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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... pieces remained unaltered ; it was merely a change of form . Again , at the end of a thousand years , when the Shatranj was modified into the modern game , the form of everything remained the same , but the powers of the Queen and ...
... pieces remained unaltered ; it was merely a change of form . Again , at the end of a thousand years , when the Shatranj was modified into the modern game , the form of everything remained the same , but the powers of the Queen and ...
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... pieces of the game of Chaturanga . " In the same paper Alpha will find that in the common Hindustānī game the piece which we call Rook is there called Rukh , or Rath - showing that the Indian people used at that time both the Persian ...
... pieces of the game of Chaturanga . " In the same paper Alpha will find that in the common Hindustānī game the piece which we call Rook is there called Rukh , or Rath - showing that the Indian people used at that time both the Persian ...
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... pieces of ivory and ebony . " The Letter from the King of Hind " to Kisra Naushirawān the Just and the Great . " “ O King , may you live as long as the celestial spheres continue to revolve ! I pray of you to examine this chessboard ...
... pieces of ivory and ebony . " The Letter from the King of Hind " to Kisra Naushirawān the Just and the Great . " “ O King , may you live as long as the celestial spheres continue to revolve ! I pray of you to examine this chessboard ...
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... pieces , and asked a few questions of the Envoy respecting their nature and use . The latter , in general terms , replied , - ' Sire , what you wish to know can be learned only by playing the game ; suffice it for me to say , that the ...
... pieces , and asked a few questions of the Envoy respecting their nature and use . The latter , in general terms , replied , - ' Sire , what you wish to know can be learned only by playing the game ; suffice it for me to say , that the ...
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... piece , till at length the full light burst upon him . Then he hastened from his solitary chamber to the presence of Naushirawan , and thus spoke , ' O King of victorious destiny , I have care- fully examined this board , and these pieces ...
... piece , till at length the full light burst upon him . Then he hastened from his solitary chamber to the presence of Naushirawan , and thus spoke , ' O King of victorious destiny , I have care- fully examined this board , and these pieces ...
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