The Online Books Page

Chess

Online books by this author are available.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

Broader terms:

Narrower terms:

Filed under: Chess

The Blue Book of Chess, Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings (revised edition; Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., c1910), contrib. by Howard Staunton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership, by Edward Lasker (Gutenberg text)
Chess Fundamentals (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.; London: G. Bell and Sons, c1921), by José Raúl Capablanca (multiple formats at archive.org)
Chess History and Reminiscences, by H. E. Bird (Gutenberg text)
Chess Made Easy (English edition (title page missing), ca. 1750), by Gioachino Greco (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess Strategetics Illustrated: Military Art and Science Adapted to the Chessboard (Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 1919), by Franklin K. Young
- page images at Google
- page images at HathiTrust
Chess Strategy, by Edward Lasker, trans. by J. Du Mont (Gutenberg text)
My Chess Career (New York: Macmillan, 1920), by José Raúl Capablanca (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess and Playing Cards: Catalog of Games and Implements for Divination Exhibited by the United States National Museum in Connection with the Department of Archaeology and Paleontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895 (Washington: GPO, 1898), by Stewart Culin
- multiple formats at archive.org
- page images at HathiTrust
Pillsbury's chess career (Printing craft;, 1922), by Philip W. Sergeant and W. H. Watts (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess fundamentals (Harcourt, Brace and company; [etc., etc.], 1921), by José Raúl Capablanca (page images at HathiTrust)
Mr. Blackburne's games at chess, selected, annotated and arranged by himself; ed. with a biographical sketch and a brief history of blindfold chess (Longmans, Green and Co., 1899), by Joseph Henry Blackburne and P. Anderson Graham (page images at HathiTrust)
The modern chess instructor. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1889), by William Steinitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Psychologie des grands calculateurs et joiers d'échecs. (Hachette, 1894), by Alfred Binet (page images at HathiTrust)
Psychologie des Schachspiels auf der Grundlage psychotechnischer Experimente an den Teilnehmern des Internationalen Schachturniers zu Moskau 1925. (W. de Gruyter & co., 1927), by D'iakov, W. Brannaski, Rudik, N. V. Petrovskij, and International Chess Tournament. Moscow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The paradise of dainty devices, reprinted from a transcript of the first edition, 1576, in the hand writing of the late George Steevens, esq. With an appendix: containing additional pieces from the editions of 1580 & 1600. And introductory remarks, biographical and critical. (Printed for Robert Triphook [etc.], 1810), by Richard Edwards, G. B., and Egerton Brydges (page images at HathiTrust)
Das schachspiel und seine strategischen prinzipien (B. G. Teubner, 1910), by Max Lange (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
My one contribution to chess ... (B. W. Huebsch, 1945), by F. V. Morley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Knížky o hře šachové (Nákladem Matice České, 1879), by Jacobus de Cessolis and Ferdinand Menčik (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess tales & chess miscellanies (Longmans, Green, and co., 1912), by Willard Fiske and Horatio S. White (page images at HathiTrust)
The Hastings chess tournament 1895. Containing the authorised account of the 230 games played Aug.-Sept. 1895. (G. P. Putnam's sons; [etc., etc.], 1896), by Horace F. Cheshire, England) International Chess Congress (1895 : Hastings, and Eng.) International chess congress (1895 : Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)
Maxims and hints for an angler, and miseries of fishing. (J. Murray, 1833), by Richard Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
Das schachgedicht Heinrichs von Beringen (Litterarischer verein in Stuttgart, 1883), by 12th cent Heinrich von Beringen, Jacobus de Cessolis, and Paul Zimmermann (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess openings ancient and modern; revised and corrected up to the present time from the best authorities (David McKay, 1905), by E. Freeborough and C. E. Ranken (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Morphy's games of chess: a selection of the best games played by the distinguished champion in Europe and America. (D. Appleton and company, 1860), by Paul Charles Morphy and J. Löwenthal (page images at HathiTrust)
My one contribution to chess. (G.W.Stewart, inc., 1946), by F. V. Morley (page images at HathiTrust)
Trebejos. (Editorial Grabo, 1929), by Mariano Viaña (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Das schachgedicht Heinrichs von Berngen. (Druck von E.T. Bindseil nachfolger, 1875), by Paul Zimmermann (page images at HathiTrust)
Maxims and hints for an angler : embellished with humorous engravings, illustrative of the miseries of fishing. To which are added, Maxims and hints for a chess player. (T.F. Bell, 1863), by Richard Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
Maxims and hints on angling, chess, shooting, and other matters : also, miseries of fishing ; with wood-cuts (John Murray, 1842), by Richard Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
How to play chess (T.Y. Crowell & co., 1907), by Charlotte Boardman Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
Katechismus der Schachspielkunst (J.J. Weber, 1901), by K. J. Sim Portius (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Common sense in chess (J. S. Ogilivie, 1910), by Emanuel Lasker (page images at HathiTrust)
The major tactics of chess: a treatise on evolutions; the proper employment of the forces in strategic, tactical, and logistic planes (Little, Brown and company, 1898), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess generalship (International publishing co., 1910), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
The grand tactics of chess, an exposition of the laws and principles of chess strategetics, the practcal application of these laws and principles to the movement of forces; mobilization, development, manoeuvre, and operation. (Roberts brothers, 1898), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Colle's chess masterpieces (New York : The Black Knight Press, [1936], 1936), by Fred Reinfeld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Modern chess openings (Griffith and White) (McKay, 1946), by Walter Korn, Philip Walsingham Sergeant, R. C. Griffith, and J. H White (page images at HathiTrust)
Terms and themes of chess problems (G. Routledge & sons, limited;, 1908), by S. S Blackburne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dissertazione di Francesco Cancellieri intorno agli uomini dotati di gran memoria ed a quelli divenuti smemorati (Francesco Bovrlie, 1815), by Francesco Cancellieri (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess made easy, being a new introduction to the rudiments of that scientific and popular game. (J. Neal, 1839), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the game of chess : containing a regular system of attack and defence : also numerous rules and examples, teaching the most approved method of playing pawns at the end of a game : to which is added a selection of critical and remarkable situations won or drawn by scientific moves (Printed for William Miller, 1808), by J. H. Sarratt (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess rules ([Grand Rapids, Mich., 1907), by William Anthony Shinkman (page images at HathiTrust)
Paul Morphy's Schachspielkunst : eine praktische Anleitung die Kunst des regelrechten Schachspiels leicht und gründlich zu erlernen, mit Musterspielen und vielen Abbildungen, für Anfänger und Geübte, nebst den besten Partien verschiedener Schachwettkämpfe der neuesten Zeit und einer Anzahl auserlesener Aufgaben. (S. Mode, 1890), by Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Die Gesetze des Schachspiels unter zwei und unter vier Spilern, nebst anweisung zur erlernung der verschiedenen spielarten und ihrer feinheiten (F. Voigt, 1873), by August Gaebeler (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Schachschule; leichtfasslicher Lehrgang zur raschen und gründlichen Erlernung des Schachspiels. (Veit & Comp., 1886), by Johannes Metger (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess sparks; or, Short and bright games of chess. (Longmans, Green, 1895), by John Henry Ellis (page images at HathiTrust)
Morphy's games of chess, being the best games played by the distinguished champion in Europe and America (G. Bell, 1898), by Paul Charles Morphy and J. Löwenthal (page images at HathiTrust)
Morphy's games of chess, and Fre̲re's problem tournament. (T.W. Strong, 1859), by Thomas Frere and Paul Charles Morphy (page images at HathiTrust)
Common sense in chess (D. McKay, 1917), by Emanuel Lasker and David Andrew Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
Codex der schachspielkunst, nach den musterspielen und regeln der grössten meister, in einer für die erleichterung des selbstunterrichts bequemen bezeichnungsart und anordnung entworfen (W. Heinrichshofen, 1813), by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch and Marco Girolamo Vida (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Geist und die Geschichte des Schach-Spiels bei den Indern, Pesern, Arabern, Türken, Sinesen und übrigen Morgenländern, Deutschen und andern Europäern ... (Curtsch, 1798), by S. F. Günther Wahl (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess studies: comprising one thousand games, actually played during the last half century; presenting a unique collection of classical and brilliant specimens of chess skill, in every stage of the game: and thus forming a complete encyclopedia of reference. (Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Neuester spielalmanach für karten-, schach-, brett-, billard-, kegel- und ball-spieler zum selbstunterrichete, nach den gründlichsten regeln und gesetzen. (G. Hayn, 1820), by G. W. von Abenstein and Christian Gottfried Flittner (page images at HathiTrust)
Nouvelle maniere de jouer aux echecs (Chez J. V. Schoonhaven & comp., 1777), by Philip Stamma (page images at HathiTrust)
The British chess code. (G. Routledge & sons, 1899), by British Chess Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Katechismus der Schachspielkunst (J. J. Weber, 1895), by K. J. S. Portius (page images at HathiTrust)
Hundert und zwanzig Schach-Räthsel. Verfasst, und allen Schachspiel freunedn gewidmet (E. Philipp, 1830), by Karl Friedrich Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust)
El ajedrez critico; estudios. (Imp. "La universal", 1889), by Andrés Clemente Vázquez (page images at HathiTrust)
Das damenspiel, auf feste regeln gebracht, durch musterspiele erläutert und mit vier noch unbekannten spielarten bereichert. (W. Heinrichshofen, 1811), by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch (page images at HathiTrust)
J. K. Kindermann's Vollständige anweisung, das schachspiel durch einen vorhergehenden allgemeinen unterricht, dann durch die nachfolgenden erläute-rungen der von den besten meistern aufgestellten musterspiele, ohne fernere mündliche unterweisung, selbst ohne einen mitspieler, gründlich zu erler-nen (F. Ferstl, 1819), by J. K. Kindermann (page images at HathiTrust)
Il giucco degli scacchi (G. Orlandelli, 1824), by Francesco Cancellieri (page images at HathiTrust)
Der schachspiel und seine abarten. (J. Springer, 1867), by G. R. Neumann (page images at HathiTrust)
