35 W. The knight at the black king's rook's fourth square. B. The king's rook gives check. 36 W. The bishop covers the check. B. The knight at the white queen's second square. 37 W. The king's pawn gives check. B. The king at the knight's third square*. 38 W. The king's bishop's pawn one move. B. The rook at its king's bishop's square. 39 W. The knight gives check at the fourth square of his king's bishop. B. The king at his knight's second square. 40 W. The bishop at the black king's rook's fourth square. B. Playeth any where the white pushes to queen. FIRST BACK GAME. Or Continuation from the twelfth Move. 12 W. The queen's pawn retakes it. B. The king's bishop takes the white queen's bishop. 13 W. The queen takes the bishop. B. The queen's bishop at his king's third square. 14 W. The king's knight at his king's bishop's fourth square. B. The queen at her king's second square. 15 W. The knight takes the bishop. B. The queen takes the knight. 16 W. The king castles his rook. As the king may retire to his bishop's square, the second Back-game will shew how to proceed in this case. B. The queen's knight at his queen's second square. 17 W. The king's bishop's pawn two moves. B. The king's knight's pawn one move. 18 W. The king's rook's pawn one move. B. The king's knight at his second square. 19 W. The king's knight's pawn two steps. B. The queen's bishop's pawn one move. 20 W. The knight at his king's second square. B. The queen's pawn one move. 21 W. The queen at her second square. B. The queen's knight at his third square. 22 W. The knight at his king's knight's third square. B. The queen's knight at his queen's fourth square. 23 W. The queen's rook at his king's square. B. The queen's knight at the white king's third square. 24 W. The rook takes the knight. B. The pawn takes the rook. 25 W. The queen takes the pawn. B. The queen takes the white queen's rook's pawn. 26 W. The king's bishop's pawn one move. B. The queen takes the pawn. 27 W. The king's bishop's pawn one move. B. The knight at his king's square. 28 W. The king's knight's pawn one move. B. The queen at the white queen's fourth square. 29 W. The queen takes the queen. B. The pawn takes the queen. 30 W. The king's pawn one move. B. The knight at his queen's third square. 31 W. The knight at his king's fourth square. B. The knight at his king's bishop's fourth square. 32 W. The rook takes the knight. B. The pawn takes the rook. 33 W. The knight at the white queen's third square. B. The king's bishop's pawn one move any where, the game being lost. 34 W. The king's pawn one move. B. The king's rook at its queen's knight's square. 35 W. The bishop gives check. B. The king retires, having but one place. 36 W. The knight gives check. B. The king removes. 37 W. The knight at the black queen's square discovering check. B. The king moves where he can. 38 W. The king's pawn making a queen, gives check-mate in the mean time. SECOND BACK-GAME. Beginning from the thirty-seventh Move. 37 W. The king's pawn gives check. B. The king at his bishop's square. 38 W. The rook at its queen's rook's spuare. B. The rook gives check at the white queen's knight's square. 39 W. The rook takes the rook. B. The knight retakes the rook. 40 W. The king at his rook's second square. B. The knight at the white queen's bishop's third square. 41 W. The knight at his king's bishop's fourth square. B. The knight at the white king's fourth square. 42 W. The knight takes the pawn. B. The rook at its king's knight's fourth square. 43 W. The king's pawn one move, and gives B. The king at his bishop's second square. 44 W. The bishop gives check at the black king's third square. B. The king takes the bishop. 45 W. The king's pawn makes a queen, and wins the game. GAME THE SECOND. Beginning with the Black ; wherein it appears, that playing the King's Knight, the second move, is wrong; because it gives the attack to the Adversary. By three different Back-games it is also shewn, that a good attack keeps the Defender always embarrassed. 1 B. THE king's pawn two steps. W. The same. 2 B. The king's knight at his bishop's third square. W. The queen's pawn one move. 3 B. The king's bishop at the queen's bishop's fourth square. W. The king's bishop's pawn two moves*. * Any thing else your adversary could have played, this was always your best move, it being very advantageous to change your king's bishop's pawn for his royal pawn; because your king and queen's pawns place themselves in the middle of the chess-board, and become in a situation to stop all the progress of your adversary's pieces; besides 4. B. The queen's pawn one move. W. The king's knight at his bishop's third 7 B. The queen's knight at his queen's second square. W. The queen's pawn one move. 8 B. The bishop retires. W. The king's bishop at his queen's third square‡. this, you gain the attack by his having played his king's knight at the second move. You have still another advantage by losing your king's bishop's pawn for his king's pawn: that is, when you do castle with your king's rook, the same rook finds itself immediately free and fit for action. This will be demonstrated by the first Backgame. * Observe, if he refuses taking your pawn, leave it exposed in the same situation and place; except, however, he should chuse to castle with his king's rook, in such case you must, without any hesitation, push that pawn forwards, in order to attack his king with all the pawns of your right wing. The effect will be best learned by a second Back-game, beginning from this fifth move. Ohserve again, as a general rule, not easily to push on the pawns either of your right or left wings before your adversary's king has castled; he will otherwise retire where your pawns are less strong, or less advanced. + If he takes your knight, you must take his with your pawn, which being joined to his comrades, increases their strength. This is the best square your king's bishop can chuse, except the fourth of his queen's bishop, especially when |