Updated 22nd July 2020 · 2020. 7. 22. · Morphy’s Games of Chess . 1. st. ed. London 1860 488pp LN 3155 Original maroon cloth boards with gilt chessboard & titles. Fine engraved

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TABLE OF CONTENTS To view a particular category within the catalogue please click on the headings below

1. Antiquarian

2. Reference; Encyclopedias, & History

3. Tournaments

4. Game collections of specific players

5. Game Collections - General

6. Endings

7. Problems, Studies & “Puzzles”

8. Instructional

9. Magazines & Yearbooks

10. Chess-based literature

11. Children & Junior Beginners

12. Openings

1. Antiquarian

Bird, H. E. Chess History & Reminiscences London 1893 138pp Has sections on chess history, blindfold chess and a few game

scores. Original brown cloth with bright gilt titles. LN 236 VG+ £85.00 Bird, H. E. Chess Practice being a condensed and simplified record of the actual

openings in the finest games played up to the present time, including the whole of the beautiful specimens contained in Chess Masterpieces, comprising those of Anderson, Bird, Blackburne, Boden, Buckle, Cochrane, Kolisch, Labourdonnais, Lowenthal, Macdonnell, Morphy, Staunton, Steinitz Zuckertort, and 35 others.

London 1st ed. 1882

96pp Original dark cloth. LN 1822 Front binding a little tender o/w VG £75.00 Bird, H. E. Chess Practice London 1892

96pp LN 1823 A 2nd printing a decade after the first, but with a much more colourful red cloth cover with Art Nouveau titles and chessboard. Insc “Edward Metcalfe” VG .

£75.00

Bird, H. E. The Chess Openings considered Critically & Practically. 1st ed. 1877 London

248pp

Includes interesting long lists of subscribers in UK & US, including Sam Loyd who composed a special letter B problem for the book. Original blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine. LN 1819

Binding a little tender o/w G+ £60.00

Bird, H. E. Chess Novelties and their latest novelties with comparisons of the progress of chess openings of the past centuries and the present not dealt with in other works.

F. Warne1st ed. 1895

304pp Original blue cloth boards bearing attractive gilt design and lettering. LN 1855 Spine dulled o/w VG £55.00

Bird, H. E. Chess Novelties – another copy. 304pp Original maroon cloth boards. VG+ £55.00

Bird, H. E. Chess Masterpieces comprising a collection of 150 games of the past quarter century, with Notes, including the finest games in the Exhibition of 1851 and the Vienna Tournament of 1873.

London 1st ed. 1875

140pp Maroon cloth boards. Insc. One of Bird’s scarcer titles. LN 3166 a little foxing to title page & back cover is tender but intact o/w G+ £75.00

Bird H. E. Another copy in green cloth boards. Fine split to green material covering spine and c.10 small pencil ticks detected. o/w VG £75.00

Bird H. E Another copy with by far the better covers. Maroon cloth boards with title in elaborate lettering & ornate patterns in gilt. Year (1875) in gilt and a 3-move problem set out on a chessboard in gilt, as is the author’s name. Page edges are also gilded. Blind stamped pattern on back cover. Possibly a first printing with subsequent print-runs of a more modest nature. Internally there is some light foxing opposite the title page & a few pages inside. VG

£85.00

Bird, H. E. Another copy with the title Chess Masterpieces Compiled by H. E. Bird. On the front endpaper is pasted a blue label bearing the words “Awarded by Robt. J. Buckley – Chess Editor of the Birmingham Weekly Mercury to Mr. A. W. Best – Seventh prize in the solution tourney. In the centre of this is achessboard with pieces. The words “Birmingham Weekly” are on the left sideof the board and “Ercury” is on the right, with the pieces on the boardforming the letter M with the challenge beneath “White mates in 2”At the bottom is neatly written “Recu” (received) “May 13th 1890 A. W. B.”).Facing the title page is the signature “H. E. Bird April 26th 1890”.Inside the back cover is an identical blue slicker indicating an award to Mr. J.Hunter for 2nd prize. Mysterious. One of these two miscreants ticked anumber of games in pencil.Internally, the page sections between 40 &41 have split apart.Not a good specimen of the book but it is interesting and signed.

£55.00

Boden, S. S. Boden On Chess – A Popular Introduction To The Study & Practice of Chess, by an Amateur

London 1851

196pp LN 789. Some bubbling to blind-stamped brown cloth covers.

Some splitting to spine & paper starting to brown. Top ⅓rd of title page excised o/w G

£35.00

Cook, W. The Chess Primer – A stepping stone for beginners, teaching the preliminary details, supplemented by a series of illustrative games with reasons for every move appended.

London 1880

55pp Original olive cloth boards bearing attractive design in black. LN 992 VG

£25.00

Cook, W. Cook’s Chess Synopsis – a synopsis of the chess openings. 4th ed 1888

London

142pp Original maroon cloth boards with some staining to front cover though internally clean. LN 1818 G+ £20.00

Cook, W. The Complete Players’ Compendium – a practical guide to the openings. With new supplement by Alfred Emery.

London 5th ed. 1910

332pp Original green cloth bearing attractive chess piece design & gilt titles. LN 1883 VG £20.00

Cook, W. The Compete Player’s Compendium – another copy Re-bound in plain green cloth with original title page pasted in. VG £12.00

Crawley, Capt. R.

Chess & Draughts – Chess: its Theory & Practice to which is added a chapter on draughts.

London 1858

180pp Original maroon cloth bearing gilt title and diagram. VG £25.00 Ellis, J. H. Chess Sparks or Short & Bright Games of Chess 1st ed. London 1895

160pp Re-backed retaining original fawn cloth with amusing blind stamped chess piece design. 200 miniatures games plus 7 page list of all tourneys & matches 1824 – 1894. LN 3182 Small bookplate “Gervas Powell Glyn”. Insc. Neat pencil ticks by games played

through o/w G+

£75.00

Ellis, J. H. Chess Sparks Another copy. On the front endpaper is signed “R.P from J. H. E. 24:: X:: 95. (see game No. 392)” Beneath that is a contemporary newspaper cutting referring to the newly-published book and the Thatched House Club of which Ellis is/was a member. After p. 143 is a card, printed in red ink “Thatched House Club – Winter Chess Handicap – Prize for the most brilliant game won by Ross Pinsent Esq. Easter 1895. followed by the score of a game by Pinsent, who was the “RP” referred to earlier. Tipped in to the title page is a slip on which is printed “With the Author’s Compliments”. A little foxing on some pp but structurally sound. VG

£85.00

Foster A. W. Chess: An Easy Game with R. E. Kemp London 1914 44pp A beginner’s guide with no games or diagrams. LN 1307. Small

format. Insc. Yellow limp covers with chess piece design. Marginalia on 1 page. Uncommon. G

£20.00

Freeborough & Ranken

Chess Openings, Ancient And Modern – Revised & Updated up to the Present Time From the Best Authorities

London 1889 1st ed.

256pp Original brown cloth boards with artistic patterns & bright gilt titles. LN 1841. A little light foxing on endpapers and corners slightly bumped o/w a fine example of what became an invaluable series.

£50.00

Freeborough Chess Openings Ancient & Modern. With Rev. C. Ranken 3rd ed. London 1896 282pp Original brown cloth boards with chessboard motif. Not in LN.

Endpapers splitting & pages browning at edges. o/w G £25.00 Freeborough & Ranken , C

Chess Openings Ancient & Modern - another copy. London 1910 4th ed.

284pp LN 1843 Original green cloth boards with chessboard motif & feint stain o/w G £25.00

Gottschall, Dr. H. von

Adolf Anderssen der Altmeister deutscher Schachspielkunst Leipzig 1st ed. 1912

553pp 750 analysed games & 80 problems. V. Good group photo of Leipzig 1877 including Zukertort and the Paulsens, plus individual portraits. LN 3034. Original grey cloth boards with a few marks in bottom corner. VG-

£80.00

Green R. F. Chess 1st ed. London 1890 116pp LN 1046 Original red cloth boards with games motif.

Spine rubbed o/w G £10 Green R. F. Chess another copy. 1st ed. 4th reprint. London 1896

LN 1047 Original red cloth boards with games motif. G £6.00 Green R. F. Chess another copy 7th ed. London 1912

122pp LN 1052 Original red cloth boards with games motif. VG £6.00 Green R. F. Chess another copy 17th ed. London 1930

116pp LN 1046 Original red cloth Insc. VG £5.00 Green, R. F. Chess another copy. Revised & updated by J. du Mont Bell 1941

114pp Red boards with blind-stamped chess piece motif. VG+ £6.00 Greenwell, W Chess Exemplified in One Hundred & Thirty-Two Games of the most

celebrated players Leeds (1890)

141pp

LN 1061. Only ed. Brown cloth boards with blind-stamped covers and bright gilt covers. 132 games with notes and diagrams. Index of openings & players. 3 small rubbed spots on front edge of spine o/w internally clean. G+

£60.00

LN 1061 Greig, E. A. One Hundred Pitfalls of the Chessboard New ed. revised by M. Stevens London 1914

72pp LN 1890 Original green cloth boards with chessboard motif. VG £10.00 Gunsberg, I The Chess Openings London 1901

104pp Not in LN. Original blue cloth boards with games motif. Insc. VG £10.00 Hoffer, L Chess 1st ed. London 1892

246pp LN 1080 Red cloth boards VG £12.00 Hoffer, L Chess 6th ed. London (s.a.)

246pp Another copy Not in LN. Original red cloth with chess picture. Insc. Short split to cloth on spine o/w G- £5.00

Hoffer, L Chess 7th ed. London 1908 246pp Another copy. LN 1083

red cloth boards bearing charming chess-playing couple. G+ £5.00

Hoffer, L Chess Another copy. Not in LN 8th ed. London (s.a) 246pp Insc. VG- £8.00

Hoffer, L Chess Another copy. 14th ed. London (s.a.) 246pp New cover design with fawn cloth and chesspieces. G- £5.00

Hoffer, L Chess Another copy. Not in LN 15th ed. London (s.a.) 244pp VG £5.00

Lasker Em. Common Sense In Chess Published by J. S. Ogilvie in (1917) New York 139pp LN 1120 Original maroon cloth. VG £9.75

Lasker, Em Common Sense In Chess New York 139pp Although no date, also published by J. S. Ogilvie, this is a different

edition, rather more crudely bound in green cloth with 8 pages of adverts for other Ogilvie publications e.g. Actors’ Monologues & Jokes and Blunders of a Bashful Man et al. Sticker on title page “London - A. F. Bird – Agency for American books”.

£9.00

Lasker, Em Common Sense In Chess Corrected by D. A. Mitchell. Published by McKay 1942

Philadelphia

139pp LN 1208 Original maroon cloth boards. VG+ £9.75

Lee & Gossip The Complete Chess Guide 1st ed. 1903 Edinburgh 429pp LN1208 Stamp of the Edinburgh Ladies C.C. Photographs tipped

in of the 1910 British Champions. Some pencil marginalia o/w G £12.50 Lee & Gossip The Complete Chess Guide 1903 Edinburgh

Another copy G £5.00 Lee & Gossip The Complete Chess Guide 1914 Edinburgh

Another copy G £5.00

Lowenthal, J Morphy’s Games of Chess 1st ed. London 1860 488pp LN 3155 Original maroon cloth boards with gilt chessboard & titles.

Fine engraved portrait. The only collection of his games in which Morphy was directly involved. Protected by clear cellophane cover. Rare item. 1 endpaper is loose o/w G+

£150.00

Marshall, F. J Marshall’s Chess Openings 1st ed. Leeds 1904 185pp LN 1884. Includes biographical sketch and 32 annotated games

played 1899 – 1904. Early portrait photo. Original green cloth with bright gilt titles. 1cm split to spine o/w VG

£30.00

Mason, J Chess Openings 1st ed. London 1897 114pp LN 1863 Original maroon cloth boards. VG £15.00

Mason, J Chess Openings 1st ed. London 1897 Another copy with small section cut out of front endpaper o/w VG

£12.00

Mason, J Chess Openings 2nd ed. London 1905 120pp LN 1864 Insc. maroon cloth boards

VG £10.00

Mason, J Chess Openings 3rd ed. London (s.a.) 132pp Not in LN Maroon cloth

VG £10.00

Mason, J The Art of Chess 2nd ed. revised & enlarged London 1898 423pp LN 1114 Original bright blue cloth boards with gilt design. Insc.

VG+ £20.00

Mason, J The Art of Chess 4th ed. revised & enlarged London 1914 492pp LN 1116 Insc. Original green cloth rubbed

o/w G £15.00

Mason, J The Art of Chess - 4th ed. working copy only £5.00 Mason, J The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice. 1st ed. London 1894

286pp LN 1101 Original maroon cloth with gilt design. VG £15.00 Mason, J The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice. 1st ed. London 1894

Another copy with front cover splitting from pages. G- £9.00 Mason, J The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice. 2nd ed. revised & enlarged London 1896

324pp LN 1102. Original red cloth with gilt design. VG- £12.00 Ght stains on front cover

Mason, J The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice. 4th ed. revised & enlarged London 1902 330pp G+ £10.00

Mason, J The Principles of Chess in Theory & Practice. 5th ed. revised London 1915 330pp LN 1106 G £5.00

Moffatt, W Memorable Chess Games: Brilliants & Miniatures with Notes, Queries & Answers.

Stroud 1913

189pp LN 3212. Only 365 copies were printed. Maroon cloth boards with titles in bright gilt on cover & spine. 321 games with brief annotations. A few small brown spots on page edges but pages themselves are clean. G+

£55.00

Murray, H. J. History Of Chess 1st ed. Oxford 1913 900pp LN 264 “Perhaps the most important chess book in English…

Mostly concerned with the evolution of modern chess from its oriental origins up to early 18th century”. Hooper & Whyld. Grey cloth boards with bright gilt title on spine. VG+

£195.00

Murray, H. J. History Of Chess 2nd ed Oxford 1962

900pp Reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the original – hence internally indistinguishable from original. DW price-clipped and a little wear to top & bottom o/w F

£95.00

Pardon, G. F. Handbook of Chess - Illustrated London 1863

96pp Brown limp cloth covers. 3rd ed. “Several trifling errors which crept into the first editions have now been corrected”. LN 868. 6 pages of ads for fascinating medications probably no longer available e.g. Rowland’s Odonto; Sulpholine Soap; Prince Albert’s Cachoux; Jackson’s Chinese Diamond Cement etc. Front endpaper split from p.1 and light stains on front cover o/w G-

20.00

Peachey, H. Everybody’s Guide To Chess & Draughts London c ‘96 226pp LN 3625 Problems & examples. Original red cloth VG £12.00

J. & W Pierce Pierce Gambit: Chess Papers & Problems 1st ed. London 1888 226pp LN 1839. Poems, 134 problems, analyses of the Pierce Gambit

with 23 games, and various articles. List of subscribers. Original blue cloth, Endpapers foxed and short split to rear of spine,

which is dulled. o/w VG-

£110.00

Selkirk G. H. The Book of Chess – A Popular & Comprehensive Guide to all Players of that Intellectual Game with Full Instructions for Blindfold Chess

London 1868 1st ed.

439pp LN 946 Original green cloth boards bearing bright gilt titles & chessboard design. Many games & 78 diagrammed studies. VG+ £85.00

Staunton, H The Chess Tournament – A Collection of the Games Played at this Celebrated Assemblage Illustrated by Copious Diagrams and Notes, Critical & Explanatory.

London 1852

377pp LN 5179 Re-backed retaining original maroon cloth and gilt chessboard motif, making a tight copy of this contemporary report on the world’s first chess tournament. G

£150.00

Staunton (ed) The Chess Player’s Chronicle Vol. 5 London 1845 400pp LN 6123. This was the 3rd issue after the magazine had become a

shilling monthly publication. There are many games and problems, while throughout the year there was a full account of the tortuous negotiations for Staunton’s 3rd match against St. Amant, postponed from the previous year, due to Staunton’s pneumonia. All 12 issues nicely bound in patterned leather with gilt edging and title. Light foxing on the endpapers o/w a sound, clean copy.

£120.00

Staunton, H The Chess-Player’s Handbook New Ed. London 1868 518pp Not in LN. Insc. Original maroon cloth boards bearing gilt titles &

chessboard design. G £35.00 Staunton, H Another copy London 1885

518pp LN 749 Small elaborate bookplate “Wormald – Norbury”. Original maroon cloth boards. VG- £25.00

Staunton, H Another copy with input by R. F. Green London 1890 544pp LN 752 Original maroon cloth boards. Bookplate VG £30.00

Staunton, H Another copy London 1893 544pp LN 753 Original Maroon cloth boards. VG £15.00

Staunton, H Another copy London 1904 544pp Not in LN Front endpaper and binding loose G- £10.00

Staunton, H Another copy revised & edited by E. H. Bermingham London 1931 543pp Not in LN. Insc. Original blue cloth boards G £10.00

Staunton, H The Chess-Player’s Text Book – A Concise & Easy Introduction to The Game. Illustrated By Numerous Diagrams of Instructive Situations.

Revised by Rev. E. E. Cunnington.

London No date

132pp LN 787 Originally published in 1849 but date given to any subsequent edition.

Staunton, H Chess Praxis London 1860

622pp

LN 871 A supplement to the Chess-Player’s Handbook. Includes big section on Morphy’s games. Insc. Maroon cloth somewhat dulled and rubbed o/w G+

£75.00

Staunton, H The Laws and Practice of Chess. New ed. edited by R. Wormald. London 1920 Staunton's final book, completed by Wormald. A section on the origin & history of chess, plus much on the openings with many £12.00

509pp illustrative games. Original red cloth, spine dulled o/w G

Staunton, H Another copy London 1922 £10.00

Steinitz W The Modern Chess Instructor. Part 1 1st ed. 1889 NY & London

193pp Starts with the basics and proceeds to his ground-breaking theories. Big section on openings and gives all 20 annotated games of his match against Tchigorin. Original brown cloth, gilt chessboard design on front cover. VG+

£80.00

Swinton, R. B Chess For Beginners and The Beginners of Chess 3rd ed. London 1897

200pp Original pale green cloth. More about the 2nd part of the title i.e. the origins of chess. Pages browning around edges o/w G £20.00

Tattersall, C A Thousand End-Games Vol. I - a Collection of Chess Positions that can be Won or Drawn by the Best Play

Leeds 1910 1st ed.

211pp

480 positions. d. navy blue cloth-covered boards. LN 2218. Small neat pencil ticks to most diagrams and a little marginalia, done by the noted studies expert John Roycroft from whose library this came. Explanations of terminology in 3 languages, French, German & Spanish. Insc. “J. Wilson Esq., Winner – Lincolnshire Chess Association’s Senior Tournament 1911 – 12.” Wilson was the 1st President of the newly-formed association, and this is proof that he was also its 1st champion. VG-

£40.00


Leeds 1910

211pp

480 positions. Green thick card covers with crease on front, due to the binding being stronger than the card, & neat black tape on spine – a contemporary version of a cheaper binding.

LN2218 Insc. G+

£30.00

Tattersall, C A Thousand End-Games Vol. II - a Collection of Chess Positions that can be Won or Drawn by the Best Play

Leeds 1911

200pp

520 positions. Green thick card covers with crease on front, due to the binding being stronger than the card & neat black tape on spine – a contemporary version of a cheaper binding.

LN2218 Insc. G+

£30.00

Tomlinson, C Amusements In Chess 1st ed. London 1845

352pp

Pt. 1: Sketches of the History, Antiquities & Curiosities of the Game. Pt. 2; Easy Lessons In Chess – Selection of Games; Pt. 3 Selection of Problems or Ends of Games. Includes chapters on chess writers, the automaton, knight’s tour, etc. Original blue cloth boards with blind stamped design on front & back, with tiles and patterns on spine in gilt. Top & bottom of spine very slightly rubbed o/w a good tight copy. LN 4540 VG

£85.00

Walker, G Walker On Chess – A New Treatise on Chess. 3rd ed. London 1841

296pp LN 667. Includes a useful 35pp bibliography of books and writers on chess up to 1841. Brown cloth boards with blind stamped design. Some wear to top & bottom of spine o/w internally VG

£85.00

Another copy with d. green cloth boards with blind stamped patterns and title on spine in gilt. The “difficult study” chessboard picture, facing title page is loose badly foxed o/w G LN 667.

£85.00

Walker, G Games At Chess Played By Philidor & His Contemporaries London 1835

110pp

Walker, G Chess Studies: Comprising One Thousand Games , A Collection of classical and Brilliant Specimens Of Chess Skill. Intro by Freeborough

London 1893

172pp New edition with intro by E. Freeborough. LN 3146. Includes all 85 games of the La Bourdonnais-McDonnell match & 62 by Philidor. Original cloth boards with gilt titles on front & spine. A little rubbed in parts along the top edges.o/w VG

£75.00

Young, K The Minor Tactics of Chess – a treatise on the deployment of the forces in obedience to strategic principle. With E. C. Howell.

London 1910

221pp LN 1109 Authors apply a military approach to the game’s language. Original brown cloth boards bearing chess piece design. VG £17.50

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2. Reference; Encyclopaedias, & History

Betts, D. A Chess: An Annotated Bibliography of Works Published In The English Language 1850 – 1968 1st ed. 1974

Hall & Co. Boston USA

659pp HB in blue buckram with bright gilt title on spine. Weighing in at 1.6kg! it’s the definitive work of its kind for this period.

Beware of imitations. F £95.00

Brace, E. R. Illustrated Dictionary of Chess McKay 1977

320pp Contains 2,000+ entries inc. terms, openings, tournaments & biographies. 100 b&w drawings. DW VG £9.00

Bibliotheca Van Der Linde-Niemeijeriana – A Catalogue of the Chess Collection in the Royal Library, The Hague. Facsimile of the 1955 ed. L’Esprit 1988 342pp References c. 6,500 titles published before 1955 VG £30.00

Chernev, I Wonders & Curiosities of Chess Dover 1974 203pp 357 interesting items including 160 annotated games. SB G+ £9.00

Damsky, Y Batsford Book of Chess Records Batsford ‘05 304pp A miscellany of records on all aspects of chess. PB AN F+ £10.00

Davidson, H. A Short History of Chess Greenberg ‘49

228pp A beginner’s guide to the evolution of chess from its origins as a war-game in the East, including the pieces, their moves, designs & Strengths. With maps, b&w photos & diagrams. The author claims it to be the first book of its kind to be published in the US. 1st ed. In brown cloth boards with small blind-stamped design. VG

£25.00

Del Rio The War of the Chessmen translated & ed. by Prof. C. Becker Caissa Ed.

184pp

Caissa Limited Editions 1984 The first publication of a manuscript written c. 1800 by Ercole del Rio. The original Italian text with English commentary added by the editor, which also explains the significance of this work in chess history. Limited to 700 copies of which this is No. 58 Blue cloth boards with silver gilt titles. F+

£25.00

Divinsky, N. The Batsford Chess Encyclopaedia 1st ed. Batsford ‘90 247pp Large format. Photos, crosstables, biographies, 100+ top games

etc. DW VG+ £18.00 Eales, R Chess: The History of a Game 1st ed. Batsford ‘85

240pp One of the best researched and written histories since Murray. 16 b&w plates. DW F £17.50

Elo A. E. The Rating of Chessplayers Past & Present. 1st ed Batsford ‘78 206pp Mathematical analysis of the strengths of players. DW VG £25.00

Elo A. E. The Rating of Chessplayers Past & Present. 2nd ed Arco 1986 230pp Mathematical analysis of the strengths of players. PB VG+ £25.00

Foldeak, A: Chess Olympiads 1st English edition Corvina ‘66 364pp Full details of all the Olympiads between 1927 & 1964 plus games

from each one, annotated & with diagrams. Pictorial HB VG £9.50 Fox & James The Complete Chess Addict Faber 1988

264pp 8 b&w plates plus other pictures. AN PB creased o/w G £7.50 Fox & James The Even More Complete Chess Addict Faber 1993

369pp A cornucopia of chess trivia. AN PB F £10.00 Gaige, J Chess Personalia – A Bibliography 1st ed. 1987 McFarland

505pp

An indispensable work for anyone interested in the basic details of those who went before. c comp00 individual entries giving basic facts, plus index of where full obituaries may be found in BCM. A unique masterpiece. Original red cloth boards. VG+

£50.00

Gaige, J Chess Tournament Crosstables Vol. 2 1901 - 1910 Private 1971

200pp 400+ X-tables including all known players & their scores. 1st ed. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. An invaluable reference book. VG+

£30.00

Gaige, J Chess Tournament Crosstables Vol. 3 1911 - 1920 Private 1972

165pp 375 X-tables though Gaige is now being more discriminating, omitting “minor” events.

Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. VG+ £30.00

Gaige, J Chess Tournament Crosstables Vol. 4 1921 - 1930 Private 1974 810 X-tables from this period. By this time an increasing no. of

580pp helpers has joined the cause making this volume more thorough than ever. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. VG+

£30.00

Golombek. H A History of Chess RKP 1976

256pp

Written & published in the wake of the upsurge of interest in the game following the Fischer-Spassky match. Text illustrated with many contemporary engravings, woodcuts, paintings & photos, some in colour. Large format. DW chipped o/w G

£7.50

Golombek, H The Encyclopaedia of Chess 1st ed. Batsford ‘77 360pp Large format. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the game.

DW VG £12.00 Golombek, H The Penguin Encylopaedia of Chess. Penguin ‘81

579pp Revised & Abridged ed .of 1977 original . PB G. £4.50 Hagedorn, R. Benjamin Franklin & Chess in Early America – a review of the literature. 1958 1st ed

92pp University of Pennsylvania Press. 10 plates. Franklin's "Morals of Chess", and an essay on Franklin. Details 60 works on chess printed in the US between 1802 and 1859. Scarce work of reference. DW. Pages starting to yellow o/w VG+

£45.00

Hartston, W The Kings of Chess – A history of chess traced through the lives of its greatest masters.

Pavilion ‘85

192pp Good early photos and engagingly written. DW VG £9.50w3 Hartston, W The Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters 1st ed. Guinness ‘96

224pp Charts the history of chess through the lives & games of its greatest players. 300 annotated games & good photos.

PB AN VG+ £9.50

Hilbert, J. S. Essays In American Chess History 1st ed. Caissa 2002 359pp 30 essays on various aspects, with pictures & many games. Green

cloth boards with gilt titles. F+ £25.00 Hooper/Whyld The Oxford Companion To Chess 1st ed. OUP 1984

407pp Quickly became a standard work of reference on all aspects of the game. High production standards. DW VG+ £18.00

Hooper/Whyld The Oxford Companion To Chess 1st ed. OUP 1984 Another copy DW XLib o/w VG £14.00

Hooper/Whyld The Oxford Companion To Chess 2nd ed. OUP 1992 483pp The authors never stopped their researches, all of which is

incorporated into this new edition which is c. 20% longer. DW VG+ £20.00 Hooper/Whyld The Oxford Companion To Chess 2nd ed. OUP 1992

Another copy DW VG £18.00 Horton, B. J. Dictionary of Modern Chess Produced by the Philospohical Library USA NY 1969

224pp Small format. Contains items unlikely to appear elsewhere, from “Scorepad” to “The Order of Mandarins of the Yellow Button”. Unusual. HB VG+

£12.00

Kazic, B. M. The Chess Competitor’s Handbook 1st ed. Batsford ‘80 229pp A chess organiser’s handbook. DW VG+ £6.50

Kazic, B. M. The Chess Competitor’s Handbook 1st ed. Batsford ‘80 229pp Another copy PB VG £6.00

Keats, Dr. V Vol. 1 Chess, Jews & History pub. by Oxford Academia 1994 Oxford

396pp Wide-ranging coverage of topics including chess in mediaeval Spain, Ruy Lopez, de Lucia etc. 103 illustrations from many sources including maps, paintings, old texts etc. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles. (30 X 22cm & weighs 1.8 kg) F

£35.00

Keats, Dr. V Vol. 2 Chess: Its Origin pub Oxford Academia 1994 Oxford

337pp A translation with commentary of the Latin & the Hebrew in Thomas Hyde’s De Ludis Orientalibus (Oxford 1694) The first publication in English. 78 illustrations from many sources including maps, old texts, chess pieces etc. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles. (30 X 22cm & weighs 1.6 kg) F

£35.00

Keats, Dr. V Chessmen For Collectors Batsford ‘85

240pp 13 chapters, each one concentrating of a particular country, and contain in total 275 B&W photos of sets, and 50 excellent colour plates. Large format. Black cloth boards. 1st edition. F

£55.00

Van der Linde Das Erste Jartausend Der Schachlitteratur (850 - 1880) (The First Thousand Years of Chess Literature).

