THIRD MATCH.
Reading edition
Chess-Club, Saturday, March 13, 1790.
Mr. Philidor played Three Games at once; Two without seeing the Boards, and the third on looking over the Table. His Opponents were the Hon. H. S. Conway, Mr. Sheldon, and Capt. Smith. The Game (Mr. Philidor being allowed to see the Pieces) was against Mr. Conway; the Move he gave to each of his Adversaries.
Hon. H. S. CONWAY’s Party.
1.
B. King’s pawn 2 squares.
W. The same.
2.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
W. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
3.
B. Queen’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
W. King’s bishop at his queen’s 3d.
4.
B. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
W. King’s bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 2d.
5.
B. The queen at her king’s bishop’s 3d.
W. The queen at her king’s 2d.
6.
B. Queen’s bishop at the adverse king’s knight’s 4th.
W. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
7.
B. King’s knight at his king’s 2d.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
8.
B. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
W. Queen’s bishop at his king’s 3d.
9.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
W. Queen’s knight’s pawn 2 squares.
10.
B. The king castles with his queen’s rook.
W. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
11.
B. The queen’s bishop takes the knight.
W. The queen takes the bishop.
12.
B. The queen takes the queen.
W. The king’s knight’s pawn takes the queen.
13.
B. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
W. Queen’s rook’s pawn 2 squares.
14.
B. King’s bishop’s pawn 2 squares.
W. The king’s pawn takes the queen’s pawn.
15.
B. The rook takes the pawn.
W. Queen’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
16.
B. The king’s bishop takes the bishop.
W. The king’s bishop’s pawn takes the bishop.
17.
B. King’s rook at its queen’s square.
W. The king at his 2d square.
18.
B. King’s knight at his square.
W. Queen’s knight at his queen’s 2d.
19.
B. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
W. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
20.
B. King’s pawn 1 square.
W. The king’s bishop’s pawn takes the king’s pawn.
21.
B. The king’s knight takes the pawn.
W. The knight takes the knight.
22.
B. The king’s bishop’s pawn takes the knight.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
23.
B. King’s rook at its king’s square.
W. Queen’s rook at its king’s bishop’s square.
24.
B. Queen’s rook at its queen’s 3d.
W. Queen’s rook at its king’s bishop’s 4th.
25.
B. Queen’s knight’s pawn 1 square.
W. The queen’s rook’s pawn takes the pawn.
26.
B. The queen’s rook’s pawn takes the pawn.
W. The queen’s rook takes the king’s pawn.
27.
B. King’s rook at its bishop’s square.
W. Queen’s rook at its king’s knight’s 4th.
28.
B. King’s knight’s pawn 1 square.
W. King’s rook at his knight’s square.
29.
B. King’s knight at his king’s 2d.
W. King’s pawn 1 square.
30.
B. Queen’s rook at its king’s bishop’s 3d.
W. King’s rook at its knight’s 2d.
31.
B. Queen’s rook at the adverse king’s bishop’s 3d.
W. The bishop at his queen’s 3d.
32.
B. Queen’s rook at the adverse king’s rook’s 3d.
W. King’s rook at its king’s knight’s 3d.
33.
B. The rook takes the rook.
W. The rook takes the rook.
34.
B. The rook at the adverse king’s bishop’s 4th.
W. King’s pawn 1 square.
35.
B. The rook takes the king’s rook’s pawn.
W. The bishop takes the king’s knight’s pawn.
36.
B. The knight takes the bishop.
W. The rook takes the knight.
37.
B. The king at his queen’s 2d.
W. The king at his queen’s 3d.
38.
B. The rook at the adverse king’s rook’s square.
W. The king at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
39.
B. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
W. Queen’s knight’s pawn 1 square.
40.
B. The queen’s bishop’s pawn takes the pawn.
W. The king at the adverse queen’s 4th.
41.
B. The rook at the adverse king’s rook’s 3d.
W. The rook at the adverse king’s knight’s 2d, giving check.
42.
B. The king at his queen’s bishop’s square.
W. King’s pawn 1 square.
43.
B. The rook takes the queen’s bishop’s pawn.
W. The rook gives check, at the adverse king’s knight’s square.
44.
B. The king at his queen’s knight’s 2d.
W. King’s pawn 1 square.
45.
B. The rook at the adverse king’s 3d.
W. The king’s pawn makes a queen.
46.
B. The rook takes the queen.
W. The rook takes the rook, and wins the game.
Mr. SHELDON’s Party.
1.
B. King’s pawn 2 squares.
W. The same.
2.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
W. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
3.
B. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
W. Queen’s pawn 2 squares.
4.
B. The pawn takes the pawn.
W. The pawn takes the pawn.
5.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
W. Queen’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
6.
B. Queen’s pawn 2 squares.
W. King’s pawn 1 square.
7.
B. King’s knight at the adverse king’s 4th.
W. Queen’s bishop at his king’s 3d.
8.
B. The king castles.
W. King’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
9.
B. The knight takes the knight.
W. The pawn takes the knight.
10.
B. King’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
W. The same.
11.
B. Queen’s bishop at his king’s 3d.
W. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
12.
B. Queen’s knight at his queen’s 2d.
W. King’s bishop at his queen’s 3d.
13.
B. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 2 squares.
