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... believe the design to be good . I think I have proved that the GAME OF CHESS was in- vented in India , and nowhere else , in very remote times ; and from that source I have endeavoured to trace its dif- fusion throughout the various ...
... believe the design to be good . I think I have proved that the GAME OF CHESS was in- vented in India , and nowhere else , in very remote times ; and from that source I have endeavoured to trace its dif- fusion throughout the various ...
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... believe to be a faithful trans- lation of such portions of the Sanskrit text as bear upon our immediate inquiry . I must mention , however , that the original , is , in many places , so extremely concise in its style , that a mere ...
... believe to be a faithful trans- lation of such portions of the Sanskrit text as bear upon our immediate inquiry . I must mention , however , that the original , is , in many places , so extremely concise in its style , that a mere ...
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... believe that several others may present themselves in the course of play . Cases of Uncertainty . In the first place , we shall suppose a player on his first throw turns up four ; the text says , in such case , " the Elephant must move ...
... believe that several others may present themselves in the course of play . Cases of Uncertainty . In the first place , we shall suppose a player on his first throw turns up four ; the text says , in such case , " the Elephant must move ...
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... believe that the " invention of Chess , " alluded to by the Arabs and Persians , simply meant the final establishment of that modification of the Chaturanga which we call the media- val game , and which in Asia , on this side of the ...
... believe that the " invention of Chess , " alluded to by the Arabs and Persians , simply meant the final establishment of that modification of the Chaturanga which we call the media- val game , and which in Asia , on this side of the ...
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... believe , very vague . Whether the chess - player imagines it to signify literally the pilfering black bird of that name , or figura- tively the respectable character that is said to prey on pigeons , are points on which I am altogether ...
... believe , very vague . Whether the chess - player imagines it to signify literally the pilfering black bird of that name , or figura- tively the respectable character that is said to prey on pigeons , are points on which I am altogether ...
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