Chess History and Reminiscences

PREFACE......Page 3
The Chess Openings: Considered Critically And Practically......Page 7
STEINITZ'S REVIEW......Page 8
Variously estimated from 3,000 to 1,000 B.C. CHATURANGA.......Page 10
CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF CHESS......Page 11
THEORIES AS TO THE INVENTION OF CHESS......Page 13
TRADITIONS AS TO THE ORIGIN......Page 14
THE THREE INDIAN TRADITIONS......Page 15
PROGRESS OF CHESS......Page 16
THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF CHESS......Page 19
CHESS AND OPINIONS IN REGARD TO ITS ORIGIN......Page 22
AS TO THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF CHESS......Page 23
THE ANCIENT HINDU CHATURANGA......Page 24
ON THE MOVES OF THE PIECES......Page 25
PERSIA......Page 31
THE TEN ADVANTAGES OF CHESS ACCORDING TO THE PERSIAN PHILOSOPHER, ARE THUS GIVEN IN TRANSLATION.......Page 32
VIDA......Page 33
THEORIES AS TO THE INVENTION OF CHESS......Page 39
CHAUCER......Page 40
SAUL AND BARBIERE......Page 41
JOHN LYDGATE......Page 42
HIEROGLYPHICS OF ANCIENT EGYPT......Page 45
CANUTE......Page 46
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 47
CHESS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 50
THE CHESS MASTERS OF THE DAY, IMPARTIALLY CONSIDERED BY AN OLD ENGLISH PLAYER.......Page 51
NATIONAL CHESS.......Page 54
CHESS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. BELFAST, (THE MOST RECENT MEETING).......Page 55
NORTH OF IRELAND (BELFAST) CHESS CONGRESS, MASTERS' COMPETITION.......Page 56
BLINDFOLD CHESS......Page 65
THE GAME OF CHESS......Page 67
PHILIDOR,......Page 69
THE HABITS AND IDIOSYNCRACIES OF CHESS PLAYERS......Page 70
STAKES AT CHESS......Page 71
SLOW PLAY......Page 72
DINNER AND CHESS......Page 73
THE PIECES IN CHESS......Page 74
CHESS PATRONS......Page 77
BUCKLE'S CHESS REFERENCES......Page 78
IRELAND......Page 79
KRIEGSSPIEL......Page 80
Dr. A. VAN DER LINDE......Page 81
NERDSPEIL......Page 82
CHESS IN ITALY......Page 83