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Th.Olle ordering the Monthly from agenta or dea- lers must \opk to. them fo~ the supply of the work. Communications may be addressed to tho Ouss !loNTBLT•lS Thames S&ne&t ~ornet: of Trlnl~ l'lace, New York. ... ~EB & 80~. -·,_,.---...... .. --. C 0 N T R ~ T S 0 It' N 0 - V 1 I . SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS IN NO. VI. PROBI..EM LXXXV.-1. R b6--:-rut, K e3--e4: (A., )J., 0.); ~. g2-g5t, Any mo•e; S. t.-(A) K e3"-f4; 2. R g2-g6:, Any mons;~· t.-(B) K e3- fS; 2.Kth7-g5t,Kf3-f4; S. t.-(C.)Qf5-o5; 2. Ba7-c5t, Ke3- PAq_JQ. e4:; 3. t. J. CHESS IN DENMARK, 198. PROBLEM LXXXVI.-1. Q g5-gS, [ Kt'o8-a7:]; 2. Q gS-bs, Any 2. AN ENGLISH CHESS GLOSSARY.- D. 197. S. AN &~D-GAME, 199. move; 3. t. 4. SCHEME OF THE GERMANO-AMERICAN NOTATION, 200. PROBLEM LXXXVII.-1. B g4-fll, Qc8-b7t (A._, B.); 2. Kt d6-b6t} fi. GA\IE CXXL-Between Hammond and Morpby, ·. 200. a7-b6:; 3. a6-b7: t.-( A.) It or P moves; 2. R b7-b8t, Q o8-b8 t; 3. 6. ·• CXXIT.-Between Dubois and Wy-vlll, ' 201. Kt d5-b6 t.-(B.) cs-e6; 2. h7--g8t Q, Q e6~ or o8; s. Qt. ''1. " CXXllL-Between Dubois and General M. 202. ' R. •· CXXIV.-Betwcen Dubois and an Amateur, 20S. PROBL~M LXXXVUI-1. Kt g'J-h4, d~: (A.? B.); 2. Kt h4-fSt, 9. C:XXV.-Detween Morpby and an Amateur, 20S. K e5--e4: ; 3. t.-:-(A.) f4-e3: ; 2. Kt b4-g6 t , K e5--e4: ; 3. f.-'-(B.} ~ 10. " CXXVI.- Bctween Morpby and an Amt;'teur, 20«. -e4:; 2. Kt h~f3t, K moves; 3. t. 11 . 12. •· ." C:XXVII.- Between Morpby and an AJnateur. UXXVIII.- Detween Morphy and an Amateur, 205. 206. ,· PROBLEM LXXXIX.-1. Kt f7-.-:g5, e~ (A.); 2. B h4-el, K e2_:_ e1:; 3. Ktg5-t'3t,Kel-e.2; 4.Ktb~~: · :t~-(A.) Ke2-e3; . ~. Ktp 1 3. H. •· CXXIX.-Bctween E. Morpby and P. Mcrphy, C~-Botwcen Morphy and an A~atew-, 207. 207, • -e6, K e3~; 3. B h4-f'2, e4-e3 ; 4. t. . 1 ~. ,, . , P~:-Be~ween...,~~cha~t!On and \Jryug~~~ .. 2~. \ PROBLEM XC.-1. R h6-d6t, c7-d6:·; 2. Q g3-g4, Q·al-d4 (A.); J.li. ·' CXXXll.-Between Lange and Andel'88en, . 209. 3. R el-e5 t, Any move; 4. Q :t.-(~.) K. _ d Q-c6; 3. Q g~$t,"K c6-t' 11. EN!G·MA :X.-By F. Caprrez of Chur, Switzerland, . '· 211. d6; 4. Qt. . . 18. ~·..... ~ XI.-By the same Composer, . . 211, PROBLE~I XOL-1 eS-e4, [ a3-a2]; 2. ·R hS-cS, [' ~: (A)]; 19. ,) Xll.-By the same Composer, 211. XIII.-By L. Morgenstern of'1llagdt1burg, Germany, 3. B cl-aSt, R b6-b4; 4. Q t.-(A.) R h4-h6t; 3. g5-h6.;~y move; 2!). 21. •· •· · XIV.-By the Aoonymus of Berlin, 21L 211. 4. B t. ' . ~- ,,. 22. PRORI.E.~ XCIU.-By Conrad Bayer of OlmUtz, Austria, 21l. PROBLEM XCIJ.-1. Kt e6-d4 t, [ K ~) ; 2. Kt d~ j, [K e6 23. ·' XCIV.- By J. Chapman of Boeton, 21!. -d5]; 3. Kt e6-c7 t, K d5-c6; 4. B t. I 24-. " XCV.-By H. R. Agnel of West Point, 21S. 25. " XCVl.-By S. Loyd of Florence, New-Yorlf, 21S. 21i. '· XCVII.-By Conrad Bayer of OlmUtz, Austria, 214. CHESS BOOKS Ac. 27. " XCVIll.-Dy C. C. Moore of Winona, Min., 2U. Tbe Pnbllabera ot the OhM• JIOft/Aly have imported aod o6'er for eale the following Cb.- 28. 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A full description of It will be found in t~e Jl~ of tb1& monlh. Published by Smith & Webster 169 Broadway. Price $S.OO plain and $6.~ colored. n wlll be carefully pe.cked and forwarded to any part of the United States tree of expeDSe. Orders for \he above may Jle ilent to tbe ~ubliahere of tb~ a... JIORtllly, P. Hn.LU & So!;, 49 Natll!&u Street New-York. '. • THE CHESS MONTHLY. J'ULY, 1808• • ..... • C •H E S S I N D E N M A R K. •' UR pleasant game was a favorite diversion of the Danee i6 tb• O olden time. It wns introduced during the heathen-age aod eeea11 to have clomlll'ticated it'!elf at once among the hardy heroes of tlad Northern realm. The men they used were made sometimefl of walru- teetb, sometime• of bone, ;nd a great deal of artistic skill wu fre- quently expended upon their construction. A rare and beautiful specimen of an ancient Sc:mdioavian obeY-piece wu dug up only a few years ago in the garden of tbo pastoral residence at Riaerup, iJa the Island of Falflter. It represented a BUAnp, sitting in a obair with the Book of the Gospels in his right band aBd a crosier in his let\; iJa the liOCketa of the eyes bad evidently been set some sort of preoi~ mnes which bad since fallon out. Many other pieoea, of a similar ducription, ( and all more or leas resembling the Ioe-laodio en &- covered some years baok in the Island of Lewis ) are preeerved in. the ., mnaeums of Copenhagen and Odense, where they remain u .Ueot hd ,. reliable witnesses to tho fondne~ for ohe• which prevailed amoag the early Danes. Soattered through their annals are aenral remarkable cbe11 incidents, some of which we propose briefly to p!aoe before oar readera. They are all conneeted with FOenea of blood and hnmaa cruelty, and it is singular that a pastime so pcaoefnl aod qaiet lboalcl 'be so often the·caOJO or tbd witneas of eTenta so warlike. The aaeo- clotea whith we are about to relate have Dever we believe appeiiM ia 1117 publioatioD duoted ~ oheaa. 194 THE CHESS MONTHLY. TBK CBBSS IION.TBLT. 195• Canute the Great, the ruler both of England and Denmark, of hospitili~y took place in the ancient city of Roskilde. In t.ha~ 18&! • 'Sovereign of five Realms' ns he is styled in the old British chronicle!, the kmgdom of Denmark was divided between three monarchs, SveD41 once went to Southern Sweden to suppress a rebellion which bad been Valdemar and Canute the fifth. This took place after many yean of inci~d by his son Hardicanu~ and by Ulf Jarl, or Earl Ulf, a pow- oonteet, between Svend on the one hand and Valdemar and Canute QD erful chieftain and courtier.· Rumors of the advance of the royal the o~er. Each King was to rule over a third of the tealm and eac~ fleet having reached them, these latter deserted their followers and nore liefore the altar to preserve the compact invioll.te. Bu~ it did allies, ampng whom were the Kings of Sweden and Norway, .a nd not Jut three days. Canute asked his brother monarchs to spend a has~ned to make their peace with the monYch. The ftoet sailed into few daya of festivity with him at Roskilde. Svend came with a orowd the mouth of the Helge River, where a fierce battle ensued. The of aoldien. 0ne evening Valdemar sat at the chess-board, where thtt Anglo-Dan~h King's own ship was, at one time, in imminent danger, battle waxed warm. His adven;ary was a nobleman, and Canute ~~~ but Ulf Jarl at great personal hazard succeeded in saving it. Canute by Valdemar's side watching the game. All at once, Canute obeer- now wen't to Roskilde, \he. capital of his Danish domains, where he 'ring aome 1U8picious consultations between Svend and one of his cap- arrived, the day before the feast of St. Michael in the year 1027. tains, and feeling a preeentiment of evil, threw his arms around V aide- Here Ulf Jarl, eager to wipe. out his former offence, welcomed him with mar's neck and kissed him. 'Why so merry, cousin?' askedthe lat- a splendid banquet, and endeavored by merry worda and submissive ter without removing his eyeB from the chess-board. 'You willaoon speeches to reinsta~ himself in Cauu~'s graces. But a.U Ulf's efforts aee,' replied Canute iu an apprehensive tone. Just t~en the armed to plP.ase the incensed monarch were futile ; he contin}led to look aoldiery of Svend rushed into the apartment, slew Canute and severely sober and ill-natured. In the course of t~e evening tho Jarl challen- wounded :Valdemar. The last.-named having wrapped his mantle abou~ ged him to a game of oh~ and the ohallc~ge was accepted. During his arm to serve for a shield, extinguished the lights, and fought like a the game Canute made a hasty move and left a Knight en prise ; the lion. Be succeeded in making his escape and is known in history u Jarl c&ptured it but the King requested him to replace it and either the powerful Valdemar the Great. • make another move or else allow him (Canute) to recall his former A century later che&<t again makes ita appearance upou the historio move. The J a.rl refused, arose from the table, overturned the pieces stage of Denmark. At that time Eric Plovpenning, or Plov.glt.~•y, and walked away. The King, with a bitter laugh, called to him and u he wu called, ruled wisely aud well over the fierce and war-loving said, 'Are you running away, you cowardly Ulf ?' The Jarl tnrned people of that country. In t.b e summer of 1250 he ~on his ny to and replied, "You would have run much farther away at the Helge defend the town of Rendsborg against the attack of aome Germali River, if you had been able. You didn't call me a coward then when J-nds, when be received an invitation from his brother Abel to visi~ I came to your help, while the Swedes were slaying your men like him in Slesvig. The unsuspecting and open-hearted Eric accepted. dogs." The next morning the pious sovereign who rebuked his After dinner, on the Ninth ~f August, the same day of his arriyal, he irreverent courtierE& by the sea-side with such religious philosophy, retifed to a little ple&l\'lre house near the water to enjoy a quiet game and who had just returned from an humble pilgrimage to Rome, sen~ of ch~ with a knight whose name was Henrik Ker kwerder. AI they one of his Norwegian men-at-arms to Trinity Church, 'in Roakilde, were playing the blaok-hearted Abel entered the room, marcbecl up to where the poor Jarl bad taken SD.Dctuary, and had him slain in the the cheee-table, accompanied by several of his followers, and began to choir. This adds another to the curious parallels of history, for Ulf overwhelm the King with.abuse. At length the unfortunate Eric wu J arl appears to have been to Canute the Great what Thomas-a-Becket thrown into chains and was basely murdered that very night. Poor was to Henry the Second. lOng l little did be merit so cruel a checkmate. . In 1157, something more than a hundred years after the deat)l of Oonoerning the presen~ state of the game in Denmark little, unf'or- Canute, another historic game of cheSB and another royal violation of tuately, is baown outside o~ the country itaelf. W aker statee that a • THE CRESS KOK'fRLT. T 8. 0 ll B·S S ll 0 NT B L ·T. pe1110n by tbe name of Osterberger held in 18~7 the Profe8iorlllip ~ barg., when Germany began to uerci.le ~o overwhelmiog idueaoe chess in the military Academy of Copenbllgen, and that be bad pub- qpon dae religion, the- politics and · tho lfterature of Deamark, they lished a treatise on the game. The existence of such a chair may a loet ill meuure, their Scaadioavian character. The two chief piece~ well be doubted, and it is altQgether certain that no chess work has are styled, M 'With ps, King (Kgnge) and Ql&teta ( Oronniog) , the ever been published in Den~ark by any one bearing the name of German DatM never having been introduced. The Bishop ia a Rsnrt' ·Os~rberger.• Of course so large a city as the Danish capital mUll . ( Lijber) like the German .[A.w.fer, but was in old times called by ita have· one or. more places where chess is regularly played. The writel' gennine Northern title or BU, or Bilknp. The' Knight ia now of the present article, who spent a pleasant twelvemonth in the Nor- Spri•R!r, meaning a Llaptr, the samo u the German term, but thern metropolis some years ago, used to frequent a large reading- wu form~rly namld R~ltr or Kni~3t, from the loelandio R.itld4ri. • room asituated on Kj1>bmagergade or eome other Gade. He very well The Rook ia ooll~d the TotDer {Taarn), a word aimilar,to tbe Ger- remembers passing at each visit through a sort of restaurant ot man 7\am•; ita Icelandie designation ia Hroktl.r, whioh ia derin.- smoking-room on his way to the little cabinet appropriated to the ble from the same Oriental eource aa our Rook. The Pawu ill foreign journals. In thiR restaurnnt were half-a-dozen or more cheM- Danisli are styhd P8au.11l1 (Bonde, pl. B()nder) which ia 'also a tables which seemed to be in pretty constant use. But at that time Teut~nio innovation. The name of the game. ia SJ.:ak, or- u it ia the writer was totally ignorant of the game and scarcely deigned a 10metimea written, by a corrupt orthography, ScNJ.k. glance at the boards or plnyers. Through this sin of ignorance he may have lost the oppQr-tunity of seeing some Danish Philidor or ot AN E N G L I S H 0 H E 8 S G L 0 S S A R Y. witnessing a contest between the La Bourdonnnis and M'Donnell of D. / Scandinavia. Bendix, who published n small book of end-games in DAMIANo, Sv.b. The name given to a kincl of Counter-Gambit or French at St. Petersburg in 1824, end aiso a little pamphlet in • acriftoe of a Pawn effected as follows: 1. e2-e4, e7-e6; Daniih at Copenhagen in 1833 containing a correspondence game 2. Kt gt-m, t7-f6; 3. Kt f3-g5: eto. It is derived from between Hamburg und Berlin, wa.'! a Dane. Of his strength as ·a the nGme of an early writer on chess, a Portuguese Apothecary, player there are no means of judging, since none of his games have wh~ work wu first pnblished ahortl,y; atler the commence- seen the light. The names of the pieces were formerly pure Icelandic, ment of tbe sixteenth century. but after the Reformation and the accession of the House or ·Olden- ntouaroH, Sd. ~he title of one or the pieoea in arch-cbees. D&J'J:NCE, s..b. L Opposition or reaiatanoe to the att&ok of the • The following works on chess have been published In Daolah : advenary. A 8o«l Defn.r,c. .A •Hel Deftlf(;f. H. Tlae Underretning om SkalupiJ. Viborg. 1773. Svo. aeoond play~r. This is cbiefty made up of tran~lated selections from Phllldor. DIAeetuL, S.b. A line o.f the oheat-board oompoled ~t ~ t1 Forstig til Grund-Regier for Konge-eller Stak-splllet. ][JObeDba"' a simiLar color ; a line running from the top or bottom of the 1774. Svo. FremstiJling at et me11Pm tvende SeJskaber I Hamborg og Berlin turW board to the sidea. A "'!it' DNgDMl. A blar.t Dia1oul. TAe BiiAop'• Dia80fl4l. ' Scbak~pil. Samlet og foreynet med opJyeende Anmerknlnger Tecl B. !lett.: dix. KjUbenbavc, 1833. 8vo. Dncona, V. To ulliD&Sk an attack or oheok. Anvlening tiJ at spille Scbacb, Dam, og Gnav eller Vexel-Spfl ef1er a. DIK6VtaY, S~. Unmasking or uncovering an attack or check. JUlbrugelige Maade. Christiania, 1830. 16mo. pp. 16. AI 'hru a pme · Tble ie the merest skeleton of a cheu book, but ie tbe oaly ~ ' " ' Woo wlth muoh hutrd, 10 with mv.ch more UiiUilpb, ' 10 publiahed in Norway. . • I pae b.lm ob.eokemaw b7 ~ilcou.,. Mi.,.,. lU., , T H E C H' E S 8 M 0 N T B L Y. 198 · THE CHESS MONTHLY. The player is said to c~eek or give cMcle bydUCOf1ei"Y, when by l'elll01'· DuwN, .Adj. Finished or played through without any advantaSeon fng a piece or pawn, cheek is suddenly unfolded from · another piece, either side ; even. whoee position was masked by the position of the man now removed. There are seven legitimate methods in which the game 1flAY thu be . Walker. dravm :- viz. I. By ptrpdt.ull ch«.l:.- 2. By ~-3. By W Jlfl"- DouBLE, v. To place one piece• or pawn before the other. To tiee peni.Jting in a rtpdition of tk Hme rJIOt1e.