Joseph Henry Blackburne
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During a career spanning more than 50 years, J. H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform “blindfold” into his sixties.
This first comprehensive biography of Britain's greatest chess player of the early 20th century presents more than 1,000 of Blackburne's games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburne's unusual family and social background are fully explored.
Tim Harding played for Ireland at the 1984 FIDE chess olympiad in Thessaloniki, and is a Senior International Master of correspondence chess. A well-known writer on many aspects of chess, he was editor of Chess Mail magazine from 1996 to 2005. Since 1996 he has contributed the monthly articles in “The Kibitzer” series at www.chesscafe.com. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Annotation Symbols
On Money and Notation
1. Manchester Beginnings, 1841–1861
2. Blindfold Performer, 1862
3. The Call of London, May–December 1862
4. Slow Rise, 1863–1869
5. Joining the Elite, 1870–1873
6. Mature Grandmaster, 1874–1879
7. Tournament World Champion, 1880–1881
8. “The very Hercules of Chess,” 1882–1883
9. Illness and Recovery, 1884–1885
10. New Rivals Emerging, 1886–1888
11. From New York to Breslau, 1889
12. Veteran in Gradual Decline, 1890–1892
13. The Hastings Years, 1893–1896
14. Marathon Tournaments, 1897–1898
15. Grand Old Man of British Chess, 1899–1903
16. The Early B.C.F. Years, 1904–1906
17. Not Checkmated Yet, 1907–1911
18. His Final Moves, 1912–1924
APPENDICES
I. Match and Tournament Record
II. Record Against Principal Rivals
III. Blackburne’s Chess Compositions
IV. Interviews with Blackburne
V. Blackburne’s Blindfold Exhibitions
VI. Blackburne’s Two Articles for The Strand Magazine
VII. Corrections to Game Scores
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index of Players (by game number)
Index of Openings—Traditional Names (by game number)
Index of Openings—ECO code (by game number)
General Index (by page number)
| Zusatzinfo | 95 illustrations, 1,186 games |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 1617 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-7473-4 / 0786474734 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-7473-8 / 9780786474738 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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