The Chess and Games Library

Relevant Papers

This page aims at presenting relevant papers for Chess history. As it is sometimes important to understand Chess in relation with other games, important papers dealing with other related games are also presented.

The goal is to offer a space here for all interested individuals who will be able to easily reach the most advanced and important information on the domain.

Authors (any language) are welcome to send me their papers they would like to see appearing here.

The original Spanish text of Alfonso X's Book of Games (Libro de los juegos) (composed by Sonja Musser)
A true historical gem: a paper from the great historian, H.G.R. Murray providing additional comments to his monumental History of Chess (1913):
New Light On The History Of Chess (Murray 1915)

(Adams 1999): Colin Adams, The Struggle for Survival, an e-book introducing Tenjiku Shogi. Also available (with additions) here.
(2001-Alemany): Agusti Alemani, Caturañga: armas de guerra en el mundo indio, perso y helenístico, Monografies Eridu 1: 363-370, 2001.
(Banaschak 1997): Peter Banaschak, Facts on the origin of Chinese chess (Xiangqi), 4th Symposium of the Initiative Gruppe Königstein, Wiesbaden, August 1997.
(1999a-Banaschak): Peter Banaschak, Chess Historians and their Definitions of Chess, Working-Papers, Förderkreis Schach-Geschichtsforschung ISBN 3-934474-07-1, June1999.
(Banaschak 1999): Peter Banaschak, Early East Asian Chess Pieces: An overview, PB's Homepage, August 1999.
(1999b-Banaschak): Peter Banaschak, Chinese-Western contacts and chess, 5th Symposium of the InitiativGruppe Königstein, Hamburg, November 1999.

(Banaschak 2000): Peter Banaschak, On the History of Chû Shôgi, The Chu Shogi Library, 2000.
(Berger 2004-1, Berger 2004-2): Friedrich Berger, From circle and square to the image of the World: a possible interpretation for some petroglyphs of merels boards, Rock Art Research 2004 - Volume 21, Number 1, pp. 11-25.
(Bhatta 1995): C. Panduranga Bhatta, Antiquity of Indian Board Games - A New Approach, New Approaches to Board Games Research, Asian Origin and Future Perspective, IIAS Working Papers Series 3, Leiden, 1995.
(Bock-Raming 1995): Andreas Bock-Raming, The Varieties of Indian Chess Through The Ages, Asiatische Studien - Etudes Asiatiques, XLIX 2, 1995.
(Bock-Raming 1995): Andreas Bock-Raming, The Literary Sources of Indian Chess And Related Board Games, New Approaches to Board Games Research, Asian Origin and Future Perspective, IIAS Working Papers Series 3, Leiden, 1995.
(Bock-Raming 1999): Andreas Bock-Raming, The Gaming Board in Indian Chess and Related Board Games: a terminological investigation, Board Games Studies 2, 1999.
(Bock-Raming 2001): Andreas Bock-Raming, Das 8. Kapitel des Hariharacaturanga: ein spätmittelalterlicher Sanskrittext über eine Form des "Großen Schachs". Annotierte Übersetzung und Interpretation, Board Games Studies 4, 2001.
(2013-Bock-Raming): Andreas Bock-Raming, Between Tradition and Modernity: A Reassessment of the Vilāsamanimañjarī , Colloque "Jeux indiens et originaires d'Inde", Europalia India, H.E.B., Bruxelles, December 2013.
(Boutin-Parlebas 1999): Michel Boutin & Pierre Parlebas, La Métromachie ou la bataille géométrique, Board Games Studies 2, 1999.
(2012-Boutin): Michel Boutin, Histoire d'un jeu particulier: Stratego. Les jeux de pions et l’education. Les apports de la classification formelle des jeux., Art et Savoir de l'Inde, Vol.2, ed. Michel Van Langendonckt, Brussels: Les Editions HEB (2015), 2012
(Brown 1964): Norman Brown, The Indian Games of Pachisi, Chaupar and Chausar, Expedition 6, Spring, pp32-35.
(1994-Buryakov): Yuriy Buryakov, Zur Bestimmung und Datierung einiger der ältesten Schachfiguren (Der Fund von Afrasiab (Samarkand)), AntikeWelt 1 25, 1994. (with very nice photographs)

