The streets are broad, the open squares vast in size, the avenues interminable, the river wide and rapid, and the lines of architecture seemingly endless, while the whole is as level as a chess-board.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Sometimes after dinner, I read aloud, or Martin and I play a game of chess.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
Besides he is a good sportsman, an excellent judge of horses, and the best chess player in the neighbourhood.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse