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RXR (ch) R— B sq (ch) Kt—Q5 3. See also:

White. I. P-Q4 2. P-QB4 3. P-K3 4. BXP 5. PXP 6. Kt-KB3 7. Ca:,tles 8. P-KR3 9. Kt-QB3 The See also:game is about equal, though position.

The following is a selection of noteworthy See also:

games played by See also:great masters:- See also:KING'S See also:BISHOP'S See also:GAMBIT. White. See also:Black. Anderssen. Kieseritzki. P -K4 I. P-KB4 2. PXP 3. B -B4 3. 4• K-B sq 4. P-QKt4h) 5• B X KtP 5. Kt-KB3 6.

Kt-KB3 6. Q R 7. P -Q3 Kt -R4 8. Kt-R4 8. Q-Kt4 9. Kt -B5 9. P-QB3 I O. P-KKt4 Io. Kt -B3 I r. R -Kt sq I r. PXB 12. P-KR4 I2.

Q - Kt3 13. P -R5 13. Q-Kt4 14. Q B3 14. Kt -Kt sq 15. BXP 15. Q-B3 16. -B3 16. B-B4 17. Kt-Q5 17. QXKtP 18. B-Q6 18.

QXR (ch) 19. K-K2 19. BXR 20. P-K5 20. Kt-QR3 White mates in three moves. See also:

PHILIDOR'S See also:DEFENCE. White. Black. See also:Barnes. See also:Morphy. 1. P-K4 1.

P-K4 2. Kt -KB3 2. P-Q3 3. P-Q4 3. P-KB4 4• PXKP 4• BPXP 5. Kt - Kt5 5• P-Q4 6. P -K6 6. B-QB4 7- Kt -B7 7. Q- U3 S. B-K3 8. P-Q5 9. B-KKt5 9.

10. Kt X R 10. QXB4 I I. B-B4 I I. Kt-QB3 12. Kt -B7 12. QXP 13. R-B sq 13. Kt -B3 14. P-KB3 14. Kt - QKt5 15. Kt -QR3 15.

BXP 16. See also:

BXB 16. (ch) 17. Q X Kt 17. P X-QQ6 18. Castles 18. BXKt 19. B - Kt3 19. P-Q7 (ch) 20. K-Kt sq 20. B-B4 2I. Kt-K5 2I.

K-B sq 22. Kt-Q3 22. R-K sq 23. KtXB 23. QXR And White resigns. BISHOP'S GAMBIT. White. Black. White. Black. Charousek. Tchigorin.

Charousek. Tchigorin. 1. P-K4 P-K4 13. QXP (ch) K-K2 2. P-KB4 PXP 14. KtXP Kt X Kt 3. B-B4 Kt-QB3 15. BXKt P - R3 4. P-Q4 Kt-B3 16. Kt-B3 B-B5 5. P-K5 P-Q4 17.

P-K6 R-B sq 6. B-Kt3 B-Kt5 18. B-B7 PXP 7. Q-Q3 Kt-KR4 19. BXQ (ch) RXB 8. Kt-KR3 Kt-Kt5 20. Q-Kt7 (ch) R- 2 9. Q-QB3 Kt-R3 21. R-B7 (ch) KX 1o. Castles B -K7 22. QXR (ch) B -K2 11. B-R4 (ch) P-B3 23.

R-K sq R-K sq 12. BXP (ch) PXB 24. P-QKt3 Resigns. This See also:

pretty game was played in the tie match for first See also:prize at the See also:Budapest See also:tournament, 1896. VI. 4QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED. White. Black. White. Black. Dr E. See also:Lasker.

W. Steinitz. Dr E. Lasker. W. Steinitz. 1. P-Q P-Q4 21. Kt-B3 B 4 22. QXP Kt X (ch ) 3. Kt QB3 -KB3 23. PXKt R-Kt sq Kt 4.

B-B4 B-K2 24. QXP R-Kt3 5. P-K3 Castles 25. RXP P-B4 I3B26. -K124 B -See also:

R2 6. R-B sq 7. QPXP BXP 27. B-K4 Q -Q3 8. PXP PXP 28. P-B4 Q- 2 9• Kt-B3 Kt-B3 29. B-Kt2 lo. B-Q3 P-Q 30.

Q -Q3 Kt-B4 II. PX KtXP 31. Kt -K4 B-K6 12. Castles B-KKt5 32. R-B3 13. Kt-QKt5 BXKt 33. KXR KtXP (ch) 14- P-B Kt-K3 34. K-R2 Kt X R (ch) 15. B-K5 Kt-R4 35. K - Kt2 Kt - R5 (ch) 16. K-R sq Q-Kt4 36. K-R2 Kt -B4 17.

B-Kt3 R-Q sq 37. R-QKt sq P-R4 i8. Q-B2 Q-R3 38. R-Kt5 R-R sq 19. QR-Q sq R-B sq 39. P - R3 RXP 20. Q-Kt3 P-R3 Resigns. This game was played in the St See also:

Petersburg tournament, 1895, a See also:fine specimen of Lasker's See also:style. The final attack, beginning with 21. with Kt-Q5, furnishes a See also:gem of an ending.

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