Writings in Chess History

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

• Casa editrice Moravian Chess
• Codice 6460
• Anno 2012
• Pagine p. 620 - hardcover