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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... infer that the game of Chaturanga was invented by a people whose language was Sanskrit , which brings the invention home to India ; and further , it is the repre- sentation of a mode of warfare that was most peculiarly adapted to that ...
... infer that the game of Chaturanga was invented by a people whose language was Sanskrit , which brings the invention home to India ; and further , it is the repre- sentation of a mode of warfare that was most peculiarly adapted to that ...
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... that Yudhishthira fared no better at Chess or Chaturanga than he had done with the plain dice . It is to be inferred that he ventured on the game too soon after Vyasa's lecture , before he had sufficient time to HISTORY OF CHESS . 15.
... that Yudhishthira fared no better at Chess or Chaturanga than he had done with the plain dice . It is to be inferred that he ventured on the game too soon after Vyasa's lecture , before he had sufficient time to HISTORY OF CHESS . 15.
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... inferred as much , although the author nowhere expressly asserts it , from the nature of the game . Were we to suppose , for instance , that the Red and Green were allies , the brunt of the battle and almost the whole of the danger ...
... inferred as much , although the author nowhere expressly asserts it , from the nature of the game . Were we to suppose , for instance , that the Red and Green were allies , the brunt of the battle and almost the whole of the danger ...
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... inferred from Twiss , Vol . ii . p . 14 , where he states- " Piacenza mentions that in the Levant it is sometimes customary to play with a Pezzo di Tregua ( Piece of Truce ) , which Damiano calls Pezzo Fidato ( Trusted Piece ) to which ...
... inferred from Twiss , Vol . ii . p . 14 , where he states- " Piacenza mentions that in the Levant it is sometimes customary to play with a Pezzo di Tregua ( Piece of Truce ) , which Damiano calls Pezzo Fidato ( Trusted Piece ) to which ...
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... infer that they immediately received their pro- motion ; and consequently each of the four players must have been furnished with a spare Elephant and Knight to meet such favourable conjunctures . With regard to the King's Pawn and ...
... infer that they immediately received their pro- motion ; and consequently each of the four players must have been furnished with a spare Elephant and Knight to meet such favourable conjunctures . With regard to the King's Pawn and ...
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