SECOND BACK GAME. From the cler enth move of Cunningham's Gambit. 11. W The queen's pawn two moves. B The king's knight at the white king's 4th square. 12. W The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's 4th square. B The king's bishop's pawn two moves. 13. W The queen's knight at his queen's 2d square. a B The queen at her king's 2d square. 14. W The queen's bishop's pawn two moves. B The queen's bishop's pawn one move. b 15. W The pawn takes the pawn. B The pawn retakes the pawn. 16. W The queen's rook at its bishop's square. B The king's bishop's pawn retakes the knight 13. W The knight takes the black pawn next to his king. B The king castles with his rook. 19. W The queen at her 2d square. B The king's rook's pawn one step 20. W The queen's rook at the black queen's bishop's 4th square. a This knight is played to induce your adversary to take it; but if he did, he would play very ill; because a knight thus placed, and sustained by two pawns, while you have no pawn left to push up to remove it, that knight is at least worth a rook, and becomes so incon venient, that you will be forced to take it, and in this case your adversary reunites his two pawns, one of which will probably either make a queen, or cost you a piece to prevent the same. b If he had taken your pawn, his game would have been very much weakened, because his knight had then been propped up by one pawn instead of two; besides, he would have been forced to withdraw his king's knight when attacked, in order to save the pawn that sustained it. B The queen's rook at its queen's square. 21 W The king's bishop at his queen's rook's 4th square. B The king's knight's pawn two steps. 24. W The queen's bishop at his king's 3d square. B The rook takes the rook. 23. W The knight takes the rook. B The queen at her 3d square. 24. W The queen at her king's rook's 2d square. B The rook retakes the queen. 26. W The queen's rook's pawn one move. B The king at his knight's 3d square. 27. W The queen's knight's pawn two steps. B The king's rook's pawn one move. 28. W The queen's knight's pawn one move. B The knight at his king's 2d square. 29. W The rook at the black queen's bishop's 2d square. B The rook at its queen's 2d square. 30. W The rook takes the rook, if not it will be the same. B The bishop retakes the rook. 31. W The king at his knight's 2d square. B The king's rook's pawn one step. 32. W The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's 24 square. B. The king at his rook's 4th square. 33. W The king's bishop gives check. B The bishop covers the check. 34. W The bishop takes the bishop. B The king takes the bishop. 35. W The knight gives check at his king's 3d squarc. B The king at the white king's bishop's 4th square. 36. W The king at his rook's 3d square. B The king at the white king's bishop's 3d square. 37. W The knight at his king's knight's 4th square. P The knight at his king's bishop's 4th square. 38. The bishop at his king's knight's square. B The king's pawn one move. 39. W The queen's rook's pawn one move. B The king's pawn one move. 40. W The bishop at his king's bishop's 2d square. B The knight takes the queen's pawn, and after wards wins the game. Further illustration of Cunningham's Gambit. 1. W The king's pawn two moves. B The same. 2. W The king's bishop's pawn two moves. B The pawn takes the pawn. 3 W The king's knight at his bishop's 3d square. B The king's bishop at his king's 24 square. 4. W The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's 4th square. B The bishop gives check. 5. W The king at his bishop's square. a B The queen's pawn one step. 6. W The queen's pawn two steps. B The queen at her king's bishop's 3d square. 7. W The king's pawn one step. B The queen's pawn takes the pawn. 8. W The queen's pawn retakes the pawn. B The queen at her king's 2d square. 9. W The queen's bishop takes the gambit's pawn. B The queen's bishop at the white king's knight's 4th square. 10. W The queen's knight at his bishop's 3d square. B The queen's bishop's pawn one step. 11. W The queen's knight at his king's 4th square, must win the game. THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT. With six back games. 1. W The queen's pawn two steps. a Withdrawing your king to his bishop's place, renders it impossible for your adversary to preserve the gambit's pawn, which will be always in your power to take. 3. W The king's pawn two moves. a B The king's bishop's pawn two moves. d 5. W The queen's knight at his bishop's 3d square. B The king's knight at his bishop's 3d square. 6. W The king's bishop's pawn one move. B The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's 4th square. 7. W The queen's knight at his rook's 4th square. B The bishop takes the knight, near the white king's rook. f 8. W The rock takes the bishop. a If, instead of two, you had pushed this pawn but one step, your adversary would have shut up your queen's bishop for half the game at least; the first back game will be the evidence of it. But if he b He would have lost the game, if, instead of playing this pawn, he had sustained the gambit's pawn. This will be perceived by a second back game. had neither pushed this pawn, nor taken the gambit's pawn, you must have pushed your king's bishop's pawn two steps, and then your game would have been in the best of situations. c If you had taken his king's pawn, instead of pushing your pawn forward, you had lost the benefit of the attack. This is the subject of a third back game. d If he had played any thing else, you must have pushed your king's bishop's pawn two steps, and thus have procured your pieces an entire liberty. e If, instead of playing your knight to take his king's bishop, or make him remove it from that line, you had taken the gambit's pawn, you had lost the game again This is made clear by a fourth back game. flf, in lieu of taking your knight, he had played his bishop at your queen's fourth square, you must have attacked it with your king's knight, and taken it the next B The king castles. g 9. W The knight at his queen's bishop's 3d square. B The pawn takes the pawn. 10. W The king's bishop takes the gambit's pawn. A B The pawn takes the white king's bishop's pawn. 11. W The pawn retakes the pawn. i B The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's 4th square. 12. W The queen's bishop at his king's 3d square. B The queen's knight at his queen's 2d square. 13. W The queen at her 2d square. B The queen's knight at his 3d square. 14. W The queen's bishop takes the knight. B The rook's pawn retakes the bishop. 15. W The king castles on his queen's side. B The king at his rook's square. 16. W The king's rook at the black king's knight's 4th square. B The king's knight's pawn one move. 17. W The queen at her king's 3d square. B The queen at her 3d square. 18. W The knight at his king's 4th square. g If he had pushed his queen's knight's pawn two steps in order to sustain his gambit's pawn, instead of castling, it appears by a fifth back game that he had lost; and if, instead of either of these two moves, he had taken your king's pawn, your retaking it would have hindered him from taking yours again with his knight, because he would have lost the game by your giving him check with your queen. h This particular move demands a sixth back game; because if you had retaken his king's bishop's pawn with your king's bishop's pawn, you again had lost the game. i In retaking this pawn, you give an opening to your rook upon his king, and this pawn serves likewise for a better guard to your king; it stops also your adversary's knight's course; and although you have at present a pawn less, you have the best of the game by the situation. |