Chess Openings for Beginners

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CHESS O PENINGS
F
O R BEGINNERS
BY THE
REV. E. E. CUNNINGTON M.A.
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AUTHOR ou
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LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE SONS LIMITED
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BIOADWAY LUDGATI HILL
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PRINTED 8? WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED
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PREFACE.
THE object of this
un retentious little work is to
p
ive the be inn
er a shor t sketch of the various
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wa s m or e or less tr ied and approved of star tin
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a am e of chess. Except in a few cases
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ticular inter est the Openin has not been car r ied
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beyond the first six or seven m oves on each side.
Som e of the Openin s her e iven are very little
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practised at the present tim e but they m a at
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an later tim e be br ou ht into favour a ain th
er e
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bein a fashion in these as in other m atter s. A
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pleasant thou h unsystematic wa of learnin
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som ethin of the Openin s m a be found in
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workin out am es by em inent players. Or if a
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m or e com plete course of instruction b
e desir ed
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the r eader m a . be r ecom m ended to consult
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Mr :- am es Mason s. ChessOpenin s of Chess
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Openin s Ancient and Modern by Messrs. Fr ee
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bor ou h and Ranken the latter bein the m ost
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com plete En lish work on the subject
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iv PREFACE.
If in the followin pa es som e of the notes
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seem tri te and tr ivial the wr iter s apolo y m ust
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be that he wished to sm ooth the path of the
be inner to whom at first all m oves seem and
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naturally alike ood or indiffer ent. And if he has
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at all succeeded in li hten in the difficulties of
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such a one and in ivin him a helpin hand into
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hi her r e ions this little work will have m et with
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all the success that he ever hoped.
ABBREVIATIONS &c.
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The notation here em lo ed is the shortest and m ost
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com m onl used. See How to Pla Chess r ice 6d.
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Br itish Chess Handbook Ser ies. All squares nam ed in
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descr ibin a m ove ar e nam ed from the move/ s side of the
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board O O Castles on K side O O O
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Castles on side to
x takes i. .
Q ; ; ; p
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in assin ch. chec s . square Kt K
p g ; q ; ( 5)
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the Kt on Kin s th s . x B takes the B
g s q ; Q (Q4) Q
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at her la er s s th s . and so on.
p y Q 4 q
Where no r em ark is m ade the var iations are left at a
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oint where neither la er has an a reciable advanta e.
p p y y pp g
CHESS OPENINGS FOR
BEGINNERS.
THE OPENINGS.
Tbe Best Wa s to Star t a Game.
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You have set u the m en in order and ou are
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to play with White which always has first m ove .
( )
How are ou to com m ence operations P Only
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a Kt or a P can m ov exper ience shows that to
e
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star t by m ovin the Kt is not ood I. Kt KE
g Q g ; 3
is som etim es played and will be m entioned later
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on . r . Kt KR is sim ply bad r easons are 1
3 ( )
it only com m ands two squar es towards fr ont KB
( 4,
KKt instead of four KR KKt and K
5), ( 4, s, Q4, 5),
as at its B 2 it m i ht be taken ther e by Black
3 ; ( ) g
ivin ou two RPs the weakest on the
QB, g g y (
boar d . So m ove a Pawn butwhich of the ei ht ?
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It is best to m ove the K s or the s P r eason
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sets fr ee m axim um of for ce and a B m ove i t
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two squar es partly to fr ee the Bs one of which
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would be otherwise blocked a . P K blockin
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the B s outlet and partly to com m and squar es
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in the enemy s r ound . KP or P m oved two
g ) Q
squar es is the best start and ou need never seek
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a third no that others are bad ex ce t as bein
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6 CHESS OPENINGS FOR BEGINNERS.
less ood the best of the others workin into
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these two.
Now for a eneral idea Of what ou m ust aim at
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in the be innin of a am e. At the star t your
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pieces except the Kni hts ar e locked u and for
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the tim e bein useless. You have to r elease
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them to et them out to the fr ont and so to
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ar ran e them that they m a best work to ether for
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offence and for defence to place them wher e they
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m a stand safely not liable to be inter cepted or
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surpr ised with lines of r etr eat and also ma have
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m ost attackin power m ost oppor tunity of doin
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efiectual work a ainst the enem y.
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Geor e Walker s advice is excell en t and tersely
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sum s u what ou should aim at i.e. have as a
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workin principle thou h ou ma not always be
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able to carry it out r i idly in openin your am e
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Do not pr em atur ely attack befor e your for ce is
tolerably developed in the field. Play u the
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centr e Ps et out your Kts and Bs have your K
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castled and your Rs in co operation this m plies a
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car eful advance of . Such is the outline of the
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best directions to abe inner as to Openin his am e.
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Reason and exper ience have settled upon cer tain
best ways of com m encin a am e and it is better
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to accept these r esults tr in to understand the
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pr inciples under lyin them than to tr and stri ke
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out fr esh paths for yourself. Have a reason ood
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or bad asma be still som e sor t ofa r eason for your
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m ove otherwise how can ou expect to im prove P
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But n ow star tin with 1 P K let us suppose
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that Black answers with the sam e r . P K
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ou mi ht li
ke to play a. R attackin the
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und
efended KP. Black cannot
afford to lose it
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t. P K P K OPENING.
