Harding: Steinitz in London - A Chess Biography with 623 Games Vereinsbedarf author of Game Changer

author of Game Changer

Chess Evolution: September 2011 brings together analysis by a team of elite grandmasters—most ranked in the world's top 100—who dissect the most significant recent tournament games

the Two Knights Ulvestad Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5 b5) and ultra-sharp lines of the Jaenisch Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 f5)

definitely the best English-language book on the life of the Second World Champion

Harding: Steinitz in London - A Chess Biography with 623 Games Vereinsbedarf author of Game ChangerDrawing on new research, this biography of William Steinitz (18361900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpson's Divan. Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his career really began, before moving to London in