The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
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| Title | The History of Chess: From the Time of the Early Invention of the Game in India Till the Period of Its Establishment in Western and Central Europe |
| Author | Duncan Forbes |
| Publisher | W. H. Allen & Company, 1860 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 27 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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