Olimpiu G. Urcan is a Singapore-based chess historian. He contributes regularly to Edward Winter’s Chess Notes and is the author of several chess biographies published by McFarland.

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• Table of ContentsForeword by John S. Hilbert      Acknowledgments      Preface      A Note to the Reader      xiiiPrologue      Part I: A Peddler’s Rise on the Lower East Side, 1871–19001. Coming to America, 1871 –1894      2. First Forays into Chess, 1895–1900      3. A Rising Blindfold Artist, 1898–1900      Part II: Among New York’s Best, 1901–19054. The Very Busy Year 1901      5. The NYSCA Midsummer Meeting, July 1902      6. A Manhattan Man, 1903–1905      7. Equitable Life Insurance Agent      8. More Chess in New York, July–November 1905      Part III: Marketing a Rich Man’s Gambit, 1903–19169. With Rice and His Gambit, 1903–1905      10. A Match with Napier, January 1906      11. King of New York, 1906–1907      12. The End of the Rice Brotherhood, 1908–1916      Part IV: The Last Years, 1929–193113. A Preëminent Chess Official, 1910–1928      14. A Last Game of Chess, 1929–1931      Epilogue      Appendix I: Finn’s Tournament Record      Appendix II: Finn’s Match Record      Appendix III: Finn’s Simultaneous Exhibitions Record      Appendix IV: Finn’s Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibitions Record      Chapter Notes      Selected Bibliography      Index to Finn’s Games (game numbers)      Index of Openings—Finn’s Games (game numbers)      Index of Supplementary Games and Positions (page numbers)      Index of Supplementary Game Openings (page numbers)      Index of Tables      Index to Illustrations      General Index