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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... present day , which took place near the time of Damiano , in the early part of the sixteenth century . Let us now examine a little into the practical working of this primæval game . Its elements are so few and simple , that almost any ...
... present day , which took place near the time of Damiano , in the early part of the sixteenth century . Let us now examine a little into the practical working of this primæval game . Its elements are so few and simple , that almost any ...
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... present themselves in the course of play . Cases of Uncertainty . In the first place , we shall suppose a player on his first throw turns up four ; the text says , in such case , " the Elephant must move . " Now we see clearly that The ...
... present themselves in the course of play . Cases of Uncertainty . In the first place , we shall suppose a player on his first throw turns up four ; the text says , in such case , " the Elephant must move . " Now we see clearly that The ...
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... presents itself thus : What be- came of the King's Pawn and Ship's Pawn on reaching the opposite extremity of the board ? Was their career then finished ? or were they allowed a minor sort of pro- motion , like the farzin , in the ...
... presents itself thus : What be- came of the King's Pawn and Ship's Pawn on reaching the opposite extremity of the board ? Was their career then finished ? or were they allowed a minor sort of pro- motion , like the farzin , in the ...
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... present day have altogether lost sight of the very ancient and national game of Chaturanga , although our modern Euro- pean game , at which they are proficients , may have gradu- ally diminished their interest in the former , as the ...
... present day have altogether lost sight of the very ancient and national game of Chaturanga , although our modern Euro- pean game , at which they are proficients , may have gradu- ally diminished their interest in the former , as the ...
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... present it is enough to say that the anonymous writer , by the Greek game , which is altogether visionary , undoubtedly meant the Chaturanga , of which the Muham- madan writers had never heard . The reader will bear in mind that , till ...
... present it is enough to say that the anonymous writer , by the Greek game , which is altogether visionary , undoubtedly meant the Chaturanga , of which the Muham- madan writers had never heard . The reader will bear in mind that , till ...
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