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The Civil War affected the entire American landscape in ways not
always given their due consideration. Not only did it determine the
political future of a nation, it influenced the scientific and
cultural development of the country as well. The war cost America
many of its best and brightest in every venue. James A. Leonard was
one such loss: a brilliant up-and-coming chess player in 1861-62
before he made the decision to serve his country during wartime.
Born November 6, 1841, James A. Leonard was the son of a poor Irish
immigrant - but even a poor child could play the game of kings.
Leonard grew up in a time when interest in chess was experiencing a
revival, and contemporaries such as Paul Morphy, Eugene Delmar and
Leonard's mentor Philip Richardson captured the interest of a
country. Leonard defeated a number of the country's notable chess
players and was widely viewed as the ""New Morphy."" This biography
discusses what little is known of Leonard's life and death but
concentrates primarily on Leonard's ability and his sadly shortened
career. Game scores and diagrams from 96 of Leonard's games are
included, with detailed descriptions regarding place, date and
opponents.
Albert Beauregard Hodges is a legend among chess aficionados. As
one of the most well-known American chess players of the late 19th
and early 20th centuries, Hodges played an important role in
transforming chess from a pleasant pastime into a social
institution. This work provides both an in-depth biography of
Hodges' personal life and chess career and an extensive collection
of over 340 of his games, as well as 15 of his chess problems as
originally published in several newspapers and the American Chess
Bulletin. Hodges' complete tournament and match records are also
included, along with line engravings, photographs, and
player/openings indexes.
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 analyses 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.
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