Elements of the game of chess; or, A new method of instruction in that celebrated game, founded on scientific principles, containing numerous general rules, remarks and examples, for the use of beginners; rev. and corrected by an American amateur. (G. & C. Carvill, 1827), by William Lewis and pseud American amateur (page images at HathiTrust)
A selection of games at chess (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1835), by William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Manual of chess (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866), by Napoleon Marache (page images at HathiTrust)
Analysis of the game of chess (S.H. Parker, 1826), by F. D. Philidor, Benjamin Franklin, W. S. Kenny, and writer on chess Montigny (page images at HathiTrust)
The elements of chess; a treatise combining theory with practice, and comprising the whole of Philidor's games, and explanatory notes, new modelled; and arranged upon an original plan. (Printed for W. Pelham, no. 59 Cornhill., 1805), by F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Analysis of the game of chess (Printed for P. Elmsly, 1790), by F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's handbook: a popular and scientific introduction to the game of chess/by Howard Staunton. - New ed. with an alphabetical list of all the principal openings by R. F. Green. (George Bell, 1890), by Howard Staunton and R. F. Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakhmatnai͡a igra : privedennai͡a v sistematicheskīĭ pori͡adok, s prisovokuplenīem Igor Filidora i primi͡echanīĭ na onyi͡a (V tip. N. Grecha, 1824), by Aleksandr Petrov and F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Studies of chess: containing Caïssa, a poem (S. Bagster, 1804), by Peter Pratt, F. D. Philidor, and William Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Lehrbuch des schachspiels, auf grund des gegenwärtigen standes der theorie und praxis (Veit & comp., 1894), by Curt von Bardeleben, T. v. Heydebrand und der Lasa, Jacques Mieses, and Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (page images at HathiTrust)
Leiddraad voor schaakspelers (G.B. van Goor Zonen, 1879), by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (page images at HathiTrust)
The art of chess (H. Cox, 1895), by James Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
The principles of chess in theory and practice. (H. Cox, 1896), by James Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess (Penn Publishing Co., 1917), by David Andrew Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
Análisis del juego de ajedrez (Bouret, 1887), by F. D. Philidor and D. C. de Algarra (page images at HathiTrust)
Mr. Hoyl's Game of chess, including his chess lectures, with selections from other amateurs. (R. Baldwin [etc.], 1808), by Edmond Hoyle and Benjamin Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess praxis. A supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France (G. Bell, 1876), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The manual of chess; containing the elementary principles of the game (D. Appleton and company, 1859), by Charles Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess for beginners, and the beginnings of chess. (T.F. Unwin, 1891), by Robert Blair Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical chess grammar : or, An introduction to the royal game of chess; in a series of plates. (T. and J. Allman, 1817), by W. S. Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Maxims and hints for an angler; and Miseries of fishing, to which are added, Maxims and hints for a chess player. (J. Murray, 1839), by Richard Penn, Robert Seymour, and Robert Seymour (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Schachgrammatik : oder, praktische Anleitung zum Schachspiel für Alle, die dasselbe auf die schnellste und fasslichste Art lernen wollen (Baumgärtner, 1821), by W. S. Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess strategetics; Illustrated. Military art and science adapted to the chessboard. (Little, Brown and co., 1900), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
A second series of lessons on the game of chess (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1834), by William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Shatranj oder Das schachspiel unter zweien, und dessen geheimnisse; ferner das courierspiel, rundschach des Tamerlan und das kriegesspiel. Aus den ältesten und seltensten literarischen quellen (In der Pauli'schen buchhandlung, 1827), by Friedrich August Wilhelm Netto (page images at HathiTrust)
L'analyse des échecs, contenant une nouvelle methode pour apprendre en peu de tems à se perfectioner dans ce noble jeu ... (Londres, 1752), by F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings. Exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters; including Staunton's Analysis of the king's and queen's gambits, numerous positions and problems on diagrams. (D. Appleton and company, 1852), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
An introduction to the history and study of chess; with copious descriptions, etymological & practical; together with a system of elementary rules for playing; to which is added, The analysis of chess, of André Danican Philidor; the whole simplifyed and arranged in a manner entirely new (Printed by H. Ruff, 1804), by Thomas Pruen, F. D. Philidor, B. Franklin, and F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
The game of chesse (Trübner and co., 1862), by Jacobus de Cessolis, Vincent Figgins, J. Vignay, and William Caxton (page images at HathiTrust)
An easy introduction to the game of chess; containing one hundred examples of games, and a great variety of critical situations and conclusions, including the whole of Philidor's analysis, with selections from Stamma, the Calabrois, &c, to which are added, Caissa, a poem, by Sir William Jones, The morals of chess, by Dr. Franklin, &c. (Baldwin, Cradock and Joy [etc.], 1820), by B. Franklin, William Jones, and Benjamin Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
The court-gamester; or, Full and easy instructions for playing the games now in vogue ... viz. ombre, picquet and the royal game of chess ... (E. Curll, 1722), by Richard Seymour (page images at HathiTrust)
An easy introduction to the game of chess : containing one hundred examples of games and a great variety of critical situations and conclusions ; including the whole of Philidor's analysis with copious selections from stamma, the calabrois, &c. (H. C. Carey & I. Lea, and Abraham Small, 1824), by Benjamin Franklin, William Jones, and F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Lehrbuch des Schachspiels mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Gambitspiels, nebst einer systematischen Anleitung zum kleinen kriegs- und sinesischen Schachspiel (Holle, 1845), by Hirsch Silberschmidt (page images at HathiTrust)
Stamma on the game of chess; containing numerous openings of games, and one hundred critical situations, illustrated on colored diagrams. (T. and J. Allman, 1819), by Philip Stamma and William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess handbook; teaching the rudiments of the game and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings ... (E.H. Butler, 1859), by An amateur (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess praxis. A supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France. (H.G. Bohn, 1860), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess praxis : a supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France (G. Bell & Daldy, 1871), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs. Avec des reflexions militaires relatives á ce jeu. (L'auteur, 1789), by Elias Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
Souvenir of the Bristol chess club; containing one hundred original games of chess, recently played, either between the best players in that society, or by them with other celebrated players of the day (R. Hastings, 1845), by Bristol chess club and E. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess exemplified: in one hundred and thirty-two games of the most celebrated players (I. M. Brown;, 1890), by William John Greenwell (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess tournament. A collection of the games played at this celebrated assemblage, illustrated by copious diagrams, and notes, critical and explanatory. (H. G. Bohn, 1852), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Cinquante parties jouées au Cercle des échecs et au Café de la Régence. (Au Café de la Régence, 1846), by Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (page images at HathiTrust)
Paul Morphy; skizze aus der schachwelt. (Veit & comp., 1881), by Max Lange (page images at HathiTrust)
Morphy's games: a selection of the best games played by the distinguished champion in Europe and America. (D. Appleton and Co., 1860), by Paul Charles Morphy and J. Löwenthal (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess tournament. A collection of the games played at this celebrated assemblage, illustrated by copious diagrams, and notes, critical and explanatory. (Bell & Daldy, 1873), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Der schachwettkampf Lasker-Tarrasch um die weltmeisterschaft im august-september 1908. (Veit & comp., 1908), by Siegbert Tarrasch and Emanuel Lasker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Waifs and strays, chiefly from the chess-board. (W.W. Morgan, 1876), by Hugh A. Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess openings (British Chess Magazine, 1904), by Frank James Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
Aufgaben für schachspieler nebst ihren lösungen. (J.U. Kern, 1852), by Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (page images at HathiTrust)
American chess-nuts: a collection of problems (A. W. King, 1868), by E. B. Cook, Charles Alexander Gilberg, and W. R. Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
Synopsis of chess openings, a tabular analysis (R. Clarke & co., 1884), by William Cook and Joseph W. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Synopsis of chess openings, a tabular analysis (R. Clarke & co., 1893), by William Cook and Joseph W. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
A collection of two hundred chess problems (Longmans, Green and co., 1866), by Francis Healey (page images at HathiTrust)
Kling's chess problems (H. Hurst and co., 1849), by Joseph Kling and H. Hurst and Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess-nut burrs, how they are formed and how to open them. A treatise on chess problems (Press of C.T. Woodrow & co.], 1886), by Will H. Lyons (page images at HathiTrust)
C̆eské melodie, eine sammlung von 202 schachaufgaben (A. Stein, 1908), by Josef Pospĭsil, W. H. Thompson, and Alain Campbell White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Johann Allgaier's Neue theoretisch-pratische anweisung zum schachspiele, nach eigenen erfahrungen und grundsätzen systematisch entwickelt, und durch zahlreiche tabellarisch-geordnete musterspiele erläutert. (C. Haas, 1834), by Johann Allgaier and C. de Santo Vito (page images at HathiTrust)
Grosses Schach-Handbuch. Ein vollständiger und leicht fasslicher Unterricht im Schachspiel. Mit ... 322 erläuterten Muster-Partieen der hervorragendsten Schachmeister und Schach-clubs, etc ... (P. Gustedt, 1873), by Jean Dufresne and J. H. Zukertort (page images at HathiTrust)
Grundregeln des Schachspiels. (Spaarmann, 1888), by Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
The exploits and triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the chess champion; including an historical account of clubs, biographical sketches of famous players, and various information and anecdotes relating to the noble game of chess. (D. Appleton & Company, 1859), by Frederick Milnes Edge (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess (W.H. Lyons, 1916), by Leopold Hoffer (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings. (D. Appleton and company, 1850), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
