Reginald Pryce Michell - A Master of British Chess: A forgotten chess master

Du Mont, Julius; Hansen, Carsten; Hansen, Carsten

ISBN 10: 8793812914 / ISBN 13: 9788793812918

Published by CarstenChess (edition ), 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reginald Pryce Michell - A Master of British Chess: A forgotten chess master
• Publisher: CarstenChess (edition )
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8793812914
• ISBN 13: 9788793812918
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

How do we forget a player who drew four world champions, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, and Botvinnik, and beat several world-class players such as Bogoljubow, Reti, Sultan Khan, and countless other top players of his age? Well, that's the fate of Reginald Pryce Michell.
It has rightly been said that chess is more than a game, but less than a science. It follows that it is doubtful whether chess, as a profession, is desirable for any but a genius. Curiously enough, one of the very greatest, Morphy, always was most worth when professionalism was attributed to him, and this may have been partly the reason why he gave up chess altogether. Yet one may well ask whether the world was better off when an outstanding chess genius spent his energy on being a moderate lawyer. This problem comes to most players who are enthusiastic, and achieve a measure of success in chess, and we find a satisfactory solution in the life of R. P. Michell.
In this hardcover edition, you will find a biography of his life, a collection of 72 thoroughly annotated games (36 games more than the original 80+-year-old volume), a puzzle section with positions from the first two parts of the book and much more.