Further illustrations of won and drawn games are the following positions:--
Black men on 3, 8, 12, 17, 20, 21, 25, and 28.
This is a position well known to old hands at the game; though it is not likely to occur in actual play, yet it illustrates the power of the "block." White has only three pieces against Black's twelve, yet he wins the day. Here is the play which brings this about:--
19-24 17-26 10- 6 8-11 20-27 15-10 16-19 1- 5 18-22 12-16 6- 1 11-15
White now plays 5-1 and 1-5 alternately, and the Black men must go forward until they are blocked; and White therefore wins.
Now, to illustrate one form of the draw, let the student look again at the first position in third easy lesson. Had it been Black's turn to move, no more than a draw would result, for Black must play 32-28, whereupon White plays 31-27 and runs down to 1, making a King and drawing.
In the following position White has two Kings to one, yet Black, by the strength of his position, forces the draw.
The Black now plays 22-17 or 26, White replies 25-21 or 30, whereupon the Black King comes back to 25 and the draw is manifest.
When a man reaches the crown-head in capturing, and thus becomes a King, that completes the move, although there may be a piece or pieces which could have been captured if it had been a King and not a man, which made the original capture. Many of the finest stroke problems are based upon this peculiarity, for the opposing player has thereby time to make a move. The subjoined position (Fig. 5) shows another won game, the victory being brought about by White gaining a move through the Black having to stop to be crowned.
White plays 30-26, then Black must play 22-31 and becomes a King. Then the game goes on 32-28, 31-24, 28-1. Black must now play 2-7, and White follows him up and takes him 24. If the piece on 22 had been a King this could not have been brought about, for after going to 31, thereby taking the man on 26, the move would not then have been finished, but the King would have continued by taking the man on 27, thus winning easily.
[Illustration: BLACK--ONE PIECE. WHITE--ONE PIECE. FIG. 1.]
[Illustration: BLACK--2 PIECES. WHITE--2 PIECES. FIG. 2.]
[Illustration: BLACK--12 PIECES. WHITE--3 PIECES. FIG. 3.]