A new treatise of the game of chess ... (Moore, 1828), by J. H. Sarratt (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's companion; comprising a new treatise on odds, and a collection of games contested by the author with various distinguished players during the last ten years; including the great French match with Mons. St. Amant; to which are added a selection of new and instructive problems. (H. G. Bohn, 1849), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité théorique et pratique du jeu des échecs rédigé sur les luvrages de Stamma, du Calabrois, de Philidor, de Salvio Carréra, de Lolly, et des autres auteurs célèbres. (Delarue, 1873), by Société d'amateurs and Casimir Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess and chess-players: consisting of original stories and sketches. (C.J. Skeet, 1850), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
William Steinitz (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1901), by Charles Devidé and William Steinitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical chess exercises, intended as a sequel to the practical chess grammar; containing various openings, games, and situations ... for the use of those who have already a knowledge of the game. (T. and J. Allman, 1818), by W. S. Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Palamède; revue mensuelle des échecs et autres jeux. (Paris, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
The Reverend Lewis Rou, Pastor of the French Protestant Church, New York City, and the missing manuscript of his tract relating to chess (1734), entitled: Critical remarks upon the letter to the Craftsman on the game of chess occasioned by his paper of the 15th of Sept., 1733, and dated from Slaughter's coffee-house, Sept., 21. (Printed at the Landi Press in Florence, 1902), by Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess openings illustrated (G. Bell and sons, ltd., 1919), by J. Du Mont (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Charles d'Orléans, joueur d'échecs (H. Champion, 1908), by Pierre Champion (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Erstes internationales schachmeisterturnier im Haag, vom 25. oktober bis 5. november, 1921 (B. Kagan, in the 1920s), by International Chess Tournament (1921 : The Hague) and Bernhard Kagan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The principles of chess in theory and practice (H. Cox, 1902), by James Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
L'analyze des echecs: contenant une nouvelle methode pour appendre en peu de tems à se perfectioner dans ce noble jeu. (Londres, 1749), by F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Risālah-ʾi sharīfah dar ḥurmat-i laʾb bi-shiṭranj va sāyir-i ālāt-i qumār musammá bi-Shiṭranjīyah (Dār al-Khilāfah, 1902), by Murtaz̤á Ḥusaynī al-Baraghānī (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Handbuch des schachspiels. (W. de Gruyter & co., 1922), by Paul Rudolph von Bilguer, Jacques Mieses, Johann Berger, Richard Teichmann, Siegbert Tarrasch, Rudolf Spielmann, and Carl Schlechter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The chess-player's handbook : a popular and scientific introduction to the game of chess, exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters, and illustrated by numerous diagrams of original and remarkable positions (Henry G. Bohn, 1847), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The works of Gianutio, and Gustavus Selenus on the game of chess. (J. Ebers, 1817), by Orazio Gianutio, J. H. Sarratt, and duke of Braunschweig-Lüneberg August II (page images at HathiTrust)
Académie universelle des jeux, contenant les règles des jeux de quadrille & quintille, de l'hombre à trois, du piquet, du reversis, des échecs, du trictrac, & de tous les autres jeux. (T. Legras, 1730), by G. C. Greco (page images at HathiTrust)
La plus nouvelle académie universelle des jeux; ou divertissemens innocens, contenant les regles des jeux de cartes permis, du billard ... & des echecs ... (Arkste's & Merkus, 1752), by F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Académie des jeux. ([s.n.], 1763) (page images at HathiTrust)
Académie universelle des jeux, avec des instructions facile pour apprendre à les bien jouer. ([s.n.], 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
Neue theoretisch-practische Anweisung zum Schachspiele : in fünf Tabellen bearbeitet (Rötzl und Kaulfuss, 1811), by Johann Allgaier (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess made easy. New and comprehensive rules for playing the game of chess; with examples from Philidor, Cunningham, &c, &c. to which is prefixed a pleasing account of its origin; some interesting anecdotes of several exalted personages, who have been admirers of it; and the Morals of chess (Printed for J. Harris & son, 1820), by Benjamin Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
Tentativo di un nuovo giuoco di scacchi. (In Roma : Presso Francesco Bourlié, 1820., 1820), by Giuseppe Ciccolini and Norman Etienne Vuilleumier (page images at HathiTrust)
Solution du probleme du cavalier au jeu des echecs (T. Loeffler, 1773), by Cosimo Alessandro Collini (page images at HathiTrust)
Ein hundert zehen ganz neu zusammengesetzte Schach-end-spiele; dann, Vier und zwanzig verschiedene Arten, den springer durch alle Felder hin und zurück zu spielen, ohne ein Feld doppelt zu berühren. (Gedruckt bei A. Pichler, Wien, 1806), by Joseph Dollinger (page images at HathiTrust)
O shakhmatnoĭ igri︠e︡ (Pechatano v Senatskoĭ tipografīi, 1821), by Ivan Butrimov (page images at HathiTrust)
Le jeu des eschets. (D. Mouchet, 1714), by Gioachino Greco (page images at HathiTrust)
Le jeu des échecs ([s.l.] ;, 1742), by Gioachino Greco (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical chess exercises, intended as a sequel to the practical chess grammar; containing various openings, games, and situations ... for the use of those who have already a knowledge of the game (T. and J. Allman, 1818), by W. S. Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Schachspielkunst nach den Regeln und Musterspielen der grösten Meister. (G.C. Keil, 1801), by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, Marco Girolamo Vida, Johann Daniel Müller, Johann David Müller, Johann Allgaier, Francesco Barozzi, and A. F. Thölden (page images at HathiTrust)
Ludus scacchiæ: chesse-play. A game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain briefe instructions therevnto belonging (Reprinted by Harding and Wright, 1810), by G. Blochimo, Claude Gruget, G. W. B., G. B., W. G. B., James Rowbothum, Marco Girolamo Vida, and da Odenara Damiano (page images at HathiTrust)
Strategèmes des échecs. (T. and J. Allman [etc.], 1818), by Montigny (Writer on chess) (page images at HathiTrust)
Strategèmes des échecs. (T. and J. Allman [etc.], 1817), by Montigny (page images at HathiTrust)
Kriegslisten des Schachspiels, oder, Der kluge Schachspieler : praktische Anleitung nach den Werken der besten Meister das Spiel remis und patt zu machen order zu gewinnen (Baumgärtner, 1820), by Montigny (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess rendered familiar by tabular demonstrations of the various positions and movements (Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1819), by F. D. Philidor and J. G. Pohlman (page images at HathiTrust)
Arabers Philipp Stamma, gebürtig von Aleppe in Syrien, entdeckte Schachspielgeheimnisse (A. König, 1754), by F. D. Philidor and Philip Stamma (page images at HathiTrust)
The incomparable game of chess, developed after a new method of the greatest facility, from the first elements to the most scientific artifices of the game. (J.J. Stockdale, 1820), by Domemico Lorenzo Ponziani, Eyles Irwin, J. S. Bingham, and Ercole del Rio (page images at HathiTrust)
Il giuoco incomparabile degli scacchi, sviluppato con nuovo metodo ... (S. Occhj, 1812), by Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani and Ercole del Rio (page images at HathiTrust)
Das schachspiel; ein bild des menschlichen lebens in dreyssig philosophischen skizzen. (Auf kosten der Verlagskasse für gelehrte und künstler; [etc., etc.], 1784), by Sardenheim, (page images at HathiTrust)
The noble game of chess : or, A New and easy Method to learn to play well in a short Time: Together with a curious Account of its Antiquity, Derivation of its Terms, &c. By Phillip Stamma, Native of Aleppo in Syria; and Interpreter of the Oriental Languages to his Majesty the King of Great-Britain. (printed for J. Brindley, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in New Bond-Street, 1745), by Philip Stamma, Peter Mark Roget, and Silas W. Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
Essai sur le jeu des echecs, où l'on donne quelques règles pour le bien joüer, & remporter l'avantage par des coups fins & subtils, que l'on peut appeller les secrets de ce jeu (A. van Dole, 1741), by Philip Stamma (page images at HathiTrust)
Studies of chess; containing Caissa, a poem (S. Bagster, 1805), by Peter Pratt and William Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Analyse du jeu des échecs : avec une nouvelle notation abrégée, et quarante-deux planches où se trouve figurée la situation du jeu pour les renvois et les fins de partie (J. Johnston, imprimerie de Lafourcade, 1821), by F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Jeu des échecs, parties de Joachim Greco dit le Calabrois, suivies des Cent parties désepérées de Stamma; arrangées avec une notation très-Facile et les positions figurées de chaque renvoi (De l'imprimerie et lithographie de H. Faye, 1833), by Gioachino Greco, Philip Stamma, and Moyse Azevedo (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the game of chess. Containing games of odds, various openings of even games, different methods of winning and drawing the game. Also, numerous critical situations on diagrams. To which are added, the art of playing without seeing the board, and an account of the most celebrated chess players of his time. First published in 1617, by D. Pietro Carrera. Tr. from the Italian, with additional notes and remarks by W. Lewis. (J. M. Richardson, and R. Triphook, 1822), by Pietro Carrera and William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Volgarizzamento del libro de' costumi e degli offizii de' nobili sopra il giuoco degli scacchi di frate Jacopo da Cessole, tratto nuovamente da un codice Magliabechiano. (Tip. del dottore G. Ferrario, 1829), by Jacobus de Cessolis and Pietro Marocco (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the game of chess; containing the games on odds, from the "Traité des amateurs"; the games of the celebrated anonymous Modenese; a variety of games actually played; and a catalogue of writers on chess. (T. and J. Allman, 1822), by John Cochrane, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Ercole del Rio (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité élémentaire du jeu des échecs, contenant la marche et la portée des pièces, les règles, les principes généraux et particuliers, l'analyse des principaux coups et les différens moyens d'attaque et de défense (Masson, 1823), by Ulysse Desroches (page images at HathiTrust)
Beiträge zum schachspiel; theoretische vorschriften und practische beispiele, grossentheils nach italienischen meistern bearb. (F. Kupperberg, 1833), by Johann Josef Ignaz Hoffmann (page images at HathiTrust)
Anweisung das Schachspiel gründlich zu erlernen (J. Luckhardt, 1828), by Johann Horny (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical chess grammar ; or, An introduction to the royal game of chess, in a series of plates. Designed to instruct the learner, remove the difficulties of the elegant and scientific game, and render it attainable by the lowest capacity (Allman, 1823), by W. S. Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Remarks on the report of the committee of the Edinburgh chess club, containing the games of the match at chess played between the London and Edinburgh chess club. (I.F. Setchel, 1829), by William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Belehrende unterhaltung für junge angehende schachspieler, bestehend in hundert ausgesuchten stellungen, in welchen derjenige, welcher am zuge ist, das spiel gewinnen muss. (G. D. Bädeker, 1831), by Friedrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon (page images at HathiTrust)
