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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... Rukh is nothing more or less than the Sanskrit Roka , " a boat , ' whence came ( through the Persian ) our word Rook which is after all no great deviation from the original . " " Let us now for a moment examine , for example , the Green ...
... Rukh is nothing more or less than the Sanskrit Roka , " a boat , ' whence came ( through the Persian ) our word Rook which is after all no great deviation from the original . " " Let us now for a moment examine , for example , the Green ...
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... Rukh . " The latter term , as well as our own Rook , are evidently derived from the Sanskrit Roka ; although neither the Persians nor our- selves , in all probability , have ever known or thought of its original meaning . Sir William ...
... Rukh . " The latter term , as well as our own Rook , are evidently derived from the Sanskrit Roka ; although neither the Persians nor our- selves , in all probability , have ever known or thought of its original meaning . Sir William ...
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... Rukh , which in their language means a " Hero , " or " Warrior ; " also a swift and fierce species of camel ; and , as we shall show in our next chap- ter , the first of these meanings seems to be the sense at- tached to the word by the ...
... Rukh , which in their language means a " Hero , " or " Warrior ; " also a swift and fierce species of camel ; and , as we shall show in our next chap- ter , the first of these meanings seems to be the sense at- tached to the word by the ...
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... Rukh , " then into the Arabic " Rukhkh , " thence into the " Bifrons Rochus " of the medieval Latin writers , down to our own " Rook , " i.e. , " cornix frugivora , " as Hyde hath it . Suffice it to say , that the meaning attached to ...
... Rukh , " then into the Arabic " Rukhkh , " thence into the " Bifrons Rochus " of the medieval Latin writers , down to our own " Rook , " i.e. , " cornix frugivora , " as Hyde hath it . Suffice it to say , that the meaning attached to ...
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... Rukh , longing for combat , rushed on in each of the four directions : woe to the enemy that crossed his path , for he commanded the whole range of the battle - field . The Foot Soldier , from either side , advanced straight forward at ...
... Rukh , longing for combat , rushed on in each of the four directions : woe to the enemy that crossed his path , for he commanded the whole range of the battle - field . The Foot Soldier , from either side , advanced straight forward at ...
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