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vexed question appears at length to be definitely settled—and in the negative. As. however, the subject presents difficulties quite insurmountable by any but an experienced player, it will be sufficient in the present treatise to exhibit two or three of the leading situations, and refer you for further information regarding it to the "Handbook," pages 449-468, where the whole of the very copious and scientific analysis, by which the conclusion is demonstrated, will be found in extenso. The following is the position which Philidor gives as one which the Black may always be forced to take up. If he had only show how, the question would long since have been set at rest, since, granting him this position (see Diagram No. 46), nothing can be

PHILIDOR'S POSITION.
DIAGRAM No. 46
Black.
b7 black king
a6 black rook
b5 white king
b4 white bishop
h1 white rook
White.
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