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The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.
- Howard Staunton
#Backwards
#Bishop
#Board
#Extent
#Moves
The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.
- Howard Staunton
#Bishop
#Knight
#Minor
#Pieces
#Queen
Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.
- Howard Staunton
#Confused
#Discouraged
#Fault
#Great
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 opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.
- Howard Staunton
#First
#King
#Must
#Stand
#Without
If, during the course of the game, it be discovered that any error or illegality has been committed in the moves of the pieces, the moves must be retraced, and the necessary correction made, without penalty.
- Howard Staunton
#Error
#Game
#Must
#Necessary
#Without
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 the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns.
- Howard Staunton
#Battle
#Men
#Observe
#Stand
#Will
For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.
- Howard Staunton
#Cannot
#King
#Man
#Move
#Must
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 man legally, or to move the King.
- Howard Staunton
#Cannot
#King
#Man
#Move
#Square
Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.
- Howard Staunton
#Color
#Officers
#Purpose
#Superior
#Will
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 given to your King to interpose a man that attacks the checking Piece than with one that does not.
- Howard Staunton
#Better
#King
#Man
#Queen
#Yourself
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 between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.
- Howard Staunton
#Ending
#Important
#King
#Place
#Said
When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn.
- Howard Staunton
#Checkmate
#Game
#Give
#Neither
#Party
A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces.
- Howard Staunton
#Five
#Fraction
#Three
#Two
#Value
It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply.
- Howard Staunton
#Best
#Duty
#Judgment
#Laws
#Questions
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.
- Howard Staunton
#Against
#Anger
#Decision
#Game
#Table
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