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The hand-book of games : comprising new or carefully revised treatises on whist, piquet, ecarté, lansquenet, boston, quadrille, cribbage, and other card games : faro, rouge et noir, hazard, roulette : backgammon, draughts : billiards, bagatelle, American bowls, etc. etc. (1850)

Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884, editor, Harrison & Sons, printer · London : Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden · leaf 485

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CRITICAL POSITIONS. 463 No. 17. B. to move, W. to draw* No. 18. White to move and win. + V [p pH^i I 1© , J S©l No. 19. B. to move, W. to win.% No. 20. TFAite fo move and win. … No. 21. White to move and win. No. 22. White to move and win. o' e j pr, 4®. * An instructive position. \ A very neat piece of play. + White can force the game in a few move*. Three kings win against two, whenever the Black are in the double corners, as above.

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