A Study of 19th Century Chess

For me the 19th century masters were the most interesting personality, a lot brilliant games and the new concepts were coming up too, like Steinitz theories, Paulsen's Sicilian developments and experiments and the brilliant players like Charousek and others.

I like GM Serper, but his blog had little to do with the 19th Century except for Blackburne's immortal brilliancy and a game between Blackburne and Steinitz.

"... Paul Morphy (1837-1884) was clearly grandmaster-strength thanks to his high-level positional understanding and outrageous tactical skills. Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924) was incredibly talented (a high IM or lower GM in modern time). Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900) — His chess looked old-style, but where would we be without his teachings? Also, if Steinitz was so weak, how did he dominate chess from the mid-1870s to 1894 when Lasker dethroned him?

Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) — Tal called him the greatest player who ever lived. ...

Yes, I didn’t bring up other famous names, so let me give you a few other legends: Zuckertort, Chigorin, Pillsbury, ..." - the 2017 IM Jeremy Silman article that also discussed two Blackburne games 

https://www.chess.com/article/view/were-players-in-the-1800s-terrible

Just a shout out to the giants upon whose shoulders today's experts stand. 

Yes, the work you’ve published in this thread definitely deserves a bump!

This is not something I would usually have read on my own, but I stumbled across it and loved every bit . Round of applause to you batgirl.

I'm glad someone is enjoying the information. 
Of course, the last quarter of the 19th century was the beginning of modern chess thanks to the proliferation of tournaments and the fairly rapid change from chess being a gentleman's artistic pastime to becoming a tooth and nail competition in which science was supplanting artistry. And  instead of individual players being the focus, suddenly it's the events that steal the limelight.

Informative.