Editing Chess (section)

===Theory===
{{Main|Chess theory|Chess libraries|List of chess books|List of chess periodicals}}
Chess has an extensive literature. In 1913, the chess historian [[H.J.R. Murray]] estimated the total number of books, magazines, and [[chess columns in newspapers]] to be about 5,000.<ref>{{harvp|Murray|1985|p=25}}</ref> [[Baruch Harold Wood|B.H. Wood]] estimated the number, as of 1949, to be about 20,000.<ref name="harvp|Hooper|Whyld|1992|p=229">{{harvp|Hooper|Whyld|1992|p=229}}</ref> [[David Hooper (chess player)|David Hooper]] and [[Kenneth Whyld]] write that, "Since then there has been a steady increase year by year of the number of new chess publications. No one knows how many have been printed."<ref name="harvp|Hooper|Whyld|1992|p=229"/> Significant public chess libraries include the John G. White Chess and Checkers Collection at [[Cleveland Public Library]], with over 32,000 chess books and over 6,000 bound volumes of chess periodicals;<ref name="PolgarRecords">{{Cite web|date=2008-02-11|title= Special Chess Records|url=https://chessdailynews.com/special-chess-records/|access-date=2022-12-29|website=Chess Daily News |author= Susan Polgar| author-link= Susan Polgar |language=en-US|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229064443/https://chessdailynews.com/special-chess-records/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Chess & Draughts collection at the [[National Library of the Netherlands]], with about 30,000 books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kb.nl/en/resources-research-guides/kb-collections/collections-by-theme/chess-and-draughts-collection |title=Chess and draughts collection – Koninklijke Bibliotheek |work=kb.nl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602095256/http://www.kb.nl/en/resources-research-guides/kb-collections/collections-by-theme/chess-and-draughts-collection |archive-date=2 June 2015}}</ref>