1983--irwin-HB/no dustcover as issued--like new/ unmarked--appears never read--a903

Accounting Information Systems: A Control Emphasis (ROBERT N ANTHONY/WILLARD J GRAHAM SERIES IN ACCOUNTING)

Li, David H.

Business & Money

Richard D.Irwin

Xiangqi Syllabus on Elephant - Chinese Chess 3 (3rd Volume in Premier Series on Xiangqi)

Premier Pub

Written in 1994 by David H. Li, for Premier Publishing. From the Preface: "As a game, Kriegspiel improves upon chess by making moves more dramatic and less mechanical. By emphasizing logic and by adding an element of uncertainty, Kriegspiel is chess for humans in the 21st century."

Kriegspiel: Chess Under Uncertainty

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Premier Pub. Co

A definitive study of the origin of chess -- that is, proto-chess. Part 1 of the book surveys the history of chess as written in western literature, beginning with Cessolis in the 13th century and continuing through 1996. Practically anyone who had ever written on the subject of "History of Chess" is covered -- over 30 in total. In Chapter 1 (Western Literature to 1694), in addition to Cessolis's Libel de Moribus Hominum, Thomas Hyde's De Ludis Orientalibus (1694) is treated with depth. Chapter 2 (1765-1801) covers Robert Lambe (The History of Chess, 1765), Daines Barrington (1789), William Jones (1790), Eyles Irwin (1793), Hiram Cox (1801), and James Christie (An Inquiry into the Antient Greek Game, 1801). Chapter 3 (1847-1870) covers N. Bland (1847), Duncan Forbes (The History of Chess, 1860), H. G. Hollingworth (1866), and Karl Himly (1869, 1870, et seq). Chapter 4 (1874-1899) covers Antonio van der Linde (Geschichte und Litteratur des Schachspiels, 1874; Quellenstudien zur Gerschichte des Schachspiels, 1881), Z. Voppicelli (1888), Brunet y Bellet (El Ajedrez: Investigaciones sobre Su Origen, 1890), Herman Jacobi (1896), A.A. Macdonell (1897 and 1899), F. W. Thomas (1898), and Ernst Windisch (1989). Chapter 5 (1st half of 20th century) covers Stewart Culin (1898), John G. White (1898), Willard Fiske (1900), H.J.R. Murray (A History of Chess, 1913), and Louis Gray (1913). Chapter 6, the last chapter in Part I, covers Joseph Needham (Science and Civilisation in China, 1962), Pavle Bidev (1951 et seq) A. S. M. Dickens (1973), Harry Golombek (Chess: a History, 1976), Isaak Linder (Chess in Old Russia, 1975), Hugh Myers (1984), Panduranga Bhatta (Origin and Genesis of Chess, 1982 and 1994), G. Ferlito and A. Sanvito (1990), Jurij Averbach (1996), Egbert Meissenburg (1996), and Manfred Eder (1996). Part II presents the author's thesis that chess was invented in China. Chapter 7 covers antecedents to Chess in the Chinese environment, beginning with a 5-page discussion on the characteristics of chess, and exploring two Chinese games which served as chess's antecedents -- Weiqi (commonly referred to as "Go" in the west, invented in China circa 23rd century BCE), and Liubo (a chance-dictated game invented in China circa 16th century BCE but disappeared in 5th century CE). Chapter 8 explores the Who? When? and Where? of chess invention, giving the inventor as a Chinese general in 203 BCE. Chapter 9 explores the Why? and How? of chess invention, tracing the design of the playing board and the type of playing pieces to I-ching (the Book of Changes), the most ancient of Chinese classics/philosophy, the contents of which were alluded to by western chess historians such as Bidev (but unable to go far due to unfamiliarity with the Chinese language). Chapter 10 further discusse! s the invention process, tracing the number of playing pieces and their placement to Sun Tse's the Art of War, another Chinese classics on warfare which our inventor, an all-winning battlefield general, mastered. Chapter 11 gives experiments the general conducted (games he played with himself) to improve its playability in terms of guidelines he set for the game, while Chapter 12, the last chapter in Part II, gives the rules of the game after it has been refined by the inventor. Part III traces the development and dissemination of the game since its invention. Chapter 13 gives its acceptance, dormancy, revival, and modifications in China in the next millennium, while Chapter 14 gives early game scores, including those in the literature, that played by a general who later became king, as well as a composition by another highly regarded general. Chapter 15 gives a comprehensive coverage of experiments, by Chinese nationals, that did not survive the test of time (size, form, number of playing pieces, 3-handed, 7-handed, etc.) Chapter 16 traces the dissemination of the game westward, first to Persia and then to India, via the famous Silk Road, beginning in the 2nd century BCE -- the chapter ends with an appendix comparing the Chinese game with the Persian games, including a medieval Shatranj composition. Chapter 17 traces the game's dissemination eastward, first to Korea (at one time a part of China) and then to Japan -- the cultural differences affec! ting the Chinese and Korean games (at one time the two were identical) are explored, and the development of Shogi from the Chinese game, along with a comparison of playing pieces are traced to ancient Japanese literature. Chapter 18, the book's concluding chapter, further refutes two commonly held misconceptions on which the chess-was-invented-in-India thesis was based -- that China did not have elephants (there were bronz ceremonial vases with the likings of elephant in the 22nd century BCE in China), and chess was brought to China by Buddhist pilgrimmagers (journals kept by Yuan Zhuang, for his travels in India and back to China, 629-645, praised even by Indians for its value in preserving Indian history, was completely silent on this point). The book includes an epilogue, a bibliography (showing some 130 references in western languages and some 50 references in Chinese), and an index. A year after its publication, in 1999, the book was honored as the "1998 Book of the Year" by a chess periodical.