-t. By CA. ...._ t( 1M double the Rooks. To double a Pawn. clw:lring powtr on both lidu.- 5. By t!IJUOZity of force. 6. By tAc ...,....... party no~~ tk rnatittg por«r. 7. By 1M lb'otlglr pan, poirerrinr DouBLED, Adj. and Part. Placed one before the other. .A d0t6bled tk mating pot«r but ~ lmotDittg proptrly hotD to dird iU ~· Pawn. Walar• • DRAUGHT, S ub. The old English expression for mo1)t. It wu ued Dun, S11.b. A name applied by some of the early writen to the as lat.e the end of the seventeenth century. It was al8o apeh Rook. Dr,aght, Dragt, and in the plural Drawttys.• DuM.~,they're called Rootee by eome. X~ 1814. The burgeyse toke avysemen long on every draugltl. The Rocks, Rookes or Du1ru walk forward, backward, anclllde waye~ O!UJuur. in any rant and file. ~·. Grtx:n, 1666. Oure days be datyd • To be chekmatyd With drawtty1 of aetli. AN END-GAME, Slullon, 16Ll CalL And for that amonge drauglata echone OccuRRING IN A GAME IN WHICH MR. MoRiar (_,-Itt) GAft THE That unto the che111 apertene may. Onns oF TRE RooK:. ~. Hit/a a,. If on your man you light The first draughl. shall you play : If not 'tis mine by right At first to lead the way. Barbier, 16~. The draughl. of a Pawne is only one holl88 at a time strelght forward in his owne file never retiring. .7raml. of GrtJco, 1666. DRAw, V. To finish a game in such a manner that neither player has any advantage. • DnAw, S. A gatne which has terminated to the advantage of neither player. DRAwE, V. A word used by old writers in the signifioation of to .,.,,,. The preterite is drougl&e. He droug'M and Beyd '~hekmate.' • Olaaucw. *Halliwe}l, in his .Archaic 11M Prooincial.IN:Aonary, defines the word Drwtlgltt, Drage or Draghl., as a Pawn. This is a blunder which could hardly be exps~Cted from a writer so .welllikllled in old-English literature. Wright, milled by' Halliwell, also makes the same mistake. The cognate word in Swedlah and Danish, Drag, is still used in tbe .same .senae. The Swedes al8o •1 aM ...., to Whl~ mates in Thee mo~es. move, and han clrog, be ~oved. • .. TBJ: CHESS MONTHLY. TBB 0 B B 8 S IIONTBLY. 101 SCBEKE OF TI!E GERMANO-AMERICAN NOTATIQN. 11. Q d1--d3 Bg4-t'3: 21. . f4-e5: Ktg5-e6 li. g2-f3: Kt e4-g5 22. Q g2-d5: Q d8-d5: 13. Qd3-m Kt o6-d4: 23. B b3-d5: K~e6-f4 14. B e3-d4: The beat move. If U. B e~g5:, Black may play K.t 24. B d5-b7: R a8-b8 d~f5:; 16. B g6-d8;, R aS-48:; or 25. B b7-o6 .R e8_:_.6 K' d' - ra 'f ; 15. ~ 15-f'S:, Q d8-g5 2fl B ot3-d 'f; 16. Q B--.!8, Q g6-,;:; t etc. re- · 7 R e6-e7 main.t~g ln. the former ca ,. wl!b one, 27. R a 1-d 1 R b8-b2: and ln tile lalter wilh two clear Pawns. 28. R e l-e4 14. . . . . B b6-d4: Tbla overalgM loaee the game a& 15. Kt b1-c3 g7-g6 once, 'but While aeema to have uo 16. Q f5-g4 h7-h5 move wbicb will preveoc at leut U.. loaa of a Pawn. .... 17. Q g4-g2 28. . • . . . R e7-d7: Even tbe tyro will aee that 17. Q g-l -d4: Ia tm~ble, and If 17. Q g~ And Black wins. gS Black can aUll play B d4-e5: . Tbia fp one of the few gamee which· 17. . . • . B d4-e5: lhe Ekilful and dlMinguilhed lfa.llk 18. Kt o3-d5: c7-c6 obueette player conteated wttb lfr. Morphy duri.Dg \he daJ• of tlae la&e 19. R fl-e1 R f8-e8 Coogrea 10. f3-f4 c6-d5: t =Cheek. e-o = Castles with K. R. = Takel!. o-o--o = CaaUea wi\h Q. B. GAME O.XXD. EVANS GAMBIT. t -= Tak~• checking. t =Mate. Between Signor DuBois of Rome, Italy, and MAJllfAJ)U•& cxn. WYVILL, M. P. of London, England. GAME GJUOCO PIANO. • DUBOIS. 8. Ke-t-n Between Mr. GEORGE HAMMOND, of Boston, ancl Mr. PAUL WYVILL. ·t~ftS ·~· MoRPHY. illack. 9. e4-e5 d7--d0 1. e2-&4 e7-e6 1o. e6-ft>: d5-o4: MR. HAllllllOND. Ma. MoRPHY. 5. c12-d4 e5-d4: i. K~gl-13 Ktb8-c6 11. f6-g7: lth8-~ 1. -~Itt. e2-e4 t. Kt gl-t'3. laladt. e7-e5 Kt b8-c6 6. 7. R. e4-e5 B o4-b3 o3-d4: d7-d5 Ktf6-e4 Bo5-b6 .. 3. 6. B fl-o4 b2-b4 o2-o3 Bf8-c5 B c5-b4: B b4-o5 12. 13. 14. B ol-g5 Kt bt-d2 Kt d2~o4: Q d8:-cf8· BoS-m Q ~6--d6 3. B fl--o4 B f8-o5 9. o-o B o8-g4 6. ~-d4 e6-d4: 15. Q dl-e2t Ke8-d7 •• d-oS Kt g8~f6 10. B ol--e8 e-o 7. o3-d4: Bo6-d4t 16. K~~5f Kd7-oJ / ' 202 THE CHESS MONTHLY. . T HE C HE 8 8 ll 0 NTH L Y : 203 17. Kt e5-c6: b7-c6: 25. B f4-e5 Ra7-b7 (cs) Thle le Ole ehape that the Evans GambU toot In Ole baodl of La 18. · Q e2-a6t K c8-b8 26. h2-h3 RgS-dS Bourdonnate aud )('Donnell. 19. Kt f3-e5 B f5-e4 27. K gl-h2 B d3-b5 (6) 9. Q. Kl to X:. aecond Ia now known to be far better. () From tble point the attack le pursued unrelentingly. If Black play Q d5-b5t, White wins 28. B e5-c7t R b7-o7: a piece by 20. Q a6-b5 t followed by 29 Q o6-b5t R o7-b7 21. Kt e6-c6t etc. · 20. · R al-bl B e4-el: 30. Q M-e5t GAME CXXIV. Giuoco Pu.No. Black has no better move. And White wins Between Signor DuBois of Rome, Italy, and an A .I UT&UR. 21. Kt e5-c6 t Q d5-c6: Tbc game was played at Rome in • •(b. (AlunuB.) J8luk.. (Duaoi&) 22. Q a6-cfl: B bl-d3t 1845. For it and for many other favon J. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. 23. K fl-gl a.7-af> we are indebted to the tlndnell or Jlr. 2. K. Kt. to K. B. third. 2. Q. Kt. to Q. B. third. CENTURINI of Genoa. 3. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 24. B g5-f4 Ra8-a7 4. P . to Q. third. 4. P. to K. B. fourth. .... 5. K. Kt. to K. Kt. fifth. 5. P. to K. B. fifth. 6. K . Kt. to K. B. seventh. 6. Q. to K. R. fourth. 7. Cutles. 7. K. Kt. to K. B, third. GAME CXXIII. EvANS GAMBIT. 8. K . Kt. takes K. R. 8. P. to Q. 'fourth. Between General M • • • E and Signor DuBOIS of Rbme. 9. K. B. takes Q. P. 9. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. I 10. Q. to K. ~~quare. 10. P. to K. B. ai.Ith. Ulbitt. (MR. DUBoiS.) lSiatlt. (GEN&IUL M--.) 1J. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 11. Q. takes B. 1. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K . fourth. 12. P . to K. Kt. third. 12. Q. Kt. to Q. fifth. 2. K . Kt. to K. B. third. 2. Q. Kt. to Q. B. third. JS. K. B. to Q. Kt. third. 13. Q. Kt. to K. seventh (oh) 3. K . B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 14. K. toR. square. 14. Q. B. to K. R sixth. 4. P. to Q. Kt. fourth. 4. K. B. takes Kt. P. 15. K. R. to K . Kt. square (a) 15. K. Kt. to K. R. foortb. 5. P. to Q. B. third. 5. K. B. to Q. R. fourth. 16. K. Kt. to K. B. seventh. 16. K . Kt. to K. B. fifth ( 6) 6. Castles. 6. K. B. to Q. Kt. third. N . K . Kt. takes Q. 17. Q. B. to K. Kt. eeTen&h (oh 7. P. to Q. fourth. 7. K. P. takes P . 18. K. R. takes B. 18. P. takes R. 8. B. P . takes P. 8. P. to Q. third. Mate. 9. P . to Q. fifth (a) 9. Q. Kt. to Q. R. fourth (6) 10. Q. Kt. to Q. B. third. 10. Q . Kt. takes K. B. NotM. 11. Q. to Q. R. fourth (check) 11. Q. B. to Q. second. Th1a pme wu played at Rome In the year 1860. 12. Q. takes Q. Kt. 12. K. Kt. to K . B. third. (cs) Tbe only move to •ve the Impending mate. 13. P. to K. fifth (c) 13. Q. P . takes P. (t) Very preUy; if White tate the Knight Black mateeln two mo._ 14. B. to Q. R. third. 14. P . to Q. B. third. 15. K. R. to K. square. 15. Q. to Q. B. second. 16. K. R. takes K. P. (check)" 16. K. to Q. square. 17. P. to Q. sixth. 17. Q. to Q. .B. square. 18. K. Kt. to K. Kt. fifth. 18. K. B. takes P. (check) Mr. PAuL MoaPBT gives his Queen's Rook to an Amateur of the 19. K. takes P. 19. Kt. to Kt. fifth (oheok) New Orleau Club. 20. Q. takes Kt. 20. B. takes Q. (Raaow WAite's Qt6tn's Rook.) And White mates in Two moves. IQftt. (Ka. JloaraT.) .lliuL (Alu'l.,._) N«M. •. l. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. The above contest took place at Rome in the year 18~. 2. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 2. K. ·B. to Q. B. fcMartb. • 20~ THE CHESS MONTHLY. TBB OBB!S JIONTBLT. 106 . · 3. P. to Q. fourth. ::J. P. takts P . (a) 8. P. takes P. 4. P. to Q. Kt. fourth. 8. B. to Q . Kt. third. 4. Kt. to K. B. third (b) 9. Q. B. to R. third (4) 9. P. to Q. third. 5. B. to Q. Kt. third. 5. P. to Q. third. 10. P . to K. fifth. 10. Kt. to K . fifth. 6. Kt. to K. Kt. fifth. 6. Kt. to K. R. third. · 11. R. to K. square. 11. P. to Q. fout·tb. 7. Castle!!'. 7. Castles. 12. K. B. to Q. Kt. firth. 12. Q. B. to K. 'Kt: fit\h. 8. P. to K. B. fourth. 8. P. to Q. R. fourth. 13. Q. R. to Q. B. square. 13. Q. to q. SI'Cood. 9. P. to K. B. fifth. 9. Q. to K. B. third. 14. Q. to her H.. fou•·th. 1-l. B. takee Kt. 10. Q. to K. R. fifth. . I 0. P. to Q. R. fifth. 15. lt. ttikf'!l Q. Kt. 15. Castles (Q. R.) 11. B. to Q. fifth. . 11. P. to Q. B. third. 16. P. to K. ~ixtb (h) 16. P. takes P. 12. Kt. takes K. R. P. (c) 12 K. takes Kt. 17. R. takes B. 13. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 1:1. Q . to K . fourth. 14. P. takes K. B. .And White wins. 14. Kt. to Q. st>cood. 15. Kt. to K. B. third. 15. Q. to K. squo~re. 16. Q. H. to K . Kt. fifth. N~. ' 16 P. to K. B. sixth. (a) Wben giving the odds or a Rook or Knlgbt, the tint player wtll fte. . 17 Q. to K. Lt. fourth. 18 P. takes K. Kt. P. 17. B. tukes Kt. 18. P. to Q. ~ixtb ( dit~c. ch.) quentlyllDd the move In tbe text quite u eft'ectlve u the more onee or P. to K. ftfth or P. to Q. flftb. cuato_,., 39 K. to H. square. 19. B. h1kes P. {check) (6) lluoh better &ban capturing tbe Klng'e Blsbop at once, ae the BJd 20 K. tukes B. . 20. K .' tukes P. Queen mlgM tbt!n bave been moved to K. Kt.. Mh, and the t.ue of the OOD- 21 B. takes Kt. (check) 21. K . to R. second. teat rendered doubru1. 22 B. takes R. (dis. check) 22. K. to Kt. square. 23 B. to K. seventh. 23. K t. to Q. B. \bird. / 24 Q. to Kt. fifth~( check) 24. K. to R. second. 25 R. to K. B. fourth. And Black resigns. Nolu. GAME CXXVII. ScoTCH GAMBIT. (~) ~e ought rather to have taken wi~b the Bishop. Played &t theN. Y. Club botween Mr. MoRP~l' and aD iMAT&va. (6) Wbi\e might ban played 4. B. takes K. B. P. (ob) but wu a.-ene to IQ exchange of pieces at such an early stage of the game. (c) The game from this point is very lively and animated. (~c WAite'• Quetta'• Kttigll.l.) lWt'u. (llollPBt.) . Jill~ (Autsua.) 1. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K. loutth. GAME CXXVI. EV.A.NI GAMBIT. 2. Kt. to K: B. third. 2. Kt. to Q. B. third. 3. P. to Q. loutth. 3. K t. t11kes P. Betw• Mr. MoRPHT aQd an 11~1ATEUR of th., New Or}oqa c~. 4. Kt. takes P. 4. Kt. to K. tbird. (RtfAD1't White's Qrue1&'s K•ight.) 6. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 6. K. Kt. *a B. &bird 6. Kt. takee K. B. P. (4) 6. K. takes let. 8lt!tt. ·(lloBPBY.) laladt. (AJUTnll.) 7. B. take8 Kt. (check) 7. K. takes B. . l· r. to ~. fourth. 1. P. to K ..fourth. 8. P. to K. Aftb. 8. K. B. to Q. B. foartla. 2. :kt. to K. B. third. 2. Kt. to Q. B. third. 9. Cutles. 9. Kt. to Q. fourth. 3. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. K . B. to Q. B. fourth. 10. Q. to K. Kt. fourth ~ ~oh.) 10. K. takes P. (i) 4. P . to Q. Kt. fourth. 4. B taket Kt. P. 11. Q. B. to K. Kt. Mh. J I. Q. to K. B. square. 6. P. to Q. B. third. 6. B. to Q.. B. fourth. 12. Q. H. to Q. ·square. 12. K. to Q . Ulinl 6. Cutlee. 6. Kt. to K. ».~ 13 Q to K. fourth. 14. P. to Q. B. fowib. . 13. Q. to K. B. 11800Dd. 7.P.• Q,~ 7. P,~P. 14. K. to Q. B. third. 16. B. tab~ K~ 16. K. ~ Q. It'- tbircL .. • 206 THE CHESS MONTHLY THE OBESS JIONTBLJ. 207 . 16. R. takes -B. 16. P. to Q. B. third (c) GAME CXXIX. RuY LoPEz KNIGHT's GAllE• 17. Q. to K. fifth. 1 17. R. to K . square. · White mates in Four moves. Between Mr. ERNEST MoRPHY of Quincy, Dlinois, and Mr. PAU·L MoRPHT. Nota. (II) The sacrifice of the Knight at this juncture, u mostof our readers are 18trte. (liB. P. MoBl'liT). )Jlatl\. (MR. E..JloBPUT). probably' aware, is one of the many felicitous in~entions of Mr. Cochrane. J. P. to K . fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. (b) Black is eager to preserve hill numerical superiority, and loeell the game 2. K. Kt. to K. B. third. 2. Q. K t. to Q. B. third. In th~ attempt. He should have retrea~ his King~e B. sec~ncl, and on White'• 3. K. B. to Q. Kt. fifth. 3. K. B. to Q . B. fourth. ·then playing Q. to her B. fourth, sustained his Kt:with P. to Q. B. third, and 4. P. to Q . B. th.ird. 4. Q. to K. second. submitted to the loss of the Bishop. .. 5. Castles. 5. K . Kt. to K . B. third. (c:) The game is irredeemably lost, · whether he ~e the proffered Rook or 6. P. to Q. fourth. 6. K. B. to Q. Kt. third. 7. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 7. P. to K. R. third. DOL 8. Q. B. takes K. Kt, 8. Kt. P. tabs Q. B. (a) 9. P. to Q. fifth. 9. Kt. to Q. square. 10. K. Kt. to K. R. fourth. 10. P. to Q. B. third. GAME CXXVIII. Muzro GAMJHT. 11. K. Kt. to K. B. fifth. 11. Q. to Q. B. fifth. 12. P. to Q. Kt. fourth. · 12. Q. to K. B. square. 13. Q. P. tak<l8 P. 13. Q. P. takes 1:'. Played at the New Orleans Club between PAuL MoRPHT and an 14. K . Kt. to Q. sixth (check) 14. K. to K. second. , ' .AMATEUR. 15. Q. to Q. third. 15. B. P. takes B. / (Rtmove Mite's Quun's Knight). 16. K. Kt. takes Q. B. (check) 16. Q. R. takes Kt. 17. K. R. to Q. square. 17. Q. t.> K . Kt. eeoond. l!Bbltt. (MoRPBY.) lUatit. (AJU'mllL) 18. Q. to Q . eeventh (check) 18. K. to K. B. square. 1. P . to K . fourth. i. P. to K. fourth. 19. Q. takes Q. R. 2. P . to K . B. fourth. 2. P. takes P. 3. P. to K . Kt. fourth. And White wins. 3. Kt. to K. B. third. 4. K . B. to Q. B. fourth. 4. P.,to K. Kt. fifth. N«a: 5. Castles. 5. P. takes Kt. Tbla game wu played in New Orleans during the month ot NoTember 185f. 6. Q. takes P. 6. Q. to K. B. third. (•} W. belli move. 7. P. to K. fifth. 7 . Q. takes P~ 8. B. takes K. B. P. (check) 8. K. takes B. GAME CXXX. PETROFF's DEFENCE. 9. P. to Q. fourth. 9. Q. takes P. (check) 10. Q. B. to K. third. . 10. Q. to K . B. third. Played at the New York Club between PAuL MoBPHT and liD 11. Q. to K. R. fifth (check) 11. Q. to K. Kt. third. AII£.TEUR. 12. R. takes P. ( oheok) 12. Kt. to K. B. third. (~t Wlite's ~ttl's Kw.iglil.) 13. R takes Kt. (obeok) 13. K. takes R. 14. B. to Q. fourth (check) 14. K. to K. eeoond. IQIU. (KoUBT.) JUuL (Alu.DtiL) 15. R. to K. (check) 15. K. to B . seoond. , 1. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. 16. Q. to her fifth (check) 17. Q. to K. B. third (check) 16. Q. to K. third. 17. K. to K. square. 2. Kt. to K. B. third. 3. P. to Q. fonrth. 2. Kt. to K . B. third. 3. P. takes P. • 18. Q. to K. R. fifth {check) l8. K. to Q. square~ 4. P. to K. fifth. 4. Q. to K . second. 19. R. takes Q. 19. P. takes R. 5. B. to K. 1e00od. 5. Kt. to K. flt\h. 20. B. takes R. . 6. Cutlea. 6. P. to Q. fourth. And White won the game. 7. P. takes P. en paanl 7. Kt. takea P. at Q.lixtla. 208 T ·H E C HE 8 8 K 0 NTH LT. •• . ' 'fBB OBBSS . MONTHLY 8. R. to K. square. 8. B. to K . third. 13. P to X. B. lizth. 23. P. to X. Kt. third. 9 . Q. B. to K . Kt: fifth. 9. Q. to her second. 24. P. to X. R. fonrih. 24. K. B. take~ K. B. P. (i) 10. Kt. to K. fifth. 10. Q. to Q. B. aquare. S5. Q. B. takes X. B. 25. B. to Q . 88001ld.. 26. , Q. R. to X. K.t. Ulird. 26. P. to Q. "Kt. fourth. • 11. B. to K. R. fifth. 12. B. take!! B . 13. Kt. tukes K . B. P . 11. H. to K. second. 12. K. takes B. 13. Kt. takes Kt. 27. K. B. to ~. P. to K. iKt. third. fifth. ~7. P. to Q. B. fourih. !l8. P. to• Q. B. &fth. 14. B. to K. Kt. fou .. th. 14. Kt.. to Q. square. 29. X R. P. takes P. 29. K. B. P. takes P. • 15. Q. takes P. 15. R to K. Kt. RqUare. 80. K. B. to Q. B. aeoond. 30. B. to Q. B. third. 16. R. takes B. ( check) 16. Kt. takes R. 31. Q. B. to Q. B. third 31. B. to K. ftfth. )7. Q. H. to K . squnre. 17. Kt. to Q. B. third. 32. K. B. takes B. 32. K. R. takes B. 18. Q. to her B. fifth ( chrok) 18. K . to K. B. third. 33. 'Q. R. to X. B. third. 33. K. R. to K. aeoond. J 9. Q. to K . B. fifth (check) 19 K. to K. second. 34. B. to Q. Kt. fourth. 34. K. R. to Q. 1800nd. 20. R. takes Kt. (oheok) 20. K . to Q . square. ~ Q. R. to K. B. ~th (ch.) 35. Q. R. tak• Q. R. And White wins. 3r. X. B. tabs Q. R (check) 36. X. to K . Kt. eecond. 3'7. R. to Q. R. ~~. 37. K. to X. B. 1800Dd. 38. B. to Q. B. &lh. . • . And- Black resigns. (e) \ GAME cxxxr. PHtLrDoR's DEFENCE. • N-. . Between Dr. HoRACE RicHARDSON of Boston, and )Jr. W . R. 'l'be &bcwe game wu played lately bJ ~rreepondence. n occured lD a ...... ~r roar games, or whlob eacfl JIUi1 won two. • BROUGHTON of Cambridge. (4) Bee tlae article or Kr. I.Uwenthal recommending the capture of"iii' Pawn bJ 'be Knlgh' In our January nllDlber (pp. 11- U) '-........ Ulbilt. (MR. RIOH.\RDSON.) )Siatlt. (MR. BaouoBTON.) (6) Some lo-.leunavoldablc. ' 1. P. to K . fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. (o) We recommend to all playere who have IAlfllclent leiaue, and eepecla117 2. K . K t . to K. B. third. 2. P. to Q . third. to JOODg pnctlUonera, the plaJing or an occasional game bJ OGmllpODdeace. 3. l'. to Q. fou1th. 3. P~ takeR P . The llbldJ ~ulred lD We branch or cbe~~ ieDda gre&UJ to ~harpeD tbe 4' Q. takes P. (n. ) 4. Q. B. to Q. second. fllcultlee and to improve one' 1 cbeee powem There i.e, too, a ceriaiD iDcJelorl- 5. K . B. to Q. B. fourth. 5. Q. Kt. to Q. B. third. llahle cbann about correepond1110e plaJ, u everr one tnowa who hu fabV 6. Q. to Q square. 6. K. B. to K. seoond. kfed 1~ &hat 1'llllJ repay. one for hla labor. 7 . Q. Kt. to Q. B. third. 7. K. Kt. to K. B. third. 8. P. to K. R. third. 8. Q . K t. to K . fuurth. • 9. K. Kt. takes Q . Kt. 9. Q. P. takes Kt. l 0. Castles. tO. Castles. 11 . P. to K. B. fourth. 1 I . K. B. to Q. third. 12. P. to K . B. fifth. 12. Q. R. to Q . B. third. GAME c~. BISHOP's G.urBIT. 13. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 13. K. B. to Q. B. fourth ( oh.) 14. K. toR. squt\re. 14. Q. takes Q. Between ~. M. L.a.No& and Profeaser A. A.n.uku of Breal;.u1 15. Q. R. h1kes Q. 1:1. K . Kt. take~~ K. P. Germany., . ·- . • 16. Kt. take~ Kt. ·17. Q. R. to K . square. 16. 17. Q. B: takes Kt. Q. B. takes Q. B. P. •trtt (K.a. Lufo•) SiaL (lb.~) 18. Q. R.tak~K K. P. 18. K. B. to Q. third. , 1. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K. fonnh. 19. Q. R. to K . s~oond. 19. Q. B. to Q. R. fifth. J. P. to K. B. fourth. 2. P. takes ·p, 20. Q. R. to K. fourth 20. Q . B. to Q. B. third. . 3. K. B. to Q. B. fourth. • 3. Q . toK. R. 8ftla (~) 21. Q . R. to K. Kt fourth. 21. K . B. to K. fourth. 4. X. to X. B. J11111le. 4. P. to K. X&. barth. ' • ~. Q. B. to K. seventh. 22. K. R. to K . iqure. • • ' • < , .... 2l0. T H E C H E 8 8 M 0 N T H L Y. e T B E 0 IeE S 8 II 0 N T B L Y. 211 5. Q, Kt. to Q. B. third. 6. P. to Q. fourth. · 5. K. B. to Kt. seoond'. 6. K. Kt. to K. second'. · ENIGMAs.• .. .. 7. ij. to K. Kt. third (a) 7. P, takes P . 8. Q to K. R. third. X. By F. CAPREZ, of Chur, Switzerlahd. 8. K. to Kt. second. 9: P . ta.lres P. · . 9. Q. to K. Kt. third. 10. £.to K, R. third'. White: K a5, Q d2, R b6, Kt b4. 10. K. Kt. to K . B. third. 11. K. R. to K. B. squi.LI'e. 11. Castles (b) Black: ~ b3, Q f7, R bl, Bs a2.and e5, P b7. 12. K. K t. to K. fifth. 12. K. B. fakes K. Kt. 13. Q. P. takes B. 13. Q . Kt. to Q. B. third. White to play, and mate in Three moves. 14. K. R. to K. B. sixth. 14. Q. to K. Kt. second. 1f>. Q. to K. R. fifth. 15. Q. Kt. takes K. P. (c) XI. .By the same CoMPOSER. 16. K . R. takes R. P. 16. Q. Kt. takes B. 17. B. takes K. Kt. P. 17. K . Kt. to K. ~t. third.. • White: K o4, Q g8, B e4, Kt e5, Ps b5, d5, ~d e3. 18. Q. Kt. to Q. fifth. 18. Q. Kt. to K . 81Xth (checkJ 19. B. takes Q.• Kt. 19. P. to Q. t&ird. Black: K aS, B a7, Kt b8, Ps b6, c6; d7 and e6. 20. Q. R. to K. R. square. 20. K : R. to K. square. White to play and mate in Four moves. 21. B. to Q. fourth (d) And Bla.pk resigns. • XIL By the same Cow>osER. Notu. We translate this game and the accompanying notes from the aa.-Iuwj White: K gl, Q d7, R d6, B h4, Ps f3 and g4. -- / · muer &ho.cllpartien, published by Mr. Lango in 1857. U was playM a~ Berftn, August 18th, 1851, just after ~ofeBBor AnderBBen's return fflllln We viotorioua Black: · K e5, Kt to, .Ps f1 and g6. visit to the London Tournament. It will be remembered that the dfetlniUiebed Wll.ite ~ play and ~ate in Two mov~. contestants are now joint editors of tho Dcrlln Sc/aachztittlng. (a) This move initiates a combfuation whose beauties were first pointed out XIII. By L. MoRGENSTEu, of Magdeburg, Germuay. by M'Donnell. This continuation ofthc Dlshop's Gambit gives ri8e to inter- esting games and may be especially recommended in practice. White: K g5, R to, Ba a3 and 64, Kt c4, P d7. . (b) 11. K. R. t.o K.B. square seems more cor~t ; it would be followed by Wb. 12. P. to Q. Kt. third, Bl. 12. P. to Q. R. third etc~ . ~ack: K e6, R al; Ba fB ~d h3, Ps ~, g3 and gr. (c) Here 15. K. to K. R. second would have been more pruden~ although • even in that case White, by 16. B. to K. third followed by Q. R. to K. B. equare. White to play, and mate in Two moves. would have obtained a tolerably strong attack. (d) The forces are now equal, but Black cannot e110ape deoilive 1~ XIV. By the A.NonMus, of Berlin. Suppose 21. Q. takes B. White: K ~, Q b7, R g4, B b'l, Kt e3, p 0:4•• . 22. K. R. tQkes Kt. 23. Q. takes P . (check) 24. ·n. to K. B. square (check) I 22. P. takes R. 23. K. to K. B. equare. · . Blaok: K d6, R aS, B f1, Kts g8 and h2. Ps a6; e4, uadt5. And so-forth. Suppose, again, ·rrm. 23. Q. to K. Kt. seventh then White mates Ui two.-.ee 21. K. R. to K. fourth. . White to play and mate in Three mo~, 22. B. takes R. 23. Kt. to K. seventh (check) 2-i. Kt. takes Kt. (check) I 22. P. takes B. -23. K. to K. B. square. • And White has a decisive advantage. F~nally DL 21. P. to K. B. U8rd wo.ld have been useless on a.ooount.or Wh. 22. K . R. takes Kt. etc. • x·, XI, and .m from the~~. , (lla ') from the Berlin .&AacAiritllfll (Kay). ~ • XDI ..a XIV, • • \ \ .\ I ) White w play, and force Black to mate in Tbree mov-. . / • WbUe \o play, and ma\e ~ Three moves. ~ , PROBLEJl XCVL BT S. Lon, o• FLoJUDJCII, N. J. PROBLEM XCIV. BT J. CaJ.l>JUN, 'c)y BoeTON, 1Ws. • . I WbUe \o play, and ma~ in Three movee. .. ! .• White to p~ay, and mate in Folll moves. White to play, and mate in Five moves. PROBLEM: XCVIII. BY DR. C. C. MooRE, OF WINoNA., MIN. PROB~ C. SELF-KATE.-Br J. P. BUDTr, OJ' N.Y. RuncrroLLY INS(lRmJCD TO E. B. COOK. EsQ., OF BonoXBN, N. J. EUGENE B. COOK, EsQ., 01' BOBODN, N. J. Dlan04nD '1'0 .. • • White to play, and mate in Fonr moves. • 216 THE CHESS MONTHLY. T 'H E 0 H E S S K 0 N T H L Y. MISCELLANEA ZATRIKIOLOGIOA. • undemanding by the clOI!ed calcula._tton, and never leading ~ the ~eoUOM ble eonaequencea which may be jostly charged on almoet 6YerJ oilier. So all- • llr. -..pby In 12arope. ferent, indeed is ita character, that it is extensively patront.ed by religloa1 . and pbiloeophical men, who reject all the rest. U is never played for mone;r. Mr. Morphy reached N ew York on the morning of June. 8th and It Ia not capab~c of being preaaed into the eervice of the eoclal OOIIIpall:f, b&- left the next day in the Ara.b~a for Liverpool, to be present at the cauae it needs abetr¥tion and silence. n is entirely .. game of lkf1l, .... Birmingham festival. After the close of the meeting of the British Chance has no pari in il Ita arrangement aft'ordll an l.ageolou anat017 'to A8800iation he will proceed to London, where be will remain aeveral human life and governmen·l Such Ia the intellectual intered ut.cW to It weeks, for the purpose, if it be agreeable to Mr. Staunton, of contest- that many t»oGb have been written on thla lingle eu~ecl ADd Jt 11 .e ~ game in which au eminent degree or ability confen a large amount ~ l'elpeOi ing a pnd match with the distinguished English player, in aooor- and consideration. dance with the terms of the challenge of the New Orleans Club. Jd This paragraph is preceded by another in the same strain tor whiob. the chief obstacle to the acceptance of the challenge was the great we refer the reader to the book itself. distanoe of New Orleans from England it is hoped that every impedi- Did .tJae old •rndla- play CU.I ' ment will be removed by Mr. Morphy's presence in London. From Whether the ancient inhabitants of Egypt were'acquainted With t.he London Mr. Morpby goes to Paris, where be will probably meet Mr. game of chess baa long been a mooted qneetioa. The matter appean Harnritz, Mr. de Riviere and other players of !Jte Rigma. It is to have received ita final elucidation in a note by Sir John Gardiuer possible that, after a sojourn of a month or two in tho French capital, Wilkinson, the celebrated Egyptiologist, which is appended to Mr. the American player will find time to pass a week or more in Berlin, George Rawlinson's new and erudite translation of HerodoW&. ltl • in order . to encounter Lange, Mayet and Anderssen. · Mr. Morphy subetanoe j.s as follows: ~ expects to reach New York, on his way home, sometime in November. sun more common was the game of draughts, mlacalled che., whlchi; A. It is hardly neoessa.ry to say that the heartieet hopes and warmest a word now need by the Arabs for 'men' or 'connten.' Thla ,.... al80 a - ~ wishes of the entire American chess community accompany onr in Greece where they oRen drew for the move ; th1a wu done b;r the RomaN young knight-errant. Nor is the desire for his success confined ~one a1ao in ibe~ Duod«:iM Scripta, and Terence aya :- to chess-players ; it is felt by all those Americans who delight in a • • · · • • • . . • • .• elludla ~ Sl illud, quod muime opu.e eel jaotu, noa cadl&; generous rivalry with our mother-country or the old world in the race lliud quod oeeidU forte, id arte ut 00J1'14ru, of mind-in the arts and scienc~ of peace. This journal will .contain, A48lpl. iv. 7, D-1&.. from time to time, notes of Mr. Morphy's progress and. selections Plato. aye U was inven~ b;r Tboth, the Egyptian Jlercvy (Phelr. vo1. m), from his Emopean games, with illustrative no* from his o~ pen. aa well aa gamee of buard. In Egypt draqbt. was a l'avorlte &IDOilC all • c.._ ua tbe Claarch. raub ; in hla palaoe at Kedeeoet Haboo Remeeee m &IDUIM ~b)' pla;r- ing U with the women or hla hOU8ehold ; and ft. anttqCllt;r .ia lbown b;r 111 be- Tlie Reverend Dr. John Henry Hopkina, Bishop of the Proteetant ing repre~ented in the tombl ot BeCll Baa.n, da&m, &boat 100 ,_.B. 0. Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Vel'mont, and well known through- The pieoee were nearl;r almllar in form on the same board; one a hbot, illlf out the Union·for his eminent piety and learn.ing, haa just given the other white, ot ivory, bone, or wood, aucl 110111e have been foand 1d&la n - h.aa, diJI'ering for each lide or the board. following opinion of our game. The passage occurs in hia la~ work, In ~ book cited the above remarb are profueiJ iliuatra&ed with styled ne AtMrica• Citizen, at page 420. engravings ot\be men, eto. 111d repreaentatioiUI ot per10111 eDgiA'ed,.. I do not ay that he waa altogether oollllltent in WI, althoap I locllae to draughta, copied from the old to~qb-paintiugs. the optnlon that the game of oha. roan;; deeerv• to be adopted u a uetal bnnch of eclaoa&loD. The tract of Dr. PranJdln, oalled "Thellonlaafa...'" . . . . e£11-. preeenll a very·jun argument in 111 favor. .ADd It oerialnl;r ll&aDii. Gla peoa- The h player of Ita11 at tbil day il wMoabWIJSipor DUail "~ llar ground, .beblg quiet, retired anc1 tbGagh&ftll to Ita tendeaq, tube t1ae ot Bo~ ID a leUR from Genoa, 1Ulder date o1 May 8lb, Kr. 0.. • .. ' . • • 218 T H E C H E S S M 0 N T ll L Y. TBE OBESS .MONTHLY . 219 turini thus speaks of him: 'The biogrnphy of Ponziani, which YWI No churlish censure will the muse • published in May 1857, excited a great deal of interest among Italian To such festivities addrCSB ; Let others aeek them if they chooee, players ; it was not, however, without a feeling of painful surprise While I retire to sober Chess. tha.~ they read the account given of the utter decay of chess both in Italy and Spain (Chess Monthly, vol. I. p. 202). I am not fully Chees not endures a vacant mind, Or fickle thoughts that love to rove ; informed of the condition of the latter country, but as for the former Ye, then, whose emblem is the wind, I know very well that Ca'iS&'\ numbers in its bounds many warm and Touch not a pawn, nor dare to move. skilful followers. If tne United St.'\tcs boasts a Paul' Morpby, Italy, But thou whoee nobler spirit eyes too, is proud of her Dubois, ( born at Rome in 1820 ) who when Of mental excellence the height, .. twe'nty-seven years of age had already conquered the best playerS of ROme and many others of great distinction, among whom I will men- Wboee prudence learns not to despise Aught that can aid thee in thy ftight, tion W yvill, who afterwards won the second prize io the grand London • Baste to the iuclnating game. .., Tournament. As specimens of his skill, and in order that you may. Wboee magic lure, to such eiCeRB, see whether Signor Dub,ois is a first-rate player, I send you some of Bath monarchs charmed, tbat hence the name his games, and I hope that your kindness will give them a place in • It proudly bears, or Royal Chess. • your Ckeu Monthly.' It is needless to any that we gladly comply • And with thee bring Attention's eye; with Mr. Centurini's request and return him our hearty thanks for And Cantlon'a hesitating hand; the manuscripts enclosed in his communication. We pu~lish threo Patience to aU phlegmatic by, of the games this month; our renders will be convinced, as they pla.y Forblddlng baste wi&h mild command; ,_ over these fine contests, that Signor Dubois is a worthy sucpessor of And skilful Ingenuity ; the Bois, the Leonardos, the Salvios and the Dol Rios of past centu- Wlth·Perseveranoe strict and true; ries. Prophetic Judgment to foresee A Ohea Poem. Opposlng plans, and break them too. We find the following pretty poem in th; Nassau Momhly, a maga- Then, if thou well eim bear defeat, • zine published by the students at Princeton, New Jersey (Vol. V. • And generously use IRlcce., No. IX. June 1856, pp. 305-306). Can any one help us to tho name of its author ? OHESS. When Evening bars the window fast, And trims the fire to brighter glow, ~ .. - ... Armed art thou,~ to mee$ ThJ rival on the field or chea We believe we 'have never said JLnythiDg about the distiDguiabed poet-ohessplayer who died a year or two sinoe in Paria. He wu at Bidding us laugh at every blast, Tha~ surly Winter loves to blow; the time of hi• death one of the moat famous of the living poeta of While Humor, then, his talc doth tell, Fraooe and hia powers u a ohe.