The game of Chess is a battle between two armies, numerically equal, of which the two players are the generals. The battle-field upon which this mimic warfare takes place is called the chess-board. This is a square board divided into sixty-four equal alternate white and black squares, and should be so placed that each player shall have a white square at his right.
The Men.
The forces consist of thirty-two "men," each side having eight Pieces and eight Pawns, of a light and dark colour (known as "white" and "black"), to distinguish the opposing forces from each other.
In print the pieces and pawns are pictorially represented as on p. [337].
At the commencement of the game, the pieces are placed as shown in Fig. 1. It is to be noticed
that the white king occupies a black square, and the black king a white square.
The horizontal divisions are called "rows," and the vertical divisions are called "files."
The Movements of the Men and their Power to Take.
A piece or pawn has the power to take any adverse piece or pawn, according to the laws which govern its movements. The King alone, as will presently be seen, is inviolable. If the King is attacked, the fact must be notified by the warning