... being giro n hy some authorities to Palamedes. a hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 we. The word chew; is denerd Iron, the Persian shah. king: and checkmate. or means king confounded of orerermse. But not only in Persian but in Sanserit and other Asiatic ...

... civilised world. It is still commonly played Asia, and the name by which ia known most languages is a corruption of the Persian Shah or King. The board upon is played similar to that for draughts, with 64 squares. Each player must have white square his ...