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The Romantic era of play was followed by the Scientific, Hypermodern, and New Dynamism eras. [1] In the second half of the 19th century, modern chess tournament play began, and the first official World Chess Championship was held in 1886.
In 1855 Stanley organized the first World Problem Tournament. In 1849 he helped future chess master Johann Löwenthal, who was then a penniless immigrant. [1] He was one of the participants in the 1st American Chess Congress, which he played in 1857 where Morphy won, and he was regarded as the new U.S. Chess Champion. [2]
1471 – The Göttingen manuscript is the first book to deal solely with chess. 1474 – William Caxton publishes The Game and Playe of Chesse, the first chess book in English. 1475–1525 – Castling and the modern moves for the queen and bishop are slowly adopted. 1475 – Scachs d'amor the first published game of modern chess, written as a ...
A chess puzzle is a position usually taken from an actual game or from analysis of an actual game, presented with the goal of finding the best move and continuation for the side to play. Chess puzzles are commonly used for tactical training, as the solutions typically involve a combination ending in checkmate, decisive advantage, or successful ...
The American Chess Congress was a series of chess tournaments held in the United States, a predecessor to the current U.S. Chess Championship. It had nine editions, the first played in October 1857 and the last in August 1923.
From a humble start as a street peddler on the Lower East Side, Finn swiftly rose to become New York's champion chess master and one of the country's best blindfold chess entertainers. [1] Finn's first tournament in America was a Handicap Tournament played in New York's Café Boulevard in 1895 where he was ranked as a 2nd class player at the ...
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. During his brief career in the late 1850s, Morphy was acknowledged as the world's greatest chess master. A prodigy, Morphy emerged onto the chess scene in 1857 by convincingly winning the First American Chess Congress, winning each match by a large margin. He ...
The first imitation was made while Mälzel was in Baltimore. Created by the Brothers Walker, the "American Chess Player" made its debut in May 1827 in New York. [76] El Ajedrecista was built in 1912 by Leonardo Torres Quevedo as a chess-playing automaton and made