White. (M. H.) 20. Q. takes Q. B. P. 21. K. R. to B. second 22. Q. R. to K. B. square 23. R. to K. second 24. Q. R. P. two (a) 25. Q. R. to Q. square 26. Q. takes Q. 27. Kt. to Q. Kt. fifth 28. Kt. takes Q. R. P. 29. R. to Q. Kt. square 30. R. to Kt. eighth (check) 31. R. to Kt. seventh (check) 32. K. to his B. second 33. Kt. to Q. B. sixth 34. R. to Kt. eighth (check) 35. R. to Kt. seventh (check) 36. Kt. takes Kt. 37. R. to Q. Kt. fourth 38. R. to Q. Kt. sixth 39. K. to his square 40. Q. B. P. two 41. Q. B. P. one 42. Q. B. P. one 43. R. to Q. Kt. fourth 44. K. R. takes K. P. 45. K. to Q. second 46. R. to K. third 47. R. takes R. 48. K. to his third Black. (M. A.) 20. R. takes Q. Kt. P. 27. K. Kt. to his third (c) 28. Q. R. to his seventh (d) 29. R. takes Q. R. P. 35. K. to his R. third 37. Kt. to Q. third 38. R. to K. B. sixth (check) 39. R. to B. third 40. K. to Kt. second And White ultimately won by the force of his Pawns. Notes to Game DCCLXXI. (a) To enable him to plant his Kt. at Q. Kt. fifth. (b) It would not have been safe for Black to have taken K. P. with the B. checking, because of "Kt. takes B." and upon Black taking the R., "Kt. takes Q. P. (check)," &c. (c) We should rather have taken the Q. B. P. with R., and if Rook took R., have then taken K. P. with B. (check), &c. (d) Here too, perhaps, R. takes P., followed by Kt. to Kt. sixth (check), would have been better. GAME DCCLXXII. White. (M. H.) 1. K. P. two 2. P. takes P. 3. K. Kt. to B. third 4. K. B. to K. second Black. (M. A.) 1. Q. P. two 2. K. Kt. to B. third 3. Q. B. to K. Kt. fifth 4. Kt. takes P. 6. Q. P. two 7. K. Kt. to K. fifth 8. Q. takes B. 9. R. to K. square 10. Q. to her Kt. fifth check (a) 11. K. Kt. to Q. B. fourth (b) 12. Q. takes Q. Kt. P. 13. Q. to her Kt. third 26. Q. R. to B. square 28. K. R. to Q. B. square 29. B. takes Kt., winning. Black. (M. A.) 5. K. P. one 6. Q. B. P. two 7. B. takes B. 8. P. takes P. 9. K. B. to Q. third 10. Q. Kt. to Q. second 11. B. to Q. B. fourth 12. Castles 13. Q. to her B. second 14. Q. R. to Kt. square 15. K. P. one 16. K. B. P. one 17. K. R. to B. second 28. Q. takes Q. R. P. (d) Notes to Game DCCLXXII. (a) It appears to us that White might have obtained a signal advantage at this point, by taking the K. B. P. with his Kt. (b) "Kt. takes Q. Kt.," followed by Q. takes Kt., would have been imprudent on account of Black's taking K. R. P. with his B. checking. (c) M. Heydebrant justly remarks here, that Black ought to have taken the Kt. with his Q., and then, if White played R. to Q. Kt. square, have moved her to Q. R.'s fourth. (d) M. H. appends the following variation, to show that Black at the' twenty-eighth move might perhaps have drawn the game by playing K. Kt. P. one, instead of taking the Q. R. P. 29. B. takes Kt. 30. R. takes R. (check) 31. R. to Q. B. eighth (check) 32. R. to B. seventh (check) 33. Q. to R. third (check, &c.) 28. K. Kt. P. one 29. R. takes B. 30. K. takes R. 31. K. to Kt. second 32. K. to R. third But we apprehend in this variant he has overlooked a move White may adopt, instead of checking with the Rook, at move 31, viz. Q. takes B. P. (check). (a) If the K. is moved to Kt, fourth, the other Kt. checks at Q. sixth, and the B. mates at Q. B. sixth; and if the Rook takes on the first move, instead of the Bishop, the following variation occurs :— (a) If R. to Q. square, White plays B. to Kt. second, and then mates with Q. B. P., or Kt. (b) If to Q. fourth, White checks with the P. first. |