"Drawing on new research, this first biography of William Steinitz (1836-1900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully-sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid-Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpson's Divan. Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his career really began, before moving to London in 1862, bent on conquering the chess world. During the next 20 years, he became its strongest and most innovative player, as well as an…mehr
"Drawing on new research, this first biography of William Steinitz (1836-1900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully-sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid-Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpson's Divan. Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his career really began, before moving to London in 1862, bent on conquering the chess world. During the next 20 years, he became its strongest and most innovative player, as well as an influential writer on the game. A foreigner with a quarrelsome nature, he suffered mockery and discrimination from British amateur players and journalists, which eventual drove him to immigrate to America. The final chapters cover his subsequent visits to England and the last three tournaments he played there."-Provided by publisher"--
Tim Harding played for Ireland at the 1984 FIDE chess olympiad in Thessaloniki. He is a FIDE Candidate Master and a Senior International Master of correspondence chess. A well-known writer on many aspects of chess, Tim is a former editor of Chess Mail magazine and for almost 20 years he contributed monthly articles in "The Kibitzer" series at www.chesscafe.com. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Annotation Symbols A Note on Play at Odds British Money and Notation 1. The Making of a Master, 1836-1862 Chess in Prague: A Big Silence Viennese Chess Before Steinitz Enter a Poor Student Club Tournaments and a Visit by Harrwitz The 1861-1862 Tournament The Games in Vienna 2. The London Congress, May-August 1862 Preparations for the Tournament The First Two Weeks The "Grand Week" Conclusion of the Tournament Steinitz's Tournament Games Aside from the Tournament Match with Dubois 3. "The Greco of the present time," 1862-1863 London in 1862 London Chess Club and Purssell's Chess and the Divans The Grand Divan and Simpson's Odds Games and Playing for Money After the Tournament Blackburne Match Match with Deacon Casual Games Later in 1863 Match with Green (1863/1864) 4. Quiet Years, 1864-1865 Games in 1864 Early 1865 Dublin Chess Congress 1865 Steinitz as Blindfold Player Back in England Failure Against de Vere 5. Dethroning Anderssen, 1866 The Divan Transformed From Early 1866 to the B.C.A. Congress British Chess Association 1866 Congress Early Days of the Westminster Chess Club Anderssen Match: Arrangements and Schedule Anderssen Match: The Games Becoming a Father Bird-Steinitz Match Other Games in 1866 6. Paris and Dundee, 1867 Exit from the Westminster Club First Visit to Scotland Paris International 1867 Dundee Congress 1867 7. Difficult Years, 1868-1871 British Chess Association 1868/9 Congress More Games in 1869 City of London Chess Club Origins First Visit to Oxford Baden-Baden, July-August 1870 Back to Oxford Quiet Year in 1871 8. Big Successes, 1872-1873 The City of London Chess Club Handicap Steinitz in Oxford Again British Chess Association Congress 1872 Steinitz-Zukertort Match Later in 1872 Vienna Correspondence Match Events in Early 1873 Visit to The Hague Emperor's Cup, Vienna 1873 After the Tournament 9. Development and Crises, 1874-1876 Visiting the Provinces, 1874 Back in London Last Visit to Oxford, 1875 Games in London and Glasgow, 1875 Time of Crisis Two Bad Mistakes Games, Early 1876 Second Blackburne Match Aftermath A Second Chess Column 10. Absent from the Board, 1877-1881 The Fraser Letter Back in Circulation The Divan Crisis Events in 1878 Summer in Paris Casual Games, 1878-1879 Events in London, 1878/1879 Crisis at the London Figaro 1880: German Visit and Breach with Bird Casual Games, 1880 Dublin Visit, January 1881 In London and Germany 11. A Champion Returns-and Departs, 1882 The Early Months Vienna International 1882 Leaving The Field 12. Farewell to London, 