Chapter I: Front Matter

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| TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE |
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| 1. At the end of this text, an addition has been made |
| of the translation of the eighty-five "Illustrative |
| Games" into Portable Game Notation. While every effort |
| has been made to reproduce the text of "The Blue Book |
| of Chess" exactly as published, the exception has been |
| the inclusion of identification "tags" of the form |
| "{PGN xx}", where "xx" is a two digit number. This has |
| been done to facilitate the reader in locating the PGN |
| for each game by performing a search on the |
| identifying tag. |
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| |
| 2. Due to the limitations of ascii art, the Knight has |
| been abbreviated as "N" on the chessboard, while it |
| appears as "Kt." in the text. The ascii convention of |
| the Black pieces being marked with an asterisk has |
| also been followed. |
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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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CHESS BOARD
Showing the men properly set up
to commence play.