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The Steinitz Papers (kart.)

Letters and Documents of Wilh. Steinitz

325 Seiten, kartoniert, McFarland, 2010, Erstauflage 2002

51,95 €
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After years of research and unflagging efforts to acquire any and all known letters to and from Steinitz, the author here presents in their own words a remarkable account of Steinitz and his contemporaries in the chess world of over a century ago.
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EAN 9780786447046
Gewicht 630 g
Hersteller McFarland
Breite 17,5 cm
Höhe 25,5 cm
Medium Buch
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
Autor Kurt Landsberger
Sprache Englisch
ISBN-13 9780786447046
Jahr der Erstauflage 2002
Seiten 325
Einband kartoniert
Table of Contents

To the Reader 1
Introduction 3
About the Letters 9

PART I : ASCENT
The First Years 21
Mason, Hoffer, Zukertort and Steinitz 28
A Glimpse of the New World 37
No ”Shadowy Anonymus“ 50

PART II : ON TOP OF THE WORLD
The Hydra-Headed Monster 71
Cuba, Chess and Congress 92
Steinitz the Author 107
”One of the Chosen People…“ 117
Tschigorin and Gunsberg 131
Johnson’s Universal Cyclopaedia 150
The American Chess Master from New Jersey 159
Steinitz and Lasker 161

PART III : DECLINE
Hastings, St. Petersburg and Rostov 203
Letters to Pillsbury 209
Dr. Reider’s Medical Conclusions 227
Graphology 244
The Referee 246
The Last Years 252
Contracts 266

PART IV : BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Those Whose Lives Touched That of William Steinitz< 279

Acknowledgments 313
Index 317

welcome...very useful...fascinating"--The Washington Post
"a very rich collection of material"--British Chess Magazine
"high-quality...lively and entertaining...book deserves high praise... should be enjoyed by anyone who reads chess history"--IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com)

welcome...very useful...fascinating“The Washington Post

”a very rich collection of material“British Chess Magazine

”high-quality...lively and entertaining...book deserves high praise... should be enjoyed by anyone who reads chess history“IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com)

”the book offers a wealth of archival material...it includes valuable documents, photographs, facsimiles and game scores. There is an illuminating commentary throughout“Chessville Reviews

”impressive...an outstanding work“Chess Mail

”the author, Steinitz’s great-grandnephew, presents all known letters to and from Steinitz“Chess Horizons

”high-quality...lively and entertaining...the book deserves high praise“ChessCenter.com

”an amazing collection of correspondences and documents that span Steinitz’s chess life...any true history buff or fan of Steinitz would love this collection and derive an immense amount of pleasure from it...the book is a historic gem...there is simply nothing else out there that can provide the kind of detailed information that this book has. It is a phenomenal book for the serious study of the interesting World Champion“Chessville.com

”well researched and well written“Seagaard Chess Reviews

”outstanding“Time Travel-Journal for Chess Players

with the courtesy of McFarland