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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... CHAPTER XI . Enlargement of the Indian or Primeval Chess Board - Various Altera- tions in its Form , and in the Manner of Playing the Game - Timur's Great Chess Board - Hyder Ali's Chess Board CHAPTER XII . • Introduction of Chess from ...
... CHAPTER XI . Enlargement of the Indian or Primeval Chess Board - Various Altera- tions in its Form , and in the Manner of Playing the Game - Timur's Great Chess Board - Hyder Ali's Chess Board CHAPTER XII . • Introduction of Chess from ...
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... CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY . It was acutely observed by the late Ensign O'Doherty ' in his ninety - eighth maxim , that " the reason why many important matters remain in obscurity and doubt is , that nobody has adopted the proper means for ...
... CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY . It was acutely observed by the late Ensign O'Doherty ' in his ninety - eighth maxim , that " the reason why many important matters remain in obscurity and doubt is , that nobody has adopted the proper means for ...
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... Chapters , it is my intention to advance still farther on the path already pointed out by the Orien- talists of Oxford . I happen to possess sources of informa- tion which to the latter were either altogether inaccessible or imperfectly ...
... Chapters , it is my intention to advance still farther on the path already pointed out by the Orien- talists of Oxford . I happen to possess sources of informa- tion which to the latter were either altogether inaccessible or imperfectly ...
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... Chapter was written for the " Illustrated London News ” about the middle of 1854 , a series of valuable papers on " Greek and Roman Chess " appeared in The Chess Player's Chronicle , for the months of March , & c . , in 1855. In these ...
... Chapter was written for the " Illustrated London News ” about the middle of 1854 , a series of valuable papers on " Greek and Roman Chess " appeared in The Chess Player's Chronicle , for the months of March , & c . , in 1855. In these ...
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... Chapter . This , we must remember , was merely Chess in its infancy , and the capture of the King was certainly in conformity with the usages of actual warfare , though we may look upon it as having a tendency to spoil the game . The ...
... Chapter . This , we must remember , was merely Chess in its infancy , and the capture of the King was certainly in conformity with the usages of actual warfare , though we may look upon it as having a tendency to spoil the game . The ...
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