Every Boy's Book

Hop-scotch to hare-and-hounds, conjuring to chemistry, rabbits to rowing — the complete Victorian repertoire of things for a boy to do, set down with rules and diagrams.

The Laws of the Game

3 pages in this part of Every Boy's Book.

The Laws of the Game

I.--The chess-board must be so placed that each player has a white corner square nearest his right-hand. If the board have been improperly…

The Laws of the Game: Piece

IV.--If a player, undertaking to give the odds of a Piece or Pawn, neglect to remove it from the board, his adversary, after four moves…

The Laws of the Game: Pieces

XVI.--A player cannot castle in the following cases:-- 1. If the King or Rook have been moved. 2. If the King be in check. 3. If there be…

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