A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.

The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.

The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner.

The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces.

To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game.

For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King.

A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces.