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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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 June 16, 2024.

Pages

Page 56

Gambett. XXIX.

WHite Kings pawn two houses Black the same White Kings bishop pawns two houses Black Kings Knight to his bishops third house White queens knight to her bishops third house Black kings pawn takes the Kings bishops pawn White queens pawn two houses Black Kings bishop to the contrary queens knights fourth house White kings bishop to the queens third house Black queen to the kings second house White queen to the kings second house Black queens knight to her bishops third house White Kings pawn one house. Wl Black queens knight takes the queens pawn White Kings pawn takes the Kings knight Black Knight takes the queen White pawn takes the queen Black Knight takes the queens Knight White queens rooks pawn one house Black Kings bishop to the queens rooks fourth house White queens bishop to the queens second house Black King takes the pawn White bishop take the Knight &c.
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