Joseph Henry Blackburne : a Chess biography /

"This first comprehensive biography of Britain's greatest chess player of the early 20th century presents more than 1,000 of Blackburne's games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harding, T. D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Blackburne, Joseph Henry, > 1841-1924.
Blackburne, Joseph Henry, > 1841-1924
Chess players > Great Britain > Biography.
Chess > Collections of games.
Joueurs d'échecs > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
GAMES > Board.
Chess
Chess players
Great Britain
Biographies
Collections
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations and Annotation Symbols
  • On Money and Notation
  • 1. Manchester Beginnings, 1841-1861
  • 2. Blindfold Performer, 1862
  • 3. The Call of London, May-December 1862
  • 4. Slow Rise, 1863-1869
  • 5. Joining the Elite, 1870-1873
  • 6. Mature Grandmaster, 1874-1879
  • 7. Tournament World Champion, 1880-1881
  • 8. "The very Hercules of Chess," 1882-1883
  • 9. Illness and Recovery, 1884-1885
  • 10. New Rivals Emerging, 1886-1888
  • 11. From New York to Breslau, 1889
  • 12. Veteran in Gradual Decline, 1890-1892
  • 13. The Hastings Years, 1893-1896
  • 14. Marathon Tournaments, 1897-1898
  • 15. Grand Old Man of British Chess, 1899-1903
  • 16. The Early B.C.F. Years, 1904-1906
  • 17. Not Checkmated Yet, 1907-1911
  • 18. His Final Moves, 1912-1924
  • Appendix I. Match and Tournament Record
  • Appendix II. Record Against Principal Rivals
  • Appendix III. Blackburne's Chess Compositions
  • Appendix IV. Interviews with Blackburne
  • Appendix V. Blackburne's Blindfold Exhibitions
  • VI. Blackburne's Two Articles for The Strand Magazine
  • Appendix VII. Corrections to Game Scores
  • Chapter Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Players (by game number)
  • Index of Openings-Traditional Names (by game number)
  • Index of Openings-ECO code (by game number)
  • General Index (by page number).

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