CHESS CAMEOS

No. XXVI

Black has made the false move Kt from Q sq to Kt 3. When this is replaced, and the king is moved as the proper penalty, White mates at once with one or other of the Knights.

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No. XXVII

Replace the White Kt at B 7, and a Black Pawn at K 4; then P takes P en pas. Mate.

ANALYSIS AND PROOF

It can be proved that Black’s last move must have been P from K 2 to K 4, so that White may take the P en pas.

The Black King cannot have moved from any occupied square.

(The White Kt now occupies B 7.)