Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 1012
allows him no escape—when heis said to be checkmated, and the game is won. To illustrate the simplest form of checkmate : suppose the Black King to be onhis own square and the White King on the third square directly opposite, so as toleave only a single vacant square between, with a White Queen or… … Stalemate is such a position of the King that, although not in check, hecannot stir without moving into check with one or other of the opposing pieces. 1798. THE RELATIVE VALUE OF THE PIECES is as follows : 958 Our Leisure Hours. The Pawn, as the lowest piece in this case of value, is usually…
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