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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... further evident from this stanza that the situation called Kākakāshṭa was equivalent to what we call a drawn game : though in the Shatranj as we shall hereafter see , the party so reduced was considered as defeated . 3 The curious ...
... further evident from this stanza that the situation called Kākakāshṭa was equivalent to what we call a drawn game : though in the Shatranj as we shall hereafter see , the party so reduced was considered as defeated . 3 The curious ...
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... further appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from Twiss , Vol . ii . p . 14 , where he states- " Piacenza mentions that in the Levant it is sometimes customary to play with ...
... further appear that some such rule also prevailed in the Levant during the middle ages , as may be inferred from Twiss , Vol . ii . p . 14 , where he states- " Piacenza mentions that in the Levant it is sometimes customary to play with ...
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... further observed that exactly one half of the squares on the board were altogether inaccessible to any of the ships ; but in the ancient game , when dice were used , the Ship , though in general the weakest of the pieces for attack ...
... further observed that exactly one half of the squares on the board were altogether inaccessible to any of the ships ; but in the ancient game , when dice were used , the Ship , though in general the weakest of the pieces for attack ...
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... further informa- tion they may possess on the subject . It is not to be for a moment supposed that the Brahmans of the present day have altogether lost sight of the very ancient and national game of Chaturanga , although our modern Euro ...
... further informa- tion they may possess on the subject . It is not to be for a moment supposed that the Brahmans of the present day have altogether lost sight of the very ancient and national game of Chaturanga , although our modern Euro ...
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... further combating it will neither be deemed impertinent nor invidious . The errors of a great mind are , of all others , the most material to be guarded against ; and Sir William himself , had he lived to reconsider the subject , I am ...
... further combating it will neither be deemed impertinent nor invidious . The errors of a great mind are , of all others , the most material to be guarded against ; and Sir William himself , had he lived to reconsider the subject , I am ...
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