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The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)

Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 185

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berate reds castle. He will thus savehis partner a pawn. A variation of the same opening will befor black second round to play his knightto bishops third, thence to castle four. If this opening is not seen through andfrustrated before four moves, green loseshis queen. But red can easily… … Of chess in the middle ages there wereno less than fifty-four varieties—not gam- bits, but different ways of playing the game.To one of these, known as Double Chess,we have already devoted some pages;and we now give the variety known asCircular Chess, which was played on aboard of the same pattern…

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