Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess - Brossura

Lawson, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1887366970 ISBN 13: 9781887366977

Casa editrice: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2010

Riassunto

"Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" is the only full-length biography of Paul Morphy, the antebellum chess prodigy who launched United States participation in international chess and is still generally acknowledged as the greatest American chess player of all time. But Morphy was more than a player. He was a shy, retiring lawyer who had been taught that such games were no way to make a living. The strain of his fame and the pull of his domineering family led Morphy to set another precedent: chess madness. Morphy s mental descent after retiring from chess became a part of his lore, made all the more magnanimous by a spate of twentieth-century examples. "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" tells the full known story of the life of Paul Morphy, from his privileged upbrining in New Orleans to his dominance of the chess world, to the later tragedy of his demise. This new edition of David Lawson s seminal work, still the principal source for all Morphy biographical presentations, also includes new biographical material about the biographer himself, telling the story of the author, his opus, and the previously unknown life that brought him to the research.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1887366970
• ISBN 13: 9781887366977
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 398
• Redattore: Aiello Thomas
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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