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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... 1694 ; also an edition in 4to . by Dr. Gregory Sharpe , forming the Second Volume of Hyde's whole works . The 12mo . edition is the more correct , and is the one to which I always refer . B Sir William Jones , both of Oxford , arrived at I.
... 1694 ; also an edition in 4to . by Dr. Gregory Sharpe , forming the Second Volume of Hyde's whole works . The 12mo . edition is the more correct , and is the one to which I always refer . B Sir William Jones , both of Oxford , arrived at I.
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... whole host . He evidently did not know that the word Queen was never heard of in Oriental Chess ; and even if she were , the piece so called by us was one of the weakest on the board , even in Europe , till the begin- ning of the ...
... whole host . He evidently did not know that the word Queen was never heard of in Oriental Chess ; and even if she were , the piece so called by us was one of the weakest on the board , even in Europe , till the begin- ning of the ...
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... whole game is re- duced to a pure trial of mental power and intellectual skill . The third , or modern period , commences with the sixteenth century . The change made here consists , first , in extending the power of the Bishop ...
... whole game is re- duced to a pure trial of mental power and intellectual skill . The third , or modern period , commences with the sixteenth century . The change made here consists , first , in extending the power of the Bishop ...
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... whole with that of Abu - 1 - Fazl , save that the dice are marked , one , three , six and four ; the ace being opposite the six , and the three on the reverse side of the four . In a similar manner , the dice for the Chatur- anga had ...
... whole with that of Abu - 1 - Fazl , save that the dice are marked , one , three , six and four ; the ace being opposite the six , and the three on the reverse side of the four . In a similar manner , the dice for the Chatur- anga had ...
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... whole army , the Elephant even included . " Peculiar Situations of the Pieces , conferring certain Privileges , & c . " I will now explain to you , O Prince , the nature of cer- tain situations , & c . , that may occur in the course of ...
... whole army , the Elephant even included . " Peculiar Situations of the Pieces , conferring certain Privileges , & c . " I will now explain to you , O Prince , the nature of cer- tain situations , & c . , that may occur in the course of ...
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