After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes

When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn

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.

The Bishop moves diagonally forwards or backwards, to the extent of the Board.

Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

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