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Francisco di Castellvi

http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/chess-in-1475

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=80101

http://www.scachsdamor.org/

 

Narciso Vinyoles (and Mossen Bernat de Fenollar)

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=80102

http://www.scachsdamor.org

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Renplayers.html

 

Kermur, Sire de Legall

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=77039

http://www.angelfire.com/nj/becjosh/chesshistory/chesshistory2/cafedelaregence.pdf

 

 

Saint Brie

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1251892&kpage=1#reply7

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/legall.htmhttp://chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=11528

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/touch-move-rule-misuse

 

 

The Turk

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/automat.htm

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=77026

http://www.bratislava-city.sk/bratislava-history-maria-theresa

http://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?id=487

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-chess-automaton-by-george-walker-part-ii?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old_frontend_blog_view

 

 

NN

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=12883    

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/fun-with-chess/who-is-nn

 

Dr. Thomas Bowdler

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31577 http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/dr__thomas_bowdler_quotes.html

 

 

Henry Seymour Conway

http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.html/document/csr07-0094

http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/biography_of_henry_seymour_conway

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31672

 

 

François-André Danican Philidor

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/philidor.htm

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31576

 

 

George Atwood

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31580

http://the-moon.wikispaces.com/Atwood

http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3603279?uid=3739400&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=55918451833

 

William Lewis

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=93005 http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/sarratt-jacob-henry

http://www.endgame.nl/cc-history.htm

 

 

Napoleon Bonaparte

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=77025

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/napoleon.html

http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/napoleon/c_longwood.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/NapoleonChess.html

http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft438nb2b6&chunk.id=ch1

 

Henri-Gatien Compte Bertrand

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=63748

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/napoleon.html

http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/napoleon/c_longwood.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/NapoleonChess.html

http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1155&context=etd

http://www.napoleonicsociety.com/english/scholarship98/c_piontkowski.html

 

Alexandre Louis Honoré Lebreton Deschapelles

http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-1851.html

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayr?pid=79773

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/FranceDeschapelles.pdf

http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-1851.html

 

Louis-Charles Mahé de la Bourdonnais

http://books.google.ca/books/about/Nouveau_trait%C3%A9_du_jeu_des_%C3%A9checs.html?id=nE8UAAAAQAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://books.google.ca/books?ei=gZd8T8i6OufbiALQjNHmDQ&id=nSsCAAAAYAAJ&dq=bourdonnais+deschapelles&ots=_fCni7gARM&q=deschapelles#v=onepage&q=lieutenant&f=false

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Bourdonnais.pdf

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31596

http://books.google.ca/books?id=nE8UAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_

summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/chess-tactics-quotes 

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Bourdonnais.pdf

 

Alexander McDonnell

http://icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=59

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19110

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/mcdonnell.html

http://www.chessquotes.com/player-morphy 

http://www.supreme-chess.com/famous-chess-players/alexander-mcdonnell.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/McDonnell.html

 

Karl Mayet

http://www.chessgames.com/player/karl_mayet.html

http://www.logicalchess.com/info/trivia/b.html

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old

_frontend_blog_view

 

Wilhelm Hanstein 

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/urcan30.pdf

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Pleiades.html

http://www.sgzurich2009.ch/pages/jubeAds/oldSociety.php?lang=en

http://www.365chess.com/opening.php?m=10&n=12825&ms=e4.e5.f4.exf4.Nf3.g5.Bc4.Bg7.O-O

http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/images/2011-08/artikel_hanstein.jpg 

 

Paul Rudolf von Bilguer

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad21.pdf

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31604http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Pleiades.html

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent

=old_frontend_blog_view 

 

Karl Schorn

http://www.projectsmartart.org/art-encyclopedia/pages/cni7rhpqhf/karl-schorn-munich-museum

.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Pleiades.html

http://www.kunstmarkt.de/pagesmag/kunst/_id142974-/news_detail.html?_q=%20

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiadeshttp://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=86369

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old

_frontend_blog_view

 

 

Ludwig Bledow

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34180/34180-h/34180-h.htm

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=79767

http://www.chesscircle.net/forums/showthread.php?29398-Forgotten-Chess-Players-I-Ludwig-Bledow

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad11.pdf

 

Tassilo, Baron Hydebrand und der Lasa

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review408.pdf

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad07.pdf

http://books.google.ca/books?id=vodZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=PA285&dq=morphy

+lasa&source=bl&ots=oTFfU_-yqo&sig=I2O1N9cvtCei0XTW6LH4fJvM7JM&hl=en&sa

=X&ei=nmLYT_rmMIOZ2QWjiYCyDw&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=lasa&f=false 

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/earliest.html

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old

_frontend_blog_view

 

 

Howard Staunton

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19077

http://www.dumb.com/quotes/chess-quotes/2/

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/champion.html

http://markofwestminster.com/chess/staunton.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Staunton.html

