The Blue Book of Chess : (full image Illustrated)

The Blue Book of Chess : Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings
PREFACE TO NEW REVISED EDITION.
The following work is designed for those who are learning the noble game of Chess.
Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.
The chief aim of the Editor of these pages has been to avoid this fault, by simplifying the openings, and by giving to the student chiefly such moves as are recognized to be the best, both in attack and defence. By playing over carefully the illustrative games, the learner will also see, at each opening, the variations made by experienced players in accordance with circumstances. As great a variety of actually played games has been given as was possible in a work of such limited scope. To this end the games of the distinguished players of different nations have been introduced, classified according to the different openings; and thus the reader will find the combined genius and skill of the old heroes like Philidor, Morphy, Staunton, Anderssen, Harrwitz, Evans, Montgomery and Cochrane, together with such recent masters as Lasker, Steinitz, Schlechter, Pillsbury, Marshall, Tarrasch, Janowsky, Tchigorin, and many other players of world-wide celebrity. The basis of this work is Staunton's "Chess Player's Handbook;" but other standard books have been drawn upon to fit it to be a manual for the beginner of to-day.
In order to insure perfect accuracy, all the lessons and games have been carefully gone over on the board after being put in type.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. Introduction.
CHAPTER II. The King's Knight's Opening
The Damiano Gambit
Philidor's Defence
Petroff's Defence
Counter Gambit in the Knight's Opening
The Giuoco Piano
Captain Evans's Gambit
The Two Knights' Defence
The Knight's Game of Ruy Lopez
The Queen's Pawn Game, or Scotch Gambit
The Queen's Bishop's Pawn Game in the King's Knight's Opening
CHAPTER III. The King's Bishop's Opening.
The Two Kings' Bishops' Game
McDonnell's Double Gambit
The Lopez Gambit
The King's Knight's Defence in King's Bishop's Opening
Counter Gambit in the King's Bishop's Opening
The Queen's Bishop's Pawn's Defence in the King's Bishop's Opening
Queen's Bishop's Pawn's Opening
CHAPTER IV. The King's Gambit
The Gambit refused
CHAPTER VI. Irregular Openings
The French Game
The Sicilian Game
The Wing Gambit
The Centre Counter Gambit
The Fianchetto
Steinitz Gambit
CHAPTER VII. Endings of Games
Chess Problems
NAMES OF PLAYERS.
ANDERSSEN, BIERWIRTH. MARSHALL,
BLEDOW, MEAD,
BOUCHER, MEEK,
BUCKLE, MONTGOMERY,
CAPDEBO, MORPHY,
CHENEY, NEW YORK,
CLEMENTS, PERIGAL,
COCHRANE, PETROFF,
DANIELS, PHILADELPHIA,
DER LAZA, PHILIDOR,
DESCHAPELLES, PILLSBURY,
DESLOGES,PINDAR, 201.
EVANS,POPERT,
GHULAM CASSIM,POTIER,
HARRWITZ,PRETI,
HENDERSON,ROUSSEAU,
HILLEL,SCHLECHTER,
HORWITZ,SCHULTEN,
JAENISCH,AMANT,
JANOWSKY,STANLEY,
JONES, Dr., STAUNTON,
KIESERITZKY,STEINITZ,
KIPPING,SZEN,
LA BOURDONNAIS,TARRASCH.

INTRODUCTION.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHESS-BOARD AND MEN.
The game of Chess is played by two persons, each having at command a little army of sixteen men, upon a board divided into sixty-four squares. The squares are usually colored white and black, or red and white, alternately; and custom has made it an indispensable regulation, that the board shall be so placed that each player has a white square at his right-hand corner.
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