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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... centuries , has been closed against all good Christians . I may say the same respecting the vast regions inhabited by the Tartars and Mongols , extending from the Caspian Sea to the Great Chinese Wall ; also of the countries situated ...
... centuries , has been closed against all good Christians . I may say the same respecting the vast regions inhabited by the Tartars and Mongols , extending from the Caspian Sea to the Great Chinese Wall ; also of the countries situated ...
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... century of our era . This view has been adopted , solely on its own in- trinsic merits , by Mr. Francis Douce2 and ... centuries old , yet are we still in a state of uncertainty as to the pre- cise time when , the place where , and the ...
... century of our era . This view has been adopted , solely on its own in- trinsic merits , by Mr. Francis Douce2 and ... centuries old , yet are we still in a state of uncertainty as to the pre- cise time when , the place where , and the ...
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... century , as may be seen in any of the old writings on the game . Finally , another writer 2 of higher qualifications than all the rest put together , tries hard to confer the honour on the Persians , an honour to which not one single ...
... century , as may be seen in any of the old writings on the game . Finally , another writer 2 of higher qualifications than all the rest put together , tries hard to confer the honour on the Persians , an honour to which not one single ...
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... century of our era . The second , or mediaval period , in the history of Chess , occupies a space of about one thousand years— that is , from the sixth to the sixteenth century of our era . At the commencement of this period the ...
... century of our era . The second , or mediaval period , in the history of Chess , occupies a space of about one thousand years— that is , from the sixth to the sixteenth century of our era . At the commencement of this period the ...
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... century . The change made here consists , first , in extending the power of the Bishop , allowing him to command the whole diagonal , instead of every third square as formerly ; secondly , in giving the Queen or Minister the enormous ...
... century . The change made here consists , first , in extending the power of the Bishop , allowing him to command the whole diagonal , instead of every third square as formerly ; secondly , in giving the Queen or Minister the enormous ...
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