This opening is frequently adopted by the best players. The following games show the conduct of offence and defence by celebrated masters:
Between H. N. Pillsbury and Carl Schlechter.
| WHITE. (Mr. P.) | BLACK. (Mr. S.) |
| 1. P. to Q's 4th. | 1. P. to Q's 4th. |
| 2. P. to Q. B's 4th. | 2. P. to K's 3d. |
| 3. Q. Kt. to B's 3d. | 3. K. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 4. B. to Kt's 5th. | 4. B. to K's 2d. |
| 5. Kt. to B's 3d. | 5. Q. Kt. to Q's 2d. |
| 6. P. to K's 3d. | 6. P. to Q. Kt's 3d. |
| 7. R. to B's sq.[A] | 7. B. to Kt's 2d. |
| 8. P. takes P. | 8. P. takes P. |
| 9. B. to Q's 3d. | 9. Castles. |
| 10. Castles. | 10. P. to B's 4th. |
| 11. B. to Q. Kt's sq.[B] | 11. Kt. to K's 5th.[C] |
| 12. B. to B's 4th. | 12. Kt. takes Kt. |
| 13. R. takes Kt. | 13. P. to B's 5th. |
| 14. Kt. to K's 5th. | 14. P. to B's 4th.[D] |
| 15. K. to R's sq. | 15. Kt. takes Kt. |
| 16. B. takes Kt. | 16. B. to Q's 3d. |
| 17. P. to B's 4th. | 17. B. to B's sq.[E] |
| 18. Q. to R's 5th. | 18. P. to Q. R's 3d. |
| 19. R. to K. B's 3d. | 19. R. to R's 2d. |
| 20. R. to K. R's 3d. | 20. P. to Kt's 3d. |
| 21. Q. to R's 6th. | 21. B. takes B. |
| 22. B. P. takes B. | 22. R. to K. Kt's 2d. |
| 23. R. to K. B's 3d. | 23. P. to Q. Kt's 4th. |
| 24. R. to Q. B's sq. | 24. Q. to K's 2d.[F] |
| 25. Q. R. to K. B's sq. | 25. R. (B. sq.) to B's 2d. |
| 26. P. to K. R's 4th. | 26. B. to K's 3d. |
| 27. P. to K. Kt's 4th.[G] | 27. Q. to Q's 2d.[H] |
| 28. P. takes P. | 28. P. takes P. |
| 29. Q. to R's 5th. | 29. R. to Kt's 3d. |
| 30. B. takes P. | 30. B. takes B. |
| 31. R. takes B. | 31. R. takes R. |
| 32. R. takes R. | 32. P. to Kt's 5th. |
| 33. Q. to B's 3d. | 33. P. to B's 6th |
| 34. P. takes P. | 34. P. takes P. |
| 35. R. to B's 8th. (ch.) | 35. K. to Kt's 2d. |
| 36. R. to Q. Kt's 8th. | 36. Q. to K's 2d. |
| 37. Q. to B's 4th. | 37. P. to K. R's 4th. |
| 38. P. to K's 6th.[I] | 38. R. takes P. |
| 39. R. to Q. B's 8th. | 39. R. to K's 5th.[J] |
| 40. R. to B's 7th. | 40. R. takes Q. |
| 41. R. takes Q. (ch.) | 41. R. to B's 2d. |
| 42. R. to K's 5th. | 42. P. to B's 7th. |
| 43. R. to Kt's 5th. (ch.) | 43. K. to R's 3d. |
| 44. R. to Kt's sq. | 44. R. to Q. Kt's 2d. |
| White resigns. | |
[A] Notes by W. Steinitz.—White's game has been modelled chiefly after Steinitz's favorite attack. Here, however, 7. P. takes P. is preferable, for if 7... P. takes P; 8. B. to Kt's 5th, B. to Kt's 2d; 9. Kt. to K's 5th, with a strong attack.
[B] As often shown in my annotations in similar positions, it is absolutely injurious to White's game to allow three well-supportable Pawns against two to be established on the Queen's side. The prospect of a King's side attack on which White speculates is quite unreliable in comparison to the disadvantage on the Queen's side to which he is subjected. At any rate, Pawns ought to be exchanged first, and thus Black's centre weakened.
[C] It was better to make sure of his superiority on the Queen's side by P. to B's 5th at once.
[D] He had sufficient force on the King's side to ignore any hostile attack in that direction, and systematic operations on the other wing, commencing with P. to Q. Kt's 4th, were most in order.
[E] The combination of this with the next five moves, more especially with the two closely following, is full of high ingenuity, which, however, is wasted on an imaginary danger. For all purposes of defence it was only necessary to advance P. to K. Kt's 3d at the right time, and then to play R. to B's 2d, followed by B. to K. B's sq. eventually. The Queen's wing was still the proper point of attack to which he should have directed his attention more promptly.