Show s aas y wen J A pop chineis Chine iw It fv VAti eichi is is tho A jagt greatest jamo BRAS gramo of f tho nelc inese er poil villy with vb the literary ass an ano is is ran lAid by them thein sup superior arlor chess bilco to caa this thih ame of a general military anti and mathematical character but iu is on a much more extended wale the board containing con taming two hundred and biety one places and employing nearly two hundred men on a foide all of the men however have the same value and powers the object id to command as many places on the board as pos possible this may be done by inclosing empty spaces or surrounding the men very floso calculation is always essential in order that a loss losa in one region may be met by gains in another thus employing skillful strategy when the contestants conte stanta are evenly matched the game liar has come down from great antiquity being first mentioned in chinese writing about B cit was in all probability introduced by the babylonian astronomers who were at that time instructors tors of all the easl cast |