Birth of the Chess Queen
Subtitle: A History
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: April 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780060090647
Subjects: Queens; History: World; History (Specific Aspects); Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Women's Studies - History; Women's Studies - General; Queen (Chess); History / General; Chess - General; General; Chess; History
First sentence: Though historians still debate the exact origins of chess, most agree that it emerged in India no later than the sixth century.