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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... Ship , ) together with four Pawns . The two opposite players were allied against the other two , and the moves were decided by the turn of an oblong die having four faces marked with the numbers two , three , four and five ; the two and ...
... Ship , ) together with four Pawns . The two opposite players were allied against the other two , and the moves were decided by the turn of an oblong die having four faces marked with the numbers two , three , four and five ; the two and ...
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... ships ( or more recently chariots ) , and infantry . In this sense we find it used adjectively by the ancient Hindu ... ship or boat is an ano- maly ; but the objection is more plausible than valid ; and , in fact , it forms one of the ...
... ships ( or more recently chariots ) , and infantry . In this sense we find it used adjectively by the ancient Hindu ... ship or boat is an ano- maly ; but the objection is more plausible than valid ; and , in fact , it forms one of the ...
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... ships and boats must have formed a very important item in the matériel of an army , whether for offensive or de- fensive purposes . On this point the reader will find ample confirmation in the fifth and sixth books of Arian's History ...
... ships and boats must have formed a very important item in the matériel of an army , whether for offensive or de- fensive purposes . On this point the reader will find ample confirmation in the fifth and sixth books of Arian's History ...
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... ships are admitted into the game , as being matters of the utmost importance in such an expedition as this , which bears ... ship , as one part of the four forces , is quite in accordance with the time , place , and circum- stances . The ...
... ships are admitted into the game , as being matters of the utmost importance in such an expedition as this , which bears ... ship , as one part of the four forces , is quite in accordance with the time , place , and circum- stances . The ...
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... . The Rook on the left hand of the King , represents the Elephant ; and the Bishop represents the Ship . The King , Rook , Knight and Pawns , had then precisely the same moves and powers as they have with 16 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... . The Rook on the left hand of the King , represents the Elephant ; and the Bishop represents the Ship . The King , Rook , Knight and Pawns , had then precisely the same moves and powers as they have with 16 HISTORY OF CHESS .
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