SEQUEL TO THIS FIRST BACK GAME; In case the Adversary refuses taking your Bishop with his King, at the eighth Move of this first Back-game. 8 W. THE king's bishop takes the pawn and gives check. B. The king at his bishop's square. 9 W. The king's knight at the black king's fourth square. B. The king's knight at his king's bishop's third square. 10 W. The king's bishop at his queen's knight's third square. B. The queen at her king's square. 11 W. The king's knight at the black king's bishop's second square. B. The rook at the king's knight's square. 12 W. The king's pawn one move. B. The queen's pawn two moves. 13 W. The pawn takes the knight. B. The pawn retakes the pawn. 14 W. The bishop takes the pawn. B. The queen's bishop at the white king's knight's fourth square. 15 W. The queen at her king's square. B. The queen's bishop at her king's rook's fourth square. 16 W. The queen's pawn two steps. B. The bishop takes the knight. 17 W. The queen's bishop gives check. B. The rook covers the check. 18 W. The knight at his queen's bishop's third square. B. The bishop takes the bishop. 19 W. The knight retakes the bishop. B. The queen at her king's bishop's second square. 20 W. The knight takes the bishop. B. The queen takes the knight. 21 W. The queen takes the queen. B. The king takes the queen. 22 W. The bishop takes the rook, and with the superiority of a rook easily wins the game. SECOND BACK GAME. Beginning at the eleventh Move of Cunningham's Gambit. 11 W. THE queen's pawn two moves. B. The king's knight at the white king's fourth square. 12 W. The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's fourth square. B. The king's bishop's pawn two moves. 13 W. The queen's knight at his queen's second square * B. The queen at her king's second square. 14 W. The queen's bishop's pawn two moves. *This knight is played to tempt your adversary to take it; but if he did, he would play very ill; because a knight thus situated, and sustained by two pawns, whilst you have no pawn left to push up to replace it, that knight is at least worth a rook, and becomes so incommodious, that you will be forced to remove 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. A A B. The queen's bishop's pawn one move*. 15 W. The pawn takes the pawn. B. The pawn retakes the pawn. 16 W. The queen's rook at her bishop's square. B. The queen's knight at her bishop's third square. 17 W. The queen's knight takes the knight. 18 W. The knight takes the black pawn next to his king. B. The king castles with his rook. 19 W. The queen at her second square. B. The king's rook's pawn one step. 20 W. The queen's rook at the black queen's bishop's fourth square. B. The queen's rook at its queen's square. 21 W. The king's bishop at his queen's rook's fourth square. B. The king's knight's pawn two steps. 22 W. The queen's bishop at his king's third square. B. The rook takes the rook. 23 W. The knight takes the rook. B. The queen at her third square. 24 W. The queen at her king's rook's second square. B. The king at his knight's second square. 25 W. The queen takes the queen. B. The rook retakes the queen. be * If he had taken your pawn, his game would have very much diminished in strength, because his knight had then been sustained but by one pawn instead of two; sides, he would have been forced to withdraw his king's knight when attacked, in order to preserve the pawn sustained it. that 26 W. The queen's rook's pawn one move. B. The king at his knight's third 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 second square. 29 W. The rook at the black queen's bishop's second square. B. The rook at its queen's second 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 second square. B. The king's rook's pawn one step. 32 W. The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's second square. B. The king at his rook's fourth 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 third square. B. The king at the white king's bishop's fourth square. 36 W. The king at his rook's third square. B. The king at the white king's bishop's third square. 37 W. The knight at his king's knight's fourth square. B. The knight at his king's bishop's fourth square. 38 W. 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 second square. B. The knight takes the queen's pawn, and afterwards wins the game. FURTHER ILLUSTRATION OF CUNNINGHAM'S GAMBIT. 1 W. THE king's pawn two moves. 2 W. The king's bishop's pawn two moves. 3 W. The king's knight at his bishop's third square. B. The king's bishop at his king's second square. 4 W. The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's fourth square. B. The bishop gives check. 5 W. The king at his bishop's square*. B. The queen at her king's bishop's third 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 second square. 9 W. The queen's bishop takes the gambit pawn. B. The queen's bishop at the white king's knight's fourth square. *Withdrawing your king to his bishop's place, makes it impossible for your adversary to preserve the gambit pawn, which will be always in your power to take. |
