Chess Archaeology

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Ajeeb and His Contemporaries

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Excavation additions:
13-Aug-2026:: • Charleston Sunday News: 1902.07.06-1902.09.28; • Cincinnati Commercial: 1881.06.25 (fill); • Havana El Sport: 1887.07.07-1887.12.29; • Cincinnati Commercial: 1881.04.09-1881.06.25 (upgrades)
08-Aug-2026:: • Charleston Sunday News: 1902.04.06-1902.06.29; • Havana El Sport: 1887.01.08-1887.06.30; • New York Clipper: 1887.12.24-1888.02.04; • New York Evening Post: 1898.01.31-1898.02.28; • Newark Sunday Call: 1896.01.05-1896.06.28;1910.01.02-1910.03.27; • New York Evening Post: 1897.09.04-1897.09.30 (upgrades); • Newark Sunday Call: 1876.01.02-1876.12.31 (upgrades)
05-Aug-2026:: • Charleston Sunday News: 1902.01.05-1902.03.30; • Detroit Free Press: 1879.03.02-1879.12.28; • Havana El Sport: 1886.08.05-1886.12.30; • New York Clipper: 1882.11.04-1883.06.30; • New York Evening Post: 1873.01.22-1892.12.31;1898.01.01-1898.01.27; • Newark Sunday Call: 1884.06.01-1884.12.28;1909.07.04-1909.12.26; • New York Evening Post: 1897.10.01-1897.10.30 (upgrades); • Cincinnati Commercial: 1881.01.01-1881.01.08;1881.01.22-1881.02.26;1881.03.05-1881.03.26 (upgrades)
21-Jul-2026:: • Charleston Sunday News: 1901.08.04-1901.12.29; • Cincinnati Commercial: 1880.01.03-1880.02.21; • Cincinnati Daily Gazette: 1859.09.03-1859.12.03; • Newark Sunday Call: 1909.04.25-1909.06.27; • Cincinnati Commercial: 1880.03.06-1880.05.29; 1880.06.12-1880.12.25 (upgrades); • Newark Sunday Call: 1875.08.22-1875.12.26 (upgrades)
18-Jul-2026:: • Saint Paul Pioneer Press: 1891.01.04-1892.05.29; • Charleston Daily Courier: 1859.12.02-1860.02.23; • Cincinnati Commercial: 1879.07.05-1879.12.27 (upgrades)
16-Jul-2026:: • Saint Paul Pioneer Press: 1889.01.06-1890.12.28
13-Jul-2026:: • Saint Paul Pioneer Press: 1886.09.18-1888.12.30
12-Jul-2026:: • New Orleans Sunday States: 1900.01.07-1901.11.10
10-Jul-2026:: • New Orleans Daily States: 1894.08.04-1900.04.10; • New Orleans Sunday States: 1898.01.02-1899.12.31
9-Jul-2026:: • New Orleans Sunday States: 1896.01.12-1897.12.19
5-Jul-2026:: • New Orleans Sunday States: 1894.08.05-1895.12.29
4-Jul-2026:: • Newport Kentucky Journal: 1891.11.28-1892.12.01; • Newport Kentucky State Journal: 1888.08.02-1890.12.04
25-Jun-2026:: • Newport Kentucky State Journal: 1887.04.21-1888.03.22
21-Jun-2026:: • Boston Weekly Post: 1889.01.04-1898.01.02
18-Jun-2026:: • Boston Weekly Post: 1888.03.09-1888.12.28
14-Jun-2026:: • Boston Weekly Post: 1886.05.21-1887.12.16
26-May-2026:: • Paterson Sunday Chronicle: 1896.11.15-1898.04.24
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