The blue book of chess

For the benefit of the reader, the eighty-five Illustrative Games in this book have been translated into Portable Game Notation. A hyperlink has also been provided, linking each of these games to its PGN format.
——ILLUSTRATED BY—— APPROPRIATE GAMES ACTUALLY PLAYED BY MORPHY, HARRWITZ, ANDERSSEN, STAUNTON, EVANS, MONTGOMERY, MEEK AND OTHERS
——INCLUDING——
LASKER, STEINITZ, SCHLECHTER, PILLSBURY, AND OTHER RECENT PLAYERS
REVISED EDITION Based on the work of Staunton and Modern Authorities
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
Copyright, 1910, by THE JOHN C. WINSTON Co. Copyright, 1870, by PORTER & COATES
CHESS BOARD Showing the men properly set up to commence play.


The following work is designed for those who are learning the noble game of Chess.
Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.