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ILLUSTRATIVE GAME No. 7. 



C CONTESTED in the Hereford Tournament of the Counties Chess 

 / Association, Augnst 12, between Herr Schallopp, of Berlin, 

 and Mr. J. H. Blat-kbm-ne. A remarkably well-played game, one 

 of the best in the tournament. It is an excellent illustration of the 

 advantage to be gained by vigorous play, against defective develop- 

 ment in the Opening. It also contains an attack against the 

 French Defence, which, to the best of 





2. P to Q4. 



3. Kt to QB3 



4. B to Q3 (a) 



5. KtxP 



tempted in practical play. 



BUrk. 



S B to B4 

 !• toKlU' 

 10 Q to K2 



B to Q2 (c) 

 PtoKR3 

 P to Qin(<J) 

 KttoQl 



12 P to KKtli(«)Kt toKtS 



13 CistlesQB QtoBsq.(0 

 1 1 P to Kt5 ' P to KR4, 



15 P to Ktb 0,) 



White 



Black. 



21. QR to Kt sq. (j) Kt to Q sq. 



22. Kt to B sq. B to K sq. 



23. Q toK5 R(Kt2)Ktfq 



24. P to Kt7 ! R to R7 





o B2 

 o RO (0 



I. X It ( ) 

 QxKt(ch) 

 B to Q2 

 KttoB5 

 K to Kt sq 

 31. P to R7 P to Kt5 



32 Q toKsq (m) KitoRC(<h) 



33. P X Kt Q to B5 



34. P to R8 (Q) (o) 



Notes. 



(a) Every move that developes a piece, without giving the 

 opponent a good chance of doing the same, is a distinct gain of 

 time. Formerly White in this Opening played at an early stage 

 P X QP. This liberated Black's QB, and gave him quite as much 

 freedom of action as White had. 4. B to KKt5 has mostly been 

 played of late ; but, except that it occasionally enables White to 

 surprise Black on the K's side if he ia injudicious enough to Castle 

 too early, nothing much comes of that move. 



(b) We cannot approve of this capture. In the first instance. 

 White establishes a piece on K4, from whence it can only be 

 effectually displaced by P to KB4 on the part of Black, which 

 move, however, would leave hia KP weak. Then again, by playing 

 P X P Black secures White's position, and removes a weakness in 

 White's game, which ought to help Black in his development. For 

 instance, by leaving the P en prise, and playing B to Kt5, Black at 

 once threatens to win a P. He therefore .compels White to do 

 something, and thus gains time for development. If in reply to 

 4. B to Kt5 White plays 5. B to KKt5, the position is that of the 

 game between Gunsberg and Mason at the Hamburg Tournament, 

 in which the latter continued with 5. P to Ki;3. G. B x Kt, Q x B. 



7. P to K5, Q to K2. 8. QtoKt4, Q toKtl, ic. 



(c) Had Black Castled, Herr Schallopp intended to proceed with 



8. Kt X Kt, B X Kt. 9. P to KKt4, instituting an attack on the K's 



(d) Not knowing how to act. Black intends to seek an opening 

 on the Q's side in a very round-about way. All things considered, 

 it would have been the lesser evil for Black to have chosen the 

 following line of play :— 9. Kt to Q4. 10. B to Q2, P to B4. 

 11. Kt to Kt3, B to B3, &c. 



{(') White's attack is both energetic and original, the game 



throughout does not follow the conventional lines which by most 

 players are too anxiously adhered to in match play. 



(/) Black is actually driven to thia resource for bringing his Q 

 out of the way, to enable him to Castle. 



(l/) Every move of White ia played with telling effect. If Black 

 takes the proffered P, White would further improve his game by 

 Kt (K4) to Kt5. 



(;i) Going at once for the isolated RP. 



(i) It is quite refreshing to see such a splendid example of 

 originality and enterprise in attack. White, not content to win by 

 the P ho has gained, gives up the piece to obtain two passed P's. 



( ;■) Herr Schallopp thinks that KR to Kt sq. woul.l have been 

 better, for subsequently Black moved his Kt, and brought the Q 

 to bear on the KH, thereby retarding White's advance. 



(/.) The game is full of interest at every step. If Black had 

 played R x R, White could proceed with 27. B to K4, followed by 

 P to RO or Q X R. In any case White haa several ways of winning. 



(0 Threatening mate. 



(m) Leaving no square for Black to retire hia Q. 



(h) a desperate effort to open White's game with a view to a 

 perpetual check. 



(o) The game extended another dozen moves or so, after which 

 Blackburue had to resign, hia ingenious efforts having been of no 



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