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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 gambit. 3. Q's Kt. to B's 3d. 3. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 4. P. to K's 3d. 4. P. to Q. B's 4th. Your 4th move is the one given by all "the books." In the late match between Messrs. Lowenthal and Harrwitz, the latter several times adopted the move of 4. Q's B. to K. B's 4th, at this juncture, with advantage, a sortie hitherto denounced by most of the modern writers on Chess. 5. K's Kt. to B's 3d. 5. Q's Kt. to B's 3d. 6. P. to Q. R's 3d. 6. P. to Q. R's 3d. There is no advantage on either side.

We will now briefly examine those other methods of opening a game, which either player may adopt in lieu of 1. P. to K's 4th, or 1. P. to Q's 4th. The most important of these the second player has at his command to reply to 1. P. to K's 4th, are, 1. P. to Q. B's 4th, and 1. P. to K's 3d. It is true there are other moves, such as 1. P. to Q's 4th; 1. P. to K. Kt.'s 3d.; 1. P. to Q. Kt.'s 3d.; 1. P. to Q's 3d; but they are of so rare occurrence in actual play, we shall hardly be justified in our narrow limits for entering into an analysis of them.