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 28
... command of his forces , the main point then is to capture the hostile Kings , thus , gaining the Chaturāji , or , in other words , completely winning the game . " These appear to me to be the general principles of the game of Chaturanga ...
... command of his forces , the main point then is to capture the hostile Kings , thus , gaining the Chaturāji , or , in other words , completely winning the game . " These appear to me to be the general principles of the game of Chaturanga ...
Page 34
... command of the allied forces . It must , therefore , have often happened , that , after some twenty or thirty moves , the contest remained to be con- cluded between two players only ; and this circumstance of itself was sufficient to ...
... command of the allied forces . It must , therefore , have often happened , that , after some twenty or thirty moves , the contest remained to be con- cluded between two players only ; and this circumstance of itself was sufficient to ...
Page 38
... command two squares of the board ; whereas , when placed in the corner , he could only attack one square . The next step is to call over the Black allies , and array them in like manner on the right of the Green - the Rook and Bishop of ...
... command two squares of the board ; whereas , when placed in the corner , he could only attack one square . The next step is to call over the Black allies , and array them in like manner on the right of the Green - the Rook and Bishop of ...
Page 55
... command of their King . " Moves of the Pieces.2 The King moved one square in all directions . The Counsellor moved one square diagonally around his It would be out of place here to trace the various transformations of the Sanskrit ...
... command of their King . " Moves of the Pieces.2 The King moved one square in all directions . The Counsellor moved one square diagonally around his It would be out of place here to trace the various transformations of the Sanskrit ...
Page 57
... command , in order to attack the hostile forces ; and in his onward march he slew the enemy obliquely , to the right hand and to the left . When he had traversed the whole field , as far as the opposite ex- tremity , he was rewarded ...
... command , in order to attack the hostile forces ; and in his onward march he slew the enemy obliquely , to the right hand and to the left . When he had traversed the whole field , as far as the opposite ex- tremity , he was rewarded ...
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adversary's adverse King Alī alluded ancient appears Arabian Arabic army Asiatic assertion bidah Bishop Black Bland's Brahmans Burmha Byzantine Caliph called Camel capture Castle century chapter Chariot Charlemagne Chaturanga Chess Player's Chronicle Chess-board Chess-players Chessmen colour common game court diagonally diagram dice Elephant Essay Europe European Farz Farzin Firdausī four Frederic Madden game of Chaturanga game of Chess Greek Hindus honour Horse Hyde India infer invented King's Knight language Lastly Latin latter Ludus Latrunculorum means medieval game merely mode modern moves and powers Naushirawan Oriental origin of Chess original passage Pawn period Persian pieces played player Prince probable Queen reader received the game reign respecting Rook Rukh Sanskrit Saracens Sassa Shah Shāhnāma Shatranj Ship side Sir Frederic Sir William Jones sixty-four squares suppose term throw-board Timur tion translation Vineæ Wazir White word writers