The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations / A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys

by C. Stansfeld Hicks; John Nevil Maskelyne; Gordon Stables

As before, the key-game appears in the first double-column; and the variations spring from the point indicated. The moves are given consecutively; the first player going from 11 to 15; his opponent from 23 to 19, and so on to the end.

	GAME			2			3			4			5			6			7
1	11	-	15
2	23		19
3	8	-	11
4	22	-	17
5	4	-	8
6	17		13	25		22
7	15	-	18	15	-	18
8	24	-	20	22		15
9	11	-	15	11	-	18
10	28		24	17		13
11	8	-	11	7	-	11							9	-	14
12	26		23	24		20							29		25
13	9	-	14	10	*	14	3	*	7				10	-	25
14	31		26	29		25	29		25				19		10
15	6	-	9	2	-	7	11	-	15				6	-	15
16	13		6	26		23	26		23				26		23
17	2	-	9	7	-	10	15	-	24				8	-	11
18	26		22	21		17	20		19				30		26
19	1	-	6	14	-	21	9	-	14	10	*	14	11	*	16
20	32		28	23		7	32		28	30		26	24		20
21	3	-	8	3	-	10	6	-	9	7	-	11	1	-	6	7	*	11
22	30		26	25		22	13		6	19		15	20		11	28		24
23	9	-	13	9	-	14	2	-	9	2	-	7	7	-	16	3	-	7	2	*	6
24	19		16	22		17	30		26	26		22	26		22	24		19	24		19
25	12	-	19	11	-	15	1	-	6	12	-	16	2	-	7	15	-	24	15	-	24
26	23		16	27		23	26		22	22		17	22		17	26		22	26		22
27	13	-	17	15	-	24	7	-	11	7	-	10	7	-	10	11	-	15	11	-	15
28	22		13	28		19	22		15	32		28	23		19	20		11	20		11
29	8	-	12	8	-	11	11	-	18	10	-	26	16	-	23	7	-	16	24	-	28
30	24		19	31		26	31		26	31		15	25		22	27		11	11		8
31	15	-	31	11	-	15	9	-	13	11	-	18	18	-	25	8	-	27	12	-	16
32	26		22	32		28	26		22	17		10	27		2	32		23	22		17
33	12	-	19																3	-	12
34	22		8	white wins.			white wins.			white wins.			white wins.			white wins.			17		10
35	14	-	17
36	21		14																white wins.
37	10	-	17
38	8		3
39	7	-	10
40	25		21
41	17	-	22
42	20		16
43	10	-	14
44	16		11
45	31	-	26
46	11	-	18
	draw.

As in the previous examples, the asterisk shows the losing move. Young players should get this opening by heart. In the first game, you see, all that White can do is to draw; in the others he wins.

THE SINGLE CORNER GAME.

This a good and sound opening. Properly conducted, it gives the win to the first player. As in the Old Fourteenth and the Laird and Lady, the first move is from square 11 to square 15. The variation occurs in the second move, which is 22 to 18 instead of 22 to 19. Thus—

11	to	15	—	1	—	22	to	18
15	to	22	—	2	—	25	to	18
8	to	11	—	3	—	29	to	25
10	to	15	—	4	—	25	to	22
4	to	8	—	5	—	24	to	20
12	to	16	—	6	—	21	to	17

The position of the men is now as follows, without any great advantage on either side, with Black to move:—

It will be well for the students to play out the game from this position.

Now let us take some variations most usual in this opening. The first game is played from the initial move, and the variations from the places marked. It will be easy for any two players with the Numbered Board before them to follow the moves.