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

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move, Ircm rhree lo nve and *ven noves. IT1,e
numbeB reier 10 sTNGLE-MovEs, lhe usual way of
@unling a1 tnat rime.l The @ncealcd move is a
piece that does nor play for a long line, but Iies
snug, i. hopes oi getling an adva.tage.
12. Atthebeginningof agame,youmayplayany
Pawtr No noves. without danger.
rl. The prmbet 6, when he that 6Fr enes rhr
Paqn ollhe King\ Bhhop. rn ihe secood move f.r
nothina. thcothe.keepsit. ortalitrganotherforn,
if he is obliged to loe.
14. The close game is. when he thar plays 6rst
sives no nen, unless to make a good advantagei
bul in sivins a Pawn fis1he loses his advanlage.
15. H€ tbai Castles lirst. the other nul advance
his thr€e Pawns, on the side of his adlersary\
Kine, and back them vith sone pieces, in order to
lo.e hin that way, provided his own King, or
Dreces. arc not m ddnaer in otter places.
_16 when yuur gane E weu oPencd, ro EaIn $e
atrack, you musi pre*or your lieces to chancci
,n,L'rvo"r,.lve^3r! rhrLhar the atdcl'. re(uscs to
chans;, he loses a good situarion; and eirher in
exchmgine, or retning, lhe delence eets the more.
17. For example: In the begintring oia gahe.lo
shew thc necessiry ofplayinglhe PaNns bcfore the
pieces, if ihere were bul two Pawns on each side of
the board, that is to say lhe Pawns olthe Rooks,
rhe Iirst thai should play wotrld soon win the game,
by laking lhe other's pieces by checki and lbat
siluation may cone in less number oI pieces.
18. To play well the ldtrer end of a game, you
ntr{ .,l; l:E whd ha\ rhc move. on trhlch the
gamc always depends. [A rererence to 2!6'
19. Tolearnwell andfast, youmusl beresolute to
Eudrd the e,mber ?awn, or an, olher adlanrage
;o",n.r fie ar/cL and Nhetr \ou hale thc least
a;vantase. you must chatrBe ail, man for nan. A
draw-gane shows both sides played it wel to-the
E\ceor lor I an.l l5 cnd perhaps lhe in@m_
nrehen;ibh 17- lhese rules are sound the
l.venrh rule e.!isaeer lhe p,i'rrbrlri, rhar buncheJ
prqer sould be e0.lanBered by an aJlan(ing
pbrant ofpawns. Atter noring rhar hr rule\would
he oI lreat use Bertin adds I *sh I cotrld sne
Rules io avoid ovc.sishts.'
BERTIN GAMBIT. 586. Sometimes caued the
Threc Pavff Gambit (on accouat ol the continua
tion5...hg3 6 G0 erh2+), ihis yanadon ol lhc
KNGt cAMrr Accepted Nas originaled by lhe
bistorian Alexatrder @NNINGIAM before i707 and
6rst pnblished by rERrN in 1?35.
BEST GAME PRJZE, a prize for a gane that is well
played firouBhout, chosen lron rhe ganes oI a
match or tou.nmenl. The lis! sucn prize was
awarded to cuNsBERc for his game against MrsoN,
Ne* York 1889. Since thentrizes have also been
aqarded lor thc best sl.ategic Came, besl altact on
fte kiag, besr remvery, best endgane, and so on.
A p.ik for the best dras is shared between the
playeE. (conpare BEIBNCY PRrz..)
,IDTBEDER VARIAITON. 25. 129. lhe vtrsov
v^eroN. Iavoured by Lotris Betbeder(1901 )
ot France, and played by him at the London
Olympiad, 192?.
BDVERWUK YARIATTON, 436, in ihe sPANrsH
OEN]NG, KiNd Of
'ODEL
DEFEN'E DCICTTEd.
playeLl by r{ENrsG u 1850 and in Lhe Camc
Vlas5ma-O Kelly, Beverurjl lq46 Trm\Poriri^n
r. rhe BdEq vA ArroN.1lo, commonlvac.uE.
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t(ieCh6", on Annookd BtbhopaphJ ol Wotks
P"bl-6hed h Ih. EnAlish Lan\uas. 1850 1908
r,a97,r) bv D. A. Betlrand Srdkhnohayalnerutu,a
SISR rt!o8)b! N I Sakhdro\ @v.rinarheperiod
l?5!i966. Tlie 66t hds 2.568 titles, the sccond
1,108.
DTLEK, ISTVAN (1932 ), Huosanan Player,
Intemational o.anddaster (1962), threc tines
.hampron of hb (ounr) (tabl, 1q65. 1970),
comn Liror rn nrne OlympraJs h.m t958 ro 1q74.
Hc pla!ed rn the inreponals or ron2 anJ tto4 $irh
oode resuhs and i. na.y i.te.nadonal tourna_
ments. notablv taking lhnd pnze (+6=9) at
Bevesijk 1966 and snarine tust prize with s^voN
at Debreen 1970. He was at one time naded to
Edith Lrng (1938 ) who won the Hdsaian
wonen s .hanpiodshiP in 1958 and 1963 and
gained rhe title ol Irlernalional womatr Master
( 1965).
BILGUER, PAUL RUDoLF voN, see !AND_
BIND, a grip, usualty held by pawns. from rhich
rhe opponcnt cannol easily fre€ himseli. (See, tor
exanpic, the GR6czY BiND. a lariatjon of lhe
BIRD, HENRY EDWARD (1830 1908), Enghh
player, accounlanl. Hc played in 13 strong tournamenrs
snh crralic results: his best achievemenls
were: vienna laz a tic with L. .^ursEN ior ntth
placei Pa.is 1878, fourth placc shaled Nith MAc