Although "A Picture History of Chess" (edited by Fred Wilson and published by
Dover Publications in 1981) is OK, a person capable of producing a better
pictorial history of chess would be Edward Winter, who has many more photos and
illustrations of chess personalities from the past and present. Winter should
consider putting into book form his massive collection of photos, manuscripts,
etc. I think the book would be a best seller among chess history enthusiasts.

George Mirijanian

I would love to see that. I remember a post here in the NG of a
picture of Keres playing a simul in Germany during the time of the
Nazi's. The picture was amazing. I've read and heard about that for
years but never saw a picture until I saw it in the NG. In Fred's
book a classic picture is Che Guevera looking over the shoulder of
Taimanov in the chess tournament. Classic, classic, classic.

EZoto

I have only read two Delannoy pieces, but they were both excellent examples of
what I would like to see more of; a description of what was happening in the
chess scene around Paris. I would like to see more. Reading the British chess
journals gives a good feeling for the scene around London. I think it would be
interesting to combine all these descriptions into a more full narrative of 19th
century chess.

I mentioned to my wife that someday I would like to visit Cleveland to go to the
chess library, and she smiled indulgently, perhaps thinking I was into my second
childhood. Still, it is a relatively achievable dream.

Jerry Spinrad

In article , Anders Thulin writes:
| Jeremy Spinrad wrote:
| Is there any good book on 19th century chess players? Eventually, I might think
| of writing one, but I wonder what is out there.
|
| I think much of that type of material is present in articles in chess periodicals,
| typically in the form of personal reminiscences. There are a few by Delannoy in
| Brentano's, for instance, and quite a few in early issues of (Deutsche) Schachzeitung
| on topics such as 'Cafe Regence as I recall it'.
|
| Otto Koch published a number of mini-biographies in early issues of Deutsche
| Wochenschach and there are also other articles on various chess peronalities.
| DWs also seems to be a good source for photographs. But it's quite difficult
| to find -- going to a good chess library is probably the only way. As far
| as I know, it has not been reprinted.
|
| In a few cases with amateur chess players it's possible to find biographies
| written by people in their main line of work. In general, though, the main
| resource seems to be obituaries. Ken Whyld listed those published in BCM --
| it would be very useful to extend that list also to other chess periodicals.
|
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| Anders Thulin http://www.algonet.se/~ath
|

Thanks for the tips, Louis. I just ordered the Sargent book through interlibrary
loan. The Golombek book does not go into nearly the level of detail I would like
to see.

Jerry Spinrad

One other place to look is whatever tournament
books one can find from that time.