Chess in Philadelphia: A Brief History of the Game in Philadelphia, Illustrated by Numerous Charts, Tables, Games and Problems” is a landmark book first published in 1898, compiled and edited by Gustavus Charles Reichhelm, with assistance from Walter Penn Shipley.

A historical survey tracing the growth of chess in Philadelphia from its early 19th‑century origins up through the 1890s. Biographical sketches of key local figures: Charles Vezin, Henry Vethake, Philip Randolph, Benjamin Tilghman, William Thomas, Samuel Lewis, and others connected to the “Athenaeum School” of chess in Philadelphia.

158 pages. Reprinted by Publishing house Moravian Chess. 

Condition: VG.

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