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You can do a lot things in the ensuing four years waiting to vote. You can drum up support or opposition.

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When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.

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The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

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A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.

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The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.

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A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces.

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After black's reply to 1. e4 with 1. . e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game

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