Kt eh , K X Kt ; 2 1 R
.
—
Q5 , ! R . X Q; .

22 B .
— B4 ch , K t K t4 2 3 P X Kt m ate
— . . .

C UNN IN GHAM GAM B IT .

White . Bl ack .

1. —
P K4 P— K4
2 . P—
K B4 PXP
3 K.t — K B 3 B —
K 2
B— B B — R h
4 .
4 5 C .

5 K.
— B sq Bette r to l.et the B sta y w her e
it is, an d l o se ti m e i n g o in g e l sewhe r e .

5 P —
Q4
6 X B P Kt— K B3
7 K t
.
— B 3 C as tl e s
an d Whi te gen er ally gets the best of it ;

B— f h
Q3 l ( to o r ce an ex c a n g )
e .
56 C H ESS O PEN INGS F O R BEGIN NERS .

B3 ; 9 B—
g o on , 8 P
.
-
Q 4, P— K t3 ,
. B — K t5
Io .
QB X P, K t R 4 an d Whi te, wi th
— I I. Q
Q 2, has the better gam e .

TH REE PAWNs GAM B IT .

br an che s 05 fr om the Cun n in gham Gam b it ;

This
though it i s n ot r eally soun d Black can easil y g o
,

Black .

I P
.
— K4 P— K4
2 P— K B
.
4 PX P
K Kt—
B B— K2
3 .
3
— —
B R5
4 B B4. ch .

5 P — .K K t 3 PxP
6 Castl e s
. P X P ch .

7 K — R The K i s
. s
q .

en ough for the ti m e .

D IAGRAM I1 .

After Whi te s ’

7 th Move .
5 8
'

C HESS O PENING S F O R BEGINNER S .

Black .

1 . P— K4 P— K 4
2. P— K B4 P X P
B B4 P—
3 .
—
Q4
C on si der ed be st ; gi vin g b ack the P , for quicker
developm en t .

4 . BXP Q — R5 ch .

Or K t K B3 —
5
-
Q 5
K t . Kt—
Q 3,
B B
6 K t B3 , C astl e s ; 7 C astl es,
.
— B X Kt ; 8 Q P X B, . .

P B3 ; equal g am e ; but it m ust be all owed that

—

ther e i s n o t m uch Gam b it about it .

5 B sq . K — . P — K K t4
6 K t— Q B3 . . Or play 6 Q Bs..
— P— Bs ;
—
7 Q
— B P — K
.
3, B3 8
. P Q 4, t— K z

the Q B) .

—
7 P Q4
8 K t K B3
.
—

I. P— K4 P— K4
P K B4
-
P X P
—
B B4 P — K B4
Q — K2
Q — R 5 ch
K Q sq
— . P X P
Q X P ch . B— K2
— K t K B3
P Q4 —

In this var iation Black woul d ,

n ot do so well
by 7 . K K t4 8P— °
.
Q — K
5, Kt— K B3 °

9. K t— K B 3 Q,
— R 4 1 0 Q °
. X K tP, with a ra ther
better posi ti on for the en ding .
 KING S BISH O P S GAMB IT
’ ’
.
59

White . B lack .

8 Q X BP
. Pr acti call y for cin g exchan g e of

Q 3 ; fo r , i f Q R4 eh .
°

9 . B— K z, Q
R 4 ( to t
sus ai n Q )
EF White, by 10 . B—
Q 2, g ai n s

C .

Inthis Black check s at fir st O ppor tun ity

, , ai m i n g
to r etai n the Gam bi t Pawn .

I. P— K4 P— K4
2P— . K B4 PX P
B— B4
3 .
Q — R 5 ca
4 K —. B sq . P— K K t4

4.
( th r e ate
B— B4
n s m ate ) i s wo r s e th an

usel ess as White devel ops hi s gam e an d g ai n s tim e

,

by 5 P Q 4 Black m ust avoid 5 K t K B3

— . .
— .
,

Q — Kt
5 [Q 6 B X P c h K —
Q q (s i
. f .
, .

K X B; 7 K t K s ch win s the Q) ;
— . .

P— K R — K t6 ; 8 — d
7.
3, Q . Kt Q 3
B , an 9 . Kt— Kz
( c atch in g Bla ck Q) .

5 K t
.
— B
Q 3
6 P Q4
—.

Not to ob str uct K BP or KB , an d to cl ose the K

file .

7 . P— K K t3 Or B3 , Q
. R4 ; 8 Kt— — . P
K R 4, P— K R3 9 K — K t sq , Q K t3 , &c
— . . .

7 PXP
8 K —.K t2 thr eaten s P X P win n in g Q , .

8 —
P K t5
9 PXP Q— B
3
Io Q X P P —
Q4
60 C HE SS O PENINGS F O R BEGINNER S .

wi th well developed gam e ; II

-
P—
Q4 be,
in g
m et by I2 K t X P ; an d I I
. . by
Q x B .

White . Black .

II . P— K5 B XQ
12 . PXQ B X P
13 . Kt x P Kt x Kt
I4 . B X Kt B3
P—

I5 . B— B3 , sa ving the Q ;
P fo r i f 15 .

B X B ; then I6
. Kt X B .

KIN G S ’
GAM B IT D ECLINED .

Al thoug h i t m ay be , in theor y, bette r to accept

the Gam b it Pawn , yet, in pr acti ce , the defen ce is
.

often so diffi cult in the com plication s that m ay

ar i se , that m an y pl ayer s pr e fe r to dec li n e i t ; an d
thi s m ay be don e in sever al ways .

I . K4
P— P— K 4
2 P—. K B4 —
B B4
3 K t
.
— K B 3 P Q3
—

4 P —
. B3 K t K B3
—

Or 4 B4, K t— —
B KK t5 ;
. B—
Q 3; 5
B . P—
Q3 ,

6. P—
Q 3 (
B to keep o utthe Kt fr om his Q 5 ) ,

K t B3 7 P K R 3 ,
— — . B X Kt 8 Q X B &c .
, .
 KING S GA MBIT DEC INED
’
L . 61

White .

1. K4P—

2 P—. K B4
K t— K B
3 .
3

5.K t
B3 , Black l oses tim e
an d .

4 Kt X P
. B— K3
It woul d n ot do to play for then P— K B3
5 Q .
— R
5 c h , P— K K t3; 6
. Kt X K tP , & c . .

T he text m ove de fen ds the K BP, an d pr even ts

-

B B4
—

PX Pi p . .

If he did n ot take i t, hi s passed Pawn would be

ver y in secur e
—
B B4

I . P— K4 P— K4
2 . P— K B4 P—
Q4
P —
Q3 is n ot equally g o o d ; whil e
2 P K B4 ; 3 Q
— R s eh , .
— K K t3 ; 4 . P — .

— K 2 i s bad for Black doe he

Q , ; n o r s g et an y
g ood fr o m 2 Q — R 5 oh ; 3 P— K K t3, Q
. .

B3 ; 4 P X P, Q X P ; 5 E K t2 , &c
.
— . .

Q — B
3 , i s m et by 3 P —
Q3 .

3 P X.
Q P

This i s the F al k b e er C oun te r G am bi t ; Black

m ay play a m or e cau ti ous g am e by Q X P;
4 K.t— B
Q 3 Q — K ,3 5 K t— B 3 P x P ch
.
, .
62 C HESS O PENINGS F O R B EGINNE R S .

6 . B z ( thr eate
K — ns B— K t5 ch .
, an d R — K
—
B K z , &c .

Whi te . Bl ack .

4 .
Q3
P—
Qx P
5 K t
.
— B
Q 3 B— K
Q 5t
6 B Q2
—
. B X Kt
7 B X
. B P— K B3

Not Kt— K B3 because of 8. BX

c tter in g the Pawn s
s a .

NO TE III .

P inn i n g I t ( at K B S) w i th B ( con tin uation ) .

