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10 W. The queen's knight at her bishop's third

square.

B. The queen's bishop's pawn one step.

11 W. The queen's knight at his king's fourth square, must win the game.

THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT.

Wherein there are six Back-games.

1 W. THE queen's pawn two steps.
B. The queen's pawn two steps likewise.
2 W. The queen's bishop's pawn two steps.
B. The pawn takes the pawn.

3 W. The king's pawn two moves
B. The king's pawn two moves t

4 W. The queen's pawn one move ‡.

B. The king's bishop's pawn two moves §. 5 W. The queen's knight at her bishop's third square.

*If instead of two, you had pushed this pawn but one step, your adversary would have shut up your queen's bishop for at least half the game; the first Back-game will be the evidence of it.

+ If instead of playing this pawn, he had sustained the gambit pawn, he had lost the game. This will be seen by a second Back-game. But if he had neither pushed this pawn, nor taken the gambit pawn, in this case you must have pushed your king's bishop's pawn two steps, and your game would have been in the best of situations.

If instead of pushing your pawn forwards you had taken his king's pawn, you had lost the advantage of the attack. This is the subject of a third Back-game.

If he had played any thing else, you must have pushed your king's bishop's pawn two steps, and by this means have procured your pieces an entire liberty.

B. The king's knight at his bishop's third
square.

6 W. The king's bishop's pawn one move.
B. The king's bishop at his queen's bishop's
fourth square.

7 W. The queen's knight at her rook's fourth
square *

B. The bishop takes the knight, near the white king's rook †.

8 W. The rook takes the bishop.

B. The king castles‡.

9 W. The knight at his queen's bishop's third

square.

B. The pawn takes the pawn.

10 W. The king's bishop takes the gambit's pawn §.

B. The pawn takes the white king's bishop's pawn.

*If instead of playing your knight in order to take his king's bishop, or make him remove it from that line, you had taken the gambit pawn, you had lost the game again. This is shewn by a fourth Back-game.

+ If instead 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

move.

If instead of castling, he had pushed his queen's knight's pawn two steps in order to sustain his gambit pawn, it appears by a fifth Back-game that he had lost; and if instead of either of these two moves, he had chosen to take 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 yonr queen.

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 had lost the game again.

11 W. The pawn retakes the pawn

B. The queen's bishop at his king's bishop's fourth square.

12 W. The queen's bishop at his king's third square.

B. The queen's knight at his queen's second square.

13 W. The queen at her second square.

B. The queen's knight at his third 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 fourth square.

B. The king's knight's pawn one move. 17 W. The queen at her king's third square. B. The queen at her third square.

18 W. The knight at his king's fourth square. B. The bishop takes the knight.

19 W. The pawn retakes the bishop, and reunites his comrades.

B. The king's rook at its king's square. 20 W. The king at his queen's knight's square. B. The queen at her bishop's fourth square. 21 W. The queen takes the

queen.

B. The pawn retakes the queen.

22 W. The queen's rook at its king's square.

B. The king at his knight's second square. 23 W. The king at his queen's bishop's second

square.

* 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 the course of your adversary's knight; and though you have at present a pawn less, you have the best of the game by the situa tion.

B. The king's rook's pawn one move. 24 W. The king's rook at his knight's third

square.

B. The knight at his king's rook's fourth square.

25. W. The attacked rook saves itself at the queen's knight's third square.

B. The queen's knight's pawn one move. 26 W. The queen's pawn one step, to make an opening for your rook and bishop.

B. The pawn takes the pawn.

27 W. The king's rook takes the pawn. B. The queen's rook at its queen's square. 28 W. The queen's rook at its queen's

square.

B. The knight at his king's bishop's third square.

29 W. The king's rook gives check. B. The king at his rook's square. 30 W. The bishop at the black queen's fourth square, to prevent the adversary's pawns advancing.

B. The knight takes the bishop. 31 W. The rook retakes the knight.

B. The king's rook at its king's bishop's

square.

32 W. The queen's rook at its queen's second

square.

B. The king's rook at the white king's bishop's fourth square.

33 W. The queen's rook at its king's second

square.

B. The queen's pawn one move.

34 W. The pawn.
n.takes the pawn.

B. The queen's rook takes the pawn.

35 W. The king's rook at the black king's second square.

B. The king's knight's pawn one step: if he sustained the pawn, the game was lost. 36 W. One of the two rooks takes the pawn. B. The rook takes the rook.

37 W. The rook retakes the rook.

B. The rook gives check at the white king's
bishop's second square.

38 W. The king at his queen's bishop's third

square.

B. The rook takes the pawn. 39 W. The rook's pawn two steps*. B. The king's knight's pawn one step. 40 W. The rook's pawn one move.

B. The knight's pawn one move. 41 W. The rook at its king's square. B. The knight's pawn one move.

42 W. The rook at its king's knight's square. B. The rook gives check.

43 W. The king at his queen's bishop's fourth

square.

B. The rook at the white king's knight's third square.

44 W. The rook's pawn one move.

B. The rook at its king's knight's second square.

45 W. The king takes the pawn.

B. The rook's pawn one move.

46 W. The king at the black queen's knight's third square.

B. The rook's pawn one move. 47 W. The rook's pawn one move.

* If you had taken his pawn with your rook, instead of pushing this pawn, you had lost the game; because your king would have prevented your rook from coming in time to stop the passage of his knight's pawn. This may be seen by playing over the same moves.

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