
[Event "First Party, PDF page 15, folio 2"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 

{This Pawn is pushed two steps, for two reasons: the first, to hinder your adversary's King's Bishop from attacking your f-pawn; the second, to bring the strength of your Pawns into the centre of the chess-board.}

4...exd4 5. cxd4 

{When you find your game in the present situation, viz. two Pawns in a front line, you must take care not to push either of them, before your adversary proposes to change one for the other: which you will then avoid, by pushing forwards the attacked Pawn.}

5...Bb6 

{If, instead of being withdrawn, this Bishop gives check, you are to cover the check with the Bishop; and, in case he takes your bishop, you must retake the Bishop with your Knight, who will then defend your King's Pawn.}

6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 

{Great care must be taken not to play the Knight to f3 before the f-pawn has been pushed two steps; because, otherwise, the Knight would prove an hindrance to the motion of the Pawn.}

7...c6 8. Bd3 

{The Bishop retires, to avoid being attacked by the adversary's d-pawn, because you would then be forced to take his Pawn with yours, which would separate your Pawns.}

8...d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be3 f6 

{He plays this Pawn to give an opening to the Rook; and this cannot be hindered, either he or you take.}

11. Qd2 

{You should not take the Pawn which is offered you, because your e-pawn would then lose its column; whereas, leaving yours to be taken, you supply its place by your d-pawn, and sustain it afterwards with your f-pawn: these two Pawns united will undoubtedly win the game.}

11...fxe5 

{He takes the Pawn to pursue his design, which is, to give an opening to his Rook.}

12. dxe5 Be6 

{He plays this Bishop, to enable him to push afterwards his c-pawn: you could, it is true, oblige him to double a Pawn, by taking his dark-square bishop with your own, but this would make an opening to his a-rook: besides, a double Pawn, when tied to other Pawns, is by no means disadvantageous; however, the present move will be the subject of a back game, making him take your dark-square bishop with his own.}

13. Nf4 

{Your e-pawn being yet in no danger, your Knight attacked immediately his Bishop, in order to take him, or have him removed.}

13...Qe7 14. Bxb6 

{It is always dangerous to let the adversary's King's Bishop stand on the direct line, which attacked your f-pawn; and when your d-pawn cannot close that direction, it is necessary to oppose him by your Queen's Bishop, and take his Bishop, for every other piece, as soon as an occasion offers.}

14...axb6 15. O-O 

{You castle on that side, in order to sustain and strengthen your f-pawn, which you will advance two steps as soon as your e-pawn is attacked.}

15...Nd7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 Nc7 18. Rae1 g6 

{He is forced to push this Pawn, to hinder you from playing your f-pawn upon his Queen, which would give you two Pawns in a front line upon his ground.}

19. h3 

{This Pawn is played to enable you to push your g-pawn two steps.}

19...d4 20. Ne4 h6 

{He plays this Pawn to hinder your Knight entering into his game, and forcing his Queen to remove, which would immediately make an open field for your Pawns.}

21. b3 b5 22. g4 Nd5 23. Ng3 

{You play this Knight to enable yourself to push your f-pawn next, which will be then supported by three pieces, the Rook, the Bishop, and the Knight.}

23...Ne3 

{He plays this Knight, in order to cut off the communication between your pieces, and break the strength of your Pawns; which he would undoubtedly do, by pushing his g-pawn; but you prevent his design, by sacrificing your Rook.}

24. Rxe3 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxa2 26. Re1 

{You play that Rook to support your e-pawn, which would be left in the lurch, were you to push your f-pawn.}

26...Qxb3 27. Qe4 Qe6 

{The Queen returns to this square, in order to hinder the check-mate, now ready prepared.}

28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Qd5 

{The Queen offers to be exchanged with the other Queen, in order to break the scheme of a check-mate, by the Bishop and the adversary's Queen.

[The text gives this note as being to White's 29th, but it seems to apply to Black's 29th.-Transcriber]}

30. Qxd5+ cxd5 31. Bxb5 Nb6 32. f6 

{You are to observe, that when your Bishop runs upon the white squares, you must put your Pawns upon the black ones; or, if your Bishop runs upon the black, you must have your Pawns upon the White because, then, your Bishop may prevent the adversary's pieces getting between your Pawns. This rule is hardly ever to be dispensed with, in case you attack, and have some Pawns advanced; but, in case of a defence, the rule must be reversed, and the Pawns set upon the Bishop's color.}

32...Rb2 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Bf5 

{Here is an example of the above-mentioned note: if your Bishop was black, your adversary's King might get in between your two Pawns.}

34...Nc4 35. Nh5 Rg8+ 36. Bg4 Nd2 37. e6+ Kg6 

{As the King may retire to f8, we will make it the subject of a second back game.}

38. f7 Rf8 39. Nf4+ Kg7 40. Bh5 

{Whatever Black plays, the white pushes to Q.}

[Event "First Party, First Back Game, B12, PDF page 25, folio 12"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Bb6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. 
Bd3 d5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be3 f6 11. Qd2 fxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Be6 14. Nf4 Qe7 
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O Nd7 17. f4 g6 18. h3 Ng7 19. g4 c5 20. Ne2 d4 21. Qd2 Nb6 
22. Ng3 Nd5 23. Rae1 Ne3 24. Rxe3 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxa2 26. f5 Qxb2 27. f6 Ne8 
28. g5 Qd4 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. e6 Nd6 31. Ne4 Nf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Nd6 f4 
34. e7 Rfb8 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nd8+ Kh8 38. e8=Q# 

[Event "First Party, Second Back Game, W37, PDF page 28, folio 15"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Bb6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. Bd3 d5 
9. e5 Ne8 10. Be3 f6 11. Qd2 fxe5 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. O-O Nd7 
16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. f4 Nc7 18. Rae1 g6 19. h3 d4 20. Ne4 h6 21. b3 b5 22. g4 Nd5 
23. Ng3 Ne3 24. Rxe3 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxa2 26. Re1 Qxb3 27. Qe4 Qe6 28. f5 gxf5 
29. gxf5 Qd5 30. Qxd5+ cxd5 31. Bxb5 Nb6 32. f6 Rb2 33. Bd3 Kf7 34. Bf5 Nc4 
35. Nh5 Rg8+ 36. Bg4 Nd2 37. e6+ Kf8 38. Ra1 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 Nxb1 40. Kh2 Nc3 
41. Nf4 Ne4 42. Nxd5 Rg5 43. e7+ Kf7 44. Be6+ Kxe6 45. e8=Q+

[Event "Second Party, PDF page 29, folio 16"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 

{It is absolutely necessary to push this Pawn two steps to prevent your adversary from bringing his Pawns into the centre of the board, which certainly could do by pushing his d-pawn two steps, and attacking your Bishop, which would give him the move and attack upon you.}

3...exd4 

{Had he pushed his d-pawn two steps, instead of taking, it would have quite altered the game, so we will make it the subject of a back game.}

4. Qxd4 d6 5. f4 Be6 

{He has two reasons for playing this Bishop: the first is, to push his d-pawn, in order to make room for his King's Bishop; the second, to oppose it to your King's Bishop, and get rid of him in time, according to the rule perscribed in the first game.}

6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 c5 8. Qf2 Nc6 

{If, instead of getting out his pieces, as he does by playing his Knight, he should continue to push on his Pawns, he might easily lose the game: it must be observed, that one or two Pawns, too far advanced, may be reckoned as good as lost, except when all the pieces have an open field to protect them, or when the same Pawns may be sustained or supplied by others. This will be shewn by a back game that will convince you, that two Pawns in a front line, situated upon the chess-board's fourth square, are better than upon the sixth square.}

9. c3 g6 10. h3 h5 

{He pushes this Pawn two steps to prevent your Pawns falling upon his.--Here it must be observed, two equal bodies of Pawns are on the board: you have four to three on your King's side, and he likewise has four to three on his Queen's side; he that is first able to separate his adversary's Pawns, on the side where they are most in number, will undoubtedly win the game.}

11. g3 

{This move is most material, because by pushing his h-pawn one move, he would immediately cut off the communication between your Pawns: your g-pawn could not then join your f-pawn, without being exposed to be taken by his h-pawn.}

11...Nh6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. a4 Nf5 14. Kf1 h4 15. g4 Ng3+ 16. Kg2 Nxh1 17. Kxh1 

{Though a Rook is commonly a better piece than a Knight, yet your game may be better than his: because, notwithstanding this loss, your King is safe, and you are the better enabled to form your attack on which ever side your adversary may choose to castle.}

17...Qd7 18. Qg1 

{It is essential to play your Queen to sustain your g-pawn, least he should sacrifice his Bishop for your two Pawns, which he certainly would do; because all the strength of your game consisting in your Pawns, the breaking of them would give him the attack upon you, and probably make you lose the game.}

18...a5 19. Be3 

{You play this Bishop in order to engage your adversary to push his c-pawn, which would give you the game very soon, by making an opening for your Knights.}

19...b6 20. Na3 O-O-O 

{He castles on that side to avoid the strength of your Pawn upon his King, and the more so, because they are already farther advanced than those on the side of your Queen.}

21. Ba6+ Kc7 22. Nc2 

{Had you given him check with this Knight, you would have entangled your Bishop, and lost many moves: it is therefore better to go back.}

22...Ra8 23. Bb5 Qd8 

{He brings back his Queen to her own home, with a design to put her next at f8, and better sustain his c-pawn.}

24. b4 Qf8 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Nd2 

{You play this Knight with a view to pursue your attack on his Pawn.}

26...c4 

{He plays this Pawn in order to gain a move, and to hinder your King's Knight from placing himself at the b3-square; but as this move may be play'd otherwise, it will be the subject of a back game.}

27. Nf3 f6 

{Let him now play what he will, all is lost for him; because your Knights have got a free passage into his game.}

28. Bb6+ Kb7 29. Bxc6+ Kxc6 30. Nfd4+ Kd7 

{If his King takes your Queen's Bishop, you have his Queen by a discovered check upon him; and if he removes his King elsewhere, he loses his Queen's Bishop.}

31. f5 Bg8 32. e6+ Ke8 33. Nb5 Bd6 34. Qd4 

{The Queen next takes the adversary's d-pawn, exposes every one of his pieces, and wins the game.}

[Event "Second Party, First Back Game, B3, PDF page 37, folio 24"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qxe2 12. Ngxe2 d4 13. Ne4 f6 14. h4 h5 15. Rh3 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rhd3 Re8 18. Nxd4 Nb4 19. Re3 Nxa2+ 20. Kb1 Nb4 21. Nd6+

