Louis Paulsen (1833-1891) was one of the 19th century’s strongest chess players and a world record holder in blindfold chess. He maintained an unbeaten record in matches, created several opening systems and was an originator of the positional approach to the game. This extensive biography - the first in English - explores Paulsen’s life and career and includes 719 of his games, presented here with both contemporary and modern comments.

Historian Hans Renette is FIDE master in chess (with 2 IM norms). He lives in Bierbeek, Belgium.

Content:

001 Foreword by Michael Negele
003 Preface
005 Introduction
015 I - Ancestry and Youth
021 II - Dubuque
024 III - The First American Chess Congress 1857
045 IV - Sharpening the Blindfold Record, 1858–1860
072 V - Back Home, 1860–1861
080 VI - To Bristol, September 1861
088 VII - Meeting G.H. Mackenzie, September 1861
091 VIII - A Match with Kolisch, September - November 1861
112 IX - Visiting Manchester, November 1861
119 X - Back in London, December 1861
123 XI - London 1862 and the First Match with Anderssen
150 XII - Düsseldorf 1862
156 XIII - Düsseldorf 1863
161 XIV - In Leipzig, 1863 - 1864, and a Match with Lange
177 XV - Berlin 1864 and a Match with Neumann
190 XVI - Elberfeld 1865
193 XVII - Illness and Barmen 1866
196 XVIII - Cologne 1867
200 XIX - Aachen 1868
202 XX - Hamburg 1869
210 XXI - Baden-Baden 1870
224 XXII - Krefeld 1871
229 XXIII - Vienna 1873
250 XXIV - Leipzig 1876 and the Second Match with Anderssen
260 XXV - Leipzig 1877 and the Third Match with Anderssen
280 XXVI - Frankfurt am Main 1878
287 XXVII - Leipzig 1879 and a Match with Schwarz
300 XXVIII - Wiesbaden 1880
309 XXIX - Brunswick 1880
317 XXX - Berlin 1881
329 XXXI - Vienna 1882
350 XXXII - Nürnberg 1883
361 XXXIII - Quiet Years, 1884–1886
364 XXXIV - Frankfurt am Main 1887
379 XXXV - Nürnberg 1888
390 XXXVI - Breslau 1889
405 XXXVII - Louis Paulsen’s Death
Appendices
409 Appendix 1. Tournament Record
409 Appendix 2. Match Records
410 Appendix 3. Results Against Masters
410 Appendix 4. Blindfold Exhibitions
411 Appendix 5. A Chess Family: Wilfried, Amalie and Carl Paulsen
427 Bibliography
427 Works About Louis Paulsen
427 Selected Articles about Louis Paulsen
427 Reference Works
427 Tournament Books with Paulsen as a Participant (chronological)
428 Autobiographies, Biographies, Other Tournament Books and Game Collections
428 Anthologies, Chronicles, Textbooks, etc.
428 Chess Magazines
429 Principal Chess Columns
429 Websites
429 Non-Chess Works and Articles
431 Opponents Index (to game numbers)
433 Annotators Index (to game numbers)
434 Index of Openings—ECO Codes (to game numbers)
435 Index of Openings—Traditional Names (to game numbers)
436 General Index (to page numbers)