... by some authorities to Palamedes. a Grecian hero ,of the Trojan war, about 1080 B.C. The word chess is derived from the Persian shah, king; and checkmate, or shahmat, means king confounded or overcome. But not only in Persian but in Sanscrit and other ...

... hopeless to throw of, was fain to take refuge in divisions, trifles, and irrelevances, such the visit of the discreditable Persian Shah. A similar disposition may now be observed under the repeated blows which Mr Gladstone’s administration Sslnflicted upon ...

... (A Brown) Elizabeth Ann Marion Mould (Eliz Ann Kitchens Ltd) Bracken Hill Chris Parker (C M Parker) Calor Gas Stakes: 1 Persian Shah Michael Mac Ladiesman Jane Sergeant Maxicrop Stakes: 1 Rosslea Fred Welch (Mrs N Leppard) Swallow Miss Joanne Cooper (Miss ...

... Rental Stakes: 1 Stephen Hadley on Corunna Bay 2 Ann Smith on Thomas Beckett Power and Speed competition: 1 Michael Mac on Persian Shah 2 Nick Skelton on Wallaby Miss L McNaught on One More Time Leading rider: Michael Mac reserve Stephen Hadley Best Kent ...