American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer

Author: Bisguier, Arthur Bernard (1929-2017) and Andrew Eden Soltis inscribed by Arthur BisguierYear: 1974Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company, Inc and Collin MacMillan PublishersPlace: New York and LondonDescription:x+291 pages with diagrams, plates, appendices and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by Arthur Bisguier. (Lusis: 1211) first edition.Her is the progression of chess--from the rough and ready game played in Ben Franklin's days to the scientifically played game of the 1970's. In the 1850s, Paul Morphy laid down the principles of obtaining advantages, an a wave of aggressive players--MacKenzie, Lipschutz, Showalter and Hodges--appeared on the scene. Positional ideas were still unformed, however, until Harry Pillsbury forged the essentials of planning. Frank Marshall was America's last experimental, romantic chess player. By the first part of the century, Capablanca ha