My copy was published in 1893 and the author's preface was written in 1847, so it may be tricky to find a copy of this book now. Its value may be more historical interest or possibly financial, rather than as a guide to chess theory. It starts with an explanation of the rules of chess and then turns to the openings, starting with the King's Knight openings, then King's Bishop openings, King's, Gambit, Queen's Gambit and then it looks at end game combinations. I have seen players who lacked any theoretical knowledge suddenly gain an appreciation of the ideas of chess (which can't be gleaned from the rules) from this book but, quite frankly, it is more of a curio than a useful font of wisdom nowadays.
Wednesday 5 September 2007
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