howard-staunton Quotes About pawns

“A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces.”

May Two Values Three Five Pieces Minors Fractions Pawns

Book:The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

Source: The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

“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.”

Different Purpose Party Pieces Player Color Eight Superiors Distinction Officers Minors Pawns Different Colors

Book:The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess

Source: The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess

“The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.”

Men Moving Left Steps Taken He Man Capture Squares Files Another Man Pawns

Book:The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess

Source: The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess

“The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.”

Two Ends Games Situation Equal Average Valuable Queens Pawns

Book:The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

Source: The Chess-player's Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

“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.”

May Said Play Situation Enemy Taken Pieces Captured Pawns

Book:The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece

Source: The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece

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