After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game

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.

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

After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game

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.

If, during the course of the game, it be discovered that any error or illegality has been committed in the moves of the pieces, the moves must be retraced, and the necessary correction made, without penalty.

In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.