Table of Contents Introduction 1. Mackenzie's Early Life and Chess Play (1837-1862) 2. Mackenzie and the American Civil War: The True Story (1863-1865) 3. Adrift on the Troubled Waters of American Life (1865-1868) 4. The Cafés: Headquarters of Metropolitan Chess (1868-1870) 5. International Dreams, National Attempt (1870-1873) 6. Chicago 1874 and Stumbling Through the Centennial (1874-1876) 7. Paying Chess, Home and Abroad (1877-1879) 8.

The Chess Scandal of the Century (1880) 9. The St. Louis Master, Vienna 1882: There and Back Again (1881-1882) 10. Steinitz, London 1883, Zukertort and the Old and New Schools (1883-1884) 11. The International Chess Magazine, International Play, and the Match Against Lipschütz (1885-1886) 12. Mackenzie's Year of Years (1887) 13. The Internationalist, Home and Abroad: A Marvelous Record for So Old a Man (1888-1890) 14. Every Inch a Chess King: A Plunge of Despair (1891) Appendix A: Additional Mackenzie Games Appendix B: Obituaries and Appreciations Appendix C: Tournament and Match Record Appendix D: Mackenzie's Simultaneous Exhibitions Master List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index of Opponents Index of Openings--ECO Codes Index of Games at Odds General Index.