Description
A comprehensive and richly illustrated account of the development of chess from its earliest origins in India and Persia through its transmission into the Islamic world and eventual transformation in medieval and Renaissance Europe. Gizycki traces the evolution of the rules, the emergence of modern piece movement in the late fifteenth century, and the gradual formation of organised competitive play.
Chapter headings:
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- I. A little history
- II. Chess in Britain
- III. Ramifications of Chess
- IV. Chess and Mathematics
- V. Sport, Science or Art?
- VI. Chess and Machines
- VII. Love and War at the Chessboard
- VIII. Living Chess
- IX. Who and When?
- X. Chess in Poetry and Prose
- XI. Chess Curiosity Box
Written in a clear and accessible style, the work serves both as an introduction and a reliable general reference, offering a broad survey of the game’s cultural and competitive history. Long regarded as a standard one-volume history of chess, it remains an engaging overview for players, historians, and collectors alike.
Condition: Very Good. Lacking dust jacket.
