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The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz | 
 enlarge | From: ChessCentral
Category: Software
List Price: $74.95
Buy New: $49.95
You Save: $25.00 (33%)
Sales Rank: 16406
Format: Cd
Media: Diskette
Operating System: Windows 98 & XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
EAN: 9781886846616
ASIN: 1886846618
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| Features:
| • | Nearly 900 games annotated by Steinitz, plus his two books & extended excerpts from his writings - a lifetime of chess! | | • | Bonus .pdf file of Steinitz crosstables, 2 Steinitz screensavers, an electronic jigsaw puzzle & lots of great photos | | • | The founder of modern chess, inventor of scientific analysis - meet the "Great Theorist" in a way not possible before | | • | Here's your chance to find out what Steinitz said, how he said it - and what makes him the greatest player who ever lived | | • | Learn from the First World Champion in his own words! ChessBase Reader included - no other software required |
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Product Description
The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz includes the following, all in interactive ChessBase format: 1) The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz. All 1,072 games by Steinitz, including 22 text documents, with 288 games annotated by Steinitz (full text woven into the game notation). Steinitz's account of 4 World Championships, the London-Vienna match, the cable match with Tschigorin & more, all bound together with Keys, hyperlinks and photos. 2) The Modern Chess Instructor. Steinitz's masterpiece in 20 text documents, with 7 chapters of Steinitz teaching chess - from the moves and rules onward. Then Steinitz discusses the openings in chess, examining 8 major openings with 167 Surveys and 79 Illustrative Games. Also get the Steinitz-Tschigorin match of 1889, for the World Championship. A complete course in chess! 3) The Sixth American Chess Congress. Tschigorin and Weiss tie for 1st & 2nd place. 5 text documents (Committee Report and tournament crosstable, etc.), then all 430 games are given, each annotated by Steinitz. An important part of American chess history, and one of the best tournament books of all time. 4) A Magazine collection, with large excerpts from the Field, and the International Chess Magazine. About 85 games, plus 13 text documents - including the Wisker-MacDonnell match (1874), the Zukertort-Rosenthal match (1880), the Lipschuetz-Delmar match (1888) and many additional games. Also the "analysis" lines from the Steinitz-Tschigorin cable match and the famous article "Morphy and the Play of His Time". 5) The Steinitz Gambit. Covering 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2, a modern, comprehensive look at Steinitz's radical idea. 2 text documents, 6 Surveys and 300 games (150 with notes, 28 by Steinitz), plus an excellent openings Key.
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