Table of Contents Acknowledgments v Introduction 1 Features of This Book 2 Explanations 2 Abbreviations 2 I. Family and Formative Years 5 The Kolisches 5 The City of Pressburg 5 Infancy 6 A Mysterious Period 6 Among Chessplayers 7 Earliest Games 8 II. The Italian Year 15 Towards Genova 15 The Games Against Saint Bon 19 The Games Against Vitzthum 23 III. Arrival in Paris 27 Historical Framework 27 The Games Against Harrwitz 27 The Games Against Arnous de Rivière 32 Paris Life 35 The Games Against Anderssen 43 Last Strokes in Paris 56 IV. To the Conquest of London 60 Arrival in the Metropolis 60 The Match Against Worrall 65 Not Only Matches 68 The Match Against Saburov 71 The First Match Against Maude 74 A Summer Illness 78 V. The Season of Invitations 84 The Cambridge 1860 Tournament 84 Four Matches in London 89 Manchester, Liverpool and Dundee 98 VI. Restless 114 New Year's Day in France 114 The First Challenge to Morphy 117 The Third Match Against Maude 123 Owen, Barnes and Wormald 125 The June 1861 Tour 127 VII. Great Expectations 137 The Match Against Anderssen 137 The Games Against Mackenzie 156 VIII.

Louis Paulsen 158 The Bristol 1861 Tournament 158 The Match Against Paulsen 163 IX. A Step Backward 187 Paris Intermezzo 187 The Petersburg Visit 191 X. Double Life 205 A Pause for Reflection 205 The Second Challenge to Morphy 207 From Chess to Finance 207 The Match Against Hirschfeld 212 The Match Against Rosenthal 223 Embers Under Ash 228 XI. The Emperor's Prize 236 Prelude 236 The Games 243 Neumann's Challenge 268 XII. An International Champion 270 The Visit to Germany 270 Paris, Again 273 A Chess Star in Vienna 277 The Vienna Blindfold Performances 279 A Match with Large Odds 287 The Baden-Baden 1870 Tournament 288 Never Take a Game Too Far 290 XIII. Financial Takeoff 292 The Wiener Börsen-Syndicatskasse 292 The Match Between London and Vienna 294 Prosperity 305 The Vienna 1873 Tournament 307 Days of Wealth 308 In the Whirl of Business 312 XIV. Beatus Ille Qui Procul Negotiis 316 Baron and Rentier 316 Der Glorreiche Augenblick 318 The London 1883 Tournament 322 A Call in Nürnberg 326 Events of a Notable Life 326 The Hassan Affaire 327 An Old Passion and a New Home 328 Epilogue. After Death 332 Funeral and Heritage 332 The Two Kolisch Memorials 332 Kolisch and Posterity 335 Solutions of Problems 336 Appendix A: Kolisch's Ancestry 337 Appendix B: Relative Currencies in Kolisch's Time 338 Bibliography 339 Index of Players 345 Index of Openings--Traditional Names 347 Index of Openings--ECO Codes 348 General Index 349.