Fifth Regular Party,
Reading edition
Variant from the First Party, on the Third Move of the Black;,
WITH ONE BACK GAME,
On the Third Move of the Black.
1.
W. The king’s pawn 2 squares.
B. The same.
2.
W. King’s bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
B. The same.
3.
W. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
B. The queen at her king’s bishop’s 3d.(a) ☜
(a) As, instead of this move, he might have played his queen to your king’s rook’s fourth, it will be the subject of a back game.
4.
W. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.(b)
B. Queen’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.(c)
5.
W. Queen’s knight’s pawn 2 squares.(d)
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
6.
W. Queen’s rook’s pawn 2 squares.
B. Queen’s rook’s pawn 1 square.(e)
(b) He forces you to get out your king’s knight before your pawn; but after repelling the attack, you may manœuvre to bring the pawn into play. You might for the knight have substituted the queen; but she is better at her home, because she enables you to advance, with effect, the queen’s pawn upon his king’s bishop.
(c) He plays his knight with a view to hinder you from pushing your queen’s pawn two squares, nevertheless this move may be ventured; as is illustrated in another party.
(d) It is not always advantageous to push the pawns on the wings; as the removal of the knight’s pawn, in particular, lays open the rook, such a step must be taken cautiously.
(e) If he had advanced this pawn two squares, you must have pushed yours upon his knight, according to the rule already prescribed, always to advance the attacked pawn.
7.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
B. The same.
8.
W. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
B. The same.
9.
W. The queen at her king’s 2d.
B. Queen’s bishop at his king’s 3d.(f)
10.
W. Queen’s knight at his rook’s 3d.
B. King’s knight at his king’s 2d.
11.
W. The bishop takes the bishop.
B. The queen takes the bishop.(g)
12.
W. King’s knight at his bishop’s 4th.
B. The king castles with his rook.(h)
13.
W. The queen’s knight takes the bishop.
B. The pawn takes the knight.
(f) Not being able to turn your king’s bishop’s action with his pawns, he interposes his queen’s bishop.
(g) He might take with the pawn, and it would not be bad play.
(h) Had he castled on his queen’s side, he would have committed to you the advantage of situation.
14.
W. Queen’s bishop at his king’s 3d.
B. The king’s knight at his queen’s bishop’s square.
15.
W. The king castles with his rook.
B. King’s bishop’s pawn 2 squares.
16.
W. The king’s pawn takes the pawn.(i)
B. The queen takes the pawn.(k)
(i) Had you not taken this pawn, he would have advanced it another move upon your bishop, have dislodged him, and obtained an easy attack upon your king’s wing with his pawns.
(k) Now, the pursuit of the white must be, to change the king’s bishop’s pawn with the adverse king’s pawn, and that will turn the advantage on his side.
BACK GAME,
On the Third Move of the Black.
3.
W. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
B. The queen at the adverse king’s rook’s 4th.
4.
W. The queen at her king’s 2d.
B. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
5.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
B. King’s knight at the adverse king’s knight’s 4th.
6.
W. King’s knight’s pawn 1 square.(a)
B. The queen at her king’s bishop’s 3d.(b)
7.
W. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.(c)
B. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
(a) On this move, the king’s knight might be played to his bishop’s third.
(b) If, instead of his queen’s retreating, his bishop had taken your king’s bishop’s pawn, giving check, you must have taken his bishop with your queen; and you would have gained a piece.
(c) The rook’s third square is not the best place for the knight, but it is necessary in the present crisis.
8.
W. King’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
B. King’s knight at the adverse king’s 3d.(d)
9.
W. The queen’s bishop takes the knight.
B. The king’s bishop takes the bishop.
10.
W. The queen takes the bishop.
B. The queen’s bishop takes the knight.
11.
W. Queen’s knight at his queen’s 2d.
B. The same.(e)
(d) Had he withdrawn this knight, you must then have placed yours, now attacked, at his bishop’s second square; and at the subsequent move, have played your queen’s bishop to the king’s third, to take off the adverse bishop.
(e) It is evident, that the white player has several moves over the black. The black pieces have been engaged in a speculation which always proves miscalculated against a good player. The queen, making the premature attack has retreated, and she must again remove, to avoid the approach of the adverse, and to make way for her own pawns.