The book of the First American Chess Congress : containing the proceedings of that celebrated assemblage, held in New York, in the year 1857. Tschaturanga . Bd. 60.

Gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - Sixteen players took part in the First American Chess Congress (New York, 1857), a knockout tournament in which draws were not counted. The rounds consisted of individual matches won by the first player to score three (or, in the case of the final round, five) victories. Paul Morphy became champion, crushing Louis Paulsen 6:2( + 5-1 = 2) in the final. Lichtenhein won the play-off for third place against Raphael. Morphy's total result was + 14 -1 = 3, or 86%, but it was to be the only tournament in which he ever took part; thereafter his serious chess was confined to matches, although he also played many blindfold, consultation, odds and other casual games. In addition to 67 games and 53 problems, this tournament book, compiled by Daniel Willard Fiske, contains a wealth of historical information, particularly on American chess. The reader will find, for instance, articles regarding Paul Morphy himself, Benjamin Franklin's views on chess, and the history of chess automatons in America (by George Allen). Also included in the volume is a bibliography of chess literature published in the United States up to 1859. - Christiaan M. Biji. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : PREFACE ---- Introductory Sketch of the History of Chess ---- Causes which led to the holding of an American Congress-Preliminary Proceedings ---- The Period of the Congress ---- The Dinner of the Congress ---- Reports and Communications ---- Report of the Committee on the Chess Code ---- Report of the Committee on a National Association ---- Communication from Mr J L�wenthal ---- Communication on the Subject of a Mechanical Chess Recorder ---- New Systems of Chess Notation ---- Games in the Grand Tournament ---- Chess without the Chessboard ---- The Problem Tournay ---- Incidents in the History of American Chess ---- I The Chess Life of Benjamin Franklin ---- II Lewis Rou ---- III Aaron Burr and Chess ---- IV Chess in Philadelphia ---- V Chese in Boston ---- VI Benjamin Lynde Oliver ---- VII L�wenthals Visit to America ---- VIII Chess in New York ---- IX Chess in New Orleans ---- X The History of the Automaton Chess-player in America ---- XI American Chess Bibliography ---- XII Paul Morphy ---- XIII Miscellanea and Addenda ---- List of Subscribers-Accounts-Solutions-Indexes. ISBN 9783283000851