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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... eight - times - eight squared board . Tell me , O my master , how the Chaturāji1 may be accomplished . Vyasa thus replied : " O my Prince , having delineated a square board , with eight houses on each of the four sides , then draw up ...
... eight - times - eight squared board . Tell me , O my master , how the Chaturāji1 may be accomplished . Vyasa thus replied : " O my Prince , having delineated a square board , with eight houses on each of the four sides , then draw up ...
Page 20
... eight ; therefore , the Horse bears the higher value . ' The Pawns and the Ship assail the foe without subjecting themselves to capture ; the King , the Elephant and the Horse slay the foe without subjecting themselves to destruction ...
... eight ; therefore , the Horse bears the higher value . ' The Pawns and the Ship assail the foe without subjecting themselves to capture ; the King , the Elephant and the Horse slay the foe without subjecting themselves to destruction ...
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... eight squares by eight , that is altogether sixty - four squares the form in which it is now used ; and then he presented it to the King . The latter soon acquired the theory and practice of the game , and night and day it formed his ...
... eight squares by eight , that is altogether sixty - four squares the form in which it is now used ; and then he presented it to the King . The latter soon acquired the theory and practice of the game , and night and day it formed his ...
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... eight times over . My friend Mr. Bland , in his Essay , quotes a Persian writer , who asserts " that the whole sum amounted to two thousand four hundred times the size of our whole globe in gold !! " Pretty strong that ; there must be a ...
... eight times over . My friend Mr. Bland , in his Essay , quotes a Persian writer , who asserts " that the whole sum amounted to two thousand four hundred times the size of our whole globe in gold !! " Pretty strong that ; there must be a ...
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... eight of the leaves , if properly arranged , would form a complete sequence without any break , and the other four are uncertain . The following is the order of the subjects as intended by the author : first , a de- tached leaf forming ...
... eight of the leaves , if properly arranged , would form a complete sequence without any break , and the other four are uncertain . The following is the order of the subjects as intended by the author : first , a de- tached leaf forming ...
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