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Ignaz Kolisch: The Life and Chess Career
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Ignaz Kolisch: The Life and Chess Career
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 324 games, 174 diagrams, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; BGS; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1111.
An enthusiastic verve - “brio” some said - 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 100 or so short biographies of his competitors (including Arnous de Riviere, Anderssen, Morphy, Mackenzie, Paulsen, Falkbeer, Rosenthal, Steinitz, Winawer and 125 others). 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 ... Read more
An enthusiastic verve - “brio” some said - 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 100 or so short biographies of his competitors (including Arnous de Riviere, Anderssen, Morphy, Mackenzie, Paulsen, Falkbeer, Rosenthal, Steinitz, Winawer and 125 others). 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
McFarland
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Jefferson, NC, United States
ISBN
9780786496907
SKU
V9780786496907
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About Roger Hargreaves
Fabrizio Zavatarelli is a teacher of applied mathematics and the author of several articles concerning chess history. He lives in Milan, Italy.
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