Caissa 1979

112pp

Limited to 700 numbers copies of which this is No. 125. Facsimile of the 1880 original. Comprises most of the known chess publications, arranged alphabetically by author. Intro by Dale Brandreth & errata by E. Meissenburg. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. F+

£25.00

Van der Linde Das Erste Jartausend Der Schachlitteratur (850 - 1880) (The First Thousand Years of Chess Literature).

Caissa 1979

Another copy Copy No, 44 F+ £25.00

Lawson, D Paul Morphy: The Pride & Sorrow of Chess McKay 1976

424pp

The acclaimed, definitive work on every aspect of Morphy’s life. 69 illustrations including early photographs, engravings, letters, telegrams etc. 60 games as examples of his play from various periods of his life and circumstances, and comprise only a small section of the whole. Black cloth boards with titles in gilt on spine. (26 X 18 X 4cm) F

£80.00

Matthews, K British Chess Collins 1948 50pp An outline of chess in Britain from mediaeval times in words

and pictures. Illustrations on almost every page. HB VG+ £11.00 Michell, E. A. The Year-Book Of Chess 1907 London

256pp The 1st in a series of 9, each one containing a goldmine of information about the chess world both in the UK and overseas. Club directories, tournament X-tables, annotated games, new problems & much else besides. Each one in maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. LN 5906 VG

£12.00

Michell, E. A. The Year-Book Of Chess 1908 Leeds 304pp Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles (dulled on spine) o/w VG+ £12.00

Michell, E. A The Year-Book Of Chess 1909 Leeds 314pp c. 160 games. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. VG £12.00

Mitchell, E. A. The Year-Book Of Chess 1910 Leeds 293pp 160+ games. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. VG £12.00

Mitchell, E. A. The Year-Book Of Chess 1911 Leeds 268pp c. 150 games. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. VG £12.00

Mitchell, E. A. The Year-Book Of Chess 1912 Leeds

321pp In addition to the usual features now includes a prototype of Gaige’s Chess Personalia with 16pp of names with D.O.B.s & deaths, where appropriate. Also clubs in the Empire. (NZ & SA) Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. VG

£12.00

(Mitchell E. A) The Year-Book Of Chess 1913 Leeds

290pp Mitchell died and the publication was now in the hands of Frank Hollings, but little has changed in style or content. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. VG

£12.00

(Stevens, M) The Year-Book Of Chess 1914 London

326pp More pages with smaller print-size means more content than ever, though the shadow of war hangs over everything. Appearance is identical. Maroon covers etc. VG

£12.00

Murray, H. J. A History of Chess OUP 1913

900pp

The most complete scholarly work ever published. “A monumental work”, telling the story of chess from the earliest times and civilisations. Weighs over 1.5 kg (3 lbs!). 19 plates & c. 144 illustrations. Original grey cloth boards with unblemished gilt titles. VG+

£195.00

Murray, H. J. A History of Chess OUP 1962

900pp

Reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the 1st 1913 ed. o/w internally indistinguishable from the original. Original dark blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles and chessman design. DW price-clipped and nibbled on top & bottom edges with 3 inch tear on rear spine o/w VG+

£195.00

Murray, H. J A History of Chess Benjamin 900pp Indistinguishable from the 1913 OUP edition, except that this is the

US edition from the Benjamin Press – Northampton Massachusetts. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles & publisher’s logo on the spine. VG

£150.00

Murray, H. J. A Short History of Chess 1st ed. OUP 1963

138pp Aware that his magnum opus might be beyond the needs and/or purse of the man in the street, Murray started a précis, left unfinished on his death. Goulding Brown and Golombek completed the story up to mentions of Fischer, Tal, Larsen et al. DW VG+

£30.00

Murray, H. J. A Short History of Chess Another copy. Original blue cloth boards with gilt title on spine. VG £22.00

Murray, H. J. A History Of Board-Games Other Than Chess. 1st ed. OUP 1952 267pp Traces games from Ancient Egypt to all continents. Small OUP

bookplate on front endpaper o/w VG £45.00 Lusis, A Chess – An Annotated Bibliography 1969 -1988 1st ed. Mansell ‘91

320pp Black cloth boards with gilt titles & design. Intended as a continuation of Betts’ bibliography, listing authors names, titles subject indices etc. F

£35.00

Pritchard, D. The Encyclopaedia Of Chess Variants 1st d. 1994 364pp Arranged alphabetically. DW VG+ £20.00

Richards, D. J Soviet Chess Oxford ‘65 201p A scholarly examination of the Russian domination of the chess

world in the 20th century, esp the 2nd half. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles on spine. VG+

£20.00

Saidy, A The World of Chess with Norman Lessing. 1st ed. Random ‘74 251pp Large format. The story of chess re-told entertainingly with superb

illustrations throughout, many involving elaborate sets. DW VG £15.00 Saidy, A The World of Chess with Norman Lessing. 1st ed. Random ‘74

Another copy. Scuff mark on front endpaper. DW G+ £12.00 Schonberg,H Grandmasters of Chess 1st UK ed. London ‘74

317pp 34 pictures. Biographies of top players & a few games, entertainingly written. DW VG £10.00

Shenk, D The Immortal Game – A History of Chess or How 32 Carved Pieces On A Board Illuminated our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain.

Doubleday 1st ed. 2006

327pp Includes diagrams and a few illustrations. DW F £12.00 Standage, T The Turk – The Life & Times of the Famous 18th Century Chess-Playing

Machine Walker NY

2002

272pp The story of the Hungarian nobleman, Wolfgang von Kempelen, and his development of a convincing chess-playing robot that mystified folk for almost a century. 22 small illustrations. DW HB with slight kink in back cover o/w VG

£10.00

Sunnucks, A The Encyclopaedia Of Chess 1st ed. Hale 1970 587pp 27 photos & contributions from Euwe, Penrose, Cafferty, Hooper et

al. Contains much info other books do not have. VG £11.00 Whyld, K Chess: The Records 1st ed. Guinness ‘86

176pp A multitude of lists, X-tables & illustrations, some coloured, giving records of top tournaments etc. PB VG £8.50

Winter, E Chess Explorations – A Pot-Pourri from the Journal Chess Notes. Cadogan ‘96

343pp “Devoted to chess history & investigative reporting…” by the gimlet-eyed author. 26 photos. PB AN VG+ £12.50

Winter, E Kings, Commoners & Knaves – Further Chess Explorations Russell 1999 452pp 24 photo portraits plus a miscellany of the weird, wonderful and

almost incredible. SB AN VG £12.50 Wood, B. H. A History of Chess written by Gizycki and edited by Wood. Revised Abbey 1977

375pp Many illustrations from a vast range of sources, inc. colour plates. First published in Polish in 1960. Includes sections on chess and art, in poetry & prose, mathematics, famous people who played chess etc. DW VG

£12.00

Wood, B. H. A History of Chess written by Gizycki and edited by Wood. Revised Abbey 1977 Another copy minus DW. Paper starting to brown at edges o/w G £9.00


3. Tournaments & Matches

Caissa Editions Dale Brandreth’s set of tournament books are often attractive to seasoned collectors, and we currently have a set of 10 different titles. They all have the following in common:- Hardback in distinctive red cloth (shades may vary slightly); gilt titles; algebraic notation; at least one photograph; top condition, and thoroughly researched. They are as follows: (for more details see below).

(a) 1895/96 St. Petersburg by Robert Sherwood.(b) 1896 Budapest by John C. Owen.(c) 1901 Buffalo by John S. Hilbert.(d) 1906 Ostende by Tony Gillam.(e) 1914 St. Petersburg by Dr. Tarrasch(f) 1925 Baden Baden by Jimmy Adams(g) 1930 San Remo by Robert Sherwood(h) 1931 Bled by Hans Kmoch(i) 1932 Pasadena by Sherwood, Brandreth & Monson.(j) 1935 Moscow by various commentators.

McFarland & Co. Also publishing chess books of the highest standard are McFarland of North Carolina. The difference is that each book concentrates on one specific individual, his/her games and career. Usually hardback, but with some SB options. We currently have 12 different titles, all pre-owned but still in top condition, so we can offer them at a considerable discount to the original list price. Check out the games section for more details.

(a) Alekhine’s Games 1902 – 1946 by Skinner & Verhoeven.(b) A. Alekhine: Agony of a Chess Genius by P. Moran(c) Joseph Henry Blackburne by Tim Harding.(d) Amos Burn by Forster.(e) Jose Raul Capablanca by Miguel Sanchez.(f) Capablanca by Edward Winter.(g) Reuben Fine by Aiden Woodger(h) Ignaz Kolisch by Fabrizio Zavatarelli(i) Frank Marshall by Andy Soltis.(j) Vera Menchick by Robert Tanner.(k) Aron Nimzowitsch by Skjoldager & Nielsen.(l) Samuel Reshevsky by Stephen Gordon.(m) William Steinitz, the Bohemian Caesar by K. Landsberger.

Jack Spence Limited Editions

American Tournament Series

We have a matching set of 6 titles, all identical with blue card covers slightly smaller then A4 in size, comb-bound, typescript, limited editions in VG condition. Spence was a lawyer from Omaha, Nebraska in the dawn of DIY publication and was thus able to by-pass the demands of fussy publishers. He doubtless had the office equipment and an efficient typist or two, as they are beautifully typed and presented. He died in 1978 at the age of just 54.

All of which makes these items relatively scarce and attractive to collectors. Here they are in numerical order.

#13

NEW YORK 1954: 91 games from the 9th Biennial US Championship. 1st Bisguier; 2nd Evans; 3rd Seidman. Account of the match plus X-table. Short biography of 25 yr. old Bisguier. Round by round summaries. 34pp. 100 copies were printed of which this is No. 97.

£45.00

#14

HOLLYWOOD 1954: 145 selected games from the 2nd Hollywood Pan-American Championship. 1st Bisguier; 2nd Evans; 3rd= Rossolino & Steiner. Preface by Spence which explains the politics behind the event. X-table & 1 page resume from the Californian Chess Reporter. 32pp. 130 copies were printed of which this is No. 25

£45.00

#16

BALTIMORE 1948: 180 selected games from the 49th US Championship.1st W. Weaver Adams; 2nd= Kashdan; Kramer & Ulvestad. Preface by Spence & overview from Chess Life & New York Times. X-table. 36pp 110 copies were printed of which this in No. 43

£45.00

#24

ROCHESTER – MINNESOTA 1958: 178 games from the 59TH US Open Championship. 1st Cobo-Arteaga (big surprise) 2nd= Evans; Steinmeyer & Byrne. (139 competed) Preface by Spence & 2 page introduction. 40 pages. 134 copies of which this is No. 21.

£45.00

#27

MILWAUKEE CHAMPIONSHIPS 1958: comprising the New Western Open & North Central Open. 138 games selected from the 2 events both won by Benko. X-tables for both events. 37pp. 200 copies of which this is No. 132

£45.00

#30

VENTNOR CITY 1945: A 10 man American invitational event. 1st Adams; 2nd Santasiere; 3rd= Jackson & Keltz. The scores of the 45 games are more neatly set out and analysed. 34pp. 125 copies of which this is No. 20

£45.00

E. G. R. Cordingly Limited Editions

If Spence did invaluable work recording tournaments in the US, the master and pioneer of this genre was undoubtedly Edgar Cordingly, who died in 1963 at the age of 57, though ill-health had forced him to give up all chess activities a decade earlier. Cordingley’s concern was that many master games were lost for ever, as (a) there were no duplicate scoresheets in those days, (b) those scores that did survive were often illegible or illogical. (c) Players usually took them home if they won or threw them away if they lost or (d) no organiser was delegated to collect all games. He produced 18 tournament books, starting 7with Hastings 1932/3, which was limited to 30 copies, finishing with Budapest 1950 (360 copies) before ill health forced him to give up the arduous work involved. Each copy has a list of Foundation subscribers, plus a list of those who had subscribed beforehand to the current edition. He would sign their copies personally and include a 1 page vignette before the title page. Each copy was hardback, later editions in algebraic notation, and analysis a synthesis of all available sources, which were specified. Each item is numbered and was clearly a work of love. We have 4 copies in stock.

#4

HASTINGS 1933 –‘34 Masters’ Tournament. 1st Flohr; 2nd= Alekhine & Lilienthal. 4th= Alexander & Eliskases. 21pp. 45 annotated games in AN. 60 copies of which this is No. 44. According to the list of subscribers Fred Reinfeld, working as the “American Agent” ordered 5 copies (43 – 47), so this copy is signed “E. G. R. Cordingly” & includes the vignette. Cream cloth boards. G+

£50.00

#7

MOSCOW 1935 Vol. II 1st= Flohr & Botvinnik; 3rd Lasker; 4th Capablanca. 90 games in this vol. & presumably 99 in Vol. 1. This event marked the dawn of Flohr & Botvinnik’s careers and the

£50.00

sunset of Lasker & Capa’s. 250 copies of which this is No. 128 and signed to C. Pirie Esq. Blue cloth boards a little blotchy but internally clean. G.

#16

LONDON 1946 Section A: 1st Steiner; 2nd Bernstein; 3rd Tartakower; Section B: 1st Euwe; 2nd Christoffel; 3rd Denker. 132 games. 60 subscribers listed & numbered. This is No. 35 identified as A. C. Smith of London. If anyone thought this kind of project was easy, one should read the Editor’s 2 page foreword with a long list of his production problems and complaints. It’s a wonder he ever got it completed. Worth comparing with B. H. Wood’s own small book on the event, a free copy of which can be included, on request, and it will be seen that the event was beset with problems from beginning to end. 86 sides of games. Blue cloth boards VG+

£50.00

#16

LONDON 1946 Another copy No. 244 but no subscriber identified. Blue cloth boards. VG+

£50.00

#17

BERLIN 1928 (The Tageblatt tournament). 1st Capablanca; 2nd Nimzowitsch; 3rd Spielmann; 4th Tartakower; 5th Reti; 6th Rubinstein; 6th Marshall. A 6-man double round event, with no book until this one. 45 games with notes by the players or Kagan’s Schachnachrichten. 230 copies were issued of which this is No. 8 purchased by J. J. Moore of London. Hence signed by Cordingly. Red cloth boards with some white marks on the edges front & back, but titles still in bright gilt. o/w G

£50.00

#18

BUDAPEST 1950 Last of the series before ill-health forced his retirement. 1st Bronstein; 2nd Boleslavski; 3rd Smyslov; 4th Keres; 5th Naldorf; followed by Kotov; Stahlberg;Flohr; Lilienthal & Szabo. 90 games with notes from various sources. Fully indexed.

World Student Team Championships.

This sequence of annual tournaments evolved from earlier events, until by the 1954 competition in Oslo it was recognised by FIDE at the regular World Student Team Championship. It comprised a single team of 4

with 2 reserves from each competing country. Away from the board relationships between the college students was relaxed but the chess was serious and of a high standard. Comprehensive booklets were produced each year, mostly overseen by FIDE Vice President, Jaroslav Sajtar, and are fully indexed with many photos. All games are in algebraic notation & thoroughly annotated with one diagram each. All books are generally in good condition, apart from the staples starting to rust. From them one can see some of the players involved over the years e.g. Spassky; Korchnoi; Portisch; Tal; Each one has a distinctive cover design of 2 knights on horseback on a chessboard of 2 different colours each year, the colours reflecting those in the national flag of the host nation. Lombardy; Szabo; Mednis; Benko; Hort; Polgar; Basman; Keene; Soltis; Hübner; Karpov, Timman & Suttles are just a few of the names that stand out from the crowd.

1954

IIIrd International Student TeamTournament – Oslo. 1st Czechoslovakia: 2nd USSR; 3rd Bulgaria. 4th England. 10 teams competed. 46pp. 7 photos. 18 games. PB. VG

£20.00

1955

IInd World Student Team Championship – Lyons. The 1st one with FIDE’s full blessing. 1st USSR; 2nd Yugoslavia; 3rd Hungary; 4th Bulgaria. 13 teams took part 63pp; 13 photos; 26 games. SB; G.

£20.00

1956

IIIrd World Student team Championship – Uppsala 1st USSR: 2nd Hungary; 3rd Yugoslavia; 4th Bulgaria. 16 teams participated. 11 photos; 24 games. SB; G.

£20.00

1957

IVth World Student Team Championship – Reyjavik. 1st USSR: 2nd Bulgaria: 3rd Czechoslovakia; 4th Hungary; 14 teams participated. 58pp; 15 photos; 23 games. SB G

£20.00

1960

VII Championnat du Monde Universitaire Leningrad. French version. 1st USA; 2nd USSR; 3rd Yugoslavia; 4th Czechoslovakia. 14 teams competed. 67pp. 22 photos. 25 games. SB. G

£20.00

1961

VIIIth World Student Championship – Helsinki. 1st USSR; 2nd USA; 3rd GDR; 4th Czechoslovakia. 13 teams took part. 70pp. 30 photos. 26 games. SB; G.

£20.00

1962

1Xth World Student Championship – Márianské Lázné 1st USSR; 2nd Yugoslavia: 3rd Czechoslovakia. 4th GDR. 18 teams took part. 92pp; 31 photos; 28 annotated games; SB G.

£20.00

1964

XIth World Student Team Championship – Krakow. 1st USSR; 2nd Czechoslovakia; 3rd Hungary; 4th USA. 21 teams took part. 83pp; 26 photos; 25 games. The rest day consisted of a trip to Auschwitz concentration camp & dedicated to hopes of a better future. SB: G.

£20.00

1965

XIIth World Student Team Championship Sinaia. 1st Soviet Union; 2nd Israel; 3rd Denmark; 4th Rumania. 17 teams took part. 81pp; 28 photos; 25 games. G

£20.00

1966

XIIIth World Student Championship - Orebro - Sweden 1st Soviet Union; 2nd Czechoslovakia; 3rd Denmark. 21 teams took part, inc. Puerto Rico & Cuba. Individuals included Hort, Gheorghiu, Westerinen, Polgar, Kurajica & Ree. 95pp; 41 photos; 25 games; G

£20.00

1967

XIIVth World Student Championship - Harrachov – 1st Soviet Union; 2nd USA; 3rd England; 4th Czech. 19 teams took part. 91pp: 44 photos; 27 games. England at last got a notable team together (Basman; Hartston; Keene; Whiteley & Botteril) and got a result. G

£20.00

1968

XVth World Student Team Championship – Austria. 1st Soviet Union; 2nd GFR; 3rd Czechoslovakia. 4th Bulgaria. 5th USA. 25 teams took part inc. Greece & Brazil. 98pp. 38 photos. 26 games. G

£20.00

1971

XVIIIth World Team Championship - Puerto Rico. 1st Soviet Union; 2nd USA; 3rd Canada; 4th Israel. 16 teams took part. 1st appearances for Karpov, Kaplan & Suttles. 72pp. 33 photos; 18 games. G

£20.00

1972

XIXth World Student Championship – Graz - Austria. 1st Soviet Union; 2nd Hungary; 3rd FRG; 4th USA. 29 teams took part inc. S. Africa; Iran & Dominican Rep. 93pp; 17 photos; 21 games. G

Tony Gillam of Nottingham has devoted his life to

rescuing and preserving the records of tournaments large & small in his series Rare & Unpublished Tournaments & Matches. They all take the same format: A5 in size on yellow paper, all protected in a clear plastic jacket, making them economical and collectable without breaking the bank. These are all as new, with all known games in figurine notation with annotation & diagrams, at just £7.00 per title.

London 1868/9: 1st= Blackburne & De Vere. 140 gms. £7.00 Baden Baden 1870: 1st Anderssen; 2nd Steinitz 77 gms £7.00 London & Nottingham 1886: 91 gms in total £7.00 London 1887: 1st= Burn & Gunsberg. 51 gms. £7.00 New York 1893: 1st Lasker. 2nd Albin 91 gms. £7.00 Cable Matches UK vs USA 1895 – 1901 68 gms £7.00 Vienna 1899 1st Maroczy; 2nd= Schlecter / Brody. 66 gms £7.00 New York 1900 1st Lipschuetz. 2nd Showalter. 30 gms. £7.00 New York 1913 2nd National & Rice Tourneys 171 gms £7.00 New York 1915 1st Capablanca. 2nd Marshall. 56 games £7.00 English Tourneys 1920 – 22. 6 in all. 168 games £7.00 Kiel 1921 & others of that year. 107 games £7.00 Hastings & Weston-s-Mare 1924 101 games £7.00 Hastings & Weston-s-Mare 1926 & 2 others. 152 gms £7.00 Hague Olympiad 1928 1st Hungary 2nd USA 543 gms £7.00 Ramsgate 1929 & The Tinsley Notebooks c. 100 gms £7.00 Margate (1st Reshevsky) & Tallin 1935 87 games £7.00 Margate (1st Flohr) & Ostende 1936 (1st Lundin )121gms £7.00 Margate 1937 (1st = Fine & Keres; 3rd Alekhine) 56 gms £7.00 Plymouth ’38 & Bournemouth ’39 (1st Euwe)106 gms £7.00

And now to the normal chronologically organised

tournaments & matches.

1895

Hastings – The Centenary Book by Colin Crouch & Kean Haines. 22 of the world’s leading players came to this epic tournament won by Pillsbury against all expectations except his own. Short biographies and all games annotated in the light of modern knowledge. Photo portraits of all players. Signed on the title page by “Colin Crouch” – “Kean Haynes” and “David Bronstein” who made several positive suggestions. 312pp SB VG

£35.00

1857 The 1st American Congress – New York. By D. W. Fiske. Edition Olms

563p

1st Morphy (his only tournament); 2nd Paulsen; 3rd Lichtenhein. 67 games & 53 problems, plus much on various aspects of chess in America at and before this time. facsimile edition. Blue buckram boards with DW, F+

£25.00

1867 Dundee Centenary by R. G. Wade. An account of the original tournament with all games (1st

41pp

Neumann; 2nd Steintz; 3rd= De Vere & Macdonnell.) Followed by all details from its centenary tribute. 1st Gligoric; 2nd= Larsen & Olafsson; 4th= Penrose & O’Kelly. 31 games from the 1st event and 38 from the latter. Pub. by The Chess Player (No. 56). Card covers; typescript. G.

£12.00

1871 The 2nd 3rd & 4th American Congress: Cleveland 1871; Chicago 1874 & Philadelphia 1876.

199p

A facsimile reprint by Edition Olms of the original publications. Blue buckram boards & DW bearing picture of Capt. George Mackenzie, winner of the first 2 events. F

£20.00

The 5th American Congress – New York by Charles Gilberg. 1880

539p

1st Mackenzie; 2nd Grundy A facsimile reprint by Edition Olms of the original publications. Blue buckram boards & DW bearing a group picture. F

£20.00

1883 London International Tournament by J. I. Minchin.

371p

1st Zukertort; 2nd Steinitz; 3rd Blackburne; 4th Chigorin; 5th Englisch; 6th Mackenzie; 8 others played inc. Winawer & Bird. All games in the Major fully annotated by a combination of leading players & the Editor. 26 took part in the subsidiary event – the Vizayanagaram 1st Bardelben; 2nd Fisher; 3rd Macdonnell. A total of 296 games are annotated. Maroon cloth boards with elaborate gilt design involving players’ names and countries of origin. 1st edition. LN5216. Spine is split top & bottom to a depth of 1cm. & gilt is sunned. Front cover is splitting from the main body. o/w everything else is sound. Some interesting insights reported into the prejudice & racism of the time by some observers in relation to the naming of the minor event.

£195.00

1886 Steinitz vs Zukertort – 1st Match for the Chess Championship of the World. Edited by James Schroeder

Ch. Digest

36pp

Schroeder has used contemporary sources to describe the build-up and circumstances of the match. All previous games and the 20 match games annotated plus diagrams. Grey card covers. VG

£10.00

1889 The 6th American Congress – New York by W. Steinitz. Ed. Olms

490p

One of the great tournaments of the 19th C. 20 players All-play-all double round. 1st= Chigorin & Weiss; 3rd Gunsberg; 4th Blackburne; 5th Burn. All games annotated by Steinitz. A facsimile reprint by Edition Olms of the original publications. Blue buckram boards & DW bearing picture of Chigorin. DW F-

£25.00

1895 Hastings – The Centenary Book by C. Crouch & K. Haines Sheffield ‘95

312p

1st Pillsbury; 2nd Chigorin; 3rd Lasker. Combining all original source material and modern facilities the authors look again at the games from this groundbreaking event, annotating all games deeply with diagrams. Help from Pablo Moran & David Bronstein acknowledged. AN. Card covers. Neatly signed on front endpaper by “Colin Crouch”, “Keen Haines” & “David Bronstein”. F

£35.00

1895 St. Petersburg 1895/96 by Robert Sherwood. Caissa ‘14

124p 1st Lasker, 2nd Steinitz; 3rd Pillsbury; 4th Chigorin played 4 games vs each opponent. 36 annotated games with diagrams. Red cloth boards with gilt titles in the usual pleasing Caissa style. F

£20.00

1895 St. Petersburg by James Mason & W. H. K. Pollock. Hardinge‘04

64pp 36 annotated games. 1st Lasker 2nd Steinitz, 3rd Pillsbury 4th Tchigorin. New World Champion Lasker proves his pedigree. Facsimile edition of the 1896 original. PB F+

£10.00

1896 Budapest by John C. Owen Caissa ed ‘94

205p

84 games with notes by Maroczy, Charousek, & other contemporary masters. 1st= Chigorin & Charousek followed by Pillsbury, Schlechter/Janowsky, Winawer/Walbrodt, Tarrasch, Albin/Maroczy, et al. Includes the Chigorin-Charousek tie-break match. Photos & career records of the contestants. AN Red cloth boards in the usual Caissa Editions style. F+

£20.00

1900 Paris 1900 ed. by Jimmy Adams. 2nd ed. 2000 Chess Player

176p 166 annotated games. 1st Lasker; 2nd Pillsbury; 3rd= Maroczy & Marshall. Coincided with the World Exposition. SB. Typescript. F

£12.00

1900 Munich 1900 & Hannover 1902 Ed. Olms ‘83

384p Facsimile edition of the German originals these 2 tournaments. (a) 1st= Pillsbury, Maroczy & Schlecter; 4th Burn. 180 games. (b) 1st Janowski; 2nd Pillsbury; 3rd Atkins; 4th Mieses. 308 games + 50 problems from the Problemturnier. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles. DW F

£15.00

1901 Buffalo 1901 & 1894 by John Hilbert Caissa . 1996

95pp Well-resourced book on 2 events in which Pillsbury competed in both and Marshall in one. Numerous photos of players & scenarios. Amusing Ex libris plate of “James J. Barrett of Buffalo” a noted collector. Red cloth boards with gilt titles in the usueal Caissa style. 1 underlining on p.89 o/w VG +

£22.00

1901 Another copy without bookplate or underlining. F £20.00

01/04 Games From Monte Carlo Vol. 1 Wenman 1st ed. Leeds 1945

87pp

76 diagrams & 50 gms from the 1901 – 02 – 03 & 04 tournaments. The 2nd in the Series of First Class Games edited by Hoffer. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Small format. VG o/w G

£12.00

1903 Monte Carlo Tournament. Edited & published by Emil Kemeny ACW 1903

112pp

1st Tarrasch; 2nd Maroczy; 3rd Pillsbury; 4th Schlecter etc. LN 5263 Large format. All games annotated & X-tables etc. Good scenic photos and of the players. Chigorin accepted his invitation to play but on arrival found he had been banned without explanation. The matter is explored here. Dark green cloth boards (slightly speckled on front) with title in gilt. Insc, o/w G+

£55.00

1903 Monte Carlo Tournament Ed. Olms ‘83

112p Facsimile reprint of the original, though in a smaller page size. Foreword in German & English. Photos are darker in reproduction that the originals. Blue buckram boards with bright gilt titles F

£20.00

1905 The Match & Return Match – Janowski v. Marshall - The Series of 1st class games No. 1 L. Hoffer (ed

Leeds

49pp

The 1st of a set of 3 titles by Hoffer. The result was a 10-all draw with 7 drawn games. 27 gms, mostly QGDs, annotated with diagrams by Hoffer. Good photo of the match in

£15.00

progress. LN 5051 Dark blue cloth boards with titles in gilt. Small format. G+.

