The chess-players' manual : containing the laws of the game according to the revised code laid down by the British Chess Association in 1862 (1902)
Gossip, George Hatfield Dingley, Lipschütz, S · Philadelphia : D. McKay · leaf 22
wn cannever command more than two squares. The Pawn, however,has alone among the chessmen the privilege of promotion, i.e.,on reaching the eighth square of the file on which he is ad-vancing, he may be exchanged for a Queen or any other piecehis player may choose. If, however, his player refuses… … WHITE. 6 THE CHESS-PLAYERS MANUAL. The above diagram shews the power of the King. In thisposition, supposing White has to play, he can take the hostileBlack Pawn, remove it from the board and place his King uponthe square which it occupied. If the Black Pawn in questionwere stationed on any of the…
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