Horowitz was a highly respected author of chess literature and articles in his day.
The book has mild rubbing to edges of covers w/couple tiny tears, tiny bit of light soiling to covers, tiny bump to fore-edge of rear cover, pages toned, tiny crease to 4 page corners, page 77 has very small chip where page was uncut from page 79 (piece is still attached to page 79) 82 pages Signed by Author.I.A. He also befriended Al Capone while serving time at Alcatraz. Chess Champion from 1909-1936 Norman Tweed Whitaker was convicted of several crimes, and his most infamous criminal escapade was a confidence trick involving the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932. Jose Raul Capablanca was the World Chess Champion from 1921-27 Frank Marshall was the U. Kline, Solomon Rubinstein, John Stuart Morrison, H. Franklin on FFEP 2nd blank page has the signatures of all 14 chess players of the 1913 New York National tournament those players are: Jose Raul Capablanca, Frank James Marshall, Charles Jaffe, Dawid Markelowicz Janowski, John Homer Stapfer, Oscar Chajes, Abraham Kupchik, Edward Tennenwurzel, Norman Tweed Whitaker, Harry P. Light edge wear, lightly soiled, corners bumped, age toning to pages, spine ends rubbed through else about very good of one of his scarcer titles. Condition: An early inscription date 1913 to front end paper. They played their match in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Memphis from January 26 to April 8, 1907.
In 1907 he played a match against World Champion Emanuel Lasker for the title and lost eight games, winning none and drawing seven. In 1906 Pillsbury died and Marshall again refused the championship title until he won it in competition in 1909. champion at that time, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, did not compete. congress in 1904, but did not get the national title because the U.S. He won the 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress (scoring 13/15, ahead of World Champion Emanuel Lasker) and the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century. Includes a few illustrative games played by Marshall. The basic defence recommended is the Petroff, with additional analysis of the lines by which white avoids the Petroff (Tree Knights' Game, Max Lange and others). The author commences with some general remarks on the openings and goes on to analyse some of his favourite lines in answer to 1. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with lettering in black to cover and edges in black cross-hatch. 82 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and photographs.
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