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... appears to me to be most applicable to the present state of our information respecting the origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , merely repeat the puerile ...
... appears to me to be most applicable to the present state of our information respecting the origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , merely repeat the puerile ...
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... appear that Yudhishthira fared no better at Chess or Chaturanga than he had done with the plain dice . It is to be inferred that he ventured on the game too soon after Vyasa's lecture , before he had sufficient time to HISTORY OF CHESS .
... appear that Yudhishthira fared no better at Chess or Chaturanga than he had done with the plain dice . It is to be inferred that he ventured on the game too soon after Vyasa's lecture , before he had sufficient time to HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... board , viz . , in the four central squares , and also within a square of each of the four corners , as will appear from the diagram in the following page . Pawn is then called Gadhāvați , ' and is not HISTORY OF CHESS . 23.
... board , viz . , in the four central squares , and also within a square of each of the four corners , as will appear from the diagram in the following page . Pawn is then called Gadhāvați , ' and is not HISTORY OF CHESS . 23.
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... appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from Twiss , Vol . ii . p . 14 , where he states- " Piacenza mentions that in the Levant it is sometimes customary to play with a Pezzo ...
... appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from Twiss , Vol . ii . p . 14 , where he states- " Piacenza mentions that in the Levant it is sometimes customary to play with a Pezzo ...
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... appear to me to be the general principles of the game of Chaturanga ; but , as I have already stated , there are a number of minor points , not touched upon in the text , which are open to mere conjecture ; at the same time , it is my ...
... appear to me to be the general principles of the game of Chaturanga ; but , as I have already stated , there are a number of minor points , not touched upon in the text , which are open to mere conjecture ; at the same time , it is my ...
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