. Chess and playing cards. ria Shahiludii, Oxford, 1695, p. 158. Antonius Van der Linde, Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels, Berlin, L874,I, pp. 85-94. Z. Volpicelli, Chinese Chess, Jour. XT. C. Branch, R. \. S., Will. No. 3. O. Von Mollendorff, Schachspiel der Chinesen, Mittheilnngen der dentsohen Gellschaft fiirNatur und Volkerknnde Ostasiens, II, ii. Das schachahnliche Brettspiel der Chinesen. Deutsche Schachzeitung, Leipzig,1»91, Marz-Juli. - W. II. Wilkinson, A Manual of Chinese Chess, Shanghai. 1893. ;:A. Wvlie, Notes on Chinese Literature. Shanghai, 1867, p. MUS 96 55 866


. Chess and playing cards. ria Shahiludii, Oxford, 1695, p. 158. Antonius Van der Linde, Geschichte und Literatur des Schachspiels, Berlin, L874,I, pp. 85-94. Z. Volpicelli, Chinese Chess, Jour. XT. C. Branch, R. \. S., Will. No. 3. O. Von Mollendorff, Schachspiel der Chinesen, Mittheilnngen der dentsohen Gellschaft fiirNatur und Volkerknnde Ostasiens, II, ii. Das schachahnliche Brettspiel der Chinesen. Deutsche Schachzeitung, Leipzig,1»91, Marz-Juli. - W. II. Wilkinson, A Manual of Chinese Chess, Shanghai. 1893. ;:A. Wvlie, Notes on Chinese Literature. Shanghai, 1867, p. MUS 96 55 866 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. a bonk containing fairy tales by New Tsaug-joo, written near the endof the eighth century. 52. Chess. Korea. (a) Board and (b) Reproduction of native picture of the Korean chess is admittedly a variant of the Chinese. The design ofthe board is the same, but in the Korean game the files are carriedacross the River, which is, in fact, ignored. The pieces, which are. Fig. 170. KOREAN Korean Games not circular as in China, but octagonal, and vary in size according totheir value, receive the following names: Tjyang, General (1) = King. Councillors (2) = Bishops. Syang, -Elephants (2). Ma, Horses (2) = Knights Tcha, Chariots (2) = Castles. Hpo} Cannons (2). Pyeng and tjol, Foot soldiers (5) = Pawns. 1 Cat. Nos. 167565, 1075(51, Collected hy Augustine Korean Gaines. CHESS AND PLAYING-CARDS. 867 For a detailed account of the game see W. H. Wilkinson in Korean( :>;;. Shogi. Chess. Japan. ((() Board- and (/>) Photograph of chess players. The Japanese chessboard consists either of a small table, on fourfeet, or a paper diagram. It is a square of nine or eighty-one squares,which are slightly oblong- in form. The pieces are placed in the squares,not on the intersections as in China. They consist of punt-shapedpieces of wood of different sizes, lying* flat upon the board, not uprig


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