The Steinitz papers : letters and documents of the first world chess champion / edited by Kurt Landsberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinitz, William, 1836-1900.

Contributor:

Landsberger, Kurt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steinitz, William, 1836-1900--Correspondence.

Steinitz, William.

Steinitz, William, 1836-1900.

Chess players--Czech Republic--Bohemia--Correspondence.

Chess players.

Czech Republic--Bohemia.

Genre:

Correspondence.

Biographies.

Personal correspondence.

Physical Description:

viii, 325 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, [2002]

Summary:

Long known as one of the greatest chess masters of the nineteenth century, William Steinitz is recognized as the first world champion. More exactly (and thanks to the efforts of the author of this book) he has been officially acknowledged as the first American world chess champion.

Luckily for chess scholars, many letters and postcards survive written by Steinitz and his associates, friends and foes. After years of research, numerous personal contacts with people on three continents, and unflagging efforts to acquire any and all known letters to and from Steinitz, the author here presents in their own words a remarkable account of Steinitz and his contemporaries in the chess world of over a century ago. Notable personalities that write or are written about include Lasker, Pillsbury, Zukertort, Bird, Blackburne, Janowski, Tschigorin and Winawer.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0786411937

OCLC:

48550929