Author: Felix BerkovichPublisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
With chess game annotations by Nathan Divinsky.
Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps
Author: Felix BerkovichPublisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
With chess game annotations by Nathan Divinsky.
The Steinitz Papers
Author: William SteinitzPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786411931
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
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. Each original letter, postcard, scrapbook item, newspaper or chess magazine article or other writing (including three lengthily-negotiated match play agreements) is described along with details of location, ownership, and circumstances of discovery. It is then printed, nearly always in full, in English (many translated from their original German by Landsberger). The author provides a running commentary on the letters and documents, which are generally chronological in arrangement, putting them in context and remarking the significance of certain points made in them. A biographical dictionary at the back of the book offers information about all the many figures who received, sent, or were mentioned in the documents or letters. Some of the games accompanying some of the letters are annotated by modern grandmaster Andy Soltis (Steinitz’s annotations and insights also accompany some). Each game is illustrated. Facsimiles of some of the letters are provided.
Endgame
Author: Frank BradyPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307463915
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who was Bobby Fischer? In this “nuanced perspective of the chess genius” (Los Angeles Times), an acclaimed biographer chronicles his meteoric rise and confounding fall, with an afterword containing newly discovered details about Fischer’s life. Possessing an IQ of 181 and remarkable powers of concentration, Bobby Fischer memorized hundreds of chess books in several languages, and he was only thirteen when he became the youngest chess master in U.S. history. But his strange behavior started early. In 1972, at the historic Cold War showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland, where he faced Soviet champion Boris Spassky, Fischer made headlines with hundreds of petty demands that nearly ended the competition. It was merely a prelude to what was to come. Arriving back in the United States to a hero’s welcome, Bobby was mobbed wherever he went—a figure as exotic and improbable as any American pop culture had yet produced. Commercial sponsorship offers poured in, ultimately topping $10 million—but Bobby demurred. Instead, he began tithing his limited money to an apocalyptic religion and devouring anti-Semitic literature. Bobby reemerged in 1992 to play Spassky in a multi-million dollar rematch—but when the dust settled, he was a wanted man, transformed into an international fugitive because of his decision to play in Montenegro despite U.S. sanctions. Fearing for his life, traveling with bodyguards, Bobby lived the life of a celebrity fugitive—one drawn increasingly to the bizarre. Drawing from Fischer family archives, recently released FBI files, and Bobby’s own emails, Endgame is unique in that it limns Bobby Fischer’s entire life—an odyssey that took the chess champion from an impoverished childhood to the covers of Time, Life and Newsweek to recognition as “the most famous man in the world” to notorious recluse.
Jewish Book World
Author: The Junior Jewish Encyclopedia
Author: Naomi Ben-AsherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Alphabetically arranged articles identify names, dates, and terms significant in Jewish history, literature, music, science, and other fields.
The American Philatelist
Author: Chess Life
Author: The Great Jewish Chess Champions
Author: Harold Uriel RibalowPublisher:
ISBN: 9780870523052
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record
Author: The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia
Author: Mordecai SchreiberPublisher: Schreiber Pub
ISBN: 9781887563772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In word and graphics, this one-volume source for everything Jewish provides a quick reference for anything from the biblical Adam to how many Jews there are in Zanesville, Ohio.