The fo l lo w in g i m ag i nar y l ittl e g a m e sh o w s ho w Paw ns m ay

so m eti m es be picked 11 th r o ug h your o ppo n en t heed l essl y
— K — K —
p i n n ing a K t : I P .
4 , P K 4 ; 2 t B 3 , .P Q3 ;
— — — K — B
3 B — B 4 K t Q 3 B ; 4 P Q3 Q K t K 2 ? ; 5 t Q 3,
X
.
.
, .
,

B — K ts ; n o w Whi te has tw o cour ses : ( A) 6 K t P

X
.

( th r ea te ns 7 . B P m a te ; n e c e ss i t at i n g s o m e thi n g l ike
B K 3, or
— P Q4 ; o r
— f —
K t KR 3 is m et
X X
. .

by 7 B K t, (B ) 6 B P ch , K X B ;
X
. . .

K — K 8 B i i P d
7 . K t — K t 5 e h , . s q Q .
, g a
. n n g a a w n , an

p r ev e n ti n
g B la c k ’
s c as t li n g T h e l a .tt er w a y o f g a i n in g t he
Paw n i s th e m o r e usual , the posi ti on o f Black s Q K t bei ng
’

un usual C o m par e , fo r sam e r easo n , the fol l o w i n g am e

.

g
l o st, i n hi s ear l y days, by th e g r ea t Philidor ( Legal le gi ving
hi m O dds of Q R ) I P— K 4, P— K 4 ; 2 B — B4, P— Q 3 ;
. .

— — —
3 K t K B3 , P K K 3 ; 4 K t Q 3 , B B K K t5 ?; 5 K t X P,
— t
X X X
. . .

B Q ( best i s . P K t, losin g a Pawn o n l y ) ; 6 B P .

c h , K — K z ; 7 K t— Q s m ate
. . O r , at a later stag e o f the
.

g a m e , tr y th e fo l l o w i n g , w h i c h oc cu r r e d i n th e fi fth g a m e o f
the Tar r asch Tc hig o r i n m atch , 1 8 ( D T s ch, Wh i te )
-
93 r a r r a .

1 .
— —
P K4 , P K 4 ; 2 K t K 3 , K t Q B3 ; 3 B K ts, — . B — — .

P— Q R 3 B — R K — B K t— B B — K
4 .
4 ,
t 3 5 3 , . t s
6 K t— Q S. B — R4 ; 7 C as tl es , P— Q K t4 ; 8 B — K t3 ,
. . .

P —Q 3 ; 9 P— Q 3 B— K K t5 ; Io P— B 3 , K t— K 2
X
.
, .

White n ow played 1 1 K t K P, an d Black had no thing .

 C AST ING L .
3

Bl ack .

D IAGRAM 12 .

Whi te .

better than P X K t ; 1 2 K t X K t ch , P X K t ;
X XQ
. .

13 Q B , l osi n g a Paw n ; fo r i f It B ; th e r e
X
. . .

w oul d fo ll o w 12 K t K t eh , K — B sq ( o r A) I3 K t( K s) °

q _
. . . .

—
Q 7 ob , Q X K t ; I4 K t X Q ch K q
. . 15 R X . . .

B, K t ; 1 6 B X P, &c ; ( A ) I2 P X K t ; 13
X
. . . . .

B P c h K — B sq ; I4 B— R 6 m ate
; Ii ei th e r
X X
, . . . .

Kt K t, bein g of cour se m et by 1 2 K t B . .

NOTE IV .

e ns ui n — As beg in n er had better castl e

r ule , the
g a
K
.

ear l y i n th e g am e, an d pr e fer ab l y on si de But i f the .

Q ueen s hav e b ee n ea r l y ex ch an g ed , i t w i ll scar cel y be w o r th

w hil e to spen d tim e in castli n g ; the K
w o uld then g en er all y
b e sa fe en oug h, an d hav e m o r e chan ces o f useful n ess to w ar d s
the m i ddl e o f th e b oar d It Is ver y dan g e r ous to castl e on a
.

si d e w her e yo ur O ppon en t has ( o r can g et) an O pen fi l e fo r

h i s R o r R s ; or w her e he can br in g to b ear at on ce upon
y o u r K ’
s uq
ar te r s the c o m b i n ed ac ti o n o f se v er al o f hi s

p i ec es ; o r w h er e h e has P a w n s co ns ider ab l y ad v an ce d .
64 C HESS O PEN INGS F O R BEGINNE RS

You m ay set too m uch sto r e on pr ev en tin g your o ppo n en t

li I P — K4, P — K4 ; 2 — K B K — B
eas t n cg K t 3 t Q 3
X
.
. .
,

B K — B K — B K P i b
3 4 t 3 ; 4 t 3 t ( t i s n o w es t to
X X X
. .
, ,

con ti n ue 5 K t K t, — 6 B B &
P Q 4 ; P ; Q c b ut,
X KX X
, .
. .

B P ch , 6 K K P —
s ppo se ) , 5
u . B ; . t t, Q4 ; .

B lack has sufl er ed n o har m ; i n fact, has the b etter g am e

'

O en l in es fo r hi s Bisho s, the KB fil e o pen for his K R , an d

p p
hIS K( i f n ecessar y ) can g et shel ter ( after K R has co m e o ut )
at K K t sq Whi te ca n o t o o
. n f ll w u p hi s a tta c k — o r r ath er ,
the attack h as d ied o ut, an d B lack is ahead i n d ev el o pm en t .

O f cour se , i f yo u an d your o ppo n en t castl e o n di ffe r e n t sides ,

ther e m ay be a r ace w ho m ay g e t i n fir st upo n cas tl ed K
wi th Pawhs -h ur r i ed o n an d hel ped by pieces .

V A R IO U S O P E N IN G S .

K IN G S B ISHO P S
’ ’
O PE N IN G .

T hi s
o ften tur n s by slight tr an spo si ti on o f ,

m oves i n to a Giuoco Pi an o o r si m ilar gam e

, b ut , ,

it m ay keep a d isti n cti ve char acter .

I .

Whi te . Black .

I P
.
— K4 P— K4
2 B
.
— B4 B— B4
The C lassical Defen ce Black m ay al so play .

K B K — — B
2 . t—
Q 3 3 t Q 3 B , K t .
3 4 .

P Q 3 , B K t5 , &c
— — If he plays 2 . .

P K B4 (kn o wn as the C al ab r e s e C o un ter

—

G am b i t) , White had better devel op quietly by

3 . P —
Q3 F o r the “
. B e r l in De fe n ce , se e
No III . .

3 Q
— R.
5 A favo ur i te m ove . w i th be g i n n e r s ;
if Bla ck thin ks to defen d the BP by Kt
66 C H ESS O PENING S F O R BEGINNERS .

B— B7 ch .
7 . K— Q sq .
, B— B
Q 4 8 . R — B sq .

( to p r eve n t —
K t B7 &c The
. Black B
l o se s tim e .

6 . Kt— K B3
7 P X .P
f White wishes to cas tle ( K) then , .
—
8 B K 3 , Sec .

III .

kn own as the Ber lin Defen ce .

3 P —
.
Q3Q O
. r 3 . B
Q 3 —
4 P K z, Kt— .

Q B 3 , B — B4 ; 5 K t
—B 3, C.astl e s, & c O r 3 . .

K t Q B3 , Kt X P ; 4 Kt X Kt, P— Q 4 ; 5 E x P ,
— . .

Q X B ; 6 K t— .
Q 3, Q
B — R 4; 7 P —
Q3, & c O r . .

3 .P —
Q 4, P X P ; 4 Q X P , l ea di.n g in to the
C en tr e Gam e .

—
B B4
3 .

4 . Kt
K —
B 3 A ll o wi n g
. o f c ast l in g, if B l ac k
r epl i e s K t K t5
—
4 P— K B 4 i s
. dan g e r o
. us ,

as it expo se s the Whi te K to shar p attack fr om Kt

at K t5 an d Q at R 5 .

4 P—
Q3
An d we have r eached a Giuoco Pian o gam e .

VIENNA O P EN IN G .
 VIENNA O PENING . 67

Black s best r eply ; after which it will n ot do

’

Whi te any good to ofier a Gam b it ; but suppo se '

Bk
P— K B4
3 .

