Variation A. on Black’s 3d Move.
| | WHITE. | | BLACK. |
|---|
| 1. | P. to K’s 4th. | 1. | P. to K’s 4th. |
| 2. | P. to Q’s 4th. | 2. | P. takes P. |
| 3. | B. to Q. B’s 4th. | 3. | B. to Q. Kt’s 5th. (ch.) |
| 4. | P. to Q. B’s 3d. | 4. | P. takes P. |
| 5. | P. takes P. | 5. | Q. to K. B’s 3d. |
| 6. | P. takes B. | 6. | Q. takes Q’s R. |
Perhaps your soundest move at this point is 6. Q. to Q. Kt.’s 3d, as recommended in the German Handbook, although, by the mode of play in the text, you get an attack that amply compensates for the loss of the “exchange.”
| 7. | Q. to Q. Kt’s 3d. | 7. | Q. to K. B’s 3d. |
| 8. | Q’s Kt. to B’s 3d. | |
| Afterwards playing Kt. to K’s 2d, with a fine position. |
Game II.
| | WHITE. | | BLACK. |
|---|
| 1. | P. to K’s 4th. | 1. | P. to K’s 4th. |
| 2. | P. to Q’s 4th. | 2. | P. takes P. |
| 3. | P. to K. B’s 4th. | 3. | B. to Q. B’s 4th. |
| This appears to be his best reply. |
| 4. | B. to Q. B’s 4th. | 4. | P. to Q’s 3d. |
By your last move you threatened to take his K. B’s P. (checking) and if he took your Bishop with King, to play Q. to K. R’s 5th. (ch.) &c. If Black, instead of P. to Q’s 3d, play K’s Kt. to B’s 3d, you reply with P. to K’s 5th; and upon his playing P. to Q’s 4th, you must gain some advantage by capturing his Kt. with K’s P.—a mode of play not feasible in a similar position in the [Giuoco Piano].
| 5. | K’s Kt. to B’s 3d. | 5. | Q’s Kt. to B’s 3d. |
If he play B. to K. Kt.’s 5th, you reply with P. to K’s 5th, and should he take P. with P. you get a winning position by B. takes K. B’s P. (ch.)
| 6. | Castles. | 6. | P. to Q’s 6th. |
| 7. | K. to R’s sq. | 7. | P. takes P. (dis. ch.) |
| 8. | Q. takes P. | |