Performing Disunion
Performing Disunion

Author: Lawrence T. McDonnell

Publisher: Cambridge Studies on the Ameri

Published: 2018-06-21

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 1107184932

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A new history of the causes of the American Civil War, highlighting the role played by ordinary men in the secession debate and process.

Morphy's Games of Chess
Morphy's Games of Chess

Author: Philip Sergeant

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-08-09

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0486145271

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

300 games by the greatest player of all time: 54 against such masters as Anderssen, Harrwitz, Mongredien, Bird, Paulsen, and others; 52 of the best blindfold games; 52 games at odds; and 142 in consultation, informally.

Eminent Victorian Chess Players
Eminent Victorian Chess Players

Author: Tim Harding

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1476601437

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.

Chess Theory from Stamma to Steinitz, 1735-1894
Chess Theory from Stamma to Steinitz, 1735-1894

Author: Frank Hoffmeister

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-08-11

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 147664456X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.

Ignaz Kolisch
Ignaz Kolisch

Author: Fabrizio Zavatarelli

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 1476618011

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.

Steinitz in London
Steinitz in London

Author: Tim Harding

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-09-10

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 1476669538

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.