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 65
e withthe R,ook, that you force the adversarys King to one of thesides of the board; your own King must moreover be in op-position to his, that is, with only one square between them.A.s his King may attack your Rook, it will be necessary tohave your own K. near, in order to guard it, therefore, the… … By playing the Rook to Q. B. 8th sq., you give check,mate; in this situation if you had a Q, instead of a R., yovcould not check-mate in a different manner the first move.If your King, instead of being at his R. 6th sq., were at K.Kt. 6th, the Rook would still check-mate in the same man-ner ; this…
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