The book of chess by Jacobus de Cessolis

The book of chess

Jacobus de Cessolis

121 pages first pub 1474 (editions)

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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(from the back-cover)"Chess is like life. And 'Checkmate!' like death. Whether the game and pieces represent war, court society or the world at large, in a general way and simply seen, the game has come to symbolise the world and death.This metaph...

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