| 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. P. to Q's 4th. | 3. Kt. takes P. |
| 4. Kt. takes P. | 4. Kt. to K's 3d. |
| 5. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. | 5. K. Kt. to B's 3d. |
| 6. Castles. | 6. P. to Q's 3d. |
| 7. Kt. to K. Kt's 4th. | 7. B. to K's 2d. |
Your game is less confined than his, but you have very little advantage.
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. P. to Q's 4th. | 3. P. takes P. |
| 4. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. | 4. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. |
| 5. P. to Q. B's 3d. | 5. P. to Q's 6th. |
| 6. P. to Q. Kt's 4th. | 6. B. to Q. Kt's 3d. |
| 7. P. to Q. Kt's 5th. | 7. Q. to K's 2d. |
| 8. Castles. | 8. Kt. to K's 4th. |
| 9. Kt. takes Kt. | 9. Q. takes Kt. |
| 10. Q. to her Kt's 3d. | 10. Q. to K. B's 3d, K's 2d. |
| 11. P. to K's 5th. | |
| You have a fine game. | |
Variation I.
Beginning at White's 5th move.
| 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. P. to Q's 4th. | 3. P. takes P. |
| 4. K's B. to Q. B's 4th. | 4. K. B. to Q. B's 4th |
| 5. K. Kt. to his 5th. | 5. K. Kt. to R's 3d. (best) |
| 6. Kt. takes K. B's P. | 6. Kt. takes Kt. |
| 7. B. takes Kt. (ch.) | 7. K. takes B. |
| 8. Q. to K. R's 5th. (ch.) | 8. P. to K. Kt's 3d. |
| 9. Q. takes B. | 9. P. to Q's 3d. |
| 10. Q. to her Kt's 5th. | 10. P. to Q. R's 3d. |
| 11. Q. to her 3d. | 11. K. to Kt's 2d. |
| 12. Castles. | 12. Q. B. to K's 3d. |
| 13. P. to Q. B's 3d. | 13. Q. to K. B's 3d. |
| 14. B. to Q's 2d. | |
| You appear to me to have the better game. | |
Variation II.
Beginning at White's 5th move.
| 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. P. to Q's 4th. | 3. P. takes P. |
| 4. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. | 4. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. |
| 5. Castles. | 5. P. to Q's 3d. |
| 6. P. to Q. B's 3d. | 6. P. takes P. |
| 7. Q. Kt. takes P. | 7. K. Kt. to K's 2d. |
| 8. K. Kt. to his 5th. | 8. Kt. to K's 4th. |