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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... once perceive the object of dis- tinguishing some letters , such as k , s , t , & c . by a dot underneath , but this does not in any perceptible degree affect their sound . A few words have become so in- veterately established in our ...
... once perceive the object of dis- tinguishing some letters , such as k , s , t , & c . by a dot underneath , but this does not in any perceptible degree affect their sound . A few words have become so in- veterately established in our ...
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... once conclude , wishing you long life and prosperity ; and hoping that you will bring down to the present day , from the points at which I have stopped short , the History of the " most excellent game that the wit of man has yet devised ...
... once conclude , wishing you long life and prosperity ; and hoping that you will bring down to the present day , from the points at which I have stopped short , the History of the " most excellent game that the wit of man has yet devised ...
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... once be scouted by all people of sense . Precisely in like manner we have ample historical evi- dence , native and foreign , that Chess was invented in India , but not a single reliable scrap tending to prove that it was either invented ...
... once be scouted by all people of sense . Precisely in like manner we have ample historical evi- dence , native and foreign , that Chess was invented in India , but not a single reliable scrap tending to prove that it was either invented ...
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... and we may add , once for all , that the present move of our Queen is not , generally speaking , of older date than three and a half centuries back . General Directions for Play . " Let each player preserve HISTORY OF CHESS . 19.
... and we may add , once for all , that the present move of our Queen is not , generally speaking , of older date than three and a half centuries back . General Directions for Play . " Let each player preserve HISTORY OF CHESS . 19.
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... once celebrated for superior skill in this game ; and that his father , together with his spiritual preceptor , Jagannath , then living at Tribeni , had instructed two young Brahmans in all the rules of it , and had sent them to ...
... once celebrated for superior skill in this game ; and that his father , together with his spiritual preceptor , Jagannath , then living at Tribeni , had instructed two young Brahmans in all the rules of it , and had sent them to ...
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