A note to the reader


As of today the Chess History Center website appears in a new and more streamlined format. The research center is discontinued, as is the specific link collection and a few other rarely visited parts of the site. We are grateful to all those who have contributed over the years to chess historical research within these pages and hope that you will keep returning in the future. For specific inquiries write to the webmaster@chesshistory.com. But please note that we don't know when, where, why and by whom chess was invented.

Richard Forster
7 June 2005.