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Great chess books, beautifully rebuilt

Classic chess writing—free to read, carefully restored and credited, with source-faithful notation and interactive boards only where verified.

Free, carefully restored editions
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EN16 sections15 interactive

Chess History and Reminiscences

A prose history, personal chronicle, and portrait of nineteenth-century chess

H. E. Bird

Public-domain edition · Free to read

EN16 sections223 interactive

A Concise and Easy Introduction to the Game

Howard Staunton

Public-domain edition · Free to read

EN18 sections

A contemporary chronicle of Morphy’s European campaign, chess clubs, players, and controversies

Frederick Milnes Edge

Public-domain edition · Free to read