I shall now give a few winning positions taken from my own games. I have selected those that I believe can be considered as types, i.e. positions that may easily occur again in a somewhat similar form. A knowledge of such positions is of great help; in fact, one cannot know too many. It often may help the player to find, with little effort, the right move, which he might not be able to find at all without such knowledge.
17. ATTACKING WITHOUT THE AID OF KNIGHTS
Example 43.—It is Black's move, and as he is a Kt and P behind he must win quickly, if at all. He plays:
| 1. ........ | Q R - Kt 1 ! | |
| 2. R - B 2 |
If, Q × Q, R × P ch; K - R 1, B - Q 4 and mate follows in a few moves.
| 2. ........ | R × P ch | |
| 3. K - B 1 | B - B 5 ch | |
| 4. Kt × B | R - Kt 8 mate |
Example 44.—Black's last move was P - K 6, played with the object of stopping what he thought was White's threat, viz.: R - Q R 5, to which he would have answered Q - B 5 ch and drawn the game by perpetual check. White, however, has a more forceful move, and he mates in three moves as follows: