The following positions are illustrations of the close of games.
White to move and Black to win. (Fig. 1.)
Fig. 1.
In this position White cannot go to 27, or he would lose at once; he therefore plays 31-26, and the game goes on 32-27, 26-22, 27-23, 22-17, 23-18, 17-13, 18-14. White has now no other move than 13-9, whereupon the Black King jumps over it and the game is won. Had White had a King instead of a man he would just as surely have lost.
Black to move and win. (Fig. 2.)
Fig. 2.
In this position the pieces are perfectly equal on both sides, but Black has the advantage in position. He played 1-6, and the game goes on 5-1, 6-9, 14-5, 7-10. Now White has no other move than 1-6, whereupon the Black King jumps over it to 1, and the remaining White man is “blocked” and consequently Black has won.