A History Of Chess

Author : H. J. R. Murray
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : EAN:8596547779926

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History of Chess by H. J. R. Murray Pdf

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 : Duncan Forbes
Publisher : London : Wm. H. Allen & Company,.
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Chess
ISBN : HARVARD:HN4Z57

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The History of Chess by Duncan Forbes Pdf

Author : David Shenk
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780385673785

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The Immortal Game by David Shenk Pdf

A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares according to very simple rules, that has captivated people for nearly 1,500 years? Why has it driven some of its greatest players into paranoia and madness, and yet is hailed as a remarkably powerful intellectual tool? Nearly everyone has played chess at some point in their lives. Its rules and pieces have served as a metaphor for society, influencing military strategy, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and literature and the arts. It has been condemned as the devil’s game by popes, rabbis, and imams, and lauded as a guide to proper living by other popes, rabbis, and imams. Marcel Duchamp was so absorbed in the game that he ignored his wife on their honeymoon. Caliph Muhammad al-Amin lost his throne (and his head) trying to checkmate a courtier. Ben Franklin used the game as a cover for secret diplomacy.In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, David Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity. From its invention somewhere in India around 500 A.D., to its enthusiastic adoption by the Persians and its spread by Islamic warriors, to its remarkable use as a moral guide in the Middle Ages and its political utility in the Enlightenment, to its crucial importance in the birth of cognitive science and its key role in the aesthetic of modernism in twentieth-century art, to its twenty-first-century importance in the development of artificial intelligence and use as a teaching tool in inner-city America, chess has been a remarkably omnipresent factor in the development of civilization. Indeed, as Shenk shows, some neuroscientists believe that playing chess may actually alter the structure of the brain, that it may be for individuals what it has been for civilization: a virus that makes us smarter.

Author : David Shenk
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780307387660

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The Immortal Game by David Shenk Pdf

A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a Chess board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain. Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a nineteenth-century champion. With its blend of cultural history and Shenk’s lively personal narrative, The Immortal Game is a compelling guide for novices and aficionados alike.

Author : Henry A. Davidson
Publisher : Crown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780307828293

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A Short History of Chess by Henry A. Davidson Pdf

A compact and comprehensive chronicle of the worldwide origins and history of the game of chess—from 500 A.D. to its modern gameplay today Have you ever wondered what the pieces in the chessboard mean or why each piece has a unique move? In A Short History of Chess, Henry A. Davidson explores the ancient roots of chess and the developments around the world that led to the modern version of the popular game. For people new to the game and experienced players alike, Davidson includes a polyglot—a lexicon of chess terms in the forty major languages of the world. And for the skeptical reader or those interested in learning more, there is also a working bibliography of English language references.

Author : Jerzy Giżycki,Baruch H. Wood
Publisher : London : Abbey Library
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Chess
ISBN : UCSD:31822038655759

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A History of Chess by Jerzy Giżycki,Baruch H. Wood Pdf

Chess in Britain - Chess and machines - Chess in poetry and prose - Chess and mathematicscs _

Author : Yuri Averbakh
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781936490455

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A History of Chess by Yuri Averbakh Pdf

Chess: An Historical Perspective Chess � the �Royal Game” � is an ancient board game, perhaps fifteen hundred years old. There are many legends about how chess came to be. Most of them are folk tales and are far from reality. Arguably more books have been written about chess than all the other games combined, but relatively little has been written about the history of chess. The topic is difficult; it requires thorough knowledge, and there are still many unknown historical pitfalls. It is therefore no surprise that there exist a variety of hypotheses concerning the origin of chess. In this book, the author, legendary Russian grandmaster Yuri Averbakh, presents a well-researched and documented theory about the origins, development and spread of this immensely popular game. In addition, over three dozen splendid color plates � presented on coated stock making the images suitable for framing � supplement his historical analysis.

