■ World chess champion Gary ICasparov, right, with fellow Soviet Antoly Karpov, who until last year held the ..

... the Persian word shah, or king, still in use. In fact, the final cry of the game's winner, checkmate! is really the Persian Shah mat The king is dead. The record for the longest completed game of all time is thought to be that between two Russians ...

Published: Tuesday 05 August 1986
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 386 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The Oldest Pastime

... the only game sanctioned by priesthoods of all beliefs. The principal piece in the game derives its name, king, from the Persian Shah, or ruler. Many men whose names have gone down to posterity, such as Charlemagne, Tamerlane, Frederick the Great, Charles ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1906
Newspaper: Toronto Saturday Night
County: Ontario, Canada
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

GERMANY

... the Porte The nominal supremacy of the Sultan, however, is to be acknowledged—a barren honour indeed. It is said that the Persian Shah has offered to assist the Sultan against the Egyptians. But this would be no great help. ...

Published: Sunday 17 February 1833
Newspaper: Weekly True Sun
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 232 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

KING FEISAL OF IRAQ: 1921--1933

... mngnetism, Feisal did much to strengthen his country's relations with neighbouring States. In April, 1932, he visited the Persian Shah at Teheran PEACE BY ARBITRATION The historic meeting of King Feisal and King Ibn Saud on board H.M.S. Lupin in Febru ary ...

Published: Saturday 16 September 1933
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

THE SHAH

... THE SHAH SPECULATION centres on the Persian Shah. What influet. , e has he on the people? How do the Persians regard their traditional rulers? We kno . v i the exploits of Darius and Xerxes and the Persian norcies who once threatened Athens. These Persian ...

Published: Saturday 29 August 1953
Newspaper: Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SHOW JUMPING

... 7; 3, Sanyo Super Cell (Harvey Smith) 0, 42-8. Texaco Accumulator: L Mikneil (Guy Creighton, Aust) 36 pts, 42.7 secs; 2, Persian Shah (Michael Mac) 36, 44.9; 3, Rossmore (Fred Welch) 36, 45.4 TO NIGH 'S SOCCER FOURTH DIVISION Brad City r Hereford (7.30) ...

Published: Friday 15 May 1981
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 213 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

STINC BOX OF TIE PERSIAN SIAM

... BONG BOX OF THE PERSIAN SHAH Maltimillienaires might do well to build strong boxes like that of the Shah of Persia— a small room, twenty feet by fourteen, reached by mm et at 35,000,000 carpets, lie jewels valued the Kaianian crown, shaped liko ko 2 dower ...

Published: Saturday 07 April 1906
Newspaper: Dublin Evening Mail
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 277 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

•t nearly

... it situated. It is thks garden which yield® lII© worldfamous attar loses, that luscious perfume which, in olden t hives, Persian Shah* commanded should be used exclusively in their harems, and which, even to-clay, iu India, offered to wedding guests on ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1927
Newspaper: Sheffield Independent
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 206 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

SHARP REPLY TO DECREE

... SHARP REPLY TO DECREE. RUSSIA NOTIFIES POWERS SHE WON’T INTERFERE. [BEVTER’e TRLEGRAMS.] Yeater.day morning the Young Persian Shah was conducted to Sultanababad Palace and there formally acquainted bis accession, ft is believed will be sent abroad to ...

SEASIDE CIRCLE

... EMPERORS Watt MOSS CAESARS. LATER. Wale 100 ammo ALSO 700 K THEIR MIMES • YEARS EARLIER SY AN PROM CAESAR. 7141 RUSSIAN - PERSIAN *SHAH STAPPEOSD SISITR. ALL COME PROM 7 WORD ° CAESAR. ...

RUSSIA AND =RV

... of The latter would, ne doubt, be the more eligible of Its. two, but would require the pertniagou and concurrence or the Persian Shah. Ziegoustiona opened at Taiwan ban produesu no very pelpibie A portion of the Russian expeditionary force oporxttug againgt ...

Published: Tuesday 23 September 1879
Newspaper: Glasgow Evening Times
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SALE OF RARE MANUSCRIPTS

... irom various monasteries; but beside those there are also inieiesting Oriental writings—an Arabic Koran from India, and Persian Shah Namen, illustrated by Persian hands, among the rest. Of English works perhaps the most interesting is a poem, said to have ...

Published: Saturday 10 June 1876
Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 267 | Page: 11 | Tags: none