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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... called by the Persians and Arabs Farzin or Wazir , i.e. , counsellor or minister - with only half the power that he had previously possessed as an independent Sovereign . At the same time the Rook and Bishop change places , the former ...
... called by the Persians and Arabs Farzin or Wazir , i.e. , counsellor or minister - with only half the power that he had previously possessed as an independent Sovereign . At the same time the Rook and Bishop change places , the former ...
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... called " Chaturāji . " Now the term Chaturājī is not applied to the game at all ; it only denotes a certain position or contingency that may arise in the course of play , which ensures the most complete species of victory , equivalent ...
... called " Chaturāji . " Now the term Chaturājī is not applied to the game at all ; it only denotes a certain position or contingency that may arise in the course of play , which ensures the most complete species of victory , equivalent ...
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... called Vrihannaukā of which more hereafter . 2 The text of this stanza is , at first sight , a little puzzling , if not absolutely unintelligible . I take the author's meaning to be , that the Ships and Pawns mutually capture each other ...
... called Vrihannaukā of which more hereafter . 2 The text of this stanza is , at first sight , a little puzzling , if not absolutely unintelligible . I take the author's meaning to be , that the Ships and Pawns mutually capture each other ...
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... called the Singhasana and the Chaturāji , the King is to be preserved at the expense of the whole army , the Elephant even included . " Peculiar Situations of the Pieces , conferring certain Privileges , & c . " I will now explain to ...
... called the Singhasana and the Chaturāji , the King is to be preserved at the expense of the whole army , the Elephant even included . " Peculiar Situations of the Pieces , conferring certain Privileges , & c . " I will now explain to ...
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... called Nripakrishța ; but , so long as the two adverse Kings are not in his possession , the captured ally is to be deemed defunct , or hors du combat . An allied King may also be ransomed or exchanged for one of the adverse Kings ; but ...
... called Nripakrishța ; but , so long as the two adverse Kings are not in his possession , the captured ally is to be deemed defunct , or hors du combat . An allied King may also be ransomed or exchanged for one of the adverse Kings ; but ...
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