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GEORGE BELL

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PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

PRE FACE MY

aim

arranging this

in

volume has been

little

the chess student the best idea

to give

could of every opening of

I

have also endeavoured to present to him the methods and tactics of the soundest players, and to place

the game.

him

I

in a position for appreciating the raison d'etre of the

In a work of such small compass as

various debuts. it is

But

almost impossible to do more.

content with

Every

and

in the

the

some of the

notes,

I

my own

handbook abreast

most

variation that appears here

has been carefully examined, and the text

this,

have not rested

the tables which are to be found in

modern chess books.

To make

I

have substituted, both

in

views and lines of play.

of the times I have included

best variations, which have occurred in actual

play between chess masters in their most recent encounters. These have never before been included in any chess hand-

book.

I

have not

thought

it

necessary to write a general

introduction to the subject, but the reader will find that

I

have dealt synthetically and analytically with each opening separately.

The

of the columns

him I

the

student will also find that the arrangement is

of a kind

in learning or in

works

will

be most helpful to

comparing them.

must not omit here of

which

Steinitz,

to

acknowledge Bardeleben,

my

indebtedness to

Gottschall,

Gossip,

PREFACE

x

Freeborough and Ranken.

Their books have served

me as

a basis in the elaboration of the present handbook.

In conclusion,

volume the

I trust

satisfaction

my

readers will find in this

which

my

little

experience has taught

me

even when they have pored over far more elaborate treatises than the one which I here respect-

is

not always

fully offer

theirs,

them.

CONTENTS PAGE

THE FRENCH DEFENCE THE SICILIAN DEFENCE THE CENTRE COUNTER GAMBIT

5

PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE

9

PETROFF'S DEFENCE

THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE THE

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QUEEN'S BISHOP'S SCOTCH GAMBIT

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7

.

PAWN OPENING

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(PONZIANI)

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.12 15

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17

RUY LOPEZ

Two

KNIGHTS' DEFENCE. Giuoco PIANO EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED EVANS GAMBIT KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING CENTRE GAMBIT DANISH GAMBIT KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED KING'S BISHOP'S GAMBIT. CUNNINGHAM GAMBIT KING'S KNIGHT'S GAMBIT

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22 27

33

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36 38

42 44 46

......

48 51

-55 58

SALVIO GAMBIT

61

Muzio GAMBIT

63

........ ........

ALGAIER-KIESERITZKY GAMBIT

66

ALGAIER GAMBIT ALGAIER-THOROLD GAMBIT VIENNA GAME STEINITZ GAMBIT HAMPE-ALGAIER GAMBIT.

70

.

72

76 79

82

CONTENTS

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THE

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KING'S BISHOP'S

FROM'S GAMBIT

PAWN OPENING

THE ENGLISH OPENING ZUKERTORT OPENING

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84

86

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THE QUEEN'S PAWN OI-ENING. THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT

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THE CHESS OPENINGS

SYNOPSIS OF P-K4, P-K3

P-QB4

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2

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P-KKt4

.... ;

4 B-B4, B-Kt2 4

P-Kts

,,4 M P-KR4, P-Kt5 ,,4 ,,

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4

4

.........

P-K4

P-Q 4

4 P-B 3

B-B 4 KKt-B3, B-K2 ,,

P-KB4 P-QB 4 KKt-B 3

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3

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P-KKt4

B-134, etc

2

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4Kt-P>3,

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P-KB4,

2

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2

,,

PxP;

3

KKt-B3, P-Q3

2

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3 P-B4,

M

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P-QB3

3

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2

2

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PxP;

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2

P-QB 4 P-K 3

2

PxP

,

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THE OPENINGS (French Defence) (Sicilian

Defence)

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1-4

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5- 6

(Centre Counter)

6 Kt-Kt5

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