A DRAWN GAME,
Reading edition
BY A KNIGHT DISTANT FROM HIS KING, AGAINST A PAWN ADVANCING TO PROMOTION.
Situation of the White.
The king at his rook’s 2d.
The knight at his queen’s rook’s 2d.
Situation of the Black.
The king at the adverse queen’s knight’s 3d.
The pawn at the adverse queen’s rook’s 3d.
1.
W. The knight gives check at his queen’s bishop’s square.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s knight’s 2d.
2.
W. The knight gives check at his queen’s 3d.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s bishop’s 2d.
3.
W. The knight at his queen’s knight’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s knight’s 3d.
4.
W. The knight at his queen’s 3d.(a)
(a) He cannot push his pawn, without receiving a divergent check from your knight; therefore it is a drawn game. It is important to observe, that in positions, when the knight can neither check, nor hinder the pawn from advancing, a divergent check will be in his power, if the pawn be advanced.