| Description |
1 online resource (pages .) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Sources and Annotations -- Introduction -- 1. In Buda, in Pest... -- 2. A New York Reputation: 1890-1891 -- 3. New York Master: 1891-1892 -- 4. Philadelphia's Finest -- 5. Domination: 1893-1895 -- 6. Showalter-Kemeny: 1896 United States Championship Match -- 7. At the Franklin, and Two Midsummer Meetings -- 8. The Final Years in Philadelphia -- 9. Kemeny, Writer -- 10. St. Louis and Chicago -- 11. Back in Budapest -- Appendix: "International Chess Tournaments" (1904) -- Tournament and Match Record -- Crosstables -- Bibliography -- Index to Openings-ECO Codes -- Index to Kemeny's Games by Opponent -- Index to Others' Games -- General Index |
| Summary |
"Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's finest chess players and writers. He dominated chess in Philadelphia and Chicago. Over 225 games with annotations, appear in this collection. 361 diagrams"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kemeny, Emil, 1860-1925.
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Chess players -- United States -- Biography
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Hungarian Americans -- Biography
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GAMES -- Chess.
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Chess players
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Hungarian Americans
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1476604401 |
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9781476604404 |
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