{Etc.}


[Event "Second Party, Second Back Game, B8, PDF page 39, folio 26"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d6 5. f4 Be6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 c5 8. Qf2 c4 9. Be2 d4 10. c3 d3 11. Bf3 Bd5 12. b3 b5 13. a4 cxb3 14. axb5 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Be3 Rb8 17. c4 Nb6 18. Nbd2 Bb4 19. O-O 

{White will undoubtedly win the game.}

[Event "Second Party, Third Back Game, B26, PDF page 41, folio 28"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d6 5. f4 Be6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 c5 8. Qf2 Nc6 9. c3 g6 10. h3 h5 11. g3 Nh6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. a4 Nf5 14. Kf1 h4 15. g4 Ng3+ 16. Kg2 Nxh1 17. Kxh1 Qd7 18. Qg1 a5 19. Be3 b6 20. Na3 O-O-O 21. Ba6+ Kc7 22. Nc2 Ra8 23. Bb5 Qd8 24. b4 Qf8 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Nd2 f6 27. Nb3 c4 28. Bb6+ Kb7 29. Nc5+ Bxc5 30. Bxc5 Qc8 31. Rb1 Kc7 32. Bd6+ Kd8 33. Qb6+ 

{The King any where, loses the game.}

[Event "Third Party, PDF page 43, folio 30"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 

{It is always advantageous to change your f-pawn for his e-pawn, because, by that means, your e- and d-pawns may place themselves in the centre of the chess-board; besides, in castling kingside, your Rook finds itself free and able to act from the very beginning of the game, as will be shewn by a back game on the same play.}

4. d3 c6 5. exf5 

{If your adversary refuses taking your f-pawn, you are still to leave it exposed, and not move it forward until he has castled; and you must afterwards, with the Pawns of your king's wing, form your attack upon the Pawns which cover his King, as is explained in a back game on that move. You are also to observe, as a general rule, not to determine easily to push on the Pawns of either your king's or queen's wing before your adversary's King has castled, because he will otherways retire on the side where your Pawns are less advanced, and consequently less able to hurt him.}

5...Bxf5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Nbd2 

{Should he take your Knight with his Bishop, you must take his with your Pawn, in order to bring the strength of your Pawns towards the centre.}

7...d5 8. Bb3 Bd6 

{This is the best square your King's Bishop can choose, except c5: in that place he may be of use in forming your attack upon the h-pawn, in case he castles on the kingside.}

9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O 

{If he had castled on his Queen's side, it would then have been your game to castle on your King's side, in order to attack him afterwards more easily with the Pawns on the other wing. Again, it being necessary to observe, as a general rule, that as it is often dangerous to attack the adversary too soon, here likewise you must be reminded not to be too hasty in your attack, until your Pawns are previously sustained by one another, and also by your pieces, otherways those premature attacks will be unsuccessful, as shall be shewn by a back game on this play.}

10...Nbd7 11. Nh4 

{He plays the Knight to make room for his f-pawn, with a design next to advance it two steps to try to break the line of your Pawns.}

11...Qe6 12. Nxf5 

{If he had pushed his f-pawn two steps, instead of taking your Bishop, you should then have attacked his Queen with your Queen's Bishop, and then pushed your h-pawn upon his Bishop, to force him to take your Knight; in this case your best way would be to retake his Bishop with your e-pawn, and replace it in case it be taken.}

12...Qxf5 13. Bxf6 

{If he did not take this Knight, his Bishop would remain imprisoned by your Pawns; or he would lose three moves, which loss would entirely ruin his games.}

13...gxf6 14. f4 Qg6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Rf3 

{He plays this Rook with the design either to attack and remove your Queen, or to double it, if necessary, with his other Rook.}

16...h5 

{You push this Pawn two steps, to give room to your Queen, in case your adversary attacks her with his King's Rook.}

17. Raf1 O-O-O 18. c4 e4 

{Here is a move as difficult to comprehend as to be well explained; in the first place you are to observe, that when you find yourself with a string of Pawns following one another, the Pawn which is at the head of them must strive to preserve its post, your e-pawn not being upon the same coloured squares, or in oblique line with the others, your adversary has pushed his c-pawn for two reasons; the first, to engage you to move forward your d-pawn, which would then be stopped by his d-pawn, and by that means to render useless your e-pawn thus left behind; the second is, to prevent at the same time your King's Bishop from battering upon his h-pawn, you ought therefore to push your e-pawn forward upon his Rook, and even sacrifice it, because your adversary by taking it, opens a free passage to your d-pawn, which you are to advance immediately, and sustain in case of need, with your others, in order to try to make a Queen with it, or draw some other considerable advantage from it, to win the game. It is true that his d-pawn being now on the same line with its e-pawn, appears to have the same advantage of having no opposition from your Pawns to make a Queen, however the difference is great, because his Pawn being entirely separated and incapable of being joined to, or sustained by any of the others, will always be in danger of being seized on its road by any of your pieces at war with it. This move, as I observed before, is very difficult; and one must be already a good player to judge well of it.}

19. dxe4 d4 20. Bc2 Ne5 

{It was necessary to play this Knight, in order to stop his e-pawn; the more so, because this very Pawn, in its present situation, stops the passage of its own Bishop, and even of its Knight.}

21. Rf6 Qg7 22. Qf2 

{He plays his Queen, in order afterwards to give check, but if, instead of playing her, he had pushed his h-pawn, to hinder the attack of your Knight, you must have pushed your d-pawn one step, which would have insured you the game.}

22...Ng4 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Rxd6 

{He takes this Bishop to save his h-pawn; besides, that Bishop proves more incommodious to him than all your other pieces, and by this play he keeps your Queen's Rook in check with his Queen.}

24...Rxd6 25. Qf4 Qe5 

{Having the advantage of a Rook against a Bishop, towards the end of a party, you will gain by changing the Queen; because, his Queen is troublesome to you in her present situation, and to avoid the check-mate, he finds himself under the necessity of taking her.}

26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Rf5 Ng4 28. c5 Rg6 29. Nc4 Ne3 30. Nxe3 dxe3 31. Rf3 Rd8 

{You must make yourself master of the openings, to bring the Rooks into play, especially at the latter end of the game.}

32. Rxe3 Rd2

{Black wins.}


[Event "Third Party, First Back Game, W3, PDF page 55, folio 42"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. f4 Bc5 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. h4 h6 10. Nh3 O-O 11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 d4 14. c5 b5 15. cxb6 axb6 16. b3 Be6 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Ng1 Ng3 19. Rh2 e3 20. Qb2 d3 21. Bf3 Rxf4 22. O-O-O Rfxa4 23. bxa4 Rxa4 24. a3 Rc4+ 25. Kb1 Rc2 26. Qb4 Na6 27. Qf4 Nc5 28. Qxg3 Ba2+ 29. Ka1 Nb3#

[Event "Third Party, Second Back Game, W5, PDF page 58, folio 45"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d3 c6 5. O-O f4 6. d4 Qf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. a4 g5 9. Qd3 g4 10. Ne1 Bc5 11. c3 Qh4 12. b4 g3 13. h3 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxh3 15. Nf3 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Third Party, Third Back Game, W10, PDF page 62, folio 47"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d3 c6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Bb3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. g4 Be6 13. Rdg1 b5 14. h4 a5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. g5 Qe7 17. c3 a4 18. Bc2 c5 19. h5 Rfb8 20. Rh4 c4 21. d4 e4 22. Ne1 b4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 24. a3 Rb5 25. f3 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxa3+ 27. Kd1 Qa1+ 28. Nb1 a3 29. Kd2 Qxd4+ 30. Kc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Fourth Party, PDF page 65, folio 50"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 

{This Pawn is very ill played at the second move, because by pushing your d-pawn two steps, you regain the advantage of the move.}

2...d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d3 

{If, instead of this Pawn, he had played Ne2, you would have pushed your e-pawn forwards, and sustained it afterwards with your f-pawn.}

4...f5 

{If, instead of pushing this Pawn, he had played Be3, you must have played Bd6; and then the situation of the game would have been exactly as it is at the sixth move of the Second Party: but if he had attacked your Queen with his c-pawn, he would have played very ill, because the Pawn at the head of those which are on his Queen's side would be left behond. See note to White's 21st move.} 

5. f4 

{It is a general rule, that you must avoid changing your e-pawn for your adversary's f-pawn. You are to observe the same rule with regard to your d-pawn against his c-pawn; because it is proved, that the e- and d-pawns are better than the others; since they, occupying the centre, hinder your adversary's pieces from taking the most advantageous posts.}

5...e4 6. d4 

{If, instead of pushing this Pawn, he had taken your e-pawn, you should then have taken his Queen, and afterwards have retaken his Pawn; thus hindering him from castling, you preserve the attack upon him: but as he could play Qc2, we will make that move the subject of a back game.}

6...Qf7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nd2 Nd5 9. Bc4 c6 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Bxd5 cxd5

{When you have two bodies of Pawns separated, you must always strengthen the strongest side, by uniting at the centre as many Pawns as you possibly can.}

12. Ne2 Bd6 13. O-O h6 14. Qc2 

{His Queen being now of no use in that place, he removes her to make room for his Pawns, with an intent to push them upon you.}

14...g5 15. g3 g4 

{By the pushing of this Pawn you obstruct the game; but you will always have it in your power to make an opening with your h-pawn, as soon as your pieces are all ready to form and sustain your attack.}

16. b3 Nc6 17. c4 O-O-O 

{You castle on your Queen's side to have a more free attack on the other wing; but, if instead of castling you take the Pawn offered to you, you thereby reunite in the centre your adversary's Pawns, which would prove no small hindrance to all your pieces.}

18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc4 h5 

{Had you taken the Knight with your Bishop, you had fallen into the error above-mentioned of reuniting his Pawns in the centre.}

20. Nxd6+ Rxd6 21. Bf2 

{He plays this Bishop to replace his g-pawn, in case it is taken.}

21...h4 22. b4 

{He plays this Pawn to attack the Knight that covers your King, having nothing better in his power; for by taking your Pawn he would equally lose the game.}

22...Rdh6 23. b5 e3 24. Be1 

{If he takes the Pawn with his Bishop, he equally loses the game.}

24...hxg3 25. Bxg3 Rxh2 26. Bxh2 Rxh2 27. Kxh2 Qh5+ 28. Kg1 Qh1#

{You are to observe, that if you can succeed in making an opening upon the King with two or three Pawns you are certain to win the game.}

