The Origin of the Checkers and Modern Chess Game. Volume I - Govert Westerveld - Bog

This book at this moment is one of the most profound, rigorous and well-documented investigations ever into the
history of draughts or chess. In this monumental work, around one thousand books dealing with history, bibliography, technical treatises, literature, general culture, etc. were carefully studied and referenced.

The intersection between the games of chess
and draughts was much greater than was first
thought, as the present research demonstrates.
And as could not be otherwise: with the work
and cooperation of one of the all-time great
figures of the history of draughts and a chess
historian specialized in the medieval and renaissance
period and technical bibliography, everything
would out. Indeed, a solid foundation on
which to accommodate a truth that had so
fiercely resisted the light of day. If this were not
the case, without this team work, a lot, and
maybe too much, time would have gone by until
everything would have finally settled into its
rightful place.