Home > Books >   Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia's Friend of Chess - Hilbert
	Price: $44.96 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come first served. Product Code: 7150 Qty:

About this product   Walter Penn Shipley - Philadelphia's Friend of Chess. Walter Penn Shipley was crucial to the development of chess in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His contributions were very great. He organized correspondence chess in the United States in the 1890s, became a talented player and dangerous opponent, and a friend and supporter of world champions and contenders. He served as the treasurer of the Franklin Chess Club in Philadelphia and later as the club’s president at the height of its power and prestige. This work is a complete biography and games collection of Walter Penn Shipley. It draws from such original documents as personal correspondence with great chess players of his era (Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Pillsbury and others), detailed Shipley family records, and extensive research conducted in contemporary newspapers, journals and magazines. The book contains approximately 250 games (most of them annotated), with 246 positional diagrams. About the Author: John S. Hilbert is a senior attorney for the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Social Security Administration. He is also the author of The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A. Leonard, 1841–1862 (2005) and lives in Amherst, New York. Reviews: “Well-researched”—Chess Horizons “Recommend[ed]...lives up to its publisher’s standard for quality books...extraordinary person...one of the most important chess organizers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century...impressive research...excellent”—Chess Mail “A fine addition to any library on chess, chess players, and correspondence chess, and is a worthy contribution to the literature of the game of Kings”—Quarterly for Chess History Specifications: Author: Hilbert Book Type: Library Binding, 2003 Pages: 464

 Share your knowledge of this product with other customers... Be the first to write a review.

Browse for more products in the same category as this item: Books Books > Brands & Publishers > McFarland Chess Books Books > Game Collections Books > Biographies