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HOW TO CHECK-MATE WITH THE KING AND TWO BISHOPS.

Place the men as below :—

DIAGRAM No. 7
Black.
e8 black king
c1 white bishop
e1 white king
f1 white bishop
White.

That is to say :—

WHITE. BLACK.
K. at his sq.

K. B. at his sq.

Q. B. at his sq.[1]

K. at his sq.

And play as follows :—

WHITE. BLACK.
1. K. B. to K. R.'s 3rd.
(This Check-mate can only be effected by driving the adverse King into one of the corners of the board; you play the Bishops, therefore, in the manner best calculated to prevent his getting into the centre of the field.)
 1. K. to Q's. sq.
(For the reasons just mentioned Black, of course, avoids the corners of the board.)
  1. ↑ This, and a few other positions, are borrowed from "The Chess-Player's Handbook," published by Mr. H. Bohn, a work to which the present brief little treatise may serve as an introduction.
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