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THE CHESS PLAYER'S

more accurate and elegant than the mode in which he wins from it :—

WHITE. BLACK.
1. R. to Q. B.'s 8th. Ch. 1. R. to Q.'s sq.
2. R. to Q. B.'s 7th.
(This is the only way to prevent your winning immediately, for, as will presently be shown, when you can once oblige him to move the rook to your Q.'s sq., or to your Q.'s 3rd, the only two other squares open to him, the game must be won in a few moves.)
 2. B. to Q.'s 7th.
3. R. to Q. Kt.'s 7th.
(You see here that he is obliged to occupy one of the two objectionable squares just mentioned, since, if he play the Rook off the file you mate at once, and if he move his King, you play your R. to K. R>'s 7th, and mate in a few moves.)
 3. K. to Q.'s 8th.
4. R. to K. Kt.'s 7th. 4. R. to K. B.'s 8th, or Variation I.
5. B. to K. Kt.'s 3rd.
(You may play the Bishop thus to prevent his Checking when he moves the Rook.)
 5. K. to B.'s sq., or Variation II.
6. R. to K. Kt.'s 4th.
(He returns the King thus because you now threaten to win directly by playing the B. to Q.'s 6th, Ch., and afterwards the R. to K. Kt.'s 8th, &c.)
 6. K. to his square again.
7. R. to Q. B.'s 4th. 7. R. to Q.s 8th, or Variation III.
8. B. to K. R.'s 4th.
(This you do to prevent his interposing the Rook when you Check.)
 8. K. to B.'s sq.
9. B. to K. B.'s 8th. 9. R. to K.'s 8th. Ch.
10. B. to K.'s 5th. 10. K. to K. Kt's sq.
11. R. to K. R.'s 4th.
(And you observe his only way to delay the mate is by sacrificing his R.)
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