Awards

• Runner-up for Book of the Year Award—<I>Chess Journalists of America</I> 2023 (United States)

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Author:   Frank Hoffmeister
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.129kg
ISBN:  

9781476680712

ISBN 10:   147668071
Pages:   492
Publication Date:   07 December 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Used in This Book List of Game and Puzzle DIAGRAM Numbers Foreword by Peter Heine Nielsen Introduction I. From Bertin to Del Rio (1735–1775) A. The Time Old Arab Puzzles and New Opening Ideas Philidor Versus the Italian School B. The Players Joseph Bertin (ca. 1690–1736) Philip Stamma (ca. 1700–1755) Carlo Francesco Cozio (ca. 1715–ca. 1780) ­­François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795) Giambattista Lolli (1698–1769), Domenico Pon­ziani (1719–1795) and Ercole del Rio (1718–1802) C. The Legacy II. From Allgaier to McDonnell (1775–1835) A. The Time The French Amateurs and Their Traité Elias Stein (1748–1812) and His Nouvel Essai Philip Julius Count van Zuylen van Nijevelt (1743–1826) and His Superiorité aux Echecs The Chess Automaton Clément Felix Brossier Montigny (1786–1840) and His Stratagèmes des Echecs Jacob Henry Sarratt (ca. 1772–1819) and His Treatise Alexandre Louis Honoré Lebreton Deschappelles (1780–1846) and His 1821 Matches John Cochrane (1798–1878) and His Treatise on the Game of Chess The Friendly Match Between Lewis and La Bourdonnais The 1834 Match Between La Bourdonnais and McDonnell in London B. The Players Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763–1823) William Lewis (1787–1870) Louis Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1797–1840) Alexander McDonnell (1798–1835) C. The Legacy III. From Petroff to Staunton (1835–1850) A. The Time The Unsuccesful Challenge from Deschapelles to England 1836 Aaron Alexandre (1766–1850) and His Encyclopedia George Walker (1809–1879) and His New Treatise on Chess The 1843 Match Between ­­Saint-Amant and Staunton in Paris Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (1806–1853) and His Gambit The Development of Chess in Italy The Development of Chess in Germany The Development of Chess in the Austrian Empire The Development of Chess in Russia B. The Players Alexander Dmitrievich Petroff (1794–1867) and Carl Ferdinand von Jaenisch (1813–1872) Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818–1890) Pierre Charles Fournier de ­­Saint-Amant (1800–1872) Howard Staunton (1810–1874) C. The Legacy IV. From Anderssen to Morphy (1851–1859) A. The Time London 1851 The Chess Studies from Josef Kling (1811–1876) and Bernhard Horwitz (1807–1885) The First Indian Openings The 1853 Match Between Löwenthal and Harrwitz in London Max Lange (1832–1899) and His Attack Manchester 1857 New York 1857 The 1858 Match Between Löwenthal and Morphy in London John Owen (1827–1901) and His Defense Birmingham 1858 The 1858 Match Between Morphy and Harrwitz in Paris The ­­1858-1859 Match Between Morphy and Anderssen in Paris B. The Players Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (1818–1879) Daniel Harrwitz (1821–1884) Johann Jacob Löwenthal (1806–1874) Paul Charles Morphy (1834–1884) C. The Legacy V. From Paulsen to Neumann (1860–1871) A. The Time The 1860 Match Between Kolisch and Anderssen in Paris The 1861 Match Between Kolisch and Anderssen in London Bristol 1861 The 1861 Match Between Kolisch and Paulsen in London London 1862 Serafino Dubois (1817–1899) and His Defense of Italian Chess Rules The 1862 Match Between Paulsen and Anderssen in London Jean Louis Préti (1798–1881) and His Stratégie Raisonnée des Ouvertures Robert Bownas Wormald (1834–1876) and His Chess Openings The 1866 Match Between Anderssen and Steinitz in London Paris 1867 Dundee 1867 ­­Baden-Baden 1870 B. The Players Louis Paulsen (1833–1891) Ignaz Kolisch (1833–1889) Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann (1838–1881) C. The Legacy VI. From Rosenthal to Zukertort (1872–1885) A. The Time London 1872 The 1872 Match Between Steinitz and Zukertort in London Vienna 1873 William Cook (1850–1917) and His Synopsis of Chess Openings The 1876 Match Between Steinitz and Blackburne in London Leipzig 1877 Paris 1878 The 1880 Match