De Witt's American chess manual. Containing full instructions for young players (1880)
Chadwick, Henry, 1824-1908, ed · New York, De Witt · leaf 32
18 The Chess Player's Instructor; pose to exhibit to you the several methods by which check- mate may be averted or postponed, and the means by which it is ultimately effected. (See Diagram V.) Diagram V. BLACK* … I ' ' ' * WHITE. In the above position we will suppose that Black, having to move, plays Kl to K 4, check. White replies, R takes Kf, check. Black having no other means of relieving his King from attack, it is compulsory upon him to take white Rook.
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