 Rook can apply only to women, children, and tyros. For instance, a man to whom even a first-class player can afford to give the odds of a Rook and a Knight has no claim to be ranked among Chess-players. In fact, the two Rooks in Chess are like the two...  Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels - Page 120by Antonius van der Linde - 1874Full view - About this book
 | Chess - 1855 - 480 pages
...tyros. For instance, a man to whom even a first-class player can aiford to give the odds of a Rook and Knight has no claim to be ranked among Chess-players. In fact, the two Books in Chess are like the two hands in the human body, and the two Knights are, as it were, the feet.... | |
 | Duncan Forbes - Chess - 1860 - 398 pages
...tyros. For instance, a man to whom even a first-class player can afford to give the odds of a Rook and a Knight has no claim to be ranked among Chess-players....to another man who had only one hand and one foot." There is one point in the preceding gradation of odds which I am unable at present to explain. All... | |
 | Harold James Ruthven Murray - Chess - 1913 - 966 pages
...tyros. For instance, a man to whom even a first-class player can afford to give the odds of a Rook and a Knight has no claim to be ranked among Chess-players....to another man who had only one hand and one foot. There is an interesting passage in H, ff. 50b-51a, in the middle of an anthology of poems relating... | |
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