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PRACTICE GAME
87

the Steinitz Gambit because of the name of the man who invented the opening moves.

The moves are notated as follows :

Steinitz Gambit.

white. black.
1. P—K4. P—K4.
2. Kt—QB3. Kt—Q B3.
3. P—B4. P×P.
4. P—Q4. Q—R5 (ch.).
5. K—K2. P—Q4.
6. P×P. B—KKt5 (ch.).
7. Kt—B3. O—O—O.
8. P×Kt. B—Q B4.
9. P×P (ch.). K—Kt sq.
10. P×B.? Kt-B3.!
11. Q×R (ch.). R×Q.
12. B—Q2. R—Ksq. (ch.).
13. K—Q sq. Q B7.
14. K—B sq. B×Kt.
15. P×B. Q×KKt.P.
16. Resigns.

The student will note that the game was played in fifteen moves on each side and that at White's sixteenth move, he resigns