The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction (1912)
[Phillips, Barnet], 1828-1905, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Excelsior publishing house · leaf 482
the exchange. Two rooks are aboutequal to three minor pieces. A queen slightly exceeds in value tworooks. These approximate values, though they vary with position, in-dicate what exchanges may, as a rule, be made with advantage (seeCapturing). The kiner is not included, as, from the nature of the… … WHITE. The board must be placed with a white square in the right-handcorner. The players then determine by lot which of them shall have thewhite men and which the black. Each places the men of his own coloras shown in the diagram. The rooks occupy the corner squares; theknights the next squares ;…
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