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Albert Beauregards Hodges - The Man Chess Made

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  • Hilbert J.S.
  • Mc Garland
  • 550 blz.
  • Engels
  • 2008
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Albert Beauregard Hodges is a legend among chess aficionados. One of the most well-known American chess players of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he played an important role in transforming chess from a pleasant pastime into a social institution. This work provides an in-depth biography of Hodges’ personal life and chess career and a collection of 340 of his games, as well as 15 of his published chess problems. Hodges’ complete tournament and match records are included, along with line engravings, photographs, and several indexes. 


Content

001Introduction 

003 PART I. The Chess Life of Albert Beauregard Hodges 
005 ONE. "The Tennessee Morphy"
039 TWO. Ajeeb and the "Snugs"
074 THREE. New York, 1890-1892
118 FOUR. 1893: A Year of Achievements
143 FIVE. 1894: A Year of Champions
169 SIX. 1895: A Year of Team Play
192 SEVEN. The Anglo-American Cable Matches
250 EIGHT. Domesticated Play
271 NINE. Tournaments--Too Late
287 TEN. Toward an Ending
323 ELEVEN. The Final Years

329 PART II. The Chess Games of Albert Beauregard Hodges 
507Appendix A. The Chess Problems 
512Appendix B. The Match and Tournament Record 
515Appendix C. The 1897 Staats-Zeitung Cup Fiasco 
518Appendix D. Three Obituaries 
521Selected Bibliography 
523Index to Hodges’ Games (game numbers) 
525Index of Openings--Hodges’ Games (game numbers) 
527Index of ECO Codes--Hodges’ Games (game numbers) 
529Index to Others’ Games (pages) 
531Index of Illustrations (pages) 
533General Index (pages) ​