Chess Studies and End-Games, Systematically Arranged, being a Complete Guide for Learners and Advanced Players

Author: Bernhard (Horwitz 1807?-1885) and Josef KlingYear: 1884Publisher: Jas WadePlace: LondonDescription:iv+[3]+376 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover and black vignettes and ruling to edges. (Betts: 23-2) First edition.The first part is a reprint of Kling and Horwitz's Chess Studies (1851), although Kling's contribution is here unacknowledged. The second part comprises 201 miscellaneous end-game studies by Horwitz, originally composted for and published in, the Chess Monthly 1879-1883.Bernhard Horwitz was a German English chess master and chess writer. Horwitz was born in Neustrelitz, and went to school in Berlin, where he studied art. From 1837 to 1843, he was part of a group of German chess players known as "The Pleiades". He moved to London in 1845. In 1846, he lost a match against visiting master Lionel Kieseritzky, and another against Howard Staunton, losing 15.5-8.5. His best ches