(b) White cannot crown the man or force an exchange, and hence the game is drawn.
XI
When the forces on each side are reduced to two men, or a man and a King each, many positions occur which are won, lost, or drawn by well-known and long-recognised lines of play, and all who wish to become draught players should have a knowledge of them. Here is such a position:—
Black man on 22. King on 27. (Fig. 15.)
Fig. 15.
White man on 30. King on 7.