Many historical chess books focus on individual 19th century masters and tournaments yet little is written covering the full scope of competitive chess through the era. This volume provides a comprehensive overview, with more than a third of the 300 annotated games analyzed by past masters and checked by powerful engines.
Players such as Max Lange and Cochrane, known to the chess public only by the name given to a fierce attack or gambit, are brought to life. Fifty masters are each given their own chapter, with brief biographies, results and anecdotes and an endgame section for most chapters.
Content:
Introduction 1
1—The Chess Scene before 1834 3
2—Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais 9
3—Alexander McDonnell 18
4—Ludwig Erdmann Bledow 25
5—Paul Rudolf von Bilguer 30
6—Bernhard Horwitz 36
7—Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa 42
8—John Cochrane 49
9—Howard Staunton 57
10—Lionel Felix Kieseritzky 67
11—Serafino Dubois 74
12—Johann Jacob Löwenthal 81
13—Adolf Anderssen 91
14—Max Lange 104
15—Ernst Karl Falkbeer 109
16—Daniel Harrwitz 115
17—George Henry Mackenzie 127
18—Paul Charles Morphy 136
19—Louis Paulsen 148
20—Ignaz Kolisch 159
21—William Steinitz 167
22—Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann 185
23—Joseph Henry Blackburne 194
24—Emil Schallopp 206
25—Henry Edward Bird 213
26—Cecil Valentine De Vere 223
27—Samuel Rosenthal 230
28—Johannes Hermann Zukertort 236
29—Amos Burn 246
30—James Mason 255
31—Szymon Abramowicz Winawer 264
32—Berthold Englisch 273
33—Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin 280
34—Semyon (Simon) Alapin 291
35—Johann Berger 297
36—William Henry Krause Pollock 304
37—Isidor Arthur Gunsberg 314
38—Siegbert Tarrasch 322
39—Max Weiss 332
40—Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers 340
41—Curt von bardeleben 348
42—Jacques Mieses 356
43—Harry Nelson Pillsbury 365
44—Emanuel Lasker 377
45—Jackson Whipps Showalter 393
46—Adolf Albin 399
47—Rudolf Charousek 407
48—Carl august Walbrodt 413
49—Georg Marco 420
50—Dawid Markelowicz Janowski 429
51—Geza Maróczy 438
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