nating themes which originated in Sam Loyd’s fertile brain. Loyd called it the “‘ American Indian,’ and described it in these words: ‘‘ The key withdraws a guarding piece to a remote square, so as to attack a Black man, which in turn threatens a White piece previously guarded by the key piece, but… … Mate in two. Mate in two. 1 B—B 8, BxR; 2 BxQ mate. 1 R—R 6, RxXB; 2 RXR mate. There is hardly any good composer in existence who has not tried to vary No. 5 or No. 6. The following two fine examples illustrate the theme in simple form, stripped of all the superfluous pieces, which were added by…
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