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Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia's Friend of Chess

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Author : John S. Hilbert
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia's Friend of Chess written by John S. Hilbert and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2003 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Penn Shipley was crucial to the development of chess in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His contributions were very great. He organized correspondence chess in the United States in the 1890s, became a talented player and dangerous opponent, and a friend and supporter of world champions and contenders. He served as the treasurer of the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia and later as the clubs president at the height of its power and prestige. This work is a complete biography and games collection of Walter Penn Shipley. It draws from such original documents as personal correspondence with great chess players of his era (Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Pillsbury and others), detailed Shipley family records, and extensive research conducted in contemporary newspapers, journals and magazines. The book contains approximately 250 games (most of them annotated), with about 250 positional diagrams.

Eminent Victorian Chess Players

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Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476601437
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Eminent Victorian Chess Players written by Tim Harding and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

H.E. Bird

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Author : Hans Renette
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786475781
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book H.E. Bird written by Hans Renette and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No chess player of the 19th century had a longer, more varied career than Henry Edward Bird (1829-1908). After pursuing a civil career for years his love for chess prevailed. He belonged to the top level of British players for decades but he really shone at Simpson's Divan. Bird's accessibility, fierce attacking style and contempt for draws made him a people's favorite but his proud and touchy character led him into disputes with his colleagues. A very strong and widely known player, he fell into oblivion after his death. This comprehensive first biography of Bird provides a detailed account of his personal life and a deeply researched coverage of his feats at the chess board. Almost 1,200 games are included, hundreds of them published here for the first time. Nearly 450 games--many of them thrilling all-out fights--are presented with a mix of contemporary and modern annotations.

Who's who in Pennsylvania

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Author : John W. Leonard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
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W.H.K. Pollock

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Author : Olimpiu G. Urcan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476631409
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book W.H.K. Pollock written by Olimpiu G. Urcan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his first years in America, William Henry Krause Pollock participated in some of the most important American chess events of the 19th century. Pollock played matches against strong players like Charles Moehle, John L. McCutcheon, Jackson W. Showalter and Eugene Delmar. This biography analyzes in great detail Pollock's chess play, as well as his career and life in England, Ireland and America. His American years unveil even more about the American chess landscape during the first half of 1890s, one of the most interesting periods in American chess history. Offered here are an unprecedented collection of annotated games played by Pollock (around 500), historical photographs and line drawings. Sources include historical chess journals and magazines with chess columns from America, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Chess Life

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Emil Kemeny

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Author : John S. Hilbert
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604401
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Emil Kemeny written by John S. Hilbert and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's finest chess players and writers. He dominated chess in both Philadelphia and Chicago, where he lived between 1893 and early 1906. Congenial and modest, Kemeny was appreciated for his chess play and valued for the strong friendships he formed during his years in the United States. A tenacious competitor despite poor health, he fought Showalter for the national title, ran his own chess magazine, and provided detailed coverage of Monte Carlo 1903. His chess career as player and writer is presented in detail. Common databases rarely include more than 35 of his games; this book has 227--sixty or more against Halpern, Hanham, Voigt, Showalter and Pillsbury--most with annotations; 361 diagrams. Forty additional period games, hundreds of source notes, tournament and match records, crosstables, a bibliography, and openings, player, and general indexes complete the work.

The Steinitz Papers

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Author : William Steinitz
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786411931
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book The Steinitz Papers written by William Steinitz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2002-08-27 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long known as one of the greatest chess masters of the nineteenth century, William Steinitz is recognized as the first world champion. More exactly (and thanks to the efforts of the author of this book) he has been officially acknowledged as the first American world chess champion. Luckily for chess scholars, many letters and postcards survive written by Steinitz and his associates, friends and foes. After years of research, numerous personal contacts with people on three continents, and unflagging efforts to acquire any and all known letters to and from Steinitz, the author here presents in their own words a remarkable account of Steinitz and his contemporaries in the chess world of over a century ago. Notable personalities that write or are written about include Lasker, Pillsbury, Zukertort, Bird, Blackburne, Janowski, Tschigorin and Winawer. Each original letter, postcard, scrapbook item, newspaper or chess magazine article or other writing (including three lengthily-negotiated match play agreements) is described along with details of location, ownership, and circumstances of discovery. It is then printed, nearly always in full, in English (many translated from their original German by Landsberger). The author provides a running commentary on the letters and documents, which are generally chronological in arrangement, putting them in context and remarking the significance of certain points made in them. A biographical dictionary at the back of the book offers information about all the many figures who received, sent, or were mentioned in the documents or letters. Some of the games accompanying some of the letters are annotated by modern grandmaster Andy Soltis (Steinitz’s annotations and insights also accompany some). Each game is illustrated. Facsimiles of some of the letters are provided.

American Chess Bulletin

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Author : Hartwig Cassell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book American Chess Bulletin written by Hartwig Cassell and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Joseph Henry Blackburne

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Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476620288
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Henry Blackburne written by Tim Harding and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform "blindfold" into his sixties. This first comprehensive biography of Britain's greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburne's games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburne's unusual family and social background are fully explored.

Chess in Philadelphia

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Author : Gustavus C. Reichhelm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Chess in Philadelphia written by Gustavus C. Reichhelm and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author : Good Companion Chess Problem Club, Philadelphia
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book "Our Folder" ... written by Good Companion Chess Problem Club, Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who's who in Pennsylvania

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Chess in Philadelphia

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Author : Gustavus Charles Reichhelm
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book Chess in Philadelphia written by Gustavus Charles Reichhelm and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020

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Author : Alexey W. Root
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476646872
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020 written by Alexey W. Root and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U.S. Women's Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record-setting prizes. Drawing on archives and original interviews with the living U.S. Women's Chess Champions, this book examines their careers with biographies, photos, and 171 annotated games, most of which are from the 60 championships between 1937 and 2020.

Samuel Lipschutz

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Author : Stephen Davies
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786495960
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Samuel Lipschutz written by Stephen Davies and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Lipschutz was born in Hungary in 1863 and emigrated to New York in 1880. He joined the Manhattan and New York chess clubs, and soon became champion of the latter, representing it at the British Chess Association Congress in London in 1886. Naturalized in 1888, he was the highest-placed American in the Sixth American Chess Congress the following year. In 1892 he defeated Jackson Showalter to become American champion. Suffering from tuberculosis in 1895, he lost a championship match to Showalter. Searching for a cure, he went to Germany in 1904 and died there late the following year. This book gives an account of Lipschutz's chess career, life and milieu and addresses questions surrounding his first name, his periods away from New York and misconceptions concerning the American championship. There are 249 games included.

Who's who in America

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Author : John William Leonard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Who's who in America written by John William Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 3490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 28-30 accompanied by separately published parts with title: Indices and necrology.