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King Quotes by Howard Staunton
- Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It is better when check is…
- A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square…
- For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the…
- For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.
- In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the…
- When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when…
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- Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery. — Ambrose Bierce
- Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them… — Mark Bittman
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- Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. — Constantin Brancusi
- Your part can be the king, but unless people are treating you like royalty, you ain't no king, man. — Jeff Bridges