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The play in these “double corner” positions is always of a very delicate nature. Here is a drawn position from Payne, requiring great nicety of play:—

Black Kings on 1 and 6. (Fig. 13.)

Fig. 13.

White man on 5. Kings on 14 and 15.

Black to move and draw.

The draw is proved thus:—

6- 918-22 9-1322-18
15-1813- 917-14 9-13 (a)
9-1314-1713- 9Drawn.

(a) Black keeps command of square 13 and so forces the draw.

Here is another drawn position, from Rogers:—

Black Kings on 1 and 10. (Fig. 14.)

Fig. 14.

White man on 13. Kings on 3 and 16.

Black to move and draw.

The play on the position runs thus:—

1- 610- 6 2- 69-13
16-11 9- 5 7- 215-10
6- 2 6- 1 6- 913- 9(b)
13- 9(a) 3- 711-15Drawn.
 (a)3- 8   6- 1  16-19
   2- 6  12-16  10-14
   8-12   1- 6  Drawn.

(b) White cannot crown the man or force an exchange, and hence the game is drawn.