Classic Literature
Through the Looking-GlassThe Chess Game

The Chess Game

A chess problem. Red has pieces as follows: Ng8, Ke4, Qe2. White has pieces as follows: Kc6, Nf5, Pd2, Qc1, Rf1.
White Pawn (Alice) to play, and win in eleven moves.
  1. Alice meets R. Q.

  2. Alice Through Q.’s 3rd (by railway) to Q.’s 4th (Tweedledum And Tweedledee)

  3. Alice meets W. Q. (with shawl)

  4. Alice to Q.’s 5th (shop, river, shop)

  5. Alice to Q.’s 6th (Humpty Dumpty)

  6. Alice to Q.’s 7th (forest)

  7. W. Kt. takes R. Kt.

  8. Alice to Q.’s 8th (Coronation)

  9. Alice becomes Queen

  10. Alice Castles (feast)

  11. Alice takes R. Q. and wins

  1. R. Q. to K. R.’s 4th

  2. W. Q. to Q. B.’s 4th (after shawl)

  3. W. Q. to Q. B.’s 5th (becomes sheep)

  4. W. Q. to K. B.’s 8th (leaves egg on shelf)

  5. W. Q. to Q. B.’s 8th (flying from R. Kt.)

  6. R. Kt. to K.’s 2nd (check)

  7. W. Kt. to K. B.’s 5th

  8. R. Q. to K.’s Sq. (Examination)

  9. Queens castle

  10. W. to Q. R.’s 6th (soup)

Contents
The Chess Game1 minEpigraph1 minFrontispiece1 minChapter 1: Looking-Glass House13 minChapter 2: The Garden of Live Flowers12 minChapter 3: Looking-Glass Insects12 minChapter 4: Tweedledum and Tweedledee12 minChapter 5: Wool and Water13 minChapter 6: Humpty Dumpty12 minChapter 7: The Lion and the Unicorn11 minChapter 8: “It’s My Own Invention”17 minChapter 9: Queen Alice17 minChapter 10: Shaking1 minChapter 11: Waking1 minChapter 12: Which Dreamed It?2 minA Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky1 min
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