Chess -- History

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A littlew history -- Chess in Britain -- Ramifications of chess -- Chess and mathematics -- Sport, science or art? -- Chess and machines -- Love and war at the chessboard -- Living chess -- Who and when? -- Chess in poetry and prose -- Chess curiosity box.

The aim of this work is to present as complete a record as is possible of the varieties of chess which exist or have existed in different parts of the world; to investigate the origin of these games; and to trace the development of the game.