The court-gamester; or, Full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue ... viz. ombre, picquet and the royal game of chess .. (1722)
Seymour, Richard, Esq · London, E. Curll · leaf 104
VA U-^ l:^\ ^;.t Of the Royal Game of C H E S S: With Directions how to Play it. L SHOULD firft inform the Rea*der, that this Game requiresCondu6l and Attention, and evengoodReaibning 5 fo that 1 believeit is a juft Remark, that A Foul j^ever flayed it ivelL ILIt has one thing peculiar to ir, and… … 84. The Court-Gamefter^III. TiTE Theatre upon which the Game ii^afted, is a chequered Board, half Black,,and half white, painted like a Draught*Boards which may ferve for this Ufe up^on^Occafion. IV. The Game is performed by two little.Ar-mies drawn up in Order of Battle, oppo-fit^ to each other:…
Ombre (Game) · Piquet (Game) · Chess
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