Steinitz in London: A Chess Biography with 623 Games

Cover
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Annotation Symbols
A Note on Play at Odds
British Money and Notation
1. The Making of a Master, 1836–1862
2. The London Congress, May–August 1862
3. “The Greco of the Present Time,” 1862–1863
4. Quiet Years, 1864–1865
5. Dethroning Anderssen, 1866
6. Paris and Dundee, 1867
7. Difficult Years, 1868–1871
8. Big Successes, 1872–1873
9. Development and Crises,1874–1876
10. Absent from the Board,1877–1881
11. A Champion Returns—and Departs, 1882
12. Farewell to London, 1883
13. Last Visits to England,1895–1899
Appendix I: Match and Tournament Record
Appendix II: Dubious and Spurious Games
Appendix III: Extracts from Steinitz’s Review of Wormald’s Chess Openings (1875)
Appendix IV: First “Ink War” of 1876–1877
Appendix V: Leaving The Field, 1882
Appendix VI: Steinitz’s Grievances (1883)
Appendix VII: Steinitz Hits Back—Extracts from His International Chess Magazine Column
Appendix VIII: Bird on Steinitz (1890)
Appendix IX: MacDonnellon Steinitz (1894)
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index of Opponents (to game numbers)
Index of Openings—Traditional Names (to game numbers)
Index of Openings—ECO Codes (to game numbers)
General Index (to page numbers)