THE CHIVALRY OPENING

 

There are no recorded games of Chivalry available for study.  Therefore, any thorough analysis of the Chivalry opening (as well as the middlegame and the endgame) depends upon an increased level of game play.

 

The following moves are from an 1888 document, the only known example of a published Chivalry opening.

 

  White                    Black

1.H7-H8                    I11-K9

2.L7-J5-H7                 J10-L8

3.K7xM9                    K10-M10xM8

4.H7-J5-L7xN9              I10-K12-M10

5.H8-I9                    L10-J12-J10xH8

6.G7xI9                    H10xJ8

7.K6-I8xK8xK10xK12xI10xG12

 

Leaving the following position with Black to move:

         Black

         White