The Oxford Companion to Chess, compiled by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, is an academic reference work covering chess history, players, openings and terminology, used throughout this atlas for chess championship history and other chess reference facts.
Facts
AuthorDavid Hooper and Kenneth Whyld
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year1992
Source Typeacademic-monograph
Reliability Tier2
Sources
The Oxford Companion to Chess
David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, Oxford University Press, 1992
Claims Backed By This Source (27 claims)
This source backs 27 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Competitions, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Athletes, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Games, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
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