Miller J.W. (ed.) The American Supplement to the Synopsis of Chess Openings

London: Morgan Jun, 1885. — 100 p.The edior does not assum eto beanana list of Chess apart from the army of Chess players who have given thoughts and study to the Openings, and played them for many years. The body of analysis in the German Ii and bush is the product of ten thousand minds ; and the best an alysts have not been infallible, as witness the declaration of Howard Staun ton that the Sicilian was the best Opening for the second player.The Chess Openings come and go ont of fashion without much regard for individual preferences; and they stan don shifting ground, sometim es strengthened tem perature a new line of play, and again laid on the shelf as the novelty is fully dissected and its weak points made known.It is certain ly desirable to put on record all notew orthy ideas in the Openings; and th is is the aim of the Editor, especially for those originating on th is side of th e A tlantic. Space will also be given to the freshest foreign analysis. N early th ree y ears have elapsed since the th ird edition of Cook’s “ Synopsis ” was published. Since its appearance there have been m em orable International Chess Congresses in London, Vienna,and Nuremberg, and several Chess m atches between the great Masters.The proof reading has been carefully supervised, the Editor regard in gth is as one of the vital thingsin the publication of these works.