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HOW TO PLAY CHESS

each move is made and in understanding the methods of attack and defense that are used.


Example I.—Opened with a Fianchetto Defense, and played between Paulsen (White) and "Alter" (Black), in London in 1862.

White plays first and gives mate with his twenty-fourth move. The game is notated thus:—

white. black.
1. P—K4. P—QKt3.
2. P—KKt3. P—K3.
3. B—Kt2. B—Kt2.
4. Kt—QB3. P—KB4.
5. KKt—K2. Kt—KB3.
6. P—Q3. B—Kt5.
7. O—O. B×Kt.
8. Kt×B. P×P.
9. Kt×P. Kt×Kt.
10. Q—R5(ch.) P—Kt3.
11. Q—K5. O—O.
12. P×Kt. Kt—QB3.
13. Q—B3. P—K4.
14. B—R6. R—B2.
15. P—B4. B−R3.
16. P×P. B×R.