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.

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.

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.

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.

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