-player were bj no means inooDiid- Or bids the wise his tldd~cs guC88, erabJe. The witty but wicked Eugene de Mireoourt, wriq .d :m. --··· J Or forces Laughter's cheeks to swell, hia life-time, •11 of him : • Be mine the joys of sober Chess. ·..Altred de KU~et ~ a good ¥f 6t his life at.tbe o.t6 de la IUI'fiD08t • Let gayer sons of pleasure glide, enpcec1, in the most eerl001 DWlller, in advancing Pawna, mcmng Bllltopl, And daughtel'B, too, as gay as fair, protecting Cu&lee and aereoding eome unhapPJ Queen ~ the au.ct of 0' er mow-bound plains with fleeting slide, dangerous K.ulgbta. SIJ: Ol' eight games a day (and a game ot.cha. ~ And.take of freezing bUss their sbiU'C. 111ta wo hoan) do not ~pe him. He ~moqa flf\eeD clpret&el to • p.a .. .. • ' .. THE CHESS MONTHLY. ' 'fHB OHBSS MONTHLY • •. 221 and imbibes an incalculable number of glnsses of absinthe. the delivery or the priiee, the evening waa oonoluded by •IOOial He loft as a legacy to .t he chess-world one or too very pretty strat&- leltiTa1. gems. The winner of the first or grand prise, is a gentleman well-bowo 'l'he OoDgrea Picture. fw hia power~ u a player and for the warm interest he bu 10 W., The engraving of the foremost members of the late national Congress tabD in the guile. He has been ohalleuged by Mr. John Shaw to a so long announced, is at length published. It is a very handsome lith- matoh of twenty-one games, and as the preaent champion or Paoih ograph, 22 inches by 18 inches in t~ize. In the centre is represented . _ we presume he willacoept the challenge. The game~, prooeed. • a group of the leading participants in the Congress examining Loyd's hap, ete., are to bo published in a pamphlet, whoee appearu08 , . well known three-move problem. Mr. Morphy and Mr. Paulaen • ahall gladly hailu the flm production of the chess-pre~~ weet of the sit facing each other at t~e chess table, the former in the aot of Booky MOIIlltains. One of the conaequenoes of the To1ll'llUD~ W making the first move of the solution. Around this central group are beeD the formation of a new and enlargecl club, in the capital of 0.. arranged larger portraits of Morphy, Paulsen, Montgomery, Kennicott, Ionia, UDder the name of 'Cosmopolitan.' Ita inlu.enee will of~ Allison, Calthrop, Marache, Fuller, Stanley, Thompson, Knott and be W.t in many other directions. We oongn.tnlate the em- Ioven ~ Fiske. These likenesses are in almost every instanoe excellent, and the Golden State upon the entire suooeas of their ira geQela) ...... strikingly portray the characteristic features of ~e leaders of our bilge. western chess world. The whole pi~ture forms a most appropriate 'fte 'l'.,&ca fl£ tbe . . .th. ornament either for the club-room or the private parlor. And we Of oouree Mr. Morpby in Europe is the prevailing subject ot con- a trust that every admirer of the game will hasten to secure work of 't'erat.ion just now. During the evening spent in New Ya Mr. art which will constantly increase in value as America rises into Morphy played two games, one on even wrms with Mr. Sam1161 Smi greater and greater importance among .the community of obese-play- of the Athen.aenm, Philadelphia, the other, at the odds of the Knight, ing nations. with Mr. D. Julien. Both were won by Mr. Morphy.-'J11e new 'I'M CaUfOnia ~ of&cers of the New York Club are .bully at 1r0rk. Reviaecl Rules ad TBe interesting and important gathering of the amateurs of the Begnlationi have been adopted and there is every reuon to believe Pacific coast was fi.Dally concluded on the evening of ~y-day. The' ~ the .Aaaociation will be plaoed at once upon a permaDent buis. distribution of prizes was made at that time ; these prizes were pre- Oouiderable interest has been manifested in the matter by the ..._ sented, with some appropriate remarks, by Mr. B. F. Voorhees. The ...-11Dity of New York.-A ch• Club ia in exil&eDae at T107, first prise, in the First Class, awarded to Mr. Selim franklin, conaie- B. Y. of ftioh Mr. F. Leake, of the Commaroial Baak il Pnlidea'- ted of a costly gold watch; the second prize in the Dme class, awarded -Nre'll c.-. JU.ftiJ»oi .is eoon &o be pablilbed .,.,...., tro. to Mr. Edward Jones, was an inlaid rosewood oheas-table. JohnS. Boyl,_ • We hell'tily oomaend it &o the cha.-loviag pablio.--11• Ellis won the first p~e in the First Division of the Second Olus, • ~ oar reader~ hate probably t.n made acquainted with the Jlll1io1a. beautiful marine chess-board and set of men; the seoond prble in thil Jut of Mr. Pt.aleen'e great blindfold W at Chioap, t.broDp tbe division fell to Mr. R. H. Bacon, and was a fine gold watch ll&al.. h Mi11111 of the daily pre& By conducting the eoormoaa • . . - f1 the Second \>ivision of the Second Class the first prise was taken by Mia pmes at onoe, Hr. Paulaen hu atiataotorily ~ ~ Mt. L H. Gardiner and the Seoond by Mr. George F. Sharpe; theJ a JD aue at lela, the diflioulU.. of blilultold ahtal do ll~ in~ a oouisted of elegant quartz seals. The prize ofFered by the Cooimittee ·. poporiion to the numMI of pmea simultaaeoaaly plaJ'CL lfr. ~ ot Management for the best aeven chess stratagems was gained by Mr. ~~~a'a wonderfal tut ,U uoomplilhecl, we beline, iD fbur i!vnhwr _. William R. Whe&ton, lately Secretary of the Pioneer Club. After '1118 &JariAr BWfliJv G..IIU ot&.toa hu IMMil p•W""'w ,... ~ uot. Qll.the . _ hiltory ~ ~ oit,.--,Sennl .W, ~ :: . .. • T H E C H E S 8 II 0 .N T H L Y. 223 222 . THE CHESS MONTHLY • • They have boon published in pamphlet fo~ and any perBOn interested clcs on bliJ1flfold chess in general, and Mr. Paulsen's gre~t exlul>iti?ll can obtain a copy by enclosing twelve cents in postage-etam.pe to Mr. in particular, have appeared in the columns of the Cl&icago Dail1 ~obert J. Dodge, Secretary, 137 East 13th Street.-The Chairman Prus from the pen of Mr. H enry Herrisse of that city.-The New of the Committee on Problems of the American A!sociation hal Orleans Club, through the interest attendant upo!J. Mr. .Morphy's received a letter from Mr. Willmers, who took the 4rst prise in the play, bas grown into one of the largest and most efficient chess organ- Problem Tournament. It contains some beautiful unpubliahecl poei~ izations in the country. Besides Mr. Morpby the Club numbers seve- tiona one of which will appear in the Book o£ the Congreu; the otheri • ral players who do not compare unfavorably with the strongest ohe. are to be publiabed in this magazine. We }earn that Mr. Will- athletes of other cities. Among them may be mentioned Mr. Mauriau, mers looks forward w a visit to this country-an ~vent which will Mr. Me Connell and Mr. Halsey. The Crescent City was, not long undoubtedly prOduce & furore both in the musical and che~~~ worlds.- since, favored with a visit from Mr. W. W . Montgomery f)f Georgia, A little Tournament bas lately been played at the Philadelphia so well known in our N orthem chess circles as a forcible and elegant Atheweam, in which several of the best players _p.rtioipated. Mr. player. Mr. Montgomery passed through Mobile on his way to New Montgomery wu the final winner.-A flourishing, Clnb hu lately Orleans where he won largely of Judge Meek, Mr. Hartel and others, arisen at Davenport, Iowa, of which Mr. James A. Buohana il his score with the former gentleman being five to two in his favor. President and Mr. John N. Crawford, Secretary. It piJ•a.. ~ His score in N ew Orleans stood as follows : of the most comfortable and best appointed suites of ch818-1'00ms iD Even Gam~JJ. the West, and seems to be actuated by a genuine enthusiasm for the Mr. Montgomery 0. Mr. Morphy i. ,game. Mr. Paulsen lately paid the Club a visit and gan one ~ hfa " 0. Mr. Maurian s. Drawn 1. wonderful blindfold exhibitions, playing, as at Chicago, ten games M ._ IC 5. Mr. Halaey s. once, of which he won eight. Mr. Paulsen left Dt.venport to go to ....___\ IC 1. Mr. Ko Connell 0. " L St. Louis, where h e was to contest the enormous number of ttDthe ~tAt Oddl of 1M Pavm and 7\oo MOM. games simult.aneously, without seeing any of the boards.-The Ataeri- Mr. Montgomery 1. • Mr. Korphy 2. ca• Uf&iot& thus notices Mr. Morphy's visit to England : ~ing tAt ~ qf tAt KmglU. We cannot doabt bot that ho will there have an oppOrtunity to .meuan strength wUh the recognized champions of Europe and ample ooculon for 11ae )(r. Montgomery 0. Mr. Morphy 9. Draw..n 1. exerciae of all his ekill. In theee encoonten we lliDcerely bope ibat hla baiUil After having played the even games and those at the odds of Pawn and ability may be such u to enable him not on11 to main~ ba1 to lldl1 to and Two with Mr. .Morphy, the wish was expressed by some of the his preeent repa'-tion ; and to thla end, wiabi.ng him a pleuaa1 ,..age aDd safe return, we bid P .A.UL KoBPBT God speed I · ' New Orleans amateurs to witness some contestB at the odds of the Knight, to which Mr. Montgomery very kindly COD881lt.ed. It Will -In answCI' to numero~ queries we gladly awe tha1 all thai il -evident, however, that in many of thG &ttles at these hea~ odds Mr. neoessar:y to beeome a member of &be American CheM AeMOiuioo il Montgomery played far below his actual strengtb.-Mr. W orraU, a to enoloee one dollar, with name and address, to Mr. Jamee Thomp1011, amateur from Mexico, lately played a few games, reoeiviDg the ocldl Treasurer, 359 Broadway. Secretaries of Clubs should eee that aD their members sopport the National Association.· of the "Knight ·from Mr. Morphy. The eoore stood Morphy, 8; WOI'- tall 7. Mr. Morpby speakS in high terms of Mr. Worrall's Bki1l aacl ~1!1... -oourtesy.-The Board of Management of the New York Club han The Birmingham meeting bas been postponed until ·the middle ot adopted a provisory Code of Laws, which is a great impronmeDt Oil August.. This announoement reached New York the day after Mr. thoee giTen by Staunton and W allror. These laws are intended to 'be · Morphylliled ; he will probably go at onoe to London and nmaia ia in forco until the American Amlooiation has sanctioned a new CocJe, ~24 T B E C B E 8 S M 0 N T B L Y• • • -\hat city until the M~ting takes place.-St. Amant, the distinguished Frenchman, is staying at pr~sent in London and has already visi~ ~eSt. George's ~lub. It is hoped he may enter the .chess arena once more.-Von.der Lasa lately passed through England on his w~y to Rio Janeiro, the seat of his mission. Much disappointment was ·felt that his engagements did not permit him to stop in London. Just before • leaving Berlin he found. time for some games with Mayet and Lange. _,.A short match ha.CJ been played at the St. George's, between Mr. :poden and Mr. Owen, the winner of the fi.rst three games ro . be the yictor: the score ·stood at the conclusion,-Mr. Boddn 1: Mr. Owen ·3,-The Berlin ScAackzeitung, which, under the able management of }Jr. Max Lange, seems to excel itself, publishes in its last number J,itelary articles py W arnsdorf, von der Lasa, Lange and Oppen, pmes by von der Lasa, Lan~, Mayet, Anderssen, Harrwitz, Morpby tad Paulaen, and Problems by Bezzel, Bayer, Pongracz, Jamisch and J.oyd.-The Schwcizerisrlu SckacAzeitung, published at Chur, Swit- r.erland, and editro by Mr. F. c,prrez, the widely known problem ~JDposer, devotes the larger portion of its space to chess stratagems. Its later numbers contain some curious critical articles on problems in )Yhich some startling assertions are made. Among other things the distinguished editor maintains that problems . form the principal and p;1ost important part of chess. -A new method of transcribing problema is employed by the Swiss Journal, which we may sometime describe tAl I • 1)'01 readers.- Tke Eru says that the Manchester Club has forwarded • challenge to the St. George's. The terms are that ten selected members of each association play a match at' the Birmingham ·Meeting. -TM 11ra thus speaks of Mr. S. Loyd's problems : The problem below is one of se\'eral placed at our disposal by Kr. .B. Loyd, of New York, the gentleman who carried off the first prize in the O'lau1 JlontAly !!ournament. He Is deservedly acknowledged to be one of the best compoeers Ia the States, as those of our readers will see who refer to our Problema, Noa. J,88 aDd 204. The one formed a portion of his contributions to the Tourna7 bet~ m~tioned, and the other was dedicated by him to the Oommlttee of Award. 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G., New-York._:_'It will of course be noticed. See C. H. Vol. I. P. 1«. B: s., Baltiniorc.-=-Answeroo by post. We shall notice at length in Augus~ tho new and promising chess column in tbe W«kly .Di8patch of your city. S. L., Florence, J. 11., New York, J. A. P., Salem, J. C., Bof!ton, N. .J. H., Lynn, J. N.C. Davenport,. J. B., Cambridge, S.M. S., Peekskill, C. F. J ., Owe- go, W. 0. F., Syracuse, and N. A., Peorla.- Recelvcd. · . . ' . Coxrespondence. of the Proplem Department. R. W., Viimoa.~Acc<>pt E. B. C'a warmest t\Cknowledgcniente. M. F. S., New York.-Can you not send some more specimens of your pro- 4uc~io(l8f . . . :., ~..... F. P. F., Chicago.-Yonr a11alysis of J roniscb's ~tudios will be exnmlncd. As to JJX4-XY~1 YOU arc mi!!tnken ; for when 1. g5- g2, (cS-a7.) Zetale.~qa.-In the next number. G. H. M., Pcnn.-Hardly dlfficult enough, moreover, tbe first two movt>.s of t'!le eolutlon may' be transposed. G. H. H., Boe&on.-'l'he moves yon give do not eolve LXXXVll ; of the other Problems you have sent the 1olutiM18. 'J. ·A.-P., O.lJ. W.,.Zeto.lctha1 ·end C. F. J.,-receivcd. • . . . . . . .. . . . . · · - I. - . , l.'IOlt~A' I ,QJI.&, "! I I ro ..R &0 ~ L:K K 8. • IN . .~ PROBLEM XCIII.-1. R bl-b7, R~ac: (A.);2. B 'e5--e6,adtibitu•; ~R t..-( A.) B o8-b7:; 2. B a<l-ri, ad lib.; 3~ t· , PROBLEM XCIV.-1. K a5-a4, f6-f5 or g5: (A. B.); 2. B o3-g7:, ' , 1. PBILIDOR'S DEF.EJ.'iCE, by J . USweot~ • l'lO.. 226. If>.; S. t.-(A.~ B g7-h6:; 2. B c3-f6:, ad lib.; 3. ~.r-(B.) B g7-h8; '2-f'l'BE LAWS OF CHESS, St9. a h6-h3, ad lib.; a.t . .3. AN END-G.uiE, by Morpby, 287. PROBLEM XCV.-1. a4-b5 'f, K a6-a5; 2. R ~b3f, Q e6--e1 :; I . 4.t AN END-GAME,•by Ceoturiol, 5., GAME CXXXIU. Between Dubo~ andLeorlvaln, 237. 2S8. 4 h6-b6 t' , K a6-b6:t. . PROBL~M XCVI.-1. fl-f3t, K ad lib.; 2~~5-c6, K ad lib.; 8. R ct3 6. " CXXXIV. Between the eam~t Pla)'e~, 289. '1.' " C:XXXV. Between Duboiu.adWyvlil, UO. -et>t, K ad lib.; 4. R c6t, . If. " CXXXVL Between Morpt.y ami an Amateur, 24l. PROBLEM XCVII.-1. R bl-at, K b4-b3 (A.); 2. R al-a4, K b3- 9. . " CXXXVll. Between Morphy and ~Amateur, 2U. a4: (B.); 3 . ~¥-cs, K a4-b5; 4. B t;-(A.) K b4-b5; 2. R !" l-a4, ~ 10. " CXX.XVIIL Between Morpby and an Amateur, . U2. b6-e6; 3. R a4-d4, ~ e6-b5; 4. B t . .If K b5-a4:; 3. K da-o3, K a4 11. " CXXXIX. Between M~ atJd an Amateur, ~ 248. -b5; 4. B t.-(B.) K b:i-b2:; 3. B b6-d4t, K ad lib.; 4. t. 12. " CXL. Between Paulaen and an Amateur, 2'f: · L "How could the Q. B. leave its square? It oould not; it was captured the~. 