Chess History and Reminiscences
H. E. Bird
Table of Contents
Chess History and Reminiscences.....................................................................................................................1
H. E. Bird.................................................................................................................................................1
PREFACE................................................................................................................................................1
The Chess Openings: Considered Critically And Practically.................................................................6
Variously estimated from 3,000 to 1,000 B.C. CHATURANGA..........................................................9
CHESS NOTES AND REFERENCES.................................................................................................13
THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF CHESS...........................................................................20
AS TO THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF CHESS....................................................................................25
CHESS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY......................................................................................60
NATIONAL CHESS.............................................................................................................................65
THE HABITS AND IDIOSYNCRACIES OF CHESS PLAYERS.....................................................83
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Chess History and Reminiscences
H. E. Bird
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• PREFACE
• The Chess Openings: Considered Critically And Practically
• Variously estimated from 3,000 to 1,000 B.C. CHATURANGA.
• CHESS NOTES AND REFERENCES
• THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF CHESS
• AS TO THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF CHESS
• CHESS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
• NATIONAL CHESS.
• THE HABITS AND IDIOSYNCRACIES OF CHESS PLAYERS
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