Зачем нужны шахматы?    Борьба, военная затея? —    Они из тех веков пришли,    Когда вассалов не жалея,    Сводили счёты короли.    Наука, мудрецов отрада? —    Полёт идей, картину схем    Искали в шахматных квадратах    Творцы…

THE PAWNESThe Rookes poore Pawnes, are sillie swaines, Which seldom serue, except by hap, and yet those Pawns, can lay their traines, To catch a great man, in a trap: So that I see, sometime a groome May not be…

The knight  The Knight is knowledge how to fight against his Princes enimies, He neuer makes his walke outright, But leaps and skips, in wilie wise, To take by sleight a traitrous foe, Might slilie seek their ouerthrowe. Четверостишие о…

The knight  Two Squares forward and slide to the side Two steps forward and slide to the other side Two squares back and slide to the side Two steps back and slide to the other side Hey have you tried, what…

THE ROOKES he Rookes are reason on both sides, Which keepe the corner houses still, And warily stand to watch their tides, By secret art to worke thier will, To take sometime a theefe unseen, Might mischiefe mean to King or…

The Rook Start walking forward till you can’t move no more Start walking backward until you hit the door Do the Rook, do the Rook, do the Rook, do the Rook *** Start walking forward till you can’t move no more Start walking…

THE KING The King himself is haughtie care, Which ouerlooketh all his men, And when he seeth how they fare, He steps among them now and then, Whom when his foe presumes to checke, His seruants stand, to giue the…

The King Step forward, step back one step that’s that Step sideways step back one step that’s that Step at an angle on the diagonal Step at an angle on the diagonal *** Step forward, step back one step that’s…

Stalemate White, how do you allow your Queen to glow Blush-ivory against the chest of night? Your next three moves show me where to follow. Our pawns align perfectly in a row In hope to see how she waltzes with…

Verse about castling Once in the game the king is not clever resorts to the castle — long does jump in a safe area. Here’s the boat he gave the order: «Come to me now!», made the jump dashing and…