Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 167
ing the games andsituations hereafter described. There is another mode of indicating the squares, by thepieces that occupy them at the commencement; this it maybe as well to insert. The square in the comer, at the righthand of the player who has the white men, is the whitekings rooks square ; that… … boys own book. 153 the black kings rooks third and second squares, to theblack kings rooks square at the left-hand comer of theplayer with black. The same mode is adopted by all therest ; the pieces on the queens side of the board being dis-tinguished as the queens rook, knight, and bishop. PLACING…
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