![]() Thus, the text "one houſe" describing the first move (advancing one square) may have been a mistake. However, the document treated a then-exotic subject during the early days of printing consequently the publisher attached a list of errata at the back, following publication. Beale's text was an early modern account of the rules and tactics of chess, including concepts such as the ability of a pawn to advance two squares on its first move, en passant, forks, and exchange. ![]() Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play Īll of the details are coherent from the modern perspective except for the first moves by each player-if Black's pawn advances only one square, this prevents White's bishop from supporting the white queen to give mate.
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