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• 1 • Introduction (Pawn to Infinity) • essay by Fred Saberhagen and Joan Spicci Saberhagen [as by Fred Saberhagen and Joan Saberhagen]
• 3 • The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton • (1977) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 27 • Unicorn Variation • (1981) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 57 • The Immortal Game • (1954) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 71 • Midnight by the Morphy Watch • (1974) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 95 • Unsound Variations • (1982) • novella by George R. R. Martin
• 161 • A Game of Vlet • [Alyx] • (1974) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 175 • Without a Thought • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1963) • short story by Fred Saberhagen (variant of Fortress Ship)
• 189 • A Board in the Other Direction • (1974) • short story by Ruth Berman
• 201 • Von Goom's Gambit • (1966) • short story by Victor Contoski
• 207 • Kokomu • novelette by Daniel Gilbert
• 233 • Moxon's Master • (1899) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 245 • Rendezvous 2062 • poem by Robert Frazier
• 247 • Reflections on the Looking-Glass, An Essay • essay by Fred Stewart