Municipality of Marostica

Bibliographic References for the Museum’s Texts

The reference texts forming the foundation of the collection at the Giovanni Longo International Chess Museum - City of Marostica are a carefully selected set of highly significant historical sources, authored by respected scholars in the field of chess. These volumes, the heart of our documentation, provide essential insights and context for understanding the evolution and culture of this fascinating game.

Introduction

The main bibliographic references for the texts contained in the Giovanni Longo International Chess Museum - City of Marostica, unless otherwise indicated, are the works on the history of chess by H. J. R. Murray, Mario Leoncini, Isaac Linder, Alessandro Sanvito, Adriano Chicco, Antonio Rosino, Giorgio Porreca, Giovanni Parise, and the bulletins of the CCI (Chess Collector International). Below is a list of the texts.

List of works

  • AA. VV., Master Works, FUEL, 2016
  • Capece, Adolivio, Scacchi. I grandi Maestri. Le partite memorabili (Chess. The Great Masters. The Memorable Games), Giunti Editore, Firenze, 1922
  • Casentini Piero, La Partita a Scacchi di Marostica (The Chess Game of Marostica), Acta Historiae, 2011
  • Cassano, Roberto, Scacchi islamici, forme astratte per cinque secoli (Islamic Chess, Abstract Forms for Five Centuries), blog Unoscacchista.com
  • Cassano, Roberto, Il Medioevo degli scacchi (The Middle Ages of Chess), Scacchitalia, 1/2022
  • Cassano, Roberto, Inedite testimonianze sugli scacchi “Italia” (Unpublished Testimonies on “Italy” Chess), CCI Italia, 2015
  • Chicco A., Rosino A., Storia degli scacchi in Italia (History of Chess in Italy), Marsilio, 1990
  • Chicco, A., Porreca, G., Dizionario enciclopedico degli scacchi (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Chess), Mursia 1971
  • Consolaro, Mario, Marostica, Storia e leggenda (Marostica, History and Legend), 1st edition 1974
  • Davidson, Henry A., A Short History of Chess, Greensberg, New York, 1949
  • Dean, George, Maxine, Brady, Chess Masterpieces, Abrams, 2010
  • De Angelis, Massimiliano, Antichi scacchi italiani (Ancient Italian Chess), La Lepre ed., 2018
  • D’Elia, Diego, Il codice Vicenza (The Vicenza Codex), Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana, ms.1475, Attilio Fraccaro editore, 2020
  • Frescura, Bernardino, Marostica, pagine di memorie e di ideali. Numero Unico a ricordo della prima partita a scacchi, Marostica 2 settembre 1923 (Marostica, Pages of Memories and Ideals. Special Issue in Memory of the First Chess Game, Marostica September 2, 1923), Genova 1923
  • Gay, Jules, Bibliographie anecdotique du jeu des échecs (Anecdotal Bibliography of the Game of Chess), Paris 1864
  • Gerolimetto, Cesare, Cortese, Giandomenico, Muraro, Giueppe A., Marostica. La partita a scacchi (Marostica. The Chess Game), Biblos 2002
  • Hide, Thomas, De Ludis Orientalibus, 1694
  • Leoncini, M., La grande storia degli scacchi (The Great History of Chess), Bologna, Le Due Torri, 2020
  • Linder, Isaac, The Art of Chess Pieces, HGS, 1994
  • List, Larry, Shaffner, Ingrid, Imagery of Chess Revisited, New York 2005
  • Manfred, A.J. Eder, Alte indische schachfiguren (Old Indian Chess Pieces), 1993
  • Murray, Harold J. R., A History of Chess, London, Oxford University Press, 1913
  • Parise, Giovanni, La partita a scacchi di Marostica: origini, storia, leggenda, sviluppi e prospettive future (The Chess Game of Marostica: Origins, History, Legend, Developments and Future Perspectives), 2019
  • Pozzi, Rodolfo, Gli scacchi della Mongolia (The Chess of Mongolia), I quaderni del Museo – 12, Milano
  • Pozzi, Rodolfo, Scacchi “Italia”: un set del 1935 (“Italy” Chess: A Set from 1935), L’Italia Scacchistica n.1183, 2006
  • Sanvito, Alessandro, Figure di Scacchi (Chess Figures), Mursia Editore, 1992
  • Sanvito, A., Antiche nuove regole (Ancient New Rules), Civiltà bresciana, Year XVI, 2007
  • Twiss, Richard, Chess, London, 1787 and 1789
  • Vucetich, Mirko, Partita a scacchi (Chess Game), Pro Marostica, 1955
  • Wall, Bill, World War II and Chess, Chesscom, June 30, 2007
  • Wichmann, Hans and Siegfried, Chess, P. Hamlyn, London, 1964
  • Williams, Gareth, Scacchi (Chess), IdeaLibri, 2001
  • Wilkinson, Charles K., introduction to Chess: East and West, Past and Present, New York, 1968
  • Xausa, Roberto, Avvegnaché, havendo ne li tempi andati. Marostica. Storie e immagini, racconti e fantasie sulle vicende della partita a scacchi a personaggi viventi dal 1923… (Although, Having in Times Past. Marostica. Stories and Images, Tales and Fantasies about the Events of the Chess Game with Living Characters since 1923…), Dal Maso 2014.

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