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Main Menu Home Online Chess Chess Software Theory Chess Games Database World Chess Championship        1990-2007 Fide/Pca        1948-1990 Fide        1886-1948 Pre-Fide      Unofficial Events FIDE Grand Prix Chess Tournaments Chess Curiosities Chess Informant Online Databases Chess Archeology Chess Links Chess Books Fide Ratings Banners Unofficial Events   1866-1876 - Steinitz's Matches   1862 - Anderssen - Paulsen   1862 - London Tournament   1861 - Anderssen - Kolisch   1858-1859 - Morphy's Matches   1851 - London Tournament   1846 - Staunton - Horwitz   1843 - Staunton - Saint Amant   1834 - Labourdonnais - McDonnell by Wilhelm Steinitz Letters and documents of the first world chess champion Editorial Review: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 are 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. by Sid Pickard Publication Date: November 1996 Editorial Review: With Annotations Gathered from the Old Masters Revised and Expanded by F.I.D.E. Master Ron Burnett. No one has ever played chess like Adolph Anderssen played it, nor won as much fame and glory for his charismatic style. Anderssen's hallmark is the direct Kingside attack, executed always with aggressive optimism, resource- fulness and daring. In Anderssen, moreover, this relentless drive to checkmate is backed up by explosive tactical brilliance, leaving in its wake combinations that have filled anthologies for generations. This volume features 897 games richly annotated by the old Masters, and thoroughly updated for the 21st entury. Also included are 80 chess problems composed by Anderssen, and a memorial essay here translated into English for the first time. Complete opening and player indexes plus 367 diagrams round out this massive chess biography of Adolph Anderssen, arguably the greatest of the great Masters    World Chess Championship - Unofficial Events    1866-1876  Wilhelm Steinitz's matches      Site: London Date: 1866        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wilhelm Steinitz        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Adolf Anderssen        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - World Chess Championship        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Wilhelm Steinitz        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Adolf Anderssen        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Year 1866        View all games in full screen     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 TOTAL 01    Wilhelm Steinitz 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 8.0 02    Adolf Anderssen 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.0      Site: London Date: 1866        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wilhelm Steinitz        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Henry Edward Bird        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Wilhelm Steinitz        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Henry Edward Bird        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Year 1866        View all games in full screen     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 TOTAL 01    Wilhelm Steinitz 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 9.5 02    Henry Edward Bird 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 7.5      Site: London Date: 1872        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wilhelm Steinitz        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Johannes Zukertort        Steinitz biography        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Wilhelm Steinitz        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Johannes Zukertort        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Year 1872        View all games in full screen     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 TOTAL 01    Wilhelm Steinitz 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 9.0 02    Johannes Zukertort 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 3.0      Site: London Date: 1876        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Wilhelm Steinitz        Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Joseph Henry Blackburne        Steinitz biography        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Wilhelm Steinitz        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Joseph Henry Blackburne        Edo Historical Chess Ratings - Year 1876        View all games in full screen     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 TOTAL 01    Wilhelm Steinitz 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 02    Joseph Blackburne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0         Books on Chess - History History of Chess - by Harold J. 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