(Buryakov 2000): Yuriy Buryakov, Chess in Ancient Afrasiab, Journal of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, San'at 4/2000.
(1996-Calvo): Ricardo Calvo, Some Facts to Think About, The Origin of Chess, on Goddechess website, 1996. Also available here.
(Calvo-Vicent): Ricardo Calvo, Vicent y su misterioso libro de 1495, from Goddechess website, Date non recorded.
(Calvo 1998): Ricardo Calvo, Valencia Spain: The Cradle of European Chess, CCI Conference, Vienna, Austria, May 1998.
(Calvo 2001): Ricardo Calvo, The Oldest Chess Pieces in Europe, IGK Conference, Amsterdam, December 2001.
(2007-Calvo -Romeo): Ricardo Calvo and Maria Carmen Romeo, Love, Chess and Literature in Lucena. An Unnoticed Precedent of "La Celestina", a very large draft (116p) obtained from Goddechess, 2007. A remarkable work!
(Calvo-Lucena): Ricardo Calvo, Love, Chess and Literature in Lucena. An Unnoticed Precedent of "La Celestina", contribution to, from Goddechess website, Date non recorded. Also available here.
(1925-Caso): Alfonso Caso, Un antiguo juego mexicano: el Patolli, Revista de Revistas, número 774.8, March 1925; also in: El Mexico Antiguo, 1929.
(2007-Cassano-a): Roberto Cassano, I 4 antichi pezzi degli scacchi del Museo Civico di Albano, Italia Scacchistica 1193, June 2007. (with very nice photographs)
(2007-Cassano-b): Roberto Cassano, La sala delle scacchiere nel Palazzo dei Papi di Anagni, Italia Scacchistica 1191, 2007.
(2018-Cassano): Roberto Cassano, I pezzi Shatranj in Italia forme astratte per più di mezzo millennio, ?, 2018.
(Daryaee), Touraj Daryaee, The Games of Chess and Backgammon in Sasanian Persia, date and place of publication unknown. Also available here.
(2010-Daryaee), Touraj Daryaee, On the Explanation of Chess and Backgammon. Abar Wizärisn i Catrang ud Nihisn New-Ardaxsir, Persian Text Series of Late Antiquity, Vol.1, 2010. (Book available on the Internet, ed. 2016).
(DongLi 2002): Dong Li, Suspicions regarding what are alleged to be Sui Dynasty glass and agate Weiqi Chess piece, China Archaelogy and Art Digest, Vol.4 Number 4, April-May 2002.
(2016-Duggan): Eddie Duggan, Strange Games: Some Iron Age examples of a four-player board game? Proceedings of the XVII Annual Colloquium of the International Board Game Studies Association. UCS Ipswich 21-24 May 2014.
(DunnVenturi 2006): Ann Dunn-Venturi, Ulrich Schädler, Nouvelles perspectives sur les jeux à la lumière de plateaux du Kerman, Iranica Antiqua, Vol. XLI, 2006.
(Eder 2007): Manfred Eder, Early Terracottas from Kanauj: Chessmen? Chapter II - Half an Answer and More Questions, Proceedings of the 19th Meeting of the European Association of South Asian Archaeology, Ravenna, Italy, July 2007.
(1994-Eder): Manfred Eder, Die Schachfiguren aus Afrasiab (Fragen an die Wissenschaft zur Deutung, Zeitstellung und Ikonographie), AntikeWelt 1 25, 1994. (with very nice photographs)

