The royall game of chesse-play sometimes the recreation of the late king, with many of the nobility : illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts / being the study of Biochimo, the famous Italian.

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Title
The royall game of chesse-play sometimes the recreation of the late king, with many of the nobility : illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts / being the study of Biochimo, the famous Italian.
Author
Greco, Gioachino.
Publication
London :: Printed for Henry Herringman ...,
1656.
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Subject terms
Chess -- Early works to 1800.
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"The royall game of chesse-play sometimes the recreation of the late king, with many of the nobility : illustrated vvith almost an hundred gambetts / being the study of Biochimo, the famous Italian." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A41975.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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Gambett. XIX.

WHite Kings pawn two houses Black the same White Kings Knight to his bishops third house Black the same White knight takes the contrary pawn Black knight takes the contrary pawn White queen to the kings second house Black the same White queen takes the Kings Knight Black queens pawn one house White queens pawn two houses Black kings bishops pawn one house White kings bishops pawn two houses Black queens knight to her second house Whtie queenes kinght to her bishops third house Black queens pawn takes the knight White Kings bishops pawne takes the pawn Black bishops pawn taks the pawn White queenes knight to the contrary queens fourth house Black queen to her third house

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White queens pawn takes the pawn Black queen to her bishops third house White kings bishop to the contrary queenes knights fourth house Black queen to her bishops fourth house White queenes bishop to the kings third house Black queen takes the kings bishop VVhite queens knight takes the queens bishops pawn and checks Black king to his queens house VVhite knight takes the queen, &c.
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