The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 193
rts, because itwas played by four persons. The board had 64 squares, as now, butall of the same color. Each playerhad four Pawns and four Pieces—King, Elephant, Horse, and Ship,corresponding to our King, Bishop,Knight, and Rook. The moves wereat first determined by throwingDICE, but afterward the… … One of Charlemagnes Chessmen. to Persia, where the name was cor-rupted to Shatranj, and from thatcountry it spread to Arabia, andthence to Europe, being probablytaken first to Spain by the Moors.But before the game left India thenumber of players was reduced totwo, each with a double set of menas…
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