Howard Staunton
Howard Staunton
Howard Stauntonwas an English chess master who is generally regarded as having been the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardised shape—the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cook—that is still the style required for competitions. He was the principal organiser of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess centre and caused Adolf...
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chess-game always-trying games
After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game
party games giving
When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn
moving games errors
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.
anger player games
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.
white games lasts
After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes
games play skills
To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game.
queens average games
The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.
kings player games
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.
games intellectual chess
The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.
man power taking
The Rook has the same power in taking as the Queen, forwards, backwards, and sideways, but he cannot, like her, take any man diagonally.
action easy knight pieces privilege
The action of the Knight is peculiar, and not easy to describe. He is the only one of the Pieces which has the privilege of leaping over another man.
attack attacked attacking danger interpose king man piece valuable
When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece.
delicate excellent great manuals otherwise outset persons study variety
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.
eight men next observe ranks shown stand superior
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.