Between Zukertort and Rosenthal in London Wiesbaden 1880 The 1881 Match Between Zukertort and Blackburne in London Berlin 1881 Vienna 1882 London 1883 Nuremburg 1883 Hamburg 1885 Horatio Caro (1862–1920) and His Defense Carlo Salvioli (1848–1930) and His Teoria e Pratica degli Scacchi B. The Players Samuel Rosenthal (1837–1902) Szymon Abramowicz Winawer (1838–1919) Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841–1924) Johannes Zukertort (1842–1888) C. The Legacy VII. From Steinitz to Chigorin (1886–1894) A. The Time The 1886 World Championship Match Between Steinitz and Zukertort in the United States London 1886 George Henry Mackenzie (1837–1891) and His Triumph at Frankfurt 1887 The 1889 World Championship Match Between Steinitz and Chigorin in Havana New York 1889 Breslau 1889 Amsterdam 1889 The Chess Openings Ancient and Modern from Edward Freeborough (1830–1896) and Charles Ranken (1828–1905) Johann Nepomuk Berger (1845–1933) and His Theorie and Praxis der Endspiele The 1890 Match Between Chigorin and Gunsberg in Havana Manchester 1890 The ­­1890-1891 World Championship Match Between Steinitz and Gunsberg in New York The 1892 World Championship Match Between Steinitz and Chigorin in Havana The 1892 Match Between Blackburne and Lasker in London Dresden 1892 The 1893 Match Between Tarrasch and Chigorin in St. Petersburg Curt von Bardeleben (1861–1924) and His Wiener Partie The 1894 World Championship Match Between Steinitz and Lasker in the United States James Mason (1849–1905) and His Principles of Chess Henry Edward Bird (1829–1908) and His Chess Novelties B. The Players Wilhelm Steinitz (1836–1900) Isidor Arthur Gunsberg (1854–1930) Amos Burn (1848–1925) Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (1850–1908) C. The Legacy VIII. Conclusion Theory and Practice Openings Middlegame Endings Blindfold Chess, Chess Composition and Odds Games Chess Personalities Presentation of Chess Games Chess Nations Appendices:  1: Overlap of Puzzles Between Bertin, Stamma, Cozio and Lolli  2: Overlap of Puzzles Between Montigny and Others  3: Overlap of Puzzles Between Allgaier’s Neue theoretische Anweisung and Others  4: Overlap of Puzzles Between La Bourdonnais and Others  5: Overlap of La Bourdonnais’ Nouveau Traité with Montigny’s Cleveland Manuscripts  6: Overlap of Endings Between La Bourdonnais’ Nouveau Traité, Philidor’s Analyse and the Traité des Amateurs  7: Overlap of Puzzles Between Petroff and Others  8: Milestones of Algebraic Notation in the 19th century  9: The Use of First Names and the Spelling of Family Names Bibliography Openings Index (to Diagram Numbers) General Index (to Page Numbers)

Reviews

"""Excellent...well illustrated...a necessary purchase for any chess library.""--Kingpin Chess Magazine"

"""[A] monumental work...Through a meticulous examination of developments in chess over the 160 years...the author provides invaluable insight into frequently overlooked contributions which form the core of so much of what we think we know today...Hoffmeister has performed an immeasurable service to all interested in chess by rendering that foreign country recognizable and even familiar.""--British Chess Magazine ""Excellent...well illustrated...a necessary purchase for any chess library.""--Kingpin Chess Magazine"

“[A] monumental work…Through a meticulous examination of developments in chess over the 160 years…the author provides invaluable insight into frequently overlooked contributions which form the core of so much of what we think we know today…Hoffmeister has performed an immeasurable service to all interested in chess by rendering that foreign country recognizable and even familiar.”—British Chess Magazine “Excellent...well illustrated...a necessary purchase for any chess library.”—Kingpin Chess Magazine

Author Information

A European Union official and professor of international economic law, Frank Hoffmeister was several times finalist of the German amateur chess championship. Between 2009 and 2020 he served as president of Europchess, the club of the European institutions in Brussels, and published several reviews of chess history books in the journal Schach. He lives in Kraainem, Belgium.

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