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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 chess master and one of the country's best blindfold chess entertainers. Finn's chess success contributed to the rise of the chess scene in the Big Apple in the early twentieth century, and he fared equally well in business, parlaying his skills into a highly successful career. Along with a foreword by John S. Hilbert, this biography of Finn in America includes analysis of 99 of his chess games-- most of them previously unknown or little studied--diagrams of game situations, and photographs.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by John S. Hilbert
Acknowledgments
Preface
A Note to the Reader xiii
Prologue
Part I: A Peddler's Rise on the Lower East Side, 1871-1900
1. Coming to America, 1871 -1894
2. First Forays into Chess, 1895-1900
3. A Rising Blindfold Artist, 1898-1900
Part II: Among New York's Best, 1901-1905
4. The Very Busy Year 1901
5. The NYSCA Midsummer Meeting, July 1902
6. A Manhattan Man, 1903-1905
7. Equitable Life Insurance Agent
8. More Chess in New York, July-November 1905
Part III: Marketing a Rich Man's Gambit, 1903-1916
9. With Rice and His Gambit, 1903-1905
10. A Match with Napier, January 1906
11. King of New York, 1906-1907
12. The End of the Rice Brotherhood, 1908-1916
Part IV: The Last Years, 1929-1931
13. A Preëminent Chess Official, 1910-1928
14. A Last Game of Chess, 1929-1931
Epilogue
Appendix I: Finn's Tournament Record
Appendix II: Finn's Match Record
Appendix III: Finn's Simultaneous Exhibitions Record
Appendix IV: Finn's Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibitions Record
Chapter Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index to Finn's Games (game numbers)
Index of Openings—Finn's Games (game numbers)
Index of Supplementary Games and Positions (page numbers)
Index of Supplementary Game Openings (page numbers)
Index of Tables
Index to Illustrations
General Index