[Event "Fourth Party, First Back Game, W5, PDF page 73, folio 58"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d3 f5 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qd6 8. Nc3 c5 9. Nb5 Qe7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4+ 13. Ne2 Nf6 14. O-O Qd6 15. Rfe1 Kf7 16. Nf4 h5 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bf3 g5 21. g3 g4 22. Bg2 h4 23. Re2 Rh5 24. Rae1 Bd7 25. Re5 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rbh8 27. b4 Bc6 28. Re6+ Kf7 29. Rxd6 Rh1+

[Event "Fourth Party, Second Back Game, W6, PDF page 76, folio 61"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d3 f5 5. f4 e4 6. Qc2 Bc5 7. dxe4 fxe4 8. c4 Qd4 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. a3 a5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. g3 Bg4 14. Bg2 Bf3 15. Ng1 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Ng4 17. Nh3 Nc6 18. Nc3 Qd4 19. Ne2 Qd3 20. Bd2 e3 21. Bc3 Rad8 22. Ng5 Qd2+ 23. Bxd2 exd2+ 24. Kd1 Ne3# 0-1


[Event "First Gambit, PDF page 79, folio 64"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 

{Instead of that move, you might have pushed your h-pawn two steps, which would have changed the game. This will be the subject of a back game.}

4...Bg7 

{If, instead of playing this Bishop, he had moved his g-pawn one step, it would make another game. A fresh subject for a back game.}

5. h4 

{By playing this Pawn you force him to defend his g-pawn with his h-pawn, by which move you keep his King's Knight confined, nor can he then get out without leaving his Pawns exposed to be taken.}

5...h6 

{There were two other ways of playing this; the first, by pushing his f-pawn one step, in which case you should sacrifice your knight, in order afterwards to give check with your Queen, which would  insure you the game; the second, by pushing his g-pawn one step upon your Knight. Another subject of a back game.}

6. d4 d6 

{If, instead of that move, he had advanced one step his c-pawn, you must have played your e-pawn, in order afterwards to take by the way his d-pawn, in case he was to push it two moves, with a design to obstruct your King's Bishop. Another subject for a back game. 

N. B. You are to observe, that in the attack of Gambits, the King's Bishop is undoubtedly the best piece, and the e-pawn the Best Pawn.}

7. c3 c6 

{If, instead of moving this Pawn, he had played his Queen's Bishop either to e6 or g4, he might have lost the game two different ways. This will be the subject of two back games on the same moves.}

8. Qe2 Bg4 

{He may now without any danger play his Bishop on this square, as your Queen can no more double your King's Bishop by attacking his two Pawns; but if, instead of that move, he had played Be6, he would have lost the game. The subject of a back game.}

9. g3 fxg3 

{It is very material in the attack of Gambits, not to spare your Pawns on the King's side, and even to sacrifice them all, if it be requisite, though merely for the sake of the adversary's e-pawn, because it hinders your Queen's Bishop from coming into play, and joining the pieces that form your attack.}

10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8 Bxh8 12. Bxg5 Bf6 

{If, instead of playing that Bishop, he had taken yours with his Queen, or had taken your Knight with his Queen's Bishop, he would have lost the game.}

13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rg1 Qf4 17. Qg2 f5 18. Qxg3 Qxg3 19. Rxg3 fxe4 20. Bxg8 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 exf3 22. Bf7 Rf8 23. Rxf3 Kc7 24. Kd2 

{If, instead of playing your King, you had pushed your c-pawn, you would have lost the game; because your adversary, by pushing his c-pawn would have forced you to take with your d-pawn, and afterwards have attacked your Rook and your Bishop at once with his Knight.}

24...c5 25. Bh5 Rxf3 26. Bxf3

{The Bishop having retaken the Rook, it is evident that it is become a draw game, unless some very great error is committed. This game shews, that a Gambit equally well attacked and defended, is never a decisive party on either side; it is true that he who gives the Pawn has the pleasure of always having the attack, and the prospect of winning, which would be a certainty, if he who is on the defensive did not play regularly well for the ten or twelve first moves.}


[Event "First Gambit, First Back Game, W4, PDF page 87, folio 72"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 Qe7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 f3 11. gxf3 gxf3 12. Qxf3 Bg4 13. Qe3 Bh6 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bd2 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 d5 17. Bd3 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5

[Event "First Gambit, Second Back Game, B4, PDF page 89, folio 74"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 f3 9. g3 Qh3+ 10. Kf2 Qg2+ 11. Ke3 Ng8 12. Nf4 Bh6 13. Bf1 Qxh1 14. Bb5+

[Event "First Gambit, Third Back Game, B5, PDF page 91, folio 76"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. d4 f6 8. Bxf4 d6 9. c3 fxg5 10. hxg5 Ng8 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Nd2 Qf8 13. O-O


[Event "First Gambit, Fourth Back Game, B6, PDF page 92, folio 77"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 c6 7. e5 b5 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. Nd6+

[Event "First Gambit, Fifth Back Game, B7, PDF page 93, folio 78"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bh5 9. hxg5 hxg5 10. Rxh5 Rxh5 11. Bxf7+

[Event "First Gambit, Sixth Back Game, B7, PDF page 94, folio 79"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8 Bxh8 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Bxf4 Nc6 14. Nd2 a5 15. O-O-O b5 16. Rh1 Nf6 17. Rxh8 Qxh8 18. Qxe6+

[Event "First Gambit, Seventh Back Game, B8, PDF page 96, folio 81"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 c6 8. Qe2 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. g3 g4 13. gxf4 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. b4 h5 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Be3 Nh6 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. a4 Bf8 21. a5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Nd7 23. Nd6+ Kb8 24. Rb1 Nxc5 25. Nxb7 Nxb7 26. a6 Ka8 27. Rxb7 Qc8 28. Rh2 Rd7 29. Rhb2 Rhh7 30. Qxc6


[Event "Second Gambit, PDF page 99, folio 84"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 

{A better way of playing this, would be to play 3...f5, as you will see by a back game.}

4. Kf1 g5 

{There are two other ways of playing this; the first, 4...Bc5; and the other, 4...d6; which will make the subject of two back games.} 

5. Nf3 Qh5 

{He might have removed his Queen to two other squares, but this is the best; for had he played 5...Qg4, you might have taken his f-pawn by giving check, and perhaps afterwards have forced his Queen, and if he had played 5...Qh6, you must have attacked the same f-pawn 6. Ne5, which would entirely have decided the game in your favour.}

6. d4 d6 7. c3 

{It is essential in the Gambits to play this Pawn, that you may afterwards be able to play Qg3..., by so doing your strengthen your position and perplex your adversary, especially if he has played his Queen's Bishop, without attacking one of your pieces. See respecting this the fifth and sixth back-games of the first Gambit.}

7...Bg4 8. Kf2 Nf6 

{If, instead of playing this Knight, he was to play 8...Bxf3, a third back game will shew you how to act.}

9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. h4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 

{If, instead of taking your Queen, he had played 11...Ng4+, a fourth back game will shew you how he would have lost the game.}

12. Kxf3 

{I have given it as a general rule, always to unite your Pawns, and bring them into the centre. Here is, however, an exception for two reasons: first, if you retake with your King you gain a Pawn, your adversary not being able to prevent it; secondly, the Queen's being exchanged, your King has nothing to fear, and by bringing him into play, he may be as useful to you as any other of your pieces.}

12...g4+ 13. Kxf4 Bh6+ 14. Kf5 

{Your King would not be safe on that square, if your adversary had yet a white Bishop to drive him from that post; but, as it is, you King sustains all your Pawns.}

14...Bxc1 15. Rxc1 h5 16. Nd2 Ke7 17. Rf1 

{You might have played Re1...; but in this case your Queen's Rook would have been almost useless to you; it is better therefore to retard your attack, and get all your pieces into action.}

17...c6 

{He prepares ...d6, to break your centre; but you must prevent it by putting him under the necessity of defending himself.}

18. Rae1 b5 

{He endeavours to attack you on your left, and make an opening for his Rooks.}

19. Bb3 a5 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Ne4 

{22. Bxd5 would have been wrong, because by 22...cxd5, that very pawn would obstruct the passage of your Knight; it was therefore necessary to play this Knight first, in order to have no useless pieces.}

22...N7b6 23. Nf6 Rad8 

{If he had taken your Knight, you must have retaken with the Pawn, and afterwards attacked his f-pawn, by playing Re2...}

24. e6 Rd6 

{If, instead of playing the Rook, he had played 24...fxe6+, you would have won the game in a few moves, because he would have lost his c-pawn; so, if he had played 24...Nxf6, you would have played 25. exf7+, in giving check by discovery.}

25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Kg5 Kg7 27. Nxh5+ Kh7 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. Rb7 Rd8 
 
{If he had played 29...Kf8, you might have played 30. Rb8+ followed by Rxh8... It must be observed here, that what has decided the game in favour of the white, is, that the King having been in a situation fit for action, has been as useful as the rest of his pieces.}

30. Rxb6 1-0


[Event "Second Gambit, First Back Game, W4, PDF page 87, folio 72"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. exf5 

{I make the white take that Pawn to shew you that it must cause the loss of the game; the best move in this puzzling situation would have been 4. Qe2.}

4...Qh4+ 5. Kf1 f3 

{He exposes your King's Bishop to be taken by his Queen.}

6. Bxg8 fxg2+ 

{So situated he cannot choose but win.}

7. Kxg2 Rxg8

[Event "Second Gambit, Second Back Game, B4, PDF page 109, folio 94"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qg4 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. h3 Qg3 9. Nc3 Kxf7 10. Ne2 Qg6 11. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Second Gambit, Third Back Game, B4, PDF page 110, folio 95"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d4 g5 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. h4 h6 9. Kf2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg6 11. hxg5 Qxg5 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Nxf4 Qd8 14. c3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. a4 Kb8 18. a5 Nc8 19. b4 c6 20. b5 cxb5 21. a6 b6 22. Qb3 Nf6 23. Bxb5 Qc7 24. d5 Bg7 25. Bc6 Nd7 26. Nd3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. f4 Bg7 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Qe7 31. Kf3 Rdg8 32. Rac1 Rg6 33. Bb7 Rhg8 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Kxc8 36. Rc1+ Kb8 37. Qc4 Qd7 38. f5 Rg8 39. Qc6 Qxc6 40. dxc6 Kc7 41. d5 h5 42. Rh1 Rh8 43. Rg1 Rh7 44. Rg8 b5 45. Ra8 Kb6 46. Rb8+ Kc7 47. Rb7+ Kd8 48. e5 dxe5 49. d6 Kc8 50. d7+ Kd8 51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Second Gambit, Fourth Back Game, B8, PDF page 115, folio 100"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Kf2 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bg7 12. h4 h6 13. Rg1 Nh7 14. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 gxf4 16. Rg7 Nc6 17. Nc3 Nxd4 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Rag1 Nc6 20. Bb3 Rd8 21. Rf7+ Ke8 22. Rgg7 Nf8 23. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Second Gambit, Fifth Back Game, B11, PDF page 117, folio 102"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Kf2 Nf6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. h4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 gxh4 13. Bxf4 Ngf6 14. Na3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Rxh4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 f6 18. Kf2 O-O-O 19. Be6 Be7 20. Rh1 Kb8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rh6 b6 23. Rf5 Bd8 24. Rfh5 Kb7 25. f4 c6 26. f5 1-0


[Event "Third Gambit, PDF page 119, folio 104"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 

{If he had pushed this Pawn but one move, it would have entirely changed the game; therefore, I make it the subject of a back game.

