(a) Mr. Endon always plays Black. If presented with White he would fade, without the least trace of annoyance, away into a light stupor.
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1. e4
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(b) The primary cause of all White's subsequent difficulties.
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1... Nh6 2. Nh3 Rg8 3. Rg1 Nc6 4. Nc3 Ne5 5. Nd5
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(c) Apparently nothing better, bad as this is.
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5... Rh8 6. Rh1 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ng8 8. Nb1 Nb8
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(d) An ingenious and beautiful début, sometimes called the Pipeopener.
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9. Ng1 e6 10. f3
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(e) Ill-judged.
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10... Ne7 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. g4 Be7 13. Ng3 d6 14. Be2 Qd7 15. d3 Kd8
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(f) Never seen in the Café de la Régence, seldom in Simpson's Divan.
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16. Qd2 Qe8 17. Kd1 Nd7 18. Nc3
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(g) The flag of distress.
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18... Rb8 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. b3 Rg8 22. Rg1 Kc8
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(h) Exquisitely played.
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23. Bb2 Qf8 24. Kc1 Be8 25. Bc3
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(i) It is difficult to imagine a more deplorable situation than poor White's at this point.
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25... Nh8 26. b4 Bd8 27. Qh6
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(j) The ingenuity of despair.
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27... Na8
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(k) Black has now an irresistible game.
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28. Qf6 Ng6 29. Be5 Be7 30. Nc5
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(l) High praise is due to White for the pertinacity with which he struggles to lose a piece.
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30... Kd8
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(m) At this point Mr Endon, without as much as 'j'adoube,' turned his King and Queen's Rook upside down, in which position they remained for the rest of the game.
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31. Nf1
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(n) A coup de repos long overdue.
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31... Bd7 32. Kb2 Rh8 33. Kb3 Bc8 34. Ka4 Qe8+
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(o) Mr. Endon not crying 'Check!,' nor otherwise giving the slightest indication that he was alive to having attacked the King of his opponent, or rather vis-à-vis, Murphy was absolved, in accordance with Law 18, from attending to it. But this would have been to admit that the salute was adventitious.
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35. Ka5 Nb6 36. Bf4 Nd7 37. Qc3 Ra8 38. Na6
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(p) No words can express the torment of mind that goaded White to this abject offensive.
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38... Bf8 39. Kb5 Ne7 40. Ka5 Nb8 41. Qc6 Ng8 42. Kb5 Ke7
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(q) The termination of this solitaire is very beautifully played by Mr. Endon.
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43. Ka5 Qd8
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(r) Further solicitation would be frivolous and vexatious, and Murphy, with fool's mate in his soul, retires.
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