The household cyclopædia of practical receipts and daily wants . s towin any game or position, and suc-ceeds only in drawing the game, losesit. XXI. The player who gives odds ofa piece may remove it from either sideof the king; but if he gives a pawnonly, he must remove the kingsbishops pawn, unless otherwise sti-pulated. XXII. The player receiving theodds of a certain number of movesmust not move beyond his own half ofthe board. XXIII. All cases of dispute are to •be referred to a third party, whosedecision shall be final. XXIV. Lookers-on are forbiddento comment upon the game. Draughts.—This
The household cyclopædia of practical receipts and daily wants . s towin any game or position, and suc-ceeds only in drawing the game, losesit. XXI. The player who gives odds ofa piece may remove it from either sideof the king; but if he gives a pawnonly, he must remove the kingsbishops pawn, unless otherwise sti-pulated. XXII. The player receiving theodds of a certain number of movesmust not move beyond his own half ofthe board. XXIII. All cases of dispute are to •be referred to a third party, whosedecision shall be final. XXIV. Lookers-on are forbiddento comment upon the game. Draughts.—This favourite gameis played by two persons upon theordinary chess-board of sixty-foursquares, alternately black and board is so placed that each plaj^erhas the two white squares, called thedouble-corner, at the right-handside of his own end. Each player hastwelve men ; each set of twelve beingof different colours, usually blackand white; the one player taking-he back and the other the white. 264 TAKE MY ADVICE. These are placed on the boardthus :—. oBpBoHoS, BOAED AND MEN IN ORDER OF PLAY. The full set of draughtmen consistof fifteen of each colour, the extra menpeing provided to crown those whichbecome kings, and to make the setperfect for backgammon. The board is placed between theplayers, and the pieces are moved dia-gonally on the white squares, onesquare at a time. The first playermoves a man one square on his side,and then his opponent moves a manin the same manner—always in a dia-gonal or slanting direction. A man can only move one square ata time, except when an adverse manstands in his line of march, with avacant square beyond, when he jumpsover the adverse man to the vacantsquare; the man so leapt over beingthus captured, and removed from theboard. The men all take in thedirection of their moves, and no movecan be made unless the square beempty, or a man can be captured byjumping over him to a vacant two or more adverse men areso placed as
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