A few specimens of the less accessible positions are given below:--

_Position from a Game played by the late J.G. Campbell in 1863._

BLACK.

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| | | | | | | | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| |BP | | | | | | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| |WP | |BP | | | | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| |BK | |BP | | |WB | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

|WP | | |WP | | | | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| | | | | | |BP |BP |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| |WP | | | | | | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

| | | | | |BK | | |

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

WHITE.

Obviously White has to lose the game, not being able to prevent the

pawns from queening. By a remarkably ingenious device White averts the

loss of the game by stalemating himself as follows:--

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