| 10. | P. to Q. B’s 3d. (best.) | 10. | R. to K’s sq. |
If Black play 10. P. to Q’s 6th, you reply with Q. to Q. B’s 4th (ch.), winning the King’s Pawn.
| 11. | B. to K. Kt.’s 5th. | 11. | Q. to Q’s 3d. |
| 12. | Q. takes Q. | 12. | P. takes Q. |
| 13. | P. takes P. | 13. | Kt. takes P. |
| 14. | Q’s Kt. to B’s 3d. | ||
| And Black will have great difficulty in avoiding the loss of a Pawn. | |||
There is another variation of this opening hitherto, we believe, unanalysed, which, although it presents many points of interest, seems altogether unknown to the majority of amateurs.
| WHITE. | BLACK. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | P. to K’s 4th. | 1. | P. to K’s 4th. |
| 2. | K’s Kt. to B’s 3d. | 2. | Q’s Kt. to B’s 3d. |
| 3. | P. to Q’s 4th. | 3. | P. takes P. |
| 4. | B. to Q. B’s 4th. | 4. | B. to Q. B’s 4th. |
| 5. | Castles. | 5. | P. to Q’s 3d. |
| 6. | K’s Kt. to his 5th. | 6. | K’s Kt. to R’s 3d. |
| 7. | P. to K. B’s 4th. | 7. | P. to Q’s 6th. (dis. ch.) |
If he play 7. B. to K. Kt.’s 5th, your best reply seems to be Q. to K’s sq., although you might obtain a strong but hazardous attack by playing Q. to her 3d, and afterwards, on his attacking her, with Q’s Kt. to Q. Kt.’s 3d.
| 8. | K. to R’s sq. | 8. | P. takes P. |
| 9. | Q. takes P. | 9. | Q’s Kt. to Q’s 5th. |
| 10. | Q. to Q. B’s 3d. | ||
And although minus a Pawn, you have a fine game. If he now play P. to K. B’s 3d, you reply with B. to K’s 3d.