Table of Contents Introduction Potter Wisker About the players'' games About the punctuation and sources in this book Thanks to others William Norwood Potter, chess champion, writer, promoter and theorist 1. Family and youth (1840-1867) The Potters Infancy Obscure years 2. Apprentice master (1868-1870) The earliest recorded games The match against the Westminster CC 3. The season 1870-71 The matches against the Sheffield Athenæum CC and the third Challenge Cup The first rounds of the City of London handicap The series of games against Cousin The final pool of the City of London handicap The return match against the Westminster CC More games of the season 4. The seasons 1871-72 and 1872-73 City of London handicap The rest of the season The correspondence match against the Wiener Schachgesellschaft More games of the season 1871-72 The first match against Coburn The summer of consultation games 5. The season 1873-74 The second match against Coburn and the City of London handicap 6. The season 1874-75 New rooms for the club and the match against the Bermondsey CC City of London handicap and some consultation games The match against Fenton and the polemic with Berger Gestation and birth of the ­West-End CC 7. The season 1875-76 The start of the ­West-End CC The match against Bussy The match against Zukertort Two games with Boden and the end of The City of London Chess Magazine City of London handicap The Divan in the Strand tournament The match against the Bermondsey CC 8.

 The season 1876-77 City of London handicap The match between the ­West-End and the St. George''s CCs The contribution to the Encyclopædia Britannica and the victory of the City of London handicap The discontinuation of the ­West-End CC 9. The season 1877-78 City of London handicap and other engagements The first match against Heywood More games of the season 10. The season 1878-79 The second match against Heywood The Ladies'' College CC City of London handicap The return match between the College and the Excelsior CCs The fifth round of the City of London handicap against Bird and more The Löwenthal tournament The end of public play and the match against Mason 11. The last chess years (1879-1885) The third match against Heywood The last simultaneous performances The first match against the St. George''s CC Chess without games The match against the City of London CC''s fourth class More chess without games The second match against the St. George''s CC Curtain 12. No more chess (1886-1895) 13.

 Potter and Posterity John Wisker, British and (de facto) Australian Champion 14. Early days Life in Hull Cassell''s 15. Redcar 1866 16. North Riding v. West Riding, December 1867 17. Moving to London 18. The festivals of the B.C.

A. 1868-69 Challenge Cup 1868-69 Glowworm tournament 1868-69 Mongredien tournament 1868-69 Handicap tournament 1868-69 19. To the next Cup Tournament 20. The third Challenge Cup tournament, 1870 21. Match with Rosenthal, 1870-71 22. Malvern 1871 23. From 1871 to 1872 24. B.

C.A. 1872 Tournament for the Challenge Cup The Grand Tourney The Handicap tournament 25. Owen and Zukertort 26. Two matches with Bird 27. Bristol 1873 28. Bird again Third & fourth match 29. Handicap tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1873-74 30.

 Match with MacDonnell 31. Handicap tournament at the City of London Chess Club 1874-75 32. Health troubles & decline 1875-1876 33. London 1876 34. First weeks in Australia 35. Looking for work 36. Shining in Queensland 37. Arrival in Melbourne 38.

 A blindfold simul 39. Intercolonial match 40. Match with Esling 41. Colonial chess & intercolonial tournament 42. Consultation games 43. Blindfold exhibition--Melbourne 1881 44. Journalistic prominence 45. Simultaneous performance--Turn Verein, April 1883 46.

 Intercolonial match 47. The Victorian Chess Club 48. Death & family Appendix A: Potter''s simultaneous performances Appendix B: An anthology of Potter''s writings The frontispiece of The City of London Chess Magazine''s first volume The leaderettes in Land and Water The Principles Appendix C: The Potters'' family tree Relatives of William Norwood Potter''s father Relatives of William Norwood Potter''s paternal grandmother Relatives of William Norwood Potter''s mother William Norwood Potter and his siblings References Index of players (to game numbers) Index of openings by traditional name (to game numbers) Index of openings by ECO code (to game numbers) Index of annotators (to game numbers) General Index (to page numbers).