Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History - Sunil Weeramantry - Bog

Take a wide-ranging journey from ancient India, through the palaces of medieval and Renaissance Europe, to the cafés of the Enlightenment and the dawn of the Industrial Age. Rogues and champions, tragic as well as inspirational human stories, all serve as the backdrop for illustrative games and exercises of increasing complexity highlighting their discoveries and inviting the student to grasp the potential of chess to fascinate.