Chess in Old Russia

The history of chess in Old Russia conceals many puzzles. From where did this game come to Russia, from the East or West? When did it make its first appearance among the Hystorical Sciences, I. M. Linder, answers these and many other questions. 
This second edition, appearing eleven years after the first, has been considerably revised and supplemented with material from the most recent archeological discoveries. First, a revised typology of eleventh - to seventeenth - century chess is put forth. Then the problem of the origins of chess, and questions concerning mutual ties between Old Russian chess culture and that of nighboring Slavic states are illuminated ina new manner.

Illustrative material has been increased.

I. Where did Chess come from ? 
- The origins of Chess 
- Centuries and terms 
- When did Chess come to Old Russia ? 

II. The Chess Culture of Old Russia 
- History told by chess pieces 
- Eastern and later symbolism 
- Chess pieces with "little faces" 

III. Despite Prohibitions 
- By the canons of the Byzantine Church 
- The Chess of Lord Novgorod the Great 
- Turned on a Lathe 

IV. Through the prism of Byliny  
- From the Distance of Kievan Times 
- The three Game Match 

V. From Moscow to Mangazeia 
- Rereading the Armoury Parchment Scrolls 
- The Omnipotent Queen 

VI. Russian Chess in the Eighteenth Century 
- At the Petrine Assemblies - Chess Circles with Peter the Great 
- Skillful craftsmen of Tula and St. Petersburg 
- Great Chess Masters of the Past (Jänisch, Petrov, Chigorin, Urusov) 

• Code 8350
• Pagine 192
• Isbn 3857769661