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14 such positions upon the board that neither can be captured the game is drawn.

The players first arrange the board as shown in, and draw lots for the color with which each is to play. The game is generally opened by the White Men. When the player who has drawn the White Men moves a Piece or a Pawn, it is his opponent's turn, and so the game continues, each moving alternately, one man at a time, of his own color and capturing only the men of the opposite color. Under only one condition, of which the student will learn later, is a player allowed to make two moves in succession. Until a student has had considerable experience, and learned to play a game of his own he will do well to move each Piece once before he has moved any Piece twice, as this will enable him to keep his forces together and prevent needless exposure and weakness in his defence and attack.

Both distance and direction must be taken into consideration with every move, as well as the advantages that are to be