 Brahmins were neither mistaken touching the board, which has a river in the middle to divide the contending parties, nor in the powers of the king, who is entrenched in a fort, and moves only in that space in every direction ; but, what I did not...  Chess Player's Chronicle - Page 1901846Full view - About this book
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - Asia - 1808 - 600 pages
...equipage ; and I found that the Dralimins were neither mistaken touching the board, which has a rivex in the middle to divide the contending parties, nor...what I did not hear before, nor do I believe is known one of this country, (China,) there are two pieces whose movcII 4 meats ments are distinct from any... | |
 | History - 1806 - 770 pages
...search. The very next day my Mandarin brought me the board and equipage ; and I found, that the Bramins were neither mistaken touching the board, which has...moves only in that space, in every direction. But what did I not before hear, nor do I believe is known out ofthiscountry, there are t wo pieces, who«? movements... | |
 | Gioachino Greco - Chess - 1819 - 512 pages
...search. The very next day my Mandarin brought me the Board and Equipage ; and I found, that the Bramins were neither mistaken touching the board, which has...that space, in every direction. But, what I did not before hear, nor do I believe is known out of this country, there are two Pieces, whose movements are... | |
 | 1841 - 536 pages
...middle, to separate the contending parties. The powers of the king are very limited : he is intrenched in a fort, and moves only in that space in every direction. There are also two pieces whose movements are distinct from any in the European game: viz., the MANDARIN,... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Chess - 1845 - 376 pages
...middle, to separate the contending parties. The powers of the king are very limited : he is intrenched in a fort, and moves only in that space in every direction. There are also two pieces whose movements are distinct from any in the European game : viz., the MANDARIN,... | |
 | Duncan Forbes - Chess - 1860 - 398 pages
...equipage ; and I found that the Brahmans were neither mistaken touching the board, which has a river1 in the middle to divide the contending parties, nor...distinct from any in the Indian or European game. The Mandarin,2 which answers to our Bishop in his station and side-long course, cannot through age, cross... | |
 | Richard Yeo - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1999 - 904 pages
...river in the middle to divide the contending parties, nor in the powers of the king, who is intrenched in a fort, and moves only in that space, in every direction. But what I did not before hear, nor do I believe is known out of this country, there are two pieces, whose movements are... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1806 - 804 pages
...river in the middle to divide the contending parties, nor in the powers of the king, who is entrmched in a fort, and moves only in that space, in every direction. But what did I not before hear, nor do I believe is known out of thiscountry, there are twopieces, •whose... | |
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