ALL THE RECOGNIZED OPENINGS

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APPROPRIATE GAMES ACTUALLY PLAYED

BY MORPHY, HARRWITZ, ANDERSSEN, STAUNTON,
EVANS, MONTGOMERY, MEEK AND OTHERS

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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.

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
pla