The World Almanac and Book of Facts
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Almanacs, American
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Almanacs, American
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Page : 596 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Almanacs, American
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Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0786474734
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 19th and early 20th centuries 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.
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Page : 414 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Industrial arts
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Author : John Butler Johnson
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Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 47,65 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Engineering
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Author : Frank Moore Colby
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Page : 870 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 1917
Category : Education
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Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Jews
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Author : Salomon Reinach
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Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Architecture
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Author : Salomon Reinach
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,42 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Architecture
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Author : Hans Renette
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1118 pages
File Size : 27,22 MB
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 147664442X
Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) had the longest reign of any world champion in chess--27 years. From 1894 through 1921, he wielded exceptional dominance over several generations of contemporaries and is still regarded as one of the strongest players the world has seen. A multifaceted personality, he excelled in other fields as well, and his life has been the subject of a recent deep-digging biographic trilogy. This book presents for the first time a detailed examination of Lasker's chess career, with a complete collection of games, many presented with analysis by Lasker and other first rank masters.