List of chess historians explained

This is a list of chess historians.

Chess historians

• Yuri Averbakh
• Henry Bird
• Ricardo Calvo (October 22, 1943 – September 26, 2002)
• Hiram Cox
• G. H. Diggle
• David Vincent Hooper
• Willard Fiske
• Professor Duncan Forbes
• Jeremy Gaige
• Ann Gunter
• Tim Harding (chess player)
• H. F. W. Holt^[1]
• Thomas Hyde^[2] (29 June 1636 – 18 February 1703)
• Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 – April 27, 1794)
• Garry Kasparov
• Baron von der Lasa^[1]
• David H. Li
• Antonius van der Linde^[1]
• A. A. Macdonell^[1]
• H. J. R. Murray (June 24, 1868 – May 16, 1955)
• Joseph Needham
• A. v. Oefele^[1]
• M. E. V. Savenkof^[1]
• F. Strohmeyer^[1]
• Olimpiu G. Urcan
• Bo Utas
• John Griswold White
• Ken Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003)
• William Henry Wilkinson^[1]
• Edward Winter
• Emilia Castelao, her studies focus on chess as a tool in diplomacy^[3]

External links

• Initiative Group Königstein
• Edward Winter's Chess History Column

Notes and References

1. p. 5.
2. Web site: The Origin of Modern Chess. mark-weeks.com. 15 February 2015.
3. Web site: Shaya . Corey . 2023-01-09 . 20 Questions: Emilia Castelao . 2023-12-08 . Chess.com . en-US.