Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.
-- Howard Staunton
   
Howard Staunton   Name:
Howard Staunton
Type:
Celebrity
Nationality:
English
Birth:
1810
Death:
1874
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