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Author : James Innes Minchin,Johannes Zukertort,Wilhelm Steinitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-28
Category : Games
ISBN : 4871874958
Author : James Innes Minchin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Chess
ISBN : BSB:BSB11611997
Author : James Innes Minchin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Chess
ISBN : OCLC:153670520
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:185638581
Author : Hans Renette
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476624624
No chess player of the 19th century had a longer, more varied career than Henry Edward Bird (1829–1908). After pursuing a civil career for years his love for chess prevailed. He belonged to the top level of British players for decades but he really shone at Simpson’s Divan. Bird’s accessibility, fierce attacking style and contempt for draws made him a people’s favorite but his proud and touchy character led him into disputes with his colleagues. A very strong and widely known player, he fell into oblivion after his death. This comprehensive first biography of Bird provides a detailed account of his personal life and a deeply researched coverage of his feats at the chess board. Almost 1,200 games are included, hundreds of them published here for the first time. Nearly 450 games—many of them thrilling all-out fights—are presented with a mix of contemporary and modern annotations.
Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476669533
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.
Author : Frank Hoffmeister
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476644561
Most chess biographies present the games of famous players--but not their writings. Filling that gap, this book begins with Syrian master and author of chess studies Philip Stamma, and finishes with the first world champion William Steinitz. The main novelties in opening, middlegame and endgame theory in the 160 year period are examined and biographical sketches put the contributions of more than 30 masters into context. The author presents many new insights--for example, regarding the origins of the Ponziani Opening, the Dutch Defense and the Petroff Defense. French star La Bourdonnais used other sources for almost every part of his Nouveau Traite. Morphy's analysis of the Philidor Defense was faulty and Anderssen's play included many positional ideas. Harrwitz and Neumann published modern treatises long before Steinitz came out with his Modern Chess Instructor. Many ending themes belong to less well-known authors, such as Cozio, Chapais, van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Sarratt, Kling and Horwitz, Berger and Salvio.
Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-21
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780786474738
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.
Author : Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Checkers
ISBN : UOM:39015019940579
Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781476601434
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.
Author : Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Checkers
ISBN : UOM:39015019940587
Author : Fabrizio Zavatarelli
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780786496907
An enthusiastic verve--"brio" some could say--marked both Ignaz Kolisch's personality and his games. This book documents the life of the Hungarian chess champion (1837-1889) and successful financier, setting it in the cosmopolitan framework of mid-19th century Europe. The text is enriched by about 125 or so gleanings about the lives of his competitors (including Arnous de Riviere, Anderssen, Morphy, Mackenzie, Paulsen, Falkbeer, Rosenthal, Steinitz, Winawer). More than 300 specimens of his play are presented--by far the largest collection ever--complete with sources and coeval annotations, translated from many languages. Several widespread and long-standing errors are corrected. A work deeply researched among sources in many languages, the book serves also as a record of European chess in the late 1850s through the 1880s.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Chess
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU09207198
Author : Halkett (i.e. Richard Halkatt Lord (ed.))
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : American literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089408306
