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George H. Mackenzie - A Chess Biography with 1,297 Games
Hilbert John S.
A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (18371891) dominated in the U.S. for more than a quarter century. Scottish by birth, Mackenzie was adopted by American chess players as their representative on the national and international scenes and was beloved as an entertainer wherever he toured. Despite his overwhelming record and global renown, no full-length biography or comprehensive collection of his games has appeared until now. This book details his tragic family life, his British and American war records, relations with the New York, national and international chess communities and his unfortunate and questionable death.
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A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (18371891) dominated in the U.S. for more than a quarter century. Scottish by birth, Mackenzie was adopted by American chess players as their representative on the national and international scenes and was beloved as an entertainer wherever he toured. Despite his overwhelming record and global renown, no full-length biography or comprehensive collection of his games has appeared until now. This book details his tragic family life, his British and American war records, relations with the New York, national and international chess communities and his unfortunate and questionable death.
John S. Hilbert, a retired senior attorney with the Social Security Administration living in Buffalo, New York, has written 16 chess books and over 100 articles on chess biography and history, winning multiple national and international awards.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1. Mackenzie’s Early Life and Chess Play (1837–1862) 3
2. Mackenzie and the American Civil War: The True Story (1863–1865) 34
3. Adrift on the Troubled Waters of American Life (1865–1868) 51
4. The Cafés: Headquarters of Metropolitan Chess (1868–1870) 99
5. International Dreams, National Attempt (1870–1873) 142
6. Chicago 1874 and Stumbling Through the Centennial (1874–1876) 181
7. Paying Chess, Home and Abroad (1877–1879) 221
8. The Chess Scandal of the Century (1880) 283
9. The St. Louis Master, Vienna 1882: There and Back Again (1881–1882) 319
10. Steinitz, London 1883, Zukertort and the Old and New Schools (1883–1884) 377
11. The International Chess Magazine, International Play, and the Match Against Lipschütz (1885–1886) 432
12. Mackenzie’s Year of Years (1887) 487
13. The Internationalist, Home and Abroad: A Marvelous Record for So Old a Man (1888–1890) 535
14. Every Inch a Chess King: A Plunge of Despair (1891) 597
Appendix A: Additional Mackenzie Games 611
Appendix B: Obituaries and Appreciations 650
Appendix C: Tournament and Match Record 659
Appendix D: Mackenzie’s Simultaneous Exhibitions 662
Master List of Abbreviations 666
Bibliography 668
Index of Opponents 672
Index of Openings—ECO Codes 675
Index of Games at Odds 677
General Index 678
