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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... latter were either altogether inaccessible or imperfectly known . I think I can clearly show that the game originated in India , and nowhere else . I do not mean to say that I can intimate anything like the precise time when , or the ...
... latter were either altogether inaccessible or imperfectly known . I think I can clearly show that the game originated in India , and nowhere else . I do not mean to say that I can intimate anything like the precise time when , or the ...
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... 2 It would seem , at first sight , that this is a mere repetition of the last sen- tence ; but such is not the case : the former sentence would have remained vague and indefinite without the latter . " If , on throwing the die , ' the III.
... 2 It would seem , at first sight , that this is a mere repetition of the last sen- tence ; but such is not the case : the former sentence would have remained vague and indefinite without the latter . " If , on throwing the die , ' the III.
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... latter's King slaying the last of the hostile Kings , then he is entitled to a twofold stake , otherwise it shall be a single stake . O Prince , when , in the game of Chaturanga , a king slays the last of the two adverse Kings on his ...
... latter's King slaying the last of the hostile Kings , then he is entitled to a twofold stake , otherwise it shall be a single stake . O Prince , when , in the game of Chaturanga , a king slays the last of the two adverse Kings on his ...
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... latter modification is of the simplest and most natural kind , being merely a step in advance on the high road of improvement , similar to the change from the medieval into the common game of the present day , which took place near the ...
... latter modification is of the simplest and most natural kind , being merely a step in advance on the high road of improvement , similar to the change from the medieval into the common game of the present day , which took place near the ...
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... latter may have been already captured , not otherwise . According to Oriental notions , " two kings in one kingdom are inadmissible ; " and the promoting of the Ship's Pawn into a Ship would be an absurdity as it would have to run on ...
... latter may have been already captured , not otherwise . According to Oriental notions , " two kings in one kingdom are inadmissible ; " and the promoting of the Ship's Pawn into a Ship would be an absurdity as it would have to run on ...
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