The genealogy of chess

Reference

Genealogy

Chess Detective: Kriegspiel Strategies, Endgames and Problems

First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

All-By-Yourself Self-Publishing

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Xiangqi Syllabus on Cannon: Chinese Chess 2

Subtitle: A New-Millennium Bilingual Edition of Sun Tzu's Art of War 
The work by Sun Tzu (circa 535-483 BCE), in the form of 13 essays, was termed by him, simply, as Thirteen Essays. The work is a treatise on leadership -- by one who aspires to be a leader in war management, for the eyes of a leader in state governance. The label "Art of War" was added by an annotator, a leader in his own right, three quarters of a millennium later -- as was his name (Tzu = master, a reverential address; his original name was Sun Wu). 
The following is from the preface: "[W]hile the world reveres at his war-specific contributions, important they assuredly are, Sun Wu has made, in my judgment, an even more important, though much subtler, contribution -- his view that war management is a profession, that war management is an exercise in leadership." 
The thirteen essays are grouped into four parts, as follows: 
Part I Top-Level Planning Essay 1 Topmost-level planning Essay 2 Total-resource planning Essay 3 Strategic planning 
Part II Field-Level Planning Essay 4 Formation planning Essay 5 Momentum planning Essay 6 Preparedness planning 
Part III Battlefield Strategies Essay 7 Battlefield maneuvers Essay 8 Battlefield contingencies Essay 9 Battlefield logistics 
Part IV Battlefield Management Essay 10 Management of terrain Essay 11 Deployment of field forces Essay 12 Use of incendiary Essay 13 Use of intelligence 
This book differs from all other renditions currently on the market in one important respect: it is augmented by 26 cases, two for each eassy, closely coordinated to the text. 
Eleven cases are war-related: Sun Wu (512 BCE), Alexander the Great at Hydaspes (312 BCE), Han Xin (203 BCE), American Revolution (1776), Napoleon's campaign in Russia (1812), American Civil War - Second Bull Run (1862), World War I - World's first tank battle (1917), World War II - Normandy (1944), Korean War (1951), Vietnam War (1954), Gulf Waw (1991) 
Eleven cases are on Year 2000 Presidential Nomination Process - Iowa straw poll, Iowa caucus, New Hampshire primary, Delaware primary, South Carolina primary (3 cases), Virginia ptimary, Super Tuesday 
Three cases on war-simulation games - Xiangqi (203 BCE), western chess, Kriegspiel 
One case on business 
Taking a leaf from the author's translation of Confucius's Analects, this volume has the following features acclaimed by critics: 
line-by-line bilingual text meticulous annotation year-by-year chronology indexes (subject, cases on war, cases on politics, text
passages referenced in cases)

Art of Leadership by Sun Tzu - A New-Millennium Bilingual Edition of Sun Tzu's Art of War

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