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THE CHESS-PLAYER'S
WHITE. BLACK.
2. Q. B. to K. B's 4th 2. K. to his 2nd.
3. K. to his 2nd.
(As the Bishops can now effectually prevent the Black King from crossing to the centre, you have time to play your own King forward.)
 3. K to K. B.'s 3rd.
4. K. to K. B.'s 3rd. 4. K. to his 2nd.
5. K. B. to K. B.'s 5th. 5. K. to K. B.'s 3rd.
6. K. to Kt.'s 4th.[1] 6. K. to his 2nd.
(Still prudently evading the corner squares.)
7. K. to his Kt's 5th. 7. K. to Q's sq.
8. K. to his B.'s 6th. 8. K to his B.'s sq.
9. Q. B. to his 7th.
(Remark how every move now circumscribes the poor King's march.)
 9. K. to his B.'s sq.
10. K. B. to Q.'s 7th. 10. K. to Kt's sq.
(Nearer and nearer to the fatal angle.)
11. K to his Kt.'s 6th. 11. K. to his B.'s sq.
12. Q. B. to Q.'s 6th. Ch. 12. K. to Kt.'s sq.
13. K. B. to Kt's 6th. Ch. 13. K. to his R.'s sq.
14. Q. B. to K.'s 5th. Check-mate.

This is a Check-mate which rarely, very rarely, occurs ; but it is so instructive a lesson in the play of the Bishop that you will do well to study it attentively.

THE KING AND TWO KNIGHTS.

You will be surprised to learn that these Pieces cannot Checkmate the adverse King, if he make the best defence, unless, indeed, he happen to have a Pawn or Pawns left, in which case, strange to say, it sometimes happens that he is Check-mated with a single Knight, as in the annexed example.

  1. ↑ In describing the moves of the King, it is customary to say either K. to his Kt.'s 4th, or K. to K. Kt.'s 4th, K. to his B.'s 3rd, or K. to K. B.'s 3rd, indiscriminately. So, also, in speaking of the other pieces, it is common to say. K. B. to his 6th, as K. B. to K. B.'s 6th, or K. Kt. to his 5th, as K. Kt. to K. Kt.'s 5th, &c., &c.
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