N. B. It is the best way of playing it, in order to avoid the snares of your adversary in the Gambit, when you receive the advantage of a piece.}

3. exd5 Qxd5 

{Was he to play 3...exf4, it would form quite a different game, which shall be the subject of a back game.}

4. fxe5 Qxe5+ 5. Be2 

{So situated, the game must appear entirely equal on both sides: it is, however, to be observed, that you have the advantage, because on your left wing you preserve four Pawns on your Queen's side, whilst your adversary's Pawns are divided three by three, and all separated from the centre.}

5...Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. d4 Be6 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. Bd3 O-O 

{As it was indifferent to him whether he castled on the King's or on the Queen's side, I have already given, for such cases, a general for attacking the Pawns; however, for further instruction, I shall give a back game on that move.}

12. Bg5 

{It would have been wrong had he not castled on his Queen's side, because by pushing his h-pawn, he had forced your Bishop to retire; but, at present, it is your interest to excite him to push the Pawns that cover his King, that you may the easier form your attack.}

12...h6 13. Bh4 Qd8 14. Ne4 

{It he had not removed his Queen, to replace her with the King's Bishop, the play of this Knight would have perplexed his game.}

14...Be7 15. Qe2 Qc7 

{If, instead of playing his Queen, he had taken your Knight, you must then have retaken with your Queen, to put him upon endeavouring to save the mate, with which he was threatened.}

16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 

{If, instead of taking, he had withdrawn his Bishop, you would then have played 20. Nxg6, and that would have given you the game.}

20. dxe5 Rad8 

{If 20...Bxf5, you would have played 21. Rxf5; this, by making an opening upon his King, would have given you an easier attack.}

21. Rf6 Qd7 

{If he had not played his Queen to that square, you must have played 22. Rxe6, and you would certainly have won the game.}

22. Rxg6+ fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 

{If, instead of withdrawing his King, he had played 23...Qg7, you must have played 24. Qxe6+; and you would have remained afterwards with two Pawns and a Bishop against a Rook only, besides a good attack, which was enough to win the game; but, as he has played his King instead of his Rook, you cannot do better than to make an end of the party by a drawn game, with a perpetual check.}

24. Qxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Third Gambit, First Back Game, B2, PDF page 125, folio 110"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. c3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. d3 Na5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Be7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Nd2 Nxb2 15. g4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Qa5+ 19. Kd1 Qa3 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21. Qh5 Rab8 22. e5 g6 23. Qe2 Rb2 24. h5 c5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rxh7 Kxh7 27. Qh5+

{White will next play 28. Qxg6+, and mates the following move.}

[Event "Third Gambit, Second Back Game, B3, PDF page 128, folio 113"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. d4 Qe4+ 6. Kf2 Be7 7. Bd3 Qc6 8. Bxf4 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. g4 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ne8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. g5 Nd7 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Qc5+ 20. Kg3 Nxe5 21. Ne4 Qd4 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Third Gambit, Third Back Game, B11, PDF page 132, folio 117"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. fxe5 Qxe5+ 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. d4 Be6 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Re1 Qf8 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Be3 c5 15. d5 Bg4 16. b4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rab1 Ne5 21. Be2 Nfd7 22. Qa5 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Rb6 Qf8 26. Reb1 Ned7 27. Rxa6 Nxa6 28. Qxa6 Rc7 29. d6 1-0


[Event "Cunningham Gambit, PDF page 133, folio 118"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 Bf6 

{If, instead he had played 7...Be7, you would have won the game in a few moves, as you will see by a back game.}

8. e5 d5 

{If he did not sacrifice his Bishop, you would certainly win the game; but losing him, and preserving three Pawns for that piece, he must become your conquerer by the strength of his Pawns, provided he is not too hasty in pushing them forwards before he has got out all his pieces.}

9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. d3 

{By pushing this Pawn two moves you had given his Knight a free entry into your game, which would have lost you the party. The subject of a back game.}

11...h6 

{This move is of great consequence to him for ensuring the party, because it hinders you from attacking his King's Knight with your Queen's Bishop, which would have enabled you to separate his Pawns, by sacrificing a Rook for one of his Knights, which would have turned the game in your favour.}

12. Bf4 c5 13. Bxh2 Nc6 14. Nbd2 Ng4 

{He plays this Knight to take your Queen's Bishop, who would otherwise be troublesome to him, was he to castle on his Queen's side. Here we may observe, as a general rule, that when either has advanced Pawns, the best way is to strive to get rid of the adverse Bishops, because they can oppose the Pawns, and stop their way much better than any other piece.}

15. Qe2 

{Not knowing how to save your Bishop, you play your Queen to replace him.}

15...Nxh2 16. Qxh2 Qb8 

{He offers to exchange Queens to break the direction of yours, so that he may place his own at d6, in case you refuse to take her.}

17. Qxb8+ 

{If you did not take the Queen, your game would be in a still worse plight.}

17...Rxb8 18. Rae1 Kd7 19. Ne5+ Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Kd6 21. Rfe1 b5 22. c3 Rbe8 23. a4 a6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Kg2 f6 

{If he had pushed this Pawn two moves you had gained his d-pawn, which would have mended your game.}

26. R5e2 h5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ra1 Ra8 

{You must never yield up the passages, nor suffer your adversary to double his Rooks; to that end it is that he proposes to change piece for piece.}

29. Rae1 Bd7 30. d4 c4 31. Bc2 h4 

{He plays this in order afterwards to push his g-pawn upon your Knight, thereby to force him from his post; but if he had pushed his g-pawn before he played this, your Knight, posted at h4, would have stopped the progress of all his Pawns.}

32. Rh1 Rh5 

{Had he given check with his h-pawn, he would have acted entirely contrary to the instruction given in the first party in the note to White's 32nd move.}

33. b3 Rah8 34. b4 g4 35. Nd2 Rg5 36. Rf1 g3 37. Rxf6+ Kc7 38. Rg6 h3+ 39. Kg1 g2 40. Rxg5 h2+ 41. Kxg2 h1=Q+ 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 43. Ke3 Qh3+ 44. Nf3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Cunningham Gambit, First Back Game, B7, PDF page 142, folio 127"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 Be7 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ne5+ Ke6 

{If 9...Ke8, then 10. Nf7, and Black's queen is lost.}

10. Qg4+ Kxe5 11. Qf5+ Kd6 12. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Cunningham Gambit, Sequel to First Back Game, B8, PDF page 143, folio 128"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 Be7 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Bb3 Qe8 11. Nf7 Rg8 12. e5 d5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Qe1 Bh5 16. d4 Bxf7 17. Bh6+ Rg7 18. Nc3 Bxd5+ 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Cunningham Gambit, Second Back Game, W11, PDF page 145, folio 130"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1 Bf6 8. e5 d5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. d4 Ne4 12. Bf4 f5 13. Nbd2 Qe7 14. c4 c6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nxh2 O-O 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rc5 Rad8 21. Ba4 g5 22. Be3 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Qd6 24. Qh2 Kg7 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. a3 Kg6 27. b4 h5 28. b5 Ne7 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 h4 32. Bf2 Kh5 33. Bd1+ Bg4 34. Bxg4+ Kxg4 35. Ne3+ Kf4 36. Kh3 Kf3 37. Ng4 Nf5 38. Bg1 e3 39. a4 e2 40. Bf2 Nxd4 0-1


[Event "Queen Gambit, PDF page 149, folio 134"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 

{Had you pushed this Pawn but one move, your adversary would have shut up your Queen's Bishop during half the game. The subject for a back game.}

3...e5 

{If, instead of playing this, he had sustained the Gambit's Pawn, he would have lost the game; as will be seen by a back game: but, if he had neither pushed this Pawn nor taken the Gambit's Pawn, you must have pushed your f-pawn two moves, in order to have three Pawns in front.}

4. d5 

{Otherways, had you taken his e-pawn, you would have lost the advantage of the attack. The subject of a back game.}

4...f5 

{If he had played anything else, by pushing your f-pawn two moves, you would have procured for your pieces an entire liberty to act.}

5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 Bc5 7. Na4 

{If, instead of playing your Knight, in order to get rid of his King's Bishop, according to the rule prescribed in the first party, note to Black's fifth move, you had taken the Gambit's Pawn, you had lost the game. The subject of a back game.

