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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... Central Europe Duncan Forbes. CHATURANGA . The Primeval Hindu Chess , With the Pieces arranged on the Board as they stand at the commencement of the Game . Vide Chapter III . , page 18 . 6 ] == THE HISTORY OF CHESS , FROM THE TIME OF THE.
... Central Europe Duncan Forbes. CHATURANGA . The Primeval Hindu Chess , With the Pieces arranged on the Board as they stand at the commencement of the Game . Vide Chapter III . , page 18 . 6 ] == THE HISTORY OF CHESS , FROM THE TIME OF THE.
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... chapters on Chess . In the first place , you have , each of you , done the Good Cause , " some yeoman service , " and , if I well recollect , you have promised to do something more . Secondly , you are , in a remote degree , the authors ...
... chapters on Chess . In the first place , you have , each of you , done the Good Cause , " some yeoman service , " and , if I well recollect , you have promised to do something more . Secondly , you are , in a remote degree , the authors ...
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... ( chapters XVI . & XVII . ) , you will perceive that there still remain some blanks to be filled up . For obvious reasons , I have been unable to procure any reliable de- scription of the game as now played in the Japanese Empire , which ...
... ( chapters XVI . & XVII . ) , you will perceive that there still remain some blanks to be filled up . For obvious reasons , I have been unable to procure any reliable de- scription of the game as now played in the Japanese Empire , which ...
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... " most excellent game that the wit of man has yet devised . " 58 , Burton Crescent , AUGUST , 1860 . I am , Gentlemen , Yours sincerely , D. FORBES . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION - Three periods vi PREFACE .
... " most excellent game that the wit of man has yet devised . " 58 , Burton Crescent , AUGUST , 1860 . I am , Gentlemen , Yours sincerely , D. FORBES . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION - Three periods vi PREFACE .
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... CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION - Three periods of Chess - The Primeval - The Mediæval , and the Modern • PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . CHATURANGA , or the Primeval Hindu Chess - Ancient Writings of the Hindus • CHAPTER III . • 11 CHATURANGA CONTINUED ...
... CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION - Three periods of Chess - The Primeval - The Mediæval , and the Modern • PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . CHATURANGA , or the Primeval Hindu Chess - Ancient Writings of the Hindus • CHAPTER III . • 11 CHATURANGA CONTINUED ...
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