H.E. Bird : a chess biography with 1.198 games /

"This comprehensive first biography of Bird provides a detailed account of his personal life and a deeply researched coverage of his feats at the chess board. Almost 1,200 games are included, hundreds of them published here for the first time. Nearly 450 games--many of them thrilling all-out fi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Renette, Hans, 1977-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Temas:
Bird, H. E., > 1829-1908.
Bird, H. E., > 1829-1908
Chess players > England > Biography.
Chess > Collections of games.
Joueurs d'échecs > Angleterre > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
GAMES > Board.
Chess
Chess players
England
collective biographies.
Biographies
Collections
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments ; Foreword by Richard Forster ; Preface ; Introduction ; Chess and Life Facts ; A Rare Bird ; Bird's Eye View ; A Nimzowitsch Forerunner? ; Bird's Legacy ; Part I : A Young Bird, 1829-1851 ; The Birds of Bridgnorth; Life in Bristol ; Henry Bird and His Family ; Moving to London
  • Searching Through Life Discovering the Game ; Clubs and Coffee Houses ; A Trial of Strength Against Buckle 1847-1849 ; A Ghost Tournament: London 1848 ; A Tournament at the Divan: London 1849 ; Match with G.W. Medley 1849 ; Young Men Explore London ; Offhand and Various 1848-1850
  • The Chess Masters Gather: London 1851 Match with Horwitz 1851 ; Offhand and Various 1851; Part II: The Turn of the Tide, 1852-1855; The Development of Chess; An Introduction to the Rise and Fall of Henry Bird ; Good Years ; A Touch of Australia ; Case I. Jackson v. Drew ; Case II. Dyer v. Dyer ; Case III. Bird v. Drouet
  • A Tentative Conclusion The Interaction between Henry Bird and His Family ; Life in Australia ; The Story of Henry Edward and Eliza ; The Tragic Fate of Charles French Smith ; Other Offhand Games 1852-1855 ; Part III: The Accountancy Years (I), 1856-1865; Becoming an Expert Accountant 1857-1866; Personal Changes
  • Matches with Falkbeer 1856-1857 Offhand Chess 1857-1858 ; Morphy's First Visit 1858 ; B.C.A. Congress, Birmingham 1858 ; A New Club in Town ; Handicap Tournament at Purssell's 1859 ; Morphy's Second Visit 1859 ; Offhand Chess 1859-1860

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