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This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in
Singapore. Covering 1945-1990, it covers the post-war emergence of
a truly 'local' chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking
the story up to the modern era. Contained within these pages are
tributes to the modern founding fathers of Singapore chess. Also
chronicled within are the careers of Singapore's top players and
their achievements. This includes fine team performances (belying
Singapore's seeming status in the chess world as a tiny red dot)
and spectacular individual successes on the international stage.In
documenting chess development in Singapore for the period in
question, this book also provides glimpses of a wider social
history. Personal stories (based on fresh interviews) are provided
that give a sense of the chessplaying milieu of the time. Stalwarts
in the chess scene, featured in this book, went on to be notable
figures in the wider social and political landscape.A selection of
139 annotated games played by top Singapore-based players and
Singapore masters between 1949 and 1990 is matched by a rich
collection of more than 200 rare illustrations. This volume is a
wonderful resource for chess aficionados, interested amateurs,
collectors and historians.
This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in
Singapore. Covering 1945-1990, it covers the post-war emergence of
a truly 'local' chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking
the story up to the modern era. Contained within these pages are
tributes to the modern founding fathers of Singapore chess. Also
chronicled within are the careers of Singapore's top players and
their achievements. This includes fine team performances (belying
Singapore's seeming status in the chess world as a tiny red dot)
and spectacular individual successes on the international stage.In
documenting chess development in Singapore for the period in
question, this book also provides glimpses of a wider social
history. Personal stories (based on fresh interviews) are provided
that give a sense of the chessplaying milieu of the time. Stalwarts
in the chess scene, featured in this book, went on to be notable
figures in the wider social and political landscape.A selection of
139 annotated games played by top Singapore-based players and
Singapore masters between 1949 and 1990 is matched by a rich
collection of more than 200 rare illustrations. This volume is a
wonderful resource for chess aficionados, interested amateurs,
collectors and historians.
Adolf Albin, a Romanian-born chess master of German origins, was
renowned in epoque for his originality, eccentric and dashing
playing style, aggressiveness and edgy character. Through
previously unpublished data, tournament reports, newspaper
articles, consultation games this work covers Albin's brief but
highly significant period spent in New York, 1893-1895, with
details on his life and chess career.
This book explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann, a
Romanian-born grandmaster-level player of the 1900s and 1910s. A
contemporary of luminaries such as Capablanca, Schlechter,
Tartakower, Reti, R. Spielmann and M. Vidmar, Kaufmann remained an
enigma despite his high-level play. Through an analysis of primary
sources, including private correspondence, diaries and other
archival material, this text reconstructs Kaufmann's chess career
in detail. His tournament and match play games in early 1890s and
1910s are explored, as are his little-known matches against some of
the top players of his time and his participation in the Trebitsch
memorials in war-time Vienna. The book also offers an unprecedented
and extensive account of Kaufmann's close relationship with Arthur
Schnitzler, the famed Austrian dramatist, whose diary offers
important clues to Kaufmann's life and work as a philosopher. There
is a collection of 70 Kaufmann games with detailed annotations and
diagrams.]
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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