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Author : Harold James Ruthven Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Chess written by Harold James Ruthven Murray and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel E. O'Sullivan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110288818
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age written by Daniel E. O'Sullivan and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game of chess was wildly popular in the Middle Ages, so much so that it became an important thought paradigm for thinkers and writers who utilized its vocabulary and imagery for commentaries on war, politics, love, and the social order. In this collection of essays, scholars investigate chess texts from numerous traditions – English, French, German, Latin, Persian, Spanish, Swedish, and Catalan – and argue that knowledge of chess is essential to understanding medieval culture. Such knowledge, however, cannot rely on the modern game, for today’s rules were not developed until the late fifteenth century. Only through familiarity with earlier incarnations of the game can one fully appreciate the full import of chess to medieval society. The careful scholarship contained in this volume provides not only insight into the significance of chess in medieval European culture but also opens up avenues of inquiry for future work in this rich field.
Author : François Danican Philidor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Analysis of the Game of Chess written by François Danican Philidor and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jerzy Giżycki
Publisher : London : Abbey Library
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book A History of Chess written by Jerzy Giżycki and published by London : Abbey Library. This book was released on 1972 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chess in Britain - Chess and machines - Chess in poetry and prose - Chess and mathematicscs _
Author : Jean-Louis Cazaux
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786494271
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book A World of Chess written by Jean-Louis Cazaux and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the modern international game, derived from Persian and Arab roots, but a broad spectrum of variants going back 1500 years, some of which are still played in various parts of the world. The evolution of strategic board games, especially in India, China and Japan, is discussed in detail. Many more recent chess variants (board sizes, new pieces, 3-D, etc.) are fully covered. Instructions for play are provided, with historical context, for every game presented.
Author : Andres D. Hortilosa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781857446180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)
Download or read book Improve Your Chess at Any Age written by Andres D. Hortilosa and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original and thought-provoking book, Andres D. Hortillosa explains his ever-evolving system of chess improvement. If you are serious about improving your chess this book is for you.
Author : Henry Bird
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Chess Throughout the Ages written by Henry Bird and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chess Throughout the Ages is a book about the history if chess by English chess player Henry Bird. The author's goal is to trace the ancient origins of the game of chess, beginning with what is known from India, Persia and China. He tracks the changes that happened in the game of chess into the final modifications in the mid-15th century and surveys the rise of interest in chess in England and other parts of the world. The book provides a historical look at some of the earliest games notated.
Author : Vladimir Tukmakov
Publisher : New In Chess
ISBN 13 : 9056915193
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (569 download)
Download or read book Modern Chess Preparation written by Vladimir Tukmakov and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2015-01-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening, middlegame and endgame are the three universally recognized stages of a game of chess, but what about the art of preparation? Winning starts with planning before the game, teaches legendary chess trainer Vladimir Tukmakov in this enlightening and entertaining work on a neglected subject. Exploring and understanding, prior to the game, the strengths and weaknesses of your next opponent and being aware of your own strong points and shortcomings, are a key to success. Tukmakov describes how planning has become a systematic process, how methodical preparation works, and which critical steps you have to take. The role of the computer in preparing for a game has grown tremendously, and Modern Chess Preparation explains how it is used by top players to get organized for success. But you will also learn the limitations on the use of chess engines and databases and how disastrous it can be to overly respect them and rely on them. A separate chapter is devoted on how to prepare for all-important games, games that will decide a tournament, a match or a even an entire career. Modern Chess Preparation is about more than just opening preparation. It also teaches you how to immerse yourself in order to find the best approach to the game. With powerful anecdotes and many instructive high-level games, Tukmakov explains how, as a competitive chess player, you can organize your homework, focus your efforts, and arrive at a viable game plan. Vladimir Tukmakov is a chess grandmaster and a former national champion of Ukraine. In his active career he won many tournaments as well as gold medals in international team competitions. He is universally acknowledged as an outstanding chess trainer and coach. ,
Author : Harvey Kidder
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780894807671
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Kids' Book of Chess written by Harvey Kidder and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of chess, describes the pieces and how they move, and discusses the strategy of the game.
