Chess Archaeology

Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research. — W. Steinitz

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Ajeeb and His Contemporaries

2020 Journal

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Nick Pope:
15-Mar-2020:: • 1894 Lasker-Steinitz World Championship Match (updated with Lasker's notes to game 15)
Excavation additions:
27-Jun-2020:: • Maryland Union: 1876.08.03-1876.08.31; • New York Clipper: 1871.01.07-1871.03.25 (better quality)
24-Jun-2020:: • Maryland Union: 1876.07.06-1876.07.27
20-Jun-2020:: • Brooklyn Review: 1874.01.25-1874.12.27; • Detroit Free Press: 1878.10.06-1878.12.29; • New York Clipper: 1870.07.09-1870.12.31 (better quality)
17-Jun-2020:: • Maryland Union: 1876.03.02-1876.06.29
14-Jun-2020:: • Cincinnati Commercial: 1858.12.01-1858.12.31; • Jackson Citizen Patriot: 1868.01.11-1868.03.27; • Maryland Union: 1876.01.13-1876.02.24; • Wilkes' Spirit of the Times: 1864.10.01-1865.02.25; • New York Clipper: 1870.01.01-1870.06.25 (better quality)
16-May-2020:: • New York Herald European Edition: 1893.06.04-1893.07.23
14-May-2020:: • Cincinnati Commercial: 1858.03.05; 1858.11.01-1858.11.30
13-May-2020:: • Charleston Daily Courier: 1859.04.01-1859.04.27; • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper : 1855.12.15-1856.03.29 (better quality)
12-May-2020:: • New Orleans Sunday Delta: 1858.02.28-1858.06.27
10-May-2020:: • Wilkes' Spirit of the Times: 1864.07.02-1864.09.24
02-May-2020:: • Wilkes' Spirit of the Times: 1864.04.02-1864.06.25
01-May-2020:: • Wilkes' Spirit of the Times: 1864.01.02-1864.03.26
30-Apr-2020:: • Charleston Daily Courier: 1859.02.02-1859.03.31; • Porter's Spirit of the Times: 1857.05.30-1857.08.29
26-Apr-2020:: • Porter's Spirit of the Times: 1857.03.07-1857.05.30
15-Mar-2020:: • Philadelphia Inquirer: 1905 fills (3/19, 10/8, 11/19 & 12/10)
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