Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Members of the First American Chess Congress, 1857.
- Title:
- Members of the First American Chess Congress, 1857.
- Collection:
- Images from the Rare Book and Manuscript Collections
- Date:
- 1857
- ID Number:
- REX007_0060
- Catalog Record:
- 2086151
- Collection Number:
- 13-1-1165
- File Name:
- REX007_0060.tif
- Work Type:
- photographs
photographs
- Subject:
- Men
Games
- Description:
- In 1857, while he was living in New York City, Fiske became very interested in chess, founding and editing The American Chess Monthly. Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess player, joined Fiske as associate editor. That year, sixteen chess players met in New York City to participate in the First American Chess Congress. Fiske’s account of the First American Chess Congress was one of the first books on American chess. He included in his book a history of American chess and a bibliography of literature devoted to chess. The book is dedicated to the tournament’s champion, Paul Morphy.
- Cite As:
- Daniel Willard Fiske Papers, #13-1-1165. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Icelandic
- Archival Collection:
- Daniel Willard Fiske Papers
- Box:
- 19
- Folder:
- 27
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- Presumed to be in the public domain because of creation date.
