"Playing at Chess is the most ancient and the most universal game
among men, for its original is beyond the memory of history."
Benjamin Franklin penned these words as an introduction to his
famous essay "The Morals of Chess." Franklin's approach to the game
was in distinct contrast to his predecessors, who seriously
advocated all the subtle treacheries of the art of poor
sportsmanship with the sole end of attaining victory. To Franklin,
however, the game of chess was not mere idle amusement but a sport
reflective of life itself-"for life is a kind of chess, in which we
have often points to gain and competitors or adversaries to contend
with"-which requires the utilization of all the finest mental and
moral qualities of which man is capable. This volume reproduces
Franklin's celebrated essay and includes an analysis of everything
Franklin ever had to say about chess. The second part of the book
contains an extensive bibliography of chess in America to the year
1859. The two sections of the volume combine to form an essential
sourcebook for the historian of American chess.
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