4, 4 ;
so must defend it in som e wa . He could play
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a. B but this is bad on principle it
Q3 ; (
obstructs his P and consequently his B
Q Q
hinders his m en fr om com n into the field . Or
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he m i ht play 2 Kt B to which r eply
g Q 3,
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m i ht be . B Kt Mr eaten: . B x Kt and
g 3 5 ( 4 ,
then . x KP eh. winn in a Pawn followed by
5 Q , g ),
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. P &c. The m ove 2. Kz
3 Q3, Q
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has only this a ainst it that the block of Black s
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KB lzt possibly lose a little tim e. Black m a
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play a. P then . B B thr eatens
Q3, 3 4 (
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. x BP m ate l and P KKt stops
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m ate and drives ofi sa B thr eatenin
Q y Q 3 ( g
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sam e mate and Black can stop it by B K
), 3,
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Kt KB . White has now spent two
3 Q
moves on an attack leadin to nothin and is at a
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squar e where she has no par ticular futur e before her
However to o a m ove far ther after
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Kt KB suppose . Kt thr eatens B x BP
3, 5 Q Q 3 (
check Black develops his to K2 defendin
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BP while his KB has a ood square r eady for him
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at KKtz. White s m oves ar e waste of tim e a
Q
waste which m a be fatal his second m ove is not
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ood is a pr em atur e sally of which m ust lose
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valuable tim e in retr eatin havin a little helped
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to develop the Opponent s forces. Pr inciple and
exper ience are a ainst the m ove. Do not i nor e
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these two factor s. As to
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Ot/ia Second Mou r o Wli fe
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2. P KB 1s bad as havin no other par ticular
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eflect than to block u outlet for which your
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first m ove had made and to take from our KKt
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8 CHESS OPENINGS FOR BEGINNERS.
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his best squar e. P B is la able a fair ly
Q 3 p y
ood m ove as ivin another outlet to other
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m oves of Pawns except 2 . P or P KB
( Q4, 4,
which ar e approved m oves are weak as not
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helpin to develop your for ces tie. as spendin
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tim e aim lessly or near ly so .
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Ther e is not much harm in z . P KKt or
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P Kt to place the K or B at its Kt s
Q 3), ( Q)
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second squar e but not m uch ood. There are
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better ways of spendin the tim e so occupied.
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z. B is bad for about the sam e r easons as is
Q 3 (
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2. R z. Kt is even worse Black
Q Q 4 ;
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answers by a P unmaskin his
Q4, g QB,
and so dr ivin 03 the either she m ust stay out
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som ewher e runnin chances of bein trapped by
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Black s m inor pieces or m ust o back to s .
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Q q
better than to K2 which obstructs KB losin
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valuable tim e. a. B B is ood and will be
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tr eated later on so is a. Kt B . But m ost
; Q 3
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im por tant is 2. Kt KB ivin r ise to the
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Kin s Kni ht s Openin which accordin to
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the sequel branches off into several ood and
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r eco nised Openin s.
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K ING S KNIGHT S O PENING.
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1 . P K P K z. Kt KB .
[ 4, 4 3 ]
Befor e oin fur ther we will dispose of several
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bad answers of Black. Either he m ust defend his
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KP or attack White s ettin Pawn for Pawn . A
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m ove like s B B leavin the KP unde
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fended sim ply thr ows away a val ble P for a very
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sli ht ain in developm ent.
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KING S KNIGHT S OPENING.
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z P KB is a weak m ove her
e. It lays
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Black K s flank dan er ously open. White ma
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safely play . Kt x P br in in about the Dam iano
3 , g g
Gam bit Suppose Black to seize the Kt we et
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P X Kt . R eh. P KKt .
3 ; 4 Q 5 , 3 ; 5 Q
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x KP ch. followed by 6. x R spellin ruin for
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Black. But after . R ch. tr K
, 4 Q
5 , y 4
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Kz . x KP eh. K Bz forced 6. B B
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ch. P best . B x P ch
. K Kt . It 18
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Q4 ( ) , 7 , 3
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not hard to see that Black is in a bad wa the
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thr ee P3 the Kt then look at the ex osed
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helpless position of Black K. The sequel m i h
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be 8. P KR thr eatens P R mate P R
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( 5 ) , 4
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best . B x KtP B x B to save R 10. B
( ) ; 9 , ( ) ; Q 5
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ch. K R r 1. P dis. ch. P Kt forced
, 3 Q4 , 4
( ) ,
n . B x P ch. forkin K and . Of course Black
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need not take the Kt his best is . Kz
; 3 Q
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then . Kt KB x KP ch. with a tolerable
4 3, Q ,
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am e in fact White s best cour se unless he
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tr usts to Black s i norance 13 to let the KP alone
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and play . B B stoppin castlin K side and
3 4 ( g g
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develop his pieces as quickly as he can.
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Other weak defences of Black s KP are 2. .
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Kz z B obstructin the develop
Q , Q3 ( g
m ent of other pieces by blockin the P a
g Q )
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B places the badly this m i ht follow for a
Q 3 Q ; g
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be inner . B B KKt attackin KP and
g ; 3 4, Q 3
( g
KKtP . But White m a safely leave either ex
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posed Dia . suppose A . Castles and that
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Black rabs the KP . B x P ch. K Kz for
g ; 5 , (
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by . . K x B 6. Kt Kt ch. Black 18 lost
s , Q ;
o—
while after K s . follows 6. Kt
x P and
, Q q , ,
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Black dar es not take Kt on account of . R K s .
7 q ,
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m oves out of wa 8. R K8 mate 6. R K
Q y ; ) ;