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In learning the moves of the various Pieces and Pawns, the beginner is advised to have a board before him and to secure the assistance of an experienced player if available; for while they are very simple to understand when demonstrated, their description in words may sound complicated. The diagrams, however, should be carefully studied.

The King may move one square at a time in any direction. Thus, when the Black King, for example, stands on Q5 he “commands,” or may move, to any one of the eight adjacent squares as indicated in. Should one of these squares be occupied, however, by one of