This is better than P X P ( to which Whi te

woul d an swer 4 P — K tho ug h th i s.wo ul d
be a g ood r eply if Black s secon d m ove had been ’

Q 3
B
Kt— .

4 B P
. X P O r K P X P , P X P ; .
5 K t
.

K B3 , Kt X P ; 6 Kt X Kt, Q X Kt . .

4 . P Kt X

5 Q
— B
.
3 If Kt X. Kt P X Kt th e W h i te Ps , ,

will be r ather b r oken up (un le ss Q P is kept for a

tim e unm oved) Black was thr eaten in g
.
Q
R 5 ch 6 P K K t3 Kt X K tP ; 7 K t B3
.
— .
—
, .
,

Q — R
4 Wh i te
. m i g ht al so play 5 K t— B3 B .
,
— — —
K2 ; 6 Q 4.
.
Q 4; 7
PB
—
Q s. P B Kt Q s;
B
8 K t X K t, P X K t ; 9 B X P, Kt X
. .
Q P .

6 P—.
Q3 Kt X Kt
7 P.X Kt Q5 P—

To hin der Whi te s devel opm en t as 8 P X P

’
, .
,

Q X P wo u l d g ai n the Wh i te KP Wh i te s .
’

pas sed P i s n ot dan er o us as it cann ot be eas ily

g ,

suppor ted .

I P —
. K4
Kt— B
2. Q 3
68 C HESS O PENINGS FO R BEGINNERS .

Black
.

5 K.K t— K 2 . Not Kt X Kt, b r inging Black

Q to ood
in p y
g la .

Thi s, beg in n in g at White s m ove 3 , i s Paul sen s

’ ’

var iati on ; it m ay, l ike other thing s, be m uch

v ed , ag 3
ar i . B — B4 ; 4 B K tz , C astl es ;
— .

5 . K K t— K 2 , P —
Q3 ; 6 C as tl e s, K t— B 3 , & c . .

O ther var iation s m ay be sum m ed up thus

—
( )
C I . P— K 4, P K4 ;
Q 3B , K
2. B Kt
3;
— Kt—

3 B
.
— B 4, Kt X P ; 4 Q R 5 ( if Kt X Kt, then
— .

P Q 4 r ec over s the pi ece ) , K t Q 3 ( for ced ) ;

— —

5 .
Q X KP c h , Q — K z
.
; 6 Q Q X , B X Q; p l
. ay
i n g w ithout Queen s .

D
( ) I P — . K 4 , P — K 4 2 K t —
Q 3,
B B — B 4;.

3 . P — K B 4 , P —
Q3 ; 4 1 K t — B 3, B — K .K t 5 5 .

K t Q R 4, B K t3 ; 6 Kt x B, R P x Kt, &c
— — . .

—
( )
E I P — . K 4 , P K 4 ; 2 K t —
Q 3B , K t .

B B K —
Q 3; 3
3 — .
4 . t— B s; 4 P —
Q s. B K t s; .

5 . K K t— K 2 ,
P —
Q4 ; 6 P X P , Kt X P .
, & c .

In th is, i f 3 . B B4 ; Whi te plays 4 Q

— .

K t4 ; an d Black has to defen d his K K tP, n ot ve r y

co m for tab ly ; 4 Q — . B 3 be in g m et by 5 Kt .

d B B q ( K K 3) ,
P—
—
Q5 ; an 4 .
—
s o r t .

by 5 Q K t3 (avo din g oss fr om

.
— i l P Q 4)
— .

( )
F The Gam b i t fo r m s of the O pen in g
— —
( )
a I K
.
4 , P— K 4 ; K t— P Q 3
B ,
K t B
Q 3 2 .

3 . P — B 4 , P X P ; 4 K t— K B 3, P — K K t4; 5 . .

P Q 4 ( m ak g the Pi er c e G a m b i t) , P K t5
— i n —

6 .B — B 4, P X Kt ; 7 Ca s tl e s, P —
Q4 ; 8 P. X Q ,
P .
 C E N T R E C O UNTE R GAME . 69

—
B K t5 ( r a n s th e tewin toby dv
of ce P
a an Q ,

check in g ) 9 R— K sq ch , K K t— K 2 (
°

. . to c
l ear
.

K K t fi e fo r R )
l IO —
K t K 4 ( r a n s K t B6
°
. th e te
—

m a ), B te — K t2 II , Kt R4 ;
°
— PXP
. 1 2 —
B B .

sq .
—
B R 4 an d la s
°
ul w in B ck ho d .

( ) Ib P — K 4 .
,
P — K 4 2 K t—
Q B 3 , K t—
Q 3B .

3 . P— B 4, X P P
K t — K B 3, P — K Kt
°

4 5 P
°
.

K R4 ( the
H am pe Al l gai e r G am b i t) , P— K ts -

6 Kt K t5 ( o r tr y K t K K t sq
.
— — &c m u as . ch
inthe o y e tho h the p e
r din ar Allgai r , y ug r l im in ar

ove of W i
h te tt e vo
s Q K t i s a li l in hi s fa ur
’
m .

B ck
la , of co e by p y
ur s , l a in g 2 —
K t K B3 ,
can avo d the pe
i th bt they
r i l s of i s Gam i —
an d ar e
n ot few .

( ) Tch e S t e i n i tz G a m b i t : I P— K 4 , P .

K 4 2 K t Q B3 , K t Q B 3
° —
.
—
3 P — B 4 , X ;
°

. P P
4 P Q 4. Q R h K
— K 6
—
s e 5
— Z . P —
Q4 ;
PXP , Q
— K2 K — ch —
B z , Q R 5 eh ; 8 P
. . .

K K t3 , ehPXP 9 K — K t z ,
B.
— °

Q3 ( h.r a n s t e te
P X P w
i n n i n g) ; 1 0 — K sq e h K t

( )
.
, , . . .

B3 K ; 2 I I P X P , Q X.
Q ;P 1 2 K t— B 3, .

— Kt i w th ve y i ce t e t
O

Q 3 r
°
u n r a n r su l .

C EN T RE C OUN TER GAME .

Black .

P —
Q 4
T o an y un usual fir st m ove of White s, Black m ay
’

safe ly m ake th i s r eply A S i t stan d s, th i s O pe n in g .

i s n o t con sider ed favour ab l e for Black, an d i s

sel do m played .

2 P X P .Bette than P K 5 , to which Black

r —

an swer s P Q B4 ( for e stal lin g P Q4)

— — If
B
. .

2 Kt .
—
Q 3 the n , . P—
Qs .
70 C HESS O PENINGS FO R BEGINNER S .

Black .

2 Q X P
Or K t KB3 ; 3 P Q 4 ( better than to
— — .

defen d the P by P Q B4) Q X P &c

—
, , .

—
Q Q q s .

— —
Or —
Q Q 4; 4
R P Q4 P B
Q s; S »
.

Kt— B3 , —
B B4 .

—
4 . P—
Q4 P Q s
B
O pen in g an other lin e for Q an d g uar d in g his
K
Q 4»t
—
K t B3 —
B B4
5 .

— —
6 B .
Q3 B K t3
At Black s four th ’
ht get 4m ove we m ig .

K t K B3 ; 5 B K 3 ( if B Q 3 avoid 5
— — — .
, .

Q X P ; 6 B —
Q K t
.
s c h wi n n in g Q ) B . B,4 ,
-

( Soo n advanc in g Pawn to K 3 ) Th e l o ss o f ti m e .

by Black Q at begin n in g i s the obj ecti on to thi s

O pen in g .

SIC ILIAN GAME .

This, again , O pen in g n ot m ucn In favour ,

is an
tho ugh it has been occasi onally used by such
em in en t player s as M essr s Lasker an d Jan owsk i . .

Its popular i ty m ay r evive .

I. P— K4 4
—
K t K B3
2. 3
3 . Kt—
Q 3
B . Or P—
Q4 , P X P ; 4 Kt X P
.
,

Kt— K B3 .
 C EN TR E GAME .
7:

White . Bl ack .

