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390+[15 ad] pages with diagrams, photographs and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First published in 1958 by Foreign Publishing House. "The Soviet School of Chess" is one of the most important books ever written on chess. It starts with the pre-Soviet Era with the beginning of the 19th century and… Ler mais sobre este item

xix-[20]-140 pages with diagram to title. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in publisher's black boards with white lettering to spine and cover. Reprint form the Harvard Library. ""Chess Masterpieces"" is a book that features a collection of 150 of the most notable chess games from the past 25 years. Each game is accompanied by detailed notes and analysis… Ler mais sobre este item

xii+243 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Fist edition. An authoritative series: John Watson's systematic coverage of all variations of the English Opening. U.S. International Master John Watson's classic work on the English Opening is still the only comprehensive treatment… Ler mais sobre este item

vi+229 pages with frontispiece, two plates, tables, diagrams and index. bound in original publisher's green cloth with white lettering to spine. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") (Betts: 25-183) First edition. Contains short biographies of the five contestants, with career records and portraits, all 50 games, fully annotated and with commentary on each round, a chapter on the theoretical value… Ler mais sobre este item

xii+211 pages with diagrams. illustrations, photography, bibliography and indexes. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition. The 19th century in the United States saw the evolution of a leisure society. Enjoying numerous technological advances, people had free time to indulge in a variety of pursuits. An assortment… Ler mais sobre este item

372 pages with diagrams, photographs and bibliography. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First edition. Introducing an active book that offers both a historical and instructional journey of chess through time that will please both the chess amateur and master. While novices can begin to learn to play the… Ler mais sobre este item

388 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, appendix, bibliography and indexes. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition. This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world. More than 200 annotated games are included, along… Ler mais sobre este item

[i-xx]-[21]-180+[2 ad] pages with diagrams, tables and indices. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Modern Chess Library number 5. (Betts: 25-115, (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5516) First edition. The 6th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several… Ler mais sobre este item

unpaginated with tables, facsimiles and photographs. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's burgundy pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Limited to 600 copies of which this is 423. The 1970 Interzonal was held in Palma de Mallorca from November 9-December 12, and was the last Interzonal held as a one-section round robin. With the tournament swelling… Ler mais sobre este item

unpaginated with tables and advertisements. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrapper's. First edition. This program allowed the holder to be admitted to the event as a spectator. The Forty-second Hastings Christmas Congress disproved the old adage "Those whom the Gods love die young!" ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, now fifty-five and looking very fit indeed, won what he… Ler mais sobre este item

unpaginated with tables and advertisements. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrapper's. Signed by Nona Garprindashvili, Paul Keres, Mikhail Tal, Abram Khasin, Mikhail Botvinnik. Leonid Stein, Alexei Suetin, V Smyslov and M Muggeridge. First edition. This program allowed the holder to be admitted to the event as a spectator. The 43rd Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at… Ler mais sobre este item

unpaginated with tables and advertisements. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrapper's. Signed by Spassky. First edition. This program allowed the holder to be admitted to the event as a spectator. The forty-first Hastings and St. Leonards International Chess Congress, which when three days old was to become the first event of the ninth-centenary year of the famous… Ler mais sobre este item

unpaginated with tables and advertisements. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrapper's. First edition. This program allowed the holder to be admitted to the event as a spectator. 1963/64 Hastings Premier, 30 December 1963 - 8 January 1964, Sun Lounge, Hastings Pier. For the Premier the most notable name was that of the former World Champion, Mikhail Tal.… Ler mais sobre este item

206+[2 ad] pages with diagrams, photographs and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7") bound in original publisher's pictorial boards. Translated by John Sugden. First edition into English. Georgy Lisitsin was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the… Ler mais sobre este item

x+553 pages with diagrams, illustrations, photographs, tables, bibliography and indexes. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with white lettering to spine and cover. First edition. This is the most complete and thorough biography of Jose Raul Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood… Ler mais sobre este item

317 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by Steve Giddins. First edition. The Tarrasch Defence is one of the most ambitious ways to play against 1.d4. Black immediately fights for the centre, gets a lot of space and develops his pieces without many problems. Great fighters like… Ler mais sobre este item

xiv+192 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Grev Corbett and Patrick Miles. First edition. The Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening in which Black declines a pawn offered by White in the Queen's Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2.… Ler mais sobre este item

x+111 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. An authoritative series: John Watson's systematic coverage of all variations of the English Opening. U.S. International Master John Watson's classic work on the English Opening is still the only comprehensive treatment… Ler mais sobre este item

x+113 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. An authoritative John Watson's systematic coverage of all variations of the English Opening. U.S. International Master John Watson's classic work on the English Opening is still the only comprehensive treatment of… Ler mais sobre este item

[vi+246 pages with diagrams, tables and indexes. Quarto (10" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Revised edition. More than 1,000 games from 10 first correspondence championships, from 1950-53 through 1978-84. Many games are annotated. Crosstables, indexes of players and openings. The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in… Ler mais sobre este item