Japanese chess (sho-ngi); the science and art of war or struggle philosophically treated (1905)
Cho-yo. [from old catalog] · New York; [Chicago] The Press club of Chicago [M. A. Donohue & company, printers] · leaf 222
is so convenient to intervenebetween two hostile pieces, or push an operation forward, thatif it is properly used, a loss being less, a gain would be surelygreater. (12.) Think before you act [Do not leap before youthink], as Kokai-wa Saki-ni tataz, *a regret does notstand before. (See Arts. 8-9,… … Fig. 17. 4. The Chinese have been for many centuries acquaintedwith Chess under a form not very unlike the Occidental branchof the Chessological game. Yet the rules for playing are verydifferent from those of the Hindostanese and its descendents 20 8 JAPANESE CHESS modified offsprings, so that it…
Chess · War games · Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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