7. Five minutes is the limit of time for considering a move; when a piece is en prise, one minute only is allowed. Penalty: loss of the game.
8. A false move must be replaced, and a legal move made.
9. A wrong man removed from the board can only be replaced by consent of the adversary.
10. When two kings only remain on the board, the game must be won in twenty moves on either side, or abandoned as drawn.
11. With three or more kings, or men, to two, the player with the weaker force may insist on the game being won within forty moves on each side, or be drawn. In each of these cases notice must be given by the player that he will count the moves.
12. When two or more men are taken at one coup, no man captured must be taken from the board till the combined move is completed.
13. A man moved up to the last row of squares on the other side must be immediately crowned; but the king cannot play till a move has been made on the other side.
Bye-laws.—No pointing over the board or obstruction to the adversary is allowed.—Matches, unless otherwise agreed, consist of an equal number of games.—All disputes to be decided by an umpire or other disinterested player.—Neither player is allowed, without the consent of his opponent, to leave the room during the progress of a game.—Any breach of the rules involves the loss of the game.
Above all, keep your temper!