The Cox-Forbes theory is a theory on the evolution of chess put forward by Captain Hiram Cox and extended by Professor Duncan Forbes.
The theory states that a four-handed dice-chess game was played in India in approximately 3000 BC; due to the results of certain rules or the difficulty in getting enough players the game evolved into a two-handed game. Due to religious and legal objections to gambling the dice were dropped from the game, making it a game purely of skill.
In chess, each player has one of two equivalent sets of pieces (each a different color) at the beginning of the game. Each set has six types of pieces, each with its own pattern of movement:
The Opera Game is a famous chess game played in 1858 between an American Paul Morphy and a German and French aristocrat (Karl, Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard), playing together.
The Frenchmen invited Morphy to the Paris Opera, then asking him to join them in a chess game. The Duke and the Count (playing black) were allowed to consult each other during play.
Due to mergers and acqusitions in recent years there are only two chess libraries of major signicance and only a few other specialist collections. They are,
The John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection at Cleveland Public Library.
Teaching and playing the game of chess has often been advocated as a form of mental training.
Due to mergers and acqusitions in recent years there are only two chess libraries of major signicance and only a few other specialist collections. They are,