6 . B— P X P isolates Black s
K2 . Thoug h ’

Q P yet
, the h a r m so do n e to hi m i s l i ttl e or
n oth i n g an d his KB is quickly b r ou ht in to play
, g .

6 . K t QB 3

Black m ay shape the O pen in g on differ en t lin e s ,

thus : I P K 4 P Q B4 2 K t— Q B3 P
— .
—
, .
,

K K t3 3 K t— B3 B — K. tz 4 P —
Q4 P X P ; , .
,

5 . Kt X P K t— B
Q 3; 6 B
,
— K 3 K t — B 3 .
,
°

B K 2 C astl e s ; 8 Q Q z P Q 3
—
,
— — One Of .
, .

Black s objects In this O pen in g IS to utili se the QB

’

file for hi s Q R .

C ENTR E GAME .

A l ively O pen in g , l ea din g to in ter e stin g play at

an ear ly stag e of g am e .

I. P— K4
2. P —
Q 4
This i s Black s best
’
Q B 3 i s m et by Kt—

3 . P—
Q 5 , an d B lack l o se s t i m e w i th Kt ;
B Q 3 Is even wor se, m et in sam e way
— If .

P Q 4 ; we m ight g et 3 P X K P , P X P ; 4
— .

Q Q ,X c h K X Q; 5 . B — B 4, K —
q ( n o t . .

K t K R 3 ; el se 6 B X K t, P X B ; 7 B X P
— . .

an d would win ) ; 6 K t Q B3 , an d White has

—
.

g o t ahe a d i n h i s deve l op m e nt M uch the .

sam e, i f 2 P Q 3 ; 3 P X P, &c
—
. If 2 . . .

P .K B 3; 3 P -
X P , P X P ? ; 4 Q
.
— R 5 .

ch , K — K z ; 5 Q X KP eh , K B z ; 6 B — .

i
. . .

B4 oh , K K t3 7 Q B 5 , Fi i i s l ( or in th is 4
—
o

—.
°
. .

— K Kt
3 5
; Q X K P c h , Q — K z ;
. 6 Q X . .

R , Q X P ch 7 K —
Q q, s . & c ) b u
.t B la ck n e ed . .
 72 C HE SS O PENING S FO R BEG INNE R S .

n ot play 3 PX P Q K 2 i s bet te r -

( th r e aten i n g i f 4 P X P
, to r epl.y Q X KP ,

ch then 4 K t K B3 P X P ; n o w c on
—
.
,

tras t the two ar m ies ; White with a Kt in fiel d , ,

O pen lin es for hi s Bs an d Q ; wh il e both Black Bs

ar e b l ock ed his Q i s b adl y placed
, Q — K t 5
ch woul d onl y develop White s gam e by K t
.
’

Q 3 B de fe n d in g the KP ) an d he ca nn ot c astl e ,

un d er thr ee m ove s ; Wh i te stan ds m uch bette r .

B lack .

3 Q X P . If B4 ( the Gam b it) we m ay g et

B —

play like 3 —
B B4 ; 4 B X P c h K X B ; .

5 Q
.
— R
5 ch —
P K K t3 6 Q X B, &c or 3 . . .

— Kt
5 ch ; 4 P — B 3 , .P X P ; 5 . P X P, .

Q — B
3 ( stopp in g 6 P X B ) ; 6 Q — K .t3 , B — B 4 .

7 . K t— B 3 ( stopp i n g the th r e ate n ed m a te an d

pr epar in g to castle) ; an d White s better devel op ’

m en t m ay co m pen sate fo r the m i ssing P But a .

begin n er is on safer gr oun d with the text m ove -

3 . Kt—
Q 3
B
At on ce dr ivin g off the Q an d so , far gain in g tim e .

4 .
Q — K3 . T h is pr even ts P Q 4 ( fo r
—

then , 5 P X. P di s . or —
B B4 .
4 Q .

Q sq. l o ses tim e

4 . B— Kz
Or 4 Kt—
Q ( f o r e
B3 ; 5 sta ll in g . B- 2

K t Q K t5 , an d pr epar in g to castl e ( Q) , an d g et
—

his R o n the open fi l e) , &c 4 K t Q K ts i s

— .

a pr em atur e attack ; 5 B Q 3 , Kt X B ; 6 Q X
— . .

Kt, &c Black m ay also tr y 4

.
—
P K K t3 ; .

5. K t—
Q 3
B , B — K t2
( we ll po sted , if W h i te sh ould
ca t e Q) ; 6 K t
s l —
, P — .
, &c. Q5 Q3
74 C H E SS O PENING S F O R BEGINNER S .

g en e r all y tur n s o ut i n Wh i te s favo ur ; B lack m ay

’

play 4 . P B7 ; 5 Q X P B K t5 eh &c
— — .
, .
, .

Whi te . Bl ack .

5 . Kt x P B — K t5
6 K K t— K 2
. White m ig ht her e pr even t
.

Black fr om castlin g by 6 B X P ch , K X B ; .

7 Q
.
— Kt
3 ch , P —
Q 4 .8 Q X B , Kt P ; b u t . x
Black s K woul d be quite safe , an d his K R would
’

com e in to g ood play at K sq White could n o t .

r ecover the P by 9 Kt X Kt, on accoun t o f .

9 R —
q o P— B3, P X K t ; II P X
°
. I . . .

P, Q R 5 eh , an d 1 2
— .
Q X KP ; o r so m e
. .

thin g ver y sim ilar .

6 . Castl es
an d Black keeps his Pawn to the g ood wi th a safe
po sition .

QUEEN S PAWN GAME ’

.

T e m ove I P Q 4 i s theor etically the safe st

h — .
, ,

an d so un de st fir st m ove ; the Pawn doe s n ot at

o n ce r equir e defen ce an d the devel opm en t of the
,

for ce s pr oceed s on cauti ous m ar ked out l in es ,

-
, .

But thi s O pen in g i s so m ewhat m on oto n ous an d

r e quir e s ve r y e t c re It i s i n i ts v ar i ous
g r a a .
,

b r an ches o n e o f the m ost co m m on ly played in

,

i m po r tan t con te sts .

I. P—
Q4
2. P— K3
 Q UEE N S PAW
’
N G A ME .
75

Each Side m e an ing to b r in g out Q K t aid Q 2 ;

an d White in te n din g to advan ce o n K si de , i f
Black K should castl e in that dir ection White s ’

QB be in g kept fo r de fe n ce at Q 2 T h e sub sequen t .

play n eed s m uch cauti on .

Black .

1 . P— Q4 P Q4
I. P—
Q B4 ,
i s be st m e t by 2. P—
Q5 ; I.
P—
Q3, by 2 P.
— K4 .

2. P— K 3

White m ight con tin ue

in a way like this : 2
al s o .

— —
K t K B3 , P K 3 ; 3 P K K t3 , P— Q B4 ; 4
—
. .

B— K t2 , P x P ; 5 Q x P , K t— Q B3 ; 6 Q
. .

— —
Q q ( Q 3
s n o.t B , B K t5 ),
I & c .

P— K 3
P Q B4
—

K t Q B3
—

—
K t B3
B— Q 3
C astl es
BP X P
—
P Q R3

A ove ke 9
m l i K t Q K t5 ( attackin g the B )
—

would on ly l ose tim e ; White woul d withdr aw it to

K2 . An isolated P, in m iddl e of boar d , g oes for
ver y little in this sor t of O pen in g ; it can be
g en e r all y exch an ed
g , or suffi c i e n tl y g uar ded ,
an d
m ean whil e the O pen lin es ar e useful for the
Rooks .
7 6 C H E SS O PENING S FO R BEGINNER S .

Black .

I. P— Q4 P— KB4
Kn own as the Holl an di sh ( or Stei n s ) G am e ; ’

a favour ite de fen ce wi th M o r phy ; but n ot con

si der ed as g ood as P Q4
—
.

2 Kt — . K B3 Staun ton used to play 2 P

. .

K 4 P X P ; 3 K t Q B3 K t K B3 4 B K K ts
,
— — .
—
,
.
,

P B3 ; 5 B X Kt KP X B 6 Kt X P r ecove r
—
.
, ,

in g Pawn In thi s if 4
. P Q 4 ( to ho l d
—
,

Pawn ) White plays 5 B X Kt KP X B ; 6 Q

, .
, .

