Fun fact: @IvaMiMarc is spreading false news, and he is a liar. Here is a prove. It is in 1827 (55 years earlier than @IvaMiMarc indicated, btw.) than well known chess master and theoretician Alexan…
A. Petrov (same one who is honoured in chess world by Petrov's defence, btw.) had published the first book on "Russian" draughts. However, he doesn't use ANY reference to RUSSIA or RUSSIANS. For him,…