Author : Henry Bird
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Chess History and Reminiscences written by Henry Bird and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chess History and Reminiscences is a book about the history if chess by English chess player Henry Bird. The author's goal is to trace the ancient origins of the game of chess, beginning with what is known from India, Persia and China. He tracks the changes that happened in the game of chess into the final modifications in the mid-15th century and surveys the rise of interest in chess in England and other parts of the world. The book provides a historical look at some of the earliest games notated.
Author : Jenny Adams
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812201043
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Power Play written by Jenny Adams and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game of chess reached western Europe by the year 1000, and within several generations it had become one of the most popular pastimes ever. Both men and women, and even priests played the game despite the Catholic Church's repeated prohibitions. Characters in countless romances, chansons de geste, and moral tales of the eleventh through twelfth centuries also played chess, which often symbolized romantic attraction or sexual consummation. In Power Play, Jenny Adams looks to medieval literary representations to ask what they can tell us both about the ways the game changed as it was naturalized in the West and about the society these changes reflected. In its Western form, chess featured a queen rather than a counselor, a judge or bishop rather than an elephant, a knight rather than a horse; in some manifestations, even the pawns were differentiated into artisans, farmers, and tradespeople with discrete identities. Power Play is the first book to ask why chess became so popular so quickly, why its pieces were altered, and what the consequences of these changes were. More than pleasure was at stake, Adams contends. As allegorists and political theorists connected the moves of the pieces to their real-life counterparts, chess took on important symbolic power. For these writers and others, the game provided a means to figure both human interactions and institutions, to envision a civic order not necessarily dominated by a king, and to imagine a society whose members acted in concert, bound together by contractual and economic ties. The pieces on the chessboard were more than subjects; they were individuals, playing by the rules.
Author : Laura Sherman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936277315
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Chess is Child's Play written by Laura Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction for parents who wish to teach their young children (ages 2-7) to play chess.
Author : Harry Golombek
Publisher : Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Chess written by Harry Golombek and published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. J. R. Murray
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 877 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book History of Chess written by H. J. R. Murray and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of Chess by H. J. R. Murray is widely regarded as the most authoritative and most comprehensive history of the game. Murray's aim is threefold: to present as complete a record as is possible of the varieties of chess that exist or have existed in different parts of the world; to investigate the ultimate origin of these games and the circumstances of the invention of chess; and to trace the development of the modern European game from the first appearance of its ancestor, the Indian chaturanga, in the beginning of the 7th century. The first part of the book describes the history of the Asiatic varieties of chess, the Arabic and Persian literature on chess, and the theory and practice of the game of shatranj. The second part is concerned with chess in Europe in the Middle Ages, its role in literature and in the moralities, and with medieval chess problems, leading up to the beginning of modern chess and the history of the modern game through to the 19th century.
Author : George Dean
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810949232
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (492 download)
Download or read book Chess Masterpieces written by George Dean and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origins of chess - Islam's influence - Medieval Europe - Materials - War as a theme - France - Germany - The British Isles - Mediterranean countries - Central Europe - Russia - The Far East - Western hemispere - Twentieth century - Twenty-first century.
Author : Sunil Weeramantry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936277780
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (777 download)
Download or read book Great Moves written by Sunil Weeramantry and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the best way to learn chess? Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History blends the intricacies of chess play with the game's compelling and colorful history, putting real people at the 64 squares. Tracing the development of chess from its origins in ancient India, the authors take the student on a far-ranging journey through the palaces of medieval and Renaissance Europe to the cafes of the Enlightenment and the dawn of the Industrial Age, with a focus on the leading personalities of the royal game and on their contributions to understanding of it. Rogues and champions, tragic as well as inspirational human stories all serve as the backdrop for illustrative games and exercises of increasing complexity highlighting their discoveries, and invite the student to grasp the potential of chess to fascinate. Much more than a primer for beginning chess players and their teachers, Great Moves shines a light on the lives of famous players of bygone eras, helping experienced players to fill in the gaps in their chess culture.
Author : Donald Boone
Publisher : Donald Loyd Boone
ISBN 13 : 1882896270
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Chess Stories Through the Ages written by Donald Boone and published by Donald Loyd Boone. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book you will read stories from the past. Historical knowledge is the basis for these tales. Stories about spies, the Evan’s Gambit, the Knight’s tour, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Over eighty stories in all. Each of some interest to the chess player.
