Excerpt from Studies of Chess, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing Caissa, a Poem; A Systematic Introduction to the Game; And the Whole Analysis of Chess
In the notation of the moves, the followiing are the principal alterations upon which he has ventured. When the first lessons at Chess were given to Pamon, a habit of speaking of a piece, as making two moves at once, infected his masters; and he imbibed it. The king's pawn two moves. It would be as proper to direct a bishop to' makest once seven moves. For phrases which have been repeated till they cease to be strange, in marking the distance to be passed by a pawn, the editor. Uses the phrases, 'fonc square two squares.
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