[2] In 1735 he published a small volume entitled The Noble Game of Chess.

[2][3] In the same year, he was recommissioned in a Regiment of Invalids and, according to Hooper and Whyld, "In all probability he died soon afterwards.

"[2] The Noble Game of Chess was sold only at Slaughter's Coffee House.

[2][3][4] It contained opening analysis and useful advice about the middlegame, and laid down 19 rules for chess play.

Some examples: Bertin attached great value to maintaining White's first-move advantage.