The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings (1858)
Agnel, H. R. (Hyacinth R.), 1799-1871, Staunton, Howard, 1810-1874 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 463
444 CHESS FOK WINTER EVENINGS. … tapers lit up the field of battle. Oska took his station behind his master's chair. The silence was profound, and only interrupted at intervals by the moaning of the wind, as it continued to drift the snow past the casement. My grandfather commenced boldly by offering the Gambit. The Ethiopian,…
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