This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...to take his pawn with your Q. B. P. his game would be much improved;--for example: 6. Q. B. P. takes P. 6. K. B. checks. 7. Q. B. interposes. 7. K. B. takes Q. B. 8. Q. Kt. takes K. B. 8. Q. P. two squares. 9. K. P. takes P. 9. K. Kt. takes P. You have rather the worst of the position, in consequence of your isolated ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...to take his pawn with your Q. B. P. his game would be much improved;--for example: 6. Q. B. P. takes P. 6. K. B. checks. 7. Q. B. interposes. 7. K. B. takes Q. B. 8. Q. Kt. takes K. B. 8. Q. P. two squares. 9. K. P. takes P. 9. K. Kt. takes P. You have rather the worst of the position, in consequence of your isolated pawn; if, instead of taking his Q. P., you had advanced your K. P. on his K. Kt., he would have taken your bishop, and your pawn would equally be isolated. Let us now resume the position when you advance your K. P. on his K. Kt. (move the sixth). Black has several ways of playing; he may move K. Kt. to K. fifth, to K. Kt. fifth, to K. R. fourth, or Q. P. two squares, or Q. to king's second. These we will examine in their order. In the first place, 6. K. Kt. to K. fifth. 7. K. B. to Q. fifth. 7. K. Kt. takes K. B. P. 8. K. takes K. Kt. 8. P. takes Q. B. P. 9. K. to his square. 9. P. takes Q. Kt. P. 10. Q. B. takes P. In the opinion of several eminent writers on Chess, the game is now perfectly equal; to me it appears, that the White has rather the better game; the position I think equal, and the three pawns, which the Black has gained, are, in the present situation of the game, not equal to the piece he has lost. If Black, on the seventh move, had played K. B. P. two squares, you should have taken his pawn with your Q. B. P., and on his checking with K. B., interpose your Q. B. In the second place, 6. K. Kt. to its fifth. 7. K. B. takes K. B. P. 7. K. takes K. B. 8. K. Kt. checks. 8. K. to his square. 9. Q. takes K. Kt. There is little difference in the game; you have the best position, but Black will gain a pawn by taking your K. P. In the third place, 6. K. Kt. to K. R. fourth. 7. K. Kt. to its fifth. If Black now take the pawn with Q. Kt., yo...
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