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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... DRAWN BY JOHN WALKER , Geographer to the Honcurable Secretary of State for India . MAP OF INDIA ; Showing the British Territories subdivided into Collectorates , and the posi- tion and boundary of each Native State ; chiefly compiled ...
... DRAWN BY JOHN WALKER , Geographer to the Honcurable Secretary of State for India . MAP OF INDIA ; Showing the British Territories subdivided into Collectorates , and the posi- tion and boundary of each Native State ; chiefly compiled ...
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... Drawn by Force - Diagram of Battle Array - Six Problems illustrative of End Games Won or Drawn , per force 106 · CHAPTER XI . Enlargement of the Indian or Primeval Chess Board - Various Altera- tions in its Form , and in the Manner of ...
... Drawn by Force - Diagram of Battle Array - Six Problems illustrative of End Games Won or Drawn , per force 106 · CHAPTER XI . Enlargement of the Indian or Primeval Chess Board - Various Altera- tions in its Form , and in the Manner of ...
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... draw up the red warriors on the east ; on the south array the army clad in green ; on the west let the yellow troops ... drawn up in front.2 1 Sir William Jones has erroneously stated that this game is more frequently called " Chaturāji ...
... draw up the red warriors on the east ; on the south array the army clad in green ; on the west let the yellow troops ... drawn up in front.2 1 Sir William Jones has erroneously stated that this game is more frequently called " Chaturāji ...
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... drawn game : though in the Shatranj as we shall hereafter see , the party so reduced was considered as defeated . concourse of the ships , " 3 The curious situation called Vrihannaukā , or " C can occur only in five particular portions ...
... drawn game : though in the Shatranj as we shall hereafter see , the party so reduced was considered as defeated . concourse of the ships , " 3 The curious situation called Vrihannaukā , or " C can occur only in five particular portions ...
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... drawn up on the side of the board next to us , the same as we at this day arrange our Black men . In a similar manner let the Red and Yellow forces unite on the further side of the board , so that King may be opposite to King , and ...
... drawn up on the side of the board next to us , the same as we at this day arrange our Black men . In a similar manner let the Red and Yellow forces unite on the further side of the board , so that King may be opposite to King , and ...
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