Chess in the 19th century. Milestones of 1886
By Sergio Ernesto Negri Global context The conflict between Serbia and Bulgaria ends. Workers in Chicago go on strike, demanding
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History
Milestones of 1871/1885 – Steinitz and Zukertort prepare to battle for the title of best player in the world
By Sergio Ernesto Negri GLOBAL CONTEXT From a Western perspective, the period 1871–1885 marks the consolidation of the modern nation-state,
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Milestones of 1861/1870 – With Morphy’s withdrawal from the scene, Anderssen seems to take control, but Steinitz appears
GLOBAL CONTEXT This decade saw the consolidation of modern nation-states, albeit a bloody one, as war was a constant presence,
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Milestones of 1851/1860 – The first International Tournament and the meteoric emergence of Paul Morphy
By Sergio Ernesto Negri GLOBAL CONTEXT Two significant events occurred at opposite ends of the period. On the one hand,
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Chess in the First Half of the 19th Century: The Era of Matches and the Dominance of France and England
By Sergio Ernesto Negri ABSTRACT From the first half of the 19th century onward, chess established itself as both a
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Chess in the Middle Ages. A light in the darkness
by Sergio Ernesto Negri CHESS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, A POWERFUL SOURCE OF INSPIRATION A pastime of kings, nobles, merchants,
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