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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Page 27
... Black ; whilst those of bone or ivory will furnish the armies of Red and Green- or , instead of Green , White will do equally well . Thus we have got one set for the Chaturanga , but the conve- nience of it is that we have still another ...
... Black ; whilst those of bone or ivory will furnish the armies of Red and Green- or , instead of Green , White will do equally well . Thus we have got one set for the Chaturanga , but the conve- nience of it is that we have still another ...
Page 38
... Black allies , and array them in like manner on the right of the Green - the Rook and Bishop of course having changed places . Now , one of the allied Kings - it mat- ters not which is reduced to a subordinate situation , called in the ...
... Black allies , and array them in like manner on the right of the Green - the Rook and Bishop of course having changed places . Now , one of the allied Kings - it mat- ters not which is reduced to a subordinate situation , called in the ...
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... Black King , on taking his station beside the Green monarch , becomes a Farzin , shorn of half the power he possessed when free and independent . Thus , by a very slight alteration in form , but none whatever in principle , we have the ...
... Black King , on taking his station beside the Green monarch , becomes a Farzin , shorn of half the power he possessed when free and independent . Thus , by a very slight alteration in form , but none whatever in principle , we have the ...
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... black bird of that name , or figura- tively the respectable character that is said to prey on pigeons , are points on which I am altogether unable to give a decided opinion . But to conclude , I think , from all the evidence I have laid ...
... black bird of that name , or figura- tively the respectable character that is said to prey on pigeons , are points on which I am altogether unable to give a decided opinion . But to conclude , I think , from all the evidence I have laid ...
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adversary's adverse King Alī alluded ancient appears Arabian Arabic army Asiatic assertion bidah Bishop Black Bland's Brahmans Burmha Byzantine Caliph called Camel capture Castle century chapter Chariot Charlemagne Chaturanga Chess Player's Chronicle Chess-board Chess-players Chessmen colour common game court diagonally diagram dice Elephant Essay Europe European Farz Farzin Firdausī four Frederic Madden game of Chaturanga game of Chess Greek Hindus honour Horse Hyde India infer invented King's Knight language Lastly Latin latter Ludus Latrunculorum means medieval game merely mode modern moves and powers Naushirawan Oriental origin of Chess original passage Pawn period Persian pieces played player Prince probable Queen reader received the game reign respecting Rook Rukh Sanskrit Saracens Sassa Shah Shāhnāma Shatranj Ship side Sir Frederic Sir William Jones sixty-four squares suppose term throw-board Timur tion translation Vineæ Wazir White word writers