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... term Chaturanga , the name given to the ancient game I am about to describe , fully and clearly conveys to the mind an idea of the thing represented . The term Shat- ranj , used by the Persians , Arabs , and Turks , is a pure exotic in ...
... term Chaturanga , the name given to the ancient game I am about to describe , fully and clearly conveys to the mind an idea of the thing represented . The term Shat- ranj , used by the Persians , Arabs , and Turks , is a pure exotic in ...
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... " De ludis Orientalibus . " Tome I. p . 180 . 1 See the diagram explanatory of the term Vrihannaukā , in next chapter , page 24 . с CHAPTER III . CHATURANGA CONTINUED . Translation of the Sanskrit HISTORY OF CHESS . 17.
... " De ludis Orientalibus . " Tome I. p . 180 . 1 See the diagram explanatory of the term Vrihannaukā , in next chapter , page 24 . с CHAPTER III . CHATURANGA CONTINUED . Translation of the Sanskrit HISTORY OF CHESS . 17.
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... term Chaturājī is not applied to the game at all ; it only denotes a certain position or contingency that may arise in the course of play , which ensures the most complete species of victory , equivalent to our Check mate . The precise ...
... term Chaturājī is not applied to the game at all ; it only denotes a certain position or contingency that may arise in the course of play , which ensures the most complete species of victory , equivalent to our Check mate . The precise ...
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... term he applies to the move of the King , a few lines before . The Elephant , then , in the game of Chaturanga , had precisely the move of our Rook ; and we may add , once for all , that the present move of our Queen is not , generally ...
... term he applies to the move of the King , a few lines before . The Elephant , then , in the game of Chaturanga , had precisely the move of our Rook ; and we may add , once for all , that the present move of our Queen is not , generally ...
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... term shaṭpada denotes six steps , and corresponds with what we com- monly call queening a Pawn . In the Chaturanga , as stated above , a Pawn could only ( with one exception ) become a Knight or a Rook ; in the Shatranj , as we shall ...
... term shaṭpada denotes six steps , and corresponds with what we com- monly call queening a Pawn . In the Chaturanga , as stated above , a Pawn could only ( with one exception ) become a Knight or a Rook ; in the Shatranj , as we shall ...
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