A history of chess

Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
List of Illustrations
Note on Translations
Contractions
Bibliography
Part 1 Chess in Asia
Ch1 Introductory
Ch 2 Chess in India
Ch3 Chess in India 2
Ch4 Chess in India 3
Ch5 Chess in the Malay Lands
Ch6 Chess in Further India
Ch7 Chess in China, Korea & Japan
Ch8 Chess in Persia Under The Sasanians
Ch9 Chess in the Eastern Empire
Ch10 The Arabic & Persian Literature of Chess
Ch11 Chess Under Islam
Ch12 The Invention of Chess in Muslim Legend
Ch13 The Game of Shatranj; Its Theory & Practice
Ch14 The Game of Shatranj 2
Ch15 The Game of Shantraj 3
Ch16 Games Derived From Muslim & Indian Chess
Ch17 The Modern Games of Islam
Ch18 Chess in Central & Northern Asia & in Russia
Part 2 Chess In Europe
Ch1 Chess in Western Christendom; Its Origin & Beginnings
Ch2 Chess in the Middle Ages
Ch3 The Medieval Game
Ch4 The Early Didactic Literature
Ch5 The Moralities
Ch6 The Medieval Problem 1
Ch7 The Medieval Problem 2
Ch8 The Medieval Problem 3
Ch9 Chess in Medieval Literature
Ch10 Chessboards & Chessmen
Ch11 The Beginnings of Modern Chess
Ch12 From Lopez to Greco
Ch13 From Greco to Stamma
Ch14 Philidor & The Modenese Masters
Ch15 The 19th Century
Index

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