A History of Chess (book)
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The passed pawn Inn A History of Chess (book, archive.org) (
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Murray's 900-page book constitutes the Bible of chess historians. With his knowledge of numerous languages including Latin and Arabic, and his devotion to chess world-wide, H. J. R. Murray was one of those late Victorian giants whose intimidating figure seems to have inhibited further research for the next two generations.
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A History of Chess (book, Wikipedia)