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Start of eBook	1
PREFACE	1
STEINITZ	8
STEINITZ’S REVIEW	9
CHESS HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES	12
CHESS NOTES AND REFERENCES	16
TRADITIONS AS TO THE ORIGIN	16
THE THREE INDIAN TRADITIONS	18
PROGRESS OF CHESS	20
CHESS HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES	26
CHESS AND OPINIONS IN REGARD TO ITS ORIGIN	31
AS TO THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF CHESS	33
THE ANCIENT HINDU CHATURANGA	34
ON THE MOVES OF THE PIECES	36
PERSIA	46
VIDA	51
THEORIES AS TO THE INVENTION OF CHESS	61
SALVIO, DOCTOR OF CIVIL LAWS	62
CHAUCER	63
SAUL AND BARBIERE	63
JOHN LYDGATE	64
HIEROGLYPHICS OF ANCIENT EGYPT	69
CANUTE	71
THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AND CHESS	73
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	74
CHESS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	80
BLINDFOLD CHESS	98
THE GAME OF CHESS	102
	108
STAKES AT CHESS	109
SLOW PLAY	111
DINNER AND CHESS	112
LOOKERS ON	113
EXCUSES	113
THE PIECES IN CHESS	114
COVENT GARDEN INSPIRATION	115
CHESS PATRONS	118
STYLE IN CHESS	120
STYLE AT CHESS	120
BUCKLE’S CHESS REFERENCES	121
INTERDICTIONS OF CHESS	121
IRELAND	122
THE GERMAN CHESS THEORISTS	123
ITALY	124
KRIEGSSPIEL	124
SCHACHSPIEL	124
NERDSPEIL	127
CHESS IN ITALY	127
(Three Pages)	130

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