"If either player abandon the game by quitting……" — Howard Staunton
"If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him."
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Howard Staunton
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25 Quotes by Howard Staunton
Howard Staunton has 25 quotes on this site.
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After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game
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To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among…
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After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes
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The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.
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The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces.
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If, during the course of the game, it be discovered that any error or illegality has been committed in the…
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When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn
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It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they…
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Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It…
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A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse…
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A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece…
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Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns;…
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More Abandon Quotes
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one of 715 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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