The Chess-Player's Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatest Masters, and Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

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x, 518 pp. 8vo. Original red cloth, gilt titles. A guide to various chess strategies, with numerous diagrams. Howard Staunton was a chess master, and organizer of the first interna tional chess tournament. He was considered to be ahead of his time in terms of understanding positional play, and renowned enough in his day that a chess set is named after him, as well as the English Opening and the Staunton Gambit. Show more