• "The Morals of Chess" is an essay on chess by the American intellectual Benjamin Franklin, which was first published in the Columbian Magazine in December...
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    playing chess. In 1791 the popular chess book Morals of Chess by Benjamin Franklin was translated into Russian and published in the country. Chess enjoys...
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    chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess...
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    1736) was the son of Founding Father of the United States Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read. In 1736, four-year-old Francis contracted the smallpox virus...
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  • Stamma, the Calabrois, &c, to which are Added, Caissa, a Poem, by Sir William Jones, the Morals of Chess, by Dr. Franklin, &c". 1817. "Knavish Chess on chessvariants...
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    article The morals of chess, advocated such a view, saying: The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind...
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    letter under the door of his brother's printing shop. A total of 14 letters were sent. The first letter began: Sir, It may not be possible in the first Place...
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  • avid player, his essay on "The Morals of Chess" in Columbian Magazine, in December 1786 is the second known writing on chess in America and has been widely...
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    Richard Bache (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Revolution)
    Postmaster-General of the American Post Office. He also was the son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin. Bache was born on September 12, 1737, in Settle, West Riding of Yorkshire...
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    Chess endgame literature – Chess libraries The Morals of Chess, by Benjamin Franklin Battle Chess Chessmaster Fritz A History of Chess Basic Chess Endings...
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