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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Page vii
... Problems by the Caliph Mu'tasīm Billāh and ' Ali Shatranji CHAPTER IX . SHATRANJ CONTINUED - Theory and Practice of the Shatranj , or Me- diæval Chess - Relative Value of the Pieces - On the Giving of Odds- Of the Five Classes of Chess ...
... Problems by the Caliph Mu'tasīm Billāh and ' Ali Shatranji CHAPTER IX . SHATRANJ CONTINUED - Theory and Practice of the Shatranj , or Me- diæval Chess - Relative Value of the Pieces - On the Giving of Odds- Of the Five Classes of Chess ...
Page viii
... Problems illustrative of End Games Won or Drawn , per force 106 · CHAPTER XI . Enlargement of the Indian or Primeval Chess Board - Various Altera- tions in its Form , and in the Manner of Playing the Game - Timur's Great Chess Board ...
... Problems illustrative of End Games Won or Drawn , per force 106 · CHAPTER XI . Enlargement of the Indian or Primeval Chess Board - Various Altera- tions in its Form , and in the Manner of Playing the Game - Timur's Great Chess Board ...
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... problems ( of which some will appear hereafter , ) which occurred in actual play to " Khwaja ' Ali Shatranji , " the Philidor of Timur's Court . This anonymous author has given the three fol- lowing different accounts of the Invention ...
... problems ( of which some will appear hereafter , ) which occurred in actual play to " Khwaja ' Ali Shatranji , " the Philidor of Timur's Court . This anonymous author has given the three fol- lowing different accounts of the Invention ...
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... problems or positions that occurred in actual play to ' Ali - Shatranji - the finest player of that period , and probably one of the best that ever lived . He not only gives the problems , but a great number of minute parti- culars ...
... problems or positions that occurred in actual play to ' Ali - Shatranji - the finest player of that period , and probably one of the best that ever lived . He not only gives the problems , but a great number of minute parti- culars ...
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... problems , in which either mate is forced in a certain number of moves , or the weaker party , by skilful play , draws the game . These are accompanied with solutions at full - length ; and this work alone , even if we had none else ...
... problems , in which either mate is forced in a certain number of moves , or the weaker party , by skilful play , draws the game . These are accompanied with solutions at full - length ; and this work alone , even if we had none else ...
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