W. The king castles.
14.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s rook’s 4th.
W. The queen at her bishop’s 2d.
15.
B. King’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
W. The knight at the adverse king’s knight’s 4th.
16.
B. The queen at her king’s 2d.
W. The knight takes the bishop.
17.
B. The queen takes the knight.
W. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
18.
B. The knight at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
W. The queen’s pawn takes the pawn.
19.
B. The knight takes the queen’s bishop’s pawn.
W. The bishop takes the knight.
20.
B. The pawn takes the bishop.
W. Queen’s rook at its queen’s bishop’s square.
21.
B. Queen’s pawn 1 square, at the adverse queen’s bishop’s 3d.
W. King’s rook at its queen’s square.
22.
B. King’s rook at its queen’s square.
W. King’s rook at the adverse queen’s 3d.
23.
B. The rook takes the rook.
W. The queen’s bishop’s pawn takes the rook.
24.
B. The bishop at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
W. The bishop takes the bishop.
25.
B. The pawn takes the bishop.
W. The queen at her knight’s 3d.
26.
B. The king at his bishop’s 2d.
W. The queen takes the queen.
27.
B. The king takes the queen.
W. The rook takes the pawn.
28.
B. The rook takes the pawn.
W. The rook at its queen’s 3d.
29.
B. The king at his queen’s 2d.
W. The king’s pawn gives check.
30.
B. The king takes the king’s pawn.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
31.
B. The rook at its queen’s rook’s square.
W. The queen’s pawn makes a queen, and though forced to be
exchanged for the rook, the white party wins the game.
Capt. SMITH’s Party.
1.
B. King’s pawn 2 squares.
W. The same.
2.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
W. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
3.
B. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
W. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
4.
B. Queen’s bishop at the adverse king’s knight’s 4th.
W. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
5.
B. The bishop takes the knight.
W. The queen takes the bishop.
6.
B. Queen’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
W. Queen’s knight’s pawn 2 squares.
7.
B. King’s bishop at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
W. Queen’s rook’s pawn 2 squares.
8.
B. Queen’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
W. King’s bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
9.
B. King’s knight at his bishop’s 3d.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
10.
B. The queen at her 2d square.
W. Queen’s bishop at his king’s 3d.
11.
B. The king’s bishop takes the bishop.
W. The king’s bishop’s pawn takes the bishop,
12.
B. The king castles with his rook.
W. King’s knight’s pawn 2 squares.
13.
B. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
W. The knight at his queen’s 2d.
14.
B. King’s knight at his king’s rook’s 2d.
W. King’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
15.
B. King’s knight’s pawn 1 square.
W. The king at his 2d square.
16.
B. The king at his knight’s 2d.
W. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
17.
B. King’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
W. The knight at his king’s bishop’s square.
18.
B. Queen’s knight at his king’s 2d.
W. The knight at his king’s knight’s 3d.
19.
B. Queen’s bishop’s pawn 1 square.
W. Queen’s rook at its king’s knight’s square.
20.
B. Queen’s pawn 1 square.
W. The bishop at his queen’s knight’s 3d.
21.
B. The queen’s pawn takes the king’s pawn.
W. The queen takes the queen’s pawn.
22.
B. Queen’s knight at his queen’s 4th.
W. The king at his queen’s 2d.
23.
B. Queen’s rook at its king’s square.
W. The king’s rook’s pawn 1 square.
24.
B. The queen at her king’s bishop’s 2d.
W. The bishop at his queen’s bishop’s 2d.
25.
B. Queen’s knight at his king’s 2d.
W. The king’s rook’s pawn takes the pawn.
26.
B. The queen takes the pawn.
W. The queen takes the queen.
27.
B. The knight takes the queen.
W. The knight gives check at the adverse king’s bishop’s 4th.
28.
B. The king at his rook’s square.
W. The king’s rook takes the pawn.
29.
B. King’s rook at its king’s knight’s square.
W. The king’s rook takes the king’s knight, and gives check.
30.
B. The king takes the rook.
W. The rook gives check, at its king’s rook’s square.
31.
B. The knight at the adverse king’s rook’s 4th, covering check.
W. The rook takes the knight, and gives check.
32.
B. The king at his knight’s 3d.
W. The knight at the adverse king’s rook’s 3d,
discovering check from the bishop.
33.
B. The king at his knight’s 4th.
W. The rook at the adverse king’s rook’s 4th,
giving check-mate.
Not to retrace a connected series of moves in the game, the reader will perceive that the black king should have been moved to his knight’s second, and not to his knight’s fourth, by which the mate would have been thrown to a considerable distance; if a blemish be in the 33d move conspicuous, so was brilliant manœuvring in preceding stages.
These exhibitions of play are not, indiscriminately, models: but the amateur who wishes to see the gambit pursued, from the inceptive state in which the studied examples leave the gambit, to a decisive result, may consult Count Bruhl’s Second Party with advantage.
The Editor cannot express greater admiration than he feels, at the talents which supported the masterly professor in a successful combat with distinguished players, under combined difficulties and privations voluntarily encountered. The chance of confusion in the picture in his mind, furnished some dependence to his opponents: but it was scarcely to be expected, that a player, so completely exercised, should be drawn into a novel situation, or an untried combination; or that if such could be offered to him, that his progress would be embarrassed.