Emil Kemeny: A Life in Chess

by John Samuel Hilbert

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 finest chess players and writers. He dominated chess in both Philadelphia and Chicago, where he lived between 1893 and early 1906.

Congenial and modest, Kemeny was appreciated for his chess play and valued for the strong friendships he formed during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786473592
• ISBN13: 9780786473595
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher