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"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."
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"We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to."
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"And they kind of left to find a guitar player at the very end, so you know, I don't really take it as any slight that I wasn't able to play on the record. It's flattering just to play with them period."
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"In the end I'm the only one who knows me."
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"Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry."
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"Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end."
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"You know you've reached the end of a relationship: when your lover now demands that your jokes be funny before they laugh."
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"The real deal is always going to win in the end."
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"At the end of '69 I did a gig with Jean Luc Ponty here in L.A. He was an electric violinist."
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"It should come as no surprise to any of us that the solution to ending bickering in families is to talk to one another more often without blaming, making judgments, or insulting one another."
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"For a woman, forty is torture, the end."
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"The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man."
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"A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces."
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"For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King."
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"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."
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"It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply."
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"In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed."
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"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."
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"When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured."
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"The penalty for exceeding the time limit is the forfeiture of the game."
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"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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