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Puzzles old and new (1893)

Hoffmann, Professor, 1839-1919 · London : Frederick Warne · leaf 388

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opting thefollowing method, the invention of a scientific German writer,named Warnsdorf: Place the knight on any square youlike, and begin by moving him to that square from which hewould command the fewest points of attach ; observing that ifhis power would be equal on any two squares, you may… … Fig, 494. As an aid to the observance of this rule, it should be notedthat the knight, from either of the corner squares, commandstwo squares only. If placed on an outer, row of the board nextto a corner square, he commands three squares. From anyother square of an outer row he commands four…

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