GAMES OF ODDS, VARIOUS OPENINGS OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF WINNING AND DRAWING ALSO, Numerous Critical Situations on Diagrams. TO WHICH are added, THE ART OF PLAYING WITHOUT SEEING THE BOARD, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CHESS PLAYERS OF HIS TIME. First published in 1617, By D. PIETRO CARRERA. TRANSLATED from the ITALIAN, WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES AND REMARKS, By W. LEWIS. AUTHOR OF SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS ON THE GAME. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY J. M. RICHARDSON, 23, CORNHILL; AND 1822. PREFACE. PERHAPS nothing has contributed more to the improvement of the Chess players of the present day, than the translations which have been published within these few years of the most eminent Foreign authors on the game. The works of Damiano, Ruy Lopez, Salvio, and Gianutio, have been translated by that eminent player, Mr. Sarratt.* The translation of Il Giuoco incompara • The Editor takes this opportunity of saying a few words respecting this celebrated player. A long and intimate acquaintance with Mr. Sarratt, during which he frequently had the pleasure of playing with him, and of seeing him play, enables the Editor to assert, without hesitation, that he was the finest and most finished player he has ever seen, alike excellent in attack and defence, and capable of unravelling intricate positions with ease and accuracy. Those who form their opinion of Mr. Sarratt's skill from his publications only, will not rank him so high as he deserved, for |