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... third square - ring , or the 28 border squares . THE MEN OR PIECES . The white men as well as the black , consist of six kinds , and when two persons are going to play , the pieces are arranged in two rows on each side of the board , as ...
... third square - ring , or the 28 border squares . THE MEN OR PIECES . The white men as well as the black , consist of six kinds , and when two persons are going to play , the pieces are arranged in two rows on each side of the board , as ...
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... third square of another color , that is , from white to black , and vice versa . The explanation often given that it makes one step straight , and one oblique , or one oblique and one straight , ( namely , that it combines the shortest ...
... third square of another color , that is , from white to black , and vice versa . The explanation often given that it makes one step straight , and one oblique , or one oblique and one straight , ( namely , that it combines the shortest ...
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... third and last of the extraordinary movements on the board , namely , the moving of a P two squares , the taking of a P in passing , and the K M movement . THE CHECK . THE PRINCIPAL PIECE IS THE K , FOR ALL THE MOVEMENTS ARE ABOUT IT ...
... third and last of the extraordinary movements on the board , namely , the moving of a P two squares , the taking of a P in passing , and the K M movement . THE CHECK . THE PRINCIPAL PIECE IS THE K , FOR ALL THE MOVEMENTS ARE ABOUT IT ...
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... three kinds of defence are here possible ; to the first belong those from 1 to 4 , to the second those of 5 and 6 , and to the third those from 7 to 11 . Had the M checked on d4 , then the K. 22 THE ALPHABET OF CHESS .
... three kinds of defence are here possible ; to the first belong those from 1 to 4 , to the second those of 5 and 6 , and to the third those from 7 to 11 . Had the M checked on d4 , then the K. 22 THE ALPHABET OF CHESS .
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... third kind of defence , namely , an interposition , is impossible . It follows that neither K can occupy a square next to the opposing one , for by so doing it would be in check . Since the K and the L defend all the eight squares ...
... third kind of defence , namely , an interposition , is impossible . It follows that neither K can occupy a square next to the opposing one , for by so doing it would be in check . Since the K and the L defend all the eight squares ...
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a b c d e f Anderssen attack Author b c d e f g h BARBARA HUTTON beauty black pieces border squares Boy's Own Paper captured checkmate Chess color composer corner Crown 8vo DCDO defence diagonal diagram discovered check DODO double check draw Edition Educational Books end-games EVANS GAMBIT f g h WHITE Fcap five moves four moves French Morocco gilt edges GIUOCO PIANO give check give mate H. F. L. MEYER Illustrated K M move K M movement limp Lolli London mate in five mate in four mate in three move and mate move and self-mate namely Needlework notation Paul Morphy perpetual check Philidor play and mate play and win player position problem six moves solution stalemate stands three moves Vienna game White to move White to play White wins Реб
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