Author : François Danican Philidor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1824
Category : Chess
ISBN : NYPL:33433082525365

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Analysis of the Game of Chess by François Danican Philidor Pdf

Author : H. J. R. Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-08
Category : Games
ISBN : 487187754X

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A Short History of Chess by HJR Murray by H. J. R. Murray Pdf

Among the papers left by the late H. J. R. Murray was the typeset of A Short History of Chess which he wrote in 1917. This was not an abridgment of the standard work he had published some years earlier but a new and original brief history of the game from its beginnings until 1866. It has been brought up to date by Mr. B. Goulding Brown and Mr. Harry Golombek.

Author : Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 4871875679

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Grandmasters of Chess by Harold C. Schonberg Pdf

The grandmasters of chess are a strange and fascinating group of men. Several died mad, others led bizarre and dramatic lives. Not one was dull. Each altered the game in some significant way. In Grandmasters of Chess, Harold C. Schonberg traces the history of modern chess through the lives of these great players, the kings of a most demanding and abstruse art. The book is illustrated with many extraordinary photographs and drawings; and a number of complete games are included-history-making contests and immortal performances. What makes a great chess player? Mr. Schonberg is explicit: vast memory, imagination, intuition, technique, a healthy body, relative youth, a high degree of visual imagery, and the unyielding determination to win are the prerequisites. Almost always child prodigies, chess geniuses invariably have massive egos. Mr. Schonberg begins with Francois Philidor, the eighteenth century French-man who laid the foundations for the game as it is played today. Among those who followed are the irascible Howard. Staunton, designer of the chess pieces that are still universally used; Paul Morphy, one of the best natural players who ever lived and one of the most tragic; Emanuel Lasker, the dapper Renaissance man of chess; Alexander Alekhine, an alcoholic "social monster"; Jose Raul Capablanca, "The Chess Machine" who lost only thirty-five out of the seven hundred games in his career; and Bobby Fischer, the ego-crushing enfant terrible who has done more to popularize the game than any other player. Mr. Schonberg's presentation of the lives of the grandmasters is so entertaining, the stories so engrossing, that even readers who are not familiar with chess will be captivated by this gallery of brilliant and unforgettable characters.

Author : Marilyn Yalom
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061913426

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Birth of the Chess Queen by Marilyn Yalom Pdf

“Marilyn Yalom has written the rare book that illuminates something that always has been dimly perceived but never articulated, in this case that that the power of the chess queen reflects the evolution of female power in the western world.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer Everyone knows that the queen is the most dominant piece in chess, but few people know that the game existed for five hundred years without her. It wasn't until chess became a popular pastime for European royals during the Middle Ages that the queen was born and was gradually empowered to become the king's fierce warrior and protector. Birth of the Chess Queen examines the five centuries between the chess queen's timid emergence in the early days of the Holy Roman Empire to her elevation during the reign of Isabel of Castile. Marilyn Yalom, inspired by a handful of surviving medieval chess queens, traces their origin and spread from Spain, Italy, and Germany to France, England, Scandinavia, and Russia. In a lively and engaging historical investigation, Yalom draws parallels between the rise of the chess queen and the ascent of female sovereigns in Europe, presenting a layered, fascinating history of medieval courts and internal struggles for power.

Author : Jean-Louis Cazaux,Rick Knowlton
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780786494279

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A World of Chess by Jean-Louis Cazaux,Rick Knowlton Pdf

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 : John Sharples
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1784994200

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A Cultural History of Chess-players by John Sharples Pdf

This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea that the chess-player has become a fragmented collection of images, underpinned by challenges to, and confirmations of, chess's status as an intellectually-superior and socially-useful game, particularly since the medieval period. Yet, the chess-player is an understudied figure. No previous work has shone a light on the chess-player itself. Increasingly, chess-histories have retreated into tidy consensus. This work aspires to a novel reading of the figure as both a flickering beacon of reason and a sign of monstrosity. To this end, this book, utilising a wide range of sources, including newspapers, periodicals, detective novels, science-fiction, and comic-books, is underpinned by the idea that the chess-player is a pluralistic subject used to articulate a number of anxieties pertaining to themes of mind, machine, and monster.

Author : Henry Edward Bird
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368336158

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Chess History and Reminiscences by Henry Edward Bird Pdf

Reproduction of the original.

Author : Raymond Keene
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Chess
ISBN : PSU:000023548756

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Chess by Raymond Keene Pdf