Table of Contents

Introduction      1

PART I. The Chess Life of Albert Beauregard Hodges      3
ONE. “The Tennessee Morphy”      5
TWO. Ajeeb and the “Snugs”      39
THREE. New York, 1890–1892      74
FOUR. 1893: A Year of Achievements      118
FIVE. 1894: A Year of Champions      143
SIX. 1895: A Year of Team Play      169
SEVEN. The Anglo-American Cable Matches      192
EIGHT. Domesticated Play      250
NINE. Tournaments—Too Late      271
TEN. Toward an Ending      287
ELEVEN. The Final Years      323

PART II. The Chess Games of Albert Beauregard Hodges      329
Appendix A. The Chess Problems      507
Appendix B. The Match and Tournament Record      512
Appendix C. The 1897       Staats-Zeitung Cup Fiasco      515
Appendix D. Three Obituaries      518
Selected Bibliography      521
Index to Hodges’ Games (game numbers)      523
Index of Openings—Hodges’ Games (game numbers)      525
Index of ECO Codes—Hodges’ Games (game numbers)      527
Index to Others’ Games (pages)      529
Index of Illustrations (pages       531
General Index (pages)      533