AN

EASY INTRODUCTION

ΤΟ

THE GAME OF CHESS.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

EASY INTRODUCTION

ΤΟ

THE GAME OF CHESS;

CONTAINING

ONE HUNDRED EXAMPLES OF GAMES,

AND A GREAT VARIETY OF

CRITICAL SITUATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS;

INCLUDING

THE WHOLE OF PHILIDOR'S ANALYSIS,
With COPIOUS SELECTIONS from STAMMA, the CALABROIS, &C.
Arranged on a New Plan,

WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR LEARNERS,

rendering a Complete Knowledge of that Scientific Game
perfectly easy of Attainment.

TO WHICH Are added,

CAISSA: a Poem, by Sir William Jones;
THE MORALS OF CHESS, by Dr. Franklin;
CHESS AND WHIST COMPARED ;
ANECDOTES respecting CHESS and CHESS-PLAYERS,
&c. &c.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR DAVID OGILVY AND SON, HOLBORN;
AND VERNOR, HOOD, AND SHARPE, POULTRY.