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Informationen zum Autor Olimpiu G. Urcan is a Singapore-based chess historian. He contributes regularly to Edward Winter's Chess Notes and is the author of several chess biographies published by McFarland. Peter Michael Braunwarth is a scholar and professor in Vienna, Austria. Klappentext This biography explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann, an early 20th century Romanian-born grandmaster-level player. A contemporary of luminaries such as Capablanca, Reti, Schlechter, Spielmann, and Tartakower, Kaufmann remained an enigma despite his high level play. Through an analysis of primary sources, including correspondence, diaries and other archival material, Kaufmann's chess career is reconstructed in detail. His tournament and match play games from the early 1890s to the 1910s are explored, as are his little known matches against some of the top players of his time and his participation in the Trebitsch memorials in wartime Vienna. The book also offers an unprecedented account of Kaufmann's close relationship with Arthur Schnitzler, the famed Austrian dramatist, whose diary offers important clues to Kaufmann's life and work as a philosopher. There is a collection of 71 Kaufmann games with detailed annotations and diagrams. Zusammenfassung "This book explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann! a Romanian-born grandmaster-level player of the 1900s and 1910s. The book also offers an unprecedented and extensive account of Kaufmann's close relationship with Arthur Schnitzler! the famed Austrian dramatist! whose diary offers important clues to Kaufmann's life and work as a philosopher"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Mihail Marin Preface A Note to the Reader PART I-The Life (1872-1938) and Chess Career 1. 1872-1900: A Student in Vienna 2. 1901-1910: Intermission 3. 1911-1914: Back to Chess 4. 1915-1916: Chess in a "Gigantic Hospital" 5. June 1917: Breakdown 6. 1918-1919: Out of Vienna to Mariazell and Kiev 7. 1919-1920: Taking On Einstein 8. 1920-1922: Altaussee 9. 1923-1938: An Inscrutable Endgame PART II-The Chess Games PART III-Appendices, Sources and Indexes Appendix A: Kaufmann and Chess Theory Appendix B: Tournament Crosstables Appendix C: Kaufmann's Tournament and Match Record Appendix D: Kaufmann's Results Against Leading Masters Appendix E: Two More Kaufmann Games? Appendix F: An Encounter with Alekhine? Appendix G: A Kaufmann Imaginary Letter Appendix H: The Unpictured Kaufmann Appendix I: Brief Biographies of Notable Players Sources and Bibliography Index of Openings Index of Opponents Index of Illustrations Index of Other Games General Index ...
