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IN THE MIDDLE-GAME
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danger of advancing the K Kt P one square, after having Castled on that side.

Example 13.

c8 black queen
f8 black rook
g8 black king
b7 black bishop
f7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
h7 black pawn
a6 black pawn
b6 black pawn
c5 black pawn
c4 white pawn
e4 white knight
a3 white pawn
b3 white pawn
d3 white queen
b2 white bishop
f2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
h2 white pawn
g1 white king


This is another very interesting type of combination. Black has a R for a Kt and should therefore win, unless White is able to obtain some compensation immediately. White, in fact, mates in a few moves thus:

1. Kt - B 6 chP × Kt

Forced, otherwise Q X P mates.

2. Q - Kt 3 chK - R 1
3. B × P mate.


Example 14.—The same type of combination occurs in a more complicated form in the following position.