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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... played in the Japanese Empire , which , for more than two centuries , has been closed against all good Christians . I may say the same respecting the vast regions inhabited by the Tartars and Mongols , extending from the Caspian Sea to ...
... played in the Japanese Empire , which , for more than two centuries , has been closed against all good Christians . I may say the same respecting the vast regions inhabited by the Tartars and Mongols , extending from the Caspian Sea to ...
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... played on a board , by means of peb- bles , called Tеτteiα or meσσoι which bore no resemblance whatever to Chess . Then the Romans had two distinct games , something like our draughts and backgammon , derived , as is believed , from the ...
... played on a board , by means of peb- bles , called Tеτteiα or meσσoι which bore no resemblance whatever to Chess . Then the Romans had two distinct games , something like our draughts and backgammon , derived , as is believed , from the ...
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... played by four persons , each having a King , a Rook , a Knight , and , lastly , a Bishop ( then represented by a Ship , ) together with four Pawns . The two opposite players were allied against the other two , and the moves were ...
... played by four persons , each having a King , a Rook , a Knight , and , lastly , a Bishop ( then represented by a Ship , ) together with four Pawns . The two opposite players were allied against the other two , and the moves were ...
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... played on the eight - times - eight squared board . Tell me , O my master , how the Chaturājī1 may be accomplished . ' 29 Vyasa thus replied : " O my Prince , having delineated a square board , with eight houses on each of the four ...
... played on the eight - times - eight squared board . Tell me , O my master , how the Chaturājī1 may be accomplished . ' 29 Vyasa thus replied : " O my Prince , having delineated a square board , with eight houses on each of the four ...
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... played into the remaining contiguous square , the situation is called Vrihannauka ; and the last player takes possession of all the others.3 " 7. Gadhāvati . - When , in course of the game , a player is left with only the Ship and a ...
... played into the remaining contiguous square , the situation is called Vrihannauka ; and the last player takes possession of all the others.3 " 7. Gadhāvati . - When , in course of the game , a player is left with only the Ship and a ...
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