Jean-Louis Cazaux of Toulouse, France is a prolific author on chess and chess history. A scientist by profession, his breadth of knowledge and careful research bring chess history to its highest level.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deletevi

Introduction

Chess of the World delete2 delete/ deleteAbout This Book

Part I.¿Chess of the Arabian Nights

¿1.¿Shatranj delete8

¿2.¿Muslim Chess Variants delete21

¿3.¿Timur's Great Chess

¿4.¿Shatar

Part II.¿Chess in the Land of Monsoons

¿5.¿Chaturanga delete47

¿6.¿Chaturaji delete59

¿7.¿Large and Giant Indian Chess delete64

¿8.¿Ouk and Makruk

¿9.¿­Sit-Tu-Yin

¿10.¿Catur delete93

Part III.¿Gunpowder on the Chinese Board

11. Xiangqi delete98

12. Janggi delete109

13. Qiguo Xiangxi delete116

14. Sanguo Qi

15. Banqi

16. Doushouqi

17. Luzhanqi

Part IV.¿Generals and Mercenaries of the Rising Sun

18.¿Shogi delete143

19.¿Chu Shogi and Dai Shogi delete154

20.¿Tenjiku Shogi delete163 delete delete

21.¿Giant Shogis delete167

22.¿Wa Shogi delete177

23.¿Tori Shogi

24.¿Dobutsu Shogi (Let's Catch the Lion!)

25.¿Ko Shogi

26.¿Taikyoku Shogi

Part V.¿Evolution and Revolution in Europe

27.¿Medieval Chess delete199

28.¿Rithmomachy delete211

29.¿King Alfonso's Games delete223

30.¿Courier Chess

31.¿Gala

32.¿European Chess

Part VI.¿Chess Out of the Box

33.¿Knighted Chess Variants delete251

34.¿Fairy Pieces on Board delete265

35.¿Chess and War delete280

36.¿Round Chess delete284

37.¿Hexagonal Chess delete288

38.¿­Four-Player Chess

39.¿­Three-Player Chess

40.¿3-D Chess

41.¿Extraterrestrial Chess

42.¿Chess960

Part VII. The Origins of Chess

43.¿Legends of the Creation delete327

44.¿The Modern Search Begins delete330 delete delete

45.¿Approaching the Question from Several Angles

Timeline

Notes

Bibliography

Index