Schafroth explores the historical development of the game of chess, and chess pieces as both art forms and reflections of the cultures which produced them. The

"The beauty of a game of chess is usually appraised, and with good reason, according to the sacrifices it contains. On principle we incline to rate a sacrificia

The Art of the Game of Chess is the first English translation of Fr. Ruy López’s 1561 book about chess, Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del a