Further illustrations of won and drawn games are the following positions:—

White to move and win. (Fig 3.)

Fig. 3.

Black men on 3, 8, 12, 17, 20, 21, 25, and 28.

Kings on 29, 30, 31, and 32.

White man on 15. Kings on 18 and 19.

This is a position well known to old hands at the game; though it is not likely to occur in actual play, yet it illustrates the power of the “block.” White has only three pieces against Black’s twelve, yet he wins the day. Here is the play which brings this about:—

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