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... merely exhibiting one's knowledge of a multitude of uncouth alphabets . GENTLEMEN , I commenced , as you may observe , with a DEDICATION ; but I find that I am imperceptibly drift- ing into a PREFACE , which last , they say , nobody ...
... merely exhibiting one's knowledge of a multitude of uncouth alphabets . GENTLEMEN , I commenced , as you may observe , with a DEDICATION ; but I find that I am imperceptibly drift- ing into a PREFACE , which last , they say , nobody ...
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... merely repeat the puerile legends handed down to us by Carrera , Ruy Lopez , and Salvio - men who , undoubtedly , were first - rate Chess - players , but rather deficient in general scholarship and antiquarian accuracy . Since the times ...
... merely repeat the puerile legends handed down to us by Carrera , Ruy Lopez , and Salvio - men who , undoubtedly , were first - rate Chess - players , but rather deficient in general scholarship and antiquarian accuracy . Since the times ...
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... merely Chess in its infancy , and the capture of the King was certainly in conformity with the usages of actual warfare , though we may look upon it as having a tendency to spoil the game . The very sim- plicity and imperfection of this ...
... merely Chess in its infancy , and the capture of the King was certainly in conformity with the usages of actual warfare , though we may look upon it as having a tendency to spoil the game . The very sim- plicity and imperfection of this ...
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... merely a modification or corrup- tion of the word Chaturanga . But it is needless to dwell more on this point at ... mere occasion of its invention is a point of little or no real im- portance ; our main object at present is to determine ...
... merely a modification or corrup- tion of the word Chaturanga . But it is needless to dwell more on this point at ... mere occasion of its invention is a point of little or no real im- portance ; our main object at present is to determine ...
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... merely have to move forward his Pawns , in comparative security , to the opposite side , through his ally's quarters ; but , by making the opposite forces allies , the risk to be incurred is precisely the same for all parties . As to the ...
... merely have to move forward his Pawns , in comparative security , to the opposite side , through his ally's quarters ; but , by making the opposite forces allies , the risk to be incurred is precisely the same for all parties . As to the ...
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adversary's adverse King alluded ancient appears Arabian Arabic army Asiatic assertion Bishop Black Brahmans Burmha Byzantine Caliph called Camel capture Castle century chapter Chariot Chaturanga Chess Player's Chronicle Chess-board Chess-players Chessmen Chinese colour court diagonally diagram dice drawn game DUNCAN FORBES Elephant Essay Europe Farz Farzin Firdausi four Frederic Madden game of Chaturanga game of Chess give Greek Hindus honour Horse Hyde India infer invented King's Knight language Lastly Latin latter Ludus Latrunculorum mate means medieval game merely moves and powers Naushirawan odds Oriental origin of Chess original passage Pawn period Persian pieces played player Prince probable Purānas Queen reader received the game reign respecting Rook Rukh sage Sanskrit Sassa Shāhnāma Shatranj Ship side Sir William Jones suppose term throw-board Timur tion translation victory Wazir White word writers Yudhishthira