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 40
play, andsuppose he plays his Queens Pawn to his Queens fourthsquare, siipporting his Knight which is attacked by the WhitegfjiBishcfp*; White can now, if he chooses, capture the BlackQueens Pawn, intercepting it in its leap over its Queens thirdsquare, removing it from the board, and placing his… … ON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF THE PIECES AND PAWNS. The Queen is considered rather better in ordinary positionsthan two Eooks, but in end games she is not so powerful astwo Eooks. She may be exchanged sometimes for threeminor pieces. The Eook is generally reckoned equal to a minor jpiece andtwo…
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