The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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... Greek and Roman Chess , by Herbert Coleridge , Esq . i xvii • C. Description of Dr. Lee's two Arabic MSS . on Chess , by Mr. Bland . xxxiv D. " Chess among the Irish , " with comments , & c . , by D. Forbes E. " Chess among the Welsh ...
... Greek and Roman Chess , by Herbert Coleridge , Esq . i xvii • C. Description of Dr. Lee's two Arabic MSS . on Chess , by Mr. Bland . xxxiv D. " Chess among the Irish , " with comments , & c . , by D. Forbes E. " Chess among the Welsh ...
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... Greeks had a rude and primitive game played on a board , by means of peb- bles , called Teτteiα or teσσo which bore no ... Greek and Roman Chess " appeared in The Chess Player's Chronicle , for the months of March , & c . , in 1855. In ...
... Greeks had a rude and primitive game played on a board , by means of peb- bles , called Teτteiα or teσσo which bore no ... Greek and Roman Chess " appeared in The Chess Player's Chronicle , for the months of March , & c . , in 1855. In ...
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... Greek game supposed to have been invented by Palamedes , " & c . & c . 4to . , London , 1801. The work is said to be the pro- duction of a Mr. Christie , an auctioneer of that time . It may be characterized more fanciful than sound ...
... Greek game supposed to have been invented by Palamedes , " & c . & c . 4to . , London , 1801. The work is said to be the pro- duction of a Mr. Christie , an auctioneer of that time . It may be characterized more fanciful than sound ...
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... Greeks against Troy . In short , whether we consider the game to have been invented in Ceylon dur- ing the siege of Lankā , or subsequently in Central India , the admission of the ship , as one part of the four forces , is quite in ...
... Greeks against Troy . In short , whether we consider the game to have been invented in Ceylon dur- ing the siege of Lankā , or subsequently in Central India , the admission of the ship , as one part of the four forces , is quite in ...
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... Greek game , which is altogether visionary , undoubtedly meant the Chaturanga , of which the Muham- madan writers had never heard . The reader will bear in mind that , till the reign of the enlightened Akbar , the contemporary of our ...
... Greek game , which is altogether visionary , undoubtedly meant the Chaturanga , of which the Muham- madan writers had never heard . The reader will bear in mind that , till the reign of the enlightened Akbar , the contemporary of our ...
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