Chess or the King's game
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Chess or the King's Game is a book on chess
. It was published in 1616 under the name of Gustavus Selenus, the pen name
of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
.
This book is the earliest known to use Selenus-type chess pieces.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. It was published in 1616 under the name of Gustavus Selenus, the pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg , called the Younger, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel....
.
This book is the earliest known to use Selenus-type chess pieces.