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1841 CHESS New Treatise by George Walker Games Strategy
1841 CHESS New Treatise by George Walker Games Strategy
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1841 CHESS New Treatise by George Walker Games Strategy Rules Checkmate Guide



George Walker was an English music publisher, author and chess organizer who founded clubs, magazines in England. He started the Westminster Chess Club and St Georges and wrote a chess column in The Lancet in Bell's Life in London. Walker breaks down his book, ‘A New Treatise on Chess’ into the component parts:

Description of the chessmen

Technical terms

Remarks and values of the pieces

Instructions for beginners

Laws of chess adopted by the London Chess Club

Introductory game with explanatory notes to every move

Discussion of the openings

Checkmates, drawn games and various endings

52 Critical situations and problems, taken from actual play with the first twelve by Walker.



This 1841 edition includes a bibliographical catalogue of printed books and writers on chess up to the present time in the appendix and contains numerous black and white diagrams and illustrations throughout!



Item number: #9556

Price: $299



WALKER, George



A new treatise on chess



London: Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, 1841.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xvi, 296, 24

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 12cm)



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