13. " CXLI. Between Paulsen and Kenolcott, 2~ i4. ·. " CXLU. Be~ween Paulaen and JGlion, 2t&. 'file B. at b6 was once a Pawn., 16. • " CXLlll. Be~ween 514Sa aad Llht~ntllal, - 24.8. J;Tb~ position might al~ be supposed to have occurred in a ~- in which the 16• .PROBLEM Cl. By J. Wilkinson, Jr., 260. pieoca were "dtplodes par .I t aorl."-E. B. C.) I ~0. ],7. " Cll. By J. A . Potter, PROBLEM XCVTII.-1. Q b3-e6, K g5-g4 (A., B.); 2. Q e6-f5'f,' 18. " CUI. By R. Wlllmers, . 2~1. 19. " CIV. By Conrad Bayer, 261. ~g3:. ~r-h4; 3. R g8-g6:, K ad lib. 4. Q t.-(A.) .K g5--f4; 2. R gS-sf, 20. " CV. By R.,Wlllmera, 2&1. . K f4_:t3;· or'h6-ho; 3. Q e6~2, ad lib.; 4. t. If~: d~; ~a. Kt g3--tr., 21. " CVI. By S. Loyd, 251. ad lib.; 4. Q t .-(B.) K g5-h4; 2. Q e6-g6:, [K h4-:.b3); 3. Kt ~~.(etc;., ~~. " ~n. By N. Maraohe, . us. ad lib.; 4. Q t, ·~·- "·' : ., . .;:;~ 23. " CVIli. By Jobu Gardner, 263. PROBLEM XCIX.-1. R cl-att, [b~-al:];·:2. et-flt, K fl7-b8; 3. B 24. KISCP;LLAN.EA ZATRIKIOLOGI.OA. 26'- Harrwltz and Aoderaaen.-The New York Code.-Amerioan Che~~~ Newe.-Kr. KOl'pby fl-a7t; [K b8-::a7:); 4. b5-b6t, K a7-b8 Ol' a6..; 5. R t. ..·.· in Europe.- Tbe l.teet from llr. Jlorpbf. PROBLEM C.:_Tbis position is solvable in the· :stipulated nambet' of moves by another m,etbod besides that intended by the author. To obviate the flaw, the oom~r suggests that a Black Kqight' be placed at h5. Witb this ameadlllCilt, ;-.: the Position is again submitted; and the solution will be withheld till next mou&b. . .' J e ' --=======--=======:~oo I "'\ CHESS CONGRESS PICTURE. :rBE LITHOGRAPHIC DRAWING of the foremoet members of \be late NaUooal Oheee. Coogreea'ie flOW fVXldy.A full deeorlption or il whl be found i.- the . ..--... of lut mpn\b Pabllmed by Sml\b & Webster 169 Broadway__, Prioe $8.00 plai.llarul. $6.00 oolOred. l$ wW . ......... . ... tie carefully packed and forwarded to any part ot theU nUed Sta&el free ot txpell88. Orders for the above may buent to \be.Publlahera of the ~ ~. P. llu.a.u & Sos, 48, Naa~~&u S\ree' New-York. . ., r ' ... ., ,. ' P.OOKilT 081188 ·BOARD. · - . POCKET OBESS-BOA.RD, provraect 'With a complete ld of men., eepeolally ll4apted tor tile COilvellienoe of amateura of Probleaul ( .._ lf/tMW tp .._.........._1M,_,) ~ Jllll111bei b1 D. AifWoa •eo. Bl'GI4wy. WIU .. liiM byJOII. ....... tGMJtae...att~~c ·-~~to t.be Qlloe atu.t Claw • ....,. . .~ THE CHESS MONTHLY. AUGUST, 1858. P H I L I D 0 R' S l) E F E N C E , . lN THE KING's K N IGHT's 0PE N INo .• C HESS-WRITERS nppea.r still undecided as to the relative nlae of 2 . Q. Kt. to Q. B. third nod 2. P. to Q. third in tbe Xiag'• Knight's Opening ; disposed to r, j ect ' the former they hesitat. in pronouncing in favor of the )attar. The question is onc of importance, and in submitting the following notice of it, I trust the line of play indicatad will be found of a satisfactory character. White. ~aok. . 1. P. to K. fourth . 1. P. to K. fourth. 2. X. Kt. to K. B. third. 2. P. to Q. third. 3. P. to Q. fourth. 3. P. takes P. 4. Kt. takes P. 4. P. to Q. f'oortb. 5. P. to K . fifth. 5. P. to Q B. fourth. 6. B. to Q. Kt. fifth (check) 6. B. to Q. *ond. 7. P. to K. llixth. Here it appeared to me (as Mown in Variations A. B. C. D.,giftll in my laet uiiole) that White had a great adY&Dtap; oa e:a•iaa- •, tion, honwe r, I found I h11.d allowed one move to remaia 1lllDOticed. Ita omission aroae only from aq impression that ita meri~ h i ao& ~ 'l'bltle an Appeodl:i: to 'Mr. Ltiw&NTIUL'B article to the laoaary Naa._ (tp. 11-14). We are peatly Indebted to the dlsUoguilbecJ aa&ber tw tW. ... ..,~ ....ora. .- ' . 226 THE CHESS KONTBLY. THB CHBSS MONTHLY. 227 such u to make it worthy of embodiment in a nriation; but I •ow tO K. fifth, vii : 5. P. to Q. B. fou rth; and 5. B. to Q. B. fourth. find tliat it not only deserve, mention, but that it result& .irr giriog The first I have proved will give Black ns good a gnme as White, Black a safe game. ·The variation arises from noteD where ~e thus: Bl. 5. P. to Q. B. fourth; 6. B. to Q. K t . fifth (check), 6. analysis was thus continued: · Bl. 7. B. takes B.; Wh. 8. P. take& B. to K . second; 7. P. to K. sixth , 7. B. takes B.; 8.·P . ~~ P. P . (check) (or A) Bl. 8~ K. takes P ., Wb. 9. Q. Kt. takes B. aud I (check) 8. K. takes B.; 9. Q. K t. takes B., 9. Q. to K. square {oh.) made Blnok pTay 9. Q. toR. fourth (check) by which Wllioo certaiD- etc., and as regards 5. B. (o Q. B. fourth I 'have · convinced myaelf ~ ly gains · a decided advantage. But I would now recommend thil t.hat it JDay be adopted with equal safety, if it be not superior to 5. continuation : P. to Q. B. fourth, as followil : \ 5. B. to Q. B. fourth. 10. Q. to K . second. 9, Q. to K. llqUnre (check) . 10. Q. tnkos Q. (check) 6. Q . Kt: to B. third. 7. B. to K.. Kt, fifth. 1 I6. K t. to K. second. I 1. K . takes Q. 11. Q. Kt. to B. tbird. 12. B. to K . B. fourtll . 12. R. to Q. square. this I think is much better than 7. B. to K. second for if 13. P . to Q. B. third. 13. P. to Q . R. third. c· 14. Kt. to' K . B. fhird. .... 14. K . Kt. toR third. : 7. B. to K. second. 7. Castles. 8. Castles. 8. B. takes Kt. And Bla~'s game is a good ol}e, a better, at least ill all respeotiJ 9. Q. takes B. 9. Q. Kt. to B. third. than that obtained by the variations A. B. ang C. 10. Q. to K. B. fourth. 1o. K t. to K. Kt. third. i 11. Q . to K. Kt. third. 1 I. P. to Q. fifth. A. IfU. K. Kt. takesP. · 8. Kt. takes B. ~ fl. P. taket:t P. (best) ·n. P . to K. B. fourth. 1 12. Kt. to K. Kt. third. · lS. P. to K. B. flnb. . 15. K. K~ to K. fourth. ·. • If 8. Q.. to R. fourth (check')· H. B. to K. R. sixth, with the better game. 9. Q. Kt. to B. third. 9. P. takell P ; (best) . " 10. Q. toR. fifth (check) 10. K. to Q. second. .t2. Kt. to Q. square. 11. B. t o K. B. fourth. J 1. Kt. to Q. R. third. 12. Castles (with Q. R.) and White baa the aUack. If 12. Kt. to Kt. flflb. 12. P. to Q. R. third. 13. Kt. to Q. R third. 13. K. Kt. takes P. If instead of 9. P. takes P. Black play u. P. to K. B. roartb. a. P. to Q. siJctb. · 10. P. takes P. (check) I9. P. to Q. flfllr. 10. K. tHeta P. 15. B. talles P. (beat) 16. Q. takes Kt. 15. Kt. takes B. 16. Q. takea Q. 11. Q. toR. fifth (cheek) ' 11. P. to Kt. tllird. 17. Q. takes Q., and the isolated Pawn is .weak. . 12. Q. to Q. fifth (cheek), followed by Kt. takes P. wlnningr . .. I 12. K . Kt. takes K. P. 9. Q. to B. 'fifth (check) fl. K. to Q. second. · 13. P. to K. B. Fourth . / 13. P. to Q. sixth. 14. P. takes P. This is the only correct move, for if 9. P . to X. Kt. third tllen Q: to K. ~fth, winning the exchange. It 14. B. takes P . then Bl. 14. Kt. takes B.; W h. 15. P take~ Kt. · and Black bas the better game. . 10. B. to K : B. fourth. I 10. Kt. to K . B. third. . I 14. Kt. to Q. fifth. ,11 ; ·Q. to K. fifth. 11. Kt. to Q. D. third. With a ·P awn ahead and a safe po..cdtion. Wbioo bas now the .choice of three moves; he m~ first play 15. Q. . . to B. seoond, or 15. Kt. to Q. B. third, or again 15. B. to K. R. . Having thus proved the soondne&R of . the move 4. P. to Q. fovtlt, it\h. Jf the first move be made, Black replies with 15. Kt. tab. B. r will pr~Oeed. to show how the defence ia to be satisfactorily ocam...L· (check), regaining tho Pawn with the better game. lftbe I800DCl Black bas two moves from which to choose on White'a·pJaP-1 6. P11 aOTe be adopted then follows Bl. 15. Kt. takes B. (check), Wh. 11. I / T B E. C BE 8 S II O ·M T B L Y. Kt. ta'kes Kt, Bl. 16. Kt. takes Q. P., etc. And if, tliirdly, 15. ·B ' to K. R. fifth, then BJ. 15. Kt. to K . B. fourib, with the better / \ THE. CHESS THE LAWS OF CHESS.• MO~TBLY game. This analysis would seem to prove that both defences 5. P. to Q. fourt~ and f). B. to Q. B. fourth may be adopted with safety ancl yield each a good game. I quito concur with chess authors generally in their opinion that 4. P. to Q. fourth, is the best line of defence • against White's fourth move of 4. Kt.. takes P. and for the aimple 7 reason that the chief objection to th& Philidor's Defence rests on ita confinement of the King's Bishop which is liberated, at onoe, by tlais 6 line of play. I cannot recommend for Black 4. Kt. to K. B. third u . his game thereby can be but slowly developed. In case Black chooeea 6 to adopt this defence White should rep!y with 5. Kt. to Q . B. tbird and not 5. B. to Q. third ; suppose 5. B. to Q. third. · 5. B. to K. second. 6. B. to K. B. fourth. ,6. Castles. 7. Castles. 7. P. to Q. fourth. 8. P. takes P., best, for if 8. P. to K. fifth, Bl. 8. Kt. to K. K~. fifth, 9. B. to K . B. fourth, 9. P. to K. B . third, with the ktter game. W~ite dare not then capture the pawn as Black byite reeapture 1 with the King's Bishop would gain a decided advantage ia poeit.ion. 8. Kt. take~ P. Bb!tt. · 9. Kt. to Q. Kt. fifth. 9 . B. to K . Kt. third. 10. Kt. to Q. Kt. fifth. I 1o. Q. Kt. to R. third. I. POSITION OF TH ~ BOARD. And Black's game is preferable. The oheee-board, oonaiating of eiXty-four alternately white aad Waalt ecpare~,shall be 10 placed that eaob player ahall have a white OOI'Dtl' J. LtswuTa.u.. · · ~quare u hil right hand. II. POSITION OF THE MEl'f. Each player has sixteen men, eight pieces and eight paW1SI. Tin ptooee ire plaoed on the outer line of the obees-bot.rd neareit tbeplaJ- ·.• Thete laws have . . , adopted by 'be Board of Kaoagement, tor tiM JOTII'DDleDt of the N111r You OUlll, until the American Ob• Alloala&loa ( .... .., IUD report aodl&llOdOD a complete Oode. They are recommellde4 to tH ........._.;., 6tlaer~lallllll the United 8talel. .. • \ •. 250 · TliE CHESS MONTHLY . ers, nJ)d the pawns on the line directly in front of the pieces, in accor- I. The squares between the King and Rook must bo vacant. dance with the foregoing diagram. The Queens stand beside the 3. The King must not be 'in che.ck. ~ Kings, but iu such a man.n er th:Lt each Queen is placed on a square of ' 4. The. sqn11res upon which the King and Rook, after e38tliog, 'are her own color. to stand must not be commanded by any of the adverse men. · ; v. .. Ill. I ~., c. I CAPTURING A PAWN IN ,PASSINO. I M OVES 0.' THE :\lEN. When a Pawn, in moving two .steps, passes over a squar~ c.>mmand: The men are moved in accordance with the following laws : · ed by an adverse Pawn, it may be captured by tbe adverse Pawn in 1. . 1.'he Rook ruo\·~s in straight lines parallel with the sides of the passing,. in the same manner Ill! if it hn.d moved but one square. When . board. i playe{ has no other move at command, capturing the Pawn in pasai 2. The Knight moves from the square upon which it stands,. to ing ~mpulsory. any one of a ditf~ren t color, at a distn nce of three squares, countiDg I VI. ... the one from which it starts. PAWN AT THE EIGHTH RANK. \ 3. The Bishop moves diagonally, forwards and backwards, in a Every pawn, upon reaching the eighth or last rank, ceuee to be a line composed of squares of a similar color. ' Pawn, and must be immediately exchanged for a Queen-, a Rook,. ' , ' · 4. The Queen ~oves at pleasure, 6itber like the Rook or Bi!hop. Bishop or a Knight-even though none of thesa pieces may han 5. The King moves one square in any direction. been previously lost. . VII. All the pirces capture in the same direction in which they move. CHECKING THE KING. 6. The Pawn moves directly forward; its first move may be either Whenever n. player attacks the adverse King, he shall audibly utter one or two t~quares, but each succeeding move is limited to one square. tbe woid cAeck 1 either just before or at the time the attacking move The Pawn captures diagona.lly, to the right or loft, one square forward il made. . All the men capture by removing the captured man and placing the capturing one on the square th us rendered vacant. · Ia case tbe check is inaudibly announced, or uot •nnounced at :an; the attacked King is neither obliged to move or in any other way to No man cnn pass over any o~cupied squares, except the Knight, parry the ohook. the move of which piece bas no such restriction. , .A man touched. by the adverse party, after an uoannonnoed or in-- audible check, need not be moved or captured. IV . · It ~e player· who has failed to' announee check a~ the proper time, CASTLING. lfterwarde aanounce it, then the iatervening moves of each party mUJt Castling is a double move of the King and Rook .n.t the sam~ time. be reoalled, the cheek parried, and the game continued. If this be Castling on the King's side is performed by .mo,vmg the Km~ ~o not practicable, the game shall then be abandoned aa null and void, King's Knight's square (gl or gS,) and the Kmg IS Ro?k to Km~ • and the player who moved first in the ·annnlled game, fhall again have Bishop's square (fl or f8 ); on the Queen's side, by movmg the K1ng the- &rat move. · to Queen's Bi$hop 's square ( c1 or c8), and the Queen's Rook to , .Jf•the check is announced but not given, the advenary's ·tollowi.JI Queen's square ( d 1 or d8). C~stling ~s permi~t:ed to either play.e r once during t.be game, under the followlDg' cond1t10ns : ·· 1. Neither of the castling piecell can have been moveq. · mon m&J' ba recalled and aaother made, provided the player wbo. . ~~ ~.~ qheok hu aot already tA>ached one o._C bia mea purpo11 of making hia next move. for- \ 232 T H 'E C H E S S M 0 N T H L Y. T _H E C H E 8 8 )( 0 N T H L Y . 2SS VIII. odds of a piece be given, -the plnyer giving the odds, ule811 it IMt otkl- CHECK•MATE. wile expresaly agreed, shall always have the first move. The King is cbeck-~ated when he is attacked by any of the advene xu. men, and cannot in any way escape fl'om the attack. Check-mate DURATION OF A GAME. finish-es the game, and should always be audibly announced. But The time for consideration upon any move is not .limited. Playe"' whether it be announced or not, the gnme is equally won by the ma- who dMire to limit the duration of their games, shall previously agree ting player. upon the time allowable to each move, and the penalties for ezceed- IX. ~~ . DRAWN GAME. XIII. No game can be won except it end with a check-mate. The game INCORRECT ARRANGEMI!:NT OF THE BOARD OR MEN, ETC. is drawn, or won by neither party, in the following cases : If it be discovered, before each player has made four moTes, thai 1. When one player gives perpetual check, or when both players the arrangement of the board or men is incorrect, '9r that a man has insist upon a continual repetition of the same moves. been omitted, the gnme at the desire of either player shall \»a re- 2. When either King is stale-mated, that is, when the King of one commenced, but to do this aft-er four moves have been completed, of the players is not in check and cnnnot move to any ~uaro not the eoneent of both parties ~hall be required. commanded by an adverse man, nnd when that player possesses no . If a player have moved first \Vhen be had no right 110 to do, the other mnn which can be legally movP.d. game must be recommenced if his nd\·ersary iem:md it, unlet~ lour 3. When neither party possesses a. force eufficicnt to effect mate. moves shall hnvo been nlttdo on each side ; after both partie• ban X. completed four moves, the game must be con6nued. This rule ~ also apply to postponed games. MATING IN END-GAMES I N SIXTY MOVES. In gnmes at odds, a wrong arrangement of the board or men may be In an end-gnme where one player remains with a King alone, ot ~rrected previous to the comple6on of the fourth move, as abon. where the King and one or more pieces are opposed t-o the King lJ'nt if it be at any time disoovered that the man given has no• beeQ and one or more pieces, the player having the inferior force shall have removed from the board, the pluyer receiving the odds shall dceide ~e privilege of requiring his nd\rersary to give check-mate with~n sixty whether he will recommence the game or continue it without odda. moves on both Fiidcs, to commence from the time the player gives In a game where a certain number of moves are given, if the player notice that he shall count them. If this be not accomplished, the receiving the odds neglect to make these moves, the mistake may be game is drawn. reetified at any time previous to the completion of the fourth mon. Thi" rule shall also be applicable to end-games where a perfect .After that time the game must be continued without any change. eq~ _. 