This historical work presents a concise record of the evolution of chess. The book covers
everything from the ancient roots of the game starting from India Persia (Iraq) and China to
the 1880s including mentions in the poetry of the Middle Ages. The book's author H.E. Bird
was an extraordinary chess player with an opening named for him and was also considered a
historian of chess origins. In this work he delivered authentic information about chess from
his 19th Century point of view. Bird precisely tracks the changes in the game into the final
modifications in the mid 15th century and then looks at the rise of interest in chess in
England. He also provides some valuable insights about Phiidor LaBourdonnais and many other
chief personalities in chess from the middle to late 1800s. This well-written account of the
history of chess holds the attention of every reader throughout and is of special interest to
all chess enthusiasts.