(Eder 2020): Manfred Eder, Five Chessmen made of Stone - Slate from Gandhara? - and their familiarity with the Finds from Afrasiab, Arbeitspapiere / Working-Papers, Mission Kannauj 2020, A Collection of Papers and Contributions for the Chess-Historic Meeting, February 27th and 28th, 2020, at the New Government Archaeological Museum, Kannauj U.P. India. Edited on behalf of FSG. See also here.
(Ellinghoven 2003): Bernd Ellinghoven, Christine Gruber, Kambodschach, Work in Progress zur Geschichte des Schachspiel in Kambodscha, in Kambodschanische Kultur, Heft 8, Berlin 2003.
(Fairbairn 1980): John Fairbairn, Shogi history and the variants, Shogi Magazine, n°27, September 1980.
(Ferlito 1994), Gianfelice Ferlito, Old Islamic Chessmen. Historical, religious and artistic considerations about their shape and design, pp81-89 in Homo Ludens Der spielende Mensch IV, band 4,1994, München-Salzburg.
(Ferlito-Sanvito 1990), Gianfelice Ferlito - Alessandro Sanvito, Origins of Chess, Protochess, 400 B.C. to 400 A.D, The Pergamon Chess Monthly September 1990 Volume 55 No. 6.
(Gamer 1954), Helena M. Gamer, The Earliest Evidence of Chess in Western Literature: The Einsiedeln Verses, Speculum, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct., 1954), pp. 734-750
(2014-Garzon), José A. Garzón, La búsqueda del Santo Grial del Ajedrez, PASIONES BIBLIOGRÁFICAS, Societat Bibliogràfica Valenciana Jerònima Galés. València, 20 de novembre de 2014.
(Goret 1999): Jean-François Goret, Catherine Homo-Lechner et François Poplin, Une pièce d'échecs en ivoire convertie en sifflet provenant de Château-Thierry (Aisne), Revue archéologique de Picardie. N°3-4, 1999. pp. 199-202.
(Gunter1991): Ann C. Gunter, Art from Wisdom : The Invention of Chess and Backgammon, Asian Art, Winter 1991.
(Horn-Voogt 2008): Fred Horn and Alex Voogt, The Development and Dispersal of L'Attaque Games, Proceedings of Board Game Studies Colloquium XI, Lisbon, 2008, pp. 43-52.
(2011-Jakl), Jiri Jakl, Yudhiṣṭhira the chessplayer? Caturaṅga game of the Old Javanese Wirāṭāparwa, expanded version of a paper prepared for the 14th Colloquium of Board Games Studies held in Brugge, Belgium, between 4th -7th May 2011

(Josten 1998): Gerhard Josten, The End of Colonialism in Chess, originally published in German for the 8th congress of the Chess Collectors International (CCI), Vienna, 1998. (Josten 2001): Gerhard Josten, Chess - A Living Fossil, Also in The Anatomy of Chess, Tübinger Beiträge zum Thema Schach Band 8, Pfullingen, Promos-Verlag, 2003.
(Josten 2005): Gerhard Josten, Einige Fragen an die Indologen zu Bana, Okkasioneller Rundbrief 28, 2005.
(2009-Knowlton), Rick Knowlton, Courier Chess, The Chess Collector. Vol XVIII No1. 2009.
(Kraaijeveld 2000): Alex R. Kraaijeveld, Origin of Chess A Phylogenetic Perspective, Board Games Studies 3, 2000.
(Kruk 2001): Remke Kruk, Of Rukhs and Rooks, Camels and Castles, Oriens, Volume 36, pp288-298, Brill, Leiden 2001.
(Lawrence 2014): David Lawrence, A pictish origin for Hnefatafl?, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 8, pp 73-79, 2014.
(Leventhal 1978): Dennis A. Leventhal, The Chess of China, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China: Mei Ya, 1978. A compilation of selected excerpts mirrored from here.
(Lhote 2002): Jean-Marie Lhôte, Martin Le Franc et la dame enragée, Board Games Studies 5, 2002.
(Lilleören 2011): Morten Lilleören, The Lewis Chessmen on a Fantasy Island, websites of ChessBase and the Chess Cafe, 2011.
(Lilleören 2012): Morten Lilleören, The Lewis Chessmen were never anywhere near Iceland!, followed by (Lilleören 2012-2), The Lewis Chessmen - A Final Remark, websites of ChessBase and the Chess Cafe, 2011.
(Lo-Wang 2004): Andrew Lo and Tzi-Cheng Wang, "The Earthworms Tame the Dragon": The Game of Xiangqi, in Asian Games, The Art of Contest, Asia Society, 2004.
(Makariou 2005): Sophie Makariou, Le jeu d'échecs, une pratique de l'aristocratie entre l'islam et chrétienté des IXe-XIIIe siècles, Les Cahiers de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, XXXVI, 2005.
(Mark 2007): Michael Mark, The Beginning of Chess, in "Ancient Board Games in perspective" (Edited by I.L.Finkel), British Museum Press, London, 2007. (See also my critical review).
(Markov 2015): Georgi Markov, Russian four-handed chess: myths and misconceptions, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 9, pp 41-49, 2015.
(Markov 2017): Georgi Markov, A note on chess in 19th century Turkestan, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 11, pp 73-82, 2017.
(Markov 2019): Georgi Markov, A game that never was: Verney’s duodecimal chess, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 13, pp 15-20, 2019.
(Markov 2020): Georgi Markov and Stefan Härtel, Turkish Great Chess and Chinese Whispers: Misadventures of a Chess Variant, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 14, pp 43-60, 2020.
(Masukawa 1994): Koichi Masukawa, The Origin of Japanese Chess, Variant Chess 15, Oct-Dec 1994.
(Masukawa 2004): Koichi Masukawa, Shogi: Japan's game of the Generals, in Asian Games, The Art of Contest, Asia Society, 2004.
(Mebben 1999): Peter Mebben, Die Arithmomachia des Abraham Ries und weitere neuzeitliche Überlieferungen der Rithmomachie, Board Games Studies 2, 1999.
(Needham 1962): Joseph Needham, The Magnet, Divination and Chess, in Science and Civilisation in China: Physics and Physical Technology, Part I: Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1962.
(2003-Panaino): Antonio Panaino, Hashtpây, Encyclopaedia Iranica, ed. E. Yarshater, 2003. Also available here.
(Parton 1972a): Vernon Rylands Parton, 100 Squares for Chess and Damante, monograph, 1972. More can be found here.
(Piccione 1980): Peter A. Piccione, In Search of the Meaning of Senet, Archaeology 33 (July/August l980): 55-58. Also available here.
(1998-Rajendran): Chettiarthodi Rajendran, Caturanga movements described in Rudrata's Kavyalamkara, The Adyar Library Bulletin, Volume 62, 1998.
(2001-Rajendran): Chettiarthodi Rajendran, Traditional Caturanga as Preserved in Kerala, Working Papers, Indian Views. Förderkreis Schach-Geschichtsforschung e.V., 2001.
(Rajendran 2005): Chettiarthodi Rajendran, Exploring the Possibilities of Finding out the Nature of Chess in its Original Form, InitiativGruppe Königstein, Okkasioneller Rundbrief 29, 2005.
(2009-Rajendran): Chettiarthodi Rajendran, Caturanga passages in Harsa-Carita : a fresh look, The Adyar Library Bulletin, 2008-09.
(2013-Rajendran) Chettiarthodi Rajendran, Caturanga as a war game, publication unknown, December 2013. Also available here. Also presented here: Art et savoir de l'Inde, colloque « Jeux indiens et originaires de l’Inde » organisés dans le cadre d’Europalia India, vol. 1, Bruxelles, Les Éditions HEB, 2015.
(Roellicke 1999): Hermann-Josef Röllicke, Von "Winkelwegen", "Eulen" und "Fischziehern" liubo: ein altchinesisches Brettspiel für Geister und Menschen, Board Games Studies 2, 1999.
(Romain 1999): Pascal Romain, Divination and Recreation in Ancient Near Eastern Board Games, Board Games Studies Colloquia, Florence, 1999.
(Romeo-three): Maria Carmen Romeo, Three Games, three epochs, II Symposium Kornik, Poznan, Poland, October 2007.
(Samsin 2002): Myron Samsin, Pawns And Pieces: Towards The Prehistory Of Chess, 2002. Also in The Anatomy of Chess, Tübinger Beiträge zum Thema Schach Band 8, Pfullingen, Promos-Verlag, 2003.
(Samsin 2021): Myron Samsin, Culture and Community on the Silk Road -- The Origin of Chess Revisited, Patten, December 2021, Amsterdam.
(Schaedler 1999): Ulrich Schädler, Vom 20-Felder-Spiel zum Würfelvierschach?, Board Games Studies 2, 1999.
(Schädler 2001): Ulrich Schädler, Latrunculi, a forgotten Roman Game of Strategy reconstructed, Abstract Games, Issue 7, Autumn 2001.
(Schmidt 2003): Rainer Schmidt, Urschach und die Vorgeschichte des Xiangqi, Schach-Journal 1/1993. (Scan and OCR by JLC, errors are possible).
(2016-Selbitschka): Armin Selbitschka, A Tricky Game: A Re-evaluation of liubo 六博 based on Archaeological and Textual Evidence, Oriens Extremus · January 2016.
(Shimizu 2004): Yasuji Shimizu, Shin'ichi Miyahara, The Chinese Chess Pieces in Song Era and Their Characteristics, Schach-Forschungen N°26, Seevetal, 2004.
(Shimizu 2014): Yasuji Shimizu, The Development and Regional Variations of Liubo, Board Game Studies Journal online 8, pp. 81-105, bgsj.ludus-opuscula.org, 2014.
(Shimizu 2017): Yasuji Shimizu, Theory of the introduction of Shogi via Southeast Asia: Viewed from the forms of Makruk pieces—Study of the reversing of promoted Bia pieces, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 11, pp53-71, 2017.
(Shotwell 1994): Peter Shotwell, The Game of Go in Ancient and Modern Tibet, Tibetan Journal of Social Science, 1994.

(Slobodchikoff 1953): Léon Slobodchikoff, Co Tuong, Le Jeu d'échecs des Vietnamiens, Bulletin de la Société des Études indochinoises, n.s., t. XXVIII, n° 4, 1953.
(Svoboda): Hillary Svoboda, The Chess Queen, Baltimore, date of publication unknown. Also available here.

(Syed 2000, Syed 2000-fig): Renate Syed, Early Terracottas from Kanauj: Chessmen?, available from here. Composed from material also published elsewhere like in "Chess Originated in India - Four Contributions", Förderkreis Schach-Geschichtsforschung e.V., Arbeitspapiere, May 2000.

(Syed 2008): Renate Syed, War, peace and chess. Bana's References to "Terracotta Chessmen" and "Discourse on War" in the Harsacarita, Asiatische Studien - études Asiatiques, Vol.55, n°2, 2001

(Thomsen 2002): Thomas Thomsen, Chess in Europe in the 5th century?, Board Games Studies 5, 2002.
(Utas 1992): Bo Utas, Chess I. The History of Chess in Persia, Encyclopaedia Iranica, pp393-397, 1992.
(2003-van Haeringen): H. van Haeringen and H.J. van den Herik, Superchess, ICGA Journal, December 2003.
(van Binsbergen 1997): Wim van Binsbergen, Board-games and divination in global cultural history: a theoretical, comparative and historical perspective on mankala and geomancy in Africa and Asia, 1997. See also here.

(van der Stoep 2002): Arie van der Stoep, Early Spanish board-games, Board Games Studies 5, 2002.
(van der Stoep 2014): Arie van der Stoep, A Chess Legend, Board Game Studies Journal online 8, pp. 107-122, bgsj.ludus-opuscula.org, 2014.
(van der Stoep 2015): Arie van der Stoep, The origin of Morris and Draughts by etymology, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 9, pp 9-15, 2015.
(1981-VanLohuizenDeLeeuw): J.E. van Lohuizen De Leeuw, A unique piece of ivory carving - the oldest known chessman, South Asian Archaelogy 1981.
(Vasantha 2003): Rangachar Vasantha, Board Games from the City of Vijayanagara (Hampi) (1336-1565): a survey and a study, Board Games Studies 6, 2003.
(2020-Waring): Luke Waring, What the Single Bamboo Slip Found in Mawangdui Tomb M2 Tells Us about Text and Ritual in Early China, T’oung Pao 106 (2020) 56-86, 2020.
(Westerveld 1994): Govert Westerveld, Historia de la nueva dama poderosa en el juego de ajedrez y Damas, Homo Ludens, Der spielende Mensch XV, Salzbürg, p103-104, 1994.
(2004-Whittaker): Hélène Whittaker, Board Games and Funerary Symbolism in Greek and Roman Contexts, Myth and Symbol II: Symbolic Phenomena in Ancient Greek Culture, Förlag, Norwegian Institute at Athens, 2004.
(2006-Whittaker): Hélène Whittaker, Game-boards and gaming-pieces in the Northern European Iron age, Nordlit, June 2006.
(Wiese 2016): Harald Wiese, Four-king chess with dice is neither unrealistic nor messed up, Board Game Studies Journal, Vol. 10, pp33-59, 2016.
(Zeng 1999): Zeng Lanying (Lillian L. Tseng), Divining from the Game Liubo : An Explanation of A Han Wooden Slip, China Archaelogy and Art Digest, « Fortune, Games and Gaming », Vol.4, n°4, October-December 1999.
(Zheng 1999): Zheng Yan'e, Preliminary Remarks on the Games of Liubo and Saixi, China Archaelogy and Art Digest, « Fortune, Games and Gaming », Vol.4, n°4, October-December 1999.

Original contributions:

(Introuble2-Petteia Polis 2020), Anonymous (InTrouble2), Petteia - Polis & Ludus Latrunculorum, as partially chess ancestors, from the blog on the Internet of an anonymous author, but with his permission, 2020.
(Introuble2-Zatrikion 2021), Anonymous (InTrouble2), Zatrikion. Chess in Byzantium [Eastern Roman Empire], edited by me from the blog on the Internet of the anonymous author. A bright, amazing study, a reference! 2021.
(Cooper 2001): Roger Cooper, Military Latrunculi, a very interesting development of his ideas about the speculative links between Roman Latrunculi and other board games, with Chess among them.
(2018-Beasley): John Beasley, Thoughts on the origins of shatranj and xiangqi, a personal and controversial opinion, received January 2018.