R 5 ch P K K t3 7 Q X Q P with advan tag e

— .
,
.
, .

2 P— K3
3 . P— K3 K t— K B3
P— B4 B K2
—
4 .

( C heck ing at K t5 is us ele ss )

.

—
5 K t
. B 3
— P Q 3
K t
6 B— K 2
. B— K tz
White will devel op his QB at Q K tz Black s Q is .
’

so m ewh at ob str ucted — a cor ollar y o f keepi n g the .

Q P un m oved ; he sho ul d s oo n play P — B

Q 4 .

Gam e s on such l in es as tho se j ust given ( which

m ay be in fin itely an d safel y var ied in detai l) ar e
far l e ss co m m on than tho se O pen in g with the
Queen s Gamb it
’
.

QUEEN S ’
GAM B IT ACCEPTE D .

—
1 . P Q4 P—
Q4
2 . P—
Q 4
B PXP
It i s safe to take the Pawn dan e r o us
; g
hol d ii
 Q UEEN S GAMBIT ACC EPTED
’
.
77

Black .

3 K 3 .Suppo
P— s e Wh i te he r e p lay s 3 K t .

K B3 , P Q B4 ; 4 P— K 3 , P X P ; 5 B X P ,
—
. .

Black m ust n o w an swer by —

P K 3 for i . o .
°
i
'

5 P X P ; 6 B X P c h , w in s the Q ue en
. . .

If Wh ite wer e to play 3 P— K 4, he would get .

n o par ticular advan tag e fr o m such a con tin uat io n

as, 3 P K 4 ! 4 P X P ( P Q 5 i s m et by
— — .

P K E4) , Q x Q c h ; 5 K x Q, K t Q z ;
—
. .
— . .

6 P B4, K t B4 ; 7 K t Q B3 , P— Q B3 ; 8
.
— — —
. .

B X P, P Q K t4 9 B K t3 , P K t5 Io
— — — . .

Q K t— K 2 , Kt X P , &c .

P— K4
3 .

Thi s last m ove coul d have been pr even ted by

‘

3. K t — K B 3 Suppo se 3 . P —
Q 4(
K t to ho l d
.

the Pawn ) ; Wh ite pr oceeds 4 P Q R 4, B — Q z

— .

( be st ,
if 4 P— B
Q 3;
. then 5 P X P , an d .

Black dar es n ot r etake , because of 6 Q B3 , — .

win n in g a piece ; if 4 P Q R 3 ; the n

— .

5. P X P win s a P aw n fo r Wh i te ) ; 5 P X P ,
.

B X P ; 6 P Q K t3 , an d wi ll r eun i te all hi s
— .

Pawn s, l eavin g Black wi th two isolated Pawn s

4 E X P .I f P X P , .

eh , g ets a tr iflin g advan tag e

. .

4 P X P
5 . PXP Kt— K B3
—
6 . Kt— K B3 B Q3
7 C ast l e s . C astl e s

The B l ackm ar G am b i t is n ot g ood fo r

— —
Wh ite ; 1 P Q 4, P Q 4 ; 2 P K 4, P X P ;
.
— .

3 .P— K B 3, P X P 4 Kt X P , P— K 3 5 B—
Q3 , . .

K t K B3 , &c ; he doe s n ot g et en oug h for the

— .

m issin g Paw n .
78 C HESS O PENIN GS FO R BEGINNERS .

QUEEN S ’
GAMB IT DECLINED .

White . Black .

1 P— Q 4 —
P Q4
2 .
—
P Q B4 If 2 B B4 Black m ay eIther
— . .
,

play P Q B4 an d let Wh ite take Q K t if he

—
,

chooses ; or con tin ue , 2. P—

K3 ; 3 Kt .

K B3 , —
K t K B3 P— K3, —
B Q3 5 B— K t3 ,
4 . .

Castl es, &c .

2. P— K3
If 2 .
—
K t K B3 ; White by 3 P X P Q .
, X P;
4. Kt—
Q 3
B ( or 3 . Kt X P ; 4 P — . K 4) ;
i tim e
.

ga n s .

— Kt— K B3
3 . Kt Q 3
B
P K3
— —
B Kz
4 .

5 . K t K B3
— Castl es
6 . B— K 2 —
P Q K t3
7 . Castl es —
B K tz
— —
8 . P Q K t3 Q K t Q 2

In these Q P O pen in g s, the KB is m or e defen sive

at K 2 , m or e attackin g at Q 3 White m ay b r ing .

his Q R soon to QB sq ( for the open fi le) an d .

som eti m e s then b r in g h i s KB to Q K t sq , bear in g .

on the oppon en t s K side ( as a r ul e both par ti es

’

castl e K side in this O pen in g) .

—
1. P—
Q4 P Q4
2 . P— Q 3
B B
Q 4i s n ot g.oo d ; in 2. Kt—

this O pen in g , the Q BP shoul d be advan ced b efor e

the Q K t is thus devel oped ( for both si des) .
 Q UEEN S GAMBIT ’
DEC INED L .
79

White . B l ack .

2 . P— K3
3 Q 3
.B Kt— K t— K B3
B — Kt B K2
—
4 .
5
Suppo se Black to play Q Q 2 5 P X PKt— .
,

P X P ; 6 Kt X . P ? ( P K 3 i s the r ight m ove)

—
,

Black by 6 . Kt X Kt g ain s a piece C on—

tin n ed , 7 . B X Q B
,
— K t5 ch 8 Q Q (
— z fo
. r ced ) .
,

B X Q ; 9 K
ChX B, K.X B . .

5 K t
.
— B 3 C as tl e s
6 P K3
—
. PX P
7 B .X P Q K t —
Q 2

O r , g oi n g
b ac k to White s four th m ove tr y 4 ’
, ,

B B 4 P Q B4 5 P K 3 P X Q P ; 6 KP X
— — ’
,
— .
, .

P P X P ; 7 B X P K t B3 O r in this Black
,
— .
, .
, ,

m ay play 4 P Q R 3 or
— .
—
B K 2 or , ,

B Q 3 ; or we m ight have
— X P ;
P— K 4, &c
5 . .

The O pen in g s, beg in n in g I Q 4, de m a n d . P —

g r e a t p a ti e n ce an d j ud g m en t T hey a re r e a l l
. y
be st studied in r ecor ds of actual gam e s by leadin g
player s The play, as a r ul e , is dir ected for a l on g
.

tim e to secur e the better po sition o f for ces r ather

than gain of m ater ial ; the scr een of Pawn s pr e
ven tin g an y im m ediate con flict .

Som ewhat akin i s the E n gl i sh O pen i n g, by

I P .
—
Q B 4 ; B l ack m ay an swe r I P — K 4,
g ett in g the S i c i l ia n g am e a m ove beh i n d ; o r I .

P K B4 ( le adin g in to the H oll an d ish Gam e) ;

—

b ut usuall y he plays I —
P Q B4, or I
. .

P K 3 , l eadin g , by slight tr an spo si ti o n , in to the

—

Queen s Gam b it ag
’
.

O bject, to fo r estall B —
Q3 ( bear in g on K R P,
after Whi te has castl ed) .
80 C HESS O PENINGS F O R BEGIN NERS

Blac k .

—
B —
1. Q 4
P P K 3
— —
2 Kt.
Q 3
B K t K B3
K t — B —
P Q4
3 .
3
4 P —
. K3 P— Q K t3
—
B Qs
5 P—
Q4
What is kn own as Z u k er tor t s O pe n i n g, 1
’
.

K t K B3 , r un s in to the Queen s Gam b it Declin ed ;

— ’

eg I
. .
— — —
P Q 4 ; 2 P Q 4, P K 3 ; 3 P . .

B
Q 4, K t— K B 3 4 K t— B3, P— B4 ; 5
. P .

K 3 , B Q 3 , &c ; or in to so m e other for m o f the

—
. .

Q g
P am e .

’
BIRD s O PEN IN G
. .

