(v) If Lond. had played K. R. to Q. 7th, they would still have

lost the game; e. g.

White.

50. Q. R. to K. 6th.

51. K. R. to K. R. 7th, check.

52. Q. R. to K. Kt. 6th, check.

Black.

49. K. R. to Q. 7th.
50. Q. R. to Q. sq.

51. K. to K. Kt. sq.
52. K. to K. B. sq.

53. Q. R. to K. Kt. 7th, and must win.

And if Rook from K. B. sq. to Q. sq., the result would have been as follows:

50. R. from K. 3d to K. 7th. he is checkmated in three moves. interposes R. or P. If B. to Q. B. 51. R. to K. Kt.

49. R. to Q. sq.

50. If Black double the Rook, If he check with the R., White 6th.

6th, and Black cannot avoid checkmate.

(w) Had Lond. played Q. R. to Q. sq., they would still have lost. (x) Had Lond. played K. to Kt. sq., they would have lost; e. g.

White.

54. P. to K. Kt. 6th.

55. P. to Kt. 7th.

Black.

53. K. to K. Kt. sq.

54. B. to K. B. sq., ch.

55. If Lond. play K. to K. B. 2d,

Ed. takes B. with P., Queening and checking; and on the Q. being taken by K., Q. R. gives checkmate: therefore B. takes P., checking.

56. K. R. takes B., (check,) and Lond. must lose.

(y) Had Lond. played B. to Q. B. 6th, Ed. would have played P. to Kt. 7th, and afterwards to Queen, giving checkmate.

(z) Had Ed. checked with R., and afterwards advanced the P. to Kt. 7th, Lond. would have drawn the game.

(a) This check is dangerous, but not really unsound, says Walker. In the Palamède, Vol. I., 2d Series, p. 120, St. Amant is far from deprecating it; while the Ed. Committee have stated in their report, that "all the difficulties of the London side may, it is thought, be traced back to it."

(b) The correct move; which should have been answered with

7. Q. takes P.

8. Q. R. P. one.

9. Q. Kt. P. two.

6. P. to Q. B. 7th (best).

7. Q. P. one.

8. K. B. to Q. B. 4th.

9. K. B. to Q. Kt. 3d.-If Black

move K. B. to Q. 5th, you take it, and play Q. to Q. B. 3d. If he now move Q. Kt. to Q. 5th, you take it, and then play B. takes P., checking.

10. Q. B. to Q. Kt. 2d.

10. K. Kt. to B. 3d.

The game may be termed even, White's superiority in position being worth about the extra P.

Cochrane has invented a pleasing variation at move 6th of first player, namely: Capturing P. with P. instead of castling. See Game IV.

(c) A necessary move. The Lond. game would have been completely broken up had they removed Q.

(d) If Lond. take Q. R., B. attacks her at Q. Kt. 2d, and wins her for two R.-Although abstractly the value of a Q. is less than that of two R., yet, in the particular situation of this game, they could not have safely given up their Q. for the two R.

(e) Ed. cannot take Kt. without at least losing the B. in return. (f) It would still be bad play to capture the Kt., at this point, with Q. Kt. P.; e. g.

19. Q. Kt. P. takes Kt.

20. Q. R. to Q. Kt. sq.

19. P. takes P.

20. Analysis has proved that if Black take K. B. P. and afterwards Q., he loses the game (see A.);

you move K. to his sq., he will take the P. at Q. B. 3d, checking, Q. Kt. sq. If you play Q. to K. sq., If you play

and afterwards play R. to your he will attack her with the R.

24. R. to Q. Kt. 8th.

25. R. takes Q.

P. takes K. B.

24. K. or Q. to K.
25. K. takes R.

26. R. to Q. Kt. 8th, checks and wins easily.

sq.

(g) This move serves three purposes: 1stly, It prevents the further advance of the adverse K. R. P.; 2dly, It secures a place of retreat (K. R. 4th sq.) for the Kt.; and, 3dly, It provides an additional sq. (K. Kt. 2d sq.) for the K. to go into if necessary.

(h) It would have been bad play to have taken Kt. with K. R. P.; e. g.

24. P. takes Kt.

25. K. to K. Kt. 2d.

26. P. takes P.

27. Q. to K. Kt. 3d.

28. Q. takes Q.

24. P. takes P.

25. P. takes Kt.

26. Q. takes P.

27. Q. to K. R. 6th, check.

28. P. takes Q., check.

29. K. to K. R. 2d sq. Black ought to win.

(i) From the subjoined variation, it is evident Ed. would have

lost, had they taken Kt. with K. R. P.