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The game of chess (1895)

Chadwick, Henry, 1824-1908 · New York, American sports publishing co. · leaf 26

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the knight. The problem is to move the black knight so as to capture every white piece surrounding the king, one after the ^ other, without moving illegally. The solution is for the black knight to take the white bishop ; then the W^^^^M, ^^^^^ upper castle ; next the lower knight, then the pawn on… … Here is a little puz- zle showing the move of the castle or rook. On the sixteen squares of the board the puzzle is for the rook, moving but one square at a time, to move to each square on the board but once and on the last move land on the lower right hand corner square. For the first move the…

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