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CHAPTER VIII.

WE have now to direct our attention to those terminations in which both parties are left with Pieces or Pawns towards the end ;of a game. In such cases the variations are, of course, more numerous and complicated than in the examples hitherto examined.

HOW TO WIN WITH THE KING AND QUEEN AGAINST THE KING AND A ROOK.

In this end game the superior force wins in all general positions, the only exceptions being those cases in which the other party escapes defeat by a Stale-mate, one of which is as follows :—

DIAGRAM No. 21
Black.
f8 black king
g7 black rook
e6 white queen
h1 white king
White.
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