Theorie der Schachspielkunst. (Aug. Wilh. Unzer, 1827), by A. B. and A. B. (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the game of chess; containing a regular system of attack and defence... to which is added a selection of critical and remarkable situations, won or drawn by scientific moves. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown [etc.], 1822), by J. H. Sarratt and William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Studies of chess; containing a systematic introduction to the game, and The analysis of chess (S. Bagster, 1825), by Peter Pratt and F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
A new treatise on chess, containing the rudiments of the game explained on scientific principles, with the best methods of playing the most brilliant openings and difficult ends of games, including numerous original positions, and a selection of fifty new chess problems. (Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1833), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
A new treatise on chess, containing the rudiments of the science, with an analysis of the best methods of playing the different openings and ends of games, including many original positions, and a selection of fifty chess problems never before printed in this country. (Walker and son, 1832), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
Johann Allgaier's Neue theoretisch-praktische anweisung zum Schachspiele : in zwei Theilen (C. Haas, 1841), by Johann Allgaier and C. de Santo Vito (page images at HathiTrust)
Die zwischen dem Berliner und Posener klub durch correspondenz gespielten schach-partieen, mit anmerkungen und varianten, nebst einer sammlung von funfzig anderen correspondenz-partieen (Veit und comp., 1843), by Berliner schachklub, L. E. Bledow, and Posener schachklub (page images at HathiTrust)
The Chess-player's hand-book : containing a full account of the game of chess and the best mode of playing it. (Saxton, Peirce, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
Vollständige Anweisung zum Schachspiele; zum ersten Mahle wissenschaftlich geordnet, und nach allen original Schriftstellern zusammengestellt (Damien und Sorge., 1842), by Victor Käfer (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the game of chess; containing an introduction to the game, and an analysis of the various openings of games, with several new modes of attack and defence; to which are added, twenty-five new chess problems on diagrams. (A. H. Baily, 1844), by William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess for beginners. In a series of progressive lessons. Showing the most approved methods of beginning and ending the game. With various situations and checkmates, illustrated by numerous diagrams, printed in colours. (Chapman and Hall, 1837), by William Lewis and D. & S. Whiting (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité élémentaire et complet du jeu d'échecs (Mme. Lamotte, 1838), by Jacques François Mouret and C. Adam (page images at HathiTrust)
Amusements in chess (J.W. Parker, 1845), by Charles Tomlinson (page images at HathiTrust)
The minor tactics of chess : a treatise on the deployment of the forces in obedience to the strategic principle (Little, Brown, 1910), by Franklin Knowles Young and Edwin C. Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess for beginners. (Simon and Schuster, 1960), by I. A. Horowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Studies of chess: : containing a systematic introduction to the game, and The analysis of chess. By A.D. Philidor, Esq. : With original comments and diagrams. (Printed for Samuel Bagster ..., 1817), by Peter Pratt and F. D. Philidor (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Kunst im Schachspiel ein Meister zu Werden. Das ist: ein neuer Unterricht, wie man in kurzem dieses so edle und beliebte Spiel nach seiner Vollkommenheit erlernen könne. Gewiesen nach den neuesten Mustern des berühmten und itztlebenden grossen Schachspielmeisters in England (A. König, 1771), by F. D. Philidor and Philip Stamma (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chess player's handbook : teaching the rudiments of the game and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings...from the work of Staunton. (Porter & Coates, 1876), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Mandragorias, seu Historia shahiludii ... De ludis Orientalium libri primi pars prima, quæ est Latina. (E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1694), by Thomas Hyde, Bonsenior Ibn Yaḥya, and Abraham ben Meïr I Ibn Ezra (page images at HathiTrust)
Palamedes redivivus, das ist, Nothwendiger unterricht wie heutiges tages gebräuchliche spiele : als das stein-oder schach-spiel, das picquet-, hoick-, thurn- und l'ombre-spiel ... zu spielen. (J.G. Dyck, 1755) (page images at HathiTrust)
Palamedes redivivus; das ist, Nothwendiger Unterricht wie heutiges Tages gebräuchliche Spiele, als das Stein-oder Schach-Spiel, das Picquet-, Hoick-, Thurn- Spiel, samt dem l'Ombre-Spiel ... mit angehängter verb. Rümpffer Ordnung und Linquiren, bey dieser ed. allenthalben verm... (s.n., 1722) (page images at HathiTrust)
Dissertazione del ch. Signore D. Benedetto Rocco, Napoletano, svl givoco degli scacchi, ristampata da Francesco Cancellieri, Romano, con la Biblioteca ragionata degli scrittori sv lo stesso givoco. (Presso F. Bovrlié, 1817), by Benedetto Rocco (page images at HathiTrust)
De ludo scachorum ... poema suecanum vestustum ... (Lundae, 1848), by Augut Ludwig Sjöberg and Ernest Rietz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Opera nvova nella-//quale se insegna il vero regimento delli // huomini & delle dõne di qualunque // grado, stato, e condition esser // si voglia: ([Vineggia], 1534), by Jacobus de Cessolis (page images at HathiTrust)
Le jeu des echecs (chez Delarue, 1843), by Gioachino Greco (page images at HathiTrust)
Ad. Jul. Theod. Filding's Anleitung, das Schachspiel gründlich zu erlernen (C. G. Flittner'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1819), by Christian Gottfried Flittner and Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths (page images at HathiTrust)
Neueste Art das Schachspiel gründlich zu erlernen (Societäts-Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1812), by Christian Gottfried Flittner (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's vade mecum and pocket guide to the openings, with all the latest theoretical discoveries and traps in the openings revealed. (Ward and Downey, 1891), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
Spiele zur Uebung und Erholung des Körpers und Geistes : für die Jugend, ihre Erzieher und alle Freunde unschuldiger Jugendfreuden (Im Verlage der Buchhandlung der Erziehungsanstalt, 1802), by Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths (page images at HathiTrust)
Figurspel. (L. J. Hjerta, 1839) (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess (Routledge and sons, 1891), by Leopold Hoffer (page images at HathiTrust)
Hoyle's games : illustrated edition. Embracing all the most modern modes of play, and the rules practised at the present time, in billiards, whist, draughts, cribbage, backgammon, and all other fashionable games; together with sixteen games adapted to the new Yankee-notion cards. Also the whole of Frer̀e's chess hand-book. Containing, besides elementary instruction and the laws of chess, about fifty select games by the first players, endings of games, and the defeat of the muzio gambit. Also, thirty-six of the choicest chess problems, and a description of, and rules for, four-handed chess (J. S. Locke & Co., 1872), by Thomas Frere and Edmond Hoyle (page images at HathiTrust)
Hoyle's games : Illustrated edition. Embracing all the most modern modes of play, and the rules practised at the present time, in billiards, whist, draughts, cribbage, backgammon, and all other fashionable games ; together with sixteen games adapted to the new Yankee-notion cards. Also the whole of Frère's chess hand-book. Containing, besides elementary instruction and the laws of chess, about fifty select games by the first players; endings of games, and the defeat of the Muzio gambit. Also, thirty-six of the choicest chess problems, and a description of, and rules for, four-handed chess (T. W. Strong, 1857), by Thomas Frere and Edmond Hoyle (page images at HathiTrust)
The manual of chess: containing the elementary principles of the game; illustrated with numerous diagrams, recent games and original problems. (D. Appleton & company;, 1847), by Charles Kenny (page images at HathiTrust)
Het schaakspel : bevattende eene duidelijke en klare voorstelling van de gezamentlijke regelen van dit spel... (G.B. van Goor, 1858), by Carl König (page images at HathiTrust)
Das schachspiel und seine strategischen prinzipien (B. G. Teubner, 1918), by Max Lange (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The art of chess (Horace Cox, 1898), by James Mason and Leopold Hoffer (page images at HathiTrust)
Lehrbuch des Schachspiels für Anfänger und fortgeschrittene Spieler (Grethlein, 1914), by Jacques Mieses (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Encheiridion zatrikiou epanisthen ek pantōn tōn aristōn (Ek tou typ. tēs Hestias, 1894), by Léon Olivier (page images at HathiTrust)
Natürliches Zauber-Buch, oder Neuer Spiel-Platz der Künste : in welchen über die tausend Zauber-Stücke ... (J. Hoffman und E. Streck, 1702), by Simon Witgeest (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité élémentaire du jeu des échecs : exposé d'après une méthode nouvelle pour en faciliter l'etude précédé de mélanges historiques anecdotiques et littéraires (Allouard et Kaeppelin, 1853), by Barthélemy Basterot (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess : a manual for beginners (Dean, 1898), by F. W. Longman and H. E. Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess. (J. & R. Maxwell, 1880), by J. & R. Maxwell (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess player / by George Walker; to which are added the three games played at one and the same time by Philidor; sixty openings, mates and situations, by W. S. Kenny, with remarks, anecdotes, &c. &c., and an explanation of the round chess board. (Nathl. Dearborn, 1840), by George Walker, W. S. Kenny, and Benjamin Franklin (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess traps and stratagems (G. Routledge, 1913), by E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess traps and stratagems (G. Routledge, 1903), by E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Traité du jeu des échecs : enseignement des deb́uts étude des fins de parties méthode claire et facile a l'usage de tous les amateurs (Societé Générale d'Impression, 1910), by Jean Taubenhaus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A treatise on the game of chess (W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1833), by Gioachino Greco and William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Theoretisch en praktisch handboek van het schaakspel : een volledige cursus der nieuwste spelopeningen en eidspelen ; toegelicht door de beste partijen der nieuwere meesters ; bewerkt naar de handboeken van P. R v. Bilguer, V.D. Lasa, B. Suhle, G. R. Neumann, J. Dufresne en anderen. (G.B. van Goor Zonen, 1878), by Paul Rudolph von Bilguer (page images at HathiTrust)
The minor tactics of chess. A treatise on the deployment of the forces in obediance to the strategic principle. (Roberts brothers, 1894), by Franklin Knowles Young and Edwin C. Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
