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... origin of the Royal Game , which , from time to time , ap- peared in the columns of the " Illustrated London News . " Those hasty sketches were then favourably re- ceived , by the lovers of Chess literature , both in this country and ...
... origin of the Royal Game , which , from time to time , ap- peared in the columns of the " Illustrated London News . " Those hasty sketches were then favourably re- ceived , by the lovers of Chess literature , both in this country and ...
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... origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , merely repeat the puerile legends handed down to us by 7 Carrera , Ruy Lopez , and Salvio - men who , undoubtedly , / were ...
... origin and progress of the game of Chess . Modern writers on the subject , with a few distinguished exceptions , merely repeat the puerile legends handed down to us by 7 Carrera , Ruy Lopez , and Salvio - men who , undoubtedly , / were ...
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... Chess was invented in India , and thence introduced into Persia and other Asiatic regions during the sixth century of our era . This view has been adopted , solely on its own in- trinsic merits , by Mr. Francis Douce2 ... HISTORY OF CHESS .
... Chess was invented in India , and thence introduced into Persia and other Asiatic regions during the sixth century of our era . This view has been adopted , solely on its own in- trinsic merits , by Mr. Francis Douce2 ... HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... Chess . But the testimonies of writers in general prove nothing except the remote antiquity of the game . " Now if , instead of echoing each other , writers were to reflect for a moment on what they are saying , or ... HISTORY OF CHESS .
... Chess . But the testimonies of writers in general prove nothing except the remote antiquity of the game . " Now if , instead of echoing each other , writers were to reflect for a moment on what they are saying , or ... HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... origin of this form of the game is lost in the depths of remote an- tiquity ; but there can be no question , as we shall after- wards show , that it was invented in India . The board consisted then , as it does now ... HISTORY OF CHESS . 7.
... origin of this form of the game is lost in the depths of remote an- tiquity ; but there can be no question , as we shall after- wards show , that it was invented in India . The board consisted then , as it does now ... HISTORY OF CHESS . 7.
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