1tty of force exists, but which either pnrty is unwilling to abandoD' I . XIV. as drawn. XI. A MAN TOUCHED TO BE MOVED OR CAPTURED. FIRST MOVE AND CHOICE OF MEN. A man touched must be moved, and an tdversaty's man toucW At the beginning of t.he first game of a sitting or match, the ftrd • - be captured, unless the player touching the man previotllly •11 .PQdotibe, (or, I rtplau.) But any man accidentally mi.Fplaoecl or move, and at the desire of either player, the choice of men, shall be decided by )ot. Each player retains the same men during the '!hole· mrt1111led, may be replaced in silence, without obliging the pll1'1' . "'Placing h, either to move or capture it. In ~p eld. .. . liUing or match, but the first move changes with every game. If the Kiag. or Rook may be lrst moved at the pleasure of the pJ&,V; ·· i l , 234 THE Cl'IESS MONTHLY T H E C H E S S M. 0 N T H L Y. 231i - A move is completed, and cannot be recalled, as 800ftas tbe ll•d player capturing falsely, to mo,·e the man touched, correctly; or may is withdra}Vn fr~ru tB.c ~an moved-un til tbro ·t.ho man touched tnaf oompel him to move his King. · be moved to any square. lf a player, in this or any other respect, If a player, upon advancing a pnwo ,to the eighth rank, aboulcl depart from the strict Jaws of Chess, he cannot excuse bimsoif by accidentally exchange it for one of his adversary's pieces, or, if in ~iti~g· a similar violation of the laws by his adversary. placing biB own piece upon the board, he should place it upoa the. wrong square, then the move shall be recalled, the pawn replaoed, aod XV. the King moved. \ TOUCHING !\lORE THAN 0)1E ~IAN, OR OI'E WIIICH •; ANNOT BE MG't'Ell. XVII. liiOVING INTO CHECK. If a player touch more than one man, his opponent may decide If a player place his King in check, his advetsary shall immediately which of t:he men touched sball be moved or captured, or instead may notify him of his error, otherwise the game, if the players cannot agree require the player touching the men, to move h.is King, when it can upon its continUAtion, must be annulled, and, with~ut chaQging the be done without going into check. first move, begun anew. If the player be immediately informed. o( · If a man touched cannot. in acco1.dance with the laws of the game, hia error, the King must then be moved to some other square. U a bo moved, or if one of the opponent's men touched cannot be captured, piece bas been moveel so ns to discover check, and cannot be moYed then the player who commits the err?r must move his King. 110 that the check shall still remain covered, then the King muat be The penalties resulting from a. violation of this and the following mov~ if it can be legally done. laws, must be enforced by the adverse player, before he shall make- /. his own next move. After that, except in cases where the game may XV HI. be annulled, no penalty can be exacted. In cases where none of the 8UC.:CESS1V£ MOVES BY THE SAME PLAYER. above penalties can be exacted without violating some law of the game · If the same player make two moves in succession his adversary may there is no further p enalty. permit all th~ moves to remain, or any one of them at his pleuare. · It is understood tbtl.t in all cases where the penalty exacted iB the He may also oblige the player to recall all the moves, and he may moving of the King, it must be moved without castling. decide which of the men touched shall be moved, or be may oompel XVI. the moving of the King. FALSE l\IOVES. : If~ man be played, either on the board or in a game by oorreepoo- J( a player capture one of his own men , move one of his adver- deooe, to a square upon which a man of the same pariy already etudl, sary's men; or make any move which violates the laws of the game; the adverse party may permit the same man to be legally played, or biB opponent may either allow the move to remain ; permit the mon may compel the King to move. to be recalled; compel the player capturing falsely, to move the man If the penalty be ·not immediately exacted, the game is anoalled, touched, correctly; or may compel him to move his King. aaleia the partjes can agree upon the terms of ita cont.iouanee, 'uad If a play~r castle improperly, his adversary may either allow the •aat be recommenced without changing tho first move. · · f~lse castling to remain, permit his opponent to castle correctly, or· he .. ~ay replace the pieces, and require the moving of eit.h er the King or· XIX. *~ Rook as be sliall see fit. GAMES BY CO:\R£8PONDENCE, CONSULTATIOK, &TC. .. If a player capture, either with his o~o man or one of his opP,O- ~e~t's men, an adverse . man illegally, his opponent may either allow An error committed in a game by correspondence, is to be treaW the move to remain ; parmit the move to be recalled ; oompel &M in aocordaooe with the spirit of theae laWJ, exoep~ in C... pro'riciMI ·236 THE CHESS MONTHLY . ta• CHESS lfON'l'BLY . 217 for by previ ms arrangements between the contesting partiea. The AN END-GAME. sending of a letter or message is cquiYulent to touching a piece ; ita. arrival with the opposite party is the completion of the move. In games by consultation the players consulting are regarded u one party. A violation or tho lu.ws by one is a violation by nll. In playing without sight of the board, the blindfolded player i8 responsible for no fault committed by his representative at the board, but a move announced by himself is a move completed. X X. G A M ES A T OD DS. In games at odds, the following regulations are to be observed : 1. When a Pawn is given, it shall be the King's Bishop's Pawn (f2 or f7 ). 2. When a player undertakes~ ~ive mate with a. certain Pawn, be oan never exchange it for a piece, but must give mate before it reaches the eighth rank. 3. A player gidog a Rook, cannot castle on the side from whioh the Rook is removed, unlc!'S it be previously so agreed. 4. If the odds consist of more than one move, the party receiving the odds, connot with those moves, play any of his men aoroes the The above position occurred in a game played by Mr. MoRPBY middle of the board. with ·Mr. Barnes, one of the leading mem~ers of the St.. George's • XXI. Club. Mr. Morpby bad the Blnck men, and, instead of the ob•ioaa ·. move of B. takes R., moved as follows: ' SPECTATORS. lb. B.lm.'D. •Jh. lloii.PDT. Spectators shall neith~!r by word or sign, take any part in, oraprea K. to "If. R. fifth. &Jjy opinion concerning the game. •. II.. &om K. Kt. 7th to K. 7th. I P. to Q. B. filth, and • • ·~ Mr. LUW&!fTRAL remlld'~, in a letter to n: w. F., that he 'Gall. · XXII. -... Mr. Morpby's combination a master-piece of strategy.' .. CASES NOT PROVIDED FOR, ETC • . Dis,puted points, either arising in cases not provided for by theie .. laws, or concerni,ng the interpretation of the, laws themselves, sball be ,.... referred to the spectators, or to n committee selected·by the players. · Any or all of these laws cn.n be temporarily set aside by previoaa AN ~ND ..G~M·~ BY CENTURINI. and commQn agreement between the players. Tlae oooditiODs of the following position 'by :Mr. C&l'TO'atl'fl Ja1'ilc . _ ia1..,..,Uy ltiiW ia Preti~ late work and copied ~1 • wi.._. • THE CHESS MONTH 'LY. 'IBB CHESS KONTHL· Y. 2J9 correction (see page 66 of the present volume) we gladly republiab 13. Q dl_:_rJ: Ktg6-e5 , 27. R e1-e5: B 414-e5: th~ study with the proper emendation. 14. QrJ-e2 Qd8-e7 28. Q h5-g6: Kg1-h8 . 15. R al-el R a8-e8 29. B ga-et Rm-m 16. K gt-hl h7-h6 30. Q g6-e4 B e5-d6 17. Bg5-ht g7-g5 31. Kt c3-D5•. 18. B h4-g3 Kte5-g6 In order to play B el-cS. • ' ·1 9. f2-f4 31. . . . . . R f6-m From tble move, for which White 32. B el - c3t Kt h7-f6 hu been long preparing, the game is 33. Kt M -d6: c7-d6: TefJ spirited. 34. Q e4-g6 19. .. . . .Kt f6-h7 And Black re!igns. 20. Q e2-h5 K g8-g7 21. B o4-b5 R e8-d8 This game wu played at PVtt. August 19tb 1855. It may b& proper 22. e4-e5 d6-e5: to state that all the conte~~te of Slpor 23. f4-e5: D b6-d4 DUBOis, which are publi!hed in the , ' 24. e5-e6 f7-f5 pages of this Magazine, now ap~ lD print for the first time. We are iodebt- 25 B b5-o4 f5-f4 cd for them tc the kindne81,2f mo. 26. B o4-d3 Ktg6-e5 . Ct::NTURINI, of Genoa. White wins either with or without the Move. GAME CXXXIV. M'DoNNELL's Dou BLE G~xBt1'~ .. .\.. . .' GAME CXXXIII. Gwoco PIANO. Between the same> Players. .' ' Jltadt. ·. •)ftt. 6. c2-c3 B~ ·: Between Signor DuBois of Rome, Italy, and Mr. LECRIVAII' of Dt!BOJB. LECBIVUN. 7. d2-d4 B c5-hU,, Paris, France. .:. 1. e2-e4 e7-e5- d7-d6' 8. B cl-f4: DuBOIS L ECRIVAIN 6. o-o o-o ·. ' 2. B fi-o41 B f8-<t5 9. 0-0 Ktga-e1 . 3. b2-b4 B c5-b4: . r Ulbitt. lSIalit. 7. d3- d4 e5-d4: This is fatat \ ' 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 8. c3-d4: B c5-b6 4. f\2-£4 e5....:.f4: 10. Kt f6-g5 ( o--o , r Kt b8-c6 Tbe proper play fa d7-d5. (See 11. Q dl...:._h5 . . h7-h6' 2. Ktgl-f'3 9. d4-d5 Kt c6-e7 . . ' 'I Staanton'a~ p. 208) · K _ s. B fl-c4 . 12. tg-11: . ''R f8-t7t. . .""'' B f8-c5 10. Ktbl-c3 Kt e7-g6 5 . 6. Kt gt-£6· Kt b8-e6 · }3,• Q h5-r7" . ..4. . · c2-c3 Ktg8-f6 11. · B cl~g5 B eS-g· I ' ' ' . K ga-bs .. , ~. Stanton hete maba Blaoll pl~y Q · t · '"""' ~3 d7-d6 12. h2-h3 - B g4.o:-f3 ~ . 48-ef; · 14:. B f4-h6: \ 240 THE CHESS MONTBLl" . TJI .. ORBS'S KQNTBLY : 15. RO-f6 Kt e7-g8 And Black resigns. AMERICAN BLINDFOLD CHESS. 16. R f6-g6 I Tbe above game was played at Paril July 23, 1855. At the request of many of our readers· we publish .below eome specimens of the powers of the two prottlineut bliodrold play~ra of the Uuited States. We l'C8pectfully urge our readers to compare the GAME CXXXV. ODDS OF THE PAWN AND Mon. ver1 dift'Jreot styles of theae distinguished athletes: . Between Signor DuBOIS of Rome, Itnly, and MARMADUKE WTviLL GAME CXXXVI. EvANS ~AMBIT. M. P., of London, Englani. .,Itt. (llL llORPBY.) Jllacl, (Jh. ). ( Remo-r;e the Pawn f7 ). 1. P. to K . fourth . 1. P. to K. fourth. ~ Kt. to K. :IJ. third. 2. Kt. to Q. B. third. W)'VILL Duuo1s 23. R f3-g3 R f8-f7 S. K . B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. K. B. to Q. B. fow1h. Slbitt. 1Siad1. 4. P. to Q. Kt. fourth. 4. B. takes R.. 24. K t e4-c3: Q d5-d7 1. e2-e4 c7-ci> 6. P. to Q. B. third. 5. B. to Q. B. fourth. 25. Rg3-h3 6. Castles. 6. P. to Q. third. 2. B fl-c4 e7-e6 Threatening to play 26. d3-d(. 7. P. to Q. foUrth. 7. P. takes P. 3. Kt bl-c3 Kt b8-cG 2p. g7-g6 8. P. takes P. 8. B. to Kt. third . . 4. Ktgl-f3 B f8-e7 9. Q. Kt. to B. third. u. Q. Kt. to Q. R. fourth. 26. d3-d4 Kt c6-d4: JO. Kt. to K . Kt. fif't.h. 10. Q. Kt.. t:~kes B. 5. d2-d3 n7- a6 27. Qg4-g6: B e7-f8 11. Q. to Q. R. fourth (check) 11. P. to Q. D. third. 6. a2-a4 B e7-f6 12. Q. takes Kt. 12. Kt. to K. R. third. 28. Q g6-d3 o5-c4 13. K. toR. equare. ~3 . Castles. 7. B ol-d2 Kt g8-e7 29. Q d3-fl Kt d4-f3t 14. P. to K. B. fourth. 14. K. toR. square. 8. Q d1-e2 Kt c6-d4 Blnck hns manngcd by bis llll!t two 16. P . to' K. D. fifth. 15. P. to K. B. third. or three moves to wrench the attack 16. Kt. to K. sixth. 16. Q. B. takes Kt. 9. Ktf3-d4: B f6-d4: 17. P. takes B. 17. Q. to K. ~nd. from his nu¥ersary's bands. 10. Kt c3_:d l d7-d5 18. Q. ·B. takes K. Kt. 18. Kt. P. takes B. 30. g2-f'J: Q d7-d2: 19. R. to K . B. third. t9. K. R. to K. Kt. equare. 11. B c4-a2 0-0 31. Q fl-dl . B t'8-c5f 20. Q. R. to K. B. aqoare. 20. K. R. to K" third. 12. o-o Kt e7-o6 21. Q. Kl to K. aeoond. 21. Q. R. to K. B. eqoare. 32. K g1- h1 R f7-g7 22. Kt. to K. B. fourth. 22. R. to K. Kt. fourth. 13. c2-c3 B d4-f6 33. R h3- h7 t' 23. P: to Q. &f\h. 23. P. to Q. B. fourth. 14. f2-f4 K g8-h8 24. Q. to Q. B. third. 24. K. B. to Q. square. It is evident tbat White cannot pla1 15. e4-e5 B f6-e7 33. Q dl- d2:. 2.'), Kl to K . .aoond. 25. Q. to K. Kt. eeoond. 26. Kt. to K. Kt. third. 26. Q-. to Q. B. aeoond. 16. Ktd1-f2 b7-b5 33. . . R g7-h7: 27. R. takee K. B. P. 27. B. takes R. . 17. B a2-bl d5-d4 34. Q dl-d2: B a8-f3f 28. R. takes B. 213. R. takes R. 18. Ktf2-e4 B c8-b7 25. Q d2-g2 29. Q. takee R. (check) 29. Q. to K. Kt'. aeoond. • R h7-g7 SO. Q,:&o Q. eighth (cheok) 30. Q. to K. Kt. equre. 19. a4-b5: a6-b5: And Black wins. 31. P. to K.eeveotb. 31. R. to K. fourtll. 20. R al-aS: B b7-a8: 32. Kt. to K. ll. ~. 32. R. takes K : P. at K. foartla. Thl~ game was played u· Rome in 21. Qe~-g4 Qd8-d5 18'6. Signor DUBOIS playa the laU.er ADd White mated b1 foroe in Five moves. 22; Rh-f3 d4-c3: portion, eepeelr.11y, with ,reahlepaoe:' \ 242 TBF. CBESS IIONTBLY . T B B C B B 8 8 . • ·Q N T B L y. .24& GAME <;::XXXVII. EvA~s GAMBIT. 9. Q. to her K t.' third. 9. K. Kt. toR. third. 10. Q. Kt. takes P. I 0. K . B. takes Kt. Rlltllte. (MR. Monmy.) IUaclt. (MR. ). 11. Q. takes B. 11. C'11st les. J. P . to K . fourth. I. P. to K . fourth. J 2. Q. R. to Q. square 12. K. Kt. to his fit\b. 2 . Kt to K . B. third. 2. Kt. to Q. B. third. 13. P. to K. R. third. 13. K. Kt. to K . fourth. 3. K . B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. K . B. to Q . B. fourth. 14. Kt. takes Kt. 14. K t.. takes Kt.. 4. P. to Q. Kt. fourth. 4. B. takes I< t. P. 15. B. to' K . second. 15. P. to K . ·n. fourth. 5. P. to Q. B. tbitd. 5. H. to Q. R. fourth 16. P. lo K. R. fourth. 16. Kt. to Q. B. third. 6. Castles. 6. P . to Q. third. 17. B. to Q. B. fourth (check) 17. K . toR. square. 7. P. to Q. fourth . 7. P. takes l'. 18. Q. B. to K t. second. J 8. Q. to K. ~~econd. · S. Q. to· her K t . third 8. Q. to K. B. third. 19. Q. R. to K. Fquare. 19. R. to K. B. third. 9. P. to K . fifth. 9. P. tnkes K . P. 20. P. takPS K. B. P. 2 0. Q. to K. B. square. l 0. R. to K. Fquarc. 10. K. Kt. to K . ~~econd. 21. R. to K . ~igbtb. 21. Q. takPs lt. II. Q. B. to K . K t. fifth. 11 .Q. to K. Kt. third. 22. Q. takes R. 22. Q. to K . second. 