The Blue Book of Chess, page 1 by Howard Staunton
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THE BLUE BOOK
OF CHESS
TEACHING THE RUDIMENTS OF THE GAME, AND GIVING AN ANALYSIS OF ALL THE RECOGNIZED OPENINGS
----ILLUSTRATED BY----
APPROPRIATE GAMES ACTUALLY PLAYED
BY MORPHY, HARRWITZ, ANDERSSEN, STAUNTON, EVANS, MONTGOMERY, MEEK AND OTHERS
----INCLUDING----
LASKER, STEINITZ, SCHLECHTER, PILLSBURY, AND OTHER RECENT PLAYERS
REVISED EDITION Based on the work of Staunton and Modern Authorities
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
Copyright, 1910, by THE JOHN C. WINSTON Co.
Copyright, 1870, by PORTER & COATES
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PREFACE TO NEW REVISED EDITION.
The following work is designed for those who are learning the noble game of Chess.
Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.
The chief aim of the Editor of these pages has been to avoid this fault, by simplifying the openings, and by giving to the student chiefly such moves as are recognized to be the best, both in attack and defence. By playing over carefully the illustrative games, the learner will also see, at each opening, the variations made by experienced players in acc