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Men 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…
- 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.
- The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally…
- Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on…
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