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Lasker's Manual of Chess (German: Lehrbuch des Schachspiels) is a book on the game of chess written in 1925 by former World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker. The content of the book, as Lasker himself writes, is most influenced by the theories put forth by Steinitz , as well as Staunton 's The Chess-Player's Handbook .
Handbuch des Schachspiels (Handbook of Chess, often simply called the Handbuch) is a chess book, first published in 1843 [1] by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa.It was a comprehensive reference book on the game, and one of the most important references on opening theory for many decades.
The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. [1] There is a large body of theory regarding how the game should be played in each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame. Those who write about chess theory, who are often also eminent players, are referred to as "chess theorists" or ...
The Oxford Companion to Chess The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. The book is written in an encyclopedia format. The book belongs to the Oxford Companions series. Details The first edition of the book was published in 1984 by Oxford University Press. The second edition (1992) has over 2,500 entries, including ...
The oldest recorded game in chess history is a 10th-century game played between a historian from Baghdad and a pupil. [11] [non-tertiary source needed] A manuscript explaining the rules of the game, called "Matikan-i-chatrang" (the book of chess) in Middle Persian or Pahlavi, still exists. [33]
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In the center are the two openings included in the volume: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6; and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 without (symbol ┘) an early ...d7–d5. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ( ECO ) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess , originally published in five volumes from 1974 to 1979 by the Yugoslavian company Šahovski ...
Murray's companion work was A History of Board-Games other than ChessISBN 0-19-827401-7. He also wrote a new history of the game from its beginnings until 1866, called A Short History of Chess. This was found among the papers left behind at his death in 1955, and was published, with contributions by B. Goulding Brown and Harry Golombek, in 1963 ...