Th i s has m uch the sam e featur es (un le ss Bla ck

offer s a Gam b i t, as shown bel ow) as the Queen s ’

Pawn Gam e ; but is con sider ed slig htly in fer ior to

the latter , ’owin g to som e li ttl e difficul ty in devel op
in g Whi te s Q side piece s .

I . KB 4
P —

2 P —
. K3
K t— K B
3 .
3
4 P—. K
Q s t
5 B — K t2

Or , as an othe r specim en
, K B 3, 2 KK t3
. K t— P—

P — K B— K —
3.
3 , tz ; 4 P Q 4 ,.P —
Q B4 ; 5 P .

B3 , K t K B3
— 6 B Q 3 ( if P X P, Black, by
— .

K t K 5 , r ecover s the P) , Q K t Q 2 ( to
— —
defen d the Q BP) .

But Black, by I
. P K 4, can begin a
—

coun ter attack, F r o m 8 G am b i t, whi ch , if Whi te

-
’

ac cepts the chall en g e , g e n e r all y tur n s out in Black s

’

favour , thr oug h th e expo sur e of Whi te K ; egg 2 . .

82 C HESS O PENING S F O R BEG INNE RS .

— —
3 P—
Q 4) 3
; K t Q s
B . P K 4 ; 4 P—
Q3 .
K t .

The text m ove Is the m ost develo pm g

, ,

B3 , &c .
-
.

White . Bl ack .

P—
2 Q4
NO har m in tr yin g 2 Q3 o n l y yo u w i.l l P—

have to tr ust to your own r esour ces .

—
3 . Kt Q 3
B Kt— K B3
Dr 3 .
4 Kt X P,
. B—
Q 2 ; 5 . Kt
— 6 — Kt
K B3 , B B3 . B Q3 ,
— B3 , & c .

B— K K t5 B — K2
4 .

To for estall 5 S uppo

. se B l
P—ack p lK5
aye d ,
.

P Q B4 ; White woul d n ot gain the

—

Kt by 5 P K 5 , for Black could play 5

— . P
K R 3 ; 6 B R 4,
—
. P — K K t4 ; 7 B K t3 , K K t
— .

m ove s ; b ut this advan ce of Black s K si de PS

’

weaken s his positi on .

5 . B X Kt
6 . P — K5
— K t4
7 Q
Safe r than P— K K t3 .

—
8 . B—
Q3 K B4 P
9 .
Q — R3 . FO I P X P i p, R X P ; . . would
fr ee Black s pi eces ’
.

P K4
I .
—

2 P — .
Q4
3 K t— B
Q s
3. B — K ts ; an d a f
t e r war d s B X Kt ,

w oul d on ly hel p W hite , by str e n g the n i n g hi s cen tr e

o f PS an d open in g aven ues for hi s Q si de i ec es
p .
 F RENCH G A ME . 83

P— K
4 .
s
P— B4
5 .

To b r eak up the cen tr e of Pawn s .

6 P X P
. K t— Q B3

No hur r y to take the P as it can n ot be d efen ded

,

7 K.t— B 3 B X P
C .

An old an d g ood way of co n tin ui n g , is

I . P— K4 P— K 3
2 P —
Q4 P Q4
—

3 P X
. P PXP
Better than Q X P , it fr ees the QB .

4 . Kt— K B3 K t— K B3
— —
B K3
5 B .
Q3
6 C astl es
. B Q3
—

7 K t
.
— B 3 te C as l s

The foll owin g sho r t g am e shoul d be c ar efully

n oted : I P — .
—
K 4, P K 3 2 —
P Q 4, P Q 4 3
— . .

—
K t Q B3 , K t K B3
— B — K K t B — K
4 5, . z ; 5 .

B X Kt, B X B ; 6 K t B3 , Castles ; 7 B Q 3 ,
— .
— .

— —
K t B3 8 P K 5 , B K 2 9 P K R 4, P B3
— .
— — .

IO K t
.
— K K t5 , B lack shoul d n ow play P
B4, to shut out the KB, but suppo se he gives way
to tem ptation , an d plays P X Kt ; II B X P .

oh , K X B ( i f
. K — —
B 2 ; 1 2 Q R 5 oh , an d . .

m ate n ext m ove ; if —

K R sq . 12 Q — R5 , . .

an d after war ds open check ) 1 2 P X P oh , K K t

— . .

sq ; I3
.
—
R R8
.
—
K X R ; 1 4 Q R 5 eh , . .
84 C HESS O PENINGS FO R BEGINN ER S .

—
K K t sq ; I5 P— —
K t6, R K
. . sq ; I6 Q
.
— R7
.

eh. , an d I7 Q — R8 m a e . t .

F IANCHETTO O PEN INGS .

Either fir st o r secon d playe r m ay play these ;

star tin g w ith devel opin g a B at K t2 ( Fian chetto
'

flan k) pr ob ab ly bette r fo r Whi te to adopt th an for

Black, as the for m er has, so to say, a m ove he c an
g i ve aw ay .

I P — K S
.
Q t
2. B— K ta

T his m ove , g e n e r ally bad, i s her e g ood en oug h

owin g to Whi te s defen sive attitude
’

P— K3
3 .

—
Kt K 2
4 .

5 . K t K t3
—

6 .
—
P Q B4

I. P — K4 P — KK t3
— — Ks s 3
Or 1 . P — K
Q 3 t ; z .
Q 4.
P P
B—
Q3 ,
B — K tz ; 4 B K 3 , K t K B3
.
— — .
 INDIAN DE ENCE F . 85

IND IAN DEF EN CE .

White . Black .

I. P— K4 P —
Q 3
P—
2 .
Q4 Kt— K B3
B—
3 .
Q3 —
K t B3
—
4 P Q B3
. P K4
—

5 P—.
Q5 Kt K2
—

P— K R 3 —
K t K t3
White if he like s m ay begi n his gam e by such a
, ,

m ove as I P — K 3 o r I P Q 3 g etti n g var iety

.
—
, .
, ,

if n oth in g m or e An de r ssen som etim e s played

.

I P
.
—
Q 3 R wh i ch i s n o,t e n ti r e ly l o st ti m e Wh i te .

m ay also pl ay an in ver ted defen ce ag the Phil i do r .

with a m ove ahead thus : I P K 4 P— K 4 ; 2 —

, .
, .

P Q s P Q 4 ; 3 P x P Q x P ; 4 K t Q Bs B
—
. .
,
—
.

K
Q 5 5
t B —
Q 2 B
. X Kt ; 6 ,B X B K t —
Q 3
B & .c , , .

Inchess it is n ot the gr eatest n um ber of pieces

, ,

but the str on g est po siti on that win s the gam e if , ,

y o u ca n r ap i d l y co n ce n tr ate the powe r s o f s eve r a l

pieces to bear upon the adver se K yo u will fr e ,

quen tly for ce C heckm ate at the expen se o f a piece ,

while the oppo sin g ar m y ar e fr om som e cause or

other bar s da com bat Napoleon in Italy was the .
, ,

beau d eal o f a C he ss player ( Fo r- r a p i d deve

. l op
m en t s udy M or ph s gam e s )
’

t
,
y .

A ti m e i s l o st In o n e of four differ en t ways

( )
I P la yi n g a p i ece wh i ch ca n be ( a dv a n ta g eo us l y )
dr iven away by a Pawn ; ( 2 ) Attackin g a m an an d ,

d r ivin g him to thever y squar e to whichyour oppon en t

in ten ded to play hi m ; ( 3 ) Givin g a usele ss check ;
( 4) M ak in g a n in j u di c i o us exch an g e by wh i ch y o u ,

b r ing an adver se piece in to good play (WALKER ) . .

 INDEX TO OPENINGS .

Ala’ In s O pening , 34 Ki g n
’
s Gam b its, 47
a Ki g
. .

Allg ier Gam bi t, 54 . n

’
s Gam bit Decl in ed ,
Bi r d s O peni ng , 80
’
6 0
Ki g
.

Bisho s Gam e, 64
’ ’
Blackm ar Gam bi t, 77 . n
p s .

