The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 188
er Petroff, aptly il-lustrates the moves of the Knight in acrowded board. The disastrous re-treat of Napoleon (the Black King) from Moscow, in 1812, the harass-ing of his troops by the Cossackcavalry (the white Knights), thecrossing of the river Berezina (thewhite diagonal running from K.R.sq. to… … WHITE. ,—White to play and mate in two moves.SOLUTION. WHITE. ^ _ BLACK. 1 Kt. to Q. 2, giving double check and forcing the Black K. to go to his Rooks 4. 2 Kt. to B. 3 + K. to R. 6. 3 Kt. from Q. 2 to Kt. sq. -f- K. to Kt. 5. 4 Kt. to R. 2 -t- K. to Kt. 4. 5 Kt. to R. 3 4- K. to R. 3. 6 Kt. to Kt.…
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