A New Treatise of the Game of Chess ...Moore, 1828 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adver adversary Adversary's Queen's attack his Queen best move Bishop's fourth square Bishop's square Bishop's third square BLACK PIECES Black's sixth castling check-mate enable fourth sq Giuoco Piano giving check J'adoube K. B. third King's Bishop King's Bishop's Pawn King's Bishop's third King's Knight King's Knight's fourth King's Knight's Pawn King's Pawn King's Rook's fourth King's Rook's Pawn King's Rook's third King's second square King's square King's third square Knight's fourth square Knight's square Knight's third square move his King's move his Queen's move your King's move your Queen's Pawn one square Pawn two squares player Q. B. fourth Queen's Bishop Queen's Bishop's fourth Queen's Bishop's Pawn Queen's Knight Queen's Knight's Pawn Queen's Pawn Queen's third square Rook Rook's fourth square Rook's square Rook's third square second sq situation take his King's takes K. P. takes Q third sq three moves W. K. Kt W. Q. takes WHITE PIECES
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 53 - If a player agree to checkmate with a particular Piece or Pawn, or on a particular square, or engage to force his adversary to stalemate or checkmate him, he is not restricted to any number of moves.
Seite xvi - Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For Life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Seite 44 - If a player attack the adverse King without saying " Check," his adversary is not obliged to attend to it ; but, if the former, in playing his next move, were to say " Check," each player must retract his last move, and he that is under check must obviate it.
Seite xvi - ... ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of chess in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence or the want of it.* At the other extreme are those who are impressed with its beauty (46, 68).
Seite 52 - As the game is drawing to a conclusion, if one of the players remain with a rook and bishop against a rook, with both bishops, or with a knight and bishop against a king, he must checkmate his adversary in fifty moves on each side at most ; for if at the expiration of fifty moves checkmate be not effected, the game must be considered as drawn,
Seite xx - in the composition of the games, Mr. Sarratt "• ought distinctly to have stated what was his own, " and, what he has derived from preceding Wri" ters" Now, this is really demanding too much!
Seite i - With warm esteem and very sincere respect, I have the honour to be, My Dear Sir your obedient and very humble servant Signed Winthrop Sargent.
Seite 29 - Prcton, who has proved himself to be at least equal to any of his predecessors; and who is considered to be the best player in France. His style of play is said to evince that remarkable genius and brilliancy of attack...
Seite 51 - Italy, you may hare two Queens, but you are restricted to Queens: you are not allowed to call for any other Piece.