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WHITE. BLACK.
5. K. to Q.'s 5th. 5. K. moves.
6. K. to Q. B.'s 4th. 6. K. moves.
7. R. to K.'s 2nd. 7. Kt. to Q. R.'s 6th. Ch.
8. K. to Q. Kt.'s 4th. 8. Kt. to Q. Kt.'s 8th.
9. R. to Q. Kt.'s 2nd. And wins the Knight.[1]

The following (see Diagram 34) is an example of a drawn game with these forces :—

WHITE. BLACK.
1. Kt. to K. B's. 2nd. Ch.
2. K. to his Kt.'s 6th. 2. Kt. to Q.'s sq.
(And the game must be drawn.)

He may also, as Lolli remarks, play the Kt. to Q.'s 3rd, and prevent your Check-mating him. or gaining the Kt. : but if he venture in this situation to move him to the corner sq., giving Ch., you inevitably win the game.

For suppose :—

WHITE. BLACK.
2. Kt. to K. B.'s sq. Ch.
3. K. to his B.'s 6th.
(Observe now that the Kt. is completely imprisoned.)[2]
 3. K. to his Kt.'s sq.
4. R. to Q.'s 7th.
(Evidently either winning the Kt. or, if the King is moved, Check-mating next move.)

THE KING WITH A ROOK AND PAWN AGAINST THE KING AND A BISHOP.

Since the Rook. as you have seen, can occasionally win against the Bishop, it is reasonable to suppose that, with

  1. ↑ The merit of showing the way to win in this and several other positions of the same description, is due to the late Mr. C. Forth, of Carlow.
  2. ↑ When harassed by the checks of an adverse Kt. towards the end of a game, young players should remember that, by placing their King as above on the third diagonal square from where the Kt. stands, it takes the latter three moves to get into a position to check again.
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