chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

AI-GEBRAIC NOTATION 9
,ct ro be discolered. his book is a renarkable
conpilatio! which gives a Iair rcprcscntation olihe
developmen! oflhc opcDnrgs. It was published in
Parh (1837) and conrained an inlroduction in En
glnh, French. Gernan,.nd llalirn. He uscdsrAN-
D^iD NoraroN and i.hoduccd thc castliDe synl
He then sertled in l-ondon i.r thc rc$ of his
days. gavc Ocman lessons, opened another
unsuccesstuI che$ club, and wtate fhe B(aulilr ol
Cr6s (1816). It coniains 1,884 problems.nd 116
endgrnes. lhe Inst hrge conpilation of its kind,
hul itwas carclcssly made. The acceleralingplce oI
chanse Gee rrcuLtM EfroRr) soon made lh.
.olle.rbn l,nk ontof dire whilens hktoricalvalue
islinned bec.use sources arc noi quotcd. Alexan
dre didror marh up io thc ercatest manersbut he
platldalair gamc in the aitackingslyleolbis dBe.
and su.cesstully eave odds ro se.k play.rs
Alerandrc NN (rcnon whiie\ queen\ rook)
lele5 2rld5:rexd5Qxd5 {NcrOe6 -{Nfl elf4+ 6
K:Ber 7d4g5,lBb5+.6 9RelOh6 10ts.4N16 1l
QclNgl+ LzXEI Q{6 l3 d5Rd7 tlNcl Qh6 15 d6
ts l x, Nl6+ Kd8 17 Oe8+ Bxe,i 18 RxeN mat.
ALI'tl-, a Enropean name lor tbe piece knoNn lo
playeB ol ssArtuNr as a E1. a 2,2. (v8) LEApER;
aho knosn as an AUrrN.
ALFONSO MS. An importanr hisrodcal sour.e oI
inlormalion aboul chess and otber indoor direr
sions. this beaurilully illusrrnted nanuscrifr ol98
leales sas comflctcd in 1283 b], ordcr of Allonso
thc Wisc (122i 8l), King ol Castile and Le6d
1251 8.1 The fr61 oi rven pdrs (li. 164b) is
.levoted wholly to chesslndconiains 103 problcnrs
both Arahic (uA\suBAr) and European. Tbe
fourth pa (ft. 8la+5b) contrins 14 rArRr pRoB
rEMs and desciptions oise!eral unorthodox ea.rcs
including lorms of(iRrAr cHEss and i,!sr-.!ruRE
chc$.'l\. significant departures lrom the hws ol
sHArxAN' are nored tbe queen s leaP (Previouny
mentioned byEzu) {nd thepawn\ doublc nrovc.
Pilar Garcia Morc.cos, Lbl,leAiedrez Dddos!
Tdbhto d? Alfansa x elSabio (r9r7) conshts or58
pages wnh Spanish rexl and 20 colou. reproduc
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