P × P is preferable for reasons that we shall soon see.
| 7. ........ | Kt × Kt | |
| 8. P × Kt | Kt - Q 2 |
Now P × P would be a better way to develop the game. The idea is that after 8...P × P; 9 B × B P, P - Q Kt 3, followed by B - Kt 2, would give Black's Bishop a powerful range. For this variation see the eleventh game of the match.
| 9. Kt - B 3 | O - O |
No longer would 9...P × P; 10 B × P, P - Q Kt 3 be good, because 11 B - Kt 5 would prevent B - Kt 2 on account of Kt - K 5.
| 10. P × P | P × P | |
| 11. Q - Kt 3 | Kt - B 3 | |
| 12. P - Q R 4 | P - B 4 |
Played with the intention of obtaining the majority of Pawns on the Queen's side. Yet it is doubtful whether this move is good, since it leaves Black's Queen's-side Pawns disrupted in a way. The safer course would have been to play P - B 3.
| 13. Q - R 3 | P - Q Kt 3 |
