Tim Harding: Eminent Victorian Chess Players

Artikelnummer: 2819

Ten Biografies
2012, 406 Seiten, kartoniert, englisch

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ca. 60 photos, and line drawings, more than 160 chess games, appendices, notes, bibliography, indexes

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 chess games (with position diagrams), several annotated in detail, 50 photographs and line drawings, appendices include career records for all ten, notes, bibliography and indexes.

Medium:	Buch, kartoniert
Sprache:	englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Seitenanzahl:	406