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the Steinitz Gambit because of the name of the man who invented the opening moves.

The moves are notated as follows :

Steinitz Gambit.

	white.	black.
1.	P—K4.	P—K4.
2.	Kt—QB3.	Kt—Q B3.
3.	P—B4.	P×P.
4.	P—Q4.	Q—R5 (ch.).
5.	K—K2.	P—Q4.
6.	P×P.	B—KKt5 (ch.).
7.	Kt—B3.	O—O—O.
8.	P×Kt.	B—Q B4.
9.	P×P (ch.).	K—Kt sq.
10.	P×B.?	Kt-B3.!
11.	Q×R (ch.).	R×Q.
12.	B—Q2.	R—Ksq. (ch.).
13.	K—Q sq.	Q B7.
14.	K—B sq.	B×Kt.
15.	P×B.	Q×KKt.P.
16.	Resigns.

The student will note that the game was played in fifteen moves on each side and that at White's sixteenth move, he resigns