Emil Kemeny

A Life in Chess

John S. Hilbert (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7359-5 (ISBN)

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Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's finest chess players and writers. His chess career as player and writer is covered in detail in this volume. Common databases rarely include more than 35 of his games. Over 225 appear in this collection.

Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's finest chess players and writers. He dominated chess in both Philadelphia and Chicago, where he lived between 1893 and early 1906.

Congenial and modest, Kemeny was appreciated for his chess play and valued for the strong friendships he formed during his years in the United States. A tenacious competitor despite poor health, he fought Showalter for the national title, ran his own chess magazine, and provided detailed coverage of Monte Carlo 1903.

His chess career as player and writer is presented in detail. Common databases rarely include more than 35 of his games; this book has 227--sixty or more against Halpern, Hanham, Voigt, Showalter and Pillsbury--most with annotations; 361 diagrams. Forty additional period games, hundreds of source notes, tournament and match records, crosstables, a bibliography, and openings, player, and general indexes complete the work.

John S. Hilbert, a retired senior attorney with the Social Security Administration living in Buffalo, New York, has written 16 chess books and over 100 articles on chess biography and history, winning multiple national and international awards.

Table of Contents

Preface

A Note on Sources and Annotations

Introduction

1.In Buda, in Pest...

2.A New York Reputation: 1890–1891

3.New York Master: 1891–1892

4.Philadelphia’s Finest

5.Domination: 1893–1895

6.Showalter–Kemeny: 1896 U.S. Championship Match

7.At the Franklin, and Two Summer Meetings

8.The Final Years in Philadelphia

9.Kemeny, Writer

10.St. Louis and Chicago

11.Back in Budapest

Appendix: “International Chess Tournaments” (1904)

Tournament and Match Record

Crosstables

Bibliography

Index to Openings—ECO Codes

Index to Kemeny’s Games by Opponent

Index to Others’ Games

General Index

Zusatzinfo	266 annotated games, 361 diagrams, appendix, tables, bibliography, indexes
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	626 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
ISBN-10	0-7864-7359-2 / 0786473592
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7359-5 / 9780786473595
Zustand	Neuware