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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... given to the ancient game I am about to describe , fully and clearly conveys to the mind an idea of the thing represented . The term Shat- ranj , used by the Persians , Arabs , and Turks , is a pure exotic in their respective languages ...
... given to the ancient game I am about to describe , fully and clearly conveys to the mind an idea of the thing represented . The term Shat- ranj , used by the Persians , Arabs , and Turks , is a pure exotic in their respective languages ...
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... given us only a very incorrect abridgement of the extract in question , and that he has at the same time deduced from it several inferences not warranted by the original , of which more hereafter . In the following Chapter , I shall lay ...
... given us only a very incorrect abridgement of the extract in question , and that he has at the same time deduced from it several inferences not warranted by the original , of which more hereafter . In the following Chapter , I shall lay ...
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... given by Hyde , from a MS . of the twelfth century , pre- served in the Bodleian , viz . , " Firmum pactum Calvi te- nent , neque sibi noceant , " i.e. , " The Bishops maintain a solid compact not to hurt each other . " Vide Hyde , " De ...
... given by Hyde , from a MS . of the twelfth century , pre- served in the Bodleian , viz . , " Firmum pactum Calvi te- nent , neque sibi noceant , " i.e. , " The Bishops maintain a solid compact not to hurt each other . " Vide Hyde , " De ...
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... given the privilege of not being liable to be taken except when it actually attacks the enemy . " In Latin Chess Manuscripts of the middle ages we also find a piece similarly privileged , -Per Fiduciam , as it is termed . yellow , black ...
... given the privilege of not being liable to be taken except when it actually attacks the enemy . " In Latin Chess Manuscripts of the middle ages we also find a piece similarly privileged , -Per Fiduciam , as it is termed . yellow , black ...
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... given rise to the mediaval game . But this is not all ; it is evident the Chaturanga might have been , and frequently was , played by only one person on each side , and that , too , from beginning to end . Of this fact we have a noted ...
... given rise to the mediaval game . But this is not all ; it is evident the Chaturanga might have been , and frequently was , played by only one person on each side , and that , too , from beginning to end . Of this fact we have a noted ...
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