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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... means of a diagram , thus : - : - YELLOW . J b y g y g b Ꭹ + " хоѵтя r g b 4 r g r g b 4 r g b Ꭹ b r b T RED . GREEN . Let the letters g , y , b and r , represent the green , 1 The term Gaḍhāvați means " strong " or " secure " Pawn ...
... means of a diagram , thus : - : - YELLOW . J b y g y g b Ꭹ + " хоѵтя r g b 4 r g r g b 4 r g b Ꭹ b r b T RED . GREEN . Let the letters g , y , b and r , represent the green , 1 The term Gaḍhāvați means " strong " or " secure " Pawn ...
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... means admit the " simplicity " either of the modern game , or of the media- val , which , compared with the Chaturanga , are of so pro- found and complex a nature , that it would be little short of a miracle in any " great human genius ...
... means admit the " simplicity " either of the modern game , or of the media- val , which , compared with the Chaturanga , are of so pro- found and complex a nature , that it would be little short of a miracle in any " great human genius ...
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... means , into its practical working , we shall find that the dice do not in any way constitute an essential element . On the contrary , it is evident that , after having determined who is to have the first move , the dice may be wholly ...
... means , into its practical working , we shall find that the dice do not in any way constitute an essential element . On the contrary , it is evident that , after having determined who is to have the first move , the dice may be wholly ...
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... means " Gentile " or " Heathen . " No writer of the least respectability now uses it . 2 In Scotland there is a very sensible law applicable to gamesters , which ap- pears to be still in force . A few years back I remember reading in ...
... means " Gentile " or " Heathen . " No writer of the least respectability now uses it . 2 In Scotland there is a very sensible law applicable to gamesters , which ap- pears to be still in force . A few years back I remember reading in ...
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... mean precisely the same thing , viz . , " Monitor , " or " Counsellor . " Thus , we shall sup- 1 The Sanskrit word mantri is of the same meaning and derivation as the Latin Monitor and the Greek με τωρ . YELLOW . CHATURANGA . The ...
... mean precisely the same thing , viz . , " Monitor , " or " Counsellor . " Thus , we shall sup- 1 The Sanskrit word mantri is of the same meaning and derivation as the Latin Monitor and the Greek με τωρ . YELLOW . CHATURANGA . The ...
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