. Chess and playing cards. y moves diagonally only, but one square at a Chein move one square diagonally, but are able to move, but notto take, one square forward. The pieces are ordinarily arranged asshown on the board (fig. 1G2), but either party may adopt another lineof The absence of a queen, designated as such, will be observed in all Cat. No. 166539, Collected by Mr. C. C. Ellis, Acting United States Ton-sillar Agent. 2Mr. Scott (Shway Yoe) gives the following transliterations of the names of thepieces: Min, sike, yittah. sin, myin, Jit. (The Buiinan, His Life
. Chess and playing cards. y moves diagonally only, but one square at a Chein move one square diagonally, but are able to move, but notto take, one square forward. The pieces are ordinarily arranged asshown on the board (fig. 1G2), but either party may adopt another lineof The absence of a queen, designated as such, will be observed in all Cat. No. 166539, Collected by Mr. C. C. Ellis, Acting United States Ton-sillar Agent. 2Mr. Scott (Shway Yoe) gives the following transliterations of the names of thepieces: Min, sike, yittah. sin, myin, Jit. (The Buiinan, His Life and Notions, Loudon,1882, II, p. 72.) rFor a more complete account of the game, consult Games Ancient and Oriental. REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. the oriental games of Chess. Professor Forbes has pointed out that inthe four-handed game of Chess it was of the utmost importance witheach of the players to get possession of his allys throne, a step whichthenceforth secured to him the individual command of the allied INDIAN CHESSMEN OF Hvde. It must therefore have often happened that, after some twenty orthirty moves, the contest remained to be decided between two players
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