Another copy with short insc G. £12.00

1906 Nürnberg 1906 by Dr Tarrasch & J, Schenzel. 1st ed. Leipzig 1906 278p 1st Marshall; 2nd Duras; 3rd= Forgacs & Schlecter; 5th

Tschigorin, ahead of 12 others including Snosko-Borovsky, Tarrasch; Vidmar; Spielmann; & Janowski. X-tables for all sections.. Openings & games indices. 154 games, mostly annotated. LN 5278 Original olive green cloth boards with gilt titles on front cover, while on the spine the gilt has faded but still legible.o/w VG.

£95.00

1906 Ostende by Tony Gillam Caissa ed ‘05

445p

363 games. This book of a complex and great tournament appeared a century after it occurred. Schlechter won by a small margin in a complicated series of qualifying sections. Lasker, Schlechter, Burn, et al contributed annotations. Also, photos of most of the players plus photos of the great “Kursall” on the Ostende boardwalk, plus a photo with the autographs of all the tournament contestants. AN Red cloth boards in the Caissa Editions usual style. F+

£35.00

1907 Karlsbad 1907 by Marco & Schlechter Caissa 1979

426p A reprint of the original 1908 Viennese edition. 1st Rubinstein; 2nd Maroczy; 3rd Leonhardt; 4th Niemsowitsch. 210 games & 685 diagrams. X-tables etc. An early Caissa Editions before the red cloth HBs came along. AN SB with a few signs of usage o/w G .

£15.00

1907 Lasker vs Marshall 7th Match of the World Championship J. Schroeder 27pp All 17 games annotated with diagrams by Tarrasch. Intro by

James R. Schroeder. Tournament records etc. SB VG

£10.00

1908 Lasker vs Tarrasch 8th Match for the World Championship Schroeder

33pp Biographical notes and tournament records of both players. Annotations are a synthesis of several sources, each credited. SB VG+

£10.00

1908 Vienna by Georg Marco Wien

171p

1st= Duras, Maroczy & Schlecter. Marshall, Mieses, Reti, Rubinstein, & Tartakower also played. 190 games, most with a diagram. X-tables; Introductory paragraph to each round. Photos of the 3 winners with signatures. LN 5265. Brown cloth boards with gilt title on spine. (slightly sunned). .o/w VG+

£55.00

1909 St Petersburg Dover 1971

192p 1st= Lasker & Rubinstein; 3rd= Duras & Spielmann. 175 games deeply annotated by Lasker, X-table, 7 photos of players at the board. SB F

£10.00

1913 Havana 1913 by Capablanca BCM 1976

84pp 1st Marshall, 2nd Capablanca, 56 annotated games. Translated from the original Spanish edition of 1913. SB Insc.. AN Early pages loose o/w G-

£7.50

1914 Das Internationale Gambitturnier in Baden Bei Vien 1914 Leipzig 1916

By Georg Marco. 1st Spielmann; 2nd Tartakower; 3rd Schlecter; 4th Breyer; ahead of 6 others including Reti. X-

184pp

tables. Photo of one round in action. Openings were limited to the Scotch, Danish, Evans Gambits & the Giuoco Piano, though there was no obligation to accept. This tournament’s profile has suffered throughout history as it clashed with the great St. Petersburg event, However, Marco produced an excellent record of the event. All games annotated with 286 diagrams. Green cloth boards with titles & design in gilt. 1 corner bumped. Insc. Endpapers covered in neat pencil biographical notes on the players o/w G+. LN 5318

£35.00

1914 St. Petersburg – All games (75), with notes from various sources. BCM

75pp One of the greatest tournaments of all time 1st Lasker; 2nd Capablanca: 3rd Alechin etc. Group photo. This is a facsimile reprint of the original by Hollings and now published by the BCM in PB as No. 1 in the BCM Classics Reprints series. G

£15.00

1914 St. Petersburg International Chess Tournament Caissa ed. ‘93

266pp

75 games with Tarrasch’s notes augmented by those of many other famous players such as Alekhine, Lasker, Marco, Bernstein, Reinfeld. One of the greatest chess tournaments all time. Lasker just beat out Capablanca, followed by Alekhine, Tarrasch, Marshall and other greats. 22 photographs. Red cloth boards with gilt tiles. F+

£25.00

1914 Another copy F- £20.00+

1914 St. Petersburg. Das Grossmeisterturnier zu St.Petersburg 1914. Ed. Olms ‘89

192pp Facsimile of Tarrasch’s original. 3 group photos with names, 75 annotated games. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles DW F

£18.00

1914 The St. Petersburg Chess Masters Tournament Printing Craft

75pp All games with notes, both original & compiled from various sources. Group photo. The 1st to be published after the event. Green cloth boards. Small format. Stickers on front endpaper o/w G

£20.00

1914 Stormästarturneringen St. Petersberg 1914 by Tarrasch. Sweden 1955

232p

Tarrasch’s book in Swedish. The 2 photos of the 5 winners & the larger group appear much sharper than in other books. Print & paper quality is also above the average, Green cloth boards with gilt titles. One of the scarcer works on this tournament. VG+

£35.00

1914 Mannheim 1914 by Werner Lauterbach. Germany ‘64

126p

1st Alekhine; 2nd Vidmar; 3rd Spiemann; 4th= Breyer, Marshall & Reti.ahead of 12 others inc. Janowski, Bogoljubow, Tarrasch, 93 annotated games most with diagrams. B&w photos of the venue, group of players & Alekhine. X-tables & fully indexed. SB with red covers. The event was, of course, broken off due to the outbreak of WWI the full story of which is told elsewhere. VG

£15.00

1916 Copenhagen 1916 Nordiska Schachforbundets Sjunde Kongress. (Nordic Chess Federation’s 7th Congress) by G. Collijn

Englund’s ‘16

228p

1st Johner; 2nd= Marchand; Löwenborg & Krause.ahead of 4 others. Many annotated games from this and other sections. Full page group crisp photo with all faces clearly visible and named beneath. X-tables. LN 5323 Green card covers. Book is very clean throughout, though there are issues with the binding. e.g. the front 2 sections of pages have become detached and the others are loose, probably repairable. Back cover has 3 tiny insect-holes & one larger. o/w G

£35.00

1921 Capablanca vs Lasker – 12th match for the Chess Championship of the World. edited by J. R. Schroeder

Ch. Digest ‘72

31pp

Annotations of the 14 games are an amalgam of the writers & commentators of the day. Short biographies & tournament records prior to match. Corrections on endpaper. SB AN diagrams, . VG+

£10.00

1921/ ‘ World’s Championship Matches, 1921 and 1927. Dover 1977

81pp

Havana 1921 and Buenos Aires 1927 saw Capablanca first take the crown from Lasker and then lose it to Alekhine just 6 years later. This edition combines the original tournament books with a new 11 page introduction by Chernev. SB VG+

£9.00

1921 Hamburg 1921 Kagan (s.a.)

230p

Der 21. Kongress des Deuschen Schachbundes (E.V.) in Hamburg 1921 by J. Dimer. 1st Post; 2nd Samisch; 3rd Schlage. 145 annotated games. No date given but this is clearly a 1st edition. LN 5340. Brown cloth boards. Neat hand-written index on endpaper linking games to page numbers. Small nicks at top & bottom of spine o/w G.

£35.00

1922 Book of the Hastings Tournament 1922 Printing Craft

68pp 1st Alekhine; 2nd Rubinstein; 3rd= Bogoljubow & Thomas. All 30 games annotated by Alekhine. X-table. Good portrait photos of the players. Red cloth boards in pristine condition.

£25.00

1922 Book of the Hastings International Masters’ Tournament Dover 1968 63pp An unabridged republication of the original. SB VG+ £8.00

1922 Book of the London International Congress. W. H. Watts ed. 1st ed. 1923

Printing Craft

? 137p 1st Capablanca; 2nd Alekhine. 120 gms annotated by Maroczy.Red cloth partially split on back of spine o/w G+

£20.00

1922 Book of the London International Congress Dover 1968

126p 1st Capablanca; 2nd Alekhine. 120 gms annotated by Maroczy.Unabridged republication of the original. SB. VG

£7.75

1922 London 1922 by Maroczy with foreword by Soltis Russell 2010

128p 1st Capablanca 2nd Alekhine ahead of Rubinstein, Reti, Tartakower, Euwe et al.120 annotated games in figurine AN. Plus Capa vs Lasker 14 games from their World Championship match. SB F+

£10.00

1922

1922 London 1922 by D. Regis Harding ‘06

377p

All games with analyses from most known sources, including Tinsley’s column in the Times and plenteous diagrams. Some games from other sections. Signed by the Editor. SB. Front cover creased o/w G

£10.00

1922 Vienna 1922 by Larry Evans Russell 2011

144p

1st Rubinstein, 2nd Tartakower; 6th Alekhine. etc. only Capa & Lasker missing from the world greats. 100 annotated games. Evans 1st published this when he was a 16 yr old schoolboy. He was later advised to upgrade it, which he did, in 2010, but died on completion. SB AN F

£10.00

1922 Bad Oeynhausen. by Dimer, Schlage & Zander. Leipzig 1923

196p Der 22. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes. 1st Post; 2nd Carls; 3rd= Antze, Schlage & Wagner. 154 games. X-tables for all sections. 1st ed. LN5348. Original green cloth

£35.00

boards, Group photo of 40 players all numbered & named. Ladies join them for a 2nd photo LN 5348. . VG

1922 Bad Piestany The Julius Breyer Memorial Kagan 1923

190p

1st Bogoljubow; 2nd= Alekhine & Spielmann; 4th Grunfeld; 5th Reti; 6th= Samisch & Wolf. Euwe, Tartakower & Tarrasch all out of the prizes. X-tables for both sections. 190 games with light annotations & 1 diagram. Good photos of the town & 10 of the players in action. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. LN 5349. Another point of interest is the small Ex Libris plate with the name Amos Burn. Paper slightly browning in parts o/w VG. Scarce item made unique with its former owner.

£50.00

1924 The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament. Printing craft

282p

1st edition. H. Helms ed. 1st Lasker; 2nd Capablanca; 3rd Alekhine; 4th Marshall; 5th Reti & 6 others competed. Alekhine annotates all 110 games with diagrams and in depth. X-table. Good portrait photos of the players & several other features not often seen. High quality paper; 4pp intro. 3p review of the tournament & 10pp of errata. LN 5370. Red cloth boards. Gilt titles on spine dulled. Insc. “Presented to the Hastings Chess Club by Mrs, Berryman 1930” with the small stamp of the club o/w G+.

ACB

£55.00

1924 Book of the New York International Tournament Helms ed. Dover ‘61

271p 1st Lasker 2nd Capablanca 3rd Alekhine. Reprint of 1925 original with new photos added. 110 gms annotated by Alekhine.. SB 6 copies available from VG+ £9 to £5 with more wear.

£9.00

1924 Paris 1924 The 1st (unofficial) Olympiad by M. Lachaga Argentina ‘73

160p

Limited to individuals rather than countries. 1st Mattison ahead of 8 others inc. Colle & Euwe. Includes a section on the founding of FIDE. & table for the subsidiary tournament. 258 games with annotations garnered from several sources. Limited edition of 520 copies of which this is No. 284. Blue card covers with spine fading a little. o/w VG+

£25.00

1925 Paris 1925 Internationales Funfmeisterturmier des Schachklubs by M. A. Lachaga

Argentina 1977

46pp 1st Alekhine; 2nd Tartakower; 3rd= Opocensky & Znosko-Borowski. 5th Colle. 2 games were played per day with the 5th player having a rest day. All games with annotations by the players & Albert Becker. Neat typescript. Limited edition of 330 copies. Yellow card covers VG.

£15.00

1925 Marienbader Kongressbuch 1925 1st ed. by I. Gunsberg Berlin 1925

141p 16 players of whom 1st= Nimzowitsch & Rubinstein 3rd= Marshall & Torre; 5th= Reti & Tartakower; 7th Spielmann & 8th Grunfeld. Photos of 10 players and venue. 120 lightly annotated games & X-tables. LN Cream cloth boards with brown titles. The pale cloth showing a few specks of dust & age, probably cleanable, o/w VG+

£40.00

1925 Marienbad 1925 by I. Gunsberg Ed. Olms ‘88

141p Reprint of Gunsberg’s original book. Blue cloth boards & gilt titles behind a DW. VG+

£20.00

1925 Moscow 1925. Das Internationale Schachturnier by Bogoljubow De Gruyter ‘27

223p

1st Bogoljubow; 2nd Lasker; 3rd Capablanca; 4th Marshall; 5th Tartakower. Also playing were Grünfeld, Spielmann, Rubinstein & Yates. 210 lightly annotated games, some with

£45.00

diagrams. Good photo of the author at the board. Cream coloured boards with brown titles & designs. LN 5384. VG+

1925 Moscow 1925 by E. Bogoljubow 1991

129p

A republication of the 1925 original (LN 5384). In a limited edition of which this is No. 817. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles on front cover. 30 photos, though not very clear ones. An early state-sponsored tournament. Paper starting to brown in parts o/w VG+

£30.00

1925 Baden Baden International Tournament – the Arrival of Hypermodern chess translated by Jimmy Adams.

Caissa ed ‘91

382p

210 games with notes by Grekov and a host of great innovators including Lasker, Alekhine, Tartakower, Rabinovich, Burn, Grünfeld, Grigoriev, Levenfish, Romanovsky, Sozin, et al. One of Alekhine's finest performances. One of the best tournament books ever published in English, with a cornucopia of great games from the golden age of hypermodern chess. Also included is a full translation of Alekhine's booklet (originally published in French) on the Theoretical Value of the Openings played, along with surveys of the tournament by Tarrasch, Kmoch, Tartakower, Helms, Goetz, and Kagan. Won by Alekhine ahead of Rubinstein, Sämisch, Bogoljubow, Marshall, Tartakover. Red cloth boards with gilt titles in the usual Caissa style. F

£25.00

1926 Dresden International Tournament Adams 1984

70pp 1st Nimzovich; 2nd Alekhine; 3rd Rubinstein; 4th Tartakower. 45 annotated games without diagrams. Typescript. Card covers. AN staples rusting o/w G

£7.50

1926 Lake Hopatcong by Cela & Gaba Madrid 1973

150p 1st Capablanca; 2nd Kupcjik; 3rd Maroczy; 4th Marshall; 5th Ed. Lasker. Tournament & match records of the 5 players. All games lightly annotated with some diagrams 1st ed. SB VG+

£7.75

1926 Hannover 1926:: Berlin 1926 :: & Semmering 1926 Ed. Olms 1989

252p Facsimile copies of three 1st edition tournament books between 2 covers. Hannover was LN 5394 :: Berlin was LN.5392 :: Semmering was LN 5400: In total 11 photos & 226 annotated games with diagrams, exactly as in the originals. 4 photos of players. Blue buckam boards with bright gilt titles. In German F

£15.00

1926 Semmering 1926 by Dr. Robert Laseker Märisch-Ostrau (1934)

72pp

1st Spielmann; 2nd Alekhin; 3rd Vidmar; 4th Nimzowitsch; ; 5th Tartakower; 6th= Rubinstein & Tarrasch ahead of Janowski, Yates, Kmoch et al. 153 annotated games. 2 good photos. 1st edition. LN 5400. SB Binding tender with rusting staples. o/w G-

£30.00

1927 New York 1927 by Tartakower trans by C. Leach Caissa Books

38pp

1st Capablanca; 2nd Alekhin; 3rd Nimzowitsch; 4th Vidmar; 5th Spielmann; last Marshall. A world championship eliminator. 2 books were written on the event – one by Alekhin translated into English and another by Tartakower into Russian, which was rarely seen in the West. This is the translation. All 60 annotated games in figurine AN . X-table. SB. VG+

£12.00

1927 Games Played in the World’s Championship Match between Capablanca (Holder) & Alekhin (Challenger) (Buenos Aires)

Printing Craft 1st ed. 1928

45pp

Alekhin came 2nd in the previous tournament, thus winning the right to challenge the Cuban whose only title defence this was. All 34 gms annotated by Yates & Winter. . VG

£20.00

1927 World’s Championship Matches 1921 & 1927 Dover 1977 81pp Capa wins then loses the World title. All games annotated.

VG £7.00

1928 Berlin 1928 Das Internationale Schachmeisterturnier zur Hunderjahrfeier der Berliner Schachgesellschaft. (Centenary of the Berlin Chess Club) By K. Richter.

Berlin 1928

136pp

1st Nimzowitsch; 2nd Bogoljubow; 3rd Tartakower. 91 annotated games with diagrams. Good photos of players at the board inc. Bogoljubow; Tartakower; Nimzowitsch; Helling; Steiner; Johner & Stoltz; 1st ed. Original blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles. c. 10 small neat stamps “Ziimmermann Berlin” o/w internally clean & undamaged. LN 5418 VG-

£35.00

1928 Berlin 1928 Lachaga ‘70

50pp 1st Capablanca; 2nd Nimzowitsch; 3rd Spielmann; 4th Tartakower.Reti, Rubinstein, Marshall & Tarrasch also played. Mieses was tournament Director. 45 annotated games with no diagrams. X-table Typescript in German. Orange card covers. Ltd edition 260 copies VG+

£12.00

1928 Bad Kissingen by S. G. Tartakower 1st ed. Otto Levin ‘28

179p

1st Bogoljubow; 2nd Capablanca; 3rd= Euwe & Rubinstein; 5th Nimzowitsch; 6th Reti; 7th= Yates, Marshall & Tartakower; ahead of Tarrasch, Spielmann & Mieses. 66 annotated games most with diagrams. Good b&w group photo (with Yates listed as Yathes) & 4 of the venue. Original cloth boards with chessboard motif on front cover. LN 5424 VG+.

£65.00

1928 Budapest 1928 by F Chalupetzky & L. Toth Kecskemet ‘29

71pp

1st Capablanca; 2nd Marshall; 3rd= Kmoch & Spielmann. 5th= Vajda & Steiner ahead of 4 others. Foreword by Capablanca; Introduction by Hans Müller. 45 annotated games with diagrams. Hand-drawn gallery of the players & 2 photos of the venue. Grey cloth boards with blue cloth on corners & spine which has the title in gilt. One of the 1st books to use figurine algebraic, making it much easier to follow the game, even if the Hungarian notes are a bit more of a challenge. LN 5420 A clean, tight copy VG+

£50.00

1929 Games Played in the World’s Championship Match between Alekhine & Bogoljubow .


48pp

Alekhin’s 1st title defence. Played at 6 different venues starting with Wiesbaden. All 25 gms annotated by Yates & Winter. Insc. Front inside cover parting from endpaper o/w VG-

£12.00

1929 World Championship matches 1929 & 1934 Alekhine vs Bogoljubow Ed. Olms ‘83

302p A collection of 4 books in facsimile (a) Yates & Winter 1929; (b) Bogoljubow 1934. (c) Lasker 1934, & (d) Fine & Reinfeld 1934. Blue buckram boards F-

£25.00

1929 Carlsbad International Chess Tournament Dover 1981

146p Unabridged republication of the 1981 English translation of the original (Leningrad 1930) translated by Jim Marfia. 1st Nimzowitsch, 2nd= Capa & Spielmann; 4th Rubinstein;

£9.00

Others included Euwe, Bogoljubow, Maroczy, Yates & Vera Menchik. 30 annotated games. SB F

1930 San Remo 1930 by Robert Sherwood Caissa ed.’13

220p 1st Alekhine; 2nd Nimzowitsch; 3rd Rubinstein; 4th Bogolyubov; 5th Yates & 11 others. 120 annotated games. Loose photo of the group. Red cloth boards with gilt titles in the usual Caissa style. F+

£30.00

1930 San Remo 1930 Enroque!! ’43

384p

A series of monthly sections from the Argentinian magazine Enroque!! (Castling – from the root word “Rook”) Bound in yellow card by the publisher with the title San Remo 1930 El record de victorias del Dr. Alekhine, by Dr. J. Adolfo Seitz, who appears to be a key figure in the project, with a photo of him, There are other items as well, but San Remo is a thread that runs throughout. Top corner of cover & endpaper cut off & paper browning. G- Unusual.

£20.00

1930 Scarborough International Tournament Golombek ed. BCM (1962)

50pp 1st Colle; 2nd Maroczy; 3rd Rubinstein. 66 gms No analysis but round-by-round summaries. X-tables. PB. typescript. VG

£12.00

1930 Hamburg (3rd) Olympiad by Gillam

312p

18 teams of 4 (some with a reserve) played 600+ games to a tight schedule. The competition was fierce with 9 teams taking the lead at various times before Poland emerged the winner. Photos of most players; 380+ games, comprising all those known with contemporary annotations. SB F+

Gillam

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1931 Bled 1931: der Rekordsieg Dr. Aljechins (Dr. Alekhin’s Record Win) by Hans Müller 1st ed.

Wien 1932

105p

1st Alekhine 5½ pts clear of 2nd Bogoljubow; 3rd Nimzowitsch; 4th= Flohr, Kashadn, Stoltz & Vidmar ahead of 7 others. 182 games with annotations. X-table. Original orange card covers. LN 5444 3 staples rusting o/w G

£32.00

1932 London International Tournament 1932 London 1932

76pp

1st Alekhine; 2nd Flohr; 3rd= Kashan & Sultan Khan. 66 games annotated by Alekhine. Good portrait of winner. Intro by Hatton-Ward & scene-setting article by Du Mont. X-tables of Masters’, Reserves’ & Women’s sections. Original blue cloth boards. LN 5461 Clean copy VG

£30.00

1932 London International Chess Tournament Hardinge ‘03

76pp 66 annotated games. 1st Alekhine; 2nd Flohr ahead of Maroczy, Sultan Khan, Kashan et al. Facsimile of 1933 original. PB F+

£10.00

1932 Bern 1932 by Wilhelm Bonaker Bern 1932

183p

1st Alekhin; 2nd= Euwe & Flohr. 4th Sultan Khan; 5th= Boboljubow & Bernstein, ahead of 10 others. 120 annotated games.with diagrams. The main interest here was Sultan Khan’s 2nd visit to Europe where he entered several such tournaments and won the British Championship 3 times. X-tables for all sections. 1st edition. LN 5457 Pictorial yellow card covers. G+

£45.00

1933 Folkestone the 1933 International Team Tournament Leeds 1933

152p The 5th Olympiad -1st USA. 2nd Czchoslovakia; 3rd Sweden. 4th Poland. 16 teams competed. 142 gms annotated by Kashdan & a range of other masters, mostly American.

£30.00

Group photo of winning team. Insc. VG

1934 Ujpest 1934 (Budapest) by M. A. Lachaga Buenos Aires ‘46

64pp

1st Lilienthal; 2nd Pirc; 3rd= Flohr & Frydman; 5th= Eliskases & Stahlberg. 9 others also played of whom Sir G. A. Thomas came last. 120 games, some with notes by the players. X-table. LN5484. Typescript. Yellow card covers. Ltd. edition of which this is No. 94. G

1934 Bad Aachen The German Championships by Alfred Brinckmann Gruyter 1934

84pp 1st Carls; 2nd Reinhardt; 3rd Dr. Rodl. 29 annotated games with diagrams & a few episodes. X-table. LN 5472 Yellow card covers. 3 short handwritten footnotes o/w VG+

£30.00

1933/4 Hastings Masters’ Tournament Cordingly

23pp

Limited Edition of Tournament Books No. 4. It seems only c. 60 copies were produced of which this is No 44 which was one of 5 copies being sent to Fred Reinfeld, yet somehow returned to the UK. 1st Flohr. 2nd= Alekhine & Lilienthal. 4th= Alexander & Eliskases. Full list of subscribers included Sir George Thomas, Eliskases & R. F. Combe future surprise British champion. 45 games the annotations of which are a synthesis of those found in the Manchester Guardian, Chess, BCM and from some of the players involved. Preface signed “E. G. R. Cordingly”. Cream cloth boards. Clean copy & much sought after.

£50.00

1934 Games Played in the Return Match for the World’s Championship between Alekhin and Bogoljubow


72pp

26 games annotated by Lasker, after intro by Watts. LN 5094 Spine a little frayed top & bottom o/w G+

£20.00

1934 A. Alekhine vs E. D. Bogoljubow World’s Chess Championship 1934 Edited by Reinfeld & Fine.

McKay 1st ed.1934

56pp

Similar in size and scale to the UK version, though much higher production values. Original royal blue cloth with bright gilt lettering. Small neat Insc. o/w F

£27.00


Dover 1967

56pp Unabridged & unaltered republication of the original.SB VG+ £7.50


Dover 1967

Another copy VG £7.00

1934 A. Alekhine vs E. D. Bogoljubow World Championship 1934 Ed. Olms 1983

A reprint of the 3 editions of the tournament books published in London, Karlsruhe & Philadelphia, thus ensuring the best of each, in the way of analyses and observation, into one book. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. F

£25.00

1934 Alekhine vs Bogoljubow – Book of the World Championship match. by I. A.Horowitz & S. Cohen

Freeman Press NY 1934

35pp All 26 games annotated with diagrams. Errata slip pasted in. 1st ed. Green card covers.. LN 5093 VG

£25.00

1934/5 Hastings International by J. Schroeder

22pp 1st= Euwe, Thomas & Flohr. 4th Capablanca; 5th= Botvinnik & Lilienthal. 45 games with diagrams but minimal analysis. X-tables for all sections, Pink card covers. VG+

£6.50

1935 Bad Aachen The German Championships by Alfred Brinckmann Gruyter 1935

74pp 1st Richter; 2nd Ahues; 3rd Ernst; 4th Michel; 5th Engels + 10 others. 43 annotated games with diagrams. X-table. LN 5492..Yellow card covers. F-

£30.00

1935 Bad Nauheim by Paul Michel 2nd ed. 1957 1st Bogoljubow; 2nd= Engels & Eliskases; 4th Opocensky. 45

annotated games with diagrams. The 1st of 3 tournaments held in the town. X-table. Ltd. Edition of which this is No.254 Not in LN. Green card covers. VG

£25.00

1935 Moscow 1935 International Tournament trans. By J. Adams Caissa Ed.

356p 1st Bogoljubow, 2nd Lasker; 3rd Capablanca; 4th Marshall; 5th Tartakower; 6th Torre 7th Reti etc. etc. 21 competed. Notes by Botvinnik; Euwe; Levenfish, Lilienthal etc. 190 games annotated by a range of experts, with diagrams. Red cloth boards with gilt titles in the usual Caissa style. Low original print run hence scarce. AN F

£30.00

1935 Moscow 1935 Vol. 2 E. Cordingley

50pp

Limited Edition of Tournament Books No. 7 Vol. 2 Only 250 copies were produced of which this is No. 128 (C. Pirie). 1st= Flohr & Botvinnik; 3rd Lasker; 4th Capablanca. 95 games with annotations drawn from various contemporary sources inc. The Russian Daily Chess Bulletin. Blue cloth boards with powdery white residue on cover edges, which may be removable o/w G. Eminently collectable

£45.00

1936 Moscow 1936 E. Cordingley

49pp

Limited Edition of Tournament Books No. 10. 250 copies were printed, each numbered separately, of which this no. 6 (H. A. Pound – London), and signed E. G. R. Cordingly. Also a list of 68 subscribers. 1st Capablanca; 2nd Botvinnik; 3rd Flohr; 4th Lilienthal. Lasker out of the prizes, only winning 3 of his 18 games. 90 games with notes translated from the Russian paper “64”. Pale green cloth boards with paler patches o/w G. Highly collectable.

