Chess Player's Chronicle, Volume 13R. Hastings, 1852 - Chess |
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advance advantage amateurs appears attack believe better Bishop Black Castles Cheers Chess Club defence Delta Editor eighth check exchange fifth check fourth 14 fourth check gain Gambit given giving honour interesting K. B. second K. B. seventh K. B. square K. B. third K. R. fifth King King's London lost Löwenthal match mate meeting Messrs move Notes occasion odds opening Pawn piece played players position present President PROBLEM proposed Q. B. fourth Q. B. takes Q. R. to K Q. R. to Q Q. R. to Q. B. Queen remarks Remove respect Rook second 14 second 26 seventh check side sixth square 23 Staunton STREET taken takes K. B. P. takes Kt takes Q takes Q. P. third 11 third 9 Tournament variation White wins writers
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Page 83 - 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.
Page 82 - The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. 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.
Page 98 - KB third 3. B. to QB fourth 4. P. to Q. Kt. fourth 5. P. to QB third 6.
Page 108 - JAENISCH.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. P. takes P. 3 P. to K. Kt. fourth 4.
Page 359 - White. (PRESIDENT.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. Kt. to KB third 3. B. to QB fourth 4.
Page 195 - B.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. Kt. to KB third 3. B. to Q. Kt. fifth 4.
Page 193 - PBINCB.) 1. P. to K. fourth 2. P. to К. В. fourth 3. Kt. to К. В. third 4.