Utgivelsesdato | Desember 2020 |
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Pris | 990 NOK |
Steinitz in London
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Drawing on new research, this first biography of William Steinitz (18361900), 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.
Innhold
007 Acknowledgments
008 Abbreviations
009 Annotation Symbols
010 A Note on Play at Odds
011 British Money and Notation
013 1. The Making of a Master, 1836-1862
035 2. The London Congress, May-August 1862
063 3. ”The Greco of the present time,“ 1862-1863
100 4. Quiet Years, 1864-1865
118 5. Dethroning Anderssen, 1866
149 6. Paris and Dundee, 1867
171 7. Difficult Years, 1868-1871
198 8. Big Successes, 1872-1873
230 9. Development and Crises, 1874-1876
257 10. Absent from the Board, 1877-1881
281 11. A Champion Returns-and Departs, 1882
304 12. Farewell to London, 1883
321 13. Last Visits to England, 1895-1899
Appendices
357 I. Match and Tournament Record
348 II. Dubious and Spurious Games
350 III. Extracts from Steinitz’s Review of Wormald’s Chess Openings (1875)
352 IV. First ”Ink War“ of 1876-1877
359 V. Leaving The Field, 1882
364 VI. Steinitz’s Grievances (1883)
366 VII. Steinitz Hits Back-Extracts from His International Chess Magazine Column
369 VIII. Bird on Steinitz (1890)
371 IX. MacDonnell on Steinitz (1894)
375 Chapter Notes
397 Bibliography
401 Index of Opponents (to game numbers)
403 Index of Openings-Traditional Names (to game numbers)
405 Index of Openings-ECO Codes (to game numbers)
406 General Index (to page numbers)
Innbundet? | Ja |
Type | Bok |
Språk | Engelsk |
Antall sider | 421 |
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