[Text gives "Q. Kt. at his R. third square", which is taken as "fourth square". - Transcriber]}

7...Bxg1 

{If, instead of taking your Knight, he had played 7...Bd4, you might have attacked him with your King's Knight, and taken him the subsequent move.}

8. Rxg1 O-O 

{If he had pushed his b-pawn two moves, in order to sustain the Gambit's Pawn, he had lost the game; (the subject of a back game) and if, instead of either of these two moves, he had chosen to take your e-pawn, your retaking it would have hindered him from taking yours again with his Knight; because, he would lose the game by your giving him check afterwards with your Queen.}

9. Nc3 fxe4 10. Bxc4 

{This particular move requires a back game: if you had played 10. fxe4, you would have lost the game.}

10...exf3 11. gxf3 

{In retaking with this Pawn, you give your Rook an opening upon his King.}

11...Bf5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. O-O-O Kh8 16. Rg5 g6 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 

{This recapture is in order to rejoin his d-pawn.}

19...Rfe8 20. Kb1 Qc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Re1 Kg7 23. Kc2 h6 24. Rg3 Nh5 25. Rb3 b6 26. d6 cxd6 27. Rxb6 Rad8 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Rb7+ Kh8 30. Bd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Rf8 32. Rd2 Rf4 33. Re2 d5 34. exd5 Rxd5 35. Re7 g5 36. R7xe5 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rf2+ 

{[After numerous duplicated pages, folio 142 is found on PDF page 205.-Transcriber.]}

38. Kc3 Rxh2 39. a4 

{If, instead of playing this, you had taken his Pawn with your Rook, you would have lost the game; because your King would have prevented your Rook's coming up time enough to stop the passage of his g-pawn.}

39...g4 40. a5 g3 41. Re1 g2 42. Rg1 Rh3+ 43. Kc4 Rg3 44. a6 Rg7 45. Kxc5 h5 46. Kb6 h4 47. a7 Rxa7 

{Had he not taken your Pawn with his Rook, you would have won the game immediately.}

48. Rxg2 

{If, instead of taking his Pawn, you had taken his Rook, you would have lost the game.}

48...Rh7 49. b4 h3 50. Rh2 Kg7 51. b5 Kg6 52. Kc6 Kg5 53. b6 Kg4 54. b7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queen Gambit, First Back Game, W3, PDF page 241, folio 146"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 f5 4. Bxc4 e6 5. f3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nd4 Ke7 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nxc6+ bxc6 14. f4 h6 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. g3 Bd7 17. Kf2 c5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Nxd5+ exd5 20. Be2 Rag8 21. Bc3 gxf4 22. Bxh8 fxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Rxh8 24. Bf3 Ke6 25. Rd2 d4+ 26. Kf2 Be4 27. Re1 Kd5 28. Rde2 Re8 29. g4 Bxf3 30. Rxe8 fxg4 31. a4 c4 32. Rh8 d3 33. Ke3 Bc5+ 34. Kf4 d2 0-1

[Event "Queen Gambit, Second Back Game, B3, PDF page 245, folio 150"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. b3 cxb3 6. axb5 cxb5 7. Bxb5+ Bd7 8. Qxb3 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. f4 e6 12. Ke2 f5 13. e5 Ne7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Ke7 18. Kf3 Rhb8 19. Ne2 Ke6 20. Rha1 Rb7 21. Ra6+ Nb6 22. R1a5 g6 23. Nc3 Rd8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Queen Gambit, Third Back Game, W4, PDF page 248, folio 153"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. dxe5 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Be6 6. f4 g6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. h3 h5 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Kc2 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nf3 c6 13. Ng5 b5 

{[The text says, "The Q. B. P. two moves", which is taken to be "Q. N. P."-Transcriber.]}

14. Be2 Ne7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. a4 Nb3 17. Ra2 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra8+ Kb7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Nd4+ 22. Kb1 Kb6 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 c5 25. g5 Nec6 26. Bg4 b4 27. Ne2 Na5 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Bxe6 Kc5 30. f5 d3 31. fxg6 Nb3 32. g7 Ra8 33. Rxd3 Ra1+ 34. Kc2 Rc1# 0-1

[Event "Queen Gambit, Fourth Back Game, W7, PDF page 252, folio 157"]
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[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 Bc5 7. Bxc4 fxe4 8. fxe4 Ng4 9. Nh3 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Ne3 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nxg2 13. Ng1 Qe1+ 14. Kc2 Bxg1 0-1

[Event "Queen Gambit, Fifth Back Game, B8, PDF page 253, folio 158"]
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[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 Bc5 7. Na4 Bxg1 8. Rxg1 b5 9. Nc5 O-O 10. a4 Na6 11. Nxa6 Bxa6 12. axb5 Bxb5 13. b3 fxe4 14. bxc4 Bd7 15. Bg5 exf3 16. gxf3 Kh8 17. Bd3 h6 18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh5 20. Bg6 Nf4 21. Qc2 Nxg6 

{This is to avoid the mate.}

22. Qxg6 Bf5 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. g6 Bxg6 25. Qxg6 Qf6 26. Ra6 Qxg6 27. Raxg6 Rf7 28. Ke2 a5 29. Re6 a4 30. Rxe5 a3 31. Ra1 a2 32. Re3 Rf6 33. Kd3 Ra3+ 34. Ke4 Rxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Ra6 36. Kd4 Kf7 37. Kc3 Ra3+ 38. Kb4 Rxf3 39. Rxa2 Ke7 40. c5 g5 41. Ra7 Kd8 42. Kb5 g4 43. Kc6 Rf6+ 44. d6 cxd6 45. cxd6 Ke8 46. Rg7 Rh6 47. Kc7

{By pushing his Pawn, he will win the game.} 

1-0 

[Event "Queen Gambit, Sixth Back Game, W10, PDF page 258, folio 163"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.01.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. d5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f3 Bc5 7. Na4 Bxg1 8. Rxg1 O-O 9. Nc3 fxe4 10. fxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4+ 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. Be2 Qxh2 14. Rf1 Qxg3+ 15. Kd2 Nd7 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. Qe1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "First Regular Party, PDF page 259, folio 164"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 

{This is the best place the King's Bishop can occupy in the first moves of a party; here, he batters upon the adverse f-pawn, against which the first attacks are generally formed.}

2...Bc5 

{The Black being able to play two or three different ways, we will make two different parties of it.}

3. c3 Qe7 

{He prevents you from establishing two pawns abreast, and occupying the centre. On that move, the Black has three other ways of playing, which will make the subject of two variable, and one back game.}

4. Nf3 

{If you had played 4. Ne2, you would have lost the game. The subject of a back game.}

4...Nf6 

{It would have been bad play for him to have taken your f-pawn. Another subject for a back game.}

5. Qe2 d6 

{Had he attacked your f-pawn with his Knight, it would have given you time to establish your Pawns in the centre. A new subject for a back game.}

6. d3 

{If you had pushed this Pawn two moves, you might have occupied the centre for a moment, but could not have kept it long; as will be seen by a back game.}

6...c6 

{If he had played 6...Bg4, you should immediately have pushed your h-pawn one move; you must never leave your pieces under the control of the Bishop's direction, if you can help it.}

7. h3 h6 

{The Pawns have been played on both sides to prevent the Bishops from becoming troublesome to the Knights.}

8. Be3 

{When your d-pawn cannot break the Direction of the adverse King's Bishop upon your f-pawn, you must preserve your Queen's Bishop, in order to post him at your e3 square; because this Bishop is the only piece which can be effectually opposed to the adverse King's Bishop.}

8...Bxe3 

{If he had moved back his King's Bishop, instead of taking your Bishop, he would have lost a turn: when you exchange pieces it is an advantage to take first.}

9. Qxe3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 

{You may now see the advantage of your h-pawn being played at the seventh move, for he might at present attack you with his King's Knight, and afterwards play his f-pawn to bring him again into action; these hits ought to be carefully improved, especially in parties wherein your adversary forces out your Knights before your Pawns.}

11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O

{The game is now equal; the White has preserved the advantage of the move; he who first can bring his f-pawn into play, by pushing it two moves, will undoubtedly gain the advantage of situation.}

[Event "First Regular Party, First Back Game, B3, PDF page 265, folio 170"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nc6 

{He plays this Knight to hinder you from pushing your d-pawn two mvoes. If, instead of this Knight, he had played his c-pawn one move, you next move might equally take place.}

4. d4 exd4 

{He might have prevented this move, by playing 4...Bb6; which move will make a supplement to this back game.}

5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 

{If he does not take your Bishop, you must take his King's Knight, and push your b-pawn two steps attacking his Bishop, and afterwards push upon his Queen's Knight, in order to retake the Pawn with your c-pawn.}

6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qxc5 

{The Queen takes the King's Bishop and will have a very good game.}

[Event "First Regular Party, First Back Game, Supplement, B4, PDF page 267, folio 172"]
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[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Qd3 O-O 7. f4 exd4 8. e5 

{If on that move he withdraws his King's Knight, he gives you an opportunity of establishing your Pawns in the centre.}

8...d5 

{He takes this opportunity to stop the progress of your King's Bishop, and to get an advantageous position for his Knight.}

9. Bb3 Ne4 10. cxd4 f5 

{He pushes this Pawn two moves, in order to be able to place his Queen's Bishop at the e6 square.}

11. Nbc3 Be6

{In this situation the Black have as good a game as the White; there is indeed a Pawn passed and sustained on the side of the White, but this advantage is quite counterbalanced by the post of the Royal Knight of the Black, who cannot be dislodged but by changing piece for piece, and in that case, the Pawns of the Black would reunite in the centre, giving, equally to them as to the Whtie, a passed Pawn.}

[Event "First Regular Party, Second Back Game, W4, PDF page 269, folio 174"]
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[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qe7 4. Ne2 

{If this move did not cost you a Pawn, it would undoubtedly be the most convenient place for the Knight; because, here he does not obstruct the passage of the Pawns. See the supplement of this second back game on the same move.}

4...Bxf2+ 5. Kxf2 Qc5+ 6. d4 Qxc4 7. Na3 Qe6 

{The Black must win the game, having the advantage of a Pawn, and a good situation besides.}

[Event "First Regular Party, Second Back Game, Supplement, W4, PDF page 271, folio 176"]
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[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qe7 4. Nf3 Bxf2+ 

{There is no disadvantage in not being able to castle, when your pieces can easily get out; very often it is even better so, provided your King be safe.}

5. Kxf2 Qc5+ 6. d4 Qxc4 7. Nxe5 Qe6 8. Qf3 d6 9. Nd3 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O

{So situated, the White has the advantage, his pieces being better brought out, and more conveniently arranged.}

[Event "First Regular Party, Third Back Game, B5, PDF page 273, folio 178"]
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[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Ng4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 

{If he takes this Knight with his Bishop it will mend your game, because this move will bring your Pawns into the centre.}

8...Nf6 

{Here you might push your e-pawn one step, and get two moves by so doing; but this Pawn once pushed, your adversary would offer you twice the exchange of the Pawn, by pushing one step his d-pawn, as well as his f-pawn; your Pawn would then remain alone and separate; it is therefore better to leave your two Pawns abreast, to avoid opening your game.}

9. Bd3 O-O 

{He castles in order to attack your e-pawn with his Rook; you must therefore castle likewise, that in case of an attack you may sustain it with your King's Rook.}

10. O-O d6 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2

{It is pretty evident that the White has the better game, having the advantage of three moves more than the Black, and the Pawns besides further advanced: nothing remains on the side of the White but to disengage the f-pawn as soon as possible, that will decide the game entirely against the Black.}