Puti razvitīi︠a︡ shakhmatnoĭ igry : mysli i kharakteristiki (Izdanīe S.-Peterburgskago shakhmatnago sobranīi︠a︡, 1910), by Evg. A. Znosko-Borovskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Charousek's games of chess (G. Bell, 1919), by Rudolf Charousek and Philip W. Sergeant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
[Chess games played in Mexico]. (s.n., in the 1870s) (page images at HathiTrust)
Morphy's games of chess : being a selection of three hundred of his games (G. Bell and Sons, ltd., 1916), by Paul Charles Morphy and Philip W. Sergeant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dreihundert schachpartieen, gespielt und erläutert (Veit & comp., 1895), by Siegbert Tarrasch (page images at HathiTrust)
One hundred pitfalls on the chessboard (F. Hollings, 1914), by Edwin A. Greig and M. W. Stevens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess studies and end-games, systematically arranged, being a complete guide for learners and advanced players. (J. Wade, 1884), by Bernard Horwitz and William Wayte (page images at HathiTrust)
Flights of fancy in the chess world (Leeds : Whitehead and Miller, printers, 1919., 1919), by Alain Campbell White, D. J. Densmore, and George Hume (page images at HathiTrust)
The modern chess problems (D. McKay, 1912), by Philip Hamilton Williams and British Chess Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Heiteres aus der schachwelt : Allerlei belustigendes für schachfreunde (H. Hedewigs̓ nachf., C. Ronniger, 1916), by Arpad Bauer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Paul Morphy, a sketch from the chess world. (J.H. Starie, 1860), by Max Lange and Ernst Falkbeer (page images at HathiTrust)
Academie universelle des jeux, contenant les règles des jeux de cartes permis; celles du billard, du mail, du trictrac, du revertier, etc. etc. (Chez B. Cormon et Blanc, 1805), by Edmond Hoyle, F. D. Philidor, and abbé Bellecour (page images at HathiTrust)
Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo k izuchenīi︠u︡ shakhmatnoĭ igry (Tipografīi︠a︡ I. I︠A︡. I︠A︡lovt︠s︡era, 1894), by V. F. Alʹbrekht (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess praxis, A supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France (G. Bell & sons, 1907), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chess code. (Brentano's, 1897), by British Chess Company and Manhattan chess club (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings. (D. Appleton and company, 1882), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Checkers (The Penn publishing company, 1918), by David Andrew Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess lyrics; a collection of chess problems (J. H. Graham, 1905), by Arthur Ford Mackenzie and Alain Campbell White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess problems. (O. A. Brownson, 1886), by George E. Carpenter (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess strategics illustrated (Little, Brown, and company, 1900), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Japanese chess (sho-ngi); the science and art of war or struggle philosophically treated. (The Press club of Chicago [M. A. Donohue & company, printers, 1905), by Cho-yo (page images at HathiTrust)
The minor tactics of chess; a treatise on the development of the forces in obedience to strategic principle (Little, Brown, and company, 1901), by Franklin Knowles Young and Edwin C. Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
Problems in chess. (Chicago, 1876), by John Wilkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
The Rice gambit, supplement to fourth edition (The American chess bulletin, 1909), by Hermann Keidanz and Isaac Leopold Rice (page images at HathiTrust)
The modern chess problem (D. McKay, 1912), by Philip Hamilton Williams and British chess company (page images at HathiTrust)
Praktisches Schachbüchlein; oder, Deutliche Darstellung der Regeln des Schachspiels ... (Ernst, 1861), by Alphons von Breda (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess players hand book. (Appleton, 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
Fünfzig auserlesene schach-partien in dem Westminster-schach-club zu London während des sommers 1834 gespielt zwischen L. C. de la Bourdonnais, dem besten schachspieler Frankreichs, und einem englischen schachspieler ersten ranges (Veit & comp., 1835), by William Lewis and L. Bledow (page images at HathiTrust)
Katechismus der Schachspielkunst (J. J. Weber, 1856), by K. J. S. Portius (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chess-player's handbook. Teaching the rudiments of the game, and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings ... (Porter & Coates, 1870), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Hints to anglers and miseries of fishing (Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1868), by Richard Penn, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, and Francis Chantrey (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's pocket companion : containing an account of the game of chess ... (Simpkin, Marshall, 1851), by Samuel Comyn (page images at HathiTrust)
Der praktische Schachmeister (B.S. Berendsohn, 1865), by Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess studies; or, Endings of games. (C.J. Skeet, 1851), by Joseph Kling, Henry C. Mott, and Bernard Horwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Stratagems of chess; or, a collection of critical and remarkable situations, selected from the works of eminent masters (T. and J. Allman [etc.], 1817), by Montigny (page images at HathiTrust)
Analisis del juego de ajedrez (Rosa y Bouret,, 1864), by F. D. Philidor and D. C. de Algarra (page images at HathiTrust)
Undervisning i schackspelet (I. Haeggströms Boktryckeri, 1869), by Johan Gustaf Schultz (page images at HathiTrust)
Staunton's chess player's handbook. (Bell, 1870), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess player's instructor; or, Guide to beginners, containing all the information necessary to acquire a knowledge of the game. (R.M. De Witt, 1859), by Charles Henry Stanley (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings. (D. Appleton & company, 1858), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Anthologie der schachaufgaben; eine sammlung der besten aufgaben, probleme und studien der verschiedensten art (L. Gerschel, 1864), by Jean Dufresne and A. Anderssen (page images at HathiTrust)
Stratégie raisonnée des ouvertures de jeu d'échecs (J. Preti, 1862), by Philippe Ambroise Durand, Jean Preti, and Louis Metton (page images at HathiTrust)
Frerè's chess hand-book. Containing elementary instruction and the laws of chess, together with fifty select games ... endings of games, and the defeat of the Muzio gambit ... and rules for four-handed chess. (T. W. Strong, 1858), by Thomas Frere (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité des applications de l'analyse mathématique au jeu des échecs, précédé d'une introduction à l'usage des lecteurs soit étrangers aux échecs, soit peu versés dans l'analyse. (Dufour et cie; [etc., etc.], 1862), by C. F. de Jaenisch (page images at HathiTrust)
Lehrbuch des Schachspiels (Schroedel & Simon, 1856), by Max Lange (page images at HathiTrust)
Der kleine Schach-Matador. Oder:Kurze und leichtfassliche Anweisung zur Selbsterlernung des Schachspiels. (F.Jansen u.Comp., 1856), by Alfred Montigny (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess preceptor : a new analysis of the openings of games (Printed for Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847), by C. F. de Jaenisch, George Walker, Brown Longman, and Spottiswoodes and Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
Maxims and hints for an angler: embellished with humorous engravings, illustrative of the miseries of fishing. To which are added maxims and hints for a chess player. (F. Bell, 1855), by Richard Penn (page images at HathiTrust)
Lehrbuch des Schachspiels (E. Heynemann, 1865), by F. D. Philidor and Bernard Horwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Staunton's chess-player's handbook. (Bohn, 1861), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
[The game and playe of the chesse. (Caxton, 1476), by de Cessolis Jacobus and William Caxton (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité du jeu des échecs (Café de la Régence, 1846), by William Lewis, L. A. B. F. Kieseritzy, and H. Witcomb (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité élémentaire du jeu des échecs, avec cent parties des joueurs les plus célèbres, précédé de mélanges historiques anecdotiques et littéraires. (A. Allouard, 1863), by Barthélemy Basterot (page images at HathiTrust)
The hand-book of chess (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1860), by Robert B. Wormald (page images at HathiTrust)
Beadle's dime chess instructor, containing all the elements of this fascinating game, their application to play by means of the best openings, and a series of brilliant games. (Beadle and company, 1860), by Miron J. Hazeltine, American News Company, and Beadle and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess made easy. (Lib. di F. Sanvito, 1857), by Michele Colombo (page images at HathiTrust)
Anweisung das schachspiel gründlich zu erlernen. (gedruckt in der Aubelschen buchdruckerei, 1824), by Johann Horny (page images at HathiTrust)
A new treatise on chess (Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1841), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chess magazine: a periodical organ of communication for American chess-players. For the arbitration of disputed points and doubtful questions arising in the study and practice of the game of chess. For the instruction of young players, and the amusement of all. (R. Martin;, 1847), by Charles Henry Stanley (page images at HathiTrust)
Études sur le problème de la marche du cavalier au jeu des échecs et solution du problème des huit dames. (A. Cretaine, 1865), by A. Cretaine (page images at HathiTrust)
Theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum vierschachspiele, mit einerSammlung von Spiel-anfängen, durchgeführten Partieen und Spiel-endungen. (E. H. Schroeder, 1837), by K. Enderlein (page images at HathiTrust)
Science and art of chess. (C. Scribner;, 1859), by J. B. C. L. Monroe (page images at HathiTrust)
Katechismus der schachspielkunst. (Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber, 1866), by K. J. S. Portius (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbuch des schachspiels. (Veit & comp., 1858), by Paul Rudolph von Bilguer and Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's hand-book : containing a full account of the game of chess, and the best mode of playing it (George S. Appleton, 1849), by Author of Etiquette (page images at HathiTrust)
Die probleme des Londoner schach-turniers von 1862, nebst deren vollständigen lösungen enthaltend; sëmmtliche preis-probleme nebst einer auswahl der besten aufgaben derjenigen bewerber, die keinen preis erhielten (L. Gerschel, 1865), by International chess congress (1862 : London) and Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Brevity and brilliancy in chess. A collection of games ... with scientific problems. Culled from the whole range of chess literature (D. Appleton and company, 1866), by Miron J. Hazeltine (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakhmatnai︠a︡ igra : teoreticheskoe i prakticheskoe rukovodstvo (Tip. N.N. Mikhaĭlova, 1869), by G. R. Neumann (page images at HathiTrust)
