The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page
... Rook's Pawn Gambit VIII . The King's Bishop's Gambit ( Regular ) . 256 260 262 266 276 279 297 303 309 310 317 IX . The King's Bishop's Gambit ( Irregular ) 330 Illustrative Games 342 X. The Gambit Declined 347 Illustrative Games 351 ...
... Rook's Pawn Gambit VIII . The King's Bishop's Gambit ( Regular ) . 256 260 262 266 276 279 297 303 309 310 317 IX . The King's Bishop's Gambit ( Irregular ) 330 Illustrative Games 342 X. The Gambit Declined 347 Illustrative Games 351 ...
Page 3
... Rook ; and the Pawns before them , Queen's Bishop's Pawn , Queen's Knight's Pawn , and Queen's Rook's Pawn . MOVEMENT OF THE PIECES AND PAWNS . A knowledge of the moves peculiar to these several men is so difficult to describe in ...
... Rook ; and the Pawns before them , Queen's Bishop's Pawn , Queen's Knight's Pawn , and Queen's Rook's Pawn . MOVEMENT OF THE PIECES AND PAWNS . A knowledge of the moves peculiar to these several men is so difficult to describe in ...
Page 5
... Rook , or Castle , is next in power to the Queen . He moves in a straight line , forwards , backwards , or sideways ... Rook's third square , or to Queen's Bishop's third square . The following diagram will serve , perhaps , to make ...
... Rook , or Castle , is next in power to the Queen . He moves in a straight line , forwards , backwards , or sideways ... Rook's third square , or to Queen's Bishop's third square . The following diagram will serve , perhaps , to make ...
Page 7
... Rook's squares , as they are called , he has then only two squares to which he can leap . THE PAWN . The Pawn moves ... Rooks , three Knights , are not permitted ; and if a player advances a Pawn to an extreme square of the board . it ...
... Rook's squares , as they are called , he has then only two squares to which he can leap . THE PAWN . The Pawn moves ... Rooks , three Knights , are not permitted ; and if a player advances a Pawn to an extreme square of the board . it ...
Page 11
... Rook's square , or his King's Rook's fifth square ; but as he was not per- mitted to move to a greater or less number of squares , he had no power over an enemy which stood either closer or more removed than the third square . To ...
... Rook's square , or his King's Rook's fifth square ; but as he was not per- mitted to move to a greater or less number of squares , he had no power over an enemy which stood either closer or more removed than the third square . To ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
2nd best 4th best 4th move advance advantage attack B's 4th ch B's sq B's square Beginning at Black's Beginning at White's best move better game Bishop Black play Black's best Castles on Q's CHAPTER Chess defence draw the game drawn game Edition favour following moves Gambit GAME THE SECOND German Handbuch interpose K. B. to Q K's 2nd K's Kt K's sq King's Bishop's Knight Kt.'s 5th ch Kt.'s sq Laza Lolli mate Memoir move Q Notes Philidor Piece or Pawn play Q player Portrait Q. B. P. takes Q. B. takes Q. B. to K Q. B. to K's Q's Kt Q's side Q's sq Queen R's 3rd ch R's 5th ch R's sq reply Rook Rook's Salvio second place take the Kt take the Pawn takes K. B. P. ch takes K. P. takes K. P. ch takes Kt takes Q Trans VARIATION vols White playing
Popular passages
Page 540 - MA SULLY. Memoirs of the Duke of, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. With Notes and Historical Introduction. 4 Portraits. 4 vols. TAYLOR'S (Bishop Jeremy) Holy Living and Dying, with Prayers, containing the Whole Duty of a Christian and the parts of Devotion fitted to all Occasions.
Page 1 - XENOPHON'S Works. Trans., with Notes, by JS Watson, MA, and Rev. H. Dale. Portrait. In 3 vols. COLLEGIATE SERIES. IO Vols. at 5*. each, (2!. icw. per set.) DANTE. The Inferno. Prose Trans., with the Text of the Original on the same page, and Explanatory Notes, by John A. Carlyle, MD Portrait.
Page 8 - QUEEN'S ENGLISH. By the late Dean Alford. 8. LIFE AND LABOURS OF THE LATE THOMAS BRASSEY. By Sir A. Helps, KCB 9. PLATO'S DIALOGUES: The Apology— Crito— Phaedo— Protagoras.
Page 6 - Snow Image, and Other Tales. Scarlet Letter. House with the Seven Gables. Transformation ; or the Marble Fawn. Two Parts. HAZLITT (W.). Table-talk : Essays on Men and Manners. Three Parts. Plain Speaker : Opinions on Books, Men, and Things. Three Parts. — Lectures on the English Comic Writers. Lectures on the English Poets.
Page 538 - LANZI'S History of Painting In Italy, from the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the iSth Century.
Page 2 - ENNEMOSER'S History of Magic. Trans. by W. Howitt. With an Appendix of the most remarkable and best authenticated Stories of Apparitions, Dreams, Second Sight, Table-Turning, and SpiritRapping, &c.
Page 536 - By Archdn. Coxe. With Continuation from the Accession of Francis I. to the Revolution of 1848. 4 Portraits. 4 vols. CUNNINGHAM'S Lives of the most Eminent British Painters. With Notes and 16 fresh Lives by Mrs. Heaton.
Page 544 - CHINA, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, with some account of Ava and the Burmese, Siam, and Anam. Map, and nearly 100 Illustrations. CRAIK'S (GL) Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties.