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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... consequently the command of his forces , the main point then is to capture the hostile Kings , thus , gaining the Chaturāji , or , in other words , completely winning the game . " These appear to me to be the general principles of the ...
... consequently the command of his forces , the main point then is to capture the hostile Kings , thus , gaining the Chaturāji , or , in other words , completely winning the game . " These appear to me to be the general principles of the ...
Page 29
... consequently each of the four players must have been furnished with a spare Elephant and Knight to meet such favourable conjunctures . With regard to the King's Pawn and Ship's Pawn , I think we may ven- ture to infer that they attained ...
... consequently each of the four players must have been furnished with a spare Elephant and Knight to meet such favourable conjunctures . With regard to the King's Pawn and Ship's Pawn , I think we may ven- ture to infer that they attained ...
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... consequently , that the invention belongs to the Hindus only . 3rd . That the Chaturanga , whether judged by its own intrinsic nature , or by the testimony of ancient writers , existed long before that modification of it called Shatranj ...
... consequently , that the invention belongs to the Hindus only . 3rd . That the Chaturanga , whether judged by its own intrinsic nature , or by the testimony of ancient writers , existed long before that modification of it called Shatranj ...
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... consequently they had no tempt- ation to win worldly wealth . Hence we have every reason to conclude that the game of Chaturanga was generally played amongst the strictly religious and orthodox Hindus , by two or four persons , as the ...
... consequently they had no tempt- ation to win worldly wealth . Hence we have every reason to conclude that the game of Chaturanga was generally played amongst the strictly religious and orthodox Hindus , by two or four persons , as the ...
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... consequently we need not feel any surprise at what Sir William Jones states when alluding to the Shatranj , which , by the way , he fancies to be the same as the game played by Philidor . In his dis- course already cited , he says ...
... consequently we need not feel any surprise at what Sir William Jones states when alluding to the Shatranj , which , by the way , he fancies to be the same as the game played by Philidor . In his dis- course already cited , he says ...
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