The American Hoyle, or, Gentleman's hand-book of games: containing all the games played in the United States, with rules, descriptions, and technicalities, adapted to the American methods of playing (1864)
Dick, William B. (William Brisbane), 1827-1901, Hoyle, Edmond, 1672-1769 · Dick & Fitzgerald · leaf 283
EN AND KING AGAINST A KING. In a checkmate by a Queen and King against a single King, all thatis necessary for the player to do is to prevent the march of the adversoKing beyond a particular line by posting his Q. at one end of that line.He then advances his King so as to allow his opponent no… … In this case, the proper play is for the white to move his Q. to theIts seventh, when the black K. must move to the white square ; thenthe white Q. moves up to Ks seventh and says mate. If the whiteKing had been moved on to his sixth, a stalemate would have been the EXDIXGS OF GAME. 275…
Games · Card games · Chess · Playing cards
Internet Archive · Boston Library Consortium · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
