Eminent Victorian Chess Players

Explores British chess life in the nineteenth century through biographical studies of ten players who shaped the modern game. From Captain Evans, inventor of the famous gambit, to Isidor Gunsberg, England's first challenger for the world championship, personal narratives are blended with game annotations to reassess players' achievements and character. It includes more than 160 chess games, 50 photographs and line drawings, appendices, notes, bibliography and indexes.