A History of Chess - The Original 1913 Edition

A History of Chess - The Original 1913 Edition

by H.J.R. Murray

Skyhorse Publishing | May 2015 | ISBN-10: 163220293X | ePUB | 64.5 mb
https://www.amazon.com/History-Chess-Original-1913/dp/163220293X

An epic work that took more than a decade to complete, A History of Chess, originally published in 1913, is a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon publication. Over a century later, Murray’s research and conclusions, in which he argues that chess originated in India, are still widely accepted by most chess historians.

Undertaking such a pioneering task, the scope of which has never been attempted before or since, Murray taught himself to read Arabic in order to decipher historical manuscripts on the game and its beginnings. His 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, and up until the nineteenth century with the arrival of modern chess as we know it.

A History of Chess includes transcribed diagrams of important games, as well as some of the more famous historical chess figurines, such as the Lewis chessmen. No single work on the game of chess has become close to touching Murray’s in breadth or significance.

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.

CONTENTS
PART I. CHESS IN ASIA
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II. CHESS IN INDIA. I

CHAPTER III. CHESS IN INDIA. II

CHAPTER IV. CHESS IN INDIA. III

CHAPTER V. CHESS IN THE MALAY LANDS

CHAPTER VI. CHESS IN FURTHER INDIA

CHAPTER VII. CHESS IN CHINA, COREA, AND JAPAN

CHAPTER VIII. CHESS IN PERSIA UNDER THE SASANIANS

CHAPTER IX. CHESS IN THE EASTERN EMPIRE

CHAPTER X. THE ARABIC AND PERSIAN LITERATURE OF CHESS

CHAPTER XI. CHESS UNDER ISLAM

CHAPTER XII. THE INVENTION OF CHESS IN MUSLIM LEGEND

CHAPTER XIII. THE GAME OF SHA?RANJ: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE.
CHAPTER XIV. THE GAME OF SHA?RANJ: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE. II

CHAPTER XV. THE GAME OF SHA?RANJ: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE. II

CHAPTER XVI. GAMES DERIVED FROM MUSLIM AND INDIAN CHESS

CHAPTER XVII. THE MODERN GAMES OF ISLAM

CHAPTER XVIII. CHESS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ASIA, AND IN RUSSIA


PART II. CHESS IN EUROPE

CHAPTER I. CHESS IN WESTERN CHRISTENDOM: ITS ORIGIN AND BEGINNING

CHAPTER II. CHESS IN THE MIDDLE AGES

CHAPTER III. THE MEDIAEVAL GAME

CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY DIDACTIC LITERATURE

CHAPTER V. THE MORALITIES

CHAPTER VI. THE MEDIAEVAL PROBLEM. I

CHAPTER VII. THE MEDIAEVAL PROBLEM.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MEDIAEVAL PROBLEM. II

CHAPTER IX. CHESS IN MEDIAEVAL LITERATURE

CHAPTER X. CHESSBOARDS AND CHESSME

CHAPTER XI. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN CHESS

CHAPTER XII. FROM LOPEZ TO GRECO

CHAPTER XIII. FROM GRECO TO STAMMA

CHAPTER XIV. PHILIDOR AND THE MODENESE MASTERS

CHAPTER XV. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY