James Mason in America

<p> Few men are prominent chess players as well as esteemed chess writers. James Mason in his lifetime had the reputation of being both. This book chronicles Mason's early career in the United States providing many details on his writings and annotations for <I>The Spirit of the Times</I> and <I>The American Chess Journal</I> his participation in the Cafe Europa and Cafe International tournaments his win in 1876's Fourth American Chess Congress and his matches against chess greats like George H. Mackenzie Eugene Delmar Dion M. Martinez Edward Alberoni and Henry E. Bird. Mason's efforts to establish an American Chess Association and to arrange an international centennial congress in 1876 are also explored. In addition to the general index the work also includes indexes of games annotators and openings.</p>