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SOME WINNING POSITIONS
This same type of combination may come as the result of a somewhat more complicated position.
Example 12.
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White is a piece behind, and unless he can win it back quickly he will lose; he therefore plays:
1. Kt × KtB - Kt 4
He cannot take the Kt because White threatens mate by Q × P ch followed by R - R 3 ch.
2. Kt - K 7 chQ × Kt
Again if B × Kt; Q × P ch, K × Q; R - R 3 ch, King moves; R - R 8 mate.
3. R × QB × R
4. Q - Q 7
and White wins one of the two Bishops, remains with a Q and a B against a R and B, and should therefore win easily. These two examples show the
