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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... Europe Duncan Forbes. The question is , the Elephant cannot , just then , move . what was to be done ? Was the throw forfeited , as is sometimes the case at backgammon ; or was it allowed in such case to move the Elephant's Pawn instead ...
... Europe Duncan Forbes. The question is , the Elephant cannot , just then , move . what was to be done ? Was the throw forfeited , as is sometimes the case at backgammon ; or was it allowed in such case to move the Elephant's Pawn instead ...
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... Europe Duncan Forbes. but chiefly from his having been very little versed in the history and practice of the game of Chess . Sir William entirely misunderstood the description of the simple and primitive Chaturanga , which , in ...
... Europe Duncan Forbes. but chiefly from his having been very little versed in the history and practice of the game of Chess . Sir William entirely misunderstood the description of the simple and primitive Chaturanga , which , in ...
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... Europe Duncan Forbes. CHAPTER V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED . Gradual change into the Shatranj , or Mediaval Game . I WOULD now beg leave to hazard a few conjectures re- specting the mode in which the ancient Chaturanga be- came gradually ...
... Europe Duncan Forbes. CHAPTER V. CHATURANGA CONCLUDED . Gradual change into the Shatranj , or Mediaval Game . I WOULD now beg leave to hazard a few conjectures re- specting the mode in which the ancient Chaturanga be- came gradually ...
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... Europe Duncan Forbes. falls under the category of " Dyuta , " or game of chance . Besides , in the purer period of the Hindu religion , the Brahmans really had no interest in gambling , for an ex- cellent reason — they were understood to ...
... Europe Duncan Forbes. falls under the category of " Dyuta , " or game of chance . Besides , in the purer period of the Hindu religion , the Brahmans really had no interest in gambling , for an ex- cellent reason — they were understood to ...
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... Europe Duncan Forbes. The historians of Arabia and Persia are unanimous on the following points , viz . : -First , that the game of Chess , as known in the middle ages , was invented in India , some time previous to the sixth century of ...
... Europe Duncan Forbes. The historians of Arabia and Persia are unanimous on the following points , viz . : -First , that the game of Chess , as known in the middle ages , was invented in India , some time previous to the sixth century of ...
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