The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings ; exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters; including Staunton's analysis of the king's and queen's gambits, numerous positions and problems on diagrams, both original and selected; also a series of chess tales, with illustrations engraved from original designs ; the whole extracted and translated from the best sources (1857)
Agnel, Hyacinth R., 1779-1871, Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874 · New-York : D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 316
e a title this to be bestowed on an adventurer.Your Genoese shall not be an Admiral. The King played a few moves more, but at every move his posi-tion became more critical and his brow more overcast. Meanwhilethe game seemed fast reaching a crisis. I send you the situation. The battle will soon be… … Ferdinand V. (White). afterwards win the Bishop, and if I mistake not, this game at least ismine. Ferdinand bit his lip, and, unaccustomed to discomfiture, he satmoody, under what seemed to all inevitable defeat. At this moment I examined the position more attentively, andsuddenly it flashed upon…
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