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H.E. Bird - A Chess Biography

595 Seiten, Bibliothekseinband, McFarland, 1. Auflage 2016

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No chess player of the 19th century had a longer, more varied career than Henry Edward Bird (1829-1908). After pursuing a civil career for years his love for chess prevailed. He belonged to the top level of British players for decades but he really shone at Simpson’s Divan. Bird’s accessibility, fierce attacking style and contempt for draws made him a people’s favorite but his proud and touchy character led him into disputes with his colleagues. A very strong and widely known player, he fell into oblivion after his death.
This comprehensive first biography of Bird provides a detailed account of his personal life and a deeply researched coverage of his feats at the chess board. Almost 1,200 games are included, hundreds of them published here for the first time. Nearly 450 games-many of them thrilling all-out fights-are presented with a mix of contemporary and modern annotations.
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EAN 9780786475780
Gewicht 1,65 kg
Hersteller McFarland
Breite 22,5 cm
Höhe 28,5 cm
Medium Buch
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
Autor Hans Renette
Sprache Englisch
Auflage 1
ISBN-13 978-0786475780
Seiten 595
Einband Bibliothekseinband
Diagramme 376
Fotos 85
xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
001 FOREWORD BY RICHARD FORSTER
003 PREFACE
005 INTRODUCTION
005 Chess and Life Facts
007 A Rare Bird
008 Bird's Eye View
011 A Nimzowitsch Forerunner?
014 Bird's Legacy
PART I
A Young Bird, 1829-1851
019 The Birds of Bridgnorth
019 Lift in Bristol
019 Henry Bird and His Family
020 Moving to London
022 Searching Through Life
022 Discovering the Game
022 Clubs and Coffee Houses
023 A Trial of Strength Against Buckle 1847-1849
025 A Ghost Tournament: London 1848
025 A Tournament at the Divan: London 1849
028 Match with G.W Medley 1849
030 Young Men Explore London
041 Offhand and Various 1848-1850
043 The Chess Masters Gather: London 1851
047 Match with Horwitz 1851
051 Offhand and Various 1851
PART II
The Turn of the Tide, 1852-1855
053 The Development of Chess
053 An Introduction to the Rise and Fall of Henry Bird
054 Good Years
055 A Touch of Australia
055 Case I. Jackson v. Drew
056 Case II. Dyer v. Dyer
057 Case III. Bird v. Drouet
058 A Tentative Conclusion
058 The Interaction between Henry Bird and His Family
059 Life in Australia
060 The Story of Henry Edward and Eliza
061 The Tragic Fate of Charles French Smith
063 Other Offhand Games 1852-1855
PART III
The Accountancy Years (I), 1856-1865
064 Becoming an Expert Accountant 1857-1866
065 Personal Changes
066 Matches with Falkbeer 1856-1857
071 Offhand Chess 1857-1858
074 Morphy's First Visit 1858
076 B.C.A. Congress, Birmingham 1858
077 A New Club in Town
079 Handicap Tournament at Purssell's 1859
081 Morphy's Second Visit
082 Offhand Chess 1859-1860
087 Handicap Tournament at the St. James's Chess Club 1860
088 Years oflnactivity 1860-1865
PART IV
The Accountancy Years (11), 1866-1870
091 A Reunion and Some Farewells
091 The Atlantic and Great Western Railway 1865-1867
094 Leaving the Building 1867-1870
095 Getting Back into Form 1866
096 The First Challenge Cup Tournament, London 1866
098 A Game with the Champion 1866
099 A New Club and a New Champion
099 Match with Steinitz 1866
105 The Aftermath
107 Quiet Years 1866-1868
108 The Second Challenge Cup Tournament, London 1868-1869
112 A New Break 1869-1870
113 Handicap Tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1870-1871
