
Gyula Breyer
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But first and foremost, Breyer was a revolutionary in his chess thinking. He promoted the idea of dynamic chess and formulated many of the Hypermodern concepts, long before others started their investigations. After his death, however, he was omitted from most of the chess history books, or relegated to a one line reference. Today he is only known for the Breyer variation, an ever popular defence against the Ruy Lopez.
Jimmy Adams has unlocked Breyer's legacy from the archives and made it accessible to the chess world at large, with translations from Hungarian into English. This monumental book presents 242 of his games, annotated by Breyer himself and many others. It features a large number of articles, columns and fragments from newspapers, magazines and books, sparkling with chess and literary wit. The majority appear in English for the first time ? and indeed in any language other than Hungarian.
By piecing together this material in chronological order, Jimmy Adams has constructed a mesmerizing biography, covering Gyula Breyer's intense, unconventional and ultimately tragic life. Also included is a collection of his chess problems, some of which are truly amazing.
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- TitlePages
- Adams - Breyer
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- The Budapest Chess Club
- Chapter 2
- International debut in Köln
- Chapter 3
- Down to zero
- Chapter 4
- Prizewinning performance in Pöstyén 1912
- Chapter 5
- Breslau 1912: joining ranks with the masters
- Chapter 6
- Hungarian Champion
- Chapter 7
- Austro-Hungarian rivalry
- Chapter 8
- Breyer's first masterpiece
- Chapter 9
- Below expectations in Scheveningen
- Chapter 10
- A gambit tournament
- Chapter 11
- Unfinished business in Mannheim 1914
- Chapter 12
- Outbreak of the First World War
- Chapter 13
- New concepts and a new style
- Chapter 14
- The Budapest Defence
- Chapter 15
- Revolutionary articles
- Chapter 16
- Creative competition in Budapest
- Chapter 17
- An immortal game
- Chapter 18
- Breyer reports...
- Chapter 19
- Unique annotations
- Chapter 20
- Kassa 1918: arrival of the Hypermoderns
- Chapter 21
- More original ideas
- Chapter 22
- Aftermath of the War
- Chapter 23
- Into exile
- Chapter 24
- Szellemi Sport
- Chapter 25
- Match defeat against Réti
- Chapter 26
- A short trip to Vienna
- Chapter 27
- Lacklustre form in Gothenburg 1920
- Chapter 28
- Breyer's greatest tournament victory
- Chapter 29
- The world blindfold record
- Chapter 30
- Bécsi Magyar Újság
- Chapter 31
- 'The most brilliant of all the competitors'
- Chapter 32
- Writing to the end
- Chapter 33
- Hungarian tragedy
- Chapter 34
- The Breyer Variation
- Chapter 35
- Legend lives on
- Chapter 36
- How Breyer influenced Réti
- Chapter 37
- Alekhine and Bogoljubow: the reluctant Hypermoderns
- Chapter 38
- Amazing compositions
- Chapter 39
- Obituaries, tributes and commemorations
- Chapter 40
- Postscript
- Chapter 41
- The final journey
- Index of names
- Acknowledgements
- Quoted sources
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