The blue book of chess

Your second move gives the name to this opening, which is one of the most popular and instructive of all the various methods of commencing the game. The Kt., it will be observed...

To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, except among the very best players. In order to assist the learner as much...

This opening comprises every variety of the game in which the first player, after 1. P. to K's 4th has been played on both sides, commences the attack by moving 2. P. to K. B's...

The game of Chess is played by two persons, each having at command a little army of sixteen men, upon a board divided into sixty-four squares. The squares are usually colored wh...

2. P. to Q's 4th. (best) 2. P. to Q's 4th. 3. P. takes P. (best) 3. P. takes P. 4. P. to Q. B's 4th. 4. K. B. checks. 5. B. to Q's 2d. 5. Q. to K's 2d. (ch.) 6. Q. to K's 2d. 6....

WHITE. BLACK. 1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. 2. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. 3. P. to Q. B's 3d. 3. K. Kt. to B's 3d. 4. P. to Q's 4th. 4. P. takes P. 5. P....

3. P. to K's 3d. 3. P. to K's 4th. 4. K. B. takes P. 4. P. takes Q. P. 5. P. takes P. 5. K. Kt. to B's 3d. 6. Q. Kt. to B's 3d. 6. K. B. to Q's 3d. 7. K. Kt. to B's 3d. 7. Q. Kt...

The Chess-Board and Men--Moves and Powers of the Pieces and Pawns--Notation Used to Describe their Movements--Technical Terms of Chess--Illustrations of Technical Terms--Relativ...