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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... known . I think I can clearly show that the game originated in India , and nowhere else . I do not mean to say that I can intimate anything like the precise time when , or the exact spot where , the invention took place ; nor is this at ...
... known . I think I can clearly show that the game originated in India , and nowhere else . I do not mean to say that I can intimate anything like the precise time when , or the exact spot where , the invention took place ; nor is this at ...
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... known in any other country previously . It may be asked , then - how came so many writers to ascribe the invention to so many other coun- tries ? The answer is simple : it resulted from sheer error of judgment on their part , and the ...
... known in any other country previously . It may be asked , then - how came so many writers to ascribe the invention to so many other coun- tries ? The answer is simple : it resulted from sheer error of judgment on their part , and the ...
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... known that the poem alluded to has nothing whatever to do with Chess ; and this is the way by which errors arise and spread . 2 " An Inquiry into the ancient Greek game supposed to have been invented by Palamedes , " & c . & c . 4to ...
... known that the poem alluded to has nothing whatever to do with Chess ; and this is the way by which errors arise and spread . 2 " An Inquiry into the ancient Greek game supposed to have been invented by Palamedes , " & c . & c . 4to ...
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... known that the vast alluvial plains of the Panjab , as well as those bordering on the Ganges , are , for nearly one - third of the year , flooded with water , arising , in the first place , from the melting of the mountain snow in ...
... known that the vast alluvial plains of the Panjab , as well as those bordering on the Ganges , are , for nearly one - third of the year , flooded with water , arising , in the first place , from the melting of the mountain snow in ...
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... known and practised .. The authenticity of these poetic histories is much on a par with that of the works of Homer , Hesiod , and Apol- lonius Rhodius . They are all most probably founded on something of the nature of fact , only the ...
... known and practised .. The authenticity of these poetic histories is much on a par with that of the works of Homer , Hesiod , and Apol- lonius Rhodius . They are all most probably founded on something of the nature of fact , only the ...
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