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Analysis of the game of chess … illustrated by diagrams, on which are marked the situation of the party for the back-games and ends of parties: with critical remarks and notes by the author of The stratagems of chess.  Translated from the last French edition, and further illustrated with notes, by W.S. Kenny.  London, T. 

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First edition of William Kenny’s translation of L’analyse du jeu des Échecs.  For many years Kenny (1787/8–1867) ‘kept a classical school at 5 Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square, London, later moving to Richmond, Surrey.  In 1856 Kenny stated that he had been a teacher for forty years. 

An accomplished chess player, his first published works were Practical Chess Grammar (1817), Practical Chess Exercises (1818), and Analysis of the Game of Chess (1819), a translation of Danican Philidor’s work.  He was later known for his schoolbooks’ (ODNB). 

Van der Linde I, p. 403. 

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