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SPOUTING TWINKLES

... being given some years before Christ, \be rities to Palamedes, a Grecian of war, about 1080 B.C. The word chew is from the Persian shah, king; ebeckmate, or en mat, means “king conf: or overcome. In England the game was lore the Conquest. Dr. Franklin was ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1903
Newspaper: Evening Star
County: Suffolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 434 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

T&a (Has of Quu

... grven by some authorities to Palamedes Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about 1080 B.C. The word obess is derived from the Persian shah, king’: nnd checkmate, or shahmat, means “Jang confonnded or But not but in Banscnt and other ouly in Persian Amatio languages ...

Published: Thursday 02 July 1903
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 710 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

ODDS AND ENDS

... invention being given some authorities Pa-lamedes, Grecian hero of the Trojan war, about D b.C- The word is derived from the Persian Shah, King Checkmate, or Shahmat, meaning King Confounded o-r overcome. England the game was played before the Norman Conquest ...

Published: Monday 14 September 1903
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3200 | Page: 5 | Tags: none