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Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- The Diffusion Of Shatranj -- Medieval Chess -- The Birth Of Modern Chess -- ch. 1 The First Sources -- A.Scachs D'amor -- B.Le Jeu Des Eschés De La Dame, Moralisé -- ch. 2 Lucena -- Rules -- Openings -- The Problem Section -- The Background Of Lucen...

Contents note continued: ch. 9 The "Elegance" Manuscripts -- A.The Elegantia -- B.The Regole -- C.The Riccardiana -- D.Comparing The Documents -- Rules -- Openings -- The Elegantia And The Regole -- The Italian Manuscripts And The Riccardiana -- Conclusion -- ch. 10 Printed Works Of The López-Compl...

Contents note continued: The Problem Section -- Conclusion -- ch. 17 Anonymous Works Of The Polerio-Complex -- A.The Doazan Manuscript -- Transcriptions -- Contents -- Rules -- Openings -- The Problem Section -- Contemporaries -- Conclusion -- B.The Boncompagno Manuscript No. 3 -- Rules -- Openings...

Contents note continued: Conclusion -- ch. 23 From The King's Leap To Castling -- The King's Leap -- Castling -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Evaluation -- Miscellanies -- Aftermath Of The Classical Era -- Appendix A. Problem Sections -- i.Lucena's ppoblem J. 11V1 -- ii.Concardance of Problem Sections...