... been considered as quite satisfactorily proved and established by authorities deemed trustworthy, both native and foreign, and are quite consistent ...
... solutions. We must suppose this to be due to an oversight, as he gives the key moves of the four problems by English composers. The omission is deplorable, ...
... popularising of chess amongst the industrial classes. CHESS NOTES AND REFERENCES. THEORIES AS TO THE INVENTION OF CHESS. The honour of the invention ...
... of 1883 opinions differed much as to which of these was the stronger player, but after the match at 15 moves an hour, in the United States, won by Steinitz ...
... to conclude that the following extract, which applies to a period seven hundred years before the Persian epoch, must have entirely escaped the notice ...
... he said Checkmate, my Lord.. In older times the narrative is silent as to the temper of Charlemagne when he lost his wager game to Guerin de Montglave, ...
... board is 64 squares with a chasm in the middle, the army 9 pieces, 2 rocket boys, and 5 pawns on each side. It has become the fashion to this ...
... late as the Tenth century for it. They assert that the tradition of the game having been brought from the North certainly existed, and is mentioned by ...
... is pleasant to all, itable to most, hurtful to none. I pray thee (gentle reader) take this my labour in good part, and thou shalt animate me hereafter ...
... scientific, and social matters. The presents received by the Carlovingian rulers from Constantinople and the East included the chess equipages deposited ...
... Church of Rome, the former in the end gaining the victory. The play being considered too political, the author was cast into prison, from which he obtained ...
... enlightened of all the Khalifs. He was, however warlike also and expressed his surprise that he could not manage the mimic armies of the chess board like ...
... regular attendant at Simpson's, and it was through this that his appointment of Chess Editor to the Field arose, as well as that of Mr. Hoffer who ...
... to players of the past in our own country, Great Britain is made to occupy a very far back seat, and in this respect at least Russia, Prussia, ...
... From a national chess point of view, however, it seems to have been too lightly regarded by the Press, some trophy in the amateur competitions to commemorate ...
... 4 P to Q3 P to Q3 5 P to B3 P to QR3 6 B to R4 B to Q2 7 Kt to Q2 P to KKt3 8 Kt to B square. Steinitz favours this continuation, which however is ...
... Bruhl, the Dowager Lady Holland, and the gallant Sir Gilbert Elliot of Gibraltar fame. Of the players who encountered Philidor, Sir Abraham Janssens, ...
... From each received the Queen soon improving to the odds of the Knight, and then playing even with them. Buckle alone, who did not mind hard work, ...
... my opponent parted with most pleasantly, asked me to have a cigar and a nerver, and said I was a wonderful player. He felt that he had a fair look in. ...
... distinguished between the supposed antiquity of the four sacred Vedas, the Epic poems, the Ramayana and the Mahabarata, and the Puranas. essor ...