Adolf Albin in America
Subtitle: a European chess master's sojourn in America, 1893-1895
By: Olimpiu G. Urcan ; foreword by Neil Brennen.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786430109
Subjects: Albin, Adolf; Chess players -- Romania -- Biography; Chess -- Tournaments -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This book covers Romanian chess master Adolf Albin's brief but highly significant period spent in New York, 1893-1895, with details on his life and chess career"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Albin in America; title: A tale of disenchantment: the Columbian Chess Congress, 1893; title: Sailing to America, July 1893; title: The match with Albert B. Hodges, 1893; title: The impromptu international tournament: New York, 30 September to 18 October 1893; title: The City Chess Club tournament: Manhattan Cafe, 9 to 23 December 1893; title: The match with Eugene Delmar, February 1894; title: The Staats-Zeitung Cup: Buffalo, 14 to 18 August 1894; title: Another City Chess Club tournament: 20 October to 15 November 1894; title: The match with J.W. Showalter, 1894; title: A guest of Philadelphia, 1895; title: Three months in New Orleans, March to May 1895; title: Sailing back to Europe, June 1895; title: The chess games.