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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... Sanskrit Text - Moves and Powers of the Pieces - Technical Terms of the Game , Illus- tration of the position , called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV . • 18 CHATURANGA CONTINUED ― Theory and Practice of the Game - Cases of Uncertainty CHAPTER ...
... Sanskrit Text - Moves and Powers of the Pieces - Technical Terms of the Game , Illus- tration of the position , called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV . • 18 CHATURANGA CONTINUED ― Theory and Practice of the Game - Cases of Uncertainty CHAPTER ...
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... Sanskrit , and from his crotchet about the Game of Chess being the " glorious and grand conception of one single mind . " I beg , however , that it be distinctly un- derstood , that I do not herein claim unto myself any ex- traordinary ...
... Sanskrit , and from his crotchet about the Game of Chess being the " glorious and grand conception of one single mind . " I beg , however , that it be distinctly un- derstood , that I do not herein claim unto myself any ex- traordinary ...
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... Sanskrit , states " that very lately only , and that altogether by accident , he had been enabled to procure even the slender information he pos- sessed ; that the Pandits were resolute in rejecting all his solicitations for instruction ...
... Sanskrit , states " that very lately only , and that altogether by accident , he had been enabled to procure even the slender information he pos- sessed ; that the Pandits were resolute in rejecting all his solicitations for instruction ...
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... Sanskrit words , chatur , " four ; " and anga , " a member , " or " component part . " As an adjective it is very nearly equivalent to our word " quadripartite , " and is generally applied to an army composed , in certain proportions ...
... Sanskrit words , chatur , " four ; " and anga , " a member , " or " component part . " As an adjective it is very nearly equivalent to our word " quadripartite , " and is generally applied to an army composed , in certain proportions ...
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... Sanskrit that the term Chaturanga , the name given to the ancient game I am about to describe , fully and clearly conveys to the mind an idea of the thing represented . The term Shat- ranj , used by the Persians , Arabs , and Turks , is ...
... Sanskrit that the term Chaturanga , the name given to the ancient game I am about to describe , fully and clearly conveys to the mind an idea of the thing represented . The term Shat- ranj , used by the Persians , Arabs , and Turks , is ...
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