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"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways."
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"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."
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"Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player."
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"I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event."
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"In Kansas I have a chess school."
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"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."
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"Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess."
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"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost."
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"Chess is mental torture."
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"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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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."
Man
"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."
Being
"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."
Men
"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."
Enemy
"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."
Chess
"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."
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