Joseph Henry Blackburne was the leading British tournament player towards the end of the 19th century. It could be said that he challenged Steinitz for world matchplay supremacy, though he could not hold his own with the great Austrian strategist.
A monumental new book by chess scholar Tim Harding represents a huge contribution to chess literature.
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