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THE CHESS-PLAYER'S
DIAGRAM No. 4
BLACK.
h8 black king
g5 white king
g1 white queen
WHITE.

Here we find (see the remarks on Notation, page 5) that the White King is at his Kt.'s 5th sq., the White Queen at King's Kt.'s sq., and the Black King at his Rook's sq. Now at this point an experienced player would see at a glance that Check-mate can be given in two moves, and would play first, King to his Bishop's 6th sq., and then, when the Black King moves to K. Rook's 2nd (the only square open to him) would move Queen to K. Kt.'s 7th sq., giving Check-mate : but the tyro, having an eye only to imprisoning the Black King, would perhaps play his King to Rook's 6th, instead of to Bishop's 6th sq., leaving the adverse King in the situation of Stale-mate. (See Stale-mate, page 10.)

To accustom you to the notation, it may be well when, by the assistance of a Chess-playing friend, you thoroughly comprehend the method of effecting Check-mate with the King and Queen, for you to write out the above situation, with the solution, in the abbreviated form adopted by

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