The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice...Cox, 1894 - 286 pàgines |
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advance advantage adversary B-Kt Bishop Pawn Black King Black Pawn Black wins BX Kt BxP+ capture Castles Chess counter attack course defence diagonal draw drawn exchange favour gain Gambit Giuoco Piano K-Kt sq K-R sq King and Pawn King Knight King Pawn King's Knight Pawn Kt Kt Kt-B Kt-K Kt-R KtXB KtxKt KtXP KtXR lose mate movement number of moves obstruction open file opponent opposing King P Q R P-K Kt P-KR passed Pawn position PX Kt Q Kt Q Kt-Q Q-Kt QR-K Queen Pawn Queen side QX Kt QXP+ R-K B sq R-K sq R-Kt reply Rook file Rook Pawn RX Kt RXR+ second player sixth rank sq Black sq P-Kt sq P-R stalemate superior force take the Knight White King White Pawn White wins
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Pàgina 282 - ... and it is therefore best that these rules should be observed, as the game thereby becomes more the image of human life, and particularly of war, in which if you have incautiously put yourself into a bad and dangerous position, you cannot obtain your enemy's leave to withdraw your troops and place them more securely, but you must abide all the consequences of your rashness.
Pàgina 197 - PXP 3 Kt— KB 3 P— K Kt 4 4 B— B 4 B— Kt 2 5 P— KR 4 P— KR 3 6 P— Q 4 P— Q 3 12 13 R— B sq.
Pàgina 27 - If, in the course of a game, a player move a man -when it is not his turn to play, he must retract the said move, and, after his adversary has moved, must play the man wrongly moved, if it can be played legally.
Pàgina 123 - You see that two armies are two bodies which meet, and endeavour to frighten each other: a moment of panic occurs, and that moment must be turned to advantage. When a man has been present in many actions, he distinguishes that moment without difficulty : it is as easy as casting up an addition.
Pàgina 27 - A player may at any time call upon his adversary to mate him within fifty moves (move and reply being counted as one). If by the expiration of such fifty moves no piece or Pawn has been captured, nor Pawn moved, nor mate given, a draw can then be obtained.
Pàgina 28 - In the event of proof that a clock or glass has recorded incorrect time, the umpire shall be empowered to make such adjustment in the record of the time as he shall consider equitable in view of the circumstances disclosed, provided that he shall make no allowance in the case of actual stoppage of a clock, it being the duty of a player to see that his adversary's clock is set going.
Pàgina 26 - The right of making the first move, and (if either player require it) of choosing the color, which shall be retained throughout the sitting, must be decided by lot. In any series of games between the same players at one sitting, each shall have the first move alternately in all the games, whether won or drawn. In an annulled game, the player who had the first move in that game shall move first in the next. IV.— COMMENCING OUT OF TURN. If a player make the first move in a game when it is not his...
Pàgina 123 - In all battles a moment occurs when the bravest troops, after having made the greatest efforts, feel inclined to run. That terror proceeds from a want of confidence in their own courage, and it only requires a slight opportunity, a pretence, to restore confidence to them.
Pàgina 26 - If, at any time in the course of a game, it is found that the men were not properly placed, or that one or more of them were omitted at the beginning, the game in question must be annulled. If at any time it is discovered that a man has been dropped off the board, and moves have been made during its absence, such moves shall be retracted, and the man restored.
Pàgina 220 - Evans, 1 P— K 4, P — K 4; 2 Kt —KB 3, Kt — QB 3; 3 B — B 4, B— B 4; 4 P — QKt 4.