Download or read book John Brown The Forgotten Chess Composer written by Brian Gosling and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? reintroduces a classic chess title to a whole new readership. Chess Strategy was originally published in 1865, and now Brian Gosling investigates the life and work of it’s author, John Brown, selecting 50 of his chess problems to inspire a new generation of chess players.
Download or read book John Brown written by Brian Gosling and published by Troubador Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? reintroduces a classic chess title to a whole new readership. Chess Strategy was originally published in 1865, and now Brian Gosling investigates the life and work of it's author, John Brown, selecting 50 of his chess problems to inspire a new generation of chess players. John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? is not only a gentle introduction into the art of problem solving in chess, but is also a fascinating glimpse into the life and work of an outstanding chess problem composer - in an age before computers. His problems were simple, elegant and accurate and players of all abilities will have much to learn from the chess problems he created, 50 of which have been selected and discussed in this new title by Brian Gosling. Chess is a game with worldwide popularity, but the art of problem solving is often neglected by casual players. You do not need to be a chess expert to become a chess problem solver. The challenge is for White to checkmate Black in a specific number of moves, and the search for these optimal moves makes these puzzles highly absorbing.
Download or read book British Chess Literature to 1914 written by Tim Harding and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A huge amount was published about chess in the United Kingdom before the First World War. The growing popularity of chess in Victorian Britain was reflected in an increasingly competitive market of books and periodicals aimed at players from beginner to expert. The author combines new information about the early history of the game with advice for researchers into chess history and traces the further development of chess literature well into the 20th century. Topics include today's leading chess libraries and the use of digitized chess texts and research on the Web. Special attention is given to the columns that appeared in newspapers (national and provincial) and magazines from 1813 onwards. These articles, usually weekly, provide a wealth of information on early chess, much of which is not to be found elsewhere. The lengthy first appendix, an A to Z of almost 600 chess columns, constitutes a detailed research aid. Other appendices include corrections and supplements to standard works of reference on chess.
Download or read book Lilian an Episode in Chess Problem History written by Christopher Ravilious and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In my work on "John Brown, the Forgotten Chess Composer", Troubador (2011) I came across this booklet (100 pages, A4) on Lilian Baird, the young composer. It was kindly sent to me by the author, Christopher Ravilious, after a fruitless search for a copy on the internet. Only a few copies of the original book ever existed. I rate it very highly as an essential piece of research, and feel that it should be more widely known. Sadly Christopher passed away in January 2016. For thirty-two years he had been a librarian at Sussex University and was well respected as a first-rate archivist. Fortunately, Rita, Christopher's widow, agreed to it to being published so it has fallen to me to bring his book to you in this form. Besides fifty one of Lilian's compositions and solutions, it contains letters from famous 19th Century problemists such as Charles Gilberg, Frideswide F. Rowland, Heinrich F.L .Meyer, Philip H. Williams. and so on. It reminds us of an age which was slower and more comfortable, especially if one was fortunate enough to be born into a wealthy middle-class family. Frederick Gittins' description of Lilian in his book "The Chess Bouquet" (1897) sums up the heroine of this book "... A child of thirteen, with long sunny golden hair falling back from a fine and lofty forehead, thoughtful eyes, and all the shy grace of childhood, she has already, in some mysterious, intuitive way, learned the secret of problem-composing, and, absolutely unaided, has produced upwards of seventy compositions which have excited the admiration of the most critical judges. Some of the first composers of the day have dedicated problems to her honour, editors of chess columns are continually asking her to contribute, and people have asked her for her autograph - one of the surest evidence of fame. Like a wise mother, however, Mrs Baird seeks to keep her back rather than to press her forward, so she is now being kept mainly to her lessons and those natural pleasures of childhood to which even the most gifted boy or girl turns with joy. Like her mother, she writes verses quite charmingly and draws beautifully; but, with all her gifts, she remains a child and the happiest and most industrious of schoolgirls...". Lilian's mother, Mrs Edith Baird, was a very prolific composer. She published about 2000 of her problems under her husband's initials. "Mrs W. J. Baird". She created a new type of chess problem -the retractor, and wrote two books on chess problems: "The Twentieth Century Retractor" (1907) and "Seven Hundred Chess Problems" (1902). You are beginning to wonder how much help Lilian received from her famous mother? Fortunately, Christopher deals with this question in the book, and I am not going to spoil it by telling you his judgement. Sit back and enjoy the wonderful world of the 19th-century chess problem. Brian Gosling. July 2018.
Download or read book The Chess Player s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Huddersfield College Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Brown Classic Reprint written by Hermann Von Holst and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from John Brown At the suggestion of my friends, I have pub lished in an appendix a vindication of the char acter of John Brown from the principal charges which have within the last few years been brought against him, as well as some remarks on the bust of him by Brackett, from which the frontispiece in this volume is taken, and the account of a visit to the grave of John Brown, written by a distinguished member of the medical profession. 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 Eminent Victorian Chess Players written by Tim Harding and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book portrays British chess life in the nineteenth century through biographical studies of ten players who shaped the modern game. From Captain Evans, inventor of the famous gambit, to Isidor Gunsberg, England's first challenger for the world championship, personal narratives are blended with game annotations to reassess players' achievements and character. The author has combined deep reading in primary sources with genealogical research to reveal new facts and correct previous misunderstandings. Major chapters on Howard Staunton and William Steinitz, in particular, highlight the tensions between Englishmen and immigrants, amateurs and professionals. The contrasting long careers of Henry Bird and Joseph Blackburne provide a thread of continuity. The lives of several other important figures in Victorian chess are also presented. More than 160 games (with diagrams), several annotated in detail, and 50 photographs and line drawings are included. Appendices provide career records for all ten; there are extensive notes, a bibliography and indexes.
Download or read book American Chess Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Brown written by Alfred S. Roe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from John Brown: A Retrospect Nearly two thousand years ago, at the hour of noon, a motley throng of people might have been seen pouring forth from the gates of a far Eastern city and moving towards a hill called Calvary. Amidst soldiers and civilians, both friends and foes, the central figure is that of a man scarcely more than thirty years of age. He has all the attributes, in form and features, of true manliness. A disinterested judge has just declared that he finds nothing amiss in him but the rabble cry out, all the more, crucify him. While ardently loved by a devoted few in that tumultuous crowd, he is, to all the rest, an object of severest scorn, the butt of ribald jest. Wearing his crown of thorns, he is made to bear, till he faints un der his burden, the very instrument of his torture. His Roman executioners, giving to him the punishment accorded to thieves and robbers, have imposed upon him the most ignominious fate possible, - death upon the cross. A century before, Cicero had said It is an outrage to bind a Roman citizen to scourge him is an atrocious crime to put him to death is almost parricide but to crucify him - what shall I call it? 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 A Bibliography of John Brown Classic Reprint written by Thomas Featherstonhaugh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Bibliography of John Brown Von holst, Dr. Herman, edited by Frank Preston Stearns. John Brown. Boston: Cupples Hurd, 1888. 12mo, pp. 232. 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 Chess Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Brown s Expedition written by Theodore Parker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-10 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from John Brown's Expedition: Reviewed in a Letter From Rev. Theodore Parker, at Rome, to Francis Jackson, Boston MY dear friend, I see by a recent telegraph which the Steamer of Nov. 2d, brought from Boston, that the Court found Capt. Brown guilty, and passed sentence upon him. It is said, Friday, Dec. 2d, is fixed as the day for hanging him. So, long before this reaches you, my friend will have passed on to the reward of his magnan imous public services, and his pure, upright private life. I am not well enough to be the minister to any congrega tion, least of all to one like that which, for so many years, helped my soul while it listened to my words. Surely, the 28th Congregational Society in Boston needs a minis ter, not half dead, but alive all over; and yet, while reading the accounts of the affair at Harper's Ferry, and of the sayings of certain men at Boston, whom you and I know only too well, I could not help wishing I was at home again to use what poor remnant of power is left to me in defence of the True and the Right. 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 John Brown s Body written by Benet Stephen Vincent and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tribune Almanac and Political Register written by John Fitch Cleveland and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Library Of Congress written by Charles A Goodrum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a review of the first edition: "For those of us whose minds unhinge at the sheer immensity of the Library of Congress, with its maze of corridors, multilayered stacks and circuitous subterranean passages, this study will prevent many a false step."—Smithsonian Since the first edition of this book appeared in 1972, there have been many changes in the Library, including a massive reorganization begun in 1977 under the leadership of Daniel J. Boorstin, the present Librarian of Congress. This completely revised and updated look at the Library brings the story up to date, discussing the Library's history, how it works, how the user can take advantage of its many services, where it is going, and how it meets the wide-ranging needs of Congress, other federal government offices, and the library, scholarly, and creative worlds. The authors emphasize the recent impact of technology on what is the largest information-storage and retrieval "machine" in the world. Lively writing and accessible language make this book an ideal introduction to the Library of Congress for the visitor, the first-time user, or the general reader, but it is also a must for every library and librarian, as well as an excellent textbook for library administration courses. The information it contains will make it of great interest even to the most experienced users of the Library.
Download or read book The Miles Davis Lost Quintet and Other Revolutionary Ensembles written by Bob Gluck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew is one of the most iconic albums in American music, the preeminent landmark and fertile seedbed of jazz-fusion. Fans have been fortunate in the past few years to gain access to Davis’s live recordings from this time, when he was working with an ensemble that has come to be known as the Lost Quintet. In this book, jazz historian and musician Bob Gluck explores the performances of this revolutionary group—Davis’s first electric band—to illuminate the thinking of one of our rarest geniuses and, by extension, the extraordinary transition in American music that he and his fellow players ushered in. Gluck listens deeply to the uneasy tension between this group’s driving rhythmic groove and the sonic and structural openness, surprise, and experimentation they were always pushing toward. There he hears—and outlines—a fascinating web of musical interconnection that brings Davis’s funk-inflected sensibilities into conversation with the avant-garde worlds that players like Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane were developing. Going on to analyze the little-known experimental groups Circle and the Revolutionary Ensemble, Gluck traces deep resonances across a commercial gap between the celebrity Miles Davis and his less famous but profoundly innovative peers. The result is a deeply attuned look at a pivotal moment when once-disparate worlds of American music came together in explosively creative combinations.
