Böcker av Frank Hoffmeister

This book takes you along a most fascinating journey. Starting with chess games from the 19th Century and the foundation of the Belgium Chess Federation in 1920. Frank Hoffmeister sees this as a personal homage to the KBSB but also explains his personal views on the Belgian chess scene and developments.

This book takes you along a most fascinating journey. Starting with chess games from the 19th Century and the foundation of the Belgium Chess Federation in 1920. Frank Hoffmeister sees this as a personal homage to the KBSB but also explains his personal views on the Belgian chess scene and developments.

Examining the main novelties in opening, middlegame and endgame theory in the period 1735-1895, the biographical sketches in this book put the contributions of more than 30 masters into context, beginning with Syrian master and author of chess studies, Philip Stamma, and finishing with the first world champion Wilhelm Steinitz.