[Event "First Regular Party, Fourth Back Game, W6, PDF page 275, folio 180"]
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[Date "2025.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d5 

{This party is entirely equal on both sides; your Pawns in the centre are broken; one may, however, venture this way of playing with an antagonist to whom you give some advantage.}

[Event "Second Regular Party, PDF page 277, folio 182"]
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[Date "2025.02.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 

{Though the getting out the pieces before the Pawns must be avoided as much as possible, I think this play is absolutely necessary in the present situation, to keep the advantage of the move; nevertheless, you might on the same move push your f-pawn two steps: such a game, tho' dangerous in itself, is very good against a player to whom some advantage is given.}

4...d6 5. c3 O-O 

{If, instead of castling, he had played 5...Bg4, you might have played 6. Qb3, which would have given you the game; but he to play 5...Be6, take him with yours, and afterwards play Qb3...}

6. a4 a5 

{If he had not played this, his King's Bishop must have been forced by your Pawns.}

7. O-O Be6 

{Had he played this same Bishop to g4, you must have pushed your d-pawn one move; and was he to take your King's Knight with his Bishop, you would retake with your g-pawn, the better to bring your Rooks into play, as they then might attack the Pawns that cover the adverse King.}

8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qb3 

{Your Queen attacks two Pawns, which your adversary cannot sustain any otherways than by playing 9...Qc8; this situation often takes place in the first moves of any party whatsoever, and very frequently your adversary finds himself in the impossibility of sustaining the two Pawns at once.}

9...Qc8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb6 

{If he had played 11...Bb4, you must have sustained your Royal Pawn with your Queen.}

12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. h3 

{Doubled Pawns, when not separated, are as good as the others, and even sometimes more profitable.}

14...Nxe3 15. fxe3 h6 

{He plays this Pawn to hinder your Knight from attacking his e-pawn, as otherways he would be forced to defend it with his Rook, which would afford you time to double your Rooks on the f-file. It is proper to observe, that in almost every case, whoever makes himself master of an opening with his double Rooks, must have the advantage; it is therefore the adversary's business never to yield up these kind of passes.}

16. g4 g5 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. Raf1 Kg7

{So situated, the White must have chiefly in view to oblige the adversary to push his e-pawn one step, so that he may place a Knight, sustained by two Pawns, at f5, which ought to decide the game entirely in his favour: the Black then ought, in opposition, to seek the means of doubling the two Rooks, and bringing the c-pawn again into play, by pushing him two moves.}


[Event "Third Regular Party, PDF page 283, folio 188"]
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[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 

{He prepares to push his d-pawn two moves, in order to break the direction of your King's Bishop, occupy the centre of his Pawns, and retake from you the advantage of the move.}

3. d4 exd4 

{He might, according to his first design, have pushed his d-pawn two steps. This will furnish the subject for a back game.}

4. Qxd4 d6 

{If he had played 4...Nf6, you must have attacked this Knight with your e-pawn, by which play you would have won many moves.}

5. f4 Be6 

{As he cannot break the direction of your King's Bishop with his d-pawn, he opposes it with his Queen's Bishop; if, instead of this move, he had advanced his f-pawn two steps, you must then have pushed your e-pawn.}

6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. c4 d5 

{He makes this move in order to break your Pawns in the centre, or to be able to establish himself there strongly on his Queen's side: he would have played wrong, had he pushed his c-pawn upon your Queen. The subject of a back game.}

8. cxd5 exd5 

{It would be bad play on his side to retake with his c-pawn, because his pieces would again be shut up; besides they would occupy less ground than yours.}

9. e5 c5 10. Qf2 

{It would be wrong to play 10. Qa4+, she ought never to be removed from the centre; you must, on the contrary, keep her behind your Pawns, especially in the beginning of a party.}

10...Nc6 11. Nf3 d4 

{It would, again, have been very bad play for him to have pushed his c-pawn; and a back game on this move will shew of how great a consequence it is, when you have a knot of Pawns, to push the leading one forwards.}

12. O-O Qd5 13. Rd1 

{This move is very necessary to prevent him from pushing his c-pawn, which would bring two of his Pawns abreast upon your ground; besides, affording a favourable opportunity for his Bishop to get out.}

13...O-O-O 

{If he had pushed his b-pawn two steps, you would have won a Pawn, by 14. Nc3.}

14. b3 Nh6 15. Na3 Be7 16. Bb2

{This party is quite even, the position is as good on one side as on the other, the two Bishops are both entangled, and the Rooks entirely free.}

[Event "Third Regular Party, First Back Game, B3, PDF page 287, folio 192"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ 

{If, instead of giving check, you had played 5. Bd3, you would have lost the advantage, both of the move and of the situation, because he would immediately have made himself master of the Centre, by pushing his e-pawn.}

5...Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 Qe7 

{If he had sustained his Knight in any other manner, he would have lost him, by your immediately pushing your f-pawn two moves.}

9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O

{Such being the situation of the game, must have chiefly two objects in view: first, to preserve the Queen's Bishop, who, by his direction, is very troublesome to the adverse King, and next to attack the d-pawn, which being separated from the other Pawns, can no longer be sustained but by the pieces: it is always advantageous to attack a separated Pawn, were it only to employ the adversary's pieces.}

[Event "Third Regular Party, Second Back Game, B7, PDF page 289, folio 194"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d6 5. f4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. c4 c5 

{This move entirely decides the game. You must leave him no other opportunity of pushing his d-pawn; if you succeed, his King's Bishop must remain imprisoned, and, besides, your pieces will cover much more ground than those of your adversary.}

8. Qd3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. a3 

{This move is essential, he would otherways have played Nb4, and thereby have got one piece more on the d5 square, in order, next, to push his d-pawn, and by that means disengage his pieces.}

10...Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. g3 

{If you had been able to play 12. Be3, he would have played 12...Ng4, in order to take your Bishop, and free his Bishop; besides, it is advantageous to preserve, as much as possible, a Bishop of the same colour as that of your adversary. The directions of the Bishops are very dangerous, in almost all cases; and the best way to ward off their attacks, is to oppose Bishops to Bishops.}

12...Na5 

{He plays this Knight in order to exchange him for your Bishop.}

13. Be3 Nb3 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Bg1 

{None of these moves are dangerous because they do not break your centre; and you may dislodge these same Knights whenever you please; this proves that real attacks are to be made only with the help of several united pieces, and very seldom with one or two.}

15...a6 

{He makes this move in order to hinder your Queen's Knight from attacking his d-pawn.}

16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Ne2 Ne5

{Instead of moving this Knight, he might have sustained him by playing 18...Qb6; but then you would have pushed your g-pawn. [The text gives this note as being to White's 18th, but it seems to apply to Black's 18th.-Transcriber]}

19. O-O

{In this situation the White must win, if it is possible to prevent the adverse d-pawn from advancing, and by not being too hasty in pushing the Pawns on the right wing, till the King is ready to sustain them.}

[Event "Third Regular Party, Third Back Game, B12, PDF page 293, folio 198"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 d6 5. f4 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e5 c5 10. Qf2 Nc6 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be3 Bb4+ 13. Nc3 

{If he takes your Knight, his d-pawn must necessarily fall into your hands, because it cannot be sustained by any other Pawn; besides, you may attack it with all your pieces.}

13...Nge7 14. O-O Nf5 

{He plays this Knight to get rid of your Bishop, and open afterwards a free passage for his King's Bishop upon your King and Queen, which would prove very dangerous.}

15. Rad1 

{You play this Rook with a view either to oblige him to sustain his d-pawn, or to take your Knight.}

15...Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ne7 17. Kh1 

{You might have taken his d-pawn with your Knight, and afterwards played Qe4... to force his Knight; but he would then have disentangled his Queen by ...Qb6+, so that this move is absolutely necessary.}

17...Bxc3 

{Not being able any longer to sustain his d-pawn, he finds himself forced to take your Knight, to preserve that Pawn.}

18. bxc3 O-O

{In this situation, the White must win the game, the only thing now is to hinder the adverse d-pawn from coming again into play, and to sustain your centre without advancing your Pawns too hastily.}


[Event "Fourth Regular Party, PDF page 295, folio 200"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 

{You might push this Pawn only one move, but then your situation would be the same as that already shewed in the first variation.}

4...exd4 5. cxd4 

{Instead of taking, you might push the e-pawn one move, which would not be amiss against a player to whom some advantage is given. The subject of a back game.}

5...Bb4+ 

{By the removal of this Bishop to b6, the adversary is allowed to establish his Pawns in the centre--both our former editions have fully proved it.}

6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d5 

{Had he not played in this manner, he would have given you time to occupy the centre with your Pawns--this, as we said above, has already been sufficiently proved.}

8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 

{You might give check with your Queen at e2, but this move would enable your adversary to get out his Queen's Bishop; besides, the King and Queen are never to be placed on the same line, when that is opened and unguarded by the Pawns.}

9...c6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 

{He plays this with a view, either to get out his Queen's Bishop, or to get rid of your King's Bishop.}

12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qc2 g6 14. f4 

{You push this Pawn to break the chain of Pawns that cover his King.}

14...f5 

{As he has pushed his f-pawn two moves, you must endeavour to post one of your Knights at e5, from whence he cannot be driven out by any piece unless he be taken, and then you may reunite your Pawns in the centre.}

15. Nf3 N8d7 16. Ne5 Nf6 

{He will not reunite your Pawns by taking your Knight.}

17. Rad1 Nbd5 18. Qd2 

{This move is necessary to prevent his Knight from posting himself at e3.}

18...a5 19. Nc3

{In these reciprocal positions, I should think the White has the better game, on account of his Knight at e5; however, this advantage is not of such consequence as to decide the game on that side: the Black must be mindful not to take the Knight before he has destroyed one of the Pawns that sustain him, which may be done by changing the c-pawn against the adverse d-pawn, and then both games will be even.}

[Event "Fourth Regular Party, First Back Game, W5, PDF page 301, folio 206"]
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[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qe7 

{Had he withdrawn his Knight, that move alone would have given you the game.}

6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 

{You might cover this check with your Queen's Knight, placing him at c3, and if he then played 7...Ne4, you would find some way of sustaining your centre; in that situation, his best play would be to push his d-pawn two moves.}

7...Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 d6 

{Had he pushed this Pawn two moves, your centre would have been safe.}

9. Qe2 

{If you had played your f-pawn two moves, he might have broken your Pawns, by pushing his c-pawn two moves.}