1883 London 1883 Tournament The Last Column Aftermath, 1884 Onwards 13. Last Visits to England, 1895-1899 First Match with Liverpool Hastings Congress 1895 1896 and 1897 in Brief Back in Europe, 1898 London International Tournament 1899 Appendices I. Match and Tournament Record II. Dubious and Spurious Games III. Extracts from Steinitz's Review of Wormald's Chess Openings (1875) IV. First "Ink War" of 1876-1877 V. Leaving The Field, 1882 VI. Steinitz's Grievances (1883) VII. Steinitz Hits Back-Extracts from His International Chess Magazine Column VIII. Bird on Steinitz (1890) IX. MacDonnell on Steinitz (1894) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index of Opponents (to game numbers) Index of Openings-Traditional Names (to game numbers) Index of Openings-ECO Codes (to game numbers) General Index (to page numbers)
Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Annotation Symbols A Note on Play at Odds British Money and Notation 1. The Making of a Master, 1836-1862 Chess in Prague: A Big Silence Viennese Chess Before Steinitz Enter a Poor Student Club Tournaments and a Visit by Harrwitz The 1861-1862 Tournament The Games in Vienna 2. The London Congress, May-August 1862 Preparations for the Tournament The First Two Weeks The "Grand Week" Conclusion of the Tournament Steinitz's Tournament Games Aside from the Tournament Match with Dubois 3. "The Greco of the present time," 1862-1863 London in 1862 London Chess Club and Purssell's Chess and the Divans The Grand Divan and Simpson's Odds Games and Playing for Money After the Tournament Blackburne Match Match with Deacon Casual Games Later in 1863 Match with Green (1863/1864) 4. Quiet Years, 1864-1865 Games in 1864 Early 1865 Dublin Chess Congress 1865 Steinitz as Blindfold Player Back in England Failure Against de Vere 5. Dethroning Anderssen, 1866 The Divan Transformed From Early 1866 to the B.C.A. Congress British Chess Association 1866 Congress Early Days of the Westminster Chess Club Anderssen Match: Arrangements and Schedule Anderssen Match: The Games Becoming a Father Bird-Steinitz Match Other Games in 1866 6. Paris and Dundee, 1867 Exit from the Westminster Club First Visit to Scotland Paris International 1867 Dundee Congress 1867 7. Difficult Years, 1868-1871 British Chess Association 1868/9 Congress More Games in 1869 City of London Chess Club Origins First Visit to Oxford Baden-Baden, July-August 1870 Back to Oxford Quiet Year in 1871 8. Big Successes, 1872-1873 The City of London Chess Club Handicap Steinitz in Oxford Again British Chess Association Congress 1872 Steinitz-Zukertort Match Later in 1872 Vienna Correspondence Match Events in Early 1873 Visit to The Hague Emperor's Cup, Vienna 1873 After the Tournament 9. Development and Crises, 1874-1876 Visiting the Provinces, 1874 Back in London Last Visit to Oxford, 1875 Games in London and Glasgow, 1875 Time of Crisis Two Bad Mistakes Games, Early 1876 Second Blackburne Match Aftermath A Second Chess Column 10. Absent from the Board, 1877-1881 The Fraser Letter Back in Circulation The Divan Crisis Events in 1878 Summer in Paris Casual Games, 1878-1879 Events in London, 1878/1879 Crisis at the London Figaro 1880: German Visit and Breach with Bird Casual Games, 1880 Dublin Visit, January 1881 In London and Germany 11. A Champion Returns-and Departs, 1882 The Early Months Vienna International 1882 Leaving The Field 12. Farewell to London, 1883 London 1883 Tournament The Last Column Aftermath, 1884 Onwards 13. Last Visits to England, 1895-1899 First Match with Liverpool Hastings Congress 1895 1896 and 1897 in Brief Back in Europe, 1898 London International Tournament 1899 Appendices I. Match and Tournament Record II. Dubious and Spurious Games III. Extracts from Steinitz's Review of Wormald's Chess Openings (1875) IV. First "Ink War" of 1876-1877 V. Leaving The Field, 1882 VI. Steinitz's Grievances (1883) VII. Steinitz Hits Back-Extracts from His International Chess Magazine Column VIII. Bird on Steinitz (1890) IX. MacDonnell on Steinitz (1894) Chapter Notes Bibliography Index of Opponents (to game numbers) Index of Openings-Traditional Names (to game numbers) Index of Openings-ECO Codes (to game numbers) General Index (to page numbers)
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