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 71
... Hence , without much examination , they conferred on Sassa the honour of having invented Chess , or ( as our anonymous scribe will have it ) of having modified the older game . It so happens , also , as we know from Indian histories ...
... Hence , without much examination , they conferred on Sassa the honour of having invented Chess , or ( as our anonymous scribe will have it ) of having modified the older game . It so happens , also , as we know from Indian histories ...
Page 72
... Hence our author , in order to gratify his patron's humour , gives out that the Great Chess was the original , and patronised by Alexander , the Macedonian , who introduced it into India ; and that , after all , the Hindus were " too ...
... Hence our author , in order to gratify his patron's humour , gives out that the Great Chess was the original , and patronised by Alexander , the Macedonian , who introduced it into India ; and that , after all , the Hindus were " too ...
Page 92
... hence the two Queens could never by any chance encounter one another . That this was the case in Europe , in the twelfth century , we know from a line in the older Latin poem given by Hyde ( p . 180 ) : - Nam Regina non valebit impedire ...
... hence the two Queens could never by any chance encounter one another . That this was the case in Europe , in the twelfth century , we know from a line in the older Latin poem given by Hyde ( p . 180 ) : - Nam Regina non valebit impedire ...
Page 94
... hence , in many of the end - games given in the Oriental MSS . above described , we find two or three Farzins on either side of the board , of which more here- after . Here , once more , the older Latin poem in Hyde agrees with us ...
... hence , in many of the end - games given in the Oriental MSS . above described , we find two or three Farzins on either side of the board , of which more here- after . Here , once more , the older Latin poem in Hyde agrees with us ...
Page 102
... hence the whole amount of the forces = 8 + 312 + 232 + 8 + 12 = 341. Di- viding this last sum by 4 , we shall find that the Knight formed between 4th and th part of the whole forces . Again , dividing the same sum by 6 , we shall find ...
... hence the whole amount of the forces = 8 + 312 + 232 + 8 + 12 = 341. Di- viding this last sum by 4 , we shall find that the Knight formed between 4th and th part of the whole forces . Again , dividing the same sum by 6 , we shall find ...
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