Game VIII. First game between Messrs. Anderssen and Staunton (Third Series). Sicilian Opening. Let the reader compare this game, which would be discreditable to two third-rate players of a coffee-house, with any of the match-games in which Black has taken part heretofore, and say how far the result of this mere mockery of Chess is a proof of the absolute powers of two men who are called proficients.

1. 10…Qc7 The opening of this wretched affair is a sufficient indication of how utterly unfitted Black was by suffering, to maintain his reputation in these encounters. Already he has permitted his antagonist to bring nearly every Piece into action, while his own are almost all locked up at home.