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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... suppose this to have happened before the Chess period , the story being old even then , as we see by the opening lines of the poem . " Lived of yore , a Rājā Nala — Vīrasena's mighty son , Gifted he with every virtue - beauteous ...
... suppose this to have happened before the Chess period , the story being old even then , as we see by the opening lines of the poem . " Lived of yore , a Rājā Nala — Vīrasena's mighty son , Gifted he with every virtue - beauteous ...
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... suppose , for instance , that the Red and Green were allies , the brunt of the battle and almost the whole of the danger would fall chiefly , if not entirely , on the Green . The Red would merely have to move forward his Pawns , in ...
... suppose , for instance , that the Red and Green were allies , the brunt of the battle and almost the whole of the danger would fall chiefly , if not entirely , on the Green . The Red would merely have to move forward his Pawns , in ...
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... suppose each ship to make one move more in the direction of any of the four corners , we get four additional Vrihannaukās , where it may be observed the ships always fall into the same relative position , so that altogether there is a ...
... suppose each ship to make one move more in the direction of any of the four corners , we get four additional Vrihannaukās , where it may be observed the ships always fall into the same relative position , so that altogether there is a ...
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... suppose myself addressing the player of the Green ( or White , as the case may be , ) with a view to inculcate , in the simplest manner , the principles of the game , as far as my imperfect knowledge of it extends . " Your main object ...
... suppose myself addressing the player of the Green ( or White , as the case may be , ) with a view to inculcate , in the simplest manner , the principles of the game , as far as my imperfect knowledge of it extends . " Your main object ...
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... first place , we shall suppose a player on his first throw turns up four ; the text says , in such case , " the Elephant must move . " Now we see clearly that The question is , the Elephant cannot , just then 28 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... first place , we shall suppose a player on his first throw turns up four ; the text says , in such case , " the Elephant must move . " Now we see clearly that The question is , the Elephant cannot , just then 28 HISTORY OF CHESS .
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