Author: OEFELE, A. VON,
Title: Das Schachspiel der Bataker. Ein ethnographischer Beitrag zur Geschichte des Schachs. First edn.
Description: Leipzig, Veit, 1904. sm.8°. orig.wraps. 63pp. Some wood-cut text-ills., many diagrammes in text. An ethnographic essay on the history of Chess: being an analysis of the game of Chess with the [Toba] Batak of Northern Sumatra: genesis, history, the physical appearences of pieces and board, nine games and some problems are analyzed on pp. 37-63. Very fine copy. Scarce.

Keywords: chess batak sumatra colonialism indonesia southeast asia