The Two Knights' Defence.
This, like the Evans Gambit, and the Queen's Pawn Game or Scotch Gambit, is a variation merely of the Giuoco Piano; the second player, instead of moving at his 3d move, K. B. to Q. B's 4th, bringing out his K. Kt. to B's 3d.
GAME THE FIRST.
| WHITE. | BLACK. |
| 1. P. to K's 4th. | 1. P. to K's 4th. |
| 2. K. Kt. to B's 3d. | 2. Q. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 3. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. | 3. K. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 4. K. Kt. to his 5th. | 4. P. to Q's 4th. |
| 5. P. takes P. | 5. K. Kt. takes P. |
| 6. K. Kt. takes K. B. P. | 6. K. takes Kt. |
| 7. Q. to K. B's 3d. (ch.) | 7. K. to his 3d. |
| 8. Q. Kt. to Q. B's 3d. | 8. Q. Kt. to K's 2d. |
| 9. P. to Q's 4th. | 9. P. to Q. B's 3d. |
| 10. Q. B. to K. Kt's 5th. | 10. P. to K. R's 3d. |
| 11. Q. B. takes Kt. | 11. B. takes B. |
| 12. Castles on Q's side. | 12. K. R. to B's sq |
| 13. Q. to K's 4th. | 13. Q. to her 3d. |
| 14. K. R. to K's sq. | 14. B. to K. B's 4th. |
| 15. P. to K. Kt's 4th. | 15. B. to Kt's 4th. (ch.) |
| 16. K. to Kt's sq. | 16. R. to B's 5th. |
| 17. Q. to K. R's 7th. | 17. B. to K. B's 3d. |
| 18. P. takes P. | 18. B. takes P. |
| 19. B. takes Kt. (ch.) | 19. P. takes B. |
| 20. Kt. takes P. | |
| And you must win easily. | |
GAME THE SECOND.
| WHITE. | BLACK. |
| 1. P. to K's 4th. | 1. P. to K's 4th. |
| 2. K. Kt. to B's 3d. | 2. Q. Kt. to B's 3d |
| 3. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. | 3. K. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 4. K. Kt. to his 5th. | 4. K. Kt. takes K. P. |
| 5. B. takes K. B. P. (ch.) | 5. K. to his 2d. |
| 6. P. to Q's 3d. | 6. Kt. to K. B's 3d |
| 7. B. to Q. Kt's 3d. | 7. P. to Q's 4th. |
| 8. P. to K. B's 4th. | 8. Q. B. to K. Kt's 5th. |
| 9. Q. to her 2d. | 9. P. to K. R's 3d. |
| 10. P. takes K. P. | 10. Q. Kt. takes P. |
| 11. Q. to K's 3d. | 11. P. takes Kt. |
| 12. Q. takes Kt. (ch.) | 12. K. to B's 2d. |
| 13. Castles. | 13. B. to Q's 3d. |
| 14. Q. takes Q. P. (ch.) | |
| And you must win. | |