The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 211
takes Q (check). 34. K to B 3. 35. E to K 6 (check). I Forcing him to take the knight, a capture which leads the black I king into a hopeless situation. I 33. K takes Kt. 36. B to Q Kt sq. The force of Whites last sacrifice is now apparent. Do whatBlack may, he cannot avoid the discovered mate by… … O take a sample ofthe ludicrous, whatcould be more absurdthan the duel betweenthe Marquis de B—and the Count de M— PThese two friends ut-tered some warm wordsin the course of anargument, and as, un-fortunately, witnesseswere present, publicopinion demanded thatthey should fight. They met, but asthe…
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