Chess Strategetics

6W Franklin K. Young. Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1904. 

Notes

Chess Strategetics Illustrated: Military Art and Science Adapted to the Chessboard is an ambitious and unconventional study of chess by American author Franklin Knowles Young. Seeking to establish chess as a scientific representation of military warfare, Young applies the principles of battlefield strategy, tactics, logistics, and military organization to the movements of pieces across the chessboard. Drawing upon the theories of military strategists and historical battles, particularly the Napoleonic campaigns, he develops an elaborate system of chess analysis supported by numerous diagrams and examples from the games of celebrated American chess master Paul Morphy. Rather than presenting chess simply as a game of calculated moves, Young approaches it as a miniature battlefield governed by the same strategic principles as actual warfare.

Young's highly technical terminology and elaborate theories made his work both distinctive and controversial within the chess community. His attempts to translate military science directly into chess strategy attracted criticism for their complexity and sometimes impractical conclusions, yet they also distinguished him as one of the more eccentric thinkers in early chess literature. 

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Red cloth binging with chessboard in black, white, and gilt to upper board. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. Gilt top edge. Deckled fore and bottom edge. Illustrated. Corners bumped and head and foot of spine softened. Fine condition.