The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings ; exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters; including Staunton's analysis of the king's and queen's gambits, numerous positions and problems on diagrams, both original and selected; also a series of chess tales, with illustrations engraved from original designs ; the whole extracted and translated from the best sources (1857)
Agnel, Hyacinth R., 1779-1871, Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874 · New-York : D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 460
hewomen, and more especially for the unmarried, it is allowable to have re-course to certain incantations, in order to dive into futurity. Customlikewise sanctions, on these occasions, disguises of every kind, and themerry-makings incident to them. Masks are seen traversing the streetsin every… … WHITE. White to play and mate in six moves. Over this problem, he continued, I had been poring nearly anhoar, and after exhausting, as I thought, every possible combination—There must be something wrong about the position, I muttered ; asit stands here, my friend Stamma, no clior could solve it.…
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