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 30
... infer then that it be- came a King , Rook or Knight , according to circumstances . All these , and some others I might add , are minor points , on which I do not despair of obtaining clear spe- cific information in the course of time ...
... infer then that it be- came a King , Rook or Knight , according to circumstances . All these , and some others I might add , are minor points , on which I do not despair of obtaining clear spe- cific information in the course of time ...
Page 55
... infer that the game reached them from India , direct through Turan or Tartary , and not by way of Persia and Arabia , as in the case of the other European nations . See further on , Chapter XIV . 2 I have already mentioned ( page 41 ...
... infer that the game reached them from India , direct through Turan or Tartary , and not by way of Persia and Arabia , as in the case of the other European nations . See further on , Chapter XIV . 2 I have already mentioned ( page 41 ...
Page 74
... infer that he lived within a century previous to the above date . The authorship of the volume is absurdly attributed to " Hasan of Basra , " one of the early Muhammadan doctors , who died A.D. 728. The only authority for this fiction ...
... infer that he lived within a century previous to the above date . The authorship of the volume is absurdly attributed to " Hasan of Basra , " one of the early Muhammadan doctors , who died A.D. 728. The only authority for this fiction ...
Page 76
... infer that the missing portion con- tained an account of everything relating to the theory and practice of the game on the same ample scale . The rest of the volume consists of some 200 diagrams , contain- ing " openings of games ...
... infer that the missing portion con- tained an account of everything relating to the theory and practice of the game on the same ample scale . The rest of the volume consists of some 200 diagrams , contain- ing " openings of games ...
Page 92
... infer that the Kings and Queens were then placed opposite to each other , as in the modern Asiatic game , viz.:- " Rex paratus ad pugnandum , primum locum teneat ; Ejus atque dextrum latus Regina possideat . " The inference , however ...
... infer that the Kings and Queens were then placed opposite to each other , as in the modern Asiatic game , viz.:- " Rex paratus ad pugnandum , primum locum teneat ; Ejus atque dextrum latus Regina possideat . " The inference , however ...
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