116 Another Break from Chess 1870-1872
PART V
The Amateur Chess Champion, 1871-1875
117 Failing Accountancy 1870-1871
118 Loose Habits 1871-1883
119 Return to the Chess Community
121 First Match with Wisker 1873
126 Second Match with Wisker 1873
132 Repertoire Changes
132 Vienna 1873
142 About Amateurs and Professionals
142 Third and Fourth Match with Wisker 1873
150 Handicap Tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1873-1874
151 The Gossip Saga 1873-1874
155 Match with J Lord 1874
157 Proposing New Rules of Chess
158 Handicap Tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1874-1875
160 The Oxford v. Cambridge University Matches 1873-1875
162 Chess in tbe City of London Chess Club 1873-1875
166 CCA. Congress, Glasgow 1875
169 A Major Dispute
170 The Expulsion of Steinitz
171 The Termination
172 Chess Masterpieces
172 Two Regular Opponents 1872-1875
PART VI
The New World, 1875-1877
179 Introduction
179 The New Chess Lion Arrives
183 Match with Alberoni 1875
186 The American Eagle Screams over the English Bird
193 Another Month in New York, January 1876
195 Bird's Visit to Philadelphia
198 A Man of Letters
201 The Caft International Tournament 1876
206 Further Disputes
206 Summer Chess
207 Challenging the Captain
208 The Centennial Congress 1876
213 The Clipper Free Centennial Tournament 1876
219 The Distribution of the Lieders Cup
219 The Break from Professional Chess
222 Across the Border 1877
225 Chess in New York 1877
PART VII
Success and Controversy, 1878-1880
228 Back Home
228 Return to the Divan
231 Chess Openings
231 Paris 1878
241 At the Divan 1878-1879
245 A Visit to Croydon, February 1879
246 Handicap Tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1878-1879
252 Löwenthal Tournament 1879
254 Match with Blackburne 1879
254 Offhand Chess 1879-1880
257 Another Match with Blackburne 1879-1880
259 A Visit to Horncastle 1880
259 CCA. Congress, Boston 1880
261 Wiesbaden 1880
267 Brunswick 1880
269 Performing in Hamburg 1880
271 A Short Stop in Amsterdam 1880
271 Gouda 1880
274 Bird's Own Chess Pieces
274 Bird's Farewell from Chess
PART VIII
Return to the Chessboard, 1881-1884
275 Chess in Exeter
276 Match with Maczuski 1881
277 Chess Practice
278 Vienna 1882
288 Writing a Column
288 A Loss for British Chess
289 On the Road to London 1882-1883
295 London 1883
309 A Visit to Sheffield 1883
310 Nuremberg 1883
319 Handicap Tournament at Purssell's 1883
322 A Testimonial for Bird
326 A Visit to Manchester 1884
327 Various and Offhand 1883-1884
329 Modern Chess
PART IX
The Heyday of the Associations, 1885-1887
330 A New Turn
331 Skipworth's Anguish
331 The Formation of a National Association
332 The British Chess Hegemony
333 Meeting the Clergy in London, January 1885
334 In the Provinces, March-June 1885
338 Match with Skipworth 1885
340 B.CA. Congress, London 1885
344 German Chess Congress, Hamburg 1885
349 CCA. Congress, Hereford 1885
353 In the Provinces, September-October 1885
354 Changes in London
354 Handicap Tournament at Purssell's 1886
355 Master Tournament at the British Chess Club 1886
357 Simuls and Visits, January-April 1886
358 Controversies with Burn, Gunsberg and Steinitz
360 Match with Burn 1886
366 Match with Gunsberg 1886
369 B.C.A. Congress, London 1886
372 Match with Lee 1886
373 C.C.A. Congress, Nottingham 1886
376 Giving Exhibitions 1886-1887
378 A Quiet Season
380 C.C.A. Congress, Stamford 1887
384 Working for a Jubilee Tournament
384 In the Provinces, October 1887
385 B.C.A. Congress, London 1887
PART X
Settling at the Divan, 1888-1890
389 Touring the North, January-February 1888
390 Quarreling with Skipworth
390 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, March-April 1888
