Steinitz in London (A Chess Biography with 623 Games) Tim HardingPaperback, 421 pages, McFarland Publishing 2020 Drawing on new research, this first biography of William Steinitz (18361900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpsons Divan. Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his