12. Q. B. wkc3 K . Kt. J 2.Kt. tnkt•s B. 23. Q. takes K . Kt. P. 23. Q. tek~ Q. 13. Kt. takes K . J>. 13. Q . to> Q. K t.. third. 24. P. to ·K: B . sixth. 24. Q. takes K . Kt. F. (ch) 14. B. to Q. Kt. fifth (cllcck) 14. P. to Q. B. third: 25. K. takes Q. 2:>. H. takes K . R. P. (check) 15. Q. tllkes K . B. P. ( check) 16. K . to Q. square. 26. K. takes B. 26. P . to K. R. toorth. , 16. Kt. takes P . (check) 16. Kt. takesKt. 27. R. to K. Kt. square. ·" 17. B. takes Kt 17. Q. to her H. fourth. And Black resigned. 18. P . t.akes P. 18. Q. to her third. 19. Q. takes K . Kt.. P. 19. B . takes H. 20. Q . takes R . (check ) 2 0. K . to Q . B. Fecond. 21. (~. takes K . R . P . (check) 2 1. H. to (l. 'second 22. B. takes H. 22. Q. takPs Q. P. 23. B. to Q. Kt. fifth (di~o.oh.) 23. K . to Kt. third. GAME CXXXIX. K1:so's K)'(JGHT's G..ucEJT 24. Kt. to Q. B. third. 24. B. tak<>s Kt. ~!':>. R. to Q. K t. sqnnre. 2 :i. R. to Q. square. •tur (Ma. MoRPUT.) lllatlt. (lla. ). 26. B. to Q . R. 8ixth ( di>o. oh.) 26. K. to R. fourth. 1. P. to K .'foortb. I. P. to K . fourth. 2. P. to K. B. fourth. 2. P. tnkea P. And White announced mate in Three naoves. a. Kt. to K. B. third. 3. P. to Q. B. third. '4. Kt. to Q. H. third. 4 . I<. B. to Q. K'- flftb. 6. K. H. to Q. R fourth. ~. B tukeA Kt. 6. Q, P. takea B. 6. Kt. to K . aeoood. 7. Q. to Q. sixth. 7. Caatlee. GAME CXXXVIII. EVANS GAMBIT. 8. Q. B. takes P ~ 8. K. Kt. to Kt. tbirct. 18)1tt. (Mn. MoRPUT). »tacit. (lb.. ). 9. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 10. CasJlee with K .. R. • 9. Q. ·to Jr. square. 1. P. to K. fourth. J. r. to K. fourth. 10. K. toR. eqoare. II. Q. R. to K. eqoare. 11. P. to K. B. third. 2. Kt. to K. B. third. 2. K t. to Q. B. third. 1~. P. to.K. fifth. 3. K. B to Q . B. fourth. 3 . K. B. to-Q. B. fourth. 12. P. to K. B. fourth. 13. Kt. t.o.Q. fourth. 13. P. to ..1{. B. &ftb. 4. P. to Q. K t . fourth. 4. B. takes P. 14. P. to K. sixth. 14. P. takes P. 5. P. to Q . B. third. 5. B. to R. fourth. 16. Kt.tueeP• . .' P. to Q . fou rth. . 6. P. takes P. 15. Q. B. takes Kt. 6. 16. R. takes B. J6. Q. to Q. B. tq8an. 7. Castlet~. 7. P. takes Q. B. P. 17. R. takee Kt.· 8. p. to Q . third. 17. P . takes R. 8. B. to Q. R. third. 18. Q. W...It. P. 18. Q. to K.. B. tow&~.. ( . \ T" H B 0 B J'l s·S ll 0 N T B L Y. Tflk CRBS:S MONTHLY. 33. Q. B. to X:. B. foortb. 33. R. to Q. aeoond. 19. R. takes P. \ 19. Q. takes Q. 34. H. takee Q. R. (check) 34. K. takes B. 20. R. takes R. (check) 20. K . toR. llOOond. 21. B. to K. Kt. eighth (check) 2l. K. toR. square. 35. R. to Q. eecond ( oheok) 35. K. to Q. B. square. 22 .. B. to K. B. seventh (disc.ch) 22. K . toR. eecond. 36. R. to K. B. second. 36. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 37. Q. B. to Q. sixth. 37. B. to Q. square. 23. B. takes . (check) 38. Q. to K. fifth. And Black resigned. 38. K. B. to .Q. Kt. third. 39, B. to Q. B. fifth. 39. B. to Q. B. second. 40. Q. to K. eeventb. 40. Q. to Q. fourth. 41. R. to K. B. eeveatb. 4 I . K. B. to Q. square. 42. Q. takes Q. R. P. 42. R. to K. K t. third. 43. B. to Q. fourth. 43. B. to K. R. si.z.th. GAME CXL. SC01' CH GA~tBIT. 44. Q. to Q. B. fifth (check) 44. Q. takes Q. 45. P. takes Q. 45. R. takes K . Kt. P. (check) RJJ)Ite. (Ma. l'•t:LSK.'i.) 13larlt. (MR. N - - - ) . 46. K. to R. square. 46. R. to K. Kt. equ•re. 1. P. to K . fourth. 47. R. to K. Kt. square. 47. Q . B. ~ K. Kt. fiftJI . 1. P. to K. fourth. 48. B. to K. fifth. 2. K. Kt. to B. third. 2. Q. Kt. to B. third. 48. K . B. to K. Kt. fourth. 3. P. takes P. 49. P . to Q. R. fourth. 49. K. B. to K. sixth. \ 3. P. to Q. fourth. 60. R. to Q. K t. square. _ 4. Kt. takes P. 4. K t. takes Kt. 50. Q . B . to K. third. . 5. Kt. to K. eeoond. 61. R. to Q. B. 110veotb (check) 51. K. to Q. square. · ... 5. Q. takes Kt. R. to Q, equare (check) 6, K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 6. P. to Q. third. 62. 52. K . to K. ~uare. 7. B. to Q. second. 63. B. to K. B. sixth. 53. R. to K. Kt. eighth ( ob.)- 7. K t. to Q. B. third. 64. R. lake~ R. 8. Kt. to Q. fifth. 8. Kt. to Q B. third. 54. B. takes R. 9. R. to Q. B. square. 66. K. takes B. 9. Q. to Q. B. third. 1 0. Castles. 1o. P. to K. H.. third. And Black resign!. 11 . P. to K B. fourth. 11. Kt. to K. second. J 2. Q. B to K. third. 12. P. to Q. Kt. fourth. 1::J. K B. to Q. Kt. third. 13. P. to Q. B. fourth. I 14. Kt. takes Kt. 14. Q. takes Kt. 15. P. to Q. B. fifth. 15. P. to Q. R. third. l 16. K . B. to Q. R. second. 16. Q. B. to Q. B. ,bird. GAME CXLI. IRREGULAR 0PENll'G. 17. P. takes P. I 17. P. to K. fifth. l 8. P. takes P. 18. B. to Q. fourth • . IQfU. (Jia. p AULIJIUl.) 1UatL (JU. KluooCOTr.) 19. P . to Q. Kt. fourth. 19. Q. to Kt.~~eoond. - 20. R. tQ K. B. second . 20. R. to Q . B. third. 1. P. to K. fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. 21. Q. R. to Q. square. 21. B. to K. third. 2. K. Kt. to B. third. · 2. Q. Kt. to B. third. 22. B. to·Q. B. square. 22. B. to K : second. 3. ;K. B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. K. Kt. ·to B. daitd. 23. Q. to K. Kt. third. 26. P. to K. Kt. fourth. 4. P. to Q. fourth. 4. P. to Q. foartL. 24. P. to Q. B. third. 24. R. to K. Kt. equare. 6. K. P. tak• Q. P. 6. K . Kt. ta1lee P. 25. K. B. to Q. Kt. square. 25. R. to Q. B. aeoond. 6. Q . P. takes K. P. 6. B. to K. third. 7. · Cutlee. 26. Q. R. 1to K. square. 26. P. to K. R. founll. 27. B. to K. K.t. fifth. .. 8.'Q. X:t. to .Q. eeooud • 7. K. B. to Q. B fourth. 8. Cu\1& 27. P . to K . R. fourth. 28. P. takes B. P. 9. Q. Kt. to X. foartla. 9. K. B. t.o Q. X:t. third., 28. B. to K . B . fifth. 29. Q. toR. second. 29. B. to K . .B. ..UtiL 10. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth. 10. Q. to Q. leCOnd. 30. P. takes P. 11. Q. to .K. IMOK . 11. Q. to K. equre. 30. P. to K. sixth. 31. B. takes P. 31. R. to K. Kt. third. I i. Q. R. &o" Q. lll'l&re· 12. K. Kt. to K.leOIM. 32. B. to K:. B. fifth. 92. R. to K . .1U tqaare. . · 13. LB. to Q. WrcL 13. X:. Kt. to Kt. dUN. .. T H B C H B 8 8 ll 0 N T H L Y. THE CHESS MONTHLY. 14. Q. Kt. takes K. P • J 1. Q. B. takes P. It , P. to Q . R..third. .] 4 . Q . to Q. second. 12. Q. to K . ~econd. 12. Q. to Q. B. second. 15. K t. takes Kt. 15. P. to K. B. fourth. 16. Q. takes Kt. 13. Q. R. to K . square. 13. Q. K t. to K. fourth. 16. Kt. tukes Kt. · 14. Q . to K. B. second. 14. Q. Kt. takea K. B. 17. Kt. to K . Kt. third. 17. Q. to K . B. s.,cond. 18. P. to K. B. fifth. 16. P. takes Kt. 15. Q. B. takes Kt. 1~. P. to Q. Kt. third. 16. R. P. takes B. J6. Castles -.itb K. R. 19. Kt. to K. fourth . IY. P . to K. H. third. 17•. P. to Q. fourth. 17. Q. to Q. J,<t. third. 20. B. to K. R. fourth . 20. Q. R. to K. tsquare. J 8. Q. ll. to K. third. J 8. Q. tak('fl Q. Kt. P. 21. K. toR. square. 21. (.J. to K. R. fourth. 22. P. takes Kt.. 19. P. to K. fifth. 19. P. takes P. . 22. Kt. to B. sixth (check) ~. P . takes P. 20. K. Itt. to K. R. aecond. 23. Q. takes K. B. P. 23. P. tu K. B. fourth. 21 . Q. to K. Kt. third. 2 I . Q. to K. third. 24. Q . R. to K . square. ~4 . Q. B. to Q. second. 25. n.. tukeK H. 22. Q. Kt. to K . fourth . 2'2. P. to K . B. fourth. 25. H. tAkes R. 23. P. takes P. (en pt'asattt.) 23. B. takes P. 26. Q. B. to K. B. sixth . 26. I<. to B. second. 27. B. to K. third. 24. Q. Kt. takes B. (check) 24. R. takes Kt. 27. Q. B. to Q. Kt•. second. 26. B. to K. B. fourth. 2fl. Q . to Q. Kt. third (check) 28. R. to K. square. 2R B. to Q. fourth. 29. R. to K. Kt. square. 26. K. to R. secoud. 26. Q. R. to- K. B. aquare. 29. R. to K . B. square. 27. B. to K . fiftb. 27. K. H. to.K. Kt. third. 30. P. to K. B. tl ird. 30. Q. B. to K. third. 31. Q. to K. H. sixth. 28. R. takes R. (check) 28. Kt. takes R. 31. P. to K . K t. fourth. 29. Q. to K. B. third. 29. Q. to Q. B. third. 32. Q . to K . fifth. 32. R to K. Kt. third. 33. P. to Q. B. ~ourth. 30. Q. to K . B. ~eeond. 3 0. K. to K . U. second. 33. .P. to Q . H. fourth. 31. R. to K. seeond. 31. Kt. to Q. second. 34. Q. to K. R. 'eighth. 34. I< . to K. ~~econd. 3fl. Q. B. to K . B. second. 32. B. to K. K t. third. 32. Kt. to K. B. third. 35. Q . to H. seventh (check) ·sa. R. 'to Q. B. eacond. a3. Q. to Q. R. fifth. 36. R. to K . square (check) 86. K . to B. squnre. 34. R. to K. second. 34; Kt to K. R. fourth. · 37. Q. to· H. eighth (check) 37. Q. B. to K. Kt. square 36. B. to K. tift.b. 3 5. Q. to Q. B. ·tbird 38. R. lo K. B. square. 38. K. B. to Q. B. second. 39. K . B. to Q. square. 36. Q. to K . B. fifth. 36. Kt. to K. B. third. 39. Q. R to K fifth. ZT. B. to K . Kt. third. 37. Q. to Q. Kt. fourth. 40. R to K. B. second. 40. K . B. to K. R. fifth. I ' 28. Q. tabs Q. 38. P. takes Q. 41. K. B. to K . B. square. 39. R. to K. fifth. 39. P. to Q. Kt.. fif\b. And Black resigns. 40. R. to Q. Kt. fifth. 40. Kt. to K. fifth. 41. B. to Q. Kt. eiab&b. 41. Kt. to Q. eeventh. 42. R.takee P . at 1Ct. &fth. 42. P . to Q. Kt. third. 43. B. to Q. U. eeventh. 43. R. to Q. B. third. 44. R. t&ket K t. P . 44. R. lakes R. GA:\fE CXLU. SI CILIAN 0PENINO. 45. Kt. to Q. B. fifth. 46. B. takes R. 1SlAcl. (M&. JOLJD,) 46. B. to Q . fifth. 46. K. to his Kt. third. (Bb(u. (Kr. P .aDLSK~ 41. P. to It. Kt. .fourth. .41. K. to his B. aeoon'c:l. 1. P. to K fourth. J. P. to Q. B. fourth. 48. P. to IC. R. four&b. 48. P. to K. Kt. third. 2. K. Kt. to B. third. 2. Q. Kt. .to B. third. 49. K. to K. third. 49. K. to K t. third. 3. P. to Q. fourth. 3. P . takes P. bo. R. P. takes P. 4. P. to K. fourth. 60. P. to K. Kt. &rth. 4. K. Kt. takes P . 61. P. takes P. 5L K. to K'- fourth. 5. K. Kt. to Q . K t. third. 5. P. to K. R. third. 62. Kt. takee P. 6. K. Kt·. to B. third. 62. B. to. K. ·B. aistb. 6. K. B. to Q. third. 63. B. takee K~ 63. K. takea P. 7' Castles. 7. Q. P. to Q. third. s. P. to K R. .third. 8. K. B. to K . I!COOnd. . And the game wu drawn. 9. Q. Kt: to B. thii-d. 9. Q. B. to K. third. 10. P. to K. B. fourth. 1o. K . P . takea B. P . ' \ \ 2~8 THE CHESS MONTHLY. THE CHESS IIONTHL'Y . 249 GAME CXLIII. Gtuoco PuNo. and the German ~Ia. al110, pronounce diAinctly In fa•or of Kt. to K. Between Mr. SztN and Mr. LlhYENTHAL. B. third. Staunton's llmtdiJoolr. remarks " Black's an11wer K. Kl to K. B. Ultltt. (~lr. L!hYEN1B.U..) 3Slult. (Mr. SuN.) tblrd, 11 tbe oldeet and beet defence be can adopt. It Ia to be found u far * k 1. P. to K . fourth. 1. P. to K. fourth. M Damiano 1612 and modern aotborltlee agree in acknowledging It to be tbe 2. Kt. to K. B. third. 2 . Kt. to Q. B. third. moat eecore reply at Black's command." 3 . B. to Q. B. fourth. 3. B. to Q. B. fourth. (6) It would have been wrong if Black bad taken the Khig'e Pawn u tb'e 4. P. to Q. B. third. 4. P. to Q. third (a) following proveR : · 5. P. to Q. fourth. 5. P. takes P. . 8. Kl takl'lt K. P. 6. P. takes P. 6. B. to Q. Kt. third. 9. R. to K. equare. 9. P. to Q. foortb. 7. ·P. to K. R. third. 7. Kt. to K. B. third. B. to K. B. fourth or P. to K. B. four~b may be ~imtlfllled. at once, beeanee 8. Castles. 8. P . to K. R. third (b) White In tbe ftnt cue would reply 10. B. to Q. ftflb and so win a plfee and in . d. 9 • Kt• to Q. B . tb 1r 9. Ca~tles. the eeoond be would answer with B. to Q. ftfih and tbns obtain a betcer poel- tlon. 10. P. to Q. R. third. 10. Kt. to K . R. second. 11. Kt. to K. second (c) 11. K t . to K. second. 10. B. takes P. I 10. Q. takes B. 12. Kt. to K . B. fourth (d) 12. P. 't o Q. B. third. 11. Kt. to Q. B. t~rd, gaining a ftne opening for atta~. 13. B. to Q. Kt. third. J 3. P. to Q. fourth. (c) The Importance of bringing over the Q'e K t. to 11trenf[tben White'• rfpt 14. P. to K . fifth . 14. B. to Q. B. second. wiDg Ia a modern di110overy. Stanley In bi11 Matches with Rou.ean and Tomer 15. B. to Q. B. second. 15. B. to j< . B. fourth (e) abowa bla adhesion to the modern doctrine. 16. B. takes B. 16. K t. takes B. (d) lfany players would have preferred Kt. to Kt third but the el'ect bf the 17. Q. to Q. third. 17. Q . to Q. second. move In \he text will become appart>nt as the game progrea~ee. 18. B. to Q. second. · 18. Kt. to K. second. (•) P. to K. B. fourth would have perhaps been better, but In that cue Ute 19. Q. R. to Q B. square (f) 19. K . R. to K. square. Q. B. could not easily have been brou~bt into play. Sz4!n fol1owed oat the 20. P. to K. Kt. fourth. ·20 . Kt. to K. B. square. principles to wbloh be consistently adhered ; but in thla loetaoce tlie reeuU 21. Kt. to K. R. fifth (g) 21. Q. to K. third. did not pron advantageou& -........__ · :l2. Kt. to K . R. fourth. 22. K. to R. square. (/) Ss6n contemplated an exchange of Queens by playing Q. to L B. foartla "'\ 23. P. to K. B. fourth . 23. P. to K. B. third (1) bot wu prennted by this move, for lf Black were now to play the Qaeeo In 24. P. to K. B. fifth. 24. Q. to K. B. second. that way White might improve hla game (thus) 25. P. takes P. (i) 25. P. takes P. 19. Q. to K. B. foUrth. 26. B. takes R . P. 26. Kt. to Q. second. 10. Q. takes Q. 20. Kl Wtee Q. 21. Kt. takee Q. P. 21. B. takes K. P. (tiel&) 21. B. to K. Kt. seventh (ch.J 27. K. toR. second (k) 11. P. lakee B. 1 22. P. takes Kt. 28. Q. to Q. second. 28. K~. to K. Kt. square. IS. R. to B. eeYentb and Black in order to avoid the Joee of the Xnlgbf Jll1lll 29. Kt. to K. Kt. sixth. 29. R. to K. fifth. accept an Inferior poeftloo. 30. Q. to K . B. second. 30. Kt. to K. seQond. (I) Threatening to take K. R. P. witb B. 31. Q . to K. R. fourth. 31. K. to Kt. sq~ (l) (A) Sz4!n who was eo well verped In tbe Pndlng of games, where Pa,.. oaly 32. Kt. taltes B. P. (check) 32. K. takes B. were left on the board, tbat tbe advantage of a Pawn ftlldend him ~ 33. Q. to K. R. seventh (cb.) 33. K . takes Kt. oertain of victory, here beeltated to play t.he pawn coL B. fourth. If M W 34. P. to K. Kt. fifth (check) 34. K . tak.ee P. dooe eo, we think the dllllonniea of hla poeitioo would have bMD Ja .._e 35. Q. takes Q. degree dlmlnlllbed. (i) P. to K. sixth might ~leo have been played with advantap ; llat the llne of play adopW b)' White led to the epeedler conolnaloo. (i} K. to Kt. aqa&re, ~ would have been equally fatal. (I) H6 eee• to have bad no be&ter means left to avert lala lmpeaatat ....._ Had be played Kl tab. Kl White woold baTe retakeD the It. ucJ ...._ wtth Pawn. TbeD Q. tatee P. White playing bla Xnlp' to K. B. to.n1t '"*4 plaU..Queen.. PROBLEM CI. BY JoRN WtLJtJSBON, Ja. , or SvuCCBL / PltOBLD em. h·ll. WILUiau, ol' Vmna. DDICAftD '1'0 8. LOYD, 01' 1'1.8BCK, N• JuaT. I l White lo piny, un<l mntc in 'l'bree moves. PROBLEM CIJ. By- JA..P oTTER, OF S ,U .EM , MASS. White to play, and mate in Four mOVt.'fl, PROBLEM CIV. Bv Co:-mAD BATER, or Or.»UT&. • - I I WbUe to play, and mate in Four mov• WbUe to pla7, ud awe lD l'oar mo.- ·' \ h ROBLEM CV. By R. Wn.u~sR8, oP VJUKA. EUGI!.'NE B. COOK, EfQ., OP HoBOKEN. I>Ji:DICAftll TO \\1 White to play, aod mate in Five move&. ,.,. ' PROBLEY: OVID. nue &o Jala1, uad ..ae ba l'ln - ... I \ \. .- . . 264 THE CHESS MONTHLY • !'JIB OBISS IION'I .BL •• 116 MISCELLANEA ZATRIKIOLOGICA. eentr&l portion of the Union. lnterct!ting, ad well-maDipl too il the cbeee oolumn which, for Eome weeb has made its regular ~P~ Barnrits ud .