...the board is larger than ufual, contains more men, and is provided with a greater number of fquares. I was informed that this method was more difficult, but far more agreeable than the common game." About the year 1610, Thomas Midd'eton publiflied a comedy, which he called A Game at Chefs\ it is a...

...and difficult, and of course more interesting. The Russians have also another method of playing at Chess, namely, with four persons at the same time,...difficult, but far more agreeable than the common game." The Danes were early fond of Chess and dice, for Bishop Etheric, coming to Canute the Great about midnight...

...and difficult, and of course more interesting. The Russians have also another method of playing at Chess, namely, with four persons at the same time,...difficult, but far more agreeable than the common game." The Danes were early fond of Chess and dice, for Bishop Etheric, coming to Canute the Great about midnight...

...and difficult, and of course more interesting. The Russians have also another method of playing at Chess ; namely with four persons at the same time,...two ; and for this purpose, the board is larger than iiiual, contains more men, and is provided with a greater number of squares. I was informed that (his...

...have also another method of playing at Chess ; namely, with four persons at the same time, two again t two ; and for this purpose, the board is larger than...was more difficult, but far more agreeable than the former game." ANECDOTES RELATIVE TO CHESS AND CHESS-PLAYERS. TAMERLANE THE GREAT. THE Game of Chess...

...observed, in my passage through the streets, the tradesmen and common people playing it before the door of their shops or houses. The Russians are esteemed...difficult, but far more agreeable than the common game." • i . Tamerlane invented several forms of chessboards for the improvement of the military art ; in...

...them the queen has in addition to the other moves that of the knight, which, according to Fhilidor, spoils the game, but which certainly renders it more...difficult, but far more agreeable than the common game." f Tamerlane invented several forms of chessboards for the improvement of the military art ; in order...

...and difficult, and of course more interesting. The Rusr sinus have also another method of playing at Chess ; namely, with four persons at the same time, two against two;- and for this purpose, the- beard ie larger than usual, contains more men, and is provided with a greater number of squares. I...

...difficult. They have also another mode of phiying with four persons at the snme time, two against two ; for this purpose the board is larger than usual, contains...and is provided with a greater number of squares. " TiIE proper time to piny chess appears to be, when the mind is excited by a succession of lively...

...Russia in 1772, which is quoted in Twiss, i. 27 : The Russians have also another method of playing at Chess, namely, with four persons at the same time,...difficult, but far more agreeable than the common game. The game which Coxe saw was probably that which A. v. Petroff described in the Schachzeitung, 1850,...