The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction . OP AGAINST KING. This is one of the most difficult and interesting endings of it is impossible to checkmate with two knights, so the mate withknight and bishop is seldom accomplished by inferior players within thegiven fifty moves. The secret, as in themate with two bishops, is not only to drivethe adverse king into a corner, but it mustbe the comer commanded by your you start with the pieces on theirs
The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction . OP AGAINST KING. This is one of the most difficult and interesting endings of it is impossible to checkmate with two knights, so the mate withknight and bishop is seldom accomplished by inferior players within thegiven fifty moves. The secret, as in themate with two bishops, is not only to drivethe adverse king into a corner, but it mustbe the comer commanded by your you start with the pieces on theirseveral squares, your first efforts must be todrive the single king on to the last line,whence, by a series of ingenious moves, youforce him into the fatal comer, from whichthere is no escape. But a more difficultposit ion still occurs in the ** Palamede,*and is quoted by Mr. Staunton. Here theking is in the comer not commanded byyour bishop. You have therefore to drive him into a white corner. That this position may be better understoodsee the diagram here presented. What the player has to do in this case Is to keep close to his adversaijand drive him round. Thus:. WHITE. White. Black. I Kt. to K. 7 (ch.) I K. to sq. 2 B to 4 2 K. to sq. 3 B. to K. 7 3 K. to his sq. 4 Kt. to 5 4 K. to K. sq. 5 Kt. to 7 5 iv. to his sq. 6 K. to his 6 6 K. to sq. 7 K. to 6 7 K. to his sq. 8 B. to K. 6 (ch.) 8 K. to Q.*s sq. 9 Kt. to Q. 5 9 K. to Q. sq 10 K. B. to his 7 10 K. to sq. II Kt. B. to Q. 7 (ch.) 11 K. to Q. sq. 12 K. to O. 6 12 K. to Q. sq 13 K. to Q. 6 13 K. to Q. sq. 14 B. to 6 (ch.) M K. to Q. sq. 15 Kt. to Q. 5 15 K. to Q. sq. i6 B. to 7 16 K. to Q. sq 17 Kt. to Q. 6 (ch.) 17 K. to Q. sq. i8 B. to Q. 6 (mate) 498 CHESS. If, at hfs fourth move, black king had moved to his queens square,white would have answered with bishop to queens third, and so haveprolonged th
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