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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... original sketches ; and , to use the words of Dr. Johnson , I have endeavoured " to make them better , " in three ways , - " by putting out , by adding , and by correcting . " The adding process , ( whether an improve- ment or not , I ...
... original sketches ; and , to use the words of Dr. Johnson , I have endeavoured " to make them better , " in three ways , - " by putting out , by adding , and by correcting . " The adding process , ( whether an improve- ment or not , I ...
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... original . Its duration may have been from three to four thousand years before the sixth century of our era . The second , or mediæval period , in the history of Chess , occupies a space of about one thousand years- that is , from the ...
... original . Its duration may have been from three to four thousand years before the sixth century of our era . The second , or mediæval period , in the history of Chess , occupies a space of about one thousand years- that is , from the ...
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... original account of this very ancient game to which we have yet obtained access , is to be found in the Sanskrit Encyclopædia , entitled " Shabda - Kalpa- Druma , " published at Calcutta in seven volumes , 4to , within the last twenty ...
... original account of this very ancient game to which we have yet obtained access , is to be found in the Sanskrit Encyclopædia , entitled " Shabda - Kalpa- Druma , " published at Calcutta in seven volumes , 4to , within the last twenty ...
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... original , of which more hereafter . In the following Chapter , I shall lay before the reader what I believe to be a faithful trans- lation of such portions of the Sanskrit text as bear upon our immediate inquiry . I must mention ...
... original , of which more hereafter . In the following Chapter , I shall lay before the reader what I believe to be a faithful trans- lation of such portions of the Sanskrit text as bear upon our immediate inquiry . I must mention ...
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... original admits of no doubt as to the Elephant's move . It is the adverb chatushṭayam which simply means in the four cardinal directions — i.e . , east , west , south , and north . Had the author intended to indicate the power of our ...
... original admits of no doubt as to the Elephant's move . It is the adverb chatushṭayam which simply means in the four cardinal directions — i.e . , east , west , south , and north . Had the author intended to indicate the power of our ...
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