CHESS IN "DICKENS."
A Famous Game Described by Quotations From M. Pickwick
Some devotees of chess, familiar, as it happened, with the sayings of the immortal Pickwick and his friends, found that in the remarks of the club there were apt comments on the various moves of the monumental struggle over the chess board between Anderssen and Kieseritsky. Here they are:
WHITE—ANDERSSEN, BLACK—KIESERITZKY.
- P—K 4—"Only to start the game."—Mr. Wardle.
P—K 4—"Same to you, my boy."—Mr. Wardle. - P—K B 4-"Fire away, sir."-Sam Weller.
PxP—"Off at once."—Sam Weller. - B—B 4—"What makes him go sideways?"—Snodgrass.
P—Q Kt 4—"We will walk forward at once."—Pickwick. - BxQ Kt's P—"And is gone, I know not where."—Pickwick.
Q—R 5 ch—"I'll send you a check."—Perker. - K—B sq—"What is the meaning of this atrocious intrusion upon my privacy."—Pickwick.
Kt—K B 3—"He has come out."—Perker. - Kt-K B 3—"I'll let you know who I am before I've done with iyou. "—Officer.
Q—R 3—"Perhaps we had better retire."—Pickwick. - P—Q 3—"We must be careful. We must be very cautious."—Pickwick.
Kt—K B 4—"No harm in trying."—Jackson. - Kt—K R 4—"I'm none the worse for that, am I?"—Smangle.
P—Q B 3—"I'm afraid your friends want you."—Goblin. - Kt-B 5—"I wish you'd take It."-Ben Allen.
Q—Kt 4—"You're very good, but I wont deprive you of it."—Sam Weller. - P—K Kt 4—"Come, wake up, young dropsy." —Sam Weller.
Kt—B 3—"Oh! you've come back, have you?" —Mrs. Weller. - R—Kt sq—"What an excellent plan!"—Winkle.
PxB—"Why—I suppose I must."—Pickwick - P-K R 4—"Go on, you are very right." —Pickwick.
Q—Kt 3—"Dear me, that's very unpleasant."—Magnus. - P—R 5—"She's a fine creature."—Magnus.
Q—Kt 4—"Ah! that's the best thing you can do."—Wardle. - Q-B 3—"I will join them."—Pickwick.
Kt—Kt sq—"I have been hasty—very hasty."—Pickwick. - BxP—"We are in a capital situation now."—Pickwick.
Q—B 3—"She's a goin' off."—Sam Weller. - Kt—B 3—"Capital game—well played."—Jingle.
B—B 4—"I'll try to hear up against such a reg'lar knockdown o' talent."—Sam Weller. - Kt—Q 5—"Come on, both of you."—'Pickwick.
QxP—"Why, in plain English, to frighten the rooks."—Wardle. - B—Q 6—"You have settled it already—too all intents and purposes."—Perker.
BxR[1]—"The Bounce I have taken."—Pickwick. - P—K 5—"Come between us, sir."—Sam Weller.
QxR ch-"What am I to do? I can't get him."—Winkle. - K—K 2—"They've the advantage of me in numbers."—Raddle.
Kt—Q R 3—"Well. It's no use talking about it now."—Sam Weller. - KtxP ch—"Benighted man."—Sliggins.
K—Q sq—"Newer mind, it will soon be over."—Wardle. - Q—B 6 ch—"Wonders will never cease."—Sam Weller.
KtxQ—"Mr. Pickwick, she is mine."—Magnus. - B—K 7 mate—"I'm a pris'ner; gen'l'm'n."—Sam Weller.
NOTE BY GOSSIP.
- ↑ —If 18 * * * * *
QxR ch19 K—K 2
QxR20 KtxP ch and
mates next move.
