The following game is remarkable as having been played on the stage of the National Theatre at Pesth, with living players dressed to represent the pieces and pawns. The directors of the game were Herr Szen, the celebrated analyst, and Herket, the manager of the theatre. White (Herr H.) 1 P. to K. 4 3 Kt. to K. B. 3 Black (Herr S.) 1 P. to K. 4 6 R. to R. 2 8 9 B. to K. 2 16 B. to. K. 4 18 Q. takes K. P. (ch.) 18 Kt. to K. 3 19 K. to B. 20 Q. takes Q. 21 K. to Q. 2 22 B. to Q. 3 19 Q. to Q. 3 20 P. takes Q. 21 P. to Kt. 3 22 R. to Kt. 2 White. 23 P. to Q. B. 4 24 P. to Kt. 4 25 P. to R. 4 26 P. to Q. R. 5 27 P. takes P. 28 K. to B. 3 29 P. to K. 5 30 B. takes Kt. 31 B. to K. 4 32 R. to Q. Kt. (ch.) 33 Kt. to Kt. 4 34 Kt. to R. 6 (ch.) 35 R. takes R. 36 R. to K. Kt. 37 K. to Q. 2 38 K. takes R. 39 K. takes B. 40 K. to B. 5 Black. 23 Castles 24 K. to Kt. 2 25 R. to Q. 2 26 P. takes P. 27 K. to R. 28 Kt. to Kt. 4 29 P. takes P. 30 R. takes B. 31 K. to Kt. 32 R. to Kt. 2 33 B. to B. 34 K. to R. 35 B. takes R. 36 R. to Kt. 6 (ch.) 37 R. to Q. 6 (ch.) 38 B. takes B. (ch.) 39 Kt. to B. 3 (ch.) 40 Kt. to Q. 2 41 Kt. to Q. B. 7, mate. MUZIO GAMBIT. (Irregular.) The following game was played in 1847 be tween Mr. Alexandre and Mr. Brien : White (Mr. A.) 1 P. to K. 4. 3 Kt. to K. B. 3 4 P. to K. R. 4 5 B. to B. 4 6 B. takes P. 7 Q. takes P. 8 B. to Kt. 3 9 P. to Q. 3 10 Kt. to B. 3 Black (Mr. B.) 1 P. to K. 4. 2 P. takes P. 3 P. to K. Kt. 4 4 P. to Kt. 5 5 P. to Q. 4 6 P. takes Kt. 7 P. to Q. B. 3 8 B. to R. 3 9 Q. to B. 3 10 Kt. to K. 2 11 Kt. to Kt. 3 11 B. to Q. 2 12 P. to K. Kt. 3 12 Kt. to K. 4 White. 13 Q. to B. 14 Q. to K. Kt. 2 15 K. to B. 16 Q. takes Kt. 17 K. to K. 18 K. takes B. 19 K. to K. sq. Black. 13 B. to Kt. 5 14 Kt. to B. 6 (ch.) 15 Kt. takes B. (ch.) 16 P. takes P. (dis. ch.) 17 B. takes Q. (ch.) 18 Q. to B. 5 (ch.) 19 Q. to K. 6 (ch.) and Black mates next move. Our next game was played between Mr. Morphy and Mr. Medley, with the usual King's Gambit Opening. White (Mr. MORPHY). 1 P. to K. 4. 2 P. to K. B. 4 3 Kt. to K. B. 3 4 P. to K. R. 4 5 Kt. to K. 5 6 B. to Q. B. 4 7 P. takes P. 8 P. to Q. 4 9 Kt. to Q. B. 3 10 Kt. to K. 2 11 Q. Kt. takes P. 12 Kt. to K. R. 5 13 B. to K. Kt. 5 14 P. to Q. B. 3 15 Castles 16 R. takes B. 17 Q. takes P. 18 R. to K. 19 Q. to B. 3 20 B. checks 21 P. takes P. Black (Mr. MEDLEY). 1 P. to K. 4 2 P. takes P. 3 P. to K. Kt. 4 4 P. to K. Kt. 5 5 Kt. to K. B. 3 6 P. to Q. 4 7 B. to Q. 3 8 Kt. to K. R. 4 9 B. to K. B. 4 10 Q. to K. B. 3 11 Kt. to Kt. 6 12 Kt. takes Kt. 13 B. checks 14 Q. to Q.3 15 K. Kt. to Kt. 2 16 Kt. takes R. 17 Kt. to K. 2 18 P. to K. R. 4 19 R. to R. 2 20 P. to B. 3 21 P. takes P. and Mr. Morphy wins in a few more moves. Our last specimen-game is taken from one of those played by Mr. Morphy at the St. James's Chess Club, blindfold, against eight players. It is a good illustration of the power of the celebrated States'-man. White (MR. MORPHY). 1 P. to K. 4 2 P. to K. B. 4 3 Kt. to K. B. 3 4 B. to B. 4 5 P. to K. Kt. 3 6 Castles 7 K. to R. 8 B. takes P. 9 B. takes P. (ch.) 10 Kt. takes B. 11 P. to Q. 3 12 Q. to R. 5 (ch.) 13 R. takes Kt. 14 Kt. to Q. B. 3 15 Q. to B. 3 21 Q. Kt. to K. B. 6 (ch.) 25 K. to Kt. 3 26 Kt. takes P. 27 Kt. takes P. Black (MR. BIRD). 1 P. to K. 4 3 B. to K. 2 4 B. to R. 5 (ch.) 5 P. takes P. 6 P. takes P. (ch.) 7 P. to Q. 4 8 Kt. to K. B. 3 9 K. takes B. 10 R. to K. 11 B. to R. 6 12 K. to Kt. 13 P. takes R. 14 R. to K. 4 15 Q. to Q. 2 16 Kt. to B. 3 17 B. to Kt. 5 18 P. to K. R. 4 19 P. takes B. 20 Kt. to Q. 5 21 K. to Kt. 2 22 P. takes P. 23 Kt. takes Q. (ch.) 24 P. takes Kt. 25 R. to Q. sq. 26 R. to K. B. sq. and White eventually wins, having now a Kt. and five Pawns against a Rook and three Pawns. |