CONTENTS. Damiano Gambit, 52; Philidor's Defence, 54; Petroff's Defence, 61; Counter Gambit in the Knight's Opening, 68; The Giuoco Piano, 74; Captain Evans's Gambit, 88; The Two Knights' Defence, 95; The Knight's Game of Ruy Lopez, 97; The Queen's Pawn Game, or Scotch Gambit, 101; The Queen's Bishop's The Two Kings' Bishops' Game, 116: McDonnell's Double Gambit, 120; The Lopez Gambit, 121; The King's Knight's Defence in King's Bishop's Opening, 127; Counter Gambit in the King's Bishop's Opening, 128; The Queen's Bishop's Pawn's Defence in the The King's Gambit proper, or King's Knight's Gambit, 138; The Cunningham Gambit, 142; The Salvio Gambit, 144; The Cochrane Gambit, 146; The Muzio Gambit, 152; The Allgaier Gambit, 162; The King's Rook's Pawn Gambit, 164; The King's Bishop's The French Game, 192; The Sicilian Game, 193; The Wing Gambit, 194; The Centre (5) NAMES OF PLAYERS. ANDERSSEN, 91, 93, 98, 99, 100, 165, | McCABE, 80. HARRWITZ, 58, 59, 79, 86, 113, 210, PINDAR, 201. THE CHESS HANDBOOK. DESCRIPTION CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. OF THE CHESS-BOARD AND MEN ARRANGEMENT OF THE MEN-THE KING--THE QUEEN-THE ROOKS OR CASTLES-THE BISHOPS— THE KNIGHTS-AND THE PAWNS-THEIR MOVEMENTS, POWERS, METHOD OF CAPTURING AN ADVERSE MAN, ETC. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHESS-BOARD AND MEN. 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 white and black, or red and white, alternately; and custom has made it an indispensable regulation, that the board shall be so placed that each player has a white square at his right-hand corner. The following diagram represents the board with all the men arranged in proper order for the commencement of a game: Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other. A King A Queen Two Rooks, or Castles (as they are indiscriminately called) Two Bishops Two Knights |