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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... means for having them cleared up . " This judicious remark on the part of the philosophic standard - bearer , appears to me to be most applicable to the present state of our information respecting the origin and progress of the game of ...
... means for having them cleared up . " This judicious remark on the part of the philosophic standard - bearer , appears to me to be most applicable to the present state of our information respecting the origin and progress of the game of ...
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... mean to say that I can intimate anything like the precise time when , or the exact spot where , the invention took place ; nor is this at all requisite for the investigation . In fact , many of our noblest discoveries , even of compa ...
... mean to say that I can intimate anything like the precise time when , or the exact spot where , the invention took place ; nor is this at all requisite for the investigation . In fact , many of our noblest discoveries , even of compa ...
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... means of peb- bles , called Teτteiα or teσσo which bore no resemblance whatever to Chess . Then the Romans had two distinct games , something like our draughts and backgammon , derived , as is believed , from the Grecian , and ...
... means of peb- bles , called Teτteiα or teσσo which bore no resemblance whatever to Chess . Then the Romans had two distinct games , something like our draughts and backgammon , derived , as is believed , from the Grecian , and ...
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... It is mentioned in the " Laws of the Howel Da , " & c . , that is , if it be Chess which is there alluded to , a point on which the learned of Cambria by no means agree . Welsh , the Araucanians , ' the Jews , the HISTORY OF CHESS . 5.
... It is mentioned in the " Laws of the Howel Da , " & c . , that is , if it be Chess which is there alluded to , a point on which the learned of Cambria by no means agree . Welsh , the Araucanians , ' the Jews , the HISTORY OF CHESS . 5.
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... means in the four cardinal directions — i.e . , east , west , south , and north . Had the author intended to indicate the power of our Queen , he would have used the expression sarvatah — i.e . , in all directions , which term he ...
... means in the four cardinal directions — i.e . , east , west , south , and north . Had the author intended to indicate the power of our Queen , he would have used the expression sarvatah — i.e . , in all directions , which term he ...
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