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Eminent Victorian Chess Players - Ten Biographies (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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Eminent Victorian Chess Players - Ten Biographies (Hardcover, annotated edition)
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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 chess games (with position diagrams),
several annotated in detail, 50 photographs and line drawings,
appendices include career records for all ten, notes, bibliography
and indexes.
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