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TEXT BOOK.
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That is :—

WHITE. BLACK.
K. at his B.'s 6th.

K. at his R's sq.

B. at K. B.'s 5th.

Kt. at K. Kt.'s 5th.

As in this Check-mate it is necessary, not only to drive the Black King into an angle of the board, but into one which is commanded by the Bishop you may have (i.e., if you have a Bishop running on a white diagonal the King must be forced into a corner square of that colour; and if your Bishop runs on Black squares, you must compel the King, in the end, to move to a corner square that is Black). You will observe, on setting up the Pieces, that the Black King is most unfavourably posted for you, seeing that he occupies a corner square over which your Bishop, being of a different colour, has no control. This renders the analysis all the more improving.

WHITE. BLACK.
1. Kt. to K. B.'s 7th. Ch. 1. K. to his Kt.'s sq.
2. B. to K.'s 4th. 2. K. to his B.'s sq.
3. B. to K. R.'s 7th. 3. K. to his sq.
4. Kt. to K.'s 5th.
(The purport of the first three moves you will easily see through ; but it requires a great deal of experience to appreciate some of White's play from this point. You must be content, therefore, at present to take for granted that he plays in the way best calculated to effect Check-mate in the fewest possible moves.)
 4. K. to his B.'s sq., or variation A.
(To avoid Confusion you are recommended to go patiently and considerately through the series of moves dependent on Black's playing his K. to his B.'s sq., before you examine the variation.)
5. Kt. to Q.'s 7th. Ch. 5. K. to his sq.
6. K. to his 6th. 6. K. to Q.'s sq.
7. K. to Q.'s 6th. 7. K. to his sq.
(This is Black's best play ; by moving to Q. B.'s sq. his defeat is only hastened.)
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