6. B The king's bishop's pawn two steps. W The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's 4th square. 7. B The queen's bishop's pawn two steps. W The queen's bishop's pawn one step. 8. B The queen's knight at his bishop's 2d square. W The king's knight at his king's 2d square. 9. B The king's rook's pawn two steps. b W The king's rook's pawn one move. 10. B The king's knight at his rook's 3d square. W The king castles. 11. B The king's knight at his rook's 4th square. W The bishop gives check. 12. B The bishop covers the check. W The bishop takes the black bishop. 13. B The queen takes the bishop. W The queen's pawn one move. 14. B The queen's bishop's pawn one move. c W The queen's knight's pawn two moves. 15. B The queen's bishop's pawn takes it by passing by. W The rook's pawn retakes the pawn. 16. B The queen's knight's pawn one move. W The queen's bishop at his king's 3d square. 17 B The bishop at his king's 2d square. W The king's knight at his king's bishop's 4th square. d b He pushes this pawn two steps, avoiding having a double pawn upon his king's rook's line, which by pushing your king's rook's pawn upon his knight, he had no chance of escape, and you taking it afterward with your queen's bishop would have given him a bad game. c He plays in this manner to cut the communication of your pawns: but you escape it by pushing immediately your queen's knight's pawn upon his knight, which retreat forces your adversary to take the pawn by the way. This joins your pawns again, and makes them invincible. d This knight gives the mortal blow to this game, because he has at present all your adversary's pieces in some measure locked up, till you can prepare the check mate. 18. B The king's knight at his own square. W The king's knight at the black king's knight's 3d square. 19. B The king's rook at his second square. W The king's pawn one move. 20. The queen at her knight's second square. W The queen's pawn one move. 21. B The king's bishop at his 3d square. W The king's rook takes the 22. B The king castles. pawn. W The king's rook takes the black queen's knight. 23. B The queen's pawn takes the rook. W The queen's rook takes the pawn. 24. B. The queen's rook's pawn one move. W The rook gives check. 25. B The king retires. W The rook at the black queen's bishop's 2d square. 26. B The queen at her knight's 4th square. W The queen's knight at his rook's 4th square. 27. B The queen at her king's bishop's 4th square. W The queen's knight at her bishop's 4th square. 28. B The queen takes the knight. W The bishop gives check. 29. B The king retires where he can. W The knight gives check-mate. SECOND BACK GAME. From the fifth move. 5. B The king castles. W The king's bishop's pawn one move. 6. B The queen's pawn one move. W The queen at her king's bishop's 3d square. W The king's knight's pawn one move. 10. B The king's knight at his king's square. W The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's 4th square. 11. B The queen's bishop's pawn one move. W The queen at the black king's rook's 4th square. 12. B The queen's knight's pawn two steps. 13. W The king's knight's pawn one move. The king's rook's pawn one move. W The bishop takes the king's bishop's pawn, and gives check. 14. B The king at the rook's square. W The queen's bishop takes the black king's rook's pawn. 15. B The king's knight at his bishop's 3d square. W The queen being at her king's rook's 5th square, wins the game on removing the bishop. THIRD BACK GAME. From the tenth move. 10. B The bishop castles on his queen's side. W The queen's knight at his queen's 2d square. 12. B The king's knight's pawn two steps. W The queen's bishop at his king's 3d square. 13. B The queen's rook at its king's knight's square. W The queen's knight's pawn two steps. 14. B The king's rook's pawn one move. W The queen's rook's pawn two moves. a 15. B The bishop takes the knight. W The queen takes the bishop. 16. B The king's knight's pawn one move. 18. B The bishop at his queen's bishop's 2d square. a When the king is behind two or three pawns, and the adversary falls upon them in order to attack your king, you must avoid pushing any of those pawns till forced; as it would have been very indifferent policy to have pushed your king's rook's pawn upon his bishop, because he would then have got the attack by taking your knight with his bishop, and would have got an opening upon your king by pushing his king's knight's pawn, which would have lost you the game. W The queen's bishop's pawn one move. 19. B The king's rook's pawn one move. W The king's rook at its queen's knight's square. 20. B The king's rook at its 4th square. W The queen's bishop's pawn one move. 21. B The queen's pawn one move. W The king's pawn one move. 22. B The king's knight at his king's square, W The queen's knight's pawn one move. 23. B The pawn takes the pawn. W The king's rook retakes the pawn. 24. B The queen's rook's pawn one move. W The king's rook at its queen's knight's 4th square. 25. B The king's bishoo's pawn one move. W The king's bishop takes the queen's rook's pawn. 26. B The pawn takes the bishop. W The queen takes the pawn and gives check. 27. B The king retires. W The queen gives check. 28. B The knight covers the check. W The queen's rook's pawn one move. 29. B The king at his queen's 2d square. W The queen takes the queen's pawn and gives check. 30. B The king retires. IW The queen's rook's pawn one move, and by dif ferent ways wins the game. CUNNINGHAM'S GAMBIT. The inventor of this thought it a sure game; but, three pawns well conducted, for the loss of a bishop only, will win the game, both sides playing well. There are two back games; one from the seventh, and the other from the eleventh move. 1. W The king's pawn two moves. B The same. 2. W The king's bishop's pawn two moves. B The king's 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 2d square. 4. W The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's 4th square. B The king's bishop gives check. 5. W The king's knight's pawn one move. B The pawn takes the pawn. 6. W The king castles. B The pawn takes the rook's pawn and gives check. 7. W The king at his rook's square. B The king's bishop at his 3d square. a 8. W The king's pawn one move. B The queen's pawn two steps. 9. W The queen's pawn takes the bishop. b B The king's knight takes the pawn. 10. W The king's bishop at his queen's knight's 3d square. B The queen's bishop at his king's 3d square. 11. W The queen's pawn one move. c B The king's rook's pawn one move. d 12 W The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's 4th square. B The queen's bishop's pawn two steps. 13. W The queen's bishop takes the pawn next to his king. B The queen's knight at his bishop's 3d square. a If, instead of playing this bishop at his third square, he had played it at his king's second square, you had won the game in a few moves, which is made out by the first back game. b Without sacrificing this bishop, he could not win the game; but, losing it for three pawns, he becomes your conqueror; which three pawns (provided he doth not be too eager in pushing forwards, and that they be always well sustained by his pieces) will get the game in spite of your best defence. c If you had pushed this pawn two steps, you had given to his knights a free entry to your game, which would have soon lost it. But, to make this more demonstrable, see a second back game for this eleventh move. d This move is of great importance, because it prevents you from attacking his king's knight with your queen's bishop, which would have enabled you to separate his pawns by giving one of your rocks for one of his knights. |