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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... writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , 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 ...
... writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , 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 ...
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... writers to ascribe the invention to so many other coun- tries ? The answer is simple : it resulted from sheer error ... writer had occasion to mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself trouble , he employed the ...
... writers to ascribe the invention to so many other coun- tries ? The answer is simple : it resulted from sheer error ... writer had occasion to mention the game of Chess , we find that , to save himself trouble , he employed the ...
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... writers began to be made for the use of the people at large , the " Ludus Latrunculorum , " or Ludus Calculorum , " was generally translated as " the game of Chess , " in order to give the thing the greater dignity . Now , we here see ...
... writers began to be made for the use of the people at large , the " Ludus Latrunculorum , " or Ludus Calculorum , " was generally translated as " the game of Chess , " in order to give the thing the greater dignity . Now , we here see ...
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... writer insists that Chess was invented either at Babylon or Palmyra - I forget which - because the queen has such great power in the game . This is the greatest dreamer of the whole host . He evidently did not know that the word Queen ...
... writer insists that Chess was invented either at Babylon or Palmyra - I forget which - because the queen has such great power in the game . This is the greatest dreamer of the whole host . He evidently did not know that the word Queen ...
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... writers in general prove nothing except the remote antiquity of the game.2 Now if , instead of echoing each other , writers were to reflect for a moment on what they are saying , or rather repeating , they would soon find theirs is far ...
... writers in general prove nothing except the remote antiquity of the game.2 Now if , instead of echoing each other , writers were to reflect for a moment on what they are saying , or rather repeating , they would soon find theirs is far ...
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