Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland
433 pages, paperback, McFarland, 1. edition 2011
Exploring a bygone aspect of intellectual sport, this book details the history of British and Irish correspondence chess from the first formal match between Edinburgh and London in 1824 well into the 1980s, the most successful period in British correspondence chess. It traces the development of postal chess, including the growth of regional and national chess associations after World War I; the dawn of game-changing technologies such as the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and fax machines; the earliest transatlantic matches between the U.S. and the U.K.; the founding of the International Correspondence Chess Association in 1945; and the breaking of the Soviet monopoly on the world team championship in 1982, the final act of the joint Great Britain team before Scotland and Wales obtained separate membership in the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Appendices list tournament champions; I.C.C.F. title holders; known club matches; and excerpts from rules and other documents. Extensive notes, bibliography and indexes.
Tim Harding (Ph.D., University of Dublin, 2009) is a Senior International Master of correspondence chess, and played on the Irish team at the 1984 FIDE chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece. He lives in Dublin.
| Weight | 760 g |
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| Manufacturer | McFarland |
| Width | 17.8 cm |
| Height | 25.5 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Author | Tim Harding |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0786445530 |
| Pages | 433 |
| Binding | paperback |
| Name | Mc Farland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
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| Adresse | 960 Highway 88 W Box 611) Jefferson, North Carolina 28640-0611 USA |
| Internet | www.mcfarlandpub.com |
| info@mcfarlandpub.com |
001 Preface and Acknowledgments
006 Abbreviations
006 Annotation Symbols
007 1. Capital Letters: Edinburgh versus London, 1824-1828
028 2. Heyday of the Inter-Club Matches
050 3. Penny Post and Private Matches
064 4. Moves Over the Wires: Chess Adopts Technology
078 5. The Earliest Postal Tournaments, 1853 to 1870
095 6. Changing Times: The 1870s and 1880s
114 7. "A Battle at Long Range": The United Kingdom versus the United States, 1877-1881
127 8. The Growth of Tournaments, 1870 to 1897
161 9. Scottish Correspondence Chess to 1918
177 10. Irish and Welsh Correspondence Chess to 1918
195 11. The English Scene, 1890 to 1918
222 12. From One War to the Next, 1918 to 1939
246 13. Correspondence Chess During World War II
261 14. International Revival, 1946 to 1951
273 15. Domestic Competitions, 1946 to 1970
294 16. Crisis and Resolution: Britain and the International Correspondence Chess Federation, 1951 to 1971
308 17. The Home Front: The 1970s and 1980s
330 18. Growth and Success, 1972 to 1982
343 19. Becoming World Champions
355 Appendix I. Matches Between Clubs
365 Appendix II. Lists of Champions
375 Appendix III. Excerpts from Rules and Other Documents
386 Appendix IV. British and Irish Holders of I.C.C.F. Titles
389 Chapter Notes
409 Select Bibliography
413 Index of Images
413 Index of Opponents
415 Index of Openings by Name
415 Index of Openings by ECO Code
416 General Index
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