Morphy's match games; being a full and accurate account of his most astounding successes abroad, defeating, in almost every instance, the chess celebrities of Europe. (R.M. De Witt, 1859), by Charles Henry Stanley and Paul Charles Morphy (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess brilliants: one hundred games (seventy-five even and twenty-five at odds), examples of daring sacrifice and of the skill of ... chessmasters past and present. (S. Miller [etc., etc.], 1869), by John Odin Howard Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbuch der schachaufgaben. (Veit & comp., 1862), by Max Lange (page images at HathiTrust)
Schack för begynnare, utvisande de brukligaste sätt att begynna och sluta spelet,jemte mångfaldiga ställningar och Schackmatt. (P.G.Berg, 1851), by William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Traité élémentaire du jeu d'echecs (J. Preti, 1870), by G. R. Neumann (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of chess; a popular and comprehensive guide to all players of that intellectual game; with the latest discoveries and full instructions for blindfold chess. (Houlston and Wright, 1868), by George H. Selkirk (page images at HathiTrust)
Das ABC des Schachspiels : Anleitung zur raschen Erlernung des edlen Spiels und Einführung in die Problemkomposition (Verlag von Veit & Comp., 1884), by Johannes Minckwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
The Indian game of chess (Priv. printed for the Aungervyle society, 1883), by William Jones and Hiram Cox (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess strategy (G. Bell, 1920), by Edward Lasker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dat scaecspel (A. W. Sijthoff, 1912), by Jacobus de Cessolis, Franconis, and Gertrude Henriette van Schaick Avelingh (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess player's textbook (J. Jaques, 1910), by Howard Staunton and Edward Ernest Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess step by step (Dutton, 1924), by Frank James Marshall and James Cruickshank Henderson Macbeth (page images at HathiTrust)
Das Schachzabelbuch Kunrats von Ammenhausen ... (J. Huber, 1887), by von Ammenhausen Konrad, Ferdinand Vetter, Jakob Mennel, and Jacobus de Cessolis (page images at HathiTrust)
Die hypermoderne schachpartie; ein schachlehr- und lese-buch, zugleich eine sammlung von 150 schönen meisterpartien aus den jahren 1914-1924. (Wiener schachzeitung, 1924), by S. G. Tartakover (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ludus scacchiæ: chesse-play. A game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain briefe instructions therevnto belonging (by H. Iackson, dwelling beneath the conduite in Fleet-Street., 1597), by W. G. B., G. B., G. Blochimo, Claude Gruget, James Rowbothum, Marco Girolamo Vida, and de Odemira Damiano (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire anecdotique et psychologie des jeux de cartes, dés, échecs (Delagrave, 1919), by Victor Du Bled (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Kleines lehrbuch des schachspiels (P. Reclam, 1892), by Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
The modern chess primer (G. Routledge ;, 1916), by E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust)
De les costumes dels homens e dels oficis dels nobles, sobrel Joch dels Escachs ([Massó, Casas, Capo, 1900), by Jacobus de Cessolis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Gesta Romanorum : or, entertaining moral stories ... (G. Bell & sons, 1888), by Wynnard Hooper and Charles Swan (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess player's text book : an elementary treatise on the game of chess illustrated by numerous diagrams : specially designed for beginners and advanced students (Fitzgerald, 1889), by G. H. D. Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
Der schach-struwwelpeter, ein reimbüchlein (Veit & comp., 1883), by L. von Bilow (page images at HathiTrust)
The fifth American chess congress. Containing a full report of the proceedings of the convention of chess players, held in New York, in ... 1880 ... (Brentano's literary emporium, 1881), by American chess congress (5th : 1880 : New York), Charles Alexander Gilberg, and Charles A. Gilberg (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Wiener Partie : ine Schach-theoretische Abhandlung (Veit, 1893), by Curt von Bardeleben (page images at HathiTrust)
Kritik der spanischen partie; die Lopez-analyse der letzten dezennien auf ihren wahren werth geprüft und als nothwendige ergänzung eines jeden schach-lehrbuches bearb. (A. Roegner, 1885), by Curt von Bardeleben (page images at HathiTrust)
Das schachproblem und dessen kunstgerechte darstellung, ein leitfaden für problemfreunde. (Veit & comp., 1884), by Johann Berger (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess openings, with diagrams of notable positions and problems, considered critically and practically (H. Lockwood, 1880), by H. E. Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbuch des schachspiels (Veit & comp., 1891), by Paul Rudolph von Bilguer and Emil Schallopp (page images at HathiTrust)
A selection of popular three move chess problems multis de auctoribus. (O. A. Brownson, 1889), by Orestes Augustus Brownson (page images at HathiTrust)
Game and playe of the chesse. (E. Stock, 1883), by Jacobus de Cessolis, William E. A. Axon, and William Caxton (page images at HathiTrust)
De Witt's American chess manual. Containing full instructions for young players (De Witt, 1880), by Henry Chadwick, Charles Henry Stanley, and Charles Henry Stanley (page images at HathiTrust)
The game of chess; a work designed exclusively for novices in chess (American Sports Publishing Co., 1895), by Henry Chadwick (page images at HathiTrust)
How to learn to play the game of chess; a primer of the game (American sports publishing co., 1905), by Henry Chadwick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Synopsis of the chess openings, a tabular analysis (W. W. Morgan, 1882), by William Cook and Joseph W. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess openings for beginners. (Routledge and sons, 1908), by E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess and playing cards. Catalogue of games and implements for divination exhibited by the United States National Museum in connection with the Department of archæology and palæontology of the University of Pennsylvania at the Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 1895. (Govt. Print. Off., 1898), by Stewart Culin, University of Pennsylvania. University Museum, and United States National Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
Darstellung von 24 Regeln des Schachspieles (Verlag der Ernst'schen Buchhandlung, 1880), by Alphons von Breda (page images at HathiTrust)
Neuester leitfaden für schachspieler. (J. Horrwitz, 1880), by Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Rukovodstvo k izuchenīi︠u︡ shakhmatnoĭ igry (Izdanīe S.A. Manshteĭna, 1896), by Jean Dufresne and Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (page images at HathiTrust)
L'arroccamnto italiano e l'arroccamento francese o europeo : lettera di Serafino Dubois al dottore A. van der Linde. (Monaldi, 1874), by Serafino Dubois (page images at HathiTrust)
The lost manuscript of the Reverend Lewis Rou's 'Critical remarks upon the Letter to the Craftsman on the game of chess' written in 1734 and dedicated to His Excellency William Cosby, governor of New York. (The Landi press, 1902), by Willard Fiske (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess, a manual for beginners. (Brentano's, 1897), by R. F. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
Chancellor chess; or, The new game of chess. (St. Louis, Mo., 1889), by Benjamin R. Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
Pravila shakhmatnoĭ igry mezhdu dvumi︠a︡, tremi︠a︡ i chetyrmi︠a︡ igrokami (Pechat. v tip. A. Golʹdenberga], 1875), by August Gaebeler (page images at HathiTrust)
Crumbs from the chess-board, a selection ([P.F. McBreen, printer], 1890), by Charles Alexander Gilberg (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's manual. A complete guide to chess containing the laws of the game according to the revised code laid down by the British Chess Association in 1862. (George Routledge and Sons, 1875), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-players' manual : containing the laws of the game according to the revised code laid down by the British Chess Association in 1862 (D. McKay, 1902), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip and S. Lipschütz (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-players' manual; containing the laws of the game according to the revised code laid down by the British chess association in 1862. (G. Routledge and sons, 1888), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip and S. Lipschütz (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's manual, containing the laws of the game according to the revised code laid down by the British chess association in 1862 (G. Routledge and sons, 1883), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
Modern chess brilliancies; a collection of 75 of the most brilliant chess masterpieces on record, selected from prize games in European and American international tournaments and match and tourney games between the greatest experts. (Ward & Downey, 1892), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
Theory of the chess openings. (W.H. Allen & co., limited, 1891), by George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess. (G. Bell & sons, 1890), by R. F. Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess (G. Bell, 1905), by R. F. Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Der Weg zur Meisterschaft; Anleitung zur musterhaften Führung von Schachpartieen auf neuer Grundlage ... (Veit & Comp., 1898), by Franz Gutmayer (page images at HathiTrust)
A collection of 200 chess problems (H. Harmer, 1908), by Frank Healey and Percy Healey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Leitfaden für schachspieler. (Veit & comp., 1880), by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa and C. Schwede (page images at HathiTrust)
Leitfaden für Schachspieler (Veit, 1876), by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess studies and end-games (G. Bell, 1889), by Bernard Horwitz, Joseph Kling, and William Wayte (page images at HathiTrust)
J. Juchli's schachprobleme (K. Baumann, 1908), by Josef Juchli, M. Henneberger, and Alain Campbell White (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Theory of the Rice Gambit (American Chess Bulletin, 1916), by Hermann Keidanz and Isaac Leopold Rice (page images at HathiTrust)
Hra v šachy. (Nákladem knihkupectvi I.L. Kobra, 1889), by Karel Bohuš Kober (page images at HathiTrust)
The two-move chess problem (F.A. Stokes company, 1890), by B. G. Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
The two-move chess problem (George Bell & sons, 1890), by B. G. Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
The complete chess-guide (J. Grant, 1907), by F. J. Lee and George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (page images at HathiTrust)
Anleitung zum lösen von schachproblemen. (C. Brügel & sohn, 1898), by Otto Link (page images at HathiTrust)
Beginselen van het schaakspel (G.A. Van Hoften, 1876), by Antonius van der Linde (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess "swindles". (American chess bulletin, 1914), by Frank James Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess openings. (H. Cox, 1905), by James Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
The principles of chess in theory and practice (H. Cox, 1908), by James Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
Tratado analítico del juego de ajedrez para aprender á jugarlo sin necesidad de maestro (F. Fé, 1896), by Manuel Márquez Sterling (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess gems: Some of the finest examples of chess strategy, by ancient and modern masters. (E. W. Southwood, and the editor, 1878), by John Augustus Miles (page images at HathiTrust)
