Oldrich Duras - Master of Chess Combination

007 Preface to the Projeet Life and Work of Oldrich Duras
011 Introduction to Volume One

014 I THE GENEALOGY OF TUE DURAS FAMILY
014 I. 1 Introduction
014 I. 2 Duras' Ancestors
018 I. 3 The Childhood of Oldrich Duras
022 I. 4 The First Timid Chess Beginnings of Oldrich Duras
025 I. 5 M. Chigorin and E. Schiffers in Prague, 1896
045 I. 6 Conclusion

046 II. OLDRICH DURAS JOINING TUE CZECH CHESS CLUB
046 II. 1 Introduction
046 II. 2 Chess Season 1899-1900
083 II. 3 Conclusion

084 III CHESS SEASON 1900-1901
084 III. I Introduction
084 III. 2 Autumn Chess Season of 1900
096 III. 3 Chess Activities of Duras in the First Half of 1901
107 Ill. 4 Chess Congress in Pardubice (10-12 August 1901)
116 III. 5 Autumn Chess Season 1901
131 Ill. 6 Conclusion

133 IV SPRING CHESS SEASON 1902
133 IV. 1 Introduction
133 IV. 2 Club Matches with V. Dyk and Dr. J. Kvicala
167 IV. 3 Summer Toumaments 1902
169 IV. 4 Congress of Chess Players in Veseli-Mezimosti, 3-5 August 1902
184 IV. 5 Czech Chess Congress in Blansko (15-20 August 1902)
198 IV. 6 Autumn Season 1902
211 IV. 7 Club Toumament of the Czech Chess Club in Prague
229 IV. 8 Conclusion

231 V. ENTRY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS SCENE IN 1903
231 V. Introduction
231 V. Spring Chess Season 1903
242 V. International Tournament in Hilversum (3-13 August 1903)
290 V. Autumn Season of 1903
294 V. ConcIusion

295 VI DURAS CHESS ACTIVITIES IN 1904
295 VI. Introduction
295 VI. The spring chess season of the Czech Chess Club in 1904
313 VI. International tournament in Coburg (18 July - 3 August 1904)
357 VI. Championship of the Kingdom of Bohemia (12-15 August 1904)
372 VI. Winter tournament of the Czech Chess Club 1904-1905
287 VI. ConcIusion

388 VII THE CHESS ACTIVITIES OF OLDRICH DURAS IN 1905
388 VII. 1 Introduction
389 VII. 2 Chess Activities of O. Duras in the first half of 1905
402 VII. 3 Congress of the Dutch Chess Association in Scheveningen
448 VII. 4 Chess Congress at Barmen, 12 - 29 August 1905
515 VII. 5 The First UJCS Congress in Prague, 8 - 11 September 1905
549 VII. 6 Autumn Chess Season 1905
556 VII. 7 Conclusion

558 VII. DURAS' CHESS STUDIES AND PROBLEMS (1899-1905)

571 Conclusion
575 Duras Chess Performance (1889-1905)
575 Duras Chess Record (1889-1905)
576 Duras Simultaneous Exhibitions (1889-1905)
577 Index of Players
579 Index of Openings
580 Bibliography