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PRACTICE GAME
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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