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A History of Chess: The Original 1913 Edition Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition

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Author: Murray, H. J. R
ISBN: 9781620870624

by H. J. Murray

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An epic work that took over a decade to complete, A History of Chess, originally published in 1913, was a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon its release. Over a century later, Murray's research, in which he argues that chess originated in India, is still widely accepted by most chess historians. Undertaking such a pioneering task, the scope of which has never been attempted before or since, Murray was required to learn to read Arabic in order to decipher historical manuscripts on the game. Divided into sections, Murray's study unravels the history of the game as it evolved from its Asiatic beginnings through the role chess played in Europe during the Middle Ages, up until the arrival of modern chess as we know it in the nineteenth century. Accompanied by diagrams of transcribed important games, as well as some of the more famous historical chess pieces, such as the Lewis chessman, no single work on the game of chess has come close to touching Murray's in breadth or significance.

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Title A History of Chess: The Original 1913 Edition
Author H. J. Murray
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 912
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY
Date 2012-11
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781620870624 / 1620870622
Weight 2.74 lbs (1.24 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6 x 6.1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 15.49 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Chess - History
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012032158
Dewey Decimal Code 794.1

About the author

H.J.R. Murray was an English school inspector and prominent chess historian. His father was the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Murray only published one other book during his lifetime, A History of Board Games Other Than Chess. He lived in England.