Adolf Żytogórski (or Adolph Zytogorski, [Żɨtɔɡurski], later known as John Hanstein) (c. 1811/1812 – 28 February 1882)[note 1] was a Polish-British chess master and translator.
[1][8][9] Much of this work was included in Howard Staunton's Chess-Players' Handbook (1847) with analysis by Josef Kling, who showed that there was an error in Zytogorski's logic.
William Wayte suggested that this was because Staunton had suppressed all mention of Zytogorski in the Chess Player's Chronicle and the Illustrated London News.
[12] In 1856, he lost to Valentine Green (7−8) (Zytogorski gave odds of pawn and move),[13] and played in semifinals at London (McDonnell Chess Club).
Zytogorski's role is not clear, but in 1861 it was reported that it would "henceforth be edited by Herr Kolisch conjointly with its late manager Mr.