Next, suppose Black has the move, and he will draw:—­

             WHITE.  BLACK.
                                        1.  K. to K’s 2d.
       2.  K. to Q’s 2d. 2.  K. to his 3d.
       3.  K. to his 3d. 3.  K. to his 4th.
       4.  K. to Q’s 3d. 4.  K. to Q’s 4th.
       5.  P. to K’s 3d, or 5.  K. to K’s 4th.
          to K’s 4th. (ch.)

And it is clear that, play as you may, you can only draw the game.

The only exception in all the foregoing cases is to be found, as has already been remarked, when the Pawn is upon either of the Rooks’ files.  In these instances, Black will invariably draw the game when his King can be placed on any part of the file in front of the Pawn, it being quite immaterial at what distance the adverse King and Pawn may be.  Even, as in the next example, the player of the single King will draw the game, if he have not the move, against two Pawns in a somewhat similar position.  For White being to move, he can only play K. to R’s 8th, to which Black must reply by K. to B’s sq.; and if White then advance B’s Pawn, it will be taken:  or if he play R’s Pawn, Black returns K. to B’s 2d, and his adversary is stalemated. (See Diagram 9.)

Two united Pawns, with their King, always win against King alone.  Another advantage in having two Pawns thus situated is, that they can always maintain themselves until the arrival of the King to their support; for should one be taken, the other will advance to Queen.  In the next position (see Diagram 10), White wins by advancing K. to Kt’s 5th, then Queening Rook’s Pawn, and upon that being taken, playing K. to R’s 6th, or B’s 6th, having the opposition.

QUEEN AGAINST A KNIGHT OR BISHOP.

(In all cases, each party is of course understood to have a King in addition to the Pieces named.)

Diagram 11.

               WHITE.  BLACK.
       1.  Q. to her 4th. (ch.) 1.  K. to his 3d.
       2.  K. to his 4th. 2.  Kt. to K. Kt’s 3d.
       3.  Q. to her Kt’s 6th. (ch.) 3.  K. to B’s 2d.
       4.  K. to B’s 5th. 4.  Kt. to K’s 2d. (ch.)
       5.  K. to Kt’s 5th. 5.  Kt. to Q’s 4th.
       6.  Q. to her 6th. 6.  Kt. to K’s 2d.
       7.  Q. to K. B’s 6th.[A] (ch.) 7.  K. to his sq.
       8.  Q. to K’s 6th. 8.  K to Q’s sq.
       9.  K. to B’s 6th. 9.  Kt. to Q. B’s sq.
      10.  Q. to Q. B’s 6th. 
                        And you must win the Kt.

The Queen also easily wins against a Bishop.

[Footnote A:  Transcriber supplied the “6th.”, as the move was incomplete in the original text.]

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