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In the next situation, which, like the former, is from Cozio's rare treatise. Black, playing first, can draw the game :—

DIAGRAM No. 24
Black.
g8 black king
f7 black rook
g7 black pawn
e5 white queen
g5 white king
White.
WHITE. BLACK.
1. R. to K. B.'s 3rd.
2. Q. to K.'s 8th. Ch. 2. K. to his R.'s 2nd.
3. Q. to K. R.'s 5th. Ch. 3. K. to his Kt.'s sq.
4. Q. to K.'s 8th. Ch. 4. K. to his R.'s 2nd.
5. Q. to K.'s 7th. 5. R. to Kt.'s 3rd. Ch.
6. K. to his B.'s 5th. 6. R. to B.'s 3rd. Ch.
(And will always draw the game, either by perpetual Check, or by keeping the adverse King at a distance, so that he cannot co-operate with his Queen.)

THE KING AND QUEEN AGAINST THE KING AND TWO MINOR PIECES.

The Queen usually proves the conqueror against two

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