chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

202 MANSaB,{
RU+ Ke4 14RI4+Kd5 15Nb4+Ke6 16R16+
r.t7 t7Rd6+ Kc7 18Nd5+ (b7 r9 Rb6+ Ka8
20 Nc7. Wbile\ ting h maled on lhe square iroB
vhich its ioL.ney besan.
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TIis and rhe tolo*ing three aar'rr.r arc lrom an
undaled le{ia. manuscript. Here White has the
inEnor forcc but can ain by slalemate. I Ae3
Fh2+ 2 I(D Fgl+ 3 Ar81 Kh2 4 Ae3 Khl 5
Kg3gl=F 6Ag5Fh2+ 7KI2(whilclriangulates
tolosethenove.)7...Fgl+ 8 KA Fh2 9Ae3
Fg1 10 Kg3 Fn2+ LlKrFgi+ 12Axgl Kh2
13 Ae3 Kh1 14 Kg3 b2 15 KD (I3, hl).
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Thc HArr B.nEny on the e Iile givcs a clue to th.
soludon: I Rc7+ Ke8 2 Nxf6+ gal6 3 Re7+ (a
DEcoY)1... Kxe? 4Ac5+ K_ 5Re7.
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winningbybareting,I ..Rxe2 12 Ab3. xn tDEAr
MArE- or l R- 2 Ng3, a Pure nate.
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1 RhE+ (souaxL !^.^rroN th.t feales a sclfblock)
1. . . NxbS(learinab.lunauardcd) 2Nb6+
Kb? 3 Nd5+ Kc6 4 Rb6+ Kxd5 5 Nxb4+ Ke4
613+ KrfS 7Rf6+ Ke2 8RD+Kd1 9Rd2+
Kcl (After9...(clWhilewould6atcinthrec.)
l0 Nxd3+ KIl 11 Rdl+ (c2 12 Rel+ KA 13
A p.oblen atlribuled ro al ADri I Rc6+ (a
sacriice to nake a s.r.r-ur..x) 1... Axe6 2
-Rc6+ Rxc6 3 Nb5+ (to decoy Black s tuz,n) 3
H. J R. Murar,,'{ /16r,r, ol Cr.$ (1913)
MANUSCRIPTS, tne only source of much cbe$
nhtory. Some are discussed u nde r ALroNso , BoNUs
crvrs BoNoNrA., icn.cs
M. GiimNGEN MAN!.
MAO, a piece used in Chinese cnc$ (thc word
neans hose). The mao\ move is simild to that oI
the knighr, but it is not a[NER: nismovedbysry
ofrb€ laterally adioining squares. For examplc, a
nao ar e5 couldcapturc onor bc movedto c4 or c6
only ii d5 were unoccDpied.
MARCO, GEORG (1863 1923), playcr on
Czemovnz who setlled in Vicnna. journalht. He
w.n qeleml vie.ncsc tournamenis in the 1890s. on
one occlsion. ifl 1895. coming ahead ol scstEcs
rER. Hn caulious style, 'leeping tbe draw in hand'-