RXR  (ch) R— B sq (ch) Kt—Q5 3 .

White . I . P-Q4 2 . P-QB4 3 . P-K3 4 . BXP 5 . PXP 6 . Kt-KB3 7 . Ca:,tles 8 . P-KR3 9 . Kt-QB3 The game is about equal, though position .

The following is a selection of noteworthy

games played by great masters:- KING'S BISHOP'S GAMBIT . White . Black . Anderssen . Kieseritzki . P -K4 I . P-KB4 2 . PXP 3 . B -B4 3 . 4• K-B sq 4 . P-QKt4h) 5• B X KtP 5 . Kt-KB3 6 .

Kt-KB3 6 . Q R 7 . P -Q3 Kt -R4 8 . Kt-R4 8 . Q-Kt4 9 . Kt -B5 9 . P-QB3 I O . P-KKt4 Io . Kt -B3 I r . R -Kt sq I r . PXB 12 . P-KR4 I2 .

Q - Kt3 13 . P -R5 13 . Q-Kt4 14 . Q B3 14 . Kt -Kt sq 15 . BXP 15 . Q-B3 16 . -B3 16 . B-B4 17 . Kt-Q5 17 . QXKtP 18 . B-Q6 18 .

QXR (ch) 19 . K-K2 19 . BXR 20 . P-K5 20 . Kt-QR3 White mates in three moves .

PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE . White . Black . Barnes . Morphy . 1 . P-K4 1 .

P-K4 2 . Kt -KB3 2 . P-Q3 3 . P-Q4 3 . P-KB4 4• PXKP 4• BPXP 5 . Kt - Kt5 5• P-Q4 6 . P -K6 6 . B-QB4 7- Kt -B7 7 . Q- U3 S . B-K3 8 . P-Q5 9 . B-KKt5 9 .

10 . Kt X R 10 . QXB4 I I . B-B4 I I . Kt-QB3 12 . Kt -B7 12 . QXP 13 . R-B sq 13 . Kt -B3 14 . P-KB3 14 . Kt - QKt5 15 . Kt -QR3 15 .

BXP 16 .

BXB 16 . (ch) 17 . Q X Kt 17 . P X-QQ6 18 . Castles 18 . BXKt 19 . B - Kt3 19 . P-Q7 (ch) 20 . K-Kt sq 20 . B-B4 2I . Kt-K5 2I .

K-B sq 22 . Kt-Q3 22 . R-K sq 23 . KtXB 23 . QXR And White resigns . BISHOP'S GAMBIT . White . Black . White . Black . Charousek . Tchigorin .

Charousek . Tchigorin . 1 . P-K4 P-K4 13 . QXP (ch) K-K2 2 . P-KB4 PXP 14 . KtXP Kt X Kt 3 . B-B4 Kt-QB3 15 . BXKt P - R3 4 . P-Q4 Kt-B3 16 . Kt-B3 B-B5 5 . P-K5 P-Q4 17 .

P-K6 R-B sq 6 . B-Kt3 B-Kt5 18 . B-B7 PXP 7 . Q-Q3 Kt-KR4 19 . BXQ (ch) RXB 8 . Kt-KR3 Kt-Kt5 20 . Q-Kt7 (ch) R- 2 9 . Q-QB3 Kt-R3 21 . R-B7 (ch) KX 1o . Castles B -K7 22 . QXR (ch) B -K2 11 . B-R4 (ch) P-B3 23 .

R-K sq R-K sq 12 . BXP (ch) PXB 24 . P-QKt3 Resigns . This

pretty game was played in the tie match for first prize at the Budapest tournament, 1896 . VI . 4QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED . White . Black . White . Black . Dr E . Lasker .

W . Steinitz . Dr E . Lasker . W . Steinitz . 1 . P-Q P-Q4 21 . Kt-B3 B 4 22 . QXP Kt X (ch ) 3 . Kt QB3 -KB3 23 . PXKt R-Kt sq Kt 4 .

B-B4 B-K2 24 . QXP R-Kt3 5 . P-K3 Castles 25 . RXP P-B4 I3B26 . -K124 B -

R2 6 . R-B sq 7 . QPXP BXP 27 . B-K4 Q -Q3 8 . PXP PXP 28 . P-B4 Q- 2 9• Kt-B3 Kt-B3 29 . B-Kt2 lo . B-Q3 P-Q 30 .

Q -Q3 Kt-B4 II . PX KtXP 31 . Kt -K4 B-K6 12 . Castles B-KKt5 32 . R-B3 13 . Kt-QKt5 BXKt 33 . KXR KtXP (ch) 14- P-B Kt-K3 34 . K-R2 Kt X R (ch) 15 . B-K5 Kt-R4 35 . K - Kt2 Kt - R5 (ch) 16 . K-R sq Q-Kt4 36 . K-R2 Kt -B4 17 .

B-Kt3 R-Q sq 37 . R-QKt sq P-R4 i8 . Q-B2 Q-R3 38 . R-Kt5 R-R sq 19 . QR-Q sq R-B sq 39 . P - R3 RXP 20 . Q-Kt3 P-R3 Resigns . This game was played in the St

Petersburg tournament, 1895, a fine specimen of Lasker's style . The final attack, beginning with 21. with Kt-Q5, furnishes a gem of an ending .