command, the subjoined description will, it is hoped, suffice.

The "Pieces," by which title the eight superior officers are technically
designated, in contradistinction to the "Pawns," all take in the same
direction in which they move. This act consists in removing the adverse
Piece or Pawn from the board, and placing the captor on the square the
former occupied. To make this clear, we will begin with the King, and
show his mode of moving and of capturing an adverse man.

THE KING.

The King can move one square only at a time (except in "Castling," which
will be explained hereafter), but he can make this move in any
direction, forwards, backwards, laterally, or diagonally. He can take
any one of the adversary's men which stands on an adjoining square to
that he occupies, provided such man is left unprotected, and he has the
peculiar privilege of being himself exempt from capture. He is not
permitted, however, to move into check, that is, on to any square which
is guarded by a Piece or Pawn of the enemy, nor can he, under any
circumstance, be played to an adjacent square to that on which the rival
King is stationed. Like most of the other Pieces, his power is greatest
in the middle of the board, where, without obstruction, he has the
choice of eight different squares. At the sides, he may play to any one
of five, but when in the angles of the board, three squares only are at
his command.

No. 2.

BLACK.
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WHITE.

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