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416                POLISH DRAUGHTS.
Whites. 25 to 20 28 to 23
32  to 27 48 to 33
33  to 24 15 to 24
Blacks. 14 to 25 18 to 29 21 to 43
4 to 47 47 to 20 Lost.
The beauty of this coup consist in the manner of taking and seizing the time necessary to win, by moving the white queen to 33 ; when the black queen 4, takes 4 to 47 ; white terminates the coup at 24.
Example 3.
Position of 8 black and 8 white. White have the
first move.
Blacks at 8, 10, 12, 13, 18, 25, 31, 37-Whites at 23, 29, 30, 34, 35, 42, 47, 49.
Whites. 30 to 24 23 to 19 29 to 23 35 to 4 queen
4 to 36
Blacks. 37 to 48 48 to 30 18 to 20 13 to 24 Lost.
The above will be found instructive ; the dispo­sition of the coup is, white 43 to 42, and black 32 to 37 ; a skilful hit on the part of the white.
Example 4. Position of 12 black and 12 white.
Black at 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17,18, 19, 22, 28. Whites at 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 46, 49-
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