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 53
... appears by his own assertion , to have very nearly equalled the Persian sage in precocity . A very amusing account of the eminent French player's débût in Chess is given in the Chess Player's Chronicle , 1848 , p . 87 , translated from ...
... appears by his own assertion , to have very nearly equalled the Persian sage in precocity . A very amusing account of the eminent French player's débût in Chess is given in the Chess Player's Chronicle , 1848 , p . 87 , translated from ...
Page 57
... appears to have escaped the notice of Alpha altogether . In justice to myself I have here reproduced the correspondence . I am quite convinced that no offence was intended , as , most assuredly none was taken . In matters of this sort ...
... appears to have escaped the notice of Alpha altogether . In justice to myself I have here reproduced the correspondence . I am quite convinced that no offence was intended , as , most assuredly none was taken . In matters of this sort ...
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... appear hereafter , ) which occurred in actual play to " Khwaja ' Ali Shatranji , " the Philidor of Timur's Court . This anonymous author has given the three fol- lowing different accounts of the Invention of Chess , which I have ...
... appear hereafter , ) which occurred in actual play to " Khwaja ' Ali Shatranji , " the Philidor of Timur's Court . This anonymous author has given the three fol- lowing different accounts of the Invention of Chess , which I have ...
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... appears to have hit upon a remedy of his own , somewhat different from that of the Hindu man of battles . " What's to be done , " Sir Thomas said one day , " To drive ennui away ? How is the evil to be parried ? What can remind me of my ...
... appears to have hit upon a remedy of his own , somewhat different from that of the Hindu man of battles . " What's to be done , " Sir Thomas said one day , " To drive ennui away ? How is the evil to be parried ? What can remind me of my ...
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... appear in her sight . On this occasion it was that Sassa , the son of Dahir , modified the ancient Game of Chess , as we have already stated in our ' first account . ' He brought the board and pieces into the presence of the Queen ...
... appear in her sight . On this occasion it was that Sassa , the son of Dahir , modified the ancient Game of Chess , as we have already stated in our ' first account . ' He brought the board and pieces into the presence of the Queen ...
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