Chess: theory & practice; containing the laws & history of the game, together with an analysis of the openings, & a treatise of end games ... (1876)
Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874, Wormald, Robert B., ed · London : Virtue · leaf 43
MOVES AND POWERS OF THE PIECES. prise, as it is called, that is, so as to be taken by the enem^ when the interests of the game require it ; but the King can never occupy a square or take a man while it is protected. He can make no move, in fact, which, if he were another Piece, would subject him to… … WHITE. When placed in the middle of the board, i. e., in any part where he has squares all round him, the Eang, it will be seen, can move to any one of eight squares for the purpose of defence or capture. But, as I have just said, he can occupy no square protected by the enemy, and he can capture…
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