(2007-Bamble): Cate Bramble, Feng shui and the timeless art, with a discussion on Liubo in the context of Chinese astrology. Found on the internet, 2007? See also her book here.

(2007-Daou): Nader Daou, Review of Historical Chess Variants, a personal work offered with courtesy by the author, nicely done. 2007.

(2021-Hernandez): Adrian Hernandez, Margarita de les Velles de Aguilar. Una dama del renacimiento, a major contribution by a former mayor of Alaquas, the Spanish city where lies a famous castle which may be connected to the history of chess. This paper has been given to me in December 2021 by Jean-Michel Péchiné in a draft form which required some editorial work especially to order the footnotes and to adjust the fonts and styles of the text. If there is any mistake, I am the sole responsible. I would welcome any correction of course. I don't know if this paper has been published somewhere.

(Melchor 2012): Alejandro Melchor, Notas sobre una pieza de ajedrez del castillo de Mataplana (Ripollès), received March 2012.

(2017-Melchor): Alejandro Melchor, Gerbert de Aurillac y su posible relación en la difusión del Ajedrez en el Siglo X, received November 2017.

(2019-Melchor): Alejandro Melchor, La datación de las piezas del Conde de Urgell (¿1007?), received June 2019.

(2020-Melchor): Alejandro Melchor, El inventario del Monasterio de Ripoll, 1008, received May 2020.

(Mille 2006): Pierre Mille, L'Occident chrétien médiéval et les échecs. L'évolution des pièces non figuratives du 10e au début du 16e siècle. Revised text, received May 2008.
(Romeo-eurochess): Maria Carmen Romeo, The Introduction of Chess into Europe, date not recorded.
(Romeo-Valencia): Maria Carmen Romeo, The Literary World of 15th Century, Valencia: The "Schacs d'amor" Manuscript and its Three Authors, date not recorded.
(Rudolph): Jess Rudolph, East Asian Shogi, a contribution which was formerly available on the Internet. Saved before it became a dead link and printed as a pdf.

(2008-Shotwell): Peter Shotwell, The Game of Go: Speculations on its Origins and Symbolism in Ancient China, February 2008 with appendices:

Appendix 1: A Synopsis and Commentary on Dr. Paolo Zanon’s ‘Philosophical Discussions on the Game of Weiqi in the Times of the Warring States and the Han Dynasty
Appendix 2: The Application of a Structural Anthropological Interpretation of the Yao Myths to Dr. Wim van Binsbergen’s Analysis of the History of Board Games and Divination
Appendix 3: Go and Ancient Chinese Divination: A Commentary on A Journey in Search of the Origins of Go By Shirakawa Masayoshi
Appendix 4: Some Newer Thoughts About Early Go
Appendix 5: To Be of Good Heart: A Re-dating and Re-Interpretation of How Wei Qi was Used by the Confucian Writers of the Zuo Zhuan, the Analects, and the Mencius
Appendix 5b: A Shorter Version of the Re-dating and Re- Interpretation of the Pre-Han Confucian Go Passages

(2010-Shotwell): Peter Shotwell, ‘Real’ Go in Ukiyo-e: Some Artistic Aspects of The Physician Hua Tuo Scraping the Bone of Guan Yu to Treat an Arrow Wound by Kuniyoshi Utagawa, 2010.

Some papers of my own:

(Cazaux 2001): Jean-Louis Cazaux, Is Chess a Hybrid Game?, IGK Symposium, Amsterdam, 2001. Also in The Anatomy of Chess, Tübinger Beiträge zum Thema Schach Band 8, Pfullingen, Promos-Verlag, 2003.
(Cazaux 2003): Jean-Louis Cazaux, We Played Liubo Last Night!, Abstract Games, Issue 15, Autumn 2003.
(Cazaux 2004a): Jean-Louis Cazaux, échec et mad !, Vox Ludi Mars-Avril 2004.
(Cazaux 2004b): Jean-Louis Cazaux, Qui a inventé les jeux de cartes ?, Vox Ludi Juillet-Août 2004.
(Cazaux 2004c): Jean-Louis Cazaux, II règles pour jouer comme les Romains, Vox Ludi Septembre-Octobre 2004.

There are other websites which also display collection of papers. Many presented here have been mirrored from them (many thanks):

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