The lost chess literature is said to be instructional chess positions and puzzles. It is said that some of the chess puzzles were designed and drawn by Leonardo da Vinci along with Renaissance mathematician Luca Pacioli.
searchers believe early illustrations of how to play the game of chess, found in a long-lost Italian manuscript, may have been drawn by Leonardo da Vinci.
Here is an interesting news article about a recent find of chess literature which has been lost for 5 centuries:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3523718.ece
The lost chess literature is said to be instructional chess positions and puzzles. It is said that some of the chess puzzles were designed and drawn by Leonardo da Vinci along with Renaissance mathematician Luca Pacioli.