Eminent Victorian Chess Players―Ten Biographies

"Portrays nineteenth-century British chess life 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, personalnarratives are blended with game annotations to reassess players' achievements and character. Includes position diagrams, photographs, line drawings, career records" --Provided by publisher.

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.