A DRAWN GAME,
Reading edition
WITH TWO SEPARATED PAWNS, AGAINST TWO UNITED PAWNS.
Situation of the White.
The king at his queen’s 3d.
The queen’s bishop’s pawn at its bishop’s 5th.
The queen’s knight’s pawn at its knight’s 4th.
Situation of the Black.
The king at his queen’s 4th.
The queen’s knight’s pawn at its knight’s 4th.
The king’s knight’s pawn at its knight’s 4th.(a)
1.
W. The king at his 3d square.
B. The king at his 4th square.
2.
W. The king at his bishop’s 3d.
B. The king at his bishop’s 4th.
(a) From this position, if the black were to commence play, the white would win the game.
3.
W. The king at his knight’s 3d.
B. The king at his 4th square.(b)
4.
W. The king at his knight’s 4th.
B. The king at his bishop’s 3d.
5.
W. The king at his knight’s 3d.
B. The king at his 4th square.(c)
6.
W. The king at his bishop’s 3d.
B. The king at his bishop’s 4th.(d)
(b) Had he played his king to his bishop’s third, you would have advanced your king towards his pawn, and he would have lost the game.
(c) Had he played his king to his bishop’s fourth, you would have recovered the move; and the move, at these critical junctures, is the game.
(d) As he does not advance his pawn, nor suffer your king to take the place opposite to his, it must be a drawn game.