Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... 1887. (a) 24-20, 15-24, 28-19, 11-15, 20-11, 15-24, 29-25, 24-28, 31-27, 3-7. B. wins. 31-27 also loses, as follows: --31-27, 2-7, 29-25, 16-20, 19-16, 12-19, 23-16, 4-8, 16-12, 11-16, 22-17, 7-11,26-23, 15-18, 24-19, 11-15, 28-24, 8-11. B. wins.--Drummond. O) 23-19, 14-18, 19-16, 12-19, 26-23, 18-27, 32-7, 15-18,22-15, 10-19, 24-15, 3-19, 30-26, 9-14, 25-22, 8-11, 22-17, 14-18, 17-14, 1-5. B. wins.--./. Lees, 1887. O) 10-15, 25-22, f-10, 13-6, 15-18. Drawn.--F. Green. (a) This move gives the title to the opening. The name was conferred upon it by the late Mr. Geo. Wallace, of Glasgow, from 1 the peculiarity of some of the variations, where the player finds to his loss that he has been pursuing an ignis fatuus, Published play shows a majority of wins for the second player. (b) The line most frequently adopted at the present day. Both 8-11 and 13-17 are very weak, and should be avoided. (c) The best reply; anything else gives Black the advantage, (rf) 28-24, 14-18, 30-26, 16-19, 24-20, 2-7, 27-23, 18-27, 32-16, 8-11. Drawn. 30-26, at this stage, also draws, thus: --30-26, 16-19, 27-23, 8-12, 23-16, 12-19, 32-27, 4-8, 27-23, 1-6, 23-16, 8-11, 16-7, 3-19, 25-22, 6-10, 31-27, 10-15, 27-23, 2-7, 23-16, 14-18. Drawn.--H. Christie v. C. Horsfall. (e) 32-27 loses as follows: --32-27, 4-8, 25-22, 1-6, /.-22-18,6-9, 27-24, 16-19, 23-16, 12-19, 15-10, 14-23, 24-15, 9-14, 10-6, 2-9, 15-10, 8-12, 10-6, 12-16, 6-2,16-20. B. wins.--Christie beat Jordan. (/) 21-17, 14-21, 23-18, 6-10, 15-6, 2-9,18-15, 3-7,27-24, 16-20, 24-19, 20-24, 22-18, 13-17, 30-26, 24-27, 31-24, 21-25, 24-20, 25-29, 28-24, 29-25, 20-16, 25-30. B. wins.--W. Gorman. (g) 3-7 leads to a safe draw, thus: --3-7, 25-22, 9-14, 18-9, 11-25, 20-11, 5-14, 27-23, 7-16, 23-18, 14-23, 26-3, 25-29, 32-27, 29-25, 31-26