&Ddor-n. uoe in the Cincinnati S"ntloy DispatrA. The 8ourishin1 Clab a- · The following communication expluins itself: istiog iri .tbnt gre.at city of_ tho West will undoubtedly aid aad Era Ojfict, Catherine St., Strand, ~pport thiS lnud.b1e uodertakmg........:.CJubs are abluL to bJ ea&abliahad f'o thf Edikrl of tire Clrtll Mcntldy; LoNDON, 26th June, 1868. · lD Wuhington, and in Schencctady.-It is rumored &haL Mr. Paalten GK~TI.EMKN : Sqme short time bnck I obErrnd In the pnges of the Chtl.l J/Ofltltly • · is a~out to uodertake ~ profe88ional (ehcs3) tour in Europe. .At. sa. · eta&~ ment · m11de by lh rr Bnnwitz regardin~t n Match Fftid to ba\"8 been Lo01S be played ten bhndfold games, winni~ nine. The &eoth wu woa arran~'d by tbe Committee of the ClaeF8 AEtoc:ntion at M'nncbestt r betw~n by Ml'. S.kinner.-AL the timo Mr. Frere first published his edition biwelf and Ht'l'r Andu·fsen. In ju~tice to this last named ~tentltman, 11·ho ia reprcsenttd tO ht\\'e bt>cn the ]OFet' in the :Mntcb, 1\Dcl for the Eake of' truth of Hoyle we noticed at length tbe excellent ohc88 portion of the work. and fairneFI! I' beg to inform you tbnt no Fuch Match w11s ever played. Some haety gamc,.'wer(•, no donut, contest1 cl ; ll1•rr H~rrwitz' v<•rsiun of the !DaUer We take ~t pbnsure in st:ltin.; tbaL this put hll.ll been detaehed abo"·s thl!ir cbnrnctcr. but nl'ter communicating with the Mnnebestea· Commit- from the remainder of the work and published in a separate tor. tee, I am at Libel·ty to l'tate that tlll'y tonk. no part in promoting them, or ":ith the following title : , ' they would have iusea·tcd tiH m in tho pultltsbcd l'l'port. I have the honor to be, ~nUemcn, Freril'e 0.. HU!'d-boolt. Containing elementary lnl'trudloa aDd (he )aft ot JYours truly, obeee, &ogetber wtlb ftnr selected gam~ br the liM playen . eoclln of pmee; aDd &be defeat ot· tbe Aluzlo Gambi& • al~ lblrty-uou or' the ...:,.. Ltlw&.,'TB.U.. ~. . problem"' and a det"Criptiou of, and hall.. for Four-banded aae., . •- 'l'be Wew Tork Code. uaOJI41 fa&RK, New Yot·lt, 1858. S2mo. ' > -v ' We publi~h t~lis month the new Chess C'ode, ndopted for the govern- The au~or bns prefixed an interesting prefuce. The prioe of tJae ment of the New-York Club. Its compilers are lnrgely indebted to volume 1.8 only fifty cents and it.i purchasers will find tbe~~~~etna faUJ tho labors of voN DER LASA and JlENlSCH, whose works were carefGlly remunerated by the excellent garuea and problema which ~ compared with the old Codes of the London Clubs, and with thoee of the work. the Pari.<~ players. We are :aware thtit. something might have been • · ......,...,. Ia J:aro,._ gained in cl~arnees nnd conciseneSs of'lo.nguage, had more time be~n Up to ~he 'time of our going to pre!S no direct commnnioatioo Jau devoted to the mo.tter; but ns it is the new Laws are und~ubtedly a been n:oe•ved from )fr. Morphy. We git"e bowevet: such indireot ib- great improvement upon those predously accepted by t~e American fo~ation .as we have obtaio~d. The Illr.Urdul Newa of Juae .aeda public. Meanwhile they are not to be considered as in a~ty way tbaa mention~ the Arriv.:.l Df Mr. Morp4,: interfering with the attempt, now mnking, in this country nnd Europe, The ClOIDmanloation addretoeed to tble gentleman uanaoclag U.e JOlt maat ot &he Cbe&~ AIIOCI&&Ion Md8tlng from J11ne Jlll& to Aagu& ~ to form a Universal Code. They. are binding upon members of the New Y l.)rk Club, and upon tl1em only, ul)til J..ENtscn, voN DER L.tu, Ji:t loa mlloarried, be uaeKJM!0&4'dl.r mad11 bi11 appearance Ia Blnal..,...a • deJ, prepared lo do baule l'ot~~N~tt:Je for tb11 hooor or tbe Stan uc1 Slrf a FOI1Qaa&ely hie Intention waa to mate eome cooliderable 1 aa fD ~ STA UJ(TON ~nd tho American Committee I!hall agree upon a oommon 1 wWM ... laM &heref'ore eoaeented to take part In th11 p&berlag or Aaau&, ........,., be one or Lbe molt briJliao& cb. . a.emblaRftl known. :td Code. .Am utcaa ch... ..... . The laDle Journal of' J oly 3rd announcss that. both Mr. S...tea A che118 Club, ·of which Mr. Wm. R. Watson is President and Mr. ud Mr. Morphy hove agreed to partieipate in a graad T~ ·T. P.Bogert Secretary, bas been formally organized in' Providenee. It ot thirty-two players to take place at tbe Birmingham )rf~ ... bida &ir to take its stand as one ot the largest nnd most inftaential cheee uaooiations of the country.-An excellent cheaa depal1ment, doel not. oon&aio a word •bout Mr. Morphy'' IIUC0811 tbaa tar fa doD. i... under the supervision of Mr. F ..Spllman, has been eommenoed in . A oommnnioati(Jo from Mr. Llhrtotbal to D. W. F. •1': ·· the Baltimore Wttkly DPpatrA. It will supply a felt. want. ill tlae We ftre all earpriaecl aacJ Rn&ffted u Mr. l l o r p b 7 ' 1 - = - ~ • ... "-' tba& alae ncep&loo be ... reeebed will _.. a J-c lla7 wltb u. Be bai alreld1 vill&ed &be SL Georp•a Ill .. 4 .... - Tl!~ CHESS ¥0NTllLY ·l)rokep alanc, with eome of ite memben, and. from the elr:Uful style tn wbloh he 'p laje. bide fair to add to the laurels be bas eo deee"edly won ln bla natlye · 1and. No doubt you will have full details from him. but I oaDD~ reels& ee8f· log you ~he followipg position,• which occurred in a game between bim aod Mr. Barnes last Thursday. I consider it most lnterestlng and Ml;, Morpby' a combination a masterpiece of strategy. The la.&t Era says : ·W e have great plea~~ure in announcing tbat 1\fr. Morpby baa arrived in Loa· don, and baa met with a most enthusiastic reception from the ml!mben of · the St. George's Cbe111tClub, where be paid a visit· laat Wedneeday, and played Mveral excellent games. The prompt visit of thle great player \o Eoglaod );>etokene ·hie great anxiety to give the play en of Europe an opportuni&y of epcounteririg him. Mr. Morphy baa also visited the Divan, Strand, and played some games with Mr. Hoden. We understand · t.ba\ he \\'ill regularly vlllt &be Georgea In the afternoon. and play there with the rnemben. His powen u • . ohee&-player have not in any degree- been exaggerated. The qulckneea with wblcb be forms and carries out hla combloatioD8 ia truly aorprislng. He ~ aes, also, another important quality-that of perfed coolntl88 and aelf-~ Ilion. ·we llh~All ebortly be able to lay before onr readers eome of hie gamea. 'l'lt.e LatMt &om .1'. -..,.y. We have just received (July 24th) letters .from' Mr. Morpby and from some oth"r correspondents in England._ Hia score stood at~ .time o( writing as follows : )(oRPUr lS. BABN$8 6. Dra1q1 .0. '' s. BonRN 1. '' 2. " 2. Owt:N 1. " o. ''· 2. .J{AKPTON 0. " t. " 6. L(Sws 0. "' 0. •Morp)ly and .Barnes bad also played two consultation games against ·Staunton and Owen. Both games wero won by Mr. Morpb1 and his 1&1ly.t Staunt<ln bad accepted Mr. Morpby's challenge. The .mateh at Mr. Staunton's request is ·to b~ played after the BirmmgJum ·Meeting, the stakes to be five hundred pounds a side. Mr. Mor- .pby was about to oommenoe ashort match (the winner of the W ·eevcn games to win) with Mr. Ltlwenthal fer fifty.pounds. Th~ renlt .of this contest will be known by the arrival of the 11e:a:t ateamer. Mr. Rousseau, Mr. Bryan 11.nd Mr. Edge .;,ere with Mr. Morpby in Lon- ' don. We shall give very !ull details and a number of Mr. .Morpby'a ·games in our September number. Meanwhile we cannot avoid <'~prea- . •ing OUt gratification ·at !v1r. M orphy's . enthusiutio reception in the ·mother country and at his brilliant succese: •·See page 2S7. t llr. M:orpllr had also · played a large niUilber of gamet a& odds, tn all ot ' .. ,which he lla4 been victQriOGL . I -- :-~-· -·--~ .. bot. II.-No. IX. ~ 25 llltnls. f THE ~) 0 R e p 1 t ., a. t o C ur r e s p o ~ d e. t i . J, ~.,. ~ 0~. Loud~-Yo~ will ~~ee l!y t~e prt:~~ent ~umber ~hat iJOOt \wo aooep""bte packages reached ua; ' Tb' ~ mee~ wi~ ~be ac!mlrat\on tbey de~ne aocl are larg~ly coplt~ hy . · L. c.. Gri~ l&aly.-·roor oon&inuecl kind~ meritS o.ar Wamtf8t tbaub. Ute. bheM ·~ of A merle• ltotn tlie pagee ot' the 'CUlt M~ W~&. ie Slttnor · n · ! Chess 1ft\ . UITBD n \,!-1 D' • ·tlnl oame T b L' ~ l'Lill publiBbed, aud If eo ,.._, l:t ~he ~- (of iLl ' EIJ.l~' ... •-"' • ' L> fill. ·• • I! ; lifo, ._on. A tbOOMod·tbi'Dal! ut your p &Wu• l&TOf ~ rot· futnre ..I. L • • ' • cnee. Bear In mio4 that ev«~rytblng coneerolniC' the 8Ubject le of l~tcretrt here. j; PAUL MORPHY &. DA~W. FisKE. Q. W...\Sy.pburr EWrlaQd.- We forgot to Ear ~r' your reques&. tiball be com- plied wlm u an M'i~ book I.e leMtt>d. M. L. &Aacr.Miu..,. ~rJip,..-Your June number> baa failed to reaeb u11. J.:P .'ti.; BulfalO.-'We~~lnlylook upon Mr. LUwentbalae one of tbe very ftralplaf.eruncl anl\JW"' oribe4ay, a~d·awalt the reeuU or. ble mat0h1 with {fiJj SEPTEMBER, 1868. = Mr. J,fQI'Pby wltb gre~ lDterMt. ·c. ·~11.. Nt!w Or\eaoi...!.Tbe DtlJ.a now come" regularly to hand. A telc. ·~ gram wu eent on the t.aib at \be request ol' P. M. A. B., 1Jedford 1 ,Maaa.-:-In. I';ng\aod, .not in Europe. Von d\!t La~~a (at pre- aen&. PrufJII•n )liniewr •L RioJan~tro), An'dern~Cn o't'Breslau, llarrwit& ofPilri~ ~ -.d lfay'et of Berlla ~ DObo~ ol' Rome aru. of the nry hl~bn1 nu k. G. W~t;., ~oaon.-U ia a . ma~ter of rt.lgru~ wi\A ua that JOur ata.r,io, New- 1 , ' · York'ir.W~'limlted. . • ' ' · . · . · F. 8.• .hUl!Dore.-Did onr leUet re~b you ! . I _., ·~~nm llllUyde of uoaDI!WI'I'fd !et.tt:rtl cover oar table from S. L. Flol't'nee v !f. J.1t~ ~ybo', 'W, B: K. !l!MJ J! C., BoRton, J. A. P., Slllrm. arid many olhcnt. Oet,ei!Ppm',u&e~~fe for ,alllQ, :w«:k:~ given us oo time frw corrt!fpo]li\enoo tial wctliope abortly to bavo more 'lcieurt.l. Until then we throw OlJl'IICbee upon lhe !dndnel58' of ·o ur C01ftll)l!10dliutll. • · - >· 1 !Oqp"e~~nd~noe .~· ~~..~~q~l~~ ~k~ep~ ; f O:H. W., Elizabetbporl- You dollot O)alte BI~~~Pl!L1 tbe"Mr~~~fE'nefl, • 1· In JIIMllflOh'e-8tudy No. I. Of Sludy ·No. II fl>u 'ba"Ve g1v<ro!a.. tb~d:U~"inaly . · el.,.....tbe matn ll!tl4er corr~"F.pondlog· move for mo~· ~lth ~b~l ·~ b)' the• 1 au~hor. •'".ou dt!llt'r•e-«rea~ cr~!~ fOr dlfcov~tin8'>& 1 ~cl>nc!tt*t!:t.~ff~~ - "lll I Jioo oHit.,J. P. B·· 6Clf-matej ctm'erlng eutlrcly froantte,.~r ..~~ritbJ .. toa,. mo•~ · · • ''' •· " ·'"~ l!'. 'P. F,.~ Oblcago, and ,:Delta;" -In JamlllCh'e S~dlel .J~ ftiU' ~ cone!~ . 'be m~ D06ent dtl!l!nelve mo•ett; · '1 1 t · 1 ,. ''l>elfa,'ri Wa&erville:-The writer (E. B. 0.) bolda ~at CtiltliQ.!l11 no~ a._i.-1 ··~ I ··, ~-·,. !t to...•·h1cb ,)W D'O"Ille· you"""" &hi . .. ~a r~~r lttJault) ~ ·•.... .;,;"'!· ~ rl• ~-"'J1'' or .~ •1..-:...'. 1. rlh ill NEW YORK: .I ·.p;.'l(..laoo.-'"\"our co~cep~ ~ too ·great a ·l lke-p• to lbe celt~ ' P. MILLIDR & SON. 49 NASSAU StRUT, BETWBE!\ LtBh:RTY St. & M.uD&N Lura. b:J ·, ID.$t'lyp:-l1ti~ ~~at~ · LONDON:- TRUJiNER & CO., ~ ~.1 ~.It &lLon. $a JU~ GO PATER.'\OI'J'ER Row. ill f. "U:~!~ ....~. et; ~ere 1.11 to . \~ ,..,. ...) ,I.Q . ., IUDJIIlOYea ~ ,_~ • ~~ • \ "'~ I, ,. . - ·· ---- SOLUTIONS TO l>ROBLEMS IN Nos. VII & VIIL PROBJ,EM c.•-t. Q f6-e7'f, K d7--(}6; 2. c4-d5f, K c6-d5:; 3. Q , e7--(}5 t, K d5-e4:; 4. Kt d3-f2.t, K e4-rJ; 5. Q c5-h5 t, K rJ-g3:; Kt PAGE. f'l-hlt, B g2-hl; 7. b7-b8t (becomes o. Bishop), K g3-g2; 8. R fl-f'2 t, 1. THE SCOTCH GAMlliT, By Mnx LAXGE, 2:,8. K g2-gl; 9. R f2-f3 t, K gl-g2; 10. K d2-6P, K g2-gl; II. K e3-d3 2. GAME CXLIV. Between Franz nud Mttyt>t , 2tl:i. 3. " CXLV. Between Morpby and Hnrnpton, . . . 265. or e4t, K gl-g2; 12. K d3 (or e4)-d4, K . g~-gl; 13. K d4-d5t, K gl- 4. " CXLVI. ::itaunton !'nd ·Alter' nKI\illl't Morpby and Barn~. 266. g2; 14. K d5-o5, K g2-gt; 15. K e5-c6t, K gi-g2; 16. K c6-b6, K 5. " CXLVII. Between Morpby and Bnrnc~<. 267. g2-gl;· 17. K b6-b7 t, K gl-g2; 18. Q, h5-b5 t (or-h4), K g2-f3:; 6. " CXLVIII. Between Bo<Tcn and Morphy 268. 19. K b7-a8, K £3 orB hl move:J; 20. Q b5- fo or g4 t, K e4 (or £3)-~5 7. " CXL.IX. Between Ande~sen and Ll>wentbal, 269. 8. " CL. Between DuboiRand Lecre,·ain, 272. ( or g4):t • [ N. B.- A Black Knight at h5 must be added to the diagramJ !1. " CLI. Between Elkin and .Morphy, 278. 10'. PROBLEM CIX. lly E. B. Cook, . 274. PROBLEM Cl.-1. Q f7-d5 t, K c6-d5: (~., B., C.); 2. Kt d3-b4 t, ll. " CX. By J . Wilcox Brown, . 274. K d5-d4 or e5; 3. B d~-cat .-(A.) K c6-c7; 2. B d2-a5 t, K c7-eS; 3. 12. " CXI. lly R. Wilmers, . 275. Q do-gst.-(B.) K c6-b6; 2. Q d5-tl6t, K b6-b5; 3. Q d6-c5: ·t .- 13. " CXII. Bv S. Loyd, 276. 14. " CXlll . . By C. H. Waterbury, 276. ( C.) K c6-b5 ; 2. a2-a4 t, K b:1-b6 ; 3. Q d5-d6: t · 15. " CXlV. By J. P. Barnett, 276. PROBLEM CII.-1. R d5-d4 t, K co-d5: ; 2. R a.5-;e5, K d4-e~: 16. " CXV. By II. R. Agnel, 277. ( A.); 3. Q b3~3 t, K e5-d6 or ft3; 4. Q c3-e7 t .-(A.) B a3-b4; 3. Q li. " CXVI. By Conrad Bayer, 277. 18. MISCELLANEA ZATRIKIOLOGICA, 278. b3-o3 t~ K d.t-c4; 4. b2-b3 t. '= A new Chess Puzzle.-Great Nntionnl Chess Tournament In Holland.-Paul Morpby PROBLE}f CIII.-1. B f4-e5, K d5-e5: (A., B.); 2. K b6..:..oo, ~- ~ in the Old World..-Obess Notation.- American Chess News.-Foreign Chess Items. lib.; 3. g3-g4, 1Ld lib.; 4. Q g6-f5f,-(A.) P. ad lib.; 2. B e5-g7, [K db- · c4]; 3. Q g6-o2t, K c4- b4 or d5; 4. B g7 or Q c2f.-(B.) K d5-c4; 2· Q g6-e4 t, K o4-b3; 3. K b6-afl, K b3 or P a3 moves: 4. Q c4l CHESS CONGRESS PICTURE. PROBLE)l CIV.-1. Q fl-f4, e5-f-l: (A.); 2. R h5-d5, [B f7-d5:]; 3. THE LITHOGRAPHIC DRAWING of the foremost members of the late National Chess c4-efl, ad lib.; 4. Kt f.-( A.) Kt h6-g4 ; 2. R b5-e5:, R h7-h5 (&.o.); 3. Congress ie tww ready. A full description of it will be found In the .N'18cellanta of last July. R e5-c5t, B a7 or R h5-o5:; 4. Kt t. If Kt g4-c5; 3. Q £4-e~:, ad lib; Publi,.hed by Smith & Webster 169 Broadway. Price $3.00 flatu and $5.00 colored. It will 4. Kt l . Le carefully packed and forwarded to any part of the United States free of expense. Orders for the above may be fiCnt to the Publishers of the Ohu11 Monthly, P. Mu.um & SoN, PROBLEM CV.-1. B h3-f5, (g3-g2); 2. Kt fl - e3:, r4-e3: (A.); '3. 49 Nassau Street New-York. Kt c3-c2, K £3-e2:; 4. B t .-(A.) K f'3-g3 ; 3. Kt ea-g2:, ad lib. ; 4. R or Kt l PROBLEM CVI.-1. Kt e3-d!} t, K f~4 ; 2. Kt d5-b6, B a7-b6: (A.) ; 3. Kt g4-f6 t, Kt e8-f6:; 4 . . Q dl-g4 t, Kt f6-g4: l~(A.J R a6 CHESS BOOKS, &o. - b6: ; 3. Kt g4-t"lt, Kt hl-£2:; 4. Q dl-g4 t, Kt f'2-g4: t. . The Publishers of lhe Chua .Monthly have Imported and offer for sale the following Cheea PROBLEM CVII.~l. Q e l-a5 t, [K d8-e8); 2. B c8-b7f, K eS-f7; Books, viz : . - Staunton's Chees-Player'slland-book $UO. 3. Q a5-a2:, Q d5-a2:; 4. B b7-£3, ad lib.; 5. B 'f3-b5 t. Staunton's Chess Player's Companion 1.50. PROBLEM CVIII.!..-1. B dl-£3, h3-h2; 2. B f3-bl, K h4-b3; 3. Kt Staunton's Book of the TournameQt 1.60. K h3-h4; 4. B hl-g2, h2-hl Q; 5. Kt t. f'I-d~, Walker's Art of Chess Play . Also Books of every description supplied to order at the lo,west ra&ee ancl carefully packed and . CHESS- BOARD. forwarded by Mall or Exptea& , ' · FNre's Cbeu Band-book . • t0.60. Bl~ ~for P~blems (per hundred) 1.00. , Blanks for ncorcJlng Games , 1.00•
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