A History of Chess, first published in 1913 by the British scholar H.J.R. Murray, remains the foundational academic study of chess origins and its spread from India through Persia and the Islamic world into medieval Europe. Later scholarship has revised some of its specific claims, but its core account of the game lineage is still the standard reference historians of chess work from or against.
Facts
AuthorH.J.R. Murray
PublisherClarendon Press, Oxford
Publication Year1913
Source Typeacademic-monograph
Reliability Tier2
Sources
A History of Chess
H.J.R. Murray, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1913
Claims Backed By This Source (36 claims)
This source backs 36 claims across the atlas. As facts: 25 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Games, 30 claims: 19 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 6 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
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