£50.00

1936 Schach-Olympia Munchen 1936 Part 1 Gruyter 1936

176p

Not a true Olympiad, but no German publisher of the time would demer, and nothing was spared with these 2 items. 70 annotated games with diagrams. X-tables. 5 photos. Pale cloth boards with title and de Gruyter logo in blue. Small insc. o/w VG

1936 Schach-Olympia Munchen 1936 Part 2 Gruyter 1936

192p 161 annotated games with diagrams. There was a problem competition for 2- 3 & 4 movers; and studies, with the 3 prizewinners in each section given here. Mansfield 1st in the 2-movers. 9 photos. Signature on endpaper of “E. G. R. Cordingly” Pale cloth boards into which some dust has become ingrained. Title and de Gruyter logo in blue. o/w VG

1936 Munich “Olympiad”. Gillam 2000

127p Held alongside the athletic Olympic Games and just as politically controversial. Several strong countries refused to participate as did strong players from the teams that did. 600 game scores. SB F+

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£12.00

1936 Nottingham International Chess Tournament Printing Craft ‘37

1st ed. with dark blue buckram boards.. . 1st= Capablanca & Botvinnik: 3rd= Euwe, Fine & Reshevsky. 111 games with diagrams deeply annotated by Alekhine. X-

291p tables & much background material. Gilt titles on spine & coat of arms on front cover have dulled o/w clean internally with no blemishes or marks, except for the signature on the title page “Dr. A. Alekhine 22/IV/1938” clear and bold.

£50.00

1936 Nottingham International Chess Tournament Printing Craft ‘37

291p

Another copy, which the original owner, B. H. Wood, had professionally rebound in blue cloth boards with leather corners & spine. The owner’s coat of arms and Ex Libris mark printed in gilt on the front cover. The blue cloth is a little rubbed at the point where it joins the leather o/w VG+ A unique copy.

£50.00

Another copy

291pp Unabridged and corrected republication of the 1937 original. 111 games annotated by Alekhine. Insc. G+

£10.00

1936 Nottingham 1936 by A. Alekhine Moscow ‘62

239pp A literal, word for word translation of Alekhine’s 1937 original. 105 games annotated in Russian. Even the diagrams are all in the same place. 3 photos & 3 caricatures have been added. Red cloth boards with pictorial cover. VG

£12.00

1936/7 Hastings International Caissa1992 55pp 1st Alekhine 2nd Fine 45 games in both notations with notes by

Alekhine, Fine, Euwe, Reinfeld et al. X-tables for all 3 sections. SB F+

£8.50

1937 Alekhine vs Euwe 1937 Cordingley ‘37

21pp

Limited Edition Number Fifteen. 80 copies were printed for subscribers of which this is No. 79, assigned to Thomas Olsen and signed “E. G. R. Cordingley”. The full list is on the back page. All 25 games with notes from “The Field” and further analysis by Euwe, Alekhine, Fine, Reshevsky, Maroczy, Eliskases and others. Card covers; Typescript. Beginning to show its age, but its all there. Cordingley’s Limited editions are highly sought after because of their scarcity – a valiant early attempt at desk top publishing.

£40.00

1937 The World’s Chess Championship 1937 – Official Account of the Games. Golombek ed.

Pitman 1st ed. 1938

203p Alekhine regains the crown. The 25 games occupy 160 pages, each player annotating their games with White. VG+

£20.00

1937 Alekhine vs Euwe – Return Match by M. M. Botvinnik Ch. Digest ‘73 102pp Translated from the Russian original of 1939.

SB AN Typescript staples rusted o/w VG

£12.00

1937 The Return Of Alekhine – Story of The Match by C. J. S. Purdy Parramatta ‘38

88pp

This is Purdy’s inimitable take on the re-match. All 30 games are annotated thoroughly and seriously enough, as befits a future World Correspondence Champion, with diagrams, photos, tournament records etc. The endpapers are somewhat browned, but a new cover in red cloth boards has been added which gives it a pleasing new look. Scarce item

£35.00

1938 A.V.R.O. BCM Classic Reprint No. 12 BCM 30pp Excellent photos of the 8 players, plus the bare scores of all games

and the contemporary reports from the BCM. PB AN VG

£8.00

1938 Boston 1938 The Championship of the American Chess Federation 1939

72pp 1st= Horowitz & Kashdan. 34 games selected and annotated by Reinfeld. Photos of the joint champions. Ten X-tables. The book doubles as a Yearbook for the Federation. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. G+

£20.00

1939/4 Euwe vs Keres Amsterdam ‘40

63pp They played a 14 game match, won by the Russian 7½-6½. This is the official report on the match, compiled by Euwe.

£15.00

Notable for the preponderance of the Ruy Lopez. SB LN 5135 Brown spots on pages edges o/w G-

1940 New York – US Championship by J. Hilbert Caissa 2002

209p

A first-rate tournament book for a strong US Championship in which Reshevsky just edged out Fine by 1/2 point. Kashdan was 3rd followed by Pinkus, Simonson, Denker, Kupchik, Bernstein, Polland, Reinfeld, Shainswit, Adams, Seidman, Green, Hanauer, Woliston, and Littman. Notes to most of the 136+ games are from contemporary sources, and Fritz 7 checked many of the critical positions. Good photos along with some games from the qualifying sections, brief biographies of the players plus some of their games from other events. Red cloth boards in Caissa Editions’ usual pleasing style. F+.

£35.00

1941 Munich by Alberto Becker Argentina 1946

198p 1st Stoltz: 2nd= Alekhine & Lundin. Pub. by Editorial Grabo. LN 5626. 120 annotated games. Blue cloth-covered boards with bright gilt titles, but paper is low wartime quality and has browned throughout o/w VG.

£35.00

1941 Mar del Plata 1941 Por Luis Palau Argentina 1941

298p

1st Stahlberg; 2nd Najdorf; 3rd Eliskases; 4th= Engels & Frydman; 6th Czerniak ahead of 12 others inc. Sonja Graf. 153 annotated games with diagrams. Good b&w photos of groups & the top players. Pictorial card covers. LN 5625. Signed on title page “Luis Palau”.. Paper has browned with age o/w G-

£40.00

1942 Mar del Plata Quinto Torneo Internacional De Ajedrez by Dr. Karel Skalicka & Milciades A. Lachaga. Circulo La Regance

Argentina 1946

65pp

1st Najdorf; 2nd= Pilnik & Stahlberg ahead of 15 others inc. Pelikan, Guimard & Czerniak.153 game scores. X-tables & fully indexed. Cream card covers. Typescript. Limited edition of which this is No. 89. LN 5632. Signed by Milciades.A. Lachaga G

£40.00

1943 Salzburg 1943 & the encounters between Keres & Alekhine Lachaga ‘74

54pp

1st= Alekhine & Keres; 3rd Schmidt; 4th Bogoljubow; 5th Foltys & 6th Rellstab.All 30 games annotated. The 2nd section contains 14 annotated games played between Keres & Alekhine from 1935 – ’43. Card covers. Ltd. Ed. of 320 copies. In German. VG+

£18.00

1943 Mar del Plata 1943 Sexto Torneo Internacional De Ajedrez. by Dr. K. Skalicka & Milciades A. Lachaga Editado Por El Circulo La Regence

Buenos Aires’43

60pp

1st Najdorf; 2nd Stahlberg; 3rd Michel; 4th Rossetto; 5th Pilnik; 6th= Czerniak, Guimard & Pelikan ahead of 6 others. 91 annotated games. X-tables & fully indexed. Neat inscription inside front cover reads thus :- “To Baruch H. Wood Esq., M.Sc. F.C.S. Reciprocating your kind regards and wishes please accept this modest work from which I hope you will derive full enjoyment. Milciades A. Lachaga Xmas 1943. Ltd edition of which this is No. 019. LN 5639. Pale brown card covers. VG+

£60.00

1944 Mar Del Plata 1944 Septimo Torneo Internacional De Ajedrez. by Dr. K. Skalicka & Milciades A. Lachaga

104p

1st= Najdorf & Pilnik; 3rd= Guimard & Michel; 5th Stahberg ahead of 11 others. 120 annotated games with diagrams. X-tables & fully indexed. Editado Por El Circulo La Regence. Limited edtion of which this is No. 20. Inscription “To my dear friend Baruch H. Wood with best compliments Bs Aires – 25 – X - 44 Milciades A. Lachaga. Pictorial cover. LN5650. VG+

£60.00

1945 Ventnor City Invitational Championship, New Jersey. Jack Spence

41 pp Spence Limited Editions Vol. XXX Only 125 copies were produced of which this is copy no.20. 1st Weaver W. Adams; 2nd Santasiere. 45 games lightly annotated. Blue A4 sized card covers. Comb bound Typescript. VG Scarce item

£40.00

1946 Groningen International Chess 1949

164pp

1st Botvinnik; 2nd Euwe; 3rd Smyslov: 4th= Najdorf & Szabo; 6th= Flohr & Boleslavsky ahead of 13 others. 190 annotated games with diagrams. The early post-war stirrings of international chess. Analyses by Euwe. Commentaries by Kmoch. X-table & index. Dark green cloth boards. VG

£27.00

1946 Prague by H. Golombek Chess (‘51)

115pp 1st Najdorf. Pachman, Gligoric & Kottnauer also played. 91 annotated gms. AN Not in LN or Betts. Small neat Insc. Slight foxing to endpapers o/w VG

£35.00

1946 Prague by H. Golombek Chess (’51) 115pp Another copy signed “H. Golombek” VG £35.00

1946 Buenos Aires 1946 Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez del Circulo La Regence

Lachaga 1946 Buenos Aires

48pp

1st= Letelier & Skalicka. 3rd Feigins; 4th Pelikan. 28 games annotated by the players. No diagrams. Typescript. No. 020. Inscr. “To Mr. Baruch H. Wood, the recent Vice champion of Great Britian – with best compliments – Buenos Aires August 29 1946” and signed by a member of the Lachaga family (not clear exactly who) LN 5676 Brown card covers. VG

£25.00

1946 Nottingham British Championship & Congress Wood ed. et al Chess 1946

156p 1st Combe - the biggest upset in the history of the event. 66 Championship gms annotated by Konig & 80 other gms. Photos. Tables of all sections. AN. Ex Libris plate. o/w VG

£12.50

1946 London: the “Sunday Chronicle” Chess Tournament Chess (‘46)

106p

Section A: 1st Steiner; Section B: 1st Euwe. 132 game scores. LN 5687. Many photos & evocative cartoons of competitors playing in hats, coats & scarves in bitter January weather. Article on the Spanish prodigy, ‘Boy’ Pomar, who was something of a sensation at the time. AN VG

£10.00

1946 “Staunton” International Tournament at Groningen Ed. Olms 1990

382p

20 players of whom were 1st Botvinnik; 2nd Euwe; 3rd Smyslov; Facsimile of the original tournament book (in German) by Euwe & Hans Kmoch. 190 games fully annotated. Photos of all players. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles behind the DW. AN F-

£30.00

1946/7 Hastings Schaakcitadel 1946- 1947 by H. Kmoch & Lod Prins Amsterdam ‘47

97pp

The original edition which B. H. Wood adapted for his own English edition. The few corrections here may be his own notes for the typesetter, e.g. an index to where the games

may be found is only in the UK version. However, this is HB with a pleasingly designed front cover. 14 small photos of previous winners. 45 games + 16 games by previous champions 1st ed. LN 5701 VG.

£18.00

1946/7 Hastings Congress by Kmoch & Prins Chess 96pp 45 games & 14 small photos of previous champions in

Wood’s more utilitarian edition. SB LN 5702

£12.00

1947 Great Britain v USSR (over the board) London 1949

54pp

Ed. William Winter. Introduction by Lionel Penrose, President of the Anglo-Soviet Chess Circle. He gives sketches of all players in both teams, including, poignantly, the 18th year old Gordon Crown who here beat Kotov and 4 weeks later died following a routine operation for appendicitis. “A player of the highest genius”. 20 games annotated by Levenfish. 2 photos of the opening ceremony. SB with decorative front cover. Not in LN. Scarce item VG

£30.00

1947 Orszagos Magyar Sakkbajnoksag (Hungarian Chess Championship)

Kecskemet ‘48

68pp

By Barcza & Szily. 1st Barcza 2nd= Benko & Szily 4th= Laszlo & Szabo ahead of 10 others. X-tables. 54 annotated games with diagrams. Rd-by-Rd pairings with results; openings; no. of moves. Short notes on all the players. LN5705. Pleasingly bound in HB VG+ Scarce item

£30.00

1947 Mar Del Plata 1947 by Dr Karel Skalicka Buenos Aires ‘

340p 1st Najdorf; 2nd Stahlberg; 3rd A. Eliskases; 4th Pilnik; 5th= Euwe & Bolbochan. 18 competed. 153 games. Consists of a series of 7 monthly issues of the magazine El Ajedrez Argentino in which the main focus is this tournament, and all bound into one book. Stamped No. 112. LN 4713. SB VG

£20.00

1947 The Czechs In Britain Ritson-Morry ed. Chess 1947

77pp

10 player – double round won 12-8 by the visitors. All games annotated by the players involved. Morry, a solicitor, cannot resist relating the internal politics behind the book’s creation. PB Frail but serviceable.

£5.00

1948 The World Chess Championship 1948 by Golombek 1st ed. Bell 1949

227pp The 1st championship to be decided by a tournament as opposed to a match. Botvinnik won ahead of Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres & Euwe. 50 annotated gms & biographies of contestants. DW VG

£12.00

1948 The World Chess Championship 1948 by Golombek 1st ed. Bell 1949 Another copy. some foxing to endpapers. Insc. “J. A. Fuller”.o/w G £9.00

1948 49th United States Open Championship – Baltimore, Maryland. Jack Spence

41pp

Spence Limited Editions Vol. XV1. Only 110 copies were produced of which this is no. 43. 1st Weaver W. Adams 2nd= Kashdan, Kramer & Ulvestad. 180 game scores. X-tables. Blue A4-sized card covers. Comb bound. Typescript. VG Scarce

£40.00

1949 3rd Torneo Internazionale di Scacchi Venezia 1949 Venice 1950

215pp 1st Szabo; 2nd Rossolimo; 3rd Prins; 4th Gligoric. Ahead of 12 others. Intro by Turcato in Italian. 120 games annotated by Hans Müller in German. Good b&w photos & caricatures. X-table. HB. Artistic DW. Errata slip. X-tables. VG+

£12.00

1950 Budapest World Candidates Tournament Cordingley

72pp

This is No. 18 in Cordingley’s Limited Edition of Tournament Books Copy No. 140. List of subscribers & an explanatory editorial. 90 games with analysis cull from various sources but

£40.00

not BCM or Chess. Green covered boards with title in gilt. E. G. R. Cordingley was a pioneer of desk top publishing and his output is highly collectable today. VG

1950 Wereldschaak- Toernooi - Amsterdam 1950 by Euwe & Prins Lochem 1951

280p 1st Najdorf; 2nd Reshenvsky; 3rd Stahlberg; 4th= Gligoric & Pirc ahead of 15 others. 1st ed. with original brown cloth boards & bright gilt titles. 4 clear b&w photos. 190 annotated games with diagrams. LN 5791 F

£50.00

1951 The World Chess Championship 1951 by Winter & Wade 1st ed. Turnstile ‘51 133pp Botvinnik vs Bronstein. 24 annotated gms. VG £12.50

1951 The World Chess Championship 1951 by Winter & Wade 1st ed. Turnstile ‘51 Another copy with front endpaper excised o/w VG £10.00

1951 The World Chess Championship 1951 - Botvinnik v Bronstein. 1st ed. Turnstile ‘51 133pp 24 gms analysed by authors Winter & Wade who was present

throughout and gave eye witness reports. 4 photos. Slight foxing on DW and endpapers o/w VG

£12.50

1951 The World Chess Championship 1951 - Botvinnik v Bronstein. 1st ed. Turnstile ‘51 133pp Another copy missing DW G+ £10.00

1951 60 Years In The Same Room - A History of the Paignton Congress 1951

– 2011. Keverel 20

157pp

60 games – 1 from every year with 80 photographs, 4 in colour & 10 portraits of Paignton Personalities. Also a 200 yr. history of the Singer family, whose former home hosted this event. . SB F+

£5.00

1952 Budapest 1952 – Maroczy Memorial Tournament by Golombek BCM

84pp 1st Keres; 2nd Geller 3rd= Botvinnik, Smyslov & Stahlberg. 153 games annotated in AN. X-tables SB G

£15.00

1952 Hollywood International pub. California Chess Reporter 1952 62pp 1st Gligoric; 2nd Pomar; 3rd Steiner; 4th= Dake & Joyner. 45 game

scores, most with analysis & diagrams.. X-tables. 9 “action photos” by Nancy Roos. Typescript. LN 5853 Yellow card covers. VG

£20.00

1953 Zurich International Candidates Chess Tournament 1953 by Bronstein. Translation of the corrected 2nd Russian (1960) ed. by Jim Marfia. SB

Dover 1979

349pp 1st Smyslov: 2nd= Bronstein, Keres & Reshevsky. 210 annotated games. SB VG+

£11.00

1953 Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 Snowball 2012 349p A 2012 reprint of Bronstein’s original (see above) SB F £12.00

1953 The Chess Struggle In Practice - Lessons From The Famous Zurich Candidates Tournament 1953 by Bronstein. 1st UK ed.

Batsford 1980

527pp Trans. Oscar Freedman; Ed. Burt Hochburg. Introduction by Max Euwe. DW VG+

£20.00

1953 World Championship Candidates’ Tournament (Zurich) B. Wood Chess 1954

329p Smyslov emerged as Botvinnik’s challenger ahead of 14 great names. 210 annotated gms. 44 photos. Originally published as supplements to Chess, here bound in blue cloth boards. VG-.

£12.00

1953 World Championship Candidates by W. Winter & D. Hooper Gillam ‘53

96pp 210 games most with notes by the authors. Intro & overview by Winter. Probably the first publication on the market of this event. Certainly an early title from The Chess Player. Large format. Typescript. Original card covers. LN 5871 VG

£20.00

1953 Budapest. A IX Magyar Sakkbajnoksag by L. Szabo Kecskemet ‘54

128pp 120 games, mostly annotated & a few diagrams. 1st Sandor; 2nd Kluger; 3rd= Barcza & Tipary. White card covers with blind-

stamped design. X-tables of 3 previous tournaments in this series. LN

1953 V Torneo Scacchistico Internazionale Venezia by Dr. E. Paoli Reggio E 1954 95pp 1st Canal; 2nd= Castaldi & Schmid; 4th= Bhend & Kinzel ahead

of 9 others. 91 annotated games some with diagrams. X-tables, openings index etc. Group photo & portrait of Canal. Paoli played, wrote the book and appears to have designed the artistic cover. Card covers. G+ Not in LN Scarce item

£25.00

1954 Ninth Biennial United States Championship - New York Jack Spence

38pp Spence Limited Editions Vo. X111. Only 100 copies were produced of which this is No. 97. 1st Bisguier 2nd Larry Evans. 91 games some lightly annotated. X-tables Blue A4 sized card covers. Comb bound Typescript. VG Very scarce item

£40.00

1954 2nd Hollywood Pan-American Championship Jack Spence

35pp

Spence Limited Editions Vol. X1V Only 130 copies were produced of which this is No. 25. 1st Bisguier; 2nd Larry Evans; 3rd Rossolimo. 145 games some annotated. X-tables Blue A4-sized card covers. Comb bound Typescript. VG scarce item

£40.00

1954 IIIrd International Student Chess Tournament – Oslo. Prague 1954

46pp

1st /10 Czechoslovakia; 2nd Soviet Union 4th England. 7 photos inc. one of Peter Clarke as a student. 18 annotated games with diagrams. This is thought to be the 1st of what was to become a series of booklets by Sajtar of this annual event, so will be the scarcest of this collectible series. In English. PB. VG.

£25.00

1954 World Chess Championship 1954 (Moscow) by Golombek 1st ed. 1954 McGibbon

166pp All 24 gms between Botvinnik & Smyslov annotated by the author after consultation with the players, who provided foreword & postscript. Protected DW VG+

£12.00

1954/5 Trophy Chess – the Lessing Rosenwald Tournament New York Scribners NY ‘56

116pp

1st Reshevsky; 2nd Evans; 3rd Bisguier; 4th D. Byrne; 5th Sherwin; 6th Kramer. All 30 games annotated with diagrams by Evans. Pale cloth boards with pale patches o/w good & sound internally. G

£15.00

1954/7 Botvinnik vs Smyslov – 3 World Championship Matches 1954; 1957; 19598

NIC 2009

287pp 69 games in total all annotated by Botvinnik, with diagrams. “The pinnacle of mid-20th century chess”. SB VG+

1955 IInd World Student Championship - Lyons Prague 1955 63pp 1st USSR (Taimanov; Spassky; Antoshin; Suetin) Games with

notes, diagrams, tables & photos. PB with staples rusting o/w G+

£25.00

1955 Gothenburg FIDE Interzonal.

66pp 1st Bronstein; 2nd Keres; 3rd Panno; 4th Petrosian; 5th Geller; 6th= Spassky, Pilnik & Filip. 210 game scores in AN & typescript. Photos of the 1st 4. Cloth-backed boards with title on spine i.e.Interzonala Turneringen 1 Göteborg 1955.

£18.00

1955 22nd USSR Championship by H. Golombek BCM 1955

91pp

1st= Smyslov & Geller & Geller won the 7 game tie-break. X-ta bles for the 3 regional semi finals in Erevan, Gorky & Leningrad are given, and 197 games from the 20 man final. Frustratingly for future generations, the book gives no information about the month, year or venue and neither does BCM in its 3 reports on the event. AN Card covers. Typescript. VG

£15.00

1955 U.S.S.R. vs Hungary Chess 1955 Teams of 4 picked from pools of 5. Bronstein; Keres;

24pp Petrosian; Ilivitsky & Mikenas against Szabo; Barcza; Benko; Bilek & Kluger. The Russians winning 20-12. 32 game scores. Red card covers, Small format. AN VG

£3.50

1955 Johannesburg Internatonal 1955 by Heidenfeld & Dreyer Cape Town ‘55

44pp The 1st international chess tournament held in S. Africa. 1st= Heidenfeld & Dreyer. 3rd Euwe ahead of 5 others. All games annotated with diagrams. 6 b&w photos of players. Small format. Grey card covers. 2 staples rusting o/w G+

£20.00

1955 Höechst am Main - German Chess Championship Hoechst 1956

94pp

1st Darga; 2nd Lothar Schmidt; 3rd Pieffer ahead of 13 others. 120 annotated games most with diagrams. X-table & fully indexed. 2 b&w group photos, 1 formal & 1 informal. & one of Darga at the board. Cream card covers with pictorial DW Numbered 782. VG+

£18.00

1956 IIIrd World Student Championship – Uppsala, Sweden Prague 1956

56pp 1st Group 1 USSR; 1st Group 2 Iceland. Games with notes, diagrams, tables & photos. PB with staples rusting o/w VG

£25.00

1957 4th World Student Championship – Reykjavik, Iceland. Prague 1957 59pp 1st USSR (Tal; Spassky; Polugajevski; Gurgenidze). 9th England;

(Persitz; Martin: Davis; Gray). PB with annotated games, tables, photos etc. PB VG

£22.00

1957 World Chess Championship 1957 (Moscow) by Golombek 1st ed. McGibbon 144pp All games. Exact repeat of the 1954 final: same venue, players,

author, publisher, book format and result. HB VG

£12.00

1957 World Chess Championship 1957 Another copy with nibbled DW; tape marks on endpapers & some

light foxing on page edges. o/w G

£10.00

1957 24th USSR Championships by P. H. Clarke BCM Quarterly No. 1 BCM

120pp 1st Tal: 2nd Bronstein; 3rd Keres; 4th Spassky. 251 games scores annotated to varying depths. X-charts of the 3 preceding semi-finals. BCM Quarterly No. 1 Card covers. AN VG+

£24.00

1957 Dallas 1957 by Jack Spence Gillam

20pp 1st= Gligoric & Reshevsky. 3rd= Larsen & Szabo. 56 game scores with a few inter-round comments. X-tables. SB. Large format. Typescript. G Scarce item

£8.50

1958 Smyslov – Botvinnik – The Return Match by Botvinnik Moscow ‘60

136p

After the previous year’s tied match, this was the eagerly anticipated re-match, with Botvinnik probably the underdog until Smyslov lost the 1st 2 games. This is the original Russian SB re-bound in thick card. The original paper was thin quality. All games annotated with diagrams. G-

£10.00

1958 Interzonal Tournament Portoroz by Alan S. Russell ISHI 2013 58pp 210 game scores plus round-by-round results.Typescript. F £10.00

1958 Interzonal Tournament Portoroz BCM Quarterly No. 2 BCM 60pp 1st Tal; 2nd Gligoric. Intro by A. S. Russell. 210 games

scores in typescript; SB VG £15.00

1958 5th World Student Championship - Golden Sands; Bulgaria Prague 1958 61pp Group A 1st USSR (Tal; Spassky; Gurgenidze; Gipslis); Group B

1st Romania. 25 annotated games with diagrams, lists, photos etc. PB VG

£22.00

1958 59th United States Open Championship - Rochester Minnesota Jack Spence

45pp Spence Limited Editions Vol. XX1V. Only 135 copies were produced of which this is no. 21. 1st Cobo-Arteaga; 2nd= Larry Evans, D. Byrne & Steinmeyer. 178 game scores. X-

£40.00

tables Blue A4 sized card covers. Comb bound Typescript. VG Scarce item

1958 Milwaukee Championships, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack Spence

35pp

Spence Limited Edtions Vol. XXV11 Only 200 copies were produced of which this is No. 132. 1st Pal Benko; 2nd Otteson; 3rd D. Byrne. 138 game scores. X-tables Blue A4 sized card covers. Comb bound. Typescript. VG Scarce item

£40.00

1959 4th Candidates’ Tournament – Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Golombek Hardinge

291pp Originally published as BCM Quarterly No. 3. This edition 2009 with Dr. D. Regis as Editor and much new material; diagrams, indices, charts, photos etc. 1st of 8 was Tal, while Fischer languished in 5th. Signed. SB F-

£12.00

1959 4th Candidates’ Tournament – Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Belgrade ‘60

303p By Gligoric & Ragozin. Good full page photo portraits and amusing caricatures of all players. Many photos & charts. In Cyrillic. The original book of the tournament. HB. Cheap quality paper browning in places and endpapers foxed. G-

£10.50

1959 4th Candidates’ Tournament (Yugoslavia) by Golombek BCM 118p 1st Tal; 2nd Keres; 3rd Petrosian. 112 annotated gms. PB VG £10.00

1959 Candidates Tournament Bled:: Zagreb :: Beograd 1959 Ed. Olms ‘87 320p Facsimile of the German edition of the Gligoric & Ragozin

work. Blue buckram boards with bright gilt titles. F

£15.00

1959 Candidates Tournament Bled:: Zagreb :: Beograd

303p The Russian edition – originally SB but a HB added by previous owner. Original charts, photos & amusing caricatures retained. In Cyrillic. G-

£6.50

1959 6th World Student Championship Budapest; Hungary Prague 1959 66pp 1st Bulgaria 7th England (J. Penrose; P. H.Clarke; P. C. Gibbs;

Lloyd). 26 annotated games with diagrams, tables, etc. PB VG

£22.00

1959 York Chess Congress & British Championship 1959 Chess 63pp 1st Penrose after 3-way play-off. All game scores + several photos.

