Awards

• Short-listed for Book of the Year—English Chess Federation (United States).

Overview

An enthusiastic verve--""brio"" some could say--marked both Ignaz Kolisch's personality and his games. This book documents the life of the Hungarian chess champion (1837-1889) and successful financier, setting it in the cosmopolitan framework of mid-19th century Europe. The text is enriched by about 125 or so gleanings about the lives of his competitors (including Arnous de Riviere, Anderssen, Morphy, Mackenzie, Paulsen, Falkbeer, Rosenthal, Steinitz, Winawer). More than 300 specimens of his play are presented--by far the largest collection ever--complete with sources and coeval annotations, translated from many languages. Several widespread and long-standing errors are corrected. A work deeply researched among sources in many languages, the book serves also as a record of European chess in the late 1850s through the 1880s.

Full Product Details

Author:   Fabrizio Zavatarelli
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.102kg
ISBN:  

9780786496907

ISBN 10:   0786496908
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   12 November 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  Acknowledgments Introduction Features of This Book Explanations Abbreviations I. Family and Formative Years The Kolisches The City of Pressburg Infancy A Mysterious Period Among Chessplayers Earliest Games II. The Italian Year Towards Genova The Games Against Saint Bon The Games Against Vitzthum III. Arrival in Paris Historical Framework The Games Against Harrwitz The Games Against Arnous de Rivière Paris Life The Games Against Anderssen Last Strokes in Paris IV. To the Conquest of London Arrival in the Metropolis The Match Against Worrall Not Only Matches The Match Against Saburov The First Match Against Maude A Summer Illness V. The Season of Invitations The Cambridge 1860 Tournament Four Matches in London Manchester, Liverpool and Dundee VI. Restless New Year’s Day in France The First Challenge to Morphy The Third Match Against Maude Owen, Barnes and Wormald The June 1861 Tour VII. Great Expectations The Match Against Anderssen The Games Against Mackenzie VIII. Louis Paulsen The Bristol 1861 Tournament The Match Against Paulsen IX. A Step Backward Paris Intermezzo The Petersburg Visit X. Double Life A Pause for Reflection The Second Challenge to Morphy From Chess to Finance The Match Against Hirschfeld The Match Against Rosenthal Embers Under Ash XI. The Emperor’s Prize Prelude The Games Neumann’s Challenge XII. An International Champion The Visit to Germany Paris, Again A Chess Star in Vienna The Vienna Blindfold Performances A Match with Large Odds The Baden-Baden 1870 Tournament Never Take a Game Too Far XIII. Financial Takeoff The Wiener Börsen-Syndicatskasse The Match Between London and Vienna Prosperity The Vienna 1873 Tournament Days of Wealth In the Whirl of Business XIV. Beatus Ille Qui Procul Negotiis Baron and Rentier Der Glorreiche Augenblick The London 1883 Tournament A Call in Nürnberg Events of a Notable Life The Hassan Affaire An Old Passion and a New Home Epilogue. After Death Funeral and Heritage The Two Kolisch Memorials Kolisch and Posterity Solutions of Problems Appendix A: Kolisch’s Ancestry Appendix B: Relative Currencies in Kolisch’s Time Bibliography Index of Players Index of Openings—Traditional Names Index of Openings—ECO Codes General Index

Reviews

one of the most accurate chess books that McFarland & Company, Inc. has ever published --Edward Winter, Chess Notes; first-rate work...the tale of Kolisch's rise to fame and fortune is dramatically told --Chess Life; first rate --Chessbooks.nl; creates vivid pictures of the chess scene in the second half of the 19th century...remarkable...amazing --Huffington Post.

one of the most accurate chess books that McFarland & Company, Inc. has ever published --Edward Winter, <i>Chess Notes</i>; first-rate work...the tale of Kolisch's rise to fame and fortune is dramatically told --<i>Chess Life</i>; first rate --<i>Chess Book Reviews</i>; creates vivid pictures of the chess scene in the second half of the 19th century...remarkable...amazing --<i>Huffington Post</i>.

one of the most accurate chess books that McFarland & Company, Inc. has ever published --Edward Winter, Chess Notes first-rate work...the tale of Kolisch's rise to fame and fortune is dramatically told --Chess Life first rate --Chessbooks.nl creates vivid pictures of the chess scene in the second half of the 19th century...remarkable...amazing --Huffington Post Fills a previously empty space in chess literature...the definitive biography of Kolisch, and will not be surpassed in any substantial way in the future. Zavatarelli's colourful and multi-faceted presentation of the subject is sweet music to this chess historian's ears. --Quarterly for Chess History.

Author Information

Fabrizio Zavatarelli is a teacher of applied mathematics and the author of several articles concerning chess history. He lives in Milano, Italy.

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