The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 170
leaped a second time.The king has even more power thanthe bishop in chess, for in movinghe may not only pass from one endof the board to the other, but incapturing he may also make angles.For instance (Fig. 4), if a king standat 18, he may move to any square onthe hne from 4 to 29, or from 5 to32.… … Fig. 4.—Polish Checkers. though the common man can jumpa piece only when there is a vacantspace next beyond it, the king canpass to any empty square on thediagonal. The king having so greatpower can keep out of his opponentsway much more easily than in com-mon checkers, and with skillfulplayers…
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