SB VG

£9.00

1959 VIth World Student Chess Championship – Budapest by Sajtar Prague

66pp Teams of 4. 1st Bulgaria; 2nd USSR; 3rd Hungary. England led by Penrose & Clarke. Round-by-round summaries + annotated gms. Photos, diagrams & X-tables. PB AN VG

£20.00

1960 Sarajevo International Chess Tournament. 1960 Official Bulletin Sarajevo 23pp 1st= Pachman & Puc. Larsen & Pirc also played. 66 gms. Loose

errata slip included. Some marginalia. PB AN G

£5.00

1960 Tal – Botvinnik 1960 Match for the World Championship by Tal Interstate 1970

187pp Tal’s own story of his victory over the Champion, trans. by H. Russell. All gms annotated & background insights. SB spine rubbed o/w G

£10.00

Another copy with more wear to card covers.0/w basically intact. £8.00

1960 7th World Student Championship by Sajtar Prague 68pp Played in Leningrad (led by Spassky). 1st USA (led by Lombardy);

2nd USSR. Same book formula as previous year. PB AN VG

£20.00

1960 VII Championnat Du Monde Universitaire D’Echecs Prague 68pp As above, but in French £20.00

1960 Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match by Tal USA 1970 188pp All 20 games from the match, won by Tal, plus 53 supplementary

ones. PB VG

£10.00

1960-1 Hastings International BCM

42pp 1st Gligoric 2nd Bondarevsky. 45 game scores & X-tables for all sections. SB typescript. VG+

£10.00

1961 Israel’s Second International Tournament Nathanya ‘61

58pp

14 players of whom 1st Matulovic; 2nd Trifunovic; 3rd Czerniak; 4th Kraidman; 5th Raaphu Persitz. 91 games annotated in varying depth by Czerniak. Small photo of each player. PB AN Insc. “With best wishes, Raaphy – August 1961” G

£12.00

1961 Botvinnik vs Tal – Return Match for the World Championship. Ed. Olms 126pp By Igor Botvinnik. All games annotated with diagrams & match

table. PB figurine AN VG+

£10.00

1961 8th World Student Team Championship - Helsinki by Sajtar Prague

70pp 1st USSR (Stein; Bagirov; Gufeld; Hodos). 2nd USA (Lombardy; Weinstein; Sherwin; Mednis). 26 annotated games & 30 photos, plus charts, lists, etc. AN PB VG+

£20.00

1961 Another copy with cover intact but scuffed G £15.00

1962 30th U.S.S.R. Championship - Erevan by Leonard Barden Gillam 90pp 190 gms with intros to most. P.1/2 missing with its 4 games

o/w G £6.50

1962 9th World Student Team Championship - Marianski Lazne by Sajtar

Prague

92pp

Group A: 1st USSR (Spassky; Gufeld; Bagirov;Savon). Group B 1st Holland 2nd England. 25 annotated games, 31 photos, plus lists, charts, diagrams etc. AN PB VG

£20.00

1963 Botvinnik V Petrosian World Championship by M. M. Botvinnik NIC 2010 142p A new champion is crowned, and Botvinnik reveals his

mindset throughout the match. All 22 games annotated by both men. SB VG+

£12.00

1963 Leningrad – 31st USSR Championship BCM 95pp 196 games. 1st= Spassky, Cholmov & Stein. X-tables of all

events from 1931 – 1963. Typescript. Figurine AN. PB VG

£10.00

1963 Piatigorsky Cup - Los Angeles Gillam 64pp 1st= Keres & Petrosian. 56 games annotated by Owen

Hindle. SB AN typescript. X-table. A few notes on inside of front cover o/w G.

£6.50

1964 XVI Chess Olympiad – Tel Aviv ICF 1966

184p

1st USSR 2nd Yugoslavia 3rd German F. R. (How things have changed!). 165 games. 38 photos. The significance of hosting this prestigious event was not lost on the Israelis and they put every effort into the organisation and this memorial book which is a quality production as these things go. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt titles. VG+

£36.00

1964 11th World Student Team Championship - Krakow by Sajtar Prague

83pp

Group A 1st USSR (Pele; Chodos; Savon; Kapengut). Group B 1st Romania; 2nd England (Hollis; Rumens; Lee; Richardson). The day off consisted of a visit to Auschwitz in order to impress young minds. 25 annotated games & 26 photos. Charts, lists diagrams etc. PB AN VG

£20.00

1964 Another copy, identical, but in French £20.00

1965 12th World Student Team Championship – Romania by Sajtar Prague

81pp Group A 1st USSR (Savon; Hodos; Anoshin; Sipov). Group B: 1st Bulgaria. 24 annotated games & 27 photos. PB AN VG

£20.00

1965 Bognor Regis International BCM

40pp 1st O’Kelly 2nd N. Littlewood. 98 games in AN. 27 small photos. SB VG

£10.00

1966 13th World Student Team Championship – Orebro – Sweden by Sajtar

Prague

95pp

Group A – 1st USSR (Savon; Kusmin; Gulko; Tukmakov). 7th England (Lee; Basman; Hartston; Keene). Group B 1st Sweden. 25 annotated games & 40 photos plus charts, lists, diagrams etc. plus results of all previous tournaments in the series. AN PB VG

£20.00

1966 Second Piatigorsky Cup Santa Monica I. Kashdan ed. Dover 1977 228p 1st Spassky 2nd Fischer. All 90 games annotated by the

GMs involved. 14 photos of the players SB a little creased o/w VG

£7.50

1967 Moscow 1967 – 50th Anniversary Tournament Ch. Player ‘67 40pp 1st Stein. All games in AN & typescript. Summary by

Cafferty. £4.75

1967 Leningrad 1967 – 50th Anniversary Tournament. Ch. Player ‘67

34pp 1st Korchnoi. 136 game scores. Tells the story of how the Botvinnik generation had passed by this time, and the drama of how Gideon Stahlberg took part in the drawing of lots, but died before play began. Typescript SB AN VG

£4.95

1967 Sousse International 1967

46pp It carries no indication as to who published this, although it has a pictorial SB cover. X-table & 241 game scores in typescript. Openings index. Scarce item G

£10.00

1967 Sousse Interzonal 1967 R. G. Wade ed. Ch. Player ‘68

207p 24 players on the World Championship trail. 1st Larsen with Fischer at the centre of much controversy, well documented here. 260 games with diagrams & some annotated. Photos. Small format SB VG

£15.00

1967 14th World Student Team Championship – Harrachov - Czechoslovakia

Prague

91pp

1st USSR; 2nd USA: 3rd England (Basman;Hartston; Keene & Whiteley). Annotated games & photos, plus results of all previous years. AN PB VG

£20.00

1967 Hale 1967 also Monte Carlo 1967 FIDE 1967

107p

Cover bears the FIDE logo and the booklet actually contains 2 tournaments, though only mentions Hale on the cover. Monte Carlo: 1st Fischer; 2nd Smyslov; 3rd= Geller & Larsen. ahead of 6 others. 41 game scores. Halle/Saale (Germany) 1st Portisch; 2nd Hort; 3rd= Matulovic & Uhlmann ahead of 16 others. X-tables for both. Typescript; AN Pictorial SB. G+

£12.00

1968 Candidates Matches 1960 Gillam 1970 245p All games analysed by experts at the time. Good photos &

better cartoons of players. SB G+

£7.25

1968 15th World Student Team Championship - Austria Prague

98pp The written records are becoming more substantial as the years go by and this one continues that process – familiar in design but more games, photos & analysis. England comprised Hartston, Keene; Whiteley; Wright & Patterson. PB AN VG

£20.00

1968 11th Sarajevski Sahovski Turni Sarajevo 39pp 1st= Ciric & Lein. 120 gms & X-table in typescript. PB. AN VG £7.25

1969 37th USSR Championship 1st= Petrosian & Polugayevsky. Chess Player 176pp 258 games. Inter-round summaries by Cafferty from Russian

sources. Typescript; photos; Small SB VG £12.00

1969 16th World Student Team Championship - Dresden Prague 95pp 1st USSR; 2nd Yugoslavia; England 6th . PB AN VG £20.00

1971 18th World Student Team Championship - Puerto Rico Prague

72pp 1st USSR; 2nd USA; 3rd CANADA! The venue meant that of the smaller countries only Austria from mainland Europe took part. AN PB VG

£20.00

1971 Siegen Chess Olympiad by Keene & Levy Chess

249pp 1st USSR; 2nd Hungary. 25th/60 England. 124 annotated games & 63 photos plus much gossip. Blue cloth boards a little tired but the paper’s top quality, o/w VG

£10.00

1971 Berlin 1971 & Fischer vs Petrosian (Buenos Aires) by Gillam & Levy Ch. Player ‘71 36pp 235 gms with language-less analysis. Good photos. PB AN VG £5.00

1971 19th World Student Team Championship Graz - Austria Prague

95pp Karpov led the USSR team to victory ahead of Hungary, E. Germany & USA. The English team comprised Botterill; Markland; Eales; Stean & Perkins. The usual mix of games, photos, charts etc. AN PB VG

£20.00

1971 Candidates Matches 1971 – Russian comment on Fischer’s Victories Ch. Player ‘72 198pp By Bernard Cafferty, All games annotated using Soviet

sources throughout. Diagrams. SB VG

£7.00

1971 72nd U.S. Open Championship in Ventura CA by Jack Spence Gillam

130pp

This was unexpectedly hi-profile on the back of Fischer’s activities elsewhere and attracted 400 players, from which 383 game scores were rescued & recorded herein. 1st= Browne & Evans. 3rd Reshevsky; 4th Kavalek; 5th Lombardy etc. right down to No. 400 Jo Friedman ½ pt. (No-one’s missed out!) Diagrams & photos VG

£10.00

1972 The Barnstaple Open Welch & Clarke ed. Hexagon 1972 75pp 67 gms. 1st = Bellin & Argyris. G £6.00

1972 Robert Fischer & Borys Spasski Reykiawik 1972. by R. Frey & S Witkowski.

170p All games annotated in Polish.with added cartoons. SB G £20.00

1972 Fischer Versus Spassky – The Inside Story by Golombek 1st ed. Barrie 1973

138p All gms annotated with much background material by Golombek, a man on the inside. Intro by Arthur Koestler. DW. Paper yellowed as is common o/w VG.

£4.75

1972 Fischer Versus Spassky – The Inside Story by Golombek 1st ed. Times Another copy – the PB version G+ £4.00

1972 Fischer V Spassky: The Chess Match of the Century Fontana ‘72 127p All games annotated. Paper yellowing; 1 mark on endpaper

o/w G £4.75

1972 Fischer v. Spassky Reykjavik 1972 by C. H. O’D Alexander Penguin ‘72

144p All gms annotated. Background material + Photos & evocative drawings by Foreman. High quality from a top publisher. Large format. PB VG

£9.00

1972 The Fischer-Spassky Games – by Reshevsky Edinburgh 128p All 21 games annotated with diagrams. £4.75

1972 Fischer – Spassky - The Chess Match of the Century by Gligoric Fontana 128p SB VG £4.75

1972 Spassky versus Fischer by Peter Clarke Hexagon ‘72 70pp Good all-round survey of the run-up to the match & the

games. One of the scarcer books on the match. SB VG

£6.00

1972 Bobby Fischer’s Conquest of the World Chess Championship Bell

by Fine 294p 92pp lead-up to the match before Section 2 examines the

games. DW. Front endpaper excised o/w G

£9.50

1972 The Sporting Scene: White Knights of Reykjavik by G. Steiner 1st UK ed

Faber 1973

67pp No gms, this is an erudite examination of the psychological issues surrounding the match. DW VG+

£12.00

1972 Both Sides of the Chessboard by R. Byrne & Ivo Nei Batsford ‘74

211p

Authors were seconds to each combatant and used this to put the games and politics in perspective. 74pp on the Taimanov, Larsen & Petrosian matches before the Spassky final. Intro by Euwe. DW protected by clear plastic cover VG+

£10.00

1972 Skopje Olympiad 1972 by A. Matanovic Beograd 212p The official book of the tournament. Many games Informator

style. Also charts, lists, & 84 (!) large photos. AN DW VG

£9.75

1972 San Antonio – Church’s Fried Chicken 1972 Gillam 28pp 1st= Karpov; Petrosian; Portisch. 4th Gligoric. 112 annotated

games, some with diagrams. X-table. Figurine AN; SB G

£4.25

1972 HongKong 1972 FIDE Zone 10 Championship (comprises New Zealand to Japan & China).. by Hasan & Campomanes

HongKong’72

67pp

1st Torre; 2nd= Kan, Tan & Fuller ahead of 7 others. 55 games lightly annotated. X-tables. Map of the area covered. 25 b&w photos showing all players in action. SB VG

£7.50

1973 The European Team Championship Bath 1973 Keene 1st ed. Batsford ‘74

199p

8 teams of 8 competed. 1st USSR (losing only 2 of their 56 gms); 2nd Yugoslavia; 3rd Hungary; All 224 gms annotated. DW Insc. VG

£9.75

1973 72nd United States Open Championship – Ventura California Spence

130p Published by The Chess Player. 1st= Walter Browne & Larry Evans 3rd Reshevsky. 383 games from all sections. X-tables & small photos of some players. Small format. SB AN VG

£10.00

1973 London Invitational Bulletin

53pp

After Larsen there were no less than 24 young (mostly) Brits graded over 200. 1st Larsen; 2nd Nunn (19); 3rd= Keene , Mestel (16), Miles (18) & Basman (27) ahead of 24 others inc. Knox, Clarke, Speelman (16), Klein (63), Chapman & 2 Littlewoods (ages in brackets). Lists of all players & results. 75 games annotated by the players. A4 typescript pages clipped into binder. G

£5.00

1974 Chess Olympiad Nice 1974 – World Team Championship Keene & Levy

Batsford 1975

200p 1st USSR; 2nd Yugoslavia; 3rd USA (no Fischer). 112 annotated gms. Contribution from Purdy. Charts & X-tables. VG

£8.00

1974 Chess Olympiad Nice 1974 – World Team Championship Keene & Levy

Batsford 1975

Another copy but no DW o/w VG+ £8.00

1974 Karpov – Korchnoi 1974 by Hartston & Keene 1st ed. OUP 1974

94pp The final candidates’ match to find a challenger to Fischer. All 24 gms annotated + background material. PB AN VG

£4.50

1974 42nd USSR Championship Gillam

56pp 1st= Beliavsky & Tal; 3rd= Vaganian & Polugaevsky. 120 games with analysis in figurine AN. X-table. Card covers G

£4.50

1975/7 The Master Game James & Barden BBC 1979 141p The record of 3 televised tournaments in which the “thinking

aloud” process was used so effectively. Winners were:- ’75 &’76 Hartston; ’77 Karpov. PB AN VG+

£8.00

19757‘ The Master Game James & Barden BBC 1979 Another,. With some browning around page edges o/w G £4.50

1975 The Potter Memorial by Ken Messere Chess

110p 78 annotated games with diagrams. 1st A. S. Hollis. Biographies of all players with photos. X-table. PB Figurine AN VG

£7.50

1975 Asian-Pacific (Zone 10) & Australian Open Championships Chess Mates ’76

151p 1st Torre; 2nd Tan 100 annotated games with diagrams. 20 photos. X-tables Red card covers. VG+

£10.00

1976 Haifa Chess Olympiad by Keene & Levy Gillam ‘77 128p 160 games. 1st USA; 2nd Nertherlands; 3rd England. Lots of

photos, charts & politics. SB a bit grubby o/w G-

£3.25

1978 Korchnoi vs Spassky: Chess Crisis (Belgrade) by Keene 1st ed. Allen 1978

125p The final Candidates match for the right to play the default champion Karpov. Korchnoi lost 4 consecutive gms yet still won, after much rancour. Insights by Keene who was the winner’s second. PB VG

£7.50

1978 Karpov vs Korchnoi World Championship by Bent Larsen Unwin 1978 143p All 32 games annotated by the Dane. PB G £5.00

1978 Karpov-Korchnoi The Inside Story of the Match Batsford ‘78 159p 32 games annotated & with diagrams. PB Paper yellowing

o/w G £4.75

1978 Tilburg 1978 Wade & Thomas ed. Chess 24pp 1st Portisch: 2nd Timman; 66 gms in Informator style

annotations by Tony Miles. PB AN VG

£2.25

1978 Niksic 1978 Wade & Thomas ed. Chess 24pp 1st = Gulko & Timman: 66 gms in Informator style annotation

by Shaun Taulbut. PB AN VG+

£2.25

1978 The Battle of Baguio City – Karpov – Korchnoi by Hartston Hutchinson 121p All 32 games plus the bizarre disputes over yoghurts,

handshakes, cosmic rays & hypnotism etc. PB VG

£5.50

1979 Riga Interzonal by Miles & Speelman Batsford ‘79

80pp 18 top players of whom Tal finished 1st clear by 2½ pts. 90 games with notes & diagrams. X-table SB AN VG+

£7.00

1979 Rio de Janeiro Interzonal by Miles & Chandler Batsford ‘79

80pp 18 top players of whom Hübner, Petrosian & Portisch finished 1st= ahead of Timman & Ivkov. 155 games with analysis & diagrams. X-table SB AN VG+

£7.00

1980 U.S. Championship at Greenville Pennsylvania by Larry Christianson

CEI 1980

112p This year limited to 14 players and at the end only 3 pts separated 1st and last. 1st= Evans, Christiansen & Browne. 6 b&w photos; 81 lightly annotated games. SB AN VG+

£10.00

1981 Karpov v Korchnoi World Championship by Hartston Fontana ‘81 124p All 18 games annotated with diagrams, plus contextual

background. PB paper starting to yellow o/w G+ £6.00

1981 Scottish Championship at St. Andrews Low & Bonar

14pp 1st = D. Kopec; C. McNab & G. Morrison. 62 games from the Championship + a few from other sections. Plus programme giving full lists of entries in all sections. In sponsor’s folder

£3.00

1981 U.S. Championship in South Bend, Indiana, by Larry Christiansen CEI 1982 126p 16 man Round Robin format. 1st= Browne & Seirawan; 3rd=

Christiansen, Kavalek & Reshevsky… 107 games in AN annotated to varying depths. Photos. PB Insc. “J. E. Jones”. VG

£10.00

1982 Scottish Championship at Troon Low & Bonar

14pp 1st R. McKay; 2nd D. Bryson. 3rd= P Motwani & A. Muir. 52 games from the Champioship + a few from other sections, all in sponsor’s folder in typescript. F

£2.00

1983 Scottish Championship at St. Andrews M- Johnstone

14pp New sponsor – same format. 1st C. McNab; 2nd= P. Giulian; P. Motwani & T. Upton. 52 games from the Championship plus a few from other sections in typescript. F

£2.00

1983 The Battle of Britain – The Semi-Finals of the World Championship

1984

40pp

Souvenir edition of Kasparov vs Korchnoi & Ribli vs Smyslov, by Tony Miles, Craig Pritchett & Nathan Goldberg. All games annotated with diagrams & photos. Pub. By Chess Express

£10.00

1983 Kasparov – Korchnoi :The London Contest by Keene & . Lawson Batsford ‘83

96pp The semi-final of the candidates match to find a challenger for World Champion Karpov. All 11 games annotated with diagrams.

£6.00

1983 U.S. Championship by Larry Christiansen CEI 1983 135p 14 man Round Robin format. 1st= Brown, Christiansen &

Dzindzihashvili. Group & single photos with all named. 91 annotated games in AN with diagrams. PB VG

£10.00

1984 U. S. Open in Fort Worth 83pp No prize list is offered, but the almost incomprehensible

denoument of the final round is entertainingly told by Jim Marfia. It may have been a tie between the ex-Soviets, Dzindzihashvili and Kudrin – or possibly not. 65 annotated games PB photos etc VG

£10.00

1984 USSR Versus Rest of the World Challenge Match by Keene & Goodman

Batsford ‘84

44pp 40 gms, some annotated. Interview with Kasparov. USSR won 21-19. PB AN VG

£7.50

1984 USSR Versus Rest of the World Challenge Match - London by Schiller

Ch. Player ‘84

43pp

All 40 games with analysis, plus 10 games by Kasparov vs 10 juniors inc. 5 Brits. PB typescript AN VG

£5.00

1984 Phillips & Drew Kings Chess Tournament

32pp Programme to the event with photos, short biogs & specimen gm of each player. PB AN VG

£2.00

1984 Border Wars III – 3rd N. American Postal Chess Championship Corapolis ‘84

88pp 1st= Jon Berry & Jean Hebert (both Canada 3rd= J. Wright & N Preo. 15 competed. 64 of the best games annotated, some with diagrams. X-tables & photos. AN SB VG

£7.75

1984/4 The Longest Game by Timman NIC 2019

365p The 5 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Matches, starting in Moscow & ending in 1990 (NY/Lyon). Many annotated games in figurine AN with diagrams. Photos. VG+

£17.50

1985/6 61st Hastings International Chess Congress 36pp Programme to the event including blank X-tale for all

sections, with the GM table completed by hand. VG

£2.50

1985 1st Anglo-Pacific Invitational Chess Championship (correspondence)

Caissa 2003

182p 1st Chapman (NZ). 135 gms mostly annotated. PB AN F £7.50

1985 Garry Kasparov – New World Chess Champion by Kasparov Pergamon ‘86

117p All 24 annotated games from his match vs Karpov, plus moves of the 48 games in the 1984-85 encounter. AN PB VG+

£8.00

1986 World Chess Championship – London 1986 Kasparov vs Karpov. Programme of the event with details of

players, sponsors’ adverts, officials etc. Small booklet. PB VG

£1.75

1986 Kasparov vs Karpov - London / Leningrad 1986 1st ed. Chequers ‘86 24 games of this delayed final recorded in 3 different

formats; (a) moves only; (b) diagrams only (c) with annotations. Drawings, cartoons, photos etc. PB AN paper starting to yellow o/w VG

£8.00

1986 The Centenary Match – Kasparov – Karpov III by Keene & Goodman

Batsford 86

124p The London – Leningrad split World Championship match. PB AN paper starting to yellow, as is usual. o/w G

£6.00

1986 GLC Chess Challenge

32pp Programme. Good portrait photos of the leading competitors e.g. Larsen; Spassky; Short; Dlugy, Poluagevsky; Portisch, Ribli & the Brits plus a representative game of each from previous tournaments. G

£2.50

1987 London-Leningrad World Championship Games by Kasparov Pergamon ‘87 141pp All 24 games annotated by Kasparov. “Among the best

analytical works ever published” (Timman in NIC) AN PB VG

£8.00

1987 Showdown in Seville Kasparov–Karpov IV Keene, Goodman & Spanier

Batsford 1987

126p

126pp. Kasparov won the final game to draw the match & retain his title. PB AN F

£7.50

1987 World Chess Championship in Seville by Ken Neat Cadogan ‘93 127p All 24 games in AN annotated with diagrams. SB G+ £5.00

1987 Kasparov v Short – Speed Chess Challenge by Ray Keene Thames ‘87 96pp 6 televised games with a diagram for every move. Many

photos. AN PB VG

£7.50

1988 Pilkington Glass World Championship Quarter Final – Short vs Speelman. Official Souvenir Programme.

22pp The complete introduction. Large format (A4) PB VG+ £2.50

1998/9 World Cup Chess by Kavalek Bloomsbury

285p The story of the new GMA’s first tournament as it broke away from FIDE. 1,600 games, some annotated. Photographs & charts. DW AN VG+

£8.00

1990 Kasparov v Karpov 1990 by Kasparov, Geller, & Lein. Pergamon ‘91 151p All 24 games annotated at length. PB AN VG+ £5.00

1991 New York Open 1991 Editrice ‘94 62pp 100 selected games, the best 2 annotated. PB AN F £5.00

1992 Fischer – Spassky II – The Return of a Legend Batsford ‘92 130p All 30 games annotated with diagrams. AN PB F- £7.50

1992 Bobby Fischer – The $5,000,000 Comeback Davies, Pein & Levitt Cadogan 1992 131pp 30 annotated gms plus the circumstances surrounding the match.