 

 

Pierre Charles Fournié de Saint-Amant 

http://www.chessmaniac.com/2004/05/pierre-charles-fournier-de-saint-amant.php

http://www.chessville.com/Quotes/misc_trivia_quotes_the_players.htm

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Amant.html

 

 

John William Schulten (Johann Wilhelm)

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15955

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Stanley.html

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/paul-morphys-queen-sacrifices

 

Charles Henry Stanley

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter12.html

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10315

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Stanley.html

http://tartajubow.blogspot.ca/2011/01/who-was-charles-stanley.html

 

Eugène Rousseau

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10316

http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=7801 http://blog.chess.com/dashkee94/morphy-lowenthal-story-part-four

 

Daniel Harrwitz 

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter61.html#6286._D._Harrwitz – 6286 Harrwitz

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15956

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Harrwitznote2.html

http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m434.html

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-late-herr-harrwitz

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Harrwitz.html

http://www.edochess.ca/matches/m325.html

Sunnucks, Encyclopaedia of Chess, page 192 http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter61.html

 

 

Bernard Hörwitz

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/horwitz-bernard

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Lowenthal.html - umlaut

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/bernhard-horwitz

 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15966 http://books.google.ca/books?id=5ZACAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

October 1885, page 301, International Chess Magazine (1885-1891)

http://www.chess.com/article/view/bernhard-horwitz

 

János (John) Jakab (Jakab) Löwenthal

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19545

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Lowenthal.html

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/loewenthal-johann

 

Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10342

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Anderssen.html

http://www.eciajedrez.comoj.com/boletin/eci_chess_bulletin_3.pdf

 

Lionel Felix Kieseritzky

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Kieseritzky.html

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/lionel-kieseritzky?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old_frontend_blog_view 

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review243.pdf

http://books.google.ca/books?id=jDACAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+international+chess+magazine+volume+7&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qQ1GUaztKpCnqwHthoHADQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20international%20chess%20magazine%20volume%207&f=false

 

Alexander Petroff

http://www.chessgames.com/ perl/chessplayer?pid=31644

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/petroff2

http://books.google.ca/books?id=NLACAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=petroff&f=false

http://www.tabladeflandes.com/frank_mayer/frank_mayer156.html

 

Szymański

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=93086

 

Max Lange 

http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-1627.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/LangeLetter.html

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/lange-max

http://www.ballo.de/dsb_2__teil.htm 

 

Karl Schorn

http://www.projectsmartart.org/art-encyclopedia/pages/cni7rhpqhf/karl-schorn-munich-museum.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Pleiades.html

http://www.kunstmarkt.de/pagesmag/kunst/_id142974-/news_detail.html?_q=%20

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=86369

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/the-berlin-pleiades?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old_frontend_blog_view 

 

George Mackenzie

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad08.pdf

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz48.txt

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10415

http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/t101.html

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/mackenzie-george-henry

http://www.chess.com/article/view/george-mackenzie

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/capt-mackenzie

http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/t334.html

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter53.html

http://books.google.ca/books?id=jDACAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+international+chess+magazine+volume+7&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qQ1GUaztKpCnqwHthoHADQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=the%20international%20chess%20magazine%20volume%207&f=false

 

George Hammond

http://books.google.ca/books?id=FIdZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=A+number+of+disinguished+amateurs,+such+as+Mr.+George+Hammond,+of+Boston,+who+arrived+too+late+to+enter+the+Grand+Tournament,&source=bl&ots=yK5BfSr2pw&sig=DuwiMq1F6R7bklVTozJ3lq-WktA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lU3zT_GPPJPVrQHXycDbAw&ved=0CE8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=hammond&f=false

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chess_Congress#First_American_Chess_Congress_.281857.29 (the picture of the participants)

 

Gustav Neumann

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16012

http://www.chessnc.com/biography/person-1554.html

 

Samuel Rosenthal

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16050

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/showman.html 

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/rosenthal-samuel

http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/19cen/polishreb1863.html

 

Louis Paulsen

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10249

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/nimzowitsch.html           

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kmoch02.pdf

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/nimzovich-aron

 

Blachy

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31655

 

Henry Edward Bird 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10411

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter42.html

http://books.google.ca/books?id=q5e2Inv8pJIC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&dq=Bird's+chess+1874+guard+equerry&source=bl&ots=THuhSQPrrk&sig=vmgkp4m8BSTxMdNm2_dk3KbkIQU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RyoDU5upD8zmoASWyYGoCg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Bird's%20chess%201874%20guard%20equerry&f=false

 

Jules Arnous de Rivière

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31145

http://books.google.ca/books?ei=OWp3T9StLKbYiQL-pOCnDg&id=hdsPr9XiJ6wC&dq=Paris+chess+1863&ots=C_QqJumm5m&q=riviere#v=snippet&q=riviere&f=false

