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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... already pointed out by the Orien- talists of Oxford . I happen to possess sources of informa- tion which to the latter were either altogether inaccessible or imperfectly known . I think I can clearly show that the game originated in ...
... already pointed out by the Orien- talists of Oxford . I happen to possess sources of informa- tion which to the latter were either altogether inaccessible or imperfectly known . I think I can clearly show that the game originated in ...
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... already observed , the mere occasion of its invention is a point of little or no real im- portance ; our main object at present is to determine the region where , and approximately the time when , it was invented . Sir William Jones ...
... already observed , the mere occasion of its invention is a point of little or no real im- portance ; our main object at present is to determine the region where , and approximately the time when , it was invented . Sir William Jones ...
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... already stated , being drawn up in front.2 1 Sir William Jones has erroneously stated that this game is more frequently called " Chaturāji . " Now the term Chaturājī is not applied to the game at all ; it only denotes a certain position ...
... already stated , being drawn up in front.2 1 Sir William Jones has erroneously stated that this game is more frequently called " Chaturāji . " Now the term Chaturājī is not applied to the game at all ; it only denotes a certain position ...
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... already observed , was an eminent legis- lator and philosopher . That he should have condescended to record his decision on the merits of certain moves in Chess , is probably a license on the part of the poet , in order to confer the ...
... already observed , was an eminent legis- lator and philosopher . That he should have condescended to record his decision on the merits of certain moves in Chess , is probably a license on the part of the poet , in order to confer the ...
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... already in possession of two sets of common chessmen - one of wood , and another of bone or ivory- may easily convert the same into two complete sets for the Chaturanga , in this wise , the wooden set will furnish the King , Rook ...
... already in possession of two sets of common chessmen - one of wood , and another of bone or ivory- may easily convert the same into two complete sets for the Chaturanga , in this wise , the wooden set will furnish the King , Rook ...
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