White. (M. B.) Black. (Mr. S.) 34. B. to Q. B. third 35. R. takes P. (check) 36. B. to K. fifth 37. K. R. takes Q. R. P. 38. B to K. B. sixth 39. K. R. to Q. Kt. seventh 41. Q. R. Q. B. third 43. B. to Q second (check) 45. K. to B. second 46. P. to Q. R. fifth 51. B. to Q. B. square 52. R. to K. R. sixth 53. R. to K. R. eighth square And wins. Notes. (a) P: to K. Kt. fifth, with the view to gain the Q.'s Pawn, would have been a very injudicious step. (b) This was evidently played to win the exchange, but as Mr. Szen does not take the Rook afterwards, we presume it was a miscalculation. The games reached us too late to admit of their analysis, or we should have endeavoured to show why at move 17, Mr. S. takes the Bishop instead of the Rook. (c) Was this a lapsus? (d) There appears no way to avoid the loss of the exchange. If he move the Rook to Queen square, the most feasible mode of play, Black plays the K. B. to Q. fifth, &c. A sparkling Scotch Gambit between M. M. LAROCHE and JOURNOUD, two of the finest players of France. White. (M. LAROCHE.) 2. K. Kt. to K. B. third 1. P. to K. fourth Black. (M. JOURNOUD.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. Q. Kt. to Q. B. third White. 3. P. to Q. fourth Black. (M. J.) (M. L.) 3. P. takes P. 4. K. B. to Q. B. fourth 5. P. to K. fifth 6. P. takes Kt. 7. Q to K. second (check) 8. B. to K. Kt. fifth (a) 9. B. to K. B. fourth 10. B. to K. Kt. third 11. Q. Kt. to Q. second 12. P. takes P. 13. Q. takes P. (c) 14. Q. to K. fourth 15. K. to K. second 16. K. to Q. square 19. K. to Q. second 21. R. to Q. B. square (c) 25. K. Kt. to K. B. third 4. K. Kt. to K. B. third 5. P. to Q. fourth 6. P. takes B. 7. Q. B. to K. third 8. P. takes P. 9. K. B. to Q. third 10. Q. to K. second 11. P. to Q. sixth (b) 12. P. takes P. 13. Kt. to Q. Kt. fifth 14. Kt. to Q. B. seventh (check) (d) 17. Kt. takes Q. R. 24. Q. R. to Q. seventh 25. K. R. to Q. sixth (check) 26. Q. R. takes Q. Kt. P. 27. Q. R. to Q. Kt. fifth (check) 28. K. R. to Q. fourth (check) 29. Q. R. to K. Kt. fifth 30. Q R. to K. Kt. third (check) 31. K. R. to Q. second (check) 32. P. to K. B. third And mates next move. Notes. (a) To compel Black to double his Pawns, a disadvantage far more than compensated, however, by his having won two, without any inferiority of position. (b) The beginning of a series of clever moves, by which M. Journoud gains so much additional advantage, that White's game, eveu in the hands of M. Laroche, soon becomes irretrievable. (c) Bad enough, but to have played otherwise would have been worse. (d) Ingenious, but are we wrong in thinking that P. to K. B. fourth would have been more effective? Suppose, for instance, (e) White plays this up-hill game with all the skill and coolness of a veteran of the Grand Chess Armée. A young soldier under such an attack would have lost his equilibrium long ago. Another game between Messrs. SZEN and BUDZINSKI. (King's Bishop's Gambit.) White. (Mr. Szen.) 1. P. to K. fourth 3. B. to Q. B. fourth 10. K. Kt. to Kt. square 13. P. to K. sixth (a) 14. Q. Kt. takes K. B. P. 23. Kt. takes K. R. 24. K. to K. second 25. B. to K third 26. Q. R. to Q. square (check) Black. (M. Budzinski.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. P. takes P. 3. Q. to K. R. fifth (check) 6. B. to K. Kt. second 11. K. to Q. square 12. Q. B to Q. second 13. P. takes P. 14. Q. to K. B. fourth 15. Q. to Q. Kt. fourth (check) 16. Q. to K. fourth 17. K. to Q. B. square. 18. Q. Kt. takes B. 19. P. to K. R fourth (b) 20. K. takes Q. 21. B. takes Kt. 22. B. to Q. fifth 23. R. to K. B. square (check) 24. B. takes Kt. 25. Kt. to K. B. third 26. K. to Q. B. third White. (MR. S.) Black. (MR. B.) 27. P. to Q. Kt. fourth 28. P. to Q. R. fourth 29. Q. B. P. takes P. (check) 30. Q. R. to Q. B. square (check) 31. P. takes P. 32. B. to Q. second 33. K. R. to K. B. square 35. P. to K. Kt. third 45. R. to Q. fifth (f) 52. R. to K. Kt. fifth 53. K. to Q. B. second 54. R. to Q. B. fifth (g) 55. P. to Q. B. seventh 27. P. to Q. R. third 30. K. to Q. Kt. second 33. R. to K. square (check) 36. B. to K. fourth 37. B. to Q. third 38. R. to K. Kt. square 39. B. takes R. 40. R. to K. Kt. fifth 41. K. to Q. B. square 42. K. to Q. Kt. square 43. Kt. to Q. Kt. third 44. P. takes B. 45. R. takes K. Kt. P. (check) 46. K. to Q. B. second 47. R. to K. Kt. fifth 48. R. to Q. Kt. fifth 49. R. to Q. Kt. eighth 50. K. to Q. third 51. K. to K. third 52. K. to K. B. third 53. R. to Q. Kt. fifth 54. P. takes R. Black surrendered. Notes. (a) White plays all this attack extremely well. (b) He has no better move in his power. If he play the Queen to K. B. third or K. second to guard his Bishop, the Q.'s Kt. attacks her with terrible effect. (c) A good move, but we believe that Q. to K. Kt. sixth would have been still better. (d) Well played. (e) No man knows the value of two such Pawns as these, or the way to play them to most advantage, better than Mr. Szen. (f) Bizarre as this move looks at first sight, it will be found to be the most expeditious mode of terminating the struggle. (g) White's concluding moves are very clever, and remind one of some of Mr. Szen's play in his palmiest time. A smart little game between the late Mr. KIESERITZKY, and M. JOURNOUD, one of the best players in France. (Centre Gambit.) White. (M. JOURNOUD.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. P. to Q. fourth 3. K. Kt. to K. B. third 7. Q. B. to K. B. fourth 10. Q. B. P. takes P. 12. K. R. to K. square (check) 15. Q. to K. second 19. Q. to K. fourth 21. B. to Q. second 23. Q. R. to Q. B. square 26. Q. to Q. third (check). 28. Q. to her B. sixth Black. (Mr. KIESERITZKY.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. P. takes P. 3. P. to Q. B. fourth 9 Kt. to Q. Kt. fifth 10. Kt. takes B. 11. K. Kt. to K. B. third 12. B. to K. second 17. R. to K. square 26. P. to K. Kt. third 27. Kt. to Q. B. second And Black abandoned the partie. Notes. (a) It is hardly necessary to tell even the youngest player, that White would have lost his Bishop by taking the offered Pawn. VOL 11. X |