Das ABC des schachspiels; anleitung zur raschen erlernung des edlen spiels (Verlag von Veit & Comp., 1879), by Johannes Minckwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Der kleine Schachkönig : leichtfabliche Anleitung zu rascher Erlernung der Schachspielkunst (Gloeckner, 1888), by Johannes Minckwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Der kleine Schachkönig : leichtfabliche Anleitung zu rascher Erlernung der Schachspielkunst (Gloeckner, 1889), by Johannes Minckwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
Mitchell's Guide to the game of chess, being a complete course of instruction for beginners. (David McKay, 1920), by David Andrew Mitchell and Edward Lasker (page images at HathiTrust)
Mitchell's guide to the game of chess, being a complete course of instruction for beginners (D. McKay, 1915), by David Andrew Mitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
The American supplement to the "Synopsis"; containing American inventions in the chess openings;together with fresh analyses in the openings since 1882. (W.W.Morgan,etc., 1885), by Joseph W. Miller and William Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
Manual de ajedrez : para uso de los principantes (Hijos de Paluzíe, 1905), by José Paluzíe y Lucena (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Maxims and hints for chess players, reprinted from the 1839 London ed.; A fasciculus of chess wrinkles (W.H. Lyons, 1899), by Richard Penn, B. Franklin, and H. A. Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
Analisis del juego de ajedrez (Bouret,, 1877), by F. D. Philidor and D. C. de Algarra (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess primer. (Excelsior publishing house, 1887), by Barnet Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
English chess problems: containing, in parts I and II, a selection of the best problems by English composers, living and lately deceased; and in part III, a set specially composed for this work, and not hitherto published. (Longmans, Green & co., 1876), by James Pierce and W. Timbrell Pierce (page images at HathiTrust)
Katechismus der Schachspielkunst (J. J. Weber, 1877), by K. J. S. Portius (page images at HathiTrust)
Katechismus der Schachspielkunst (J.J. Weber, 1879), by K. J. S. Portius (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess harmonies; selections from the compositions of Walter Pulitzer. (Robertson & Wallace, printers, 1894), by Walter Pulitzer (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess in Philadelphia; a brief history of the game in Philadelphia (The Billstein & Son Co. Printers.], 1898), by Gustavus Charles Reichhelm, Walter Penn Shipley, Gustavus Reichhelm, and Walter Penn Shipley (page images at HathiTrust)
The dynamic chess notation, whereby any possible move in a game of chess can be accurately described by the use of two letters only. (H. Cox, 1896), by F. Startin Pilleau (page images at HathiTrust)
Pierce gambit, chess papers and problems. (W.W. Morgan, 1888), by James Pierce and W. Timbrell Pierce (page images at HathiTrust)
Rationelle erweiterung und vervollkommung des schachspieles. (A. Saaghy, 1898), by Albert Saaghy von Saagh (page images at HathiTrust)
Games of the Vienna tournament of 1882. A selection of the best and most brilliant games (Torsch bros., 1882), by Alexander G. Sellman (page images at HathiTrust)
Shakhmaty : rukovodstvo dli︠a︡ nachinai︠u︡shchikh (Izdanīe knigoprodavt︠s︡a S.V. Isakova, 1884), by G. R. Neumann and Antonius van der Linde (page images at HathiTrust)
The game of chess; a popular and scientific introduction to the game, based upon "The chess-players handbook." (F. Stokes, 1888), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Staunton's chess-player's handbook. (Bell, 1889), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Staunton's chess-player's handbook. (Bell, 1874), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chess player's handbook : teaching the rudiments of the game and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings...from the work of Staunton. (Porter & Coates, 1878), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chess player's handbook : teaching the rudiments of the game, and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings... (The John C. Winston Co., 1921), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Staunton's chess praxis. (G. Bell, 1886), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess problems; composed 1883-1903. (G.H. Walcott, 1904), by Charles F. Stubbs (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess skirmishes; chiefly light, short parties won of or by the author through sacrifices, with a selection from his chess contributions, critical and comical, in prose and verse; obituary notices of masters ... enigmas and mate positions. (A.H. Goose, 1889), by John Odin Howard Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
Der meister im schachspiel; theoretisch-praktische anweisung, von den anfangsgsgründen bis zur meisterschaft im schachspiel zu gelangen (F. Voigt, 1881), by Christian Friedrich Gottfried Thon and Max Lange (page images at HathiTrust)
Riga match and correspondence games conducted and annotated by the committee of the Riga chess club, with Rice gambit supplement and appendix for correspondence players. (American chess bulletin, 1916), by Riga chess club (page images at HathiTrust)
La odisea de Pablo Morphy en la Habana, 1862-1864. (La propaganda literaria, 1893), by Andrés Clemente Vázquez (page images at HathiTrust)
Die philosophie des schach. (Veit & comp., 1879), by Ladisl Wekerle (page images at HathiTrust)
A chess century: embracing more than one hundred original problems in two moves (R.L.C. White & co., 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess strategetics illustrated; military art and science adapted to the chessboard (Little, Brown, 1912), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
The major tactics of chess; a treatise on evolutions, the paper employment of the forces in strategic, tactical, & logistic planes. (Little, 1904), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Minor tactics of chess; a treatise on the deployment of the forces in obedience to strategic principle. (Little, 1903), by Franklin Knowles Young and Edwin C. Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
The minor tactics of chess : a treatise on the deployment of the forces in obedience to strategic principle (Little, Brown, 1906), by Franklin Knowles Young and Edwin C. Howell (page images at HathiTrust)
The grand tactics of chess : an exposition of the laws and principles of chess strategetics, the practical application of these laws and principles to the movement of forces; mobilization, development, manoeuvre, and operation (Little, Brown, 1905), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Rukovodstvo shakhmatnoĭ igri︠e︡ : s 120 razlichnymi dīagrammami i 42 poi︠a︡snitelʹnymi partīi︠a︡mi sli︠e︡dui︠u︡shchikh shakhmatistov i shakhmatnykh klubov (Tip. V. Demakova, 1884), by J. H. Zukertort and Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Rukovodstvo k shakhmatnoĭ igri︠e︡ (Tipografīi︠a︡ P.P. Soĭkina, 1896), by J. H. Zukertort and Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Neuester Leitfaden des Schachspiels : mit 120 verschiedenen Diagrammen und 86 erläuterten Muster-Partien ... (J. Rentel, 1883), by J. H. Zukertort and Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Neuester Leitfaden des Schachspiels : mit 120 verschiedenen Diagrammen und 42 erläuterten Muster-Partien ... (J. Jolowicz, 1886), by J. H. Zukertort and Jean Dufresne (page images at HathiTrust)
Neuester leitfaden des schachspiels, mit 138 verschiedenen diagrammen und 86 erläuterten muster-partien ... (H. Steinitz, 1897), by J. H. Zukertort, Oskar Cordel, Jean Dufresne, and Oskar Cordel (page images at HathiTrust)
Das mitteldeutsche schachbuch des Pfarrers zum Hechte. (Berlin, 1874), by Pfarer zum Hechte and Eduard Sievers (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess for winter evenings. (D. Appleton and Co., 1874), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
A beginners book of chess. (Wm. F. Drueke co., 1917), by Wm. F. Drueke (page images at HathiTrust)
Games ancient and oriental, and how to play them. Being the games of the Greek, the ludus latrunculorum of the Romans and the oriental games of chess, draughts, backgammon and magic squares. (Longmans, Green and co., 1892), by Edward Falkener, Owen Williams, Waterlow and Sons, William Pollard & Co, and Green Longmans (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess digest; containing the opening moves of over fifteen thousand games, systematically arranged under the various openings, practically including all games played in the leading tournaments and matches from the year 1850 to 1905 together with names of players and references to all the tournament books and periodicals in which the games have been reported (Patterson & White co., 1901), by Mordecai Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess-player's hand-book. A popular and scientific introduction to the game of chess, exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters, and illustrated by numerous diagrams of original and remarkable positions. (Charles Scribner, 1859), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess praxis : a supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France (G. Bell and Sons, 1891), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess openings ancient and modern; revised and corrected up to the present time from the best authorities (New Amsterdam Book Co., 1905), by E. Freeborough and C. E. Ranken (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbuch des Schachspiels. (Veit, 1874), by Paul Rudolph von Bilguer (page images at HathiTrust)
My chess career (G. Bell and Sons;, 1920), by Jose Rau l Capablanca (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Comparative chess (David McKay company, 1932), by Frank James Marshall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Der Krieg am Schachbrett : ein heitres Buch in Trauriger Zeit. Ein fesselnder Anlauf und Versuch zu einer Schachstrategie (Gutmayer, 1915), by Franz Gutmayer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess and checkers : the way to mastership (Appleton, 1932), by Edward Lasker (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Weg zur Meisterschaft : Anleitung zur musterhaften Führung von Schachpartien auf neuer Grundlage (W. de Gruyter, 1919), by Franz Gutmayer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Traité complèt du jeu des échecs. (Vve G. Preti, 1927), by Jean Louis Preti, Dawid Janowski, and Numa Preti (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Die französische Partie; eine kritische Zusammenstellung ihrer wichtigsten varianten auf grund des heutigen Standes der Theorie und Praxis. (H. Hedewig's Nachf., 1926), by Jacques Mieses (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess strategy and tactics; fifty master games selected and annotated (The Black Knight Press, 1933), by Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess and checkers, the way to mastership : complete instructions for the beginner, valuable suggestions for the advanced player. (D. Appleton & Co., 1918), by Edward Lasker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Attack and counterattack in chess; how to plan your game and cope with unexpected situations. (Barnes & Noble, 1958), by Fred Reinfeld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Edgar Allan Poe and Baron von Kempelen's chess-playing automaton. (International Brotherhood of Magicians, 1939), by Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
To Alain White, a tribute from his friends on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, March the third, 1945 (The Overbrook Press, 1945), by Eric M. Hassberg, Edgar W. Allen, and Overbrook Press (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess strategy (D. McKay, 1917), by Edward Lasker and J. Du Mont (page images at HathiTrust)
