chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

any player in thc world. None of bis slrongest nvaL
responded no. is il likely rhal he could have
defe,red rhem on lhese terms. so lar nad lhe
standard ol play imprcved by this time. The lasi
importa.t march at pawn and nove, otiered by
srE Nrrzto DEVERE, took plae in London, i865-6.
De vere Non (+7=2 3).
DevertsSteinirz 3id marchEa6e 1365 temove Blrk\
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 .xd5 exdl 4 Brl3 Nl6 5 ts95 3e7 6
No3BE4 ?BBh5 3Qe2G0 90 G0c6 10Nh3Bb4 11
Nr4Res 12Bf6Q 6 13NxbQh6+ 14Qd2Qxh5 15
h4 Nd7 16 Og5 Qrg5 17 hxg5 Nf3 13 Ne2 Re6 lS a3
Bd6 (White has keF hn exta prwn dd rho win n krgcly a
naller or technique.) 2014 R.cs 2l Kd2 b6 22 Rdn
R6e7 23f5Rfi 24g4Bc7 25g6hxg6 26lxe6B3i+ 2?
Kdl RI6 23 Rl5 Rxf5 29 gxf5 Nd7 30 b4 Nl6 31 REI
Bh6 32a4Kl3 3rRg2Ke7 31Ng1Kd6 35Nt3Bf4 16
Ne5 BxgJ 37L!gJ.5 33dxc5+ bxc5 l9bxc5+ kcs,ll)
Rg2 Kb4 41 Kd2 Kxa4 42 Rgr Re7 43 KA Rc?+ ,r4
l.d,l Ka3 45 Ral+ Kb2 46 Ra6 Kc1 47 Rir6 gir6 43
Kxd5 a5 ,19 Kd6 Rc3 50 Bb5 Kic 51 Ke7 and Whire
PAWN AND TWO MOVES, or pavr and two, a
handicap thai @nsists of playing Black, removing
the f-pawn belore the (art ot play, and aUowirg
White to mmnence with two sNcltr-MovEs insread
of one. These are sevete odds and some master
would pieler 10 offer a knighl instead. The most
important match at pawd and 1wo took plae in
1821. For nany years DActrApEr-16 had been
chanFion of the Cafe dc la Rigence and reputedly
the besr player in Franceichalenged by his PuPil
uolRDoNNAN he ag.eed lo a natch oiseven gamcs
at pawn and rro; he lost lhcn all. In 1846
srAUNroN delealed nARRw,,z (+12=1 9). He
@n@dcd odds i. some of the ganes wnh lhc
followiDg curious resulls:
+7 =0 0
pawn and 6ove +l :r -6 -
pawrandiwo +4 =0 3.
Arwood Philiddr, a licndly eime played 'n
London 29
Junc 179s Gcnove Black\.rpa{n)
r e4 2d4e6 :rf4d5 4esc5 ic3N6 6NIlQb6 7Bd3
Nh6 3 Ob3 c,l 9 Oxb6 aib6 l0 Bc2 b5 I I b4
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rH'L'Dok now givcs up a ninor piece lor rwo paMs IIe
considc(d such .n ex.hanse rd'dragcous if he could
thcn adva.€ his pawns effccriecly I L . Bxb,l 12 qb4
PAWN FORMATION 243
Nxb4 llKd2Nx, r4lcc2b4 15Bd2Ro4 16h3Rr3
l? g4 N, 13 Ng5 Nr35 19 fxg5 Rf, 20 h4 b5 (Black
could h.vc rcn back his piee 6ui he ptlc6.o.onrinuc
his pasn attack.) 21 h5 b3+ 22 Kb2 b4 23 g6 hxg6 24
hxq6 Ba6 25 Rh3+ I