393 Some Offhand Games, Spring 1888
393 Handicap Tournament at the British Chess Club, June-July 1888
394 B.C.A. Congress, Bradford 1888
399 The Zukertort Chess Club
400 A Few Exhibitions. October 1888-January 1889
401 Match with Blackburne 1888
403 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, December 1888 - January 1889
405 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, January - February 1889
406 A Tour in Wales, February 1889
406 Match with Gunsberg 1889
408 American Chess Congress, New York 1889
421 Touring through the United States and Canada, May-July 1895
426 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, September-October 1889
427 A Second Visit to Wales, October 1889
429 B.C.A. Congress, London 1889
433 Match with Gossip 1889
434 Visiting the North, December 1889 - January 1890
439 Bird's Chess Reviews
439 Match with Lasker 1890
443 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, April-June 1890
445 Chapman in London
446 B.C.A Congress, Manchester 1890
453 To Holland 1890
454 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, October-December 1890
455 Falling Ill
PART XI
The Grand Old Man, 1891-1895
456 Introduction
459 Chess: A Manual for Beginners
459 Simpson's Divan Tournament, June-July 1891
464 Lasker's Return
464 Simpson's Divan Tournament, September-October 1891
467 Offhand Games 1891
468 Match with Loman 1892
470 B.C.A. Congress, London 1892
474 Quintangular Tournament 1892
476 Handicap Tournament at Simpson's Divan, April-June 1892
480 Some Offhand Games, Spring 1892
481 In the Provinces, July-August 1892
484 Match with Lasker 1892
487 Belfast 1892
492 Match with Heywood 1892
495 In the Provinces, 1892-1893
496 London 1893
498 In Wales, March 1893
498 Chess History and Reminiscences
499 Match with Jasnogrodsky 1893
502 The Remainder of the Year 1893
504 Hastings Chess Festival 1894
505 A Small Tour in the Provinces, March 1894
506 Two Tournaments at the Divan 1894
508 A Book on the World Championship
508 Offhand Games 1894-1895
509 In the Provinces 1894
510 Hastings Chess Festival 1895
512 Another Trip to Hastings
513 Preparing for Hastings
514 Hastings 1895
523 Chess Novelties
524 A Tour through the South, October-November 1895
PART XII
The Final Years, 1896-1908
526 Introduction
528 Cable Match 1896
531 Hastings Chess Festival 1896
531 Simpson's Divan Tournament 1896
534 The Divan Chess Association
534 Hastings Chess Festival 1897
535 Match with Lee 1897
537 Attempts to Enter a German Congress
538 A Few Exhibitions. 1897-1898
539 Hastings Chess Festival 1898
541 Bird Against the World
541 Among Old Folks
542 The Final Tour
543 London 1899
552 The Final Years
553 Obituaries and Memorials
557 APPENDIX 1: CHESS PROBLEMS
APPENDIX 2: DOCUMENTS ABOUT AND BY BIRD
559 The New Chess Lion Arrives
560 Bird's Farewell to Chess
563 Bird's Visit to Albany (24-26 May 1889)
564 Buckley's Recollections of Bird
566 APPENDIX 3: TOURNAMENT RECORD
568 APPENDIX 4: MATCH RECORD
569 APPENDIX 5: RESULTS AGAINST MASTERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
571 Works and Typeseripts by Henry Edward Bird (Chronological)
571 Manuscripts / Typeseripts
571 Reference Works
572 Tournament Books with Bird as a Participant (Chronological)
572 Biographies, Other Tournament Books and Game Collections
573 Anthologies, Chronicles, Textbooks, etc.
573 Websites
573 Non-Chess Works
575 INDEX OF OPPONENTS (by game number)
578 INDEX OF ANNOTATORS (by game number)
579 INDEX OF NAMED OPENINGS (by game number)
580 INDEX OF OPENINGS-ECO CODE (by game nurnber)
581 GENERAL INDEX (to page numbers)

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