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 29
... suppose a player , for his first move ; has pushed Elephant's Pawn one square , and on his second move the die turns up two , in which case the Ship ought to move -what is he then to do ? The Ship's path is clearly blocked up by the ...
... suppose a player , for his first move ; has pushed Elephant's Pawn one square , and on his second move the die turns up two , in which case the Ship ought to move -what is he then to do ? The Ship's path is clearly blocked up by the ...
Page 57
... suppose , it must be one of very recent enactment . It was unknown in that country in the days of Ercole del Rio , of Lolli , and of Ponziani , -writers , from whose works Mr. Walker pretends to have " gathered blossoms . " It is a pity ...
... suppose , it must be one of very recent enactment . It was unknown in that country in the days of Ercole del Rio , of Lolli , and of Ponziani , -writers , from whose works Mr. Walker pretends to have " gathered blossoms . " It is a pity ...
Page 90
... to that of the present day . In Timur's " Great Chess as we shall see in our eleventh chap- ter , one would suppose that a chequered board would be an absolute necessity . posed to be of that period , given in Hyde 90 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... to that of the present day . In Timur's " Great Chess as we shall see in our eleventh chap- ter , one would suppose that a chequered board would be an absolute necessity . posed to be of that period , given in Hyde 90 HISTORY OF CHESS .
Page 104
... suppose , for instance , two players , A and B. Well , A thinks , perhaps justly , he could give the odds of the Pawn and move to B ; but the latter , out of self - conceit or vanity , will listen to no such proposal ; the consequence ...
... suppose , for instance , two players , A and B. Well , A thinks , perhaps justly , he could give the odds of the Pawn and move to B ; but the latter , out of self - conceit or vanity , will listen to no such proposal ; the consequence ...
Page 116
... suppose the Pawn had become a Queen , the latter possessed not the mating power . Also , with us a Knight and Bishop , or two Bishops , against a King , can mate ; but not so in the Oriental game , where , as we have shown , the Bishops ...
... suppose the Pawn had become a Queen , the latter possessed not the mating power . Also , with us a Knight and Bishop , or two Bishops , against a King , can mate ; but not so in the Oriental game , where , as we have shown , the Bishops ...
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