9...dxe5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. f4 f6 12. Ngf3 fxe5

{It appears by these moves that the Black, by playing properly, have succeeded in breaking the central White Pawns. In this back game my design is to prove, how dangerous it is, when two Pawns stand on a front line in the centre, to advance one before your adversary has offered to change one of those Pawns, that by the way may serve to break those very first Pawns; if, instead of having pushed his d- and f-pawns only one move, he had advanced either of them two moves, your centre would have remained safe.}


[Event "Fifth Regular Party, PDF page 303, folio 208"]
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[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qf6 

{As, instead of this move, he might play 3...Qh4; it will be the subject of a back game.}

4. Nf3 

{He forces you to get out your King's Knight before your Pawn; but, after the first moves, you must think of the proper means of bringing him again into play. You might have prevented this move with your Queen; but she is better at her home, because there she enables you to advance, with real force, the same d-pawn upon his King's Bishop.}

4...Nc6 

{He plays his Knight in order to hinder you from pushing your d-pawn two moves, nevertheless this move may be ventured. A new subject of a back game.}

5. b4 

{It is not always advantageous to push the Pawns on the wings; and they must be advanced cautiously.}

5...Bb6 6. a4 a6 

{If he had advanced this Pawn two moves, you must have pushed yours upon his Knight, according to the rule already prescribed, always to advance the attacked Pawn.}

7. d3 d6 8. h3 h6 9. Qe2 Be6 

{Not being able to break your King's Bishop's direction with his Pawns, he strives to do it with his Queen's Bishop.}

10. Na3 Nge7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 

{He might retake this Bishop with his Pawn, and it would be no bad play.}

12. Nc4 O-O 

{If he had castled on his Queen's side, he would have yielded to you the advantage of the situation.}

13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Be3 Nc8 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 

{Had you not taken this Pawn, he would have advanced it one move more upon your Bishop, have dislodged him, and got an easy attack upon your King's wing with his Pawns.}

16...Qxf5

{Now, the business of the White must be to change the f-pawn with the adversary's e-pawn, and that will turn the advantage on his side.}


[Event "Fifth Regular Party, First Back Game, B3, PDF page 307, folio 212"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Qh4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Ng4 6. g3 

{On this move the King's Knight might be played to f6.}

6...Qf6 

{If, instead of withdrawing his Queen, he had played 6...Bxf2+, you must 
have taken his Bishop with your Queen; you would have gained a piece by it.}

7. Nh3 

{Though the Rook's third square is not the best place for the getting out the Knights, it becomes, however, necessary in the present situation.}

7...d6 8. f3 Ne3 

{Had he withdrawn this Knight you must then have placed yours, now attacked, at f2, and then have carried your Queen's Bishop to e3, to get rid of his King's Bishop.}

9. Bxe3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Bxh3 11. Nd2 Nd7

{It is evident, that the White have several moves over the Black, and that, because the Black have been too hasty in getting out the Queen, and that, even now, she has not reached the place where she should properly stand.}


[Event "Sixth Regular Party, PDF page 309, folio 214"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.07"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 c5 

{This way of opening the game, when you have not the move, is entirely defensive, and far from being the best, especially if some advantage is granted; but it is a very good one for trying the strength of an adversary with whose skill you are unacquainted.}

2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 

{On this move he might have forced you to play the Gambit, by pushing his e-pawn two moves; and you could not have taken without being exposed to a check from his Queen; and he would have won the game.}

3...e6 4. c3 

{You might have pushed your d-pawn two moves, in order to change it with his c-pawn, and this move would not be amiss; but then, you must preserve your Queen's Bishop, to oppose, in case of need, to his Royal Bishop, who, as he might place himself at c5, would hinder you from castling on your right side, and besides, prove very troublesome to all your pieces.}

4...d5 5. e5 f5 

{Instead of this, he might have played his d-pawn one move; in that case, you must have taken his Pawn with yours, to hinder him from forming the same position on his Queen's side, who is now standing on your King's side.}

6. d4 Nh6 

{It would be bad play in him to take your Pawn, as that would be clearing the way for Queen's Knight to get out; so it would be wrong for you to take his Pawn with your, thereby giving an advantageous place to his King's Bishop.}

7. Be3 Qb6 

{He attacks your b-pawn in order to induce you to push it again one move, but it is better to sustain it, for if you advance it, he may, by pushing his a-pawn two moves, form a very successful attack on your left wing.}

8. Qd2 Nf7 

{Had he played 8...Ng4, you must not have given him leave to change piece for piece; but have withdrawn your Bishop, and afterwards have forced his Knight to retreat.}

9. dxc5 

{As your Queen's Knight cannot get out, without exposing you to the risk of having either a Pawn doubled, or your Queen forced, it is necessary to get rid of his King's Bishop.}

9...Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Na3 

{You play this Knight that he may rejoin your King's Knight at d4; it is the best place he can have now. In general, when one has two Knights, it is essential to keep open a free communication between them, and post them on such squares where they can neither be attacked by the Pawns nor forced to retreat.}

11...g5 

{He pushes this Pawn with a view to break your centre, and it would be wrong play in you to take it.}

12. g3 h5 

{He plays so, with a design to make an opening for his King's Rook, and were you to give him time for pushing this Pawn another move, he could force and break the rear of your chain of Pawns.}

13. h4 gxf4 

{As your King's Knight, sustained by two pawns, may safely place himself at g5, so your adversary takes your Pawn, that he may procure for his King's Knight a similar post.}

14. gxf4 Rg8 

{He plays this Rook, to secure the command of the line. Here is an instance where a Rook may well be sacrificed for another piece. Supposing that you do not close this line with your Knight, he would remove his Rook to g4, where, supported and sustained by two Pawns, it could not be taken without reuniting his Pawns.}

15. Ng5 Nh6 

{He plays this Knight with a design of procuring him as good a place as yours now occupies.}

16. Nc2 Ng4 17. Nd4 

{By this move you break the direction of his Queen, and your two Knights are now reunited to attack and take his e-pawn.}

17...Ke7 18. Be2 Bd7 19. O-O 

{It would be dangerous to castle on your left, because he might easily form his attack upon your King; besides, in that position, your King must occupy g3, in order to keep in the adverse King's Knight, and in the mean while sustain your Pawns.}

19...Rac8 20. Rac1 

{This move is necessary to prevent his making himself master of that line, by changing his Knight for yours, that position alone would give him the game. You must always oppose your Rooks to the adversary's Rooks, and never yield up the openings to him. At present the game is nearly even; nevertheless, as there is a Pawn advanced on the ground of the Black, the White may be said to have some little advantage.

[End of the first volume.]}

[Event "Vol. II - First Party of the Salvio Gambit, PDF page 322, folio 1"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 

{Doctor Salvio, in his Treatise, printed at Naples, in the year 1723, lays down this defence of the Gambit, but without examining thoroughly any combination; the great number of moves which arise and succeed one another at every instant in this party, may very possibly have prevented him from analyzing and calculating this matter.}

7. Qe1 

{This move may be played many different ways; two only are however eligible: the first, to take the pawn with the Bishop, and give check; the other, to play the d-pawn two moves--a subject of two back games.}

7...Qxe1+ 8. Kxe1 

{If, instead of taking your Queen, he had pushed his g-pawn, you must have taken his f-pawn, giving check, and then have played your Knight to f3.}

8...Nxe4 

{Had he pushed his d-pawn one move, instead of taking your pawn with his knight, you must have taken his f-pawn with your Knight, and sacrificed your two pieces for two pawns and a Rook; the subject of a back game.}

9. Bxf7+ Ke7 

{If he had played 9...Kd8, it would have been your game, to have drawn back your King's Bishop, in order to give double check with your Knight, or make him lose a turn.}

10. Bb3 

{In this situation you must win either a pawn, or the change of his King's Rook against your Knight.}

10...Nf6 

{Had he pushed his d-pawn one move, it would have been proper to have attacked his Rook with your Knight, and then to take his d-pawn with the same Knight, leaving his Rook exposed to your King's Bishop.}

11. d4 d6 

{It would be bad play to attack his Rook with your Knight, who being without a retreat, would be at length forced and taken.}

12. Nd3 f3 

{Being no longer able to sustain this pawn, he pushes it: you must readily take it, because all pawns separated and advanced on your ground must be lost.}

13. gxf3 gxf3 14. Kf2 Bg4 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Nd2 Re8

{In this position the white have certainly the advantage, their pieces being disposed in a better order; nevertheless, this manner of playing the Gambit is no ways advantageous against a player, to whom a piece is granted, though this party, when played without any odds, is a very good one.}

[Event "Vol. II - First Party of the Salvio Gambit, First Back Game, W7, PDF page 328, folio 7"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 

{Salvio here directs the removal of the King to d8; but, after the most exact calculations, I think it would be better to play the King to e7: that the reader, however, may the better be enabled to judge of the game, I will set forth both ways of playing, adding a variable on the seventh move of the black.}

8. Bb3 

{You are forced to withdraw the Bishop, in order to avoid the loss of a piece.}

8...d6 

{If he had taken your e-pawn with his Knight, you must have played Qe1, to offer an exchange of Queens, which would reestablish your game in a state of defence; but if, instead of pushing this pawn, he had played ...Nh5, you should have taken his g-pawn with your Queen, permitting afterwards to give double check: then, by taking his Knight and sacrificing your Rook, your situation would become very advantageous.}

9. Nd3 

{This is a very bad retreat for your Knight; but if you had attacked his Rook, your piece would have been forced--it is the adverse King, played to e7 on the seventh move, that has thrown you into so perplexing a situation.}

9...Nh5 10. Qe1 g3 

{If he had given double check with his Knight, you would have won a piece by removing your King; and if had exchanged Queens, you would have put an end to his attack.}

11. Kg1 

{This move is very requisite, to disengage your King's Rook.}

11...Bg7 

{If you were to take this pawn with yours, he would instantly give you checkmate. [This note seems to instead belong after White's 11th move.-Transcriber.]}

12. c3 Qg5 13. Bd1 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. h3 

{It is better to push this pawn than to take, because he would settle his King's Knight upon your ground.}

15...Qg6 16. Qe2 

{There is no other way of getting out the pieces of your left wing, but by bringing your Knight to f3.}

16...Nd7 17. Ne1

{In this position, though the black have the advantage, yet the game is not irrecoverably lost, because the white have still some chance of succeeding in placing their pawns in the centre.}

[Event "Vol. II - First Party of the Salvio Gambit, First Back Game, Supplement, W7, PDF page 333, folio 12"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. d4 d6 

