Chess Rivals of the 19th Century

Tony Cullen played chess for the strong London Central YMCA Chess Club and organized tours playing team matches against strong opposition in various European cities. He lives in London.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1—The Chess Scene before 1834

2—Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais

3—Alexander McDonnell

4—Ludwig Erdmann Bledow

5—Paul Rudolf von Bilguer

6—Bernhard Horwitz

7—Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa

8—John Cochrane

9—Howard Staunton

10—Lionel Adelberto Bagration Felix Kieseritzky

11—Serafino Dubois

12—Johann Jacob Löwenthal

13—Adolf Anderssen

14—Max Lange

15—Ernst Karl Falkbeer

16—Daniel Harrwitz

17—George Henry Mackenzie

18—Paul Charles Morphy

19—Louis Paulsen

20—Ignaz Kolisch

21—William Steinitz

22—Gustav Richard Ludwig Neumann

23—Joseph Henry Blackburne

24—Emil Schallopp

25—Henry Edward Bird

26—Cecil Valentine De Vere

27—Samuel Rosenthal

28—Johannes Hermann Zukertort

29—Amos Burn

30—James Mason

31—Szymon Abramowicz Winawer

32—Berthold Englisch

33—Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin

34—Semyon (Simon) Alapin

35—Johann Berger

36—William Henry Krause Pollock

37—Isidor Arthur Gunsberg

38—Siegbert Tarrasch

39—Max Weiss

40—Emanuel Stepanovich Schiffers

41—Curt von Bardeleben

42—Jacques Mieses

43—Harry Nelson Pillsbury

44—Emanuel Lasker

45—Jackson Whipps Showalter

46—Adolf Albin

47—Rudolf Charousek

48—Carl August Walbrodt

49—Georg Marco

50—Dawid Markelowicz Janowski

51—Géza Maróczy

The 19th Century’s Top Ten Tournament Players

The 19th Century’s Top Four Match Players

Bibliography

Opponents Index (to game numbers)

Annotators Index (to game numbers)

Openings Index—Traditional Names (to game numbers)

Openings Index—ECO Classification (to game numbers)

Index of Endgames (to page numbers)

General Index (to page numbers)