Chess and Checkers - The Way to Mastership: Complete Instructions for the Beginners, and Suggestions for The Advanced Players

by Edward Lasker

The game of Chess in the form in which it is played to-day is usually assumed to be of a much older date than can be proved with certainty by documents in our possession. The earliest reference to the game is contained in a Persian romance written about 600 A.D., which ascribes the origin of Chess to India.

Many of the European Chess terms used in the Middle Ages which can be traced back to the Indian language also tend to prove that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805473921
• ISBN13: 9781805473923
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Fried Editor
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"