The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 706
great importance towards the end of the game ; they are alsoextremely difficult to manipulate with accuracy. The com-binations of the pawns are among the subtleties of chess, andmerit special attention. Here I can only lay down generalprinciples; for a full knowledge of this branch of the game you… … Fig. 3. WHITE. mm m^m p H JUt *wmr^wm?twiTw i mwmmmm -mf—mm m in w§ Fig. 4. WHITE. KING AND PAWN AGAINST KING. This is mostly a won game for the superior force, that is,the player having the pawn can force it to the eighth squareand make a queen. This result, however, depends entirelyupon the power…
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