2. The choice of colour is determined by lot, and the men on either side are placed on the alternate squares in three lines immediately in front of the player. [The black or the white squares, as may be decided before starting.]
3. Black has the first move, and the men are changed with each game. [Thus giving in turn the first move to each player.]
4. The player who touches a man, except for the purpose of adjusting it, must move that man, if it can be legally moved.
5. A piece moved over the angle of a square must be moved to that square. [This is a newly-adopted law, to prevent the undecided mode of moving backward and forward adopted by some players.]
6. A man en prise must be taken if intimation be given by the player offering it. If by accident it is left untaken, the piece which should have taken it may be huffed. [It is at the option of the adversary to huff or let the offending piece remain.]
7. The player cannot stand the huff, when he is told to take a man, or men.
8. The huff is not a move; and after taking off the huffed piece, the player moves. [Thus ‘huff and move’ is a well-understood direction.]
9. A player taking one piece only when two or more can be legally taken, may be huffed on the completion of his move.
10. When a piece is en prise it must be taken within a minute. [This is to prevent the delay in which some indulge.]
11. Five minutes is the limit of time for considering a move. The penalty for exceeding the time allowed is loss of the game. [This law applies more particularly to match games.]