PB AN F

£9.00 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

1993 Introduction to The Times World Championship 1993 by Keene Batsford ‘93 74pp Small booklet leading up to the Kasparov-Short Final PB

AN F £2.00

1993 Kasparov- Short 1993 The Official Book of the Match: by Keene

Batsford 1993

146p 20 games with annotations aided by the players. Plus background material. Signed by Keene. PB AN VG+

£5.00

1993 Kasparov v Short - World Championship by King & Trelford Cadogan ‘93 128p 20 annotated games with diagrams. PB AN G+ £4.75

1993 Das Ska-Mephisto-Turnier Munchen 1993 by Hartmut Metz Ed. Olms 94

125p 1st Shirov ahead of Gelfand, Gurevitch, Adams et al. 65 annotated games with the rest, mostly draws, in raw score. Many photos. In German. HB with pictorial covers. AN Some damp staining to top page edges o/w VG

£9.50

1995 Kasparov vs Anand – World Chess Championship by D. King Cadogan ‘95 128p All 18 gms annotated. Kasparov won 10½-7½.

PB AN Insc. VG+

£7.50

1995 Kasparov V Anand by Keene Batsford ‘95 128p All 18 games annotated with diagrams. PB AN VG £6.00

1995 5th Smith & Williamson Young Masters 28pp 1st Parker. X-tables of the 10 sections plus 80 gms some

annotated. PB AN F

£4.00

1995 San Francisco 1995 GM Invitational Tournament by J. Eade Hypermodern

144p 12 player Round Robin format. 1st Korchnoi; 2nd= Nunn & Gulko; All game scores annotated to varying degrees. Mini biographies & full page photos of all players. SB AN VG+

£10.00

1996 Man v Machine: Kasparov v Deep Blue Keene & Jacobs BB 1996

112p Historical background to man v computers, and full analysis of the 6 gms which Kasparov won 4-2. PB AN F

£7.50

1997 Kasparov v Deeper Blue – The Ultimate Man v Machine Challenge by D. King

Batsford ‘97

112p

The UK coverage by Danny King with exclusive Kasparov interview. PB AN F

£5.00

2000 Super Tournaments 2000 by Soloviev Chess Stars

446p

300 annotated games with diagrams from all the strongest tournaments of 2000, from Corus (Jan.) to World C.C. (Dec.). Games by the following:- Anand (44 gms); Shirov (43); Kramnik (22); Kasparov (20); Khalifman (36); Adams (17); Bareev (20); Gelfand (27); Ivanchuk (18); Leko (22) & Svidler (22). SB AN F

£15.00

2005 San Luis 2005 World Championship by A, Gershon & Igor Nor Quality 2007 442p 1st Topalov; 2nd= Svidler & Anand. All 54 deeply annotated

games in figurine AN. “An outstanding book about a truly outstanding tournament”. 165 photos, large & small, all in full colour. A great effort by Quality Chess. SB VG+

£15.00

2006 Topalov v Kramnik – 2006 World Championship – On the Edge In Elista

Russell ‘07

220p

A match that had everything – positional play; sharp tactics; accusations of cheating; political interference, threatened lawsuits and a game forfeited under protest. This is Topalov’s personal take on it all. SB AN 16 games annotated by Topalov. F

£10.00

2007/8 Reggio Emilia 2007/8 Marin & Garrett 1st UK ed. Quality Ch. ‘09

288p 1st Zoltan Almasi. Book celebrates 50 yrs of a famous Italian tournament. 45 gms annotated by the players. PB AN F+

£12.00

2007 From London to Elista – The Inside Story of the World Championship Matches that Kramnik Won Against Kasparov, Leko & Topolov by Bareev & Levitov

NIC 2007

400pp

44 annotated games in AN with many diagrams and photos. Much background material. ECF Book of the Year 2008. PB F

£15.00

2013 65th West of England Championship & Congress Keverel 2013 32pp 22 annotated gms with diagrams.10 photos. Comb-bound. F £2.50

2016 World Championship – Carlsen vs Karjakin by Alburt & Crumiller 334p New York. All games & 4 tie break games, Many photos all

in colour. Rd-by Rd. game analysis by Kramnik. SB VG+ £16.50

2018 Carlsen v Caruana World Championship in London - Keene & Jacobs

Everyman

208p

Foreword by Short. 12 games plus preliminary & tie break games, all annotated with diagrams. SB AN F

£9.75

2018 Carlson vs Caruana - Duel Of Giants by Niclas Huschenbeth 1st ed. 2018 152p 56 annotated games played between these two since 2010.

SB F- £12.50

There follows a small selection of tournament books, researched, typeset and published by Tony Gillam (The Chess Player). All are in the same format; i.e. A5 in size; yellow paper in clear plastic folder. AN F+. Each one contains all the games & analysis known to exist at the time of publication. 1867 Dundee 1st Neumann; 2nd Steinitz; 3rd De Vere. 62 games 47pp £7.00

1868/9 London 1st = Blackburne & De Vere. 140 games 55pp £7.00 1870 Baden Baden 1st Anderssen; 2nd Steinitz. 77 games 47pp £7.00 1886 London & Nottingham 91 games 57pp 1887 London 1st= Burn & Gunsberg 51 games 51pp £7.00 1893 New York – “Imprompto” Tournament 91 games 51pp £7.00 1895 7 Cable Matches between USA & UK 68 games 71pp £7.00 1902 8 Cable Matches between USA & UK 66games 75pp £7.00 1886 London (1st Blackburne) & Nottingham (1st= Burn/Schallop) 91gms 59pp £7.00 1887 London (1st = Burn & Gunsberg) 51 games 51pp £7.00 1899 Vienna (1st Maroczy) 66 games 47pp £7.00 1900 New York (1st Lipschutz) 30 games 31pp £6.00 1913 New York 2nd National & Rice Club Tourneys. Capa won both 87pp £7.00 1915 New York 1st Capa 2nd Marshall) 56 games 65pp £7.00

1920-1 6 English Tournaments 168 games 63pp £7.00 1921-2 Kiel, Triberg & 2 others 109 games 51pp £7.00 1923/4 Hastings & Weston S-M (Euwe won both) 101 games 63pp £7.00 1926 Hastings, Weston S-M & 2 others (Euwe won) 152 gms 83pp £8.00 1928 The Hague 2nd Olympiad (1st Hungary) 544 games 79pp £8.00 1929 Ramsgate (1st Capablanca) 64games 51 pp £7.00 1935 Margate (1st Reshevsky) & Tallin (1st Schmidt) 87 games 67pp £7.00

1936 Margate (1st Flohr & Ostende (1st Lundin) 121 games 83pp £8.00 1937 Margate (1st = Fine & Keres 3rd Alekhine) 56 games 75pp £7.00 1938 Plymouth & Bournemouth 1939 (1st Euwe) 106 games 75pp £7.00 1951 Birmingham 1st World Junior (1st Ivkov; 2nd Barker Eng.) 99 gms 56pp £7.00


4. Game collections of specific players.

Books by McFarland & Co. This US company publishes chess books that are larger, heavier and more comprehensive than most other firms are able to do, which, of course, comes at a price. These are all pre-owned but all as good as new. The original price is indicated as struck-through alongside our own, by way of comparison.

All these are new to our lists. Alekhine Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games, 1902 - 1946 1998

807pp By Leonard Skinner & Robert Verhoeven, with foreword by his son, Alex. A. Aljechin. 2,543 games, many annotated by Alekhine himself with 1,868 diagrams. Fully indexed. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles. Weighs 2kg+. AN F £80.00.

£39.00

Another copy F- £25.00- Alekhine A. Alekhine – Agony of a Genius 1989 1st ed.

314pp

By Pablo Morán. The tragic last years of Alekhine. 45 of his match and tournament games in Spain & Portugal from 1943 - 1946, & 100 other late games are covered. A biographicalsketch emerges of Alekhine in his final phase, covering hismarriages, alcoholism & murky involvement with the Nazis.Green cloth boards with gilt titles. AN F

£29.00

Blackburne Joseph Henry Blackburne – A Chess Biography 2015

582pp By Tim Harding. 1,182 games plus comprehensive biography & all known photographs. Fully indexed. Weighs 1½ kg+. AN .Red cloth boards F+ c. £60.00

£45.00

Botvinnik Mikhail Botvinnik – The Life & Games of a World Chess Champion 2014

274pp

By Andrew Soltis. 122 games plus attempts to unravel the mystery that Botvinnik was to his contemporaries and the chess/political intrigues in which he was involved. Chronology & fully indexed. AN blue cloth boards F+ £40.00

£25.00

Burn Amos Burn – A Chess Biography 2004

972pp By Richard Forster 1st ed. 901 annotated games. Complete & monumental work. Weighs 2½kg+. AN HB F- £49.00

Capablanca José Raúl Capablanca – A Chess Biography 2015

553pp By Miguel A. Sanchez. 1st ed. Very probably the most complete biography extant of the Cuban. Strong on his early years. 168 annotated games. Pictures, X-tables etc. Fully indexed. AN HB F- £43.00

£29.00

Capablanca Capablanca – A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations & Other rare Archival Material

2011

349pp By Edward Winter. Republication in SB of the 1989 1st ed. in HB. The title says it all. 22 photos. AN SB F c. £30.00 £18.00

Capablanca Capablanca – A Compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations & Other rare Archival Material

1st ed. 1989

Another copy: the 1st edition in black cloth boards with silver/gilt titles. F £25.00 Fine Reuben Fine – A Comprehensive Record of an American Chess

Career 1929-1951 2004

392pp By Aiden Woodger. 882 annotated games with diagrams. Photos & X-Tables. Large format Red cloth boards AN F £39.75

Kashdan Isaac Kashdan – American Grandmaster – A Career Sunmary 2009

348pp By Peter P. Lahde. 757 games with diagrams, annotated, some by Kashdan himself. Some photos & comprehensive X-tables Green cloth boards. AN F+ c.£38.00

£29.00

Kolisch, I Ignaz Kolisch – The Life and Chess Career 2015 By Fabrizio Zavatarelli. Baron Kolisch was a major player in the mid-19th century, with many international contacts

362pp and chess opponents. 323 annotated games. Many illustrations of people and places. Fully indexed. Large format. Blue cloth boards with black titles. ECF Book of the Year Finalist. AN F $65.00

£39.00

Marshall, F Frank Marshall: United States Chess Champion, by Andy Soltis 1994

383pp A biography with 220 annotated games in AN. 14 photographs. Red cloth boards, all to the publisher’s usual high standards. .

£32.00

Menchik Vera Menchik – A Biography of the First Women’s World Chess Champion

2016

316pp By Robert B. Tanner. 350 games mostly annotated. Good photos; X-tables etc. AN Red cloth boards. F+ £38.00

£33.00

Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch – On The Road To Chess Mastery 1886 - 1924 2012

456pp By Per Skjoldager & Jorn Nielsen. c. 300 games from the early part of his career, annotated with diagrams. Well illustrated with photos, sketches, maps etc. X-tables. AN. Blue cloth boards with silver titles. F+ £43.00

£39.00

Reshevsky Samuel Reshevsky 2011 406pp 1,768 games, some annotated, with diagrams, X-tables &

indices. Biographical introductions to each decade chapter. Large format. SB AN F+ £35.00

£29.00

Soltis, A. Soviet Chess 1917 - 1991 2000 450pp By Andrew Soltis. 1st ed . 249 games, each with a diagram;

mostly annotated and many not seen outside the Soviet Union. Photos & 63 X-tables. Games set in the context of the political and economic situations prevailing at the time. Fully indexed. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. AN F+ c. £40.00

£29.00

The US Chess Championship 1845 - 1985 1986

296pp

By Andrew Soltis & G. H. McCormick. Traces the story from the first (C. H. Stanley) to Alburt in 1985, through the history of the times and annotated games played by the winners. This copy bears the blind ownership stamp of Hanon W. Russell, Russian language expert and founder of the chess publishers Russell Enterprises. AN Brown cloth boards with gilt titles. 2 small marks to endpapers o/w VG+

£33.00

The Zurich Chess Club, 1809 – 2009 2011 435pp By Richard Forster – Foreword by V. Kramnik. 349 games & positions; 280 photos, 361 diagrams 68 tables,

appendices etc. The club was the venue for several major international tournaments, all of which are covered. Green cloth boards with white titles. AN F+ £40.00

£29.00

And now follow titles in alphabetical order of subject Adams, M Michael Adams – Development of a Grandmaster 1st ed 1991 Pergamon 144pp 50 annotated games from the age of 8 to GM. PB AN VG+ £10.00

Alekhine On The Road To The World Championship - 1923 – 1927 Pergamon ‘84

217pp The 1st English translation of a German book published in 1977 looking at 99 of his games leading up to his world championship. SB AN G+

£9.75

Alekhine The Games of Alekhine 1927 – 1935 & 1937 – 1946 Caparros Scribe 1992

385pp 1,577 gms. In figurine notation, chronological order & alphabetically by opponents’ names for reference & study. HB with pictorial cover. F

£9.50

Alekhine Alexander Alekhine Games 1902 – 1920 Vol 1. ed. by Khalifman Ch. Stars ‘02

423pp 464 games with annotations in languageless figurine notation, plus diagrams o/w English is used. X-tables for full tournament results. SB AN F

£12.00

Alekhine My Best Games 1908 – 1923 1st ed Bell 1927

267pp LN3248 Dark green cloth boards with bright gilt titles. “One of the best chess books ever written”. 100 games & annotations. Insc. Good specimen of a hard-to-find classic VG-

£24.50

Alekhine My Best Games 1908 – 1923 Reprint Bell 1939 Another copy with bright green cloth boards. VG £12.50

Alekhine My Best Games 1908 – 1923 Reprint Bell 1973 Another copy with maroon cloth boards & red DW slightly

nibbled & page edged foxed. o/w VG

£10.00

Alekhine My Best Games of Chess 1924 – 1937 reprint Bell 1949 285pp 120 games with added piquant and balanced memoir by du

Mont following the player’s death in 1946. G+

£7.00

Alekhine My Best Games of Chess 1924 – 1937 Bell 1962 Another copy DW chipped & worn Insc. G- £8.50

Alekhine My Best Games of Chess 1924 – 1937 Bell 1972 Another copy. red DW Insc. Foxing to page edges o/w VG+ £10.00

Alekhine Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938 – 1945 1st ed. Bell 1949 117pp 42 gms selected by C. H. O’D Alexander that complete the

trilogy. DW o/w VG

£9.50

Alekhine Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938 – 1945 Bell 1952 Another copy. DW in protective sleeve. Insc DW nibbled VG- £9.00

Alekhine Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938 – 1945 Bell 1952 Another copy DW. Insc. VG- £10.00

Alekhine Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938 – 1945 Bell 1970 Another copy Insc. VG £6.00

Alekhine Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games 1902-1946 McFarland ‘98

807pp

1st ed. 2,543 games, many annotated with 1,868 diagrams. By Skinner & Verhoeven. AN. Fully indexed. Maroon cloth boards. The definitive work, being a large, heavy volume (2.2kg). F- Originally published at £80 and currently selling for $95 in the US.

£49.00

Alekhine A. Alekhine – Agony Of A Chess Genius by P. Moran McFarland ‘

314pp

The tragic last years of Alekhine. 45 of his match and tournament games in Spain & Portugal from 1943 - 1946, & 100 other late games are covered. A biographical sketch emerges of Alekhine in his final phase, covering his marriages, alcoholism & murky involvement with the Nazis. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. AN F+

£29.00

Alekhine Alekhine’s Greatest Games of Chess Batsford ‘89 670pp All 3 Bell books & their 262 games under one cover. PB with

crease in cover o/w VG

£12.00

Alekhine Alekhine’s Best Games Batsford ‘97

304pp 117 games selected from the Master’s works and turned into algebraic notation by John Nunn. Foreword by Kasparov & Intro by Nunn PB VG+

£10.00

Alekhine The Unknown Alekhine 1905 – 1914 by Reinfeld 1st ed. Pitman 1949 277pp 102 annotated games from his early career that Alekhine by-

passed in his own works. HB in protective cover. VG+

£12.00

Alekhine On The Road To The World Championship 1923 - 1927 Pergamon ‘86 217pp

Alekhine 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine – Development of a Chess Genius.

Dover 1959

278pp A republication of the 1949 original Unknown Alekhine.SB VG £8.00

Alekhine Complete Games of Alekhine Vol. 1 1892-1921 Olomouc ‘92

187pp 334 games in figurine albebraic with diagrams collected by Kalendovskyn & Fiala. X-tables & biographical material.HB F

£10.00

Alekhine, Alexander Alekhine Games Vol. 1 1902 - 1922 Ch. Stars ‘02 423pp 464 games with Informator-style analysis. X-tables &

diagrams. SB AN F-

£12.00

Alexander The Best Games of C. H. O’D Alexander - Special Tournament Ltd edition.

OUP 1976

167pp

In Sept. 1975 the Alexander Memorial Tournament was held in Teesside involving 16 invited Masters, and a special limited edition of 200 copies of Golombek & Hartston’s book was published. It included a double-page spread in the front of the book with the names of the 16 players printed in 4 columns of 4 and above each printed name the player himself wrote his own name, neatly and legibly. In alphabetic order, these were as follows:- Bronstein (USSR); Geller (USSR); Gheorghiu (Romania); Golombek (U.K); Hartston (U.K.); Hort (Czech) Hubner (Germany); Kavalek (US); Keene (UK); Lombardy (US); Miles (UK); Olafsson (Iceland); Sax (Hungary); Smyslov (USSR); Stean (UK) & Timman (Netherlands). This copy is numbered 036 and is in F+ condition. DW.

£199.00

Alexander The Best Games of C. H. O’D Alexander Golombek & Hartston OUP 1976

167pp 70 gms. 8 page tribute by Milner-Barry. DW sunned on spine. Printed on green paper (tribute to his Irishness?) VG+

£22.00

Anand Vishy Anand: World Champion: Life & Games by Anand & Nunn Gambit ‘12

542pp 3rd enlargement of the 1998 original. 87 annotated gms & biography by Sean Marsh. AN SB F £19.00

£13.25

Anand Vishy Anand – Chess Super-Talent Norwood Batsford ‘95 144pp 35 annotated gms with diagrams . PB AN A VG+ £4.95

Anand Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess – Learn by studying the games and analysis of the hottest player of the 1990s!

Gambit 2012

240pp 40 annotated games with diagrams. AN VG+ £8.50

Anderssen The Chess Games of Adolf Anderssen – Master of Attack. 1st ed. Pickard ‘96

340pp 897 gms with languageless analysis & 80 of his problems. Memorial essay for the 1st time in English. PB AN VG+

£12.00

Arkell Arkell’s Odyssey – The Autobiography of a Grandmaster Keverel ‘12

123pp

A reprint of the first edition that sold out very quickly. A clear and unvarnished record of his life from Day 1, with all its highs and lows. 70 annotated games in chronological order tell the very readable story of his rise to GM-ship and beyond. Foreword by Michael Adams 50 photographs, 4 in full colour. SB AN F+

£5.00

Atkins H. E. Atkins – Doyen of British Chess Champions by R. N. Coles Pitman 1952 144pp Biographical intro with 50 annotated games with

diagrams. Good portrait photo. 1st ed. HB VG+

£25.00

Averbakh, Y Averbakh’s Selected Games Cadogan ‘98 192pp 60 Annotated games with diagrams. Biographical passage &

tournament record. Figurine algebraic notation. PB F

£13.00

Belyavsky Uncompromising Chess Belyavsky Cadogan ‘98 192pp 71 gms. PB AN VG+ £12.00

Benjamin Joel Benjamin – American Grandmaster : Four Decades of Chess Adventures. by Benjamin

Everyman ‘08

268pp 128 gms PB AN Front endpaper excised o/w VG+ £7.50

Benjamin Another copy. Foxing on endpapers o/w G £4.75

Bernstein O. Moderne Schschstrategie. Ed. Olms ‘85

139pp Consisting of 50 games by O.S. Bernstein analysed by Tartakower. A reprint of the 1930 original. In German. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. F-

£20.00

Bisguier The Art of Bisguier – Selected Games 1961 – 2003. by Bisguier Russell ‘08 100 games set in context and annotated, with good photos.

Blackburne Joseph Henry Blackburne – A Chess Biography 2015

582pp By Tim Harding. 1,182 games plus comprehensive biography & all known photographs. Fully indexed. Weighs 1½ kg+. AN .Red cloth boards F+ c. £60.00

£45.00

272pp Playing under the shadow of Fischer has led to an under-estimation of his talents, hereby corrected. PB AN F+

£9.00

Blackburne Mr. Blackburne’s Games At Chess – Selected, Annotated & Arranged by Himself. Edited with a biographical sketch by P. A. Graham (ed.)

Longman 1899

331pp

1st edition. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles & chess rook design. Small neat insc. Good portrait of the man. 407 annotated games with diagrams + 28 of his problems. LN3036 G

£30.00

Bologan Victor Bologan – Selected Games 1985-2004 by Bologan Russell 2007 236pp 52 annotated games with photos, X-tables, etc. PB AN F £12.00

Bogoljubow The Fate Of A Chess Player by S. Soloviov Ch, Stars 04 280pp Biography & 200 games annotated Informator style plus

tournament X-tables. AN SB F-

£12.50

510pp 573 gms annotated Informator style with diagrams & X-tables PB AN F+

£10.00

Botvinnik Botvinnik – 100 Selected Games Botvinnik Dover 1960 272pp Republication of the 1951 work. PB Cover creased o/w VG- £7.50

Botvinnik Another copy VG £9.00

Botvinnik Another copy. Endpapers and page edges foxed o/w G £7.00

Botvinnik Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 23 – Botvinnik Hamburg 400 gms with diagram every 5 moves. Part of Dr.

Wildhagen’s ground-breaking and still collectable series. With booklet of added notes by Botvinnik. AN. Red cloth split 5cm on spine. o/w G+

£20.00

Botvinnik Botvinnik’s Best Games 1947 – 1970 (Cafferty trans.) 1st ed. Batsford ‘72

237pp 111 games annotated by the author. Biography of this period. Tournament results & record vs leading players Insc. indicating that this book was gifted to its owner by B. H. Wood after they played each other in the Leics vs Warwicks match 1972 (BHW won). HB DW nibbled o/w G

£12.00

Botvinnik Another copy 4th impression Batsford ‘92 234pp Given new title Mikhail Botvinnik – Master of Strategy. VG £10.00

Botvinnik Selected Games 1967 – 1970 (K. P. Neat trans.) 1st ed. Perg. ‘81 312pp 40 annotated games, & his recollections of Lasker, Euwe &

Alekhine & summarises his work in computer chess. PB AN VG

£12.50

Botvinnik Selected Games 1967 – 1970 (K. P. Neat trans.) 1st ed. Perg. ‘81 Another copy but HB with slight foxing to page edges o/w

VG+ £13.00

Botvinnik M. M. Botvinnik Vol 1 Games 1924 - 1940 Schmidt ‘99 242pp 300+ games in languageless figurine AN. Diagrams & X-

tables. With unintentionally hilarious intro. PB VG

£9.50

Botvinnik Half A Century of Chess by Botvinnik 1st ed Pergamon ‘84 278pp 90 games from 40 years personally selected by the author

and newly annotated. HB AN F

£20.00

Botvinnik Half A Century of Chess by Botvinnik 1st ed Pergamon ‘84 278pp 90 games from 40 years personally selected by the author

and newly annotated. Insc. PB AN VG

£12.50

Bronstein 200 Open Games Batsford ‘74

240pp The 200 games are his and all open 1.e4-e5. DW VG £7.25

Bronstein 222 Partitas Madrid 1993 127pp All Games with diagrams but no analysis. Small format. PB F £4.50

Browne, W The Stress Of Chess and its Infinite Finesse – My Life, Career and 101 Best Games

NIC 2012

463pp Lots of autobiographical material to go alongside the games + c. 20 photos & illustrations. SB AN VG £27.00

£16.75

Burn, A Amos Burn – A Chess Biography by Richard Forster 2004

972pp 1st ed. 901 annotated games. Many photos of Burn & his contemporaries. Complete & monumental work. Quality production. Weighs 2½kg+. AN HB F-

£33.00

Capablanca Het Schaakphenomeen José Raoul Capablanca Y Graupera 1949

381pp

By Euwe & Prins. LN 3050 175 annotated games with diagrams; 50 additional “fragments” from diagrammed positions. Combinations; X-tables etc. Dark blue cloth boards with titles in bright gilt. A quality publication and quite scarce. Bottom corners bumped o/w VG

‘s-Gravenhage / Batavia

£40.00

Capablanca Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 14 – Capablanca Hamburg ’16 571 gms with diagram every 5 moves. Part of Dr.

Wildhagen’s ground-breaking and still collectable series. With booklet of added notes & photos. AN. Red cloth. VG

£20.00

Capablanca My Chess Career (1st ed.) Bell 1920 212pp 35 gms A classic work by the Cuban master VG £17.50

Capablanca My Chess Career Dover 1966 194pp Republication of the 1920 original with added fore-&

afterword by Chernev. SB VG+

£5.00

Capablanca My Chess Career Another copy VG- £6.50

Capablanca The Immortal Games of Capablanca by F. Reinfeld (1st ed. 1942) Ch. Review

239pp 112 gms. Good early Reinfeld with biographical intro. Insc. From the library of R. A. Slade, former West of England Champion. Boards bumped & well-used o/w G

£13.00

Capablanca The Immortal Games of Capablanca Reinfeld Dover 1990 An unabridged & unaltered republication of the 1942 original. PB F £9.00

Capablanca Another copy Cover slightly more worn. VG- £7.50

Capablanca Capablanca’s Hundred Best Games Golombek (1st ed.) Bell 1947 270pp Includes memoir by du Mont. A little foxing to endpapers o/w

G £7.50

Capablanca Capablanca’s 100 Best Games of Chess Golombek Bell 1970 Another copy DW chipped Insc. o/w VG £9.95

Capablanca Capablanca’s 100 Best Games of Chess Golombek Bell 1975 The paperback version VG £9.00

Capablanca The Unknown Capablanca Hooper & Brandreth (1st ed.) Batsford ‘75 201pp 203 of his (mostly) little known games, with complete records

of his tournaments etc. DW VG

£9.50

Capablanca Josė Raúl Capablanca – A Chess Biography by M. A. Sanchez McFarland

553pp 1st edition & 1st printing (2015). Foreword by Andy Soltis. Very probably the most complete biography extant of the Cuban. Strong on his early years. 168 annotated games. Numerous illustrations, X-tables etc. Fully indexed. Large format. Green cloth boards with white titles. AN F- £43.0

£28.00

Capablanca Capablanca – A compendium of Games, Notes, Articles, Correspondence, Illustrations, and other Rare Archival Material.

McFarland 2011

349pp

By Edward Winter. The definitive work on Capa’s career, a republication of the 1989 hardback original which was the

£15.00

ECF’s Book of the Year.2011. SB AN VG+

Capablanca Capablanca by V. N. Panov Spain 1973 242pp Coleccion Escaques No. 44. 70 annotated games with

diagrams. SB VG £4.25

Carlsen Carlsen’s Assault On The Throne by Kotronias & Logothetis Quality ‘13 304pp Covering the London 8-man Candidates, and Chennai

Final. All games. 34 colour photos. A prestige publication. AN pictorial HB F+ c.£30.00

£19.75

Carlsen Fighting Chess With Magnus Carlsen by Mikhalchisin & Stetsko Olms 2012

280pp Career overview to date & 64 best games annotated. Fully indexed. AN SB F

£13.75

Caruana, F Fabiano Caruana: His Amazing Story & Most Instructive Games NIC 2018 207pp 61 annotated games with diagrams trace his meteoric

rise to become, in 2014, the 3rd highest ranked player in the world at the age of 22. by Alexander Kalinin. 13 large photos SB AN F+

£10.00

Charousek Charousek’s Games of Chess by P. W. Sergeant 1st ed. Bell 1919 221pp 146 annotated games. Biographical intro. Good portrait

LN3052 VG £27.00

Chigorin, M Mikhail Chigorin – The Creative Chess Genius by Jimmy Adams Caissa 1987

292pp 100 annotated games with diagrams, plus tournament & match record. Red cloth boards with gilt titles in Caissa’s usual style. HB AN F

£17.75

Chigorin, M Mikhail Chigorin – The Creative Genius by Jimmy Adams NIC 2016

750pp 159 annotated games with diagrams. Biographical writing plus X-tables & tournament record – fully indexed. Many illustrations. Greatly expanded 2nd edition of the 1987 games collection. AN HB F+

£35.00

Chigorin, M Mikhail Chigorin – The First Russian Grandmaster by Khalifman & Soloviov.

Chess Stars 1999

338pp

775 selected annotated games all in figurine AN. Short biographical pieces on his significance in contemporary Russian & European chess. X-tables. SB F-

£12.00

Colle Colle’s Chess Masterpieces Reinfeld Dover 1984 92pp 51 gms. SB Unabridged reprint of the 1936 original VG+ £9.50

Corbin, Dr. P Calypso Chess – The entertaining games of Dr. Philip Corbin, FIDE Master, Barbados.

