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The book of the first American Chess Congress : containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage held in New York in the year 1857 : with the papers read in its sessions, the games played in the grand tournament and the stratagems entered in the problem tournay : together with sketches of the history of chess in the old and new worlds / by Daniel Willard Fiske.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- American Chess Congress (1st : 1857 : New York, N.Y.)
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chess--Tournaments, 1857.
- Chess.
- Chess--Tournaments--New York (State)--New York.
- Chess--Collections of games.
- Chess--United States--History.
- Chess problems.
- American Chess Congress--(1st : 1857 : New York, N.Y.).
- American Chess Congress.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (563, [4], 6, [2] p. ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Book of the first American Chess Congress
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1859 (R. Craighead, stereotyper and electrotyper)
- Notes:
- Title-vignette.
- Includes indexes.
- Publisher's advertising: [3] p., 2nd count; 6 p., 3rd count; [2] p., 4th count.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 24544.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 11
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