Joseph Henry Blackburne
About the Book
During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841â1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the worldâs top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform âblindfoldâ into his sixties.
This first comprehensive biography of Britainâs greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburneâs games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburneâs unusual family and social background are fully explored.
About the Author(s)
Tim Harding played for Ireland at the 1984 FIDE chess olympiad in Thessaloniki, and is a Senior International Master of correspondence chess. A well-known writer on many aspects of chess, he is a former editor of Chess Mail magazine and he contributed monthly articles in "The Kibitzer" series at www.chesscafe.com. He now writes regularly for www.worldchess.com, the official website of the World Chess Championships. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Joseph Henry Blackburne
About the Book
During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841â1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the worldâs top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform âblindfoldâ into his sixties.
This first comprehensive biography of Britainâs greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburneâs games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburneâs unusual family and social background are fully explored.
About the Author(s)
Tim Harding played for Ireland at the 1984 FIDE chess olympiad in Thessaloniki, and is a Senior International Master of correspondence chess. A well-known writer on many aspects of chess, he is a former editor of Chess Mail magazine and he contributed monthly articles in "The Kibitzer" series at www.chesscafe.com. He now writes regularly for www.worldchess.com, the official website of the World Chess Championships. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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About the Book
During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841â1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the worldâs top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform âblindfoldâ into his sixties.
This first comprehensive biography of Britainâs greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburneâs games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburneâs unusual family and social background are fully explored.
About the Author(s)
Tim Harding played for Ireland at the 1984 FIDE chess olympiad in Thessaloniki, and is a Senior International Master of correspondence chess. A well-known writer on many aspects of chess, he is a former editor of Chess Mail magazine and he contributed monthly articles in "The Kibitzer" series at www.chesscafe.com. He now writes regularly for www.worldchess.com, the official website of the World Chess Championships. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
