"The Queen is by much the most powerful…" — Howard Staunton
"The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces."
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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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If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by…
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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 Force Quotes
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We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
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Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines…
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A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The…
— Saint Augustine
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in…
— Charles Babbage
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
— Lord Acton
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the…
— Lord Acton
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I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at…
— Julianna Baggott
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to…
— James A. Baldwin
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