GAME THE THIRD.
Before proceeding to the consideration of games wherein Black refuses the gambit, it may be well to give a brief example of a different mode of carrying on the opening in the regular gambit which is at your command, and often adopted.
| WHITE. | BLACK. |
| 1. P. to Q's 4th. | 1. P. to Q's 4th. |
| 2. P. to Q. B's 4th. | 2. P. takes P. |
| 3. Q. Kt. to B's 3d. | 3. K. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 4. P. to K's 3d. | 4. P. to K's 4th. |
| 5. K. B. takes P. | 5. P. takes P. |
| 6. P. takes P. | 6. K. B. to Q's 3d. |
| The game may be called even. | |
Variation,
Beginning at Black's 3d move.
| WHITE. | BLACK. |
| 1. P to Q's 4th. | 1. P. to K's 4th. |
| 2. P. to Q. B's 4th. | 2. P. takes P. |
| 3. Q. Kt. to B's 3d. | 3. P. to Q. B's 4th. |
| 4. P. to Q's 5th. | 4. P. to K's 3d. |
| 5. P. to K's 4th. | 5. P. takes P. |
| 6. P. takes P. | 6. K. B. to Q's 3d |
| 7. K. B. takes P. | 7. K. Kt. to K's 2d. |
| Equal game. | |
GAME THE FOURTH.
The Schwartz Defence.
| WHITE. | BLACK. |
| 1. P. to Q's 4th. | 1. P. to Q's 4th. |
| 2. P. to Q. B's 4th. | 2. P. takes P. |
| 3. P. to K's 4th. | 3. P. to K. B's 4th. |
| 4. P. to K's 5th. | 4. Q. B. to K's 3d. |
| 5. Q. Kt. to R's 3d. | 5. Q. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 6. Q. B. to K's 3d. | 6. Q. Kt. to R's 4th. |
| 7. Q. to Q. R's 4th. (ch.) | 7. P. to Q. B's 3d. |
| 8. B. to Q's 2d. | 8. Q. takes Q. P. |
| 9. Q. takes Kt. | 9. Q. takes Q. Kt. P. |
| 10. Q. B. to his 3d. | 10. Q. to her Kt's 3d. |
| 11. Q. takes Q. | 11. P. takes Q. |
| 12. Q. Kt. takes P. | 12. P. to Q. Kt's 4th. |
| 13. Q. Kt. to K's 3d. | 13. P. to K. B's 5th. |
| 14. Q. Kt. to Q. B's 2d. | 14. R. takes P. |
| 15. K. B. to Q's 3d. | 15. R. takes R. (ch.) |
| 16. B. takes R. | |
| You have much the better game. | |
The Gambit Refused.