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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... one player on each side remained , to conduct the whole allied forces , and this result very naturally gave rise to the medieval game of Shatranj , of which more hereafter . " 4. Shatpada . - When either of the two 22 HISTORY OF CHESS .
... one player on each side remained , to conduct the whole allied forces , and this result very naturally gave rise to the medieval game of Shatranj , of which more hereafter . " 4. Shatpada . - When either of the two 22 HISTORY OF CHESS .
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... whole , is far more satisfactory than that of any of the Grecian and Roman games of a sedentary nature that has come down to us . In the Chatu- ranga we have before us all the elements of the game of Chess , for every individual piece ...
... whole , is far more satisfactory than that of any of the Grecian and Roman games of a sedentary nature that has come down to us . In the Chatu- ranga we have before us all the elements of the game of Chess , for every individual piece ...
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... whole of his possessions in a premature encounter with Shakuni at this very game . Nay , further , it is extremely probable — for reasons immediately to be assigned — that the game of Chaturanga was generally played by either four or ...
... whole of his possessions in a premature encounter with Shakuni at this very game . Nay , further , it is extremely probable — for reasons immediately to be assigned — that the game of Chaturanga was generally played by either four or ...
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... whole of their ill - got gain , which he handed over to the Kirk Session for the benefit of the poor . Verily this Baillie , whose name I did not learn , is a worthy successor of the renowned Nichol Jarvie , " Let Glasgow flourish ...
... whole of their ill - got gain , which he handed over to the Kirk Session for the benefit of the poor . Verily this Baillie , whose name I did not learn , is a worthy successor of the renowned Nichol Jarvie , " Let Glasgow flourish ...
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... whole escorted by a numerous and gallant array of Scindian 1 I have chiefly followed MS . No. 18,188 , being the oldest and the most beau- tifully written in the whole collection , transcribed A.D. 1486. It was once the property of the ...
... whole escorted by a numerous and gallant array of Scindian 1 I have chiefly followed MS . No. 18,188 , being the oldest and the most beau- tifully written in the whole collection , transcribed A.D. 1486. It was once the property of the ...
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