{If he had taken your e-pawn, you must have played Qe2.}

8. Nd3 f3 9. Nc3 fxg2+ 10. Kxg2 Qh3+

{It is needless to go farther; you get again into the same moves of the variable of the first back game, with this difference, that you have one pawn less.}

[Event "Vol. II - First Party of the Salvio Gambit, Second Back Game, B7, PDF page 335, folio 14"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kd8 

{You are no longer under the necessity of withdrawing your Bishop as in the first back game, so that being placed on this square he may hinder the adverse King's Knight from posting himself at h5; a dangerous move.}

8. d4 

{Had you withdrawn your King's Bishop to give double check with your Knight, he would have played his Knight to h5, and sacrificed his Rook to win the game.}

8...f3 

{There were two other ways for him to have played this move; the first, to force your Knight to retreat, by pushing his d-pawn upon him; the other, to take your e-pawn with his Knight; in which case you should offer an exchange of Queens, by playing Qe1.}

9. Nc3 

{Had you taken his pawn with yours, he would have won the game.}

9...d6 10. Nd3 fxg2+ 11. Kxg2 Qh3+ 12. Kg1 

{If you had played 12. Kf2, the black would have won the game, by giving check with this g-pawn, and at the next move another check with his King's Knight.}

12...g3 13. Nf4

{This move forces his Queen to retreat, and gives you time to put your game in a good state of defence. If you could exchange Queens, your condition will be still better, for your pawns not only stand in the centre, but are besides farther advanced than his.}

[Event "Vol. II - First Party of the Salvio Gambit, Third Back Game, B8, PDF page 337, folio 16"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Qe1 Qxe1+ 8. Kxe1 d6 

{If, instead of this, he had played ...Nc6, you must have taken his Knight with yours, and sustained your royal pawn, by pushing your d-pawn one move.}

9. Nxf7 d5 10. Bxd5 

{It is better to take his pawn, than to let him take your Bishop, because his Knight still remains exposed.}

10...Nxd5 11. Nxh8 Nf6 

{He might with his Knight have attacked your c-pawn, which you must then have defended with your Queen's Knight.}

12. d3 Bg7 13. c3 

{This move is necessary, because he could have taken your e-pawn by sacrificing his Knight, and afterwards have taken your b-pawn with his Bishop.}

13...Bxh8 

{He could have sustained the f-pawn but for no more than two or three moves.}

14. Bxf4 c6 15. Nd2

{In this situation, it is better to advance the King under the pawns, than to castle, and then you will have a better game than your adversary.}

[Event "Vol. II - Second Party of the Salvio Gambit, PDF page 339, folio 18"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 

{You might have castled upon this move, and suffered him to take your Knight; but then you must have retaken his f3-pawn with your Queen, which would give you three pieces for attacking his f-pawn. All your pieces would easily get out, and before he could bring his out and secure his King, it would be easy for you to regain some advantage.}

5...Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Nc3 

{If you had taken his f-pawn with your Knight, he would, by pushing his d-pawn two moves, have gained two pieces for his King's Rook. As the same pawn might have been taken by the Bishop, and check given at the same time, it will form the subject of a back game.}

7...d6 

{Had he played 7...Nc6, you must have taken his Knight with yours, and then offered Queen for Queen at e1.}

8. Nd3 

{If you had played 8. Nxf7, he would have left his Rook exposed and played 8...Nh5, on purpose to give double check to your King and Rook, which would throw you into a disagreeable situation.}

8...f3 9. g3 

{Had you played 9. gxf3, he would, by retaking with his g-pawn, have opened the line for his Queen's Bishop, and you would run the hazard of losing your Queen, or of his giving you check mate.}

9...Qh3+ 10. Kf2 Qg2+ 11. Ke3 Bh6+ 12. Nf4 c6 

{He plays this pawn to prevent his Queen being forced. (See the situation on the 13th move of the second back game of the first Gambit, first volume.) And should he castle, or play any other way, it would be your game to propose Queen for Queen, at f1.}

13. Qf1 Qxf1 14. Bxf1 Bg7 

{This move, of withdrawing his Bishop, is of great consequence, for by pushing your h-pawn two moves, you would have broken all his pawns.}

15. h3 h5 16. d4

{In this position your business is for each of you to bring out your pieces; but the White must persist in not taking the g-pawn with his h-pawn, and then, though the Black have the advantage of a pawn, yet the situation of the White is preferable.}

[Event "Vol. II - Second Party of the Salvio Gambit, First Back Game, W7, PDF page 344, folio 23"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 

{If he had withdrawn his King to d8, you should have pushed your d-pawn two steps; by so doing you would gain a settled position, whereas by this move he forces you to withdraw your King's Bishop, for by pushing his d-pawn one step he would gain a piece.}

8. Bc4 d6 

{He had two other ways of playing this move, the one to take your e-pawn with his Knight, then you would play your Queen to e2, letting him give you double check with his Knight; then sacrificing your Rook to take that Knight, you would win the game. The other way would be to play 8...Nh5, in which case you ought to propose an exchange of Queens at e1.}

9. Nd3 Nh5 10. Qe1 Qf6 

{Had he played 10...Ng3+, you ought to have played 11. Kg1, and then he would lose a piece; and had he taken your Queen, you ought to have retaken with your Knight, to facilitate the bringing out your pieces.}

11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5+ Qxe5 13. Nxe5

{In the present situation the White seem to have the best of the Game.}

[Event "Vol. II - Supplement to First Gambit in first volume, PDF page 346, folio 25"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 

{In the former edition, I directed the Black to push the h-pawn two moves. This party may be found in the first Gambit's back game. I make two different parties of the two other ways of playing, that were there omitted in the first, directing the Black to play 5...Nf6; and in the second, to play 5...Qe7.}

6. d4 

{You might have taken his g-pawn with yours, but your pieces would then have been too much entangled; nevertheless I shall make it the subject of a back game.}

6...d6 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 

{At present he has the superiority over you of a pawn: but you must observe, that this pawn which should be foremost, being left behind, will remain useless till it gets forwards to f4.}

8...Qe7 9. Qe2 

{Let him have played what piece he would, you should certainly have played the same, unless he had exposed some pieces to be taken.}

9...Bg7 10. c3 h5 11. g3 d5 12. Bg2 f5 

{He arms his Knight with two pawns, but you must forbear taking that piece, for you would then reunite his pawns in the centre; and in that case, his f-pawn, now useless, would get a good post, and ensure him the game.}

13. Nd2 Be6 14. O-O 

{It is better to castle on your right than on your left; because your King will sustain the g-pawn, in case your adversary takes your Queen's Bishop.}

14...Nc6 15. Kh2 O-O-O

{In this position the two games are nearly even. The White must endeavour to carry all their forces against the adverse f-pawn, in order to take it: the black, on the contrary, ought to strive to give away the e4-knight, in order to reunite their pawns in the centre. It is easily seen, by this Gambit, that it is by no means advantageous to push the h-pawn two steps at the fourth move.

[The text gives "The K. castles." without indicating which side. I've guessed queenside.-Transcriber.]}

[Event "Vol. II - Supplement to First Gambit in first volume, First Back Game, B5, PDF page 350, folio 29]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7 6. d4 

{If you had played 6. Nxg4, he would not have played 6...Qxe4+; but he would have pushed his f-pawn two moves upon your Knight, which you would then have removed to f2: he then, playing 7...fxe4, would have got the advantage of position.}

6...d6 7. Nxg4 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2

{In this situation you must exchange Queens; it is the best thing you can do; and afterwards take the Gambit's pawn. The two games are even. It is easily seen, that this way of playing the Gambit is neither of a very interesting nature, nor affords the same after games or numberless variations that spring from Salvio's Gambits.}

[Event "Vol. II - Supplement to First Gambit in first volume, Second Back Game, W6, PDF page 352, folio 31"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "The Reader"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 

{If you had played 6. Bc4, to attack his f-pawn, he would have removed his Queen to e7 and your position would not have been a good one.}

6...Nxe4 

{It would have been bad play in him to take your Knight with his own.}

7. Qe2 Qe7 

{He is forced to sustain his Knight with his Queen, lest he should lose him, yet he might without danger have sustained him, by pushing his d-pawn two moves: in this case you must have removed your King's Knight to f2.}

8. Nc3 

{You play this Knight to hinder him from pushing his d-pawn two moves; but if, contrary to your expectation, he should play this same pawn, you may take it without danger.}

8...Ng3 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Rh2 d5 

{If he had played 10...Nf5, you must have played 11. Nd5 to get rid of Black's King's Bishop; and if he had afterwards taken the h-pawn and given check, you should have taken his Bishop with your Rook, to give him double check with your d5-Knight.}

11. Ne5 c6 12. d4 Nf5 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bd3

{In the present condition, both games are nearly even: the Gambit's pawn must in time be taken, as it is separated, and cannot be sustained, but by the pieces.}

[Event "Vol. II - Supplement to Third Party in first volume, PDF page 355, folio 34"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 

{It is better to play this pawn two steps, than to give check to the Queen, which would bring on a series of very puzzling moves; whereas at present, whether he takes the e-pawn, or the King's Knight, you will find ways to defend yourself.}

6...Nh6 7. c4 d4 

{If you had sustained your d-pawn with your c-pawn, you have lost the game; but in this situation he cannot take your e-pawn, without losing his own e-pawn. There is yet another way of playing, which would be to play 7...Bb4+: it will make the subject of a back game.} 

8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 O-O 

{In this situation the Black have certainly the preference, their pieces being better placed.}

[Event "Vol. II - Supplement to Third Party in first volume, Back Game, PDF page 358, folio 37"]
[Site "https://books.google.com/books/about/Analysis_of_the_Game_of_Chess.html?id=d2jnqeVdIdQC"]
[Date "2025.02.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "The Reader"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Nh6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 

{Had he covered the check with his Queen's Bishop, you must have taken his King's Knight with your Queen.}

8...d4 9. a3 e3 

{If he takes this pawn with his f-pawn, you should begin by 10...Bxc3+: then play 11...Qxg5.}

10. axb4 Qxg5 11. Qxd4 Nf5 12. Qe5 

{If he had played 12. Bxe3, you must have played 12...Nxd4; and if he continues 13. Bxg5, you will be able to give double check to the King and Rook by 13...Nc2+, which would ensure you the Game.}

12...exf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qd4+ 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bf4 Nxe6 17. Bg2 c6 18. Rhe1 O-O

{Black has the best of it.}