CCP 2011

442pp

300 annotated games with diagrams, many from the Olympiads in which he represented Barbados. 60 small photos of his Olympiad exploits. Foreword by Nigel Short. Large format SB AN F

£22.00

Dake, A Grandmaster From Oregon – The Life & Games Of Arthur Dake by Casey Bush

Portland 1991

130pp

36 months after first learning the moves at 17 he became champion of New York’s Marshall Chess Club. Member of 3 winning US Olympiad teams in the ‘30s, in which his winning percentage was 75.6%. Being the lesser known of his contempories, makes his story all the more interesting. 32 photos. 50 annotated games with diagrams. Tournament record. SB F-

£10.00

Denker If You Must Play Chess by A. S. Denker 1st ed. McKay 1947

190pp 190pp 55 of his games from 1929 onwards. This copy has the red DW of the US issue as opposed to the green cover and different design of the Pitman version sold in the UK. DW torn but with clear protective cover. VG

£20.00

Denker If You Must Play Chess by A. S. Denker 1st ed. Pitman 1947 Another copy Green DW with section missing but in

protective covers o/w G+

£20.00

Denker If You Must Play Chess by A. S. Denker 1st ed. McKay 1947 Another copy. Red cloth boards LN 1727 VG £20.00

£20.00

De Vere The English Morphy? By O. Hindle & R. H. Jones Keverel 2001

130pp The Life & Games of Cecil De Vere – 1st official British Chess Champion. 100 games, most with annotations, and the story of his short career and sad demise. Well illustrated. Short-listed for Chess Book of the Year 2001. Figurine algebraic. SB F+

£5.00

Diemer Emil Josef Diemer 1908 – 1990 – A Life Devoted to Chess

124pp 126 annotated games & diagrams, plus brief biography. Bibliography & index of named variations. HB DW AN F

£10.00

Dreev, A My One Hundred Best Games Ch. Stars ‘07

300pp

9 b&w and 16 full colour photos complement the biographical section, while the games are well annotated with the help of diagrams and are nicely introduced. Tournament record. SB AN VG+

£9.25

Duras, O Oldrich Duras – Master of Chess Combination. Vol. 1 On The Road To Chess Mastership (1882 – 1905) by V. Fiala

Olomouc ‘14

582pp

Fiala is a meticulous researcher of historical detail and this is a work of real scholarship, in which he digs deep into the family history and rescues nearly 200 of his largely forgotten games from this early part of his career. Figurine algebraic notation. HB F+ £31.00

£19.00

Euwe, M Max Euwe – The Biography by Alexander Münninghoff NIC 2001

351pp Much of the text is solid biography helped out by 20 photographs and 50 games with diagrams & Euwe’s own analysis. SB AN Large format VG.

£12.50

Euwe, M From My Games 1920 – 1937 1st ed. Bell 1938 234pp 75 games each annotated by Euwe and introduced by Reinfeld.

LN 3283 Insc. DW rubbed top & bottom and spine dulled o/w G+

£12.00

Euwe, M From My Games 1920 – 1937 Dover 1975 234pp 75 games each annotated by Euwe and introduced by Reinfeld.

An unaltered republication of the 1939 original. SB VG+

£8.25

Fine, R Lessons From My Games McKay 1958

225pp After a 12 page foreword, 50 games from between 1931-’45 selected and annotated by the author. Inscription by A. R. B. Thomas when purchased at Hastings Jan. 1959. HB VG+

£12.00

Fine, R Reuben Fine – A Comprehensive Record of an American Chess Career 1929-1951. By Aiden Woodger.

McFarland 2004

392pp

882 annotated games with diagrams. Photos & many X-tables. Large format. Red cloth boards. Produced to McFarland’s usual high standards. AN F

£39.75

Fischer My 60 Memorable Games Fischer. 1st ed. Faber 1969 384pp Game intros by Larry Evans. Fischer’s classic book an

essential in any library. DW in protective cover. F

£12.50

Fischer Another copy 1st edition. DW G £10.00

Fischer Bobby Fischer Rediscovered by Andy Soltis Batsford ‘03 287pp 100 annotated gms up to his last match vs Spassky in

1992. AN SB VG+

£12.00

Fischer My 60 Memorable Games Faber 1972 Another copy PB £12.00

Fischer My 60 Memorable Games Fischer Faber 1988 284pp Another copy with black covers. SB with some creasing/wG+ £9.50

Fischer My 60 Memorable Games Batsford ‘08

384pp Commemorating Fischer’s death that year, with a republication, unaltered except for the change to

£9.50

algebraic notation & eye-catching cover. SB F+ £15.00

Fischer Profile of a Prodigy – Life & Games of Bobby Fischer Brady (1st ed) Kaye 1965 250pp 75gms. 100pp of biography. DW VG+ £14.00

Fischer Profile of a Prodigy – The Life & Games of Bobby Fischer Brady Mckay 1969 250pp Another copy but in PB. Cover browning o/w G £5.00

Fischer Bobby Fischer by Frank Brady Batsford ‘74 435pp 90 games. Originally published in the US in this updated

edition as Profile of a Prodigy. With much biographical material, X-tables, photos etc. DW VG+

£14.00

Fischer The Games of Robert J. Fischer Wade & O’Connell Batsford ‘81 462pp 770 gms. Contributions by Barden, , Keres et al. G+ £12.00

Fischer Another copy PB VG+ £10.00

Fischer Fischer’s Chess Games Intro by Keene OUP 1980 166pp All known games in languageless figurine with some analysis.

Full tournament record & X-tables. PB AN VG

£7.50

Fischer Learn From Bobby Fischer’s Greatest Games by Eric Schiller Cardoza ‘04 224pp 24 games that exemplify a specific lesson. AN PB

F £10.00

Fischer How To Beat Bobby Fischer by E. Mednis 1st ed. Bantam ‘74 246pp 61 of Fischer’s losing games fully analysed with diagrams.

Small PB G+

£5.00

Fischer A Legend On The Road – Fischer’s 1964 Simul Tour by J. Donaldson Russell 2005 198pp 191 games and full details of itinerary; opponents’ memories,

photos. Etc. 2nd ed. revised & enlarged. PB AN F

£15.00

Fischer Bobby Fischer’s Conquest Of The World Chess Championship Bell 294pp By R. Fine. All games from the 1972 match. DW G+ £8.50

Fischer Bobby Fischer – Career & Complete Games – by Karsten Muller Russell 2009 408pp Foreword by Evans. Opening survey by Soltis.

735 gms annotated plus diagrams. AN SB F

£17.50

Fischer The Chess of Bobby Fischer by R. Burger, plus Brady & Kashdan. 1st Chilton 1975 373pp 100s of positions from his games with analysis to show the

nature of Fischer’s thinking and skills. DW chipped. o/w VG

£12.75

Fischer Bobby Fischer’s Games Of Chess. 15 yr. old Fischer’s 7 page autobiographical introduction gives a rare insight into his early career. Includes all 13 games from the 1957 US Championship & all 20 games from Portoroz. Foreword by Golombek. DW chipped. VG

London ‘59

£25.00

Fischer Bobby Fischer – Great Players Series compiled by Bill Patteson Ch. Digest A set of 5 books containing his games from the early years onwards.

They are early Chess Digest publications in typescript & PB, published in 1971. No individual game analysis but concentrating more on the openings he was using at the time. Some tournament background. Not coffee table material but probably of some historic interest. They are:- (a) Games 1958 through 1959. 58pp (b) Games 1960 through 1961 51pp (c) Games 1962 through 1965 72pp (d) Games 1966 through 1968 50pp (e) Games 1969 through 1971 92pp Reasonably clean condition for their age, with no actual damage.

The set

£25.00

Flohr, S. Salo Flohr – Master of Tactics – Master of Technique Gillam 1985 238pp Edited by Jimmy Adams. An assessment of his career and

skill, with 100 annotated games. HB AN VG

£15.00

Flohr, S Salo Flohr’s Best Games Of Chess by G. Donges Thinkers ‘85 102pp 9pp of biography followed by 50 annotated games with

diagrams. Tournament record & match results. SB AN F £10.00

Fischer Both Sides of the Chessboard by Byrne & Nei with Intro by Euwe Batsford ‘74 21 annotated Fischer’s Candidates games leading up to, and

211pp including his 1972 victory. DW VG £10.00

Geller, Y. P. The Application Of Chess Theory 1st English ed. Pergamon ‘84

262pp 100 of his games from 1946 onwards, though not in chronological order as the emphasis is on the transitions between opening and middlegame. Large SB VG

£12.00

Geller, Y Grandmaster Geller At The Chessboard Gillam ‘69 181pp Trans. by Cafferty from Geller’s autobiography of 1962.

86 annotated games. SB VG

£10.00

Gligoric Svetozar Gligoric’s Chess Career 1945 – 70 by D. Levy 1st ed. Collins 1972

192pp 63 annotated gms with diagrams. Short biography. This copy is signed on the title page by both the author, David Levy, and the subject, S. Gligoric. DW G

£15.00

Gligoric Svetozar Gligoric’s Chess Career 1945 – 70 by D. Levy 1st ed. Collins 1972 192pp 63 annotated gms with diagrams. Short biography. DW VG £9.75

Gligoric Svetozar Gligoric’s Chess Career 1945 – 70 by D. Levy 1st ed. Collins 1972 Another copy but no DW with some foxing to page edges o/w G+ £7.75

Gufeld My Life In Chess Gufeld (1st ed.) ICE 1994 305pp 108+ gms AN SB His career told with humour & games VG+ £15.00

Gufeld, E Chess: The Search For Mona Lisa Batsford’01

257pp Autobiographical review of his life & chess career followed by many of his games, annotated with diagrams. SB AN VG+

£6.25

Hoffman Chess Gladiator by Asa Hoffmann (FM) CEI 1996

97pp 70 annotated games by this US player after foreword by Seirawan and intro by Lombardy. Some photos. PB AN VG+

£8.00

Ilyin-Genevsky A. Ilyin Genevsky - Notes of a Soviet Master. Caissa 1986

54pp

Trans. by Cafferty from the original Russian edition of 1929. An account of this prominent revolutionary's early chess career and Soviet chess in the 20's. With 50 games from his entire career including his immortal sacrificial win over Capablanca. Blue boards AN F+

£9.75

Janowski, D David Janowski – Artist of the Chess Board by Cherniev & Meynell H. Simpole 05 147pp Short biographical section followed by 64 annotated games

with diagrams. Tournament record & X-tables. SB AN VG £9.50

Kamsky, G Gata Kamsky Chess Genius! By Gordon & Taylor Ch. Digest’94

196pp 50pp of career overview, followed by 20 annotated games, and then c. 350 game scores some with diagrams. SB AN G

£8.50

Karpov My Best Games RHM 1978

320pp 58 games annotated with diagrams by the new World Champion. Career record to date; numerous photos. Autobiographical chapter. SB AN VG

£5.75

Karpov Anatoly Karpov’s Best Games Karpov 1st US ed. Holt 1996 175pp 43 gms. AN PB VG £9.50

Karpov The Games Of Anatoly Karpov by O’Connell & Jimmy Adams Batsford ‘74 368pp 347 games up to 1974 Candidates ¼-Final, mostly annotated.

Fully indexed with X-tables, career record etc. DW VG

£8.25

Karpov Chess Is My Life Karpov & Roshal (1st ed. 1980) Pergamon 359pp 111 gms plus lots of biographical detail. SB VG+ £15.00

Karpov Chess Is My Life Karpov (1st ed. 1980) 359pp Another copy showing evidence of past dampness o/w G £5.00

Karpov Karpov’s Collected Games Levy Hale 1975 303pp 543 gms. Some biographical detail, and a few games have

analysis. Many photos. Tournament record etc. DW VG+

£10.00

Karpov The New King – The Road to the World Championship Bantam ‘76

178pp By R. Byrne. All the games involved in the Candidates and Final annotated Small paperback VG-

£3.50

Karpov Karpov’s Strategic Wins Vol. 1 1961-85: The Making of a Champion Quality 2011 458pp 76 games thoroughly annotated, and fully indexed. PB AN

F+ £15.00

Karpov Karpov’s Strategic Wins 2: 1986 – 2010 – The Prime Years Karolyi Quality 2011 576pp 67 games thoroughly annotated & fully indexed PB AN F+ £15.00

Karpov How Karpov Wins by E. Mednis 2nd enlarged ed. Dover 1994 383pp 100 games examined critically. PB VG+ £9.50

Karpov Anatoly Karpov – His Road to the World Championship by Botvinnik Pergamon‘78 158pp 24 key games from the 3 matches leading up to his

coronation, analysed by Botvinnik, Karpov’s official second. PB VG

£4.75

Karpov The Best of Karpov by Markland OUP 1975

272pp

61 annotated games up to his challenge against Korchnoi for the World title, which he won, of course, and a sticker was added to the cover to that effect. Diagrams & X-tables. SB AN VG

£4.75

Karpov Anatoly Karpov’s Games As World Champion 1975-77 Batsford ‘78

221pp By O’Connell & Levy. Karpov played 10 strong international Tournaments during this period and won 8 of them outright. The games show how. X-tables etc. DW AN VG

£6.75

Kasparov Garry Kasparov – New World Champion Pergamon

117pp All 24 games from the match with Karpov deeply analysed by the author. 25 photos. HB AN VG

£7.25

The following 4 titles were all published by Everyman as a matching set to follow up his previous My Great Predecessors series. Concentrating on his struggles against Karpov to wrest the World title from him. All with matching DWs they were originally priced at £30 each, or £120 the set. These are all in Fine condition and are on offer for half price for the set (£60) or £17.50 each one.

Kasparov Garry Kasparov On Modern Chess Part 1: Revolution In The 70s 2007

416pp This is a scene-setting item, describing the ground-breaking careers of Fischer and Karpov. DW HB AN F

£17.50

Kasparov Garry Kasparov On Modern Chess: Part 2 Kasparov vs Karpov 2008

424pp Covers the period 1975 – 1985 including the 1st & 2nd matches. 76 deeply-annotated games. DW HB AN F

£17.50

Kasparov Garry Kasparov On Modern Chess Part 3: K vs K 1986 – 1987 2009

432pp Covers the London/Leningrad & Seville matches. 51 deeply annotated games and the wider politics described. DW HB AN F

£17.50

Kasparov Garry Kasparov On Modern Chess Part 4: K vs K 1988 - 2009 2010

432pp Covers their 5th & final match for the World title in New York & Lyon, plus other games between them. 66 deeply-annotated games. The changing landscape of world chess politics at the time is also described. DW HB AN F

£17.50

Kasparov The Test Of Time - Garry Kasparov – New World Champion Pergamon

214pp Collection of games & writings covering his events from 1978 – 1984 improved & updated from earlier publications by him. 29 photos. AN SB VG

£7.75

Kasparov Learn From Garry Kasparov’s Greatest Games Schiller Cardoza ‘05 240pp 20 gms have easy-to-follow analysis, with diagrams. PB G+ £8.50

Kasparov Gary Kasparov’s Best Games Keene Batsford ‘93 63pp 12 gms well analysed & diagrams. Large format. AN Insc. F £8.50

Kasparov Fighting Chess – Games & Career. (new enlarged edition) Batsford 85

185pp 77 of his best games up to 1984, most annotated by himself. X-tables of his early tournaments. SB AN VG

£7.25

Kasparov Kasparov’s Fighting Chess 1993 – 1998 by Karolyi & Aplin Batsford ‘06 336pp 60 annotated games Insc PB AN F £9.50

Kasparov Kasparov’s Fighting Chess 1999 – 2005 by Karolyi & Aplin Batsford ‘06 336pp 77 annotated games Insc PB AN VG+ £9.50

Kasparov Garry Kasparov’s Fighting Chess by Kasparov, Speelman & Wade Batsford ‘95 312pp 150 annotated games chronologically arranged with X-tables,

photos etc. AN PB VG+

£7.50

Kasparov Kasparov Vs Karpov by Kasparov Everyman’08 424pp 76 annotated games from the decade 1975-85 with

contextual comments. DW AN F

£15.00

Kasparov My Games Batsford ‘83 163pp 372 games mostly in languageless figurine, each with a

diagram. PB VG

£9.00

Kasparov How His Predecessors Misled Him About Chess Batsford ‘09

271pp By Karolyi & Aplin. 170 games won by his 12 predecessors but lost by him because he followed them too closely. GK with tongue in cheek. AN SB F £15.00

£9.25

Keres Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 21 – Keres Hamburg ’60 500 gms with diagram every 5 moves. Part of Dr.

Wildhagen’s ground-breaking and still collectable series. With booklet of added notes & photos. AN. Red cloth 10 cm split on spine VG-

£20.00

Keres Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 21 – Keres Hamburg ’60 Another copy: Rebacked retaining original red cloth o/w

G+ £12.00

Keres Keres’ Best Games of Chess 1931-1940 by Reinfeld 1st ed. McKay 1942

224pp

77 annotated games chosen by the author in consultation with Paul Keres who also contributes a preface. Insc “From Russia with warmth G.U.” DW nibbled top & bottom of spine. o/w VG

£12.00

Keres Keres’ Best Games of Chess 1931-1940 by Reinfeld Bell 1946 224pp 77 games with 4p intro by Keres. Insc. G+ £7.50

Keres Paul Keres’ Best Games Vol. 1 Closed Games by Varnusz 1st ed. Pergamon ‘87 192pp 170 gms well analysed, plus good photos. AN large pictorial

HB F £15.00

Keres. Another copy. Slight foxing to some page edges o/w VG- £9.50

Keres Paul Keres’ Best Games Vol. 2 Open & Semi-Open Games Varnusz Pergamon ‘90 278pp 239 games well-analysed with diagrams. 1st ed. 13 good

photos. AN Large pictorial HB F £15.00

Keres Another copy in SB Pergamon ‘90 SB £9.50

Keres Keres’ Best Games of Chess 1931 – 1940 Reinfeld Bell 1946 224pp 77gms with 4pp intro by Keres. Insc. G+ £7.50

Keres Paul Keres – Chess Master Class by I Neishtadt Pergamon ‘83

182pp “A virtual text-book on attacking play”. He illustrates his lessons with examples from his own games. Large HB in the publisher’s style at the time. AN VG

£12.00

Keres Paul Keres – Photgraphs and Games Paide 1995

479pp Multi-lingual introductions. c.60 photos, many informal. Almost 2,000 game scores in AN. Tournament record & some X-tables. Pictorial HB. F

£12.00

Keres The Early Games of Paul Keres Keres trans. & edited by Golombek. Jenkins1964

Keres The Later Years of Paul Keres trans. & edited by Golombek 1st ed Jenkins 69 192pp 80 gms analysed by the master. DW VG+ £14.00

192pp 26 gms extensively analysed by the master. DW Insc. VG £12.00

Keres The Early Games of Paul Keres Keres trans. & edited by Golombek

Another copy DW Insc. G £9.50

Keres The Early Games of Paul Keres Keres trans. & edited by Golombek Another copy DW Ex lib. G- £7.50

Keres The Middle Years of Paul Keres Keres trans. & edited by Golombek Jenkins1966 208pp 53 gms analysed by the master DW Front endpaper excised

o/w G £9.50

Keres The Middle Years of Paul Keres Keres trans. & edited by Golombek Another copy VG- £9.50

Keres The Later Years of Paul Keres Keres trans. & edited by Golombek 1st ed

Jenkins

192pp Another copy DW with tear o/w G £9.50

Khalifman Khalifman – Life & Games Nesis Everyman 00 208pp 97 gms with biographical context PB AN F- £10.00

Koltanowski With The Chess Masters Falcon 1972

147pp Autobiographical work with 75 annotated games & diagrams. With photographs, cartoons, etc. SB F

£10.00

Kolisch, I Ignaz Kolisch The Life & Chess Career by F. Zavatarelli McFarland

362pp

Baron Kolisch was a major player in the mid-19th century, with many international contacts and chess opponents. 323 annotated games. Many illustrations of people and places. Fully indexed. Large format. Blue cloth boards with black titles. ECF Book of the Year Finalist. AN F $65.00

£39.00

Korchnoi My Best Games (updated & revised 80th birthday edition) Olms 2011

435pp Two volumes in one. 110 deeply-annotated games covering his entire career. SB AN F

£15.00

Korchnoi My Best Games Vol. 1: Games with White Olms 2001

208pp 50 annotated games with diagrams between 1951 – 2000. Pictorial HB AN VG+

£12.00

Korchnoi My Best Games Vol. 2: Games with Black Olms 2001

204pp 50 annotated games with diagrams between 1952 – 2000. BCF Book of the Year 2001 Pictorial HB AN VG+

£12.00

Korchnoi Viktor Korchnoi’s Best Games by Korchnoi 1st ed. 1978 Philidor 294pp 72 games plus diagrams. HB VG+ £8.50

Korchnoi Korchnoi’s 400 Best Games by Korchnoi, Wade & Blackstock. 1st ed. Batsford ‘78 264pp Languageless figurine algebraic notation. X-tables. DW VG £10.75

Korchnoi Chess Is My Life – Autobiography & Games 1st ed. Batsford ‘77 168pp 75 games, some annotated. AN DW VG+ £10.00

Korchnoi Korchnoi’s Chess Games Levy & O’Connell (ed.) Intro by Hartston OUP 1979 291pp c. 1,700 games in languageless figurine algebraic notation.

Many X-tables. PB VG

£11.00

Kramnik Kramnik – My Life & Games Kramnik & Damsky Everyman 00 208pp 178 gms in biographical context. PB AN VG- £9.00

Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik – The Inside Story of a Chess Genius Quality ’18 256pp By Carsten Hensel 30 colour photos Many game scores but

the emphasis is on the life story. Pictorial HB AN F

£15.00

Kupreichik, V The Games of Viktor Kupreichik by G McCormik CEI 1986

68pp

81 annotated games after a short biography by Alexei Suetin. X-tables. SB AN VG+

£10.00

Kurnosov, I The Chelyabinsk Meteorite – Selected Games of Igor Kurnosov.

210pp In 2013, aged 28, he achieved the Super GM rating of 2700 and was then run over by a car and killed; hence he is not quite a household name, But 50 annotated games with diagrams and a host of photographs tell the story. SB AN F

£11.00

Larsen Larsen’s Selected Games of Chess 1948 - 69 Bell 1970 181pp 50 annotated games in 14 chapters with linking narrative

to describe his rise up the ladder. SB VG+

£9.00

Larsen Larsen’s Selected Games of Chess by Larsen 1st ed. Bell 1970 181pp 50 annotated games in 14 chapters with linking narrative to

describe his rise up the ladder. DW nibbled o/w VG

£15.00

Larsen Another copy 1st ed. DW nibbled but in protective cover o/w VG £15.00

Larsen Another copy 1st ed. Slight foxing to endpapers o/w VG- £13.00

Lasker Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 11 – Lasker Hamburg ’59 573 gms with diagram every 5 moves. Part of Dr.

Wildhagen’s ground-breaking and still collectable series. With booklet of added notes. AN. Red cloth. VG-

£22.00

Lasker Dr. Lasker’s Chess Career Pt. 1 1889-1914 by Reinfeld & Fine 1st ed 1935

165pp

75 annotated games with appreciations of the player by Kmoch, Nimzowitsch, Reti, Spielmann & Tartakower, plus biographical section. Published by Printing Craft but printed in the USA. Tea stains to bottom edges of 2nd half of book & 2cm split to rear of spine o/w G

£16.00

Lasker Lasker’s Greatest Chess Games Dover 1956

165pp 75 games annotated by Reinfeld & Fine. A republication of the 1935 original Dr. Lasker’s Chess Career 1889 – 1914. SB G+

£6.00

Lasker Emanuel Lasker – The Life Of A Chess Master Hannak 1st ed. Deutsch ‘59 320pp 101 gms lightly annotated with foreword by Albert Einstein

and very readable biography. DW VG

£20.00

Lasker Emanuel Lasker – The Life Of A Chess Master Hannak 1st ed. NY 1959 Another copy but the US edition by Simon & Schuster with

different DW G+

£20.00

Lasker Emanuel Lasker 2nd World Champion by I & V Linder Russell ‘10

264pp 80 games annotated by Muller, and much biographical material. Diagrams; illustrations & fully indexed SB AN F-

£12.50

Lasker vs Pillsbury Brandreth ‘60

66pp

All 14 of the games played between these 2 GMs with extensive annotations from many sources. Short biographies and contemporary tributes to both players. A scarce early work by Dale Brandreth. Typescript, comb bound; G

£20.00

Lasker Emanuel Lasker Vol. 1: 2nd edition ed. by J. Gilchrist Gillam 1967

112pp

All 283 known tournament & match games up to 1921. No annotations but source books are given. Tournament record for this period and X-tables. Short intro by Ken Whyld Large format. Typescript. SB VG

£12.00

Lasker Emanuel Lasker Chess Champion Vol. 2 reprint ed by J. Gilchrist Gillam 1968 86pp 218 games Fully indexed with X-tables. No annotations

but sources given. Large format. SB VG

£12.00

Marshall Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion – A Biography with 220 games by Andy Soltis.

