The chess-player's companion:
The Chess-Player's Companion, compiled by Howard Staunton and published in London by H. G. Bohn in 1861, is a reference book of chess problems and positions for players. Its three pictures are diagrams of chessboards with black and white pieces set out in puzzle positions, drawn in plain line and hatched squares that a designer could use for clean, schematic grid patterns and checkered layouts.
