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Bruce Herald, Volume II, Issue 49, 16 March 1865, Page 9

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CHAPTER Vl.— OBJECT OF THE GAME — I CHECKMATES. The grand aim of each player is to checkmate tha oponent's king. To gain this object you must so attack the king with one or more pieces or pawns. That he cannot capture the piece er pawn that threatens, nor move the king, out of danger, nor interpose any piece between the attacked king and the piece so attacking. In fine, it' he is not able to prevent his oponent from capturing the king next move,- he loses the game, and the king is said to be checkmated. Here is a very simple example of checkmate; place the pieces thus : — rThe black king at his rook's fourth square. The white king at his bishop's filth square. The white queen at black king's rook's square. The black king is checkmated in his situation It is sufficiently plain he cannot capture the queeu as she is to far away; neither can he interpose a piece, nor can he play the king out of danger, for the white king guards the three white squares fronting him. We shall now proceed to explain a few of the^checkmates which most commonly occur in games. Checkmate with a king and queen. To checkmate with a king and queen against king is a very simple matter; but the young player must bear in mind that it can never be done in the centre of the board. The king which is to be checkmated must be forced to one of the sides of the board. The king and queen in combination will easily manage this. First Situation. White. King at king's fifth square. Queen at king's kuights's square. Btack. %P^ King at rook's fourth square. White playing first can checkmate easily in four ways; by playing queen to king's ro. k's square, king's rook's second or third square, or by playing her to king knight's fifth square, Second bituatinn. White. King at his fourth square. Queen at queen's knights seventh square. Black. King at his square. You will notice in this situation that the white queen confines the black king to the side of the board, all white has to do therfore is to advance his king to the help of the queen. To move the queen first, would be bad play. White consequently plays thus: — White. T' \ King to his fifth square. 2 King to bishop's sixth square. 3 Queen to king's knight's seventh square, checkmate. Black. **^l 1 king to king's pishop's square or (a) 2 king to knight's square or (b) (a) White. 2 King to queen's sixth square.' 3 Queen to king's seventh square, checkmate Black. 1 King to queen's pquaie. 2 King to his square. (B) Wliite. 3 King to queen's seventh square, checkmate. Black. 2 King to his square. It often happens, however, that the black king is not one of the sides of the board. In such a case the checkmate is more difficult : for instance : — Third Situation. AVhite. King to his square. Queen at her square. Black. King at his sixth square. White's first care must be to force the black king to one side of the board ; he consequently vlavs : — \£*. White. *] Queen to her fifth square. 2 Kin;i to Bishop's second square. 3 Queen to king's fifth square. 4 King to king's pishop's third square. 5 Queen to king's knight's third square, . checkmate. Black. 1 King to king's bishop's fifth square. 2 King to king's knight's fifth square. 3 King to king's rook's fifth square. 4 King to king's rook's sixth square. Checkmate may also be givun two otiier ways. If black on his third move had played his king to king's rook's sixth square, checkmate would have followed next move. Fonrth Situation. White. King at his square. Queen at her square. 1 Kin"- to king's bishop's second square. 2 King to king's bishop's third square. 3 King to king's bishop's fourth square. 4 Queen to her seventh square. 5 Queen to king's seventh square. 6 King to king's bishop's fifth square. 7 Queen checkmates. Black. —^ICing at his third square. Jml King to his second square. 2 King to his third square. 3 King to king's bishop's third square.

4 King to King's knight's third square. 5 King to rook's third square. 6 King to rook's fourth square. If white on his sixth move had played queen to king's bishop's seventh square, black would have been stalemated. In all checkmates with king and queen against king, great cai*e must be taken not to give the black king stalemate. Id our next chapter we shall treat of checkmate with king and too rooks against king.