Ignaz Kolisch The Life and Chess Career |
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| Author:
| Zavatarelli, Fabrizio |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-9690-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $91.00 |
Book Description:
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Documents the life of the Hungarian chess champion (1837-1889) and successful financier, setting it in the cosmopolitan framework of mid-19th-century Europe. The text includes approximately 100 short biographies of his competitors. More than 300 specimens of his play are presented, complete with sources and coeval annotations, translated from many languages.
Documents the life of the Hungarian chess champion (1837-1889) and successful financier, setting it in the cosmopolitan framework of mid-19th-century Europe. The text includes approximately 100 short biographies of his competitors. More than 300 specimens of his play are presented, complete with sources and coeval annotations, translated from many languages.