Author: W. Steinitz

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9780484461900

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Excerpt from The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress: Containing the Games of the International Chess Tournament Held at New York in 1889 If the editorial merits of this book should disappoint the anticipations of the Chess world, I can only plead in extenuation that they do not satisfy my own. According to my original plan which, no doubt, the Committee of the Congress would have cheerfully supported if the means at their disposal had allowed it, the annotations to the games would have been more extensive and the illustrative diagrams more numerous. But. As explained in the Committee Report, the financial affairs of the Congress were not in a flourishing condition, and con sequently the printing expenses of the book had to be cut down as much as possible by abbreviating the notes which was done especially in the latter part of this work. However, I feel confident that my own editorial short comings will be covered fully by the contents of this volume, which, I may fairly say, stands hitherto unsurpassed in the main as a collection of tournament games, owing to the number of competitors, which was unprecedented for a double round contest, as well as on account of the average of strength exhibited in the play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress written by W. Steinitz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress: Containing the Games of the International Chess Tournament Held at New York in 1889 If the editorial merits of this book should disappoint the anticipations of the Chess world, I can only plead in extenuation that they do not satisfy my own. According to my original plan which, no doubt, the Committee of the Congress would have cheerfully supported if the means at their disposal had allowed it, the annotations to the games would have been more extensive and the illustrative diagrams more numerous. But. As explained in the Committee Report, the financial affairs of the Congress were not in a flourishing condition, and con sequently the printing expenses of the book had to be cut down as much as possible by abbreviating the notes which was done especially in the latter part of this work. However, I feel confident that my own editorial short comings will be covered fully by the contents of this volume, which, I may fairly say, stands hitherto unsurpassed in the main as a collection of tournament games, owing to the number of competitors, which was unprecedented for a double round contest, as well as on account of the average of strength exhibited in the play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.