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The Steinitz Papers: Letters and Documents of the First World Chess Champion

The Steinitz Papers: Letters and Documents of the First World Chess Champion


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One of the greatest of chess masters, William Steinitz (he changed his name from Wilhelm when he arrived in America) is recognized as the first world champion. More exactly (and thanks to the efforts of the editor of this book, Kurt Landsberger) he has been officially acknowledged as the first American world chess champion. Many letters and postcards survive: After years of unflagging effort to acquire all known letters to and from Steinitz, the editor has compiled a remarkable record of Steinitz and his contemporaries. Each letter, postcard, scrapbook item, newspaper or chess magazine article or other writing is described along with details of its location, ownership, and circumstances of discovery. It is then printed, nearly always in full, in English (many are translated from the German by Landsberger).

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents To the Reader     Introduction     About the Letters     PART I : ASCENT The First Years     Mason, Hoffer, Zukertort and Steinitz     A Glimpse of the New World     No “Shadowy Anonymus”     PART II : ON TOP OF THE WORLD The Hydra-Headed Monster     Cuba, Chess and Congress     Steinitz the Author     “One of the Chosen People…”     Tschigorin and Gunsberg     Johnson’s Universal Cyclopaedia     The American Chess Master from New Jersey     Steinitz and Lasker     PART III : DECLINE Hastings, St. Petersburg and Rostov     Letters to Pillsbury     Dr. Reider’s Medical Conclusions     Graphology     The Referee     The Last Years     Contracts     PART IV : BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Those Whose Lives Touched That of William Steinitz<     Acknowledgments     Index    

About the Author :
Kurt Landsberger, born in Prague with the name Steinitz, is the champion’s great-grandnephew. He divides his time between Verona, New Jersey, and Delray Beach, Florida. Grandmaster Andy Soltis, eight times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City.

Review :
“welcome...very useful...fascinating”—The Washington Post; “absorbing reading...recommended...a very rich collection of material”—British Chess Magazine; “high-quality...lively and entertaining...book deserves high praise... should be enjoyed by anyone who reads chess history”—IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com); “the book offers a wealth of archival material...it includes valuable documents, photographs, facsimiles and game scores. There is an illuminating commentary throughout”—Chessville Reviews; “impressive...an outstanding work”—Chess Mail; “the author, Steinitz’s great-grandnephew, presents all known letters to and from Steinitz”—Chess Horizons; “high-quality...lively and entertaining...the book deserves high praise”—ChessCenter.com; “an amazing collection of correspondences and documents that span Steinitz’s chess life...any true history buff or fan of Steinitz would love this collection and derive an immense amount of pleasure from it...the book is a historic gem...there is simply nothing else out there that can provide the kind of detailed information that this book has. It is a phenomenal book for the serious study of the interesting World Champion”—Chessville.com; “well researched and well written”—Seagaard Chess Reviews; “outstanding”—Time Travel-Journal for Chess Players.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780786447046
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Letters and Documents of the First World Chess Champion
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786447044
  • Publisher Date: 05 Aug 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 360
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 666 gr


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