Eminent Victorian Chess Players
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Eminent Victorian Chess Players
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Author : Tim Harding
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-12-03
Eminent Victorian Chess Players written by Tim Harding and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-03 with Games & Activities categories.
This book portrays British chess life in the nineteenth century through biographical studies of ten players who shaped the modern game. From Captain Evans, inventor of the famous gambit, to Isidor Gunsberg, England's first challenger for the world championship, personal narratives are blended with game annotations to reassess players' achievements and character. The author has combined deep reading in primary sources with genealogical research to reveal new facts and correct previous misunderstandings. Major chapters on Howard Staunton and William Steinitz, in particular, highlight the tensions between Englishmen and immigrants, amateurs and professionals. The contrasting long careers of Henry Bird and Joseph Blackburne provide a thread of continuity. The lives of several other important figures in Victorian chess are also presented. More than 160 games (with diagrams), several annotated in detail, and 50 photographs and line drawings are included. Appendices provide career records for all ten; there are extensive notes, a bibliography and indexes.
Joseph Henry Blackburne
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Author : Tim Harding
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-08-13
Joseph Henry Blackburne written by Tim Harding and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-13 with Games & Activities categories.
During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform "blindfold" into his sixties. This first comprehensive biography of Britain's greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburne's games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburne's unusual family and social background are fully explored.
Steinitz In London
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Author : Tim Harding
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-08-27
Steinitz In London written by Tim Harding and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-27 with Games & Activities categories.
Drawing on new research, this biography of William Steinitz (1836-1900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully-sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid-Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpson's Divan. Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his career really began, before moving to London in 1862, bent on conquering the chess world. During the next 20 years, he became its strongest and most innovative player, as well as an influential writer on the game. A foreigner with a quarrelsome nature, he suffered mockery and discrimination from British amateur players and journalists, which eventually drove him to immigrate to America. The final chapters cover his subsequent visits to England and the last three tournaments he played there.
The Exploits And Triumphs In Europe Of Paul Morphy The Chess Champion
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Author : Paul Morphy's late secretary (is Frederick Milnes Edge.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
The Exploits And Triumphs In Europe Of Paul Morphy The Chess Champion written by Paul Morphy's late secretary (is Frederick Milnes Edge.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with categories.
British Chess Literature To 1914
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Author : Tim Harding
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-04-02
British Chess Literature To 1914 written by Tim Harding and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-02 with Games & Activities categories.
A huge amount was published about chess in the United Kingdom before the First World War. The growing popularity of chess in Victorian Britain was reflected in an increasingly competitive market of books and periodicals aimed at players from beginner to expert. The author combines new information about the early history of the game with advice for researchers into chess history and traces the further development of chess literature well into the 20th century. Topics include today's leading chess libraries and the use of digitized chess texts and research on the Web. Special attention is given to the columns that appeared in newspapers (national and provincial) and magazines from 1813 onwards. These articles, usually weekly, provide a wealth of information on early chess, much of which is not to be found elsewhere. The lengthy first appendix, an A to Z of almost 600 chess columns, constitutes a detailed research aid. Other appendices include corrections and supplements to standard works of reference on chess.
The Steinitz Papers
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Author : William Steinitz
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2002-08-27
The Steinitz Papers written by William Steinitz and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-27 with Games & Activities categories.
Long known as one of the greatest chess masters of the nineteenth century, William Steinitz is recognized as the first world champion. More exactly (and thanks to the efforts of the author of this book) he has been officially acknowledged as the first American world chess champion. Luckily for chess scholars, many letters and postcards survive written by Steinitz and his associates, friends and foes. After years of research, numerous personal contacts with people on three continents, and unflagging efforts to acquire any and all known letters to and from Steinitz, the author here presents in their own words a remarkable account of Steinitz and his contemporaries in the chess world of over a century ago. Notable personalities that write or are written about include Lasker, Pillsbury, Zukertort, Bird, Blackburne, Janowski, Tschigorin and Winawer. Each original letter, postcard, scrapbook item, newspaper or chess magazine article or other writing (including three lengthily-negotiated match play agreements) is described along with details of location, ownership, and circumstances of discovery. It is then printed, nearly always in full, in English (many translated from their original German by Landsberger). The author provides a running commentary on the letters and documents, which are generally chronological in arrangement, putting them in context and remarking the significance of certain points made in them. A biographical dictionary at the back of the book offers information about all the many figures who received, sent, or were mentioned in the documents or letters. Some of the games accompanying some of the letters are annotated by modern grandmaster Andy Soltis (Steinitz’s annotations and insights also accompany some). Each game is illustrated. Facsimiles of some of the letters are provided.
The Victorian Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
The Victorian Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Victoria categories.
The Victorian Review
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Author : H. Mortimer Franklyn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
The Victorian Review written by H. Mortimer Franklyn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with categories.
Why You Lose At Chess
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Author : Tim Harding
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-04-26
Why You Lose At Chess written by Tim Harding and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-26 with Games & Activities categories.
Updated edition of a chess classic analyzes what went wrong in losing games. Focus includes Internet and email play, computer chess, and face-off between Kasparov and Deep Blue.
Chess And Chess Players
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Author : George Walker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-08
Chess And Chess Players written by George Walker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08 with categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.