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Studies of Chess is a collection of essays and poems by Sir William Jones, an eighteenth-century British scholar and linguist. The book includes a long poem called Caissa, which is an allegory of the game of chess. Caissa tells the story of the creation of the game and the mythical queen who presides over it. The volume also includes several essays on the history and theory of chess, as well as linguistic studies of the game's terminology.

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  • PublisherLegare Street Press
  • Publication date2023
  • ISBN 10 102260502X
  • ISBN 13 9781022605022
  • BindingPaperback
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages286

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