Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

White. Black

23 pages in this part of Every Boy's Book.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. Black has now only three satisfactory methods of defence; viz., 2. P. to Q's 3d…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (II)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. P. to Q's 3d. 3. P. to Q's 4th.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (III)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. Kt. takes K's P. 3. P. to Q's 3d. 4. Kt. to K. B's 3d…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (IV)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. Q's Kt. to B's 3d.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (V)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. Q's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. B. to Q. B's 4th. 3. B to Q. B's 4th. 4. P. to Q. Kt.'s…

White. Black: Variation

Variation A. on White's 9th Move. 9. P. to K. R's 3d. 9. Kt. to Q. R's 4th.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (VI)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. Q's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. B. to Q. B's 4th. 3. B. to Q. B's 4th. 4. P. to Q. Kt.'s…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (VII)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. Q's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. B. to Q. Kt.'s 5th. 3. K's Kt. to B's 3d.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's Kt) (VIII)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 2. Q's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. P. to Q's 4th. 3. P. takes P.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K B)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. 2. K. B. to Q. B's 4th.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K B) (II)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. 2. K. B. to Q. B's 4th. 3. Q. to K's 2d. 3. Q's Kt. to B's 3d.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's B)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's B. to Q. B's 4th. 2. K's B. to Q. B's 4th. 3. P. to Q. Kt.'s 4th. 3. B. takes P. 4. P. to K. B's…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th K's B) (II)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. K's B. to Q. B's 4th. 2. K's Kt. to B's 3d 3. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. Kt. takes K's P. (best.) Your…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P to K)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. P. to K. B's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. K's Kt. To B's 3d. 3. P. to K. Kt.'s 4th.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P to K) (II)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. P. to K. B's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. P. to K. Kt.'s 4th. 4. B. to Q. B's 4th…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. P. to B's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. P. to K. Kt.'s 4th. 4. B. to Q. B's 4th. 4…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P to K) (III)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2.P. to K. B's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. K. Kt.'s to B's 3d. 3. P. to K. Kt.'s 4th. 4. P. to K. R's 4th…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P to K) (IV)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2.P. to K. B's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. B. to Q. B's 4th. 3.Q. to K. R's 5th. (ch.) Black's 3d move is…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P to K) (V)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. P. to K. B's 4th. 2. B. to Q. B's 4th. This has usually been received as the best method of…

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P) (II)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. P. to Q's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. B. to Q. B's 4th. 3. K's Kt. to B's 3d.

White. Black (P to K's th P to K's th P) (III)

1. P. to K's 4th. 1. P. to K's 4th. 2. P. to Q's 4th. 2. P. takes P. 3. P. to K. B's 4th. 3. B. to Q. B's 4th.

White. Black (P to Q's th P to Q's th P to Q)

1. P. to Q's 4th. 1. P. to Q's 4th. 2. P. to Q. B's 4th. 2. P. takes P. It is considered more advisable to decline the gambit. (See Game…

White. Black (P to Q's th P to Q's th P to Q) (II)

1. P. to Q's 4th. 1. P. to Q's 4th. 2. P. to Q. B's 4th. 2. P. to K's 3d. This is now acknowledged to be his best method of declining the…

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