The Chess Players' Text Book: An Elementary Treatise on the Game of Chess; Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams Specially Designed for Beginners and Advanced Students (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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This work is mainly designed, as its title implies, to, be a text-book for the advancement of neophytes in the fascinating game of Chess. It will be observed, however, that in a large majority of the Openings treated upon, they are followed out as far as the first twelve moves, according to the latest and best author ities; and in some instances - notably in the Muzio, Centre and Steinitz Gambits.
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The Chess Players' Text Book: An Elementary Treatise on the Game of Chess; Illustrated by Numerous Diagrams Specially Designed for Beginners and Advanced Students (Classic Reprint)
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Dink & Fitzgerald, 1889
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ISBN 13: 9780282293819
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