Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987

001 Preface and Acknowledgments
006 Abbreviations
006 Annotation Symbols
007 1. Capital Letters: Edinburgh versus London, 1824-1828
028 2. Heyday of the Inter-Club Matches
050 3. Penny Post and Private Matches
064 4. Moves Over the Wires: Chess Adopts Technology
078 5. The Earliest Postal Tournaments, 1853 to 1870
095 6. Changing Times: The 1870s and 1880s
114 7. "A Battle at Long Range": The United Kingdom versus the United States, 1877-1881
127 8. The Growth of Tournaments, 1870 to 1897
161 9. Scottish Correspondence Chess to 1918
177 10. Irish and Welsh Correspondence Chess to 1918
195 11. The English Scene, 1890 to 1918
222 12. From One War to the Next, 1918 to 1939
246 13. Correspondence Chess During World War II
261 14. International Revival, 1946 to 1951
273 15. Domestic Competitions, 1946 to 1970
294 16. Crisis and Resolution: Britain and the International Correspondence Chess Federation, 1951 to 1971
308 17. The Home Front: The 1970s and 1980s
330 18. Growth and Success, 1972 to 1982
343 19. Becoming World Champions
355 Appendix I. Matches Between Clubs
365 Appendix II. Lists of Champions
375 Appendix III. Excerpts from Rules and Other Documents
386 Appendix IV. British and Irish Holders of I.C.C.F. Titles
389 Chapter Notes
409 Select Bibliography
413 Index of Images
413 Index of Opponents
415 Index of Openings by Name
415 Index of Openings by ECO Code
416 General Index