An edition of The adventure of chess (1950)

The adventure of chess

An Engaging Account of Chess History

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An edition of The adventure of chess (1950)

The adventure of chess

An Engaging Account of Chess History

2d rev. ed.

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Second Revised Edition

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Dover Publications
Language
English
Pages
296

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Subjects

Chess, History, chaturanga, bet, ashtapada, Wei-chi, Sho-ngi, Celestial River, bishop, king, queen, knight, pawn, Chess, history

People

Napoleon Bonaparte, Sissa, Alexandre Louis Hnoré Lebreton Deschapelles, William Steinitz, Claude E. Shannon, Shah Anushirvan, H. A. Kennedy, Mischa Elman, Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), Moritz Rosenthal, Madame de Rémusat, Benjamin Franklin, Efim Bogolyubov, David Janovski, Aron Niemtsovich, Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine, José Raul Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Frank J. Marshall, Siegbert Tarrasch, Mikhail Ivanovich Tchigorin, Adolf Anderssen, Ruy Lopez, Damiano, Salvio, Stamma, Philidor, F. V. Morley, Paul Morphy

Places

India, Persia, Siam, Java, Russia, Arabia, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Sumatra, Annam, Korea, Japan, Greece

Times

326 BCE - 1950
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Cover of: The adventure of chess
The adventure of chess: An Engaging Account of Chess History
1959, Dover Publications
Paperback in English - 2d rev. ed.
Cover of: The adventure of chess.
The adventure of chess.
1950, Doubleday
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New York, NY, USA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
794.109
Library of Congress
GV1317 .L35 1959

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xviii, 296p.
Number of pages
296

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6263820M
ISBN 10
048620510X
LCCN
58059717
OCLC/WorldCat
1237823

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The history of chess is traced in fact and fable from Oriental beginnings in the Indian four handed game of chaturanga, through its role in medieval romance, to its maturity today. Among the colorful figures is the arrogant Deschapelles, who claimed one need observe but three games to learn all he will eyer know of chess. Famous amateurs are discussed, including Napoleon, who was a bad player and a worse loser, Benjamin Franklin, who wrote an essay on the morals of chess, and the great pianist Rosenthal, who was loath to leave watching a tournament for a concert tour.
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