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Emil Kemeny
A Life in Chess
Häftad, 2013
569 kr
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Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's finest chess players and writers. He dominated chess in both Philadelphia and Chicago, where he lived …
Albert Beauregard Hodges
The Man Chess Made
Av John S. Hilbert, Peter P. Lahde
Häftad, 2013
759 kr
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Albert Beauregard Hodges is a legend among chess aficionados. One of the most well-known American chess players of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he played an important role in transforming chess from a pleasant pastime into a social institution. This work provides an in-depth biography of …
Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A. Leonard, 1841-1862
Häftad, 2014
517 kr
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The Civil War affected the entire American landscape in ways not always fully considered. It determined the political future of a nation--but also its scientific and cultural development. The war cost America many of its best and brightest in every realm. James A. Leonard was one such loss: a …
George H. Mackenzie
A Chess Biography with 1,272 Games
Häftad, 2024
1745 kr
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A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (1837-1891) dominated in the U.S. for more than a quarter century. Scottish by birth, Mackenzie was adopted by American chess players as their representative on the national and international scenes and was beloved as an entertainer wherever he …
W.H.K. Pollock
A Chess Biography with 523 Games
Av Olimpiu G. Urcan, John S. Hilbert
Inbunden, 2017
821 kr
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During his first years in America, William Henry Krause Pollock participated in some of the most important American chess events of the 19th century. Pollock played matches against strong players like Charles Moehle, John L. McCutcheon, Jackson W. Showalter and Eugene Delmar. This biography …
Walter Penn Shipley
Philadelphia's Friend of Chess
Häftad, 2012
657 kr
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Walter Penn Shipley was crucial to the development of chess in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He organized correspondence chess in the United States in the 1890s, was a talented player and was a friend of world champions and contenders. He served as the president of …
