Chess

3 readings from 3 sources.

Zhou Gong

周公解夢 (Zhou Gong Jie Meng)

attributed to the Duke of Zhou (周公旦)

classical, undated · Chinese

Chess pieces: sons added, mouths increased.

In the source 碁子主添丁進口

Section 文書筆硯兵器

Russian dream book, 1811

Новый, полный и подробный сонникъ

1811 · Russian

To see draughts in a dream and play at them with an unskilled man is a sign of tedium.

In the source Шашки во снѣ видѣть и въ нихъ играть съ неумѣющимъ человѣкомъ — знакъ скуки.

What the OCR read

Pre-reform Cyrillic comes out of OCR damaged. What stands above is a reading of the damaged line; this is the line itself.

Ипктатер во сн вид и 66 нихб игратев сб неуиющитд геловфкоид и в2о 0661226169775, значишЪ для насЪ великую поль- зу и нрибыль ош хитросшей и обмановЪ. Но играшь вЪ шахматы СЪ шакимЪ че- ловфкомЪ, конгорой не меньше насЪ искусенЪ, значишЬ, что мы другим будемЪ обманупты, и понесемЪ вредЪ и убышокЪ ‚, шакже излиш- ви шрудЪ, шакЪ какЪ и вЪ сей игр шщеш- но бы мы сшарались его обыграть.

Section СПб 1811

Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream

Gustavus Hindman Miller

1901 · American Victorian

To dream of playing chess, denotes stagnation of business, dull companions, and poor health. To dream that you lose at chess, worries from mean sources will ensue; but if you win, disagreeable influences may be surmounted.