The Chess-Player's Handbook. A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess, Exemplified in Games Actually Played by the Greatet Masters, and illustrated by Numerous Diagrams of Original and Remarkable Positions

Author: Staunton, Howard (1810-1874)Year: 1848Publisher: BohnPlace: LondonDescription:viii+518 pages with pictorial frontispiece and diagrams. Small octago (7 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial chess board to cover. (Whyld and Ravilious 1848:10) Bohn's Scientific Library. Second edition revised. The first edition was published one year earlier.Howard Staunton was an English chess master who is generally regarded as having been the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Saint-Amant. He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of standardized shape—the Staunton pattern promulgated by Nathaniel Cook—that is still the style required for competitions. He was the principal organizer of the first international chess tournament in 1851, which made England the world's leading chess center and caused Adolf Anderssen to be recognized as the world's strongest player. M