Bod n -Ki es er i tzky Gam bit, Lp

o ez Gam bIt, 65
e
.

36 L
Max an ge A ttack, I5 .

C a abr ese C oun ter Gam bi t, Muzi o Ga m bi t, 48

g4
.

Petr o fl s Defen ce, 34

’
. .

Cen tr e C o un ter Ga m e, 69 .

C en tr e Gam e, 7 I Pi er ce Ga m bi t, 68 .

C unn i ng ham Gam bit, 5 5 . Po n zian i Gam e, 44 .

Dam ian o Gam bi t, 9 . Q ueen s Gam bi t Acce pte d ,

’

Dan ish Gam bi t, 7 3 .

76
Ga m b it Declin ed ,
’
E ng li sh Ga m e, 79 .
Q ueen s
E v an s Gam bi t, I7 .
7s
F a1kbeer C oun ter Gam bit, Q P. C o.u n te r Ga m b i t, 43 .

6I Q ueen s Paw n Gam e, 74

’
.

F ian che tto O pen i ngs, 84 R ussi an Gam e, 34

K
. .

F o ur n i g hts Gam e, 42
’
R 111 LO Pez O pen i n g . 3 7
F r en ch Gam e , 81 . Sal vi o Gam bi t, 49 .

F r o m s Gam bi t, 8
’
0 . Sco tch Gam e , 2 7 .

G i uoco Pian o , II . Sicil ian Gam e, 70 .

G r eco C o un ter Gam bi t, 44 , Spani sh Gam e , 37 .

H am pe Al l gai er Gam bi t, 69
-
. Staun ton s O p en i n g , 44
’
.

H o l l an di sh Gam e, 76 Stein i tz Gam bi t, 69

K
. .

H un gar i an Gam e , I3
’
Thr ee n ig h ts Gam e, 42 .

In dia n Defen ce, 85 Thr ee Paw n s G am b it, 5 6

K
. .

n ig hts De fen ce, 3 1

’
Ital ian Gam e, II . Tw o
Jer om e Gam bi t, I3 .

Z uker tor t s O peni n g, 80

’
Ki eser itzky Gam bi t, 5 2
K
. .

’
i ng s Bishop s Gam bi t, 5 7
’
.

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Bl ac k Packet of 24, pr i ce l /
.
 EXTRACT PRO M
Th e Re v i sed P r i c e Li s t o f C h es s Mate r i als ,
BRITI SH OH! 88 COMPANY 8TI IOUD
,

Rubber H tamps for Chess Clubs

and S .

C HESS C LUB .

Pr ice 3 n ett .

ADDR E SS, thr ee li n es, in Ger m an tex t, i tali cs, or

fan cy type, for stam ping Post C ar ds, &c .

P r i ce 8 n ett.

SMA LL O VA L STA MP, 1 5 i n by 2 in , n am e of

. .

cl ub i n b or der , wi th b la c k an d w hi te Ki n gs, Q ueens , o r

Knigh ts i n cen tr e, si m il ar to those i n chess di ag r am s .

F or stam pin g C lub Books, Scor e Sheets, &c .

P r ice 5 n et t.

O VA LSTAM P , I} i n by I} in , gar ter bor der , nam e

K
. .

an d addr ess of cl ub, cen tr e chess ni g ht F or stam pi ng

.

C lub Books, Scor e Sheets, Post C ar ds, &c .

P r i ce 6 /
L AR GE H ANDSO ME STAMP, 2 } in by r & i n , . .

oval gar ter bo r der w i th nam e an d addr ess o f cl ub, sur

m o un ted by cr o w n , hav i n
g i n cen tr e C h ess K n i h
g t .

F or stam pin g C l ub Bo oks, Scor e Sheets , Post C ar ds ,

&c , &c
. .

B OX ES to h o l d Rub ber Han d Sta m ps ,

l n ki n g P a d , an d In k , fr o m eac h .
 EXTRACT FROM
The Rev i sed P r i ce Li st of C h es s Ma ter i a l s ,
BRIT/8” CHI
588 COA
IPAI
IY, STROUO

SLIDE LID BOX

CHESSBOARDS
WITH PEGG ED MEN ,

FOR CORRESPONDENCE PLAY .

E acA B oa r d s ta m ed
p 7 7k B r i nk/1 Ch m Co .

We have desig ned thi s ser i es es peci al l y to m eet th e

r e q ui r e m e n ts of Co r r e spo n d e n ce P l ay e r s .

E ach Boar d is a shal l o w , l ished Mahogan y Box ( n o t

fo din g ) , hav in g a sl ide l id w eh , w hen cl o sed , r e t
°
l

m en i n an y osi ti on ev en i f th e Boar d i s r ev e r sed Th

p e
q
.

s uar es ar e In l aid h o ll an d r osew oo d, w i th ho les , sur

y-
r o un ded by a br oad sati n w oo d m ar g in , w i th ho l es fo r the
ca ptur ed m en . The m en ar e pegg ed .

q
As C o r r espon den ce Player s fr e uen tly en gag e i n sev er al
g am es s im ul tan eo usl y the B oa r d s w i ll be stam pe d w i th the
q
,

n um ber s I, 2, 3, 4, etc , i f r e ui r ed , w i thout ex tr a char g e

. .

[ We hav e r ecen tl y pub l i shed Scor e Sheets fo r Co r

som e
r espo n den ce Play, w i th co l um ns for dates o f d i spatch an d
r e cei pt ; m ov es, diag r am s, etc See our Pr i ce
. ist of L
Moder n C hess Wo r ks an d C hess Statio n er y ] .

These Boar ds w ill be useful also to Pr obl em i sts an d

Stud en ts .
MODERN CHESS PRIMER .

By th e Rev E E CUNNINGTON, HA . . . .

1» Few B oar ds, u 6d ( Pocket Hoyle Sm )

'

. . Clot/l , a .

T lO N
SEC O ND EDI .

O P INIO NS O F T H E P R E SS .

“The ehapter
‘
Chess Tr a s an d Str a
’
is quite tr easur e of
fior ld
em s a
on
sensation a
’ y— L i ter m
y
f .

“ H ither to too m uch has heen ak en for ted Th e tyr o ha s been tol d
t
f “
.

tl m t cer tain m oves in cer tain posui ons ar e t e best, has been left to fi n d
out for hi m sel f, if he can , w hy cer ta i n other m o ves w hi c h look eq uall y g o od
ar e n ot so in r ealit y
Above all, little or no attem pt ha s been m ade to er e ct
.

war n in g pos ts over the tr aps and pi tfitl is th at lie a the m o r e fr e.

a ter! aths of the g am e . Thes e ar e defects that e Moder n C hes s
r
ge °

m er I
oe s m uch
to r em ove T he chapter on . r aps and Str atag em s T
al one w o uld be suffi cie n t jus ti fi catio n for the a pp e ar an c e of th e vol um e the
on l y
cr i ti ci sm w e have to m ake on this se ctio n bei n g that it is al l too shor t .

An other inn o vati on , m uch to be com m en ded is a ser ies of e as y che ckm a tes .

i n tw o o r th r ee m ov es Al tog e the r , w e do n o t r e m e m be r a n y c hess ub

y
.

lication of re cen t issue tha t bette r deser ve success , or appear s m or e l ike to

A P ocket En cy clope dia of lea m m g connected w ith this an cien t in tel

'

le ctual gam e
”
— .
’
s$t ya w s s Gau n t
. .

H r Cun nin g ton s hin ts are pi th and adm ir abl e

.
’ ”
y .

The p il
com
er h as sel ected an d ar r an g e d h is m a ter ial in such a m an n er
as to con d uct the on war d b g en tle r adations ti ll he is in
y g
to g r asp the gen er al of the m o us op et n g an d to dew lop
a t in sig h t i n to en d -gam es an
dp r o ble m s
r
g
nt
h thi s g r o un d a
-wo r k , al l that
fi
.

nee ds is capaci ty an d pr acti ce to m ake a r api d ad van ce as a pla er y .

M or n i ng P ost .

