Author : Tim Harding
Release : 2014-12-03
Genre : Games & Activities
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Eminent Victorian Chess Players - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eminent Victorian Chess Players write by Tim Harding. This book was released on 2014-12-03. Eminent Victorian Chess Players available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.