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 56
... Hyde ( Hist . Shahlud . ' p . 63 ) quotes some lines from a copy of the ' Shāhnāma , ' in which the moves are noticed ; but this text does not agree with the version given us by Dr. Forbes ; and the MS . from which it was taken can ...
... Hyde ( Hist . Shahlud . ' p . 63 ) quotes some lines from a copy of the ' Shāhnāma , ' in which the moves are noticed ; but this text does not agree with the version given us by Dr. Forbes ; and the MS . from which it was taken can ...
Page 89
... . When the game was modified into the Shatranj , the board , so far as we know , still remained unspotted ; although the division into black and white would , in the latter case , have been a decided improvement . ' Hyde ( p . X.
... . When the game was modified into the Shatranj , the board , so far as we know , still remained unspotted ; although the division into black and white would , in the latter case , have been a decided improvement . ' Hyde ( p . X.
Page 90
... Hyde ( p . 60 ) gives a drawing of a splendid ivory chess - board presented to him by Daniel Sheldon , Esq . , an East India merchant , nearly two centuries ago , on which the squares are , indeed , ornamented , but not of different ...
... Hyde ( p . 60 ) gives a drawing of a splendid ivory chess - board presented to him by Daniel Sheldon , Esq . , an East India merchant , nearly two centuries ago , on which the squares are , indeed , ornamented , but not of different ...
Page 91
... Hyde ( p . 181 ) , we have- Asser quadratus vario colore notatus ; but in an older poem of the time of the Anglo - Saxons , at least a century earlier , given by the same author , ( p . 179 ) , there is nothing said about difference of ...
... Hyde ( p . 181 ) , we have- Asser quadratus vario colore notatus ; but in an older poem of the time of the Anglo - Saxons , at least a century earlier , given by the same author , ( p . 179 ) , there is nothing said about difference of ...
Page 92
... Hyde ( p . 180 ) : - Nam Regina non valebit impedire alteram.1 The Fil , or Elephant , which we call Bishop , moved two squares diagonally . He attacked and commanded only the square next to him but one ; he had no power over the ...
... Hyde ( p . 180 ) : - Nam Regina non valebit impedire alteram.1 The Fil , or Elephant , which we call Bishop , moved two squares diagonally . He attacked and commanded only the square next to him but one ; he had no power over the ...
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