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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... Pieces - Technical Terms of the Game , Illus- tration of the position , called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV . 11 • CHATURANGA CONTINUED - Theory and Practice of the Game - Cases of Uncertainty CHAPTER . V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED - Gradual ...
... Pieces - Technical Terms of the Game , Illus- tration of the position , called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV . 11 • CHATURANGA CONTINUED - Theory and Practice of the Game - Cases of Uncertainty CHAPTER . V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED - Gradual ...
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... pieces employed were the same that prevailed in Asia , and Europe , down to the close of the fifteenth century of our era . The origin of this form of the game is lost in the depths of remote an- tiquity ; but there can be no question ...
... pieces employed were the same that prevailed in Asia , and Europe , down to the close of the fifteenth century of our era . The origin of this form of the game is lost in the depths of remote an- tiquity ; but there can be no question ...
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... piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It would further appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from ...
... piece left , that piece cannot be taken so long as he acts merely on the defensive , in protecting his own King . It would further appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from ...
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... piece has precisely the same move and the same power which it continued to have in the medieval game of Asia and Europe . The transition ... Pieces-Technical Terms of the Game, Illus- tration of the position, called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV 11.
... piece has precisely the same move and the same power which it continued to have in the medieval game of Asia and Europe . The transition ... Pieces-Technical Terms of the Game, Illus- tration of the position, called Vrihannaukā CHAPTER IV 11.
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... pieces have changed places . Thus , the piece next the King is still called in Sanskrit , “ Hastī , ” and in the Persian , " Pil , " or " Fil ; " which , among the Western nations , received various denominations , such as " Alphin ...
... pieces have changed places . Thus , the piece next the King is still called in Sanskrit , “ Hastī , ” and in the Persian , " Pil , " or " Fil ; " which , among the Western nations , received various denominations , such as " Alphin ...
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