Peter J. Monté, a former history teacher, is the author of several articles on the history of chess. He lives in The Netherlands.
The desire expressed [by] Bledow and Lasa, to compile a repository of all game openings for those keen to study the sources has been transformed into this book. The rich and extensive part including the sources and the section gathering all openings will make it a seminal work in years to come. In tracing the origins of all the sources examined here, Monté has done the work of a detective and examined each of these manuscripts for their date, gathered information about their authors and their respective backgrounds. Moreover, the rich additional information that is given in the appendices – though difficult to comprehend for a chess layman – allow a thorough understanding of the history of the modern game from the late fifteenth century. As such the book will be a reference work for chess enthusiasts and sports historians as well as general historians alike." - Sport in History
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