Word: rook
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Each man will play one game with every other man at the appropriate odds, ranging as follows: Class I gives pawn and move to Class II, pawn and two moves to Class III, Knight to Class IV, Rook to Class V. The Pawn given in play at odds of Pawn and move or of Pawn and two moves is the King's Bishop's Pawn. In play at odds of Knight or of Rook, the Queen's Knight or Rood are removed...
Class I, scratch; Class II, gets pawn and move; Class III, gets pawn and 2 moves; Class IV, gets Knight; Class V, gets Rook...
...Lopez, Yale has forced Harvard's rook off the open file...
...Lopez Yale has retaken the exchanged pawn, and Harvard's rook has taken possession of the important king's file...
...Scotch opening, Harvard does not yet dare to take the proffered rook, but is evidently bent on forcing an exchange of queens. Harvard's twelfth move was Q - KB 2, not Q - KB 3 as published...