Şatranç rehberi. (880-04 İstanbul : Evkaf-ı İslâmiye Matbaası, 1927., 1927), by Hüseyin Emrullah (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Modern chess endings (D. McKay & Co., 1933), by Barnie F. Winkleman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Pitfalls of the chessboard (D. McKay, 1929), by Edward A. Greig and W. A. Fairhurst (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess, the game of kings, the king of games, as played by recreational groups in the Chicago park district ([Chicago, 1936), by Lenace L. Fergus and Emmet Forrest Harte (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Caxton's Game and playe of the chesse, 1474 (E. Stock, 1883), by Jacobus de Cessolis and William Caxton (page images at HathiTrust)
The chess player's text-book; a concise and easy introduction to the game, illus. by numerous diagrams of instructive situations; (J. Jaques & son, 1915), by Howard Staunton and E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dissertazione del ch. Signor D. Benedetto Rocco, Napoletano, svl givoco degli scacchi, ristampata da Francesco Cancellieri, Romano, con la Biblioteca ragionata degli scritti sv lo stesso givoco. (Presso F. Bovrlié, 1817), by Benedetto Rocco (page images at HathiTrust)
Modern chess, an introduction to the art of chess as played by the modern chess master (David McKay co., 1931), by Barnie F. Winkelman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess fundamentals (G. Bell and sons, ltd.;, 1921), by José Raúl Capablanca (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The book of chess : containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings exemplified in games actually played by the greatest masters; including Staunton's analysis of the king's and queen's gambits numerous positions and problems on diagrams, both original and selected, also a series of chess tales, with illustrations engraved from original designs (D. Appleton and Company, 1878), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
The major tactics of chess : a treatise on evolutions; the proper employment of the forces in strategic, tactical, and logistic planes (Little, Brown and Company, 1900), by Franklin Knowles Young (page images at HathiTrust)
The principles of chess in theory and practice (David McKay, 1910), by James Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
Rukovodstvo k izuchenīi︠u︡ shakhmatnoĭ igry sostavlennoe po Chigorinu, Shiffersu, Steĭnit︠s︡u, Laskeru, Bilʹgeru i dr. ([Avtor], 1910), by A. E. Prik (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The laws and practice of chess, together with an analysis of the openings, and a treatise on end games. (Chatto and Windus, 1885), by Howard Staunton and Robert B. Wormald (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Geheimnisse der Kombinationskunst; Leichtfassliche und fesselnde Anleitung zum Schachdenken mit über 400 Diagrammen. (H. Hedewig's Nachf. C. Ronniger, 1922), by Franz Gutmayer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Morphy's games of chess; being the best games played by the distinguished champion in Europe and America (G. Bell and sons, 1878), by Paul Charles Morphy, J. Löwenthal, and J. Löwenthal (page images at HathiTrust)
The Chess-player's hand-book : containing a full account of the game of chess and the best mode of playing it. (G. Routledge, 1854) (page images at HathiTrust)
Chessmen in action (G. Routledge & sons, ltd.;, 1914), by W. P. Turnbull (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Rice gambit. (Press of Dr. E. Lasker, 1910), by Emanuel Lasker and Isaac Leopold Rice (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A complete guide to the games of checkers and chess ... (I. & M. Ottenheimer, 1916), by Maxim La Roux (page images at HathiTrust)
The American chessplayer's handbook, based on the work of Staunton and modern authorities; teaching the rudiments of the game, and giving an analysis of all the recognized openings; illustrated by appropriate games actually played. (The John C. Winston company, 1928), by Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
A few chess problems. ([n.p., 1929), by Percy Bowater (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess traps and stratagems. (G. Routledge & sons, 1903), by E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The book of chess: containing the rudiments of the game, and elementary analyses of the most popular openings. (D. Appleton and company, 1859), by H. R. Agnel and Howard Staunton (page images at HathiTrust)
A sketchbook of American chess problematists (Printed at The Overbrook Press, 1942), by Alain Campbell White, Burney M. Marshall, Edgar W. Allen, and Edgar W. Allen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess for beginners and the beginnings of chess (Little, Brown, 1891), by R. B. Swinton (page images at HathiTrust)
By-laws of the Brooklyn chess club, embracing laws of chess. Adopted October 16, 1858. (T.W. Strong, printer, 1858), by Brooklyn Chess Club (page images at HathiTrust)
Handbuch des Schachspiels von P.R. von Bilguer (v.d. hasa). (W. de Gruyter & Co., etc., 1922), by P Bilguer and Carl Schlecter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Kurzgefasste Anleitung zur Selbsterlernung des Schachspiels in wenigen Stunden. Zusammengestellt aus besten Quellen von einem alten Schachspieler. (C.A. Wagner, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
The history and analysis of the supposed automaton chess player of M. de Kempelen, now exhibiting in this country by Mr. Maelzel; with lithographic figures, illustrative of the probable method by which its motions are directed. (Hilliard, Gray, 1826), by Gamaliel Bradford (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Schachfreund : für Anfänger und Vorgeschrittene im Schachspiel eine belehrende Unterhaltung (Heidelberger Verlagsanstalt und Drukerei Theodor Berkenbusch, 1913), by Simon Z. Alapin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A handbook of chess, part II (Whitehead and Miller, 1904), by W. Chinn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Die Schachpartie; leichtfasslicher Katechismus die Schachspielkunst nach neuer Methode schnell (W. de Gruyter & co., 1920), by Franz Gutmayer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Miscellanea recreativa. (Graphica Sauer, de F.H. Sauer, 1912), by F. Mendes de Moraes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Samuel Rzeschewski das Schachwunderkind. (B. Kagan, 1920), by Samuel Rzeschewski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Teoretisk och praktisk lärobok i schackspelet för nybörjare och mera försigkomna, jemte inledning ill problemkonsten (O.L. Lamm, 1885), by Johannes Minckwitz and Robert Sahlberg (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess its theory and practice. (Chatto & Windus, 1890), by Howard Staunton and Robert B. Wormald (page images at HathiTrust)
Staunton's chess-player's handbook; to which have been added the chief variations from his Chess praxis, and many recent analyses and examples of modern master-play (G. Bell & sons, ltd., 1915), by Howard Staunton, E. H. Bermingham, R. F. Green, and R. F. Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess (G. Bell, 1912), by R. F. Green (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess traps and stratagems (G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1915), by E. E. Cunnington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Theorie und Praxis im Schachspiel. (O.Drewitz, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess masterpieces (Simon and Schuster, 1928), by Frank James Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
Knížky o hře šachové. (Nákl. Matice české, 1879), by Ferdinand Menčik and Jacobus de Cessolis (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionnaire de jeux mathématiques, contenant l'analyse, les recherches, les calculs, les probabilitiés & les tables numériques, publiés par plusieurs célèbres mathématiciens, relativement aux jeux de hasard & de combinaisons; et suite du Dictionnaire des jeux. (H. Agasse, an VII, 1799) (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess for beginners. (Capitol Pub. Co., 1950), by I. A. Horowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess openings ancient and modern : revised and corrected up to the present time from the best authorities (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1910), by E. Freeborough and Charles Edward Ranken (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
One thousand one winning chess sacrifices and combinations (North Hollywood, CA : Wilshire Book Co., ©1955., 1955), by Fred Reinfeld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The chess digest : containing the opening moves of over fifteen thousand games systematically arranged under the various openings, practically including all games played in the leading tournaments and matches from the year 1850 to 1901 : together with names of players and references to all the tournament books and periodicals in which the games have been reported (Patterson & White, 1901), by Mordecai Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess and checkers : the way to mastership (D. Appleton and Co., 1928), by Edward Lasker (page images at HathiTrust)
Gra w szachy wyłożona na mistrzowskich partjach Anderssena, Morphy'ego ... [et al.] (Nakładem Księgarni Adolfa Kowalskiego, 1878), by August Helcin (page images at HathiTrust)
Fourth book of chess: how to play the black pieces. (Sterling Pub. Co., 1955), by Fred Reinfeld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
[Chess : a collection of Russian-language books]. (1958) (page images at HathiTrust)
The philosophy of Chess (Whittaker and Co., 1857), by William Cluley (page images at HathiTrust)
Gioachino Greco on the game of chess (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819), by Gioachino Greco and William Lewis (page images at HathiTrust)
Chess history and reminiscences (Dean & son, 1893), by H. E. Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
Il givoco de gli scacchi, ridotto in poema eroico, sotto proso pope a di dve potenti rè & de gli eserciti loro, diletteuolissimo, & erudito ... (Perin, e G. Greco, 1607), by Gregorio Ducchi (page images at HathiTrust)
Šachy : methodická učebnice praktické hry (V Praže : Šolc a Šimáček, 1924., 1924), by Karel Zmatlík and Ústřední jednota československých šachistů (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Mis mejores partidas 1908-1923 (Afrodisio Aguado, 1924), by Alexander Alekhine (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A catalogue of rare and valuable works relating to the history and theory of the game of chess, being the greater portion of the famous library formed by J. W. Rimington-Wilson, and maintained and added to by his son R. H. Rimington-Wilson, with some additions from other sources. Offered at the net prices affixed ([Strangeways and sons, printers], 1929), by Bernard Quaritch (Firm), Reginald Henry Rimington Rimington-Wilson, and J. W. Rimington Wilson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Chess Generalship, Vol. I. Grand Reconnaissance, by Franklin K.‏ Young (Gutenberg ebook)
Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters: Also, Miseries of Fishing, by Richard Penn (Gutenberg ebook)
The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion, by Frederick Milnes Edge (Gutenberg ebook)
Chess Fundamentals, by José Raúl Capablanca (Gutenberg ebook)
Szachy i Warcaby: Droga do mistrzostwa (in Polish), by Edward Lasker, trans. by Wojciech Oziminski (Gutenberg ebook)

More items available under narrower terms.

Help with reading books -- Report a bad link -- Suggest a new listing

Home -- Search -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials

Books -- News -- Features -- Archives -- The Inside Story

Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu)
OBP copyrights and licenses.