McFarland 1994

383pp

A biography with 220 annotated games in AN. 14 b&w photographs. Red cloth boards with titles in white, all to the publisher’s usual high standards. F+ 40 USD

£29.00

Marshall My Fifty Years of Chess 1st ed. 1942 Ch. Review

242pp 140 annotated games. Good photos in the biographical section. Insc. VG

£25.00

Marshall My Fifty Years of Chess 1st ed. 1942 Ch. Review Another copy with small damp stain to lower spine & front

endpaper excised o/w VG-

£20.00

Marshall Marshall’s Best Games of Chess Marshall Dover 1960

242pp 140 gms analysed and in biographical context. A republication of the 1942 original entitled My 50 Years of Chess. SB VG

£10.00

Marshall Marshall’s Chess Openings

185pp 11pp of biography up to this point in time, followed by 30 whole games annotated throughout, with diagrams. Portrait photo. Olive-covered boards with bright gilt titles. VG+

Leeds 1904

£40.00

Marshall Great American Chess Players: 1.- Frank J. Marshall by P. Wenman. 1st ed. Short biography & tournament record. VG

Leeds 1948

204pp

100 annotated games with 150 diagrams. A little foxing to endpapers o/w VG. Short biography & tournament record.VG

£12.00

Mecking H Biography of the Brazilian prodigy & GM, Henrique Mecking, by Ruben Filguth. With 90 annotated games, 68 diagrams & 18 b&w photos. Born in 1952, after 1972 he was the strongest player born in the West. Text in Portuguese. SB with weak binding o/w G

£10.00

Menchik, V Vera Menchik – A Biography of the First Women’s World Chess Champion. By Robert B. Tanner

McFarland 2016

316pp 350 games mostly annotated. 21 good photos; X-tables etc. AN Red cloth boards with bright white titles.. F+ £38.00

£29.00

Miles, A Tony Miles: It’s Only Me compiled by G Lawton Batsford ‘03 288pp Biography, tributes from colleagues & 118 annotated

games with diagrams. 7 photographs. SB; figurine AN. G

Mitchell, R. P. Mitchell – A Master of British Chess by J.du Mont Pitman 1947 108pp Biographical chapter followed by 36 annotated games

with diagrams. Good portrait photo. HB VG+

£25.00

Morphy, P Paul Morphy Ed. Olms ‘89

436pp A facsimile reprint of Maroczy’s 1909 book of 400+ games by Morphy, in the original German. 3rd edition (1989) by Olms of Zurich. Dark blue buckram boards with purple DW F+

£25.00

Morphy, P Morphy’s Games of Chess: Being the Best Games Played By The Distinguished Champion In Europe and America, with Analytical & Critical Notes by J. Löwenthal

London 1872

485pp

The only collection of his games made with Morphy’s direct input. LN 3157. Maroon cloth boards with blind stamped pattern & chessboard design in bright gilt. Insc. & some foxing to page edges. No physical damage to pages or cover. G

Morphy Morphy’s Games of Chess by J. Löwenthal Batsford ‘85 485pp 150+ games. Facsimile reprint of the 1860 1st ed. The only

collection of Morphy's games made with his help. DW VG+

£15.00

Morphy Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory by Macon Shibut Dover 2004

359pp An unabridged republication of the 1993 original by Caissa Editions with errata list included. All known games by the genius with analysis & diagrams. SB AN F

£9.95

Morphy Morphy’s Games of Chess P. W. Sergeant 1st ed. Bell 1916

352pp 300 gms with 36pp biography. LN 3222 Green cloth boards splitting on rear spine o/w G+

£20.00

Morphy Morphy’s Games of Chess P. W. Sergeant 1st ed. Bell 1916 Another copy 10 cm split to rear of spine o/w G £20.00

Morphy Morphy’s Games of Chess Sergeant 3rd ed Bell 1919

352pp 300 gms with 36pp biography. LN 3223 Green cloth boards re-backed retaining original cloth. Insc. G

£12.50

Morphy Morphy’s Games of Chess. Sergeant. An unabridged ed. of the original

Dover 1957

352pp As before with added 5pp introduction by Reinfeld. SB VG £8.00

Morphy Morphy Chess Masterpieces by Reinfeld & Soltis Collier 1974

239pp 40 annotated games and his legacy analysed by 2 noted writers. PB VG-

£7.99

Morphy Half-Hours with Morphy by Rev E. E. Cunningham London ‘02

80pp 3rd & revised edition. LN 3192. Small format. Maroon buckram boards with gilt titles. 45 games & studies. Insc. on title page o/w G

£12.00

Morphy Half-Hours with Morphy Fifth (revised) edition London 80pp Another copy. Not in LN Insc. on front endpaper o/w G £12.00

Najdorf Najdorf: Life and Games Lissowski & Najdorf 1st ed. Batsford ‘05 256pp 131 gms half annotated by the GM. PB AN F £9.50

Najdorf Najdorf X Najdorf by Lilliana Najdorf. Russell 2016

208pp

A warts&all biography by his daughter, with annotated games from his long career selected by Timman. Many photos. Career time-line SB AN F

£9.75

Najdorf Young Najdorf Gillam 2010

151pp 192 games up to 1939 (pre-Argentina) with contemporary annotations, diagrams, X-tables, pictures etc. SB AN F+

£8.75

Nakamura Fighting Chess with Hikaru Nakamura Olms 2012

231pp By Muller & Stolze, 47 annotated games with diagrams. The 1st book devoted solely to the American. Photos Tournament record, bibliography. SB AN F

£12.75

Napier, W. E. Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster by John Hilbert Caissa 1997

354pp 321 games, many with notes. Extensive historical background. Especially strong on New York City area chess around the turn of the century. Red cloth boards. F+

£25.00

Nimzowitsch, Aron Nimzowitsch - On the Road To Chess Mastery 1886-1924 McFarland

456pp

by By Per Skjoldager & Jorn Nielsen. c. 300 games from the early part of his career, annotated with diagrams. Well illustrated with photos, sketches, maps etc. X-tables. AN. Blue cloth boards with silver-gilt titles. Produced to McFarland’s usual high standards. F+ £43.00

£35.00

Nimzowitsch

The Praxis Of My System – Illustrated by 109 games from my contests with many illustrative articles & introductory talks & 132 diagrams

Printing Craft 1936

369pp

1st English Edition edited by J. Du Mont. Photo of the master. Original brown cloth boards. Gilt titles on spine faded, bottom edge of which is also slightly rubbed. o/w G. One of the game’s great classics.

£22.00

Nimzowitsch My System Bell 1961

265pp Classic work in which the author explains his principles of play with 50 illustrative annotated games. HB G+

£5.00

Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch – 1928 – 1935. edited by R. Reinhardt NIC 2013

414pp 200 annotated games & essays on the man & his legacy. Diagrams, photos, X-tables & fully indexed. AN SB VG+

£12.75

Nimzowitsch My System – 21st Century Edition Ed. by Lou Hays . Hays 1991 260pp 50 illustrative games with 419 diagrams AN. PB VG+ £12.00

Nimzovitsch Nimzovich The Hypermodern Reinfeld 1st ed. McKay 1948 221pp 58 gms with individual introductions. VG £12.00

Nimzovitsch Nimzovich The Hypermodern Reinfeld 1st ed. McKay 1948 Another copy with DW in protective covering. Insc. VG+ £14.00

Nimzovitsch Hypermodern Chess Reinfeld Dover 1958 221pp Unabridged republication of the 1948 ed. PB £7.75

Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal. By Keene 1st US ed. McKay 1974

334pp 120 games illustrating the author’s treatise. Republication of the Bell 1974 original, with X-tables, diagrams etc. A well-respected early work. PB AN VG

£9.75

Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal. By Keene 1st ed. Bell 1974 Another copy SB Insc. VG £9.75

Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch: Master of Planning By Keene 1st ed. ISHI 2009 256pp This is the Reappraisal in AN PB F £10.00

Nunn John Nunn’s Best Games Batsford’ 95

320p 40 games up to 1993, annotated by a world expert, plus anecdotes relating to the game. SB AN VG+

£9.25

Nunn Secrets of Grandmaster Chess – An expanded new edition of a modern classic

Batsford ‘97

335pp

24 games only, but analysed in depth. An expansion of the original that won the BCF Book of the Year award in 1988. PB AN VG+

£12.00

Olafsson Vid skakbordid I aldarfjoroung (Which Google translates as “Chess table time In the century” though they may not have got the full sense of it)

Reykjavik 1976

240pp

50 annotated games 1951 - 1976, 17 X-tables & some pics. DW VG

£10.00

Pachman Pachman’s Decisive Games 1st ed. Pitman ‘75 259pp 51 annotated games in full context with X-tables. DW VG+ £12.00

Petrosian Tigran Petrosian – His Life & Games by V. Vasiliev Batsford ‘74

247pp 50 games well-annotated by Suetin & Petrosian himself, with diagrams. Translated & edited by his fellow Georgian, Mike Basman. Published after his victory in the Candidates to challenge for the World Championship. Tournament record. 1st ed. DW in the Batsford style of the day. The clear plastic jacket that has kept the jacket pristine has created marks on the endpapers, as is usual. o/w VG+

£18.00

Petrosian The Games of Tigran Petrosian Vol. 1 1942-1965 Pergamon ‘91

480pp

1st ed. Compiled by E. Shekhtman. 1,089 games most with annotations plus some diagrams & input by other writers. 9 sharp b&w photos. Large blue pictorial HB in Pergamon’s style. Reputedly scarcer then Vol. 2. After Pergamon’s demise the pair were republished in SB by ISHI AN VG+

£40.00

Petrosian The Games of Tigran Petrosian Vol. 2 1966-1983 Pergamon ‘91

448pp

1st ed. Compiled by E. Shekhtman. 1,062 games most with annotations plus some diagrams & input by other writers. 8 sharp b&w photos. Large red pictorial HB in Pergamon’s style. AN VG+

£25.00

Petrosian The Games of Tigran Petrosian Vol 1. 1942 – 1965 Ishi 2012

480pp Compiled by E. Shehktman. 1,089 gms most with annotations plus some diagrams & input by other writers AN SB F

£17.50

Petrosian The Games of Tigran Petrosian Vol. 2 1966 – 1983 Ishi 2012

448pp Compiled by E. Shekhtman. 1,062 gms most with annotations plus some diagrams, and input by other writers. AN SB F-

£17.50

Petrosian Petrosian’s Best Games of Chess 1946 – 63 by P. H. Clarke Bell 1971

Pillsbury Great American Chess-Players II :: H. N. Pillbury Wenman Mitre ‘48 152pp 100 gms lightly analysed with 102 diagrams plus 4 pp

biography. Small format. DW in protective cover VG+

£11.00

Pillsbury Great American Chess-Players II :: H. N. Pillbury Wenman Mitre ‘48 152pp Another copy foxing to endpapers o/w VG- £10.00

Pillsbury Pillsbury The Extraordinary Soltis & Smith Ch. Digest ‘90 144pp Biography & 29 games SB AN F- £10.00

Pillsbury Pillsbury’s Chess Career by Sergeant & Watts with a new intro & Afterword by Chernev

Dover 1966

230pp

233 games all with annotations and some with diagrams. Short biographical & tribute section.. A little foxing to endpapers and some wear but structurally sound SB G-

£6.50

Pillsbury Harry Nelson Pllsbury – American Chess Champion by J. Pope US 1996

376pp 907 game scores, some with analysis and/or diagrams. 47 page biographical section. X-tables of the tournaments in which he participated. Appendix on the Hastings 1895 tournament, which he unexpectedly won. SB AN G+

£12.00

205pp 60 annotated games with diagrams. Red DW F. £14.00

Petrosian . Another copy DW nibbled but in clear protective cover. Signed “P. H. Clarke”. DW VG

£12.00

Petrosian Petrosian’s Best Games of Chess 1946 – 63 Bell 1971 Another copy. DW Endpapers a little foxed. o/w VG £12.00

Petrosian Petrosian’s Best Games of Chess 1946 – 63 Bell 1971 Another copy no DW VG £10.00

Petrosian Petrosian the Powerful by Soltis & Ken Smith Ch. Digest 158pp 30 annotated games with diagrams & 12 chapters of

biography. PB AN VG

£10.00

Petrosian Tigran Petrosian – World Champion by A. O’Kelly de Galway 1st ed. Pergamon 119pp Biography & 30 annotated games. Tournament record. G+ £10.00

Petrovs Vladimirs Petrovs – From Greatness to the Gulags Caissa 2004

190p

All known 265 games of this Latvian Olympiad player who was obliterated from chess history by the Soviets post-war, and has only recently been rediscovered and appreciated afresh Photos, cartoons, X-tables etc. SB AN F

£9.50

Philidor A Selection of Games At Chess Played By Philidor & his contemporaries with notes by George Walker

Olomouc

112pp A facsimile of the 1835 book published in London in 1835 HB F+

£15.00

Phillips Chess: 60 Years On With Caissa and Friends Caissa ‘03

185p 200 annotated games with diagrams and memories, games & photos of his British contemporaries from the 2nd half of the century. Signed copy SB AN F

£15.00

Pindar Mystery of Edward Pindar – Chess Nomad Ostrava ‘05 93pp By Owen Hindle who reveals many unknown facts about

the life of the ex-pat Estonian, including a prison sentence. 37 annotated games, plus illustrations Small format SB AN F

£9.00

Polgar Judit Polgar: The Princess of Chess by Karolyi Batsford ‘04 288pp 89 annotated gms as Karolyi looks in more detail at the

youngest sister’s achievements. PB. AN VG+

£12.00

Polgar Breaking Though – How The Polgar Sisters Changed the Game of Chess

Everyman05

320pp 125 annotated games, photos in b&w and colour. Biographical material. High production standards. DW AN F-

£14.00

Polgar, J. How I Beat Fischer’s Record – aided by M. Marin Quality 2012 384pp 85 annotated games & 50+ personal pics. AN F+ £15.00

Polgar The Polgar Sisiters – Training or Genius? By Cathy Forbes Batsford ‘92

178pp The author tackles the question with the help of many annotated games with diagrams. SB AN VG

£6.25

Polugayevsky Grandmaster Preparation 1st English Translation Pergamon ‘81

240pp Half the book is devoted to a collection of his games which illustrate his ideas expounded in the 1st half. Large SB AN VG

£12.00

Portisch Grandmaster Lajos Portisch Gillam ‘68 43pp 34 annotated games & diagrams Typescript. AN SB VG £5.25

Portisch Selected Games of Lajos Portisch Batsford ‘79

207pp Biographical notes with 90 annotated games & diagrams. DW in Batsford’s style of the period. G+

£12.00

Portisch Another copy: no DW & gilt title fading o/w G £9.00

Portisch Portisch nagymester byJozef Hajtun Budapest ‘78

352pp Biography followed by 50 annotated games. Tournament record up to 1977. 26 b&w photos. Pictorial HB. F

£8.00

Pupols Viktors Pupols – American Master by Larry Parr Thinkers ‘83 77pp 90 lightly annotated games. Photos etc. PB AN VG £7.50

Reshevsky, S Samuel Reshevsky by S. W. Gordon (1997) McFarland

406pp A compendium of 1,768 games with diagrams, X-tables, some annotations & 3 indexes. Large format. Games arranged in chronological order with mini-essays wrapping up each of his 7 decades of chess activity. SB AN F

£25.00

Reshevsky Reshevsky On Chess 1st ed. 1948 with Pitman sticker pasted in. Ch. Review

272pp 110 of his games from 1920 annotated by the author. Tournament record & photographs. Insc. “J. A. Fuller”. VG

£9.75

Reshevsky Another copy with different protected DW. Pitman ‚48 Some stains on endpapers o/w G £5.25

Reshevsky How Chess Games Are Won Reshevsky 1st ed. Pitman 1962 212pp 60 of his gms as the author addresses his subject. DW VG+ £10.00

Reshevsky How Chess Games Are Won Reshevsky 1st paperback ed. Pitman 1973 PB VG £12.00

Reti Reti’s Best Games of Chess Golombek 1st ed. Bell 1954 173pp 70 gms & studies & memoir. Light foxing to endpapers o/wVG £12.00

Reti Reti’s Best Games of Chess Golombek Dover 1974 Unabridged version of 1954 original. Cover a little creased

o/w VG £7.75

Rubinstein, A Rubinstein Gewinnt! – 100 Glanzpartien Des Grosse Schachkünstlers (100 brilliant games by the great chessmaster). Biography by Dr. Jacques Hannak and annotations by Hans Kmoch. 1st edition.

Wein 1933

151pp

This is not the Barnie Winklemann translation of 1941 nor subsequent Dover editions – it’s the original 1st ed. LN 3262. Olive-green cloth boards with Art Deco cover design in gilt. Portrait photo protected by tissue paper. Spine is dulled, but the whole is clean and intact. AN VG

£28.00

Rubinstein Rubinstein’s Chess Masterpieces – 100 Selected Games Kmoch N. York ‘41 192pp 1st ed. with extensive neat marginalia, esp. to endpapers. o/w

G+ £12.50

Rubinstein Another copy Dover 1960

192pp Red cloth boards have been added to the Dover ed. with some marking to endpapers o/w G

£7.75

Rubinstein The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein Vol. 1 Uncrowned King Russell ‘06

402pp

By J. Donaldson & N. Minev, 2nd ed. Revised & enlarged. 492 annotated games from between 1897 – 1920, Diagrams, X-tables, photos & fully indexed. Everything you could want. AN SB F c. £26.00

£14.75

Rubinstein The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein Vol. 2. The Later Years Russell ‘11

440pp By Donaldson & Minev. 2nd ed. Revised & enlarged. 583 annotated games 1921 – 1961. Diagrams, X-tables, Photos & full indexed. AN SB F c.£30.00

£14.75

Rubinstein Rubinstein’s Chess Masterpieces – 100 Selected Games Kmoch Dover 1960 Unaltered republication of 1st ed. PB VG- £9.00

Rubinstein Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King Donaldson & Minev ICE 1994 321pp 474 lightly annotated gms with some periodic context.

Photos, X-tables etc. Scarce outside US. AN PB F

£25.00

Sanakoev World Champion at the Third Attempt by Sanakoev Gambit 1999 256pp 59 games by a Correspondence World Champion, analysing

his decision-making process – e.g. when to sacrifice & when not. PB AN F

£9.50

Schlecter Schlechter’s Chess Games by T. Crain Caissa ‘98

287pp

811 games. An original work which gives all Schlechter’s games found in an exhaustive decade-long search. It complements the Goldman book by giving many more games, but no notes, and a brief biography with photos & cross-tables for his major tournaments. Red cloth boards AN F+

£17.00

Seirawan Chess Duels – My Games With The World Champions Everyman ‘10

427p Describes and analyses his encounters, both on and off the board, with a range of champions, from Euwe to Kasparov. HB DW AN F+ £20.00

£14.99

Shirov Alexei Shirov’s Best Games Kalinichenko Moscow 05 736pp 500 gms with languageless analysis. o/w text in Cyrillic. AN F £9.50

Shirov Fire On Board – Shirov’s Best Games 2006 rep. Everyman 236pp 236pp 82 gms + chapter on his favoured Botvinnik

Variation. PB AN VG+ £10.00

Shirov Fire On Board Pt 2 1997 - 2004 Everyman 192pp 53 deeply-annotated gms + diagrams. SB AN F+ £18 £10

Short, N Short by A. Martin, J. Tisdall & R. O’Brien 1993 193pp Gms annotated to a varying degree - career record –

illustrations. Insc. AN PB VG

£6.00

Short, N Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy by David Short Faber 1981 258pp Edited by Barden; analysis and comments, G. Botterill & D.

Short. 67 annotated games Career record up to 1981. Small thick paperback. SB AN VG

£6.25

Short, N Nigel Short – World Chess Challenger by Keene Batsford ‘92 144pp 40 annotated games with diagrams and tournament record.

PB AN F

£7.50

Smyslov My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957 RKP. 1958

154pp 1st edition. 67 games annotated by Smyslov edited by P. H. Clarke. HB DW protected by clear plastic. Some small neat marginalia on c. 6pp.

£8.25

Another copy. RKP Insc. & signed “Peter H. Clarke”. HB & DW protected in clear

cellophane cover, making the DW spotless. VG+

£15.00

Smyslov My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957 Dover 1972 154pp 67 games annotated by Smyslov edited by P. H. Clarke. A

republication of the RKP 1958 original. SB VG

£8.50

Smyslov Smyslov’s Best Games Vol. 1 1935 - 1957 Olomouc 03

348pp

140 gms annotated by the GM with diagrams, follow the aubiographical introduction. X-tables of all tournaments involved & fully indexed AN HB F+

£15.00

Smyslov Smyslov’s Best Games Vol. 2 1958 - 1995 Olomouc 03

456pp 186 gms annotated by the Master with diagrams. X-tables of all tournaments involved & fully indexed. AN HB F+

£15.00

Smyslov 125 Selected Games Pergamon ‘83

250pp The ex-World Champion chooses & analyses his favourite games. 20 good photos & Tournament record. AN HB VG

£9.25

Sokolov Sokolov’s Best Games Sokolov Cadogan ‘97 157pp 50 annotated gms in its historical context. PB AN F £8.95

Sokolov Ivan’s Chess Journey – Games & Stories Thinkers ‘16

272p

Autobiographical. Many whole games against fellow masters but also move sequences from given positions in his games. Some photos. SB AN F

£10.00

Spassky Spassky’s 100 Best Games by Cafferty (1st ed.) Batsford ‘72 254pp DW VG £9.75

Spassky Spassky’s 100 Best Games by Cafferty Batsford ‘73 256pp Includes an extra game from the Fischer match + winning

move puzzles. DW VG

£9.75

Spassky Spassky’s 100 Best Games Cafferty 3rd ed. Batsford ‘79 As above SB VG- £9.50

Spassky Boris Spassky: Master of Tactics (100 Games 1949 –‘72) 4th ed. Batsford ‘91 256pp A republication of the 1973 book. PB VG £9.50

Spassky Boris Spassky: Master of Initiative by Raetsky & Chetverik Everyman 06 160pp 150 positions from games illustrating his strengths. PB AN F- £10.00

Spassky The Best Games of Boris Spassky by Soltis Pitman 1973 288pp 70 lightly annotated games from between 1949 – ‘71. DW VG £9.50

Speelman, J Jon Speelman’s Best Games by Speelman Batsford ‘97 240pp 38 gms looked at in depth with career context. PB AN VG+ £10.00

Spielmann, R The Chess Career of Rudolf Spielmann Vol. 1 by Jack L. Spence 1961

262pp 75 games from between 1905 – 1923 annotated and each with a diagram. Deep red cloth boards & gilt titles. A much sought-after title. VG

£25.00

Speilmann, R Rudolf Speilmann – Portrait eines Schachmeisters in Texten und Partien by Michael Ehn.

Koblenz 1996

288pp 35 well annotated games & 40 pictures. Blue cloth boards & gilt titles, behind a DW. F+

£16.00

Stahlberg, G Strövtåg i schack-världen (A Stroll In The Chess World) Skara 1965 120pp Looks at aspects of 60 games. HB VG £8.00

Staunton Howard Staunton – The English World Champion BCM 1975

181pp By Keene & R. N. Coles. BCM Quarterly No. 17. 60 annotated games with diagrams, plus many contemporary illustrations. Small rubbed patch on front cover o/w VG

£7.50

Stein, L Leonid Stein – Master Of Risk Strategy by Gufeld & Lazarev Thinkers ‘01

253pp Biography, personal photos & 62 annotated games, plus endgames try to keep alive the skills & memory of a great player who died in his 30s. Intro by Kapov. SB AN F-

£15.00

Stein, L Leonid Stein – Master of Attack by R. Keene Hale 1976

155pp 1st ed. Short biography with X-tables & 64 annotated games. There would have been more had he not died aged 39. Black cloth boards with silver gilt titles on spine. F

£14.00

Stein, L Leonid Stein – Master of Attack by R. Keene TUI 1988

156pp 2nd printing with additions & corrections. SB VG £9.50

Steinitz William Steinitz Selected Chess Games. Devide Dover 1974 109pp 78 + 6 added gms. A corrected and expanded republication

of the 1901 original. SB VG

£6.00

Steinitz Wilhelm Steinitz – 1st World Champion by I & V Linder Russell ‘14 200pp 90 games but also an in-depth account of his career and

contributions to chess. With photos, X-tables etc. PB AN F+

£12.00

Steinitz The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz – First World Champion Pickard Pickard ‘95 260pp 1,022 gms many with language-less analysis. PB AN VG £9.50

Sultan Khan Malik Mir Sultan Khan – His Life & Games by U. Geilmann Beyer 2018 216pp 183 annotated games 31 illustrations. AN SB F+ £15.00

Sultan Khan Mir Sultan Khan by R. N. Coles BCM 1977 144pp 64 annotated games set in historical context. X-tables and

photos. Typescript.. BCM Quarterly No. 10. Binding at spine is tender but intact. o/w G

£10.00

Suttles Chess On The Edge Vol. 1 by B. Harper & Y. Seirawan CMA 2008

314pp 100 selected gms of Canadian GM Duncan Suttles, grouped by theme - covering period 1961 – ’84. Annotated with diagrams. 17 photos. AN HB DW F

£10.50

Suttles Chess On The Edge Vol. 2 by Harper & Seirawan CMA 2008

643pp 219 gms grouped by opening, annotated by the authors plus diagrams. AN HB DW F

£10.50

Suttles Chess On The Edge Vol. 3 by Harper & Seirawan CMA 2008

313pp 300 gms featuring his approaches to the Alekhine’s, Caro Kann, French & Sicilian Defences, plus his own speciality The Rat, annotated by the authors plus diagrams. AN HB DW F

£10.50

Szabo, L My Best Games Of Chess Pergamon ‘86

209pp 124 games selected and annotated with diagrams by the author. Full tournament record. Large pictorial HB blue cover in the Pergamon style of the period. AN VG

£15.00

Taimanov Taimanov’s Selected Games by Taimanov Cadogan ‘98 198pp 60 annotated games grouped by strategical motif to maximise

instructional value. PB AN F-

£10.00

Taimanov Taimanov’s Selected Games by Taimanov Everyman ‘95 198pp An exact reprint of the Cadogan book. PB AN

VG+

£10.00

Tal Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 25 Tal Hamburg 61 419 gms with diagram every 5 moves. Part of Dr.

Wildhagen’s ground-breaking and still collectable series. With booklet of added notes. AN. Red cloth with gilt titling still bright. VG+

£25.00

Tal Weltgeschichte des Schachs No. 25 Tal Another copy with cloth less bright £17.50

Tahl 222 Partitas Madrid 1990 127pp Diagram with each game but no analysis. Small format.

PB AN F

£4.50

Tal The Unknown Tal – 1951-1956 Selected Games Of World-Champion M. Tal by V. Zemitis

S. Francisco 1960

96pp

33 annotated games with diagrams. The games are/were “practically unknown outside Latvia and little-known anywhere. Only 500 copies printed. Typescript. SB G

£10.00

Tal The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal – Learn From The Legend NIC 2012

332p By Muller & Stolze. The title says it all – plus diagrams with a challenge to find the best solution from a section in another part of the book. AN F c. £20.00

£12.00

Tal Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936 – 59 Thomas 1st ed. Batsford ‘80 192pp c. 415 gms in languageless analysis. Paper yellowing as is

usual. AN. Ex lib. DW G-

£7.00

Tal Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936 – 59 Thomas Batsford ‘80 Another copy PB Paper yellowing o/w G+ £8.50

Tal Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1960 – 66 Thomas 1st ed. Batsford ‘79 160pp c. 414 gms with languageless analysis. PB VG £7.50

Tal Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1967 – 73 Thomas 1st ed. Batsford ‘79 176pp c. 500 gms with languageless analysis. DW VG+ £9.50

Tal The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal Tal 1st ed. RHM 1976 519pp 100 gms analysed by Tal with full context. Biography takes

form of an interview. PB G+

£8.00

Tal The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal A republication of the 1976 ed. Cadogan ‘97 496pp 100 gms analysed by Tal with full context. Biography takes

form of an interview. AN PB F

£12.00

Tal Mikhail Tal Games Vol. 1 1949 – 1962 Soloviev Ch. Stars ‘94 431pp 672 gms with languageless analysis. PB AN VG £9.50

Tal Mikhail Tal Games Vol. 2 1963 – 1972 Soloviev Ch. Stars ‘95 431pp 635 gms with languageless analysis. PB AN VG £9.50

Tal Mikhail Tal Games Vol. 3 1973 – 1981 Soloviev Ch. Stars ‘96 443pp 709 gms with languageless analysis. PB AN VG+ £9.50

Tal Mikhail Tal Games Vol. 4 1982 – 1992 Soloviev Ch. Stars ‘96 459pp 672 gms with languageless analysis. PB AN VG+ £9.50

Tal Mikhail Tal: Tactical Genius Raetsky & Chetverik Everyman ‘04 160pp Some of his best games analysed but mostly puzzles to test

the reader. PB AN F-

£9.50

Tal Selected Games of Mikhail Tal by j. Hajtun 1st ed. Pitman 1961 145pp 64 annotated games HB VG £10.00

Tal Selected Games of Mikhail Tal Hajtun Dover 1975 145pp 64 annotated gms. A republication of the 1961 ed. SB VG+ £7.50

Tal Attack With Mikhail Tal Tal & Damsky Cadogan ‘94 198pp Tal explains the art of attack using his games. AN Ex Lib.

Front endpaper excised o/w G

£6.00

Tal Tal’s Winning Combinations by Tal & Khenkin 1st ed. 1980 Routledge

409pp 271 diagrams from his games at the start of numerous winning combinations, and the process and outcome of each. DW VG+

£18.00

Tal The Life & Games of Mikhail Tal by Tal. RHM 1976

517pp 100 annotated games with diagrams, autobiographical notes etc. This is one thick paperback with some wear to covers o/w G+

£8.00

Tal Mikhail Tal’s Best Games of Chess Clarke Bell 1973 195pp 50 gms annotated by a respected writer. Red DW chipped

o/w VG £11.50

Tal Mikhail Tal’s Best Games of Chess Clarke 1st ed. Bell 1961 Another copy. Pale blue DW worn o/w VG £10.50

Tal Mikhail Tal’s Best Games Of Chess 1951 – ‘60 Hardinge ‘02 195pp A digitised version of the 1961 