"Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's fines
"This biography discusses what little is known of Leonard's life and death but concentrates primarily on Leonard's ability and his sadly shortened career. Diagrams from more than 90 of Leonard's games
"This biography analyzes Pollock's chess play, as well as his career and life in England, Ireland and America. Offered here are an unprecedented collection of annotated games played by Pollock, histor
"This work provides both an in-depth biography of Hodges' personal life and chess career and extensive collection of over 340 of Hodges' games, also 15 of his chess problems as originally published in
Julius Finn was born in Russian Poland, and came to New York in 1887 at the age of 16. From a humble start as a street peddler on the Lower East Side, Finn swiftly rose to become New York's champion
