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      George H. Mackenzie

      John S. Hilbert

      A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (1837-1891) dominated in the US for more than a quarter century. This book details his tragic family life, his British and…

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      Walter Penn Shipley: Philadelphia’s Friend of Chess

      John S. Hilbert

      Provides a complete biography and games collection of Walter Penn Shipley. It draws from such original documents as personal correspondence with great chess players of his era (Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca…

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      The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A. Leonard, 1841-1862

      John S. Hilbert

      This biography discusses what little is known of James A. Leonard’s life and death but concentrates primarily on his ability and chess career. Diagrams from more than 90 of Leonard’s…

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      Emil Kemeny: A Life in Chess

      John S. Hilbert

      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…

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      W.H.K. Pollock: A Chess Biography

      Olimpiu G. Urcan,John S. Hilbert

      During his first years in America, William Henry Krause Pollock participated in some of the most important American chess events of the 19th century. Pollock played matches against strong players…

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      Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made

      John S. Hilbert,Peter P. Lahde

      Provides a biography of Hodges’ personal life and chess career. This work offers a collection of over 340 of Hodges’ games, as well as 15 of his chess problems. It…

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