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William N. Potter and John Wisker Victorian Chess Masters

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Altersempfehlung

ab 18 Jahr(e)

Erscheinungsdatum

30.06.2025

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

484

Maße (L/B/H)

28/21,6/2,6 cm

Gewicht

1206 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4766-9194-7

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Altersempfehlung

ab 18 Jahr(e)

Erscheinungsdatum

30.06.2025

Verlag

Ingram Publishers Services

Seitenzahl

484

Maße (L/B/H)

28/21,6/2,6 cm

Gewicht

1206 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-4766-9194-7

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: William N. Potter and John Wisker
  • Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Potter
    Wisker
    About the players' games
    About the punctuation and sources in this book
    Thanks to others
    William Norwood Potter, chess champion, writer, promoter and theorist
    1.¿Family and youth (1840-1867)
    The Potters
    Infancy
    Obscure years
    2.¿Apprentice master (1868-1870)
    The earliest recorded games
    The match against the Westminster CC
    3.¿The season 1870-71
    The matches against the Sheffield Athenæum CC and the third Challenge Cup
    The first rounds of the City of London handicap
    The series of games against Cousin
    The final pool of the City of London handicap
    The return match against the Westminster CC
    More games of the season
    4.¿The seasons 1871-72 and 1872-73
    City of London handicap
    The rest of the season
    The correspondence match against the Wiener Schachgesellschaft
    More games of the season 1871-72
    The first match against Coburn
    The summer of consultation games
    5.¿The season 1873-74
    The second match against Coburn and the City of London handicap
    6.¿The season 1874-75
    New rooms for the club and the match against the Bermondsey CC
    City of London handicap and some consultation games
    The match against Fenton and the polemic with Berger
    Gestation and birth of the ­West-End CC
    7.¿The season 1875-76
    The start of the ­West-End CC
    The match against Bussy
    The match against Zukertort
    Two games with Boden and the end of The City of London Chess Magazine
    City of London handicap
    The Divan in the Strand tournament
    The match against the Bermondsey CC
    8.¿The season 1876-77
    City of London handicap
    The match between the ­West-End and the St. George's CCs
    The contribution to the Encyclopædia Britannica and the victory of the City of London handicap
    The discontinuation of the ­West-End CC
    9.¿The season 1877-78
    City of London handicap and other engagements
    The first match against Heywood
    More games of the season
    10.¿The season 1878-79
    The second match against Heywood
    The Ladies' College CC
    City of London handicap
    The return match between the College and the Excelsior CCs
    The fifth round of the City of London handicap against Bird and more
    The Löwenthal tournament
    The end of public play and the match against Mason
    11.¿The last chess years (1879-1885)
    The third match against Heywood
    The last simultaneous performances
    The first match against the St. George's CC
    Chess without games
    The match against the City of London CC's fourth class
    More chess without games
    The second match against the St. George's CC
    Curtain
    12.¿No more chess (1886-1895)
    13.¿Potter and Posterity
    John Wisker, British and (de facto) Australian Champion
    14.¿Early days
    Life in Hull
    Cassell's
    15.¿Redcar 1866
    16.¿North Riding v. West Riding, December 1867
    17.¿Moving to London
    18.¿The festivals of the B.C.A. 1868-69
    Challenge Cup 1868-69
    Glowworm tournament 1868-69
    Mongredien tournament 1868-69
    Handicap tournament 1868-69
    19.¿To the next Cup Tournament
    20.¿The third Challenge Cup tournament, 1870
    21.¿Match with Rosenthal, 1870-71
    22.¿Malvern 1871
    23.¿From 1871 to 1872
    24.¿B.C.A. 1872
    Tournament for the Challenge Cup
    The Grand Tourney
    The Handicap tournament
    25.¿Owen and Zukertort
    26.¿Two matches with Bird
    27.¿Bristol 1873
    28.¿Bird again
    Third & fourth match
    29.¿Handicap tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1873-74
    30.¿Match with MacDonnell
    31.¿Handicap tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1874-75
    32.¿Health troubles & decline 1875-1876
    33.¿London 1876
    34.¿First weeks in Australia
    35.¿Looking for work
    36.¿Shining in Queensland
    37.¿Arrival in Melbourne
    38.¿A blindfold simul
    39.¿Intercolonial match
    40.¿Match with Esling
    41.¿Colonial chess & intercolonial tournament
    42.¿Consultation games
    43.¿Blindfold exhibition-Melbourne 1881
    44.¿Journalistic prominence
    45.¿Simultaneous performance-Turn Verein, April 1883
    46.¿Intercolonial match
    47.¿The Victorian Chess Club
    48.¿Death & family
    Appendix A: Potter's simultaneous performances
    Appendix B: An anthology of Potter's writings
    The frontispiece of The City of London Chess Magazine's first volume
    The leaderettes in Land and Water
    The Principles
    Appendix C: The Potters' family tree
    Relatives of William Norwood Potter's father
    Relatives of William Norwood Potter's paternal grandmother
    Relatives of William Norwood Potter's mother
    William Norwood Potter and his siblings
    References
    Index of players (to game numbers)
    Index of openings by traditional name (to game numbers)
    Index of openings by ECO code (to game numbers)
    Index of annotators (to game numbers)
    General Index (to page numbers)