18. K. to R's 2nd.
19. R. to K. Kt's sq.
20. R. to B's 2nd.
21. Kt. to B's sq.
22. P. takes B's P.
23. P. to Kt's 3rd.
24. Kt. to K's 3rd.

25. Q. R. to Kt's 2nd.
26. Kt. to K's 2nd.

27. P. to K. Kt's 4th.

18. Q. to Q's 2nd.
19. P. to Q's 4th.
20. P. to K. Kt's 4th.
21. P. takes K. B's P.
22. B. to Q's 3rd.
23. P. to B's 3rd.
24. R. to K. Kt's sq.
25. Q. R. to K. B's sq.
26. B. to B's sq.

A provision against the threatened advance of the adversary's King's Pawn; this move, however, weakens the K. B's P., which immediately becomes the focus of Black's attack.

28. R. to B's 2nd.
29. Q. to K. B's sq.
30. K. to R's sq.
31. Kt. to Kt's 2nd.
32. Q. to Q. B's sq.

27. Q. to Q. B's 2nd.
28. Kt. to K's sq.
29. R. to B's 2nd.
30. K. R. to B's sq.
31. B. to R's 3rd.

A good move, as it defends both the Bishops' Pawns.

33. Kt. to Kt's 3rd.
34. R. to K's sq.
35. Kt. to K's 2nd.
36. P. takes Q's P.
37. P. to B's 5th.
38. K. Kt. to B's 4th.
39. Kt. takes Kt.
40. Q. to K's 3rd.
41. B. takes P.

42. B. takes P.

32. Q. to K's 2nd.
33. Kt. to Kt's 2nd.
34. P. to B's 4th.
35. B. to Kt's 2nd. ·
36. K's P. takes P.
37. Kt. to K's 3rd.
38. Kt. takes Kt.
39. R. to Q. B's sq.
40. P. takes P.

41. B. takes P

Mr. Mongredien observes that he here lost a fine opportunity of gaining an advantage, and there can be little question that if Kt. to K's 6th had been played in place of the move actually adopted, Mr. Morphy's defence would have been rendered one of excessive diffi culty.

43. R. to Q's sq.

42. B. to Kt's 5th.
43. R. to B's 6th. *

At once taking the utmost advantage of his opponent's error.

44. Q. to Q's 4th.

45. R. to K. Kt's sq.

* See Diagram.

44. Q. to R's 5th.

45. R. to Kt's 2nd.

If White play any other move Black pushes P. to K's 6th (dis. ch.), with a winning position. The termination of this game is played in

This move is just mentioned en passant by Heydebrand, in the German "Handbuch."

P. to K's 5th leads to a strong attack, and renders the defence difficult.

Bad; P. to K's 5th should have been played instead.

10. B. to Kt's 5th (ch.)

Exposing the King, at once, to a most formidable attack.

And Black resigns.

GAME V.-KING'S BISHOP'S GAMBIT.

WHITE. (Mr. Mon.)

Kt. to K. B's 3rd would, we think have been more advisable, as adopted by Anderssen after careful examination.

9. Kt. to K. B's 3rd. 10. Kt. to B's 3rd. 11. Castles (K. R.)

12. P. to Q. R's 3rd.

9. Castles.

10. B. to Q. Kt's 5th.
11. Q. to K. R's 4th.

This move loses important time, White's correct play were Kt. to

K's 5th.

13. K. to R's sq. 14. Q. to Q's 2nd.

15. Q. R. to K's sq. 16. R. takes B.

17. Q. takes R.

18. R. to K. B's sq.

12. B. to B's 4th (ch.)
13. B. to K. Kt's 5th.
14. K. R. to K's sq.
15. B. takes Kt.
16. R. takes R. (ch.)
17. Kt. to Q's 5th.

Had White played R. to R's 3rd, Black would have replied with Q.

to K. B's 4th, &c.

A line of defence which we are not at all disposed to recommend, as it is certain to give the first player a marked advantage in position.

3. P. takes P.

Correctly played. Taking the Pawn with Knight is inferior.

If the Pawn had been taken en passant, White would have exchanged Queens and remained with a Pawn a-head; it was also prudent to decline capturing the Pawn at Queen's 5th with Queen, as White would in that case have gained a fine attack by P. to Q. B's 4th. 8. P. to Q. B's 4th.

White has now a Pawn more, and a winning position.

If P. to Q's 6th, the following variation of interest would probably

have occurred :

11. P. to Q's 6th.

12. Kt. takes K's P.

15. Kt. takes B's P. (ch.)

16. Kt. takes R., &c.

The diagram shews the position at the point when this variation