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Emil Kemeny

Emil Kemeny

A Life in Chess

J OHN S. H ILBERT

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Jefferson, North Carolina, and London

Frontispiece: Emil Kemeny (courtesy of Edward Winter)

L IBRARY OF C ONGRESS C ATALOGUING - IN -P UBLICATION D ATA

Hilbert, John S., 1953 –

Emil Kemeny : a life in chess / John S. Hilbert.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-7864-7359-5

softcover : acid free paper

1. Kemeny, Emil, 1860 –1925.

2. Chess players—United States—Biography.

3. Hungarian Americans—Biography. I. Title.

GV1439.K396H55 2013 794.1092—dc23 [B] 2013007271

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Emil Kemeny. A Life in Chess - John S. Hilbert, 2013.pdf