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Start of eBook	1
II. ELEMENTARY TACTICS	1
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS E-TEXT EDITION	1
PREFACE	1
INTRODUCTION	3
The History of Checkers	5
PART I: THE GAME OF CHESS	6
I	6
BOARD AND MEN	6
THE MOVES OF THE MEN	7
The Rook	7
The Bishop	7
The Queen	8
The King	8
The Knight	8
The Pawn	9
Castling	9
SPECIAL TERMS	10
Check and Checkmate	11
Stalemate	12
Exchange	13
Passed Pawn	13
Isolated Pawn	14
Backward Pawn	14
Fork	14
Minor Piece	14
Sacrifice	14
Discovered Check and Double Check	14
SYMBOLS FOR MOVES	14
CHESS LAWS	15
II	15
FUNDAMENTAL ENDINGS	16
RELATIVE VALUE OF THE MEN	20
HOW THE DIFFERENT MEN COOPERATE	26
SACRIFICING	35
III	43
KING’S PAWN OPENINGS	46
QUEEN’S PAWN OPENINGS	53
THE MIDDLE GAME	56
IV ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES	74
GAME NO. 2	81
V	86
PART II	91
I	91
II	93
III	96
THE FIRST POSITION	96
THE SECOND POSITION (See Diagram 95)	97
THE CHANGE OF THE MOVE	98
THE THIRD POSITION	100
THE FOURTH POSITION	101
THE FIFTH POSITION	104
IV	105
V	110

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