Mr Cun n in g ton is
. n ot con ten t to tea c h the n ovice the m er e r udim en ts

l
of the gam e , but gi ves him a n u m ber of car eful an n otate d ex am ple s of
y
sk ilful
p y
la , show in him the w h y an d the w her e or e of the var ious m o ve s.
g
In addi tion to teachi n g him how to av oi d m is tak es , he g i ves him a ho st o f
cl ver
e tip s ,
’
w h i ch, car d hll y stu di e d w i l l en ab l e hi m to cope successful l y
wi th player s of far g r eater ex per ien ce — S t P a ul s
'
. . .

“We
ar e often asked the a ti o n
‘ Which is the best che ss book fo r
flo
,

beg i nn er s l We sha’ ll t able in futur e

’
to un hesi ta tin g ly r ecom m e n d
‘
th e Moder n Chess Pr im er —L! eds M m . .

GEO RGE R O UTLEDGE SO NS, L r n '

. B ao q n wav, l m m on , E C.
 C H E SS .

By “O FF E R , C h ess Edito r of
“
The Fi eld. ”

HIS Stan dar d Wor k fir st published i n 18

T , gi
co m pass a cl ear an d l uci d ex planati on o f the essen ti als o f
9 1,

the Gam e, an d the Pr i n ci pl es o n w hich sound pl ay is

di y an ele m en ta r y w o r k, i t covers a ver y w ide
an d an y r ead er who has m aster ed i ts teachi n g s
id 9 so lid foun dati o n fo r success as a C hess player
. .

5 17 ops i s
u o f G on ten ts .

THE BOARD AN D M E N —Chess N otatio n —The Movem en ts of the

— T T V
.

a n d thei r po wer to ta ke ech n i cal e r m s— al ue of th e Pi e ces

—The l a w s of the Gam e .

T HE O P ENINGS — Gi uoco Pian o— Evans Ga m bit, a ted an d decli n ed

— IIun ar ian Defe n ce—T w o Kn i h ts De fen cF R u
- — Ph ilid ’

D g g y pe a or s
efen ce T
hree K n ig h ts Gam e K n ig hts Gam e F
ien na V
D
o ur
Op n
e in tein i t z Ga m b i t— Scatc h Gam e an d Ga m bi t— anish an d
bits—En g lis h Kn ig h ts O pen i n g Pe tro fi s Defen ce
—
’ ’
Ce n tr e .

T
O H E R GA M I S
—
BT K in s K n ig ht s
.

'
M uzio
’ ’
Sal vio Kiss er i tzk y
Al lg aie r C un n i n g ham ish op s Ga m bi t .

C LO SE G AM ES — F— r e n ch D efen ce— Si cilian D efen ce— Q ueen s Gam bit

’

Eng l ish Open in g The Fi an chet to s.

T HE E N D GA M E — Kin g an d Paw n ag ai n st K in g — The alue of th e V

O pposi ti o n — King an d Q ueen ag ain s t Ki n g Tw o R oo ks an d K ing
ag ai n st K in k - K i n g an d R oc k ag ai n st K i n g — Ki n g an d T w o is ho ps B
a s t Ki n g — Ki n g , isho B
an d K n ht ag ai nst Kin g — En d Ga m e
'

th T w o Kn ig h ts— Kin g , oo an d aw n ag ai n s t K i n g and R oo k

Q u een ag ai ns t O n e P a w n — Useful P o si ti o n s -
Sm o ther ed Mate .

GE NERAL O B SERVATIO N S B O RA — IB L I G P HY o r C uass .

Opi n i on s o f the Q r es s .

A useful an d ex ceedi n g l yp r a ctica l w or k , of gr eat ser vice to u s.

because i t con fi n es itse lf to a ctual lin es o f pla r ather than y
te a n d
e ccen tr i c var iatio n s The er i i ti n is q ui te a m ode l of accur ac , an d the y
y
.

posi ti ons o f the E n d Gam es ar e c o se n w i th ex cellen t yud t The t pe .

an d pr i n ti n g are alike ad m i r a b le an d bo th a t th or an d pu lis hess ar e to be

.
”
c om pli m en ted on the pr oduct ion of such a g ood piece of w or km an shi p .

O ne o
f the best e lem en tar y bo oks in the En g lish lang uag e If the .

s tud e n t W i ll w or k th r o ug h the Gen e r al Pr i n ci es, th e Open in g s. an d the

wt “
E3 ! Gam es , he w l i “ attain ed a thor ou l i
r utr e ver y
chess p y er .
-
”
—
il l?
C km M os ul] .
o w led
tt t m or e than j ust a fi l is hm g to u
of the
to g
and
e hm l l »
'

g:
‘
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UNIFORI WITH TEE I ODERN CHESS PRIMER .

In F an g B oa r ds , 1s . 6d . Clo“, as.

THE GAMES OF GREGG

T r anslated an d Edited by P r ofessor HO F F M ANN,
E di tor of the B ook of C a r d a n d Ta ble Ga m es ,
H oy le s Ga m
’
es M odem i s e etc .

G IO ACH INO GRECO , of Calabr i a, has been el l w

h
descr i bed as the M o r p y of the Sev n e n t C en tur y e te h
H is l iter ar y r em ain s c on si st b ut of a si n g le olum e, v
Tr a i l ! da tr l s n obl e f en do: E sell er s , but i n h at
”
t
sin gle v
ol um e a r e con ta in ed g am es w h i ch fo r o r i g in al i y t
v v
an d b r illian cy h a e n e er b een sur pa ssed .

uo tati o n s fr om
G G am es ”
ab oun d i n ch ess
’
Q r ec o s

tr e ati ses, b ut the w or k itsel f h as for m o r e tha n h al f a

c en tur y b een i n a ccessib l e to B r iti sh r ead er s, the l ates t
v
E n g l i sh er sio n hv
a i n g b een p u b l i sh ed i n 1 81 9, an d n o t
r epr i n ted si n ce 1 83 3 .

P r o fessor H o fl m i s an en tir ely n ew r an sl atio n

'

an n s
’
t .

The g am e s ar e r e co r ded i n m o der n n ota io n , ar r a n g ed t

t
i n the m o st co n v en ie n fo r m , w ith copious n otes, an d
i llustr a ted by n um er o us d i ag r a m s .

v
N o l o er o f th e R oyal Gam e c an fail to appr eci at e
th i s fa scin atin g b o o k .

Tir e m ost en ter ta i n i n g , if n ot the m ost i nstr ucti ve, qf al l

c ites: — The l ate W . L E W IS .

M at r acy m or sels Gr eco s

’
Ga m es ar e The late
S S BODEN .

GEORGE RO UTLEDGE SO NS, Lr u r r an, Baoanw av, Lon EC

. .
 HO YLE S
’

GAMES MO DERNIZ ED .

D
E ITE D BY
P RO F E SSO R HO F F M A N N .

6
44 pp , . zam o . With n um er o us diag r am s . i n fan cy boar ds,
13 . 6d . C l oth, at .

This han dy l ittl e v o l um e is an ab r idg m e n t

fr o m the lar g er w o r k, THE BOOK OF CARD

AND TABLE GAMES, c
w hi h w as w r i tten by
r ts in the v ar io us s ubje c ts tr e ate d o f, un d e r
ex pe

th e E di to r ship of Pr o fe s so r H o ffm an n . It con

tain s, in a s m al l co m pas s, al l es s en t i al par ti c u

l ar s of th e Gam es fo llo w in g , w ith v aluable hin ts

as to how to play t he m .

SYN O PSIS O F C O N T E N TS .

All F our s Baccar a t

Bezique Bli n d Hockey
—
C r ibb ag e E c ar t! — E uch er L o o — Napol eon Pi que t
Po erk — op P e
J o an — S ol o W i s — V ing h t U h — W h is t t
Br i dg e k
B ac g a m m on B ag a ell e — Bi lti —
l ar ds Chess
— —
Dr aug hts Po ol Sn o o er o k P ol— R oul e tte .

B O R G E R O UTLE DG E SO N S, L IM TED I , B RO ADWA

L O ND O N , E C . .