A DRAWN GAME,
Reading edition
WITH A QUEEN, AND A PAWN, AGAINST A QUEEN
Situation of the White.
The king at the adverse king’s knight’s 2d.
The pawn at the adverse king’s bishop’s 3d.
The queen at her 3d square.
Situation of the Black.
The king at the adverse queen’s knight’s 4th.
The queen at her bishop’s 4th.
1.
W. The pawn 1 square.(a)
B. The queen gives check at her king’s knight’s 4th.
2.
W. The queen covers the check.
B. The queen gives check at her king’s 4th.
(a) In this position, the white should seek an opportunity of changing queen for queen: the black should keep the king at a distance from the adverse king, in order to prevent that exchange, and to be the better enabled to give perpetual check.
3.
W. The king at the adverse king’s knight’s square.(b)
B. The queen at her 4th square.
4.
W. The king at the adverse king’s rook’s 2d.
B. The queen gives check at the adverse king’s rook’s square.
5.
W. The queen covers the check.
B. The queen gives check, at the adverse king’s 4th.
6.
W. The king at the adverse king’s knight’s square.
B. The queen gives check, at the adverse king’s knight’s 4th.
7.
W. The queen covers the check.
B. The queen at her king’s 3d.(c)
(b) He cannot, in this position, give check, without losing the game; but he may hinder your pawn from making a queen.
(c) It is plain, that, when the checking intermits, such a position may be taken as to prevent the pawn from making a queen.
A GAME WON
BY A QUEEN, AGAINST A PAWN NEAR MAKING A QUEEN.
Situation of the White.
The king at the adverse queen’s knight’s 2d.
The queen at the adverse queen’s bishop’s square.
Situation of the Black.
The king at the adverse king’s bishop’s 2d.
The pawn at the adverse king’s 2d.
1.
W. The queen gives check at the adverse king’s bishop’s 4th.(a)
B. The king at the adverse king’s knight’s 2d.
2.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s knight’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse king’s bishop’s 2d.
(a) To win this game, the queen must be previously brought, as near as possible, to the adverse king.
3.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s bishop’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse king’s knight’s 2d.
4.
W. The queen at her king’s 3d.(b)
B. The king at the adverse king’s bishop’s square.
5.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s bishop’s 3d.
B. The king at the adverse king’s square.(c)
6.
W. The king at the adverse queen’s bishop’s 3d.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s 2d.
7.
W. The queen gives check at the adverse queen’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s bishop’s 2d.
(b) It is this move which enables you to win the game, because you force him to play his king under his pawn.
(c) As his pawn cannot make a queen, you must employ the interval in which your queen is inactive, in bringing your king in proximity to his.
8.
W. The queen gives check at her bishop’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s 2d.
9.
W. The queen gives check at her 4th square.
B. The king at the adverse queen’s bishop’s 2d.
10.
W. The queen at her king’s 3d.(d)
B. The king at the adverse queen’s square.
11.
W. The queen gives check at her 3d square.
B. The king at the adverse king’s square.
12.
W. The king at the adverse queen’s 4th.(e)
(d) It is uniformly the same move which forces him to play his king under his pawn.
(e) You will proceed with a reiteration of the same moves, till your king is seated close to his pawn, and then the game is won.
A DRAWN GAME,
WITH A QUEEN AGAINST A PAWN NEAR MAKING A QUEEN.
Situation of the White.
The king at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
The queen at her king’s 2d.
Situation of the Black.
The king at the adverse king’s knight’s square.
The pawn at the adverse king’s bishop’s 2d.
1.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s knight’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse king’s rook’s 2d.
2.
W. The queen at her king’s bishop’s 3d.
B. The king at the adverse king’s knight’s square.
3.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s knight’s 3d.
B. The king at the adverse king’s rook’s square.(a)
(a) In the former party, you forced his king to come under his pawn: but he may now, without risk, leave it exposed to be taken; for you would make a stale-mate by taking it: this ought then to be a drawn game.
ANOTHER DRAWN GAME,
WITH A QUEEN AGAINST A PAWN NEAR MAKING A QUEEN.
Situation of the White.
The king at his queen’s bishop’s 4th.
The queen at her 4th square.
Situation of the Black.
The king at the adverse king’s knight’s 2d.
The pawn at the adverse king’s rook’s 2d.
1.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s knight’s 4th.
B. The king at the adverse king’s bishop’s 2d.
2.
W. The queen at her king’s rook’s 3d.
B. The king at the adverse king’s knight’s square.
3.
W. The queen gives check at her king’s knight’s 3d.
B. The king at the rook’s square.(a)
(a) Being continually forced to remove your queen from that file, to make room for his king, you could never bring up your king in time: so it must be a drawn game.
It is to be observed, that the pawns of the two bishops, and of the two rooks, at one square from promotion, make a drawn game against a queen; and the pawns of the king, and the queen, and of the two knights, lose in such a position.