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THE CHESS-PLAYER'S

fore, that a Pawn supported by a minor Piece, as well as the King, must win with ease. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, it is true, he must : but there are two or three important exceptions to the rule, and with these we shall conclude the chapter.

The first has reference to a Pawn on a Rook's file ; we have just before seen the difficulty of winning with a Rook's Pawn at the end : but you will hardly be prepared, from the examples given, to believe that, if you were left at the end of a game with a Rook's Pawn, and a Bishop to support it, you would be unable to win the game. Yet such will be occasionally the case, when your Bishop does not command the corner square to which the Pawn is marching, and the adverse King can get before your Pawn upon the Rook's file. Take, for instance, the subjoined position:

DIAGRAM No. 18
Black.
d8 black king
h5 white pawn
f4 white king
e2 white bishop
White.
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