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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 28
Page 4
... mediæval antiquarian gravely says , " Lucanus in Paneg . ad Pisonem a decrit elegamment le jeu des Eschecs " !!! Now it is well known that the poem alluded to has nothing whatever to do with Chess ; and this is the way by which errors ...
... mediæval antiquarian gravely says , " Lucanus in Paneg . ad Pisonem a decrit elegamment le jeu des Eschecs " !!! Now it is well known that the poem alluded to has nothing whatever to do with Chess ; and this is the way by which errors ...
Page 6
... mediæval monk . They would have found , moreover , that there is not a particle of evidence that either the Grecian Prince Palamedes , or any other Grecian prince or peasant of ancient times , knew anything of Chess ; and that neither ...
... mediæval monk . They would have found , moreover , that there is not a particle of evidence that either the Grecian Prince Palamedes , or any other Grecian prince or peasant of ancient times , knew anything of Chess ; and that neither ...
Page 7
... mediæval period , in the history of Chess , occupies a space of about one thousand years- that is , from the sixth to the sixteenth century of our era . At the commencement of this period the improvement made in the game is very decided ...
... mediæval period , in the history of Chess , occupies a space of about one thousand years- that is , from the sixth to the sixteenth century of our era . At the commencement of this period the improvement made in the game is very decided ...
Page 8
... mediæval periods . This is a task hitherto unaccomplished , simply because it has never been undertaken by a person who happened to know something of Chess and of Oriental languages at the same time . Hyde , for example , commits ...
... mediæval periods . This is a task hitherto unaccomplished , simply because it has never been undertaken by a person who happened to know something of Chess and of Oriental languages at the same time . Hyde , for example , commits ...
Page 30
... mediæval game , must have done to a great extent , many centuries previously . In the preceding chapter I have taken the liberty to point out freely the errors into which Sir William Jones has fallen - errors which arose partly from his ...
... mediæval game , must have done to a great extent , many centuries previously . In the preceding chapter I have taken the liberty to point out freely the errors into which Sir William Jones has fallen - errors which arose partly from his ...
Other editions - View all
The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in ... Duncan Forbes No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
adversary's adverse King Alī alluded ancient appears Arabian Arabic army Asiatic assertion bidah Bishop Black Bland's Brahmans Burmha Byzantine Caliph called Camel capture Castle century chapter Chariot Charlemagne Chaturanga Chess Player's Chronicle Chess-board Chess-players Chessmen colour common game court diagonally diagram dice Elephant Essay Europe European Farz Farzin Firdausī four Frederic Madden game of Chaturanga game of Chess Greek Hindus honour Horse Hyde India infer invented King's Knight language Lastly Latin latter Ludus Latrunculorum means medieval game merely mode modern moves and powers Naushirawan Oriental origin of Chess original passage Pawn period Persian pieces played player Prince probable Queen reader received the game reign respecting Rook Rukh Sanskrit Saracens Sassa Shah Shāhnāma Shatranj Ship side Sir Frederic Sir William Jones sixty-four squares suppose term throw-board Timur tion translation Vineæ Wazir White word writers