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

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

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.

When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.

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

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.

When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn