The Origin of the Checkers and Modern Chess Game. Volume IThis book at this moment is one of the most profound, rigorous and well documented investigations ever into the history of draughts or chess. In this monumental work, around one thousand books dealing with history, bibliography, technical treatises, literature, general culture, etc. were carefully studied and referenced. The intersection between the games of chess and draughts was much greater than was first thought, as the present research