Format:
viii, 398 pages
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illustrations, maps
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26 cm
ISBN:
9780786494279
Content:
" An immense and deeply researched accounting of not only the history of the Persian and Arab game familiar to most Westerners for the past 500 years but also (a) the similar offshoots going back 1500 years, (b) the evolution of strategic board games over the past 1500 years, and (c) the many more recent chess variants"--
Content:
Introduction -- Part I.?Chess of the Arabian Nights -- Part II.?Chess in the Land of Monsoons -- Part III.?Gunpowder on the Chinese Board -- Part IV.?Generals and Mercenaries of the Rising Sun -- Part V.?Evolution and Revolution in Europe -- Part VI.?Chess Out of the Box -- Part VII. The Origins of Chess
Note:
Original French edition "L'Odyssée des Jeux d'Échecs", authored by Jean-Louis Cazaux, published in 2010 by Praxeo Editions, Paris
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781476629018
Language:
English
Keywords:
Schach
;
Geschichte
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