Harper's New Monthly Magazine 
Vol. LXXVIII,  APRIL 1889,  No. CCCCLXVII

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter46.html

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/cafederegence2.html

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/arnous.htm

 

Serafino Dubois

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10345

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad18.pdf

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad19.pdf

http://www.chessquotes.com/topic-openings

 

Marmaduke Wyvill

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad18.pdf

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10335

 

Paul Journoud

http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezie0b.html

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/journoud.htm

http://www.chessgames.com/player/paul_journoud.html

 

Paul Charles Morphy

http://www.worldchesslinks.net/1857_congress_c.jpg

http://books.google.ca/books?id=hdsPr9XiJ6wC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=morphy+quote++drunk+it+up&source=bl&ots=C_QpHxnm5q&sig=KeK6pg_ILkMqua8qw-EmLtV7JqA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1ZNlT4aqHoHmiALf8sSiDw&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=morphy%20quote%20%20drunk%20it%20up&f=false

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/morphybio10.html

http://zomobo.net/cafe-de-la-regence

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/TopTen.html

 

Placido Dominguez

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=93359

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/contenders.html

 

Johannes Zukertort

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter61.html 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10427

http://www.chess.com/article/view/johannes-zukertort-master-of-dynamics

 

Baron Ignatz von Kolisch

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/morphybio13.html

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter53.html 

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/kolisch: The Knights and Kings of Chess by George Alcock Macdonnel 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16011

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/kolisch-ignatz

 

Schwarizchild

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=36941

 

Wilhelm Steinitz

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10421

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-conversation-with-steinitz

http://www.fedegarcia.net/writings/steinitz.pdf

http://members.tripod.com/HSK_Chess/steinitz.html

http://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/steinitz/steinitz.htm

http://chesskids.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Wilhelm_Steinitz22-243x300.jpg

 

Sich

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1890-11-16/ed-1/seq-14.pdf

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=93505

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/rec.games.chess.misc/7mfEqV5yOfo

 

Mephisto

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mephisto-the-magnificent

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mephisto-revisited 

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/mephisto-the-magnificent

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/automat.htm

 

Beardswell

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=31738

 

Mikhail Chigorin

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10016

http://www.chesscorner.com/quotes/chess_quotes.htm 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=53817

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=53815

 

Eugen von Schmidt

http://www.edochess.ca/players/p232.html

http://origin-www.chess.com/groups/forumview/today-in-chess-history-jul-18

 

Simon Winawer

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/winawer-simon

http://www.chessgames.com/player/simon_winawer.html

http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/PDFs/947.pdf  

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review267.pdf

 

Fritz Riemann

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/1932-in-chess       

http://www.chessbase.de/nachrichten.asp?newsid=10763

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10376

 

Joseph Blackburne

http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/JosephHBlackburne2.html

http://www.chessquotes.com/topic-humour

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10429

 

Mr. L

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19480

 

Maximillian Kürschner

http://2004-bcc-championship.blogspot.ca/2004/09/hauptturnier-literary-controversy.html

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/tarrasch.htm

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=62226

http://www.edochess.ca/players/p829.html

http://books.google.ca/books?id=OSUCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=max+kurschner+chess&source=bl&ots=RX0HMp3mbs&sig=aobyLMgyhLfvqjnAhaowVuUrDSU&hl=en#v=onepage&q=kurschner&f=false

 

Siegbert Tarrasch

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10510    

http://www.chessquotes.com/player-tarrasch

http://books.google.ca/books?id=DRvtjAQ2jCEC&pg=PA322&lpg=PA322&dq=tarrasch+wins+four+consecutive+international+tournaments&source=bl&ots=HRZtM1Cm8j&sig=KmXE_pfkquSu_M3YLo6tEwypNKM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SMSoT67FAZDqgQe1q5W2AQ&ved=0CGUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=tarrasch%20wins%20four%20consecutive%20international%20tournaments&f=false

http://www.ballo.de/tarrasch.htm

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/tarrasch-siegbert

 

Ajeeb

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/the-strange-and-wondrous-ajeeb

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/i-love-ajeeb

http://nccheckers.org/NCCA/Ajeeb%20history.htm

http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/tcr/december_32.pdf

http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/hajeeb

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/ajeeb.htm

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/hajeeb     

http://www.dewsworld.com/FTheTurk.html

 

Carl Schlecter 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10002

Reti, Richard: “Modern Ideas in Chess”; transl. by John Hart; Hardinge Simpole, Devon 2002. Pg 86 

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1003034

http://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/hastings-1895---contestants-i?_domain=old_blog_host&_parent=old_frontend_blog_view

 

Jakob Bendiner

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=42912

Josef Krejcik entitled ‘Ein einmaliger Partieschluß’ on page 179 of the 11/1953 Schach-Echo

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter32.html

 

 

 

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