Writings in Chess History
Hilbert John S.

The book before you consists of forty chapters, originally individual essays or reviews written over the past several years, collected now for the first time.
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Contents
Introduction
Essays and Interview
Chapter 1: Forgotten Games: Additions to the Steinitz Cannon ...1
Chapter 2: Zukertort in Canada: The Story of an Exhibition ...22
Chapter 3: How Odd(s), or Leveling the Playing Field For Fun and Profit Before
the Almighty Rating ...58
Chapter 4: Lost Promise: George N. Cheney ...70
Chapter 5: Henry Thomas Buckle: A Life, with Chess ...78
Chapter 6: The Chess Games of Henry Thomas Buckle (1821-1862) ...108
Chapter 7: The Short, Tragic Life of Alexander G. Sellman ...173
Chapter 8: The Chess Games of Alexander G. Sellman (1856-1888) ...187
Chapter 9: Philadelphia`s Rex: How Small Club Play Helped Chess Flourish in Philadelphia
a Hundred Years Ago ..271
Chapter 10: California Chess, 1858-1859 ...324
Chapter 11: Howard Staunton and Chess by ``Electric Telegraph`` ...332
Chapter 12: The Rich Body and Complex Texture of Correspondence Chess in America ...340
Chapter 13: Emanuel Lasker: The Challenge for a Biographer ...350
Chapter 14: Emanuel Lasker at Haverford College ...358
Chapter 15: Norman Tweed Whitaker: The Georgia Connection ...361
Chapter 16: Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle ...374
Chapter 17: Jacob Elson`s Early Years ...385
Chapter 18: The Marshall Canon: Unexplored Treasure for Future Historians ...390
Chapter 19: New York 1891: A Day to Remember ...427
Chapter 20: Oscar Chajes, Chess Master ...450
Chapter 21: Master ``Without Portfolio``: Franklin Melville Teed ...458
Chapter 22: Collaborative Chess Journalism: An Underused Opportunity ...465
Chapter 23: Conversation with a Correspondence Chess Historian: Interview with
John S. Hilbert, by Neil Brennen (circa 2002) ...468
Chapter 24:The ``Megaphone Man``: The Curious Story of J. Henry Smythe, Jr. ...480
Chapter 25: Philip R. Geffe: A Chess Story (Written with IM John Donaldson ...495
Reviews
Chapter 26: Of Life and Games: Philidor ...505
Chapter 27: A Tale of Splendor and Woe: Pollock Memories ...512
Chapter 28: The Art of Chess Biography: The Chess Biography of
Marcel Duchamp, Volume One ...517
Chapter 29: Displaced Person ... Universal Talent: Elmer Zemgalis ...523
Chapter 30: When Daniel Seeks the Lion`s Den The British Chess Review ...529
Chapter 31: Conflict on-and off-the Chessboard The Chess Player `s Chronicle,
New Series (Second Series) ...537
Chapter 32: Irregular Regularity, Or, The Chess Player `s Chronicle, Fifth Series ...544
Chapter 33: Victorian Restraint ... or Lack Thereof: The Chess Monthly, Volume 9 ...552
Chapter 34: The Diligent Harlequin: Hoffer and The Field ...560
Chapter 35: A World of Chess: The Chess World ...567
Chapter 36: Winding Through the Past: The American Chess Journal ...574
Chapter 37: When Chess Historians Meet ...582
Chapter 38: Russian Silhouettes ...588
Chapter 39: The Gambler, Cured: Curse of Kirsan ...595
Chapter 40: A Cornucopia of Chess ... and then some: A Chess Omnibus ...601
Index of Games ...611
Information
- Casa editrice Moravian Chess
- Code 6460
- Anno 2012
- Pagine p. 620 - hardcover