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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... proved that the GAME OF CHESS was in- vented in India , and nowhere else , in very remote times ; and from that source I have endeavoured to trace its dif- fusion throughout the various regions of the Old World . In my account of the ...
... proved that the GAME OF CHESS was in- vented in India , and nowhere else , in very remote times ; and from that source I have endeavoured to trace its dif- fusion throughout the various regions of the Old World . In my account of the ...
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... prove that it was either invented or known in any other country previously . It may be asked , then - how came so many writers to ascribe the invention to so many other coun- tries ? The answer is simple : it resulted from sheer error ...
... prove that it was either invented or known in any other country previously . It may be asked , then - how came so many writers to ascribe the invention to so many other coun- tries ? The answer is simple : it resulted from sheer error ...
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... prove that Chess was invented by the Scythian shepherds , nobody knows how long ago ; and that , in the course of time , this game was communicated to Palamedes , at the siege of Troy , who quietly took to himself the honour of the ...
... prove that Chess was invented by the Scythian shepherds , nobody knows how long ago ; and that , in the course of time , this game was communicated to Palamedes , at the siege of Troy , who quietly took to himself the honour of the ...
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... 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 rather repeating , they would soon find theirs is far from being the ...
... 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 rather repeating , they would soon find theirs is far from being the ...
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... proving that it is merely a modification or corrup- tion of the word Chaturanga . But it is needless to dwell more on this point at present . We are , then , inevitably led to infer that the game of Chaturanga was invented . by a people ...
... proving that it is merely a modification or corrup- tion of the word Chaturanga . But it is needless to dwell more on this point at present . We are , then , inevitably led to infer that the game of Chaturanga was invented . by a people ...
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