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Chess gems: Some of the finest examples of chess strategy, by ancient and modern masters (1878)

Miles, John Augustus · Fakenham [Eng.] : E. W. Southwood, and the editor · leaf 62

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No. 89. The Tower. By W. Bone. m. mma iHH iHH IB %i%S<2 *^s=':,.~7%ii {f777^r:.. , wm, mm m ■ ^MaH^ r*yJB6mr White engages to mate with the Queen's Pawn fd2) in twenty-four moves, without taking the Rook or the King's Pawn, or compelling either of them to move. "White further engages not to… … White to play and mate with hia Queen's Pawn (d3) in thirty moves, without taking the Black Rook at d4 or compelling it to move.

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