Chess - Games from Glynn's Books

Elk and Ruby, 2017. Pb, 157pp, b/w photos. VG, clean contents. Memoir about key events in Tal's life, written by his close friend and one-time second. Narrative only, no games.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Oxford: Pergamon, 1991. Hb, pictorial laminated covers, no dj , x + 448pp + b/w photos. VG, clean contents. Second of two volumes. With a brief introduction by Spassky. Contains over 1000 games, many annotated, either with Petrosian's own notes or those of grandmasters such as Boleslavsky, Kotov, Zaitzev and Suetin.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾"… Ler mais sobre este item

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1969. In Russian. Pb, 184pp. Good. Light wear to spine/covers, light page tanning, contents clean. Autobiographical introduction and 60 of Lilienthal's games with his annotations, from 1930 to 1962.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milford, Connecticut: Russell, 2011. Pb, 176pp. Fine clean copy, looks as new. Autobiography, life lessons, chess methods and around 30 games of Dr James Magner, an endocrinologist and average club player in the U.S.. Soft Cover. Fine.

N.Y.: Dover Pb, 272pp. Good, cover crease, price sticker on front cover, clean contents. Classic collection of Botvinnik's games before he became World Champion, from his first big tournament (USSR Championship 1927) to the International Tournament at Groningen in 1946. Annotated by Botvinnik with a foreward discussing his career and system of training. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover.

Moscow, 1988. In Russian. Pb, 144pp, b/w photos. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Account of Capablanca's time in Russia during the course of his career. 95% narrative with a few games and a number of photos..

London: Cadogan, 1997. Pb, 207pp. Good+, marginal cover wear, clean contents. Timman's well-regarded book in which he analyses 24 games from the 1970s, including several by Fischer, Karpov and himself. This edition is based on the revised 1993 Dutch edition with some additional corrections.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gambit, 1999. Pb, 176pp. Good, light wear, clean contents. 101 annotated modern short games (25 moves or less) from the 1970s through to 1999.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Gambit, 1998. Pb, 223pp. Good with clean contents, light cover wear. Includes biography, 40 annotated games and a selection of combinations of the women's world chess champion. " One of the most refreshing, fun to read chess books to appear in years...highly recommended" (Jeremy Silman).. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: Dover Pb reprint, xii + 397pp. Good, slightly sunned spine and front cover edge, one page has slight browning from a newspaper insert, contents clean. Annotated games from Philidor and Staunton up to Fischer and Karpov. The author provides brief introductions and sample games on over 80 players. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Summit, 1989. Pb, 312pp. Good, slightly warped, clean contents. Revamp of the author's earlier work originally titled "How To Beat the Russians", appropriately revised and in algebraic notation. Includes 68 annotated games, all taken from 1973, in which Soviet grandmasters lost to foreigners (including players from Eastern Europe). An introductory section presents principles and guidelines when faced with… Ler mais sobre este item

London: G.Bell, 1935. Translated from the German by J. du Mont. Hb, green cloth covers, no dj ix + 216pp. Good, fraying top/bottom edges of spine, endpapers slightly browned, previous owner's ex-libris sticker on inside front cover. Classic text on chess sacrifice, divided into two parts: Various Types of Sacrifice and Sacrificial Values. Includes 37 of Spielmann's games with… Ler mais sobre este item

Milford, Connecticut: Russell Enterprises, 2020. Pb, 520pp. VG, clean contents. 2020 annotated miniature chess games from the past 50 years, organized by opening.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

BCM, 1974. Pb, 101pp. Good, light wear to covers/spine, marks on back cover, contents clean. 57 of Tal's games with annotations, from USSR-Germany, Hamburg 1960, to a game from a 30-Board simul held in the UK in 1974. Descriptive notation. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Elk and Ruby, 2019. Pb, 223pp, b/w photos. VG+ clean contents. Memoir of Sally Landau, an actress and singer, who was the first wife of Mikhail Tal from 1959 to 1970, during a period when Tal had many of his greatest successes in chess. The book describes their life together, set against a background of high society in Riga and… Ler mais sobre este item

N.Y.: Dover Pb, xvi + 109pp. Good(-), cover edgewear, mark on inside front cover,clean contents, light speckles along edge of page block. Unabridged republication of the 1901 edition originally entitled "A Memorial to William Steinitz", with new preface, match record, tournament record, corrections and six additional games, added by David Hooper. Includes biography, achievements and 70 games of the… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Batsford, 1973. Hb, ix + 237pp. Good in a Good+ price-clipped dj which has slightly yellowed edges and inner flaps. Contents clean, light foxing along edge of page block. Translated by Bernard Cafferty. Includes a brief biography, results table, playing record, and 111 games with nearly all annotations by Botvinnik himself. From the 1947 Chigorin Memorial Tournament to USSR… Ler mais sobre este item

Moscow: Fizkultura i Sport, 1971. In Russian. Hb, 288pp, b/w photos. Good in a Good dj which has light edgewear and a small inked number on inner flap. Price stamped on back endpaper, contents otherwise clean, light tanning to pages. Biography and annotated games of Wilhelm Steinitz. Part of the Black series.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

N.Y.: Dover, 1975. Pb, viii + 279pp, b/w frontis of Euwe. Good, light cover wear, price sticker on front cover, clean contents. Reprint of the 1945 2nd edition. Collection of deeply annotated games from the 1920s and 1930s illustrating the characteristic styles of Capablanca, Fine, Keres, Flohr, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Alekhine and Euwe himself. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo… Ler mais sobre este item

N.Y.: Dover, 1996. Pb, 176pp. VG(-), clean contents. Coles' book, " Battles Royal of the Chessboard", revised and edited by Reinfeld and Horowitz, with some different games from the original. "50 cut-and-thrust encounters featuring brilliant play annd astounding recoveries". From McDonnell-Labourdonnais in 1834 to Matanovic-Rosselimo in the Staunton Centenary Tournament 1951. With thumbnail biographies. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover.… Ler mais sobre este item