Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster Tapa dura - 1997

Yorklyn, DE, USA: Caissa Editions. As New with no dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939433516 . In the original publisher's FINE cherry-red cloth with Bright Gilt lettering to spine and front cover. No dustjacket as issued. Page fore-edges clean and white - Near As NEW copy. Now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks NEW. Looks Unread. NO Inscriptions or Marks. (4) + (iii) + (2) + 354 pages. Illustrated in b/w with photo and line drawn illustrations and Chessboard/Moves, etc. Contents include: - Introduction; His Life & Various Matches across the world - 1901 to 1905; Hastings 1904. The New British Champion; The Match with Teichmann 1905; Napier's Tournament and Match Record; Index of Napier's Games; Index of Openings to Napier's Games. Index of other Games. "William Ewart Napier (1881-1952) was an American Chess Master of English birth. His parents emigrated to the US when he was five years old. From… Leer más

Caissa Editions, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 2.7979 cent in x 23.1824 cent in x 16.6873 cent in.

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v+354 pages with diagrams, plates and indexes. Royal octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/2") issued in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. First edition.William Ewart Napier (17 January 1881 in East Dulwich, Surrey - 6 September 1952 in Washington, D.C.) was an American chess master of English birth. His parents emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the beginning of 1896 he, despite his young age, became a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club championship later that year, at the age of 15. In the same year he defeated the later grandmaster Frank James Marshall in a match, winning 7:1 with 3 draws. 1897 saw him win a tournament game against ex-world champion Wilhelm… Leer más