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... Arabs . CHAPTER XV . • Early References to the Game of Chess in Europe - Chess in France and Germany - Chess in ... Arabic MSS . on Chess , by Mr. Bland . xxxiv D. " Chess among the Irish , " with comments , & c . , by D. Forbes E ...
... Arabs . CHAPTER XV . • Early References to the Game of Chess in Europe - Chess in France and Germany - Chess in ... Arabic MSS . on Chess , by Mr. Bland . xxxiv D. " Chess among the Irish , " with comments , & c . , by D. Forbes E ...
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... Arabs of the desert , the idea would at 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 ...
... Arabs of the desert , the idea would at 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 ...
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... allied forces have each united on one side of the board , whilst the adversaries have done the same on the other . One of the allied Kings then becomes a subordinate piece , called by the Persians and Arabs Farzin or HISTORY OF CHESS . 7.
... allied forces have each united on one side of the board , whilst the adversaries have done the same on the other . One of the allied Kings then becomes a subordinate piece , called by the Persians and Arabs Farzin or HISTORY OF CHESS . 7.
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... Arabs Farzin or Wazīr , i.e. , counsellor or minister - with only half the power that he had previously possessed as an independent Sovereign . At the same time the Rook and Bishop change places , the former being transferred to the ...
... Arabs Farzin or Wazīr , i.e. , counsellor or minister - with only half the power that he had previously possessed as an independent Sovereign . At the same time the Rook and Bishop change places , the former being transferred to the ...
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... Arabs and Persians , simply meant the final establishment of that modification of the Chaturanga which we call the media- val game , and which in Asia , on this side of the Chinese empire , goes under the name of Shatranj . In fact ...
... Arabs and Persians , simply meant the final establishment of that modification of the Chaturanga which we call the media- val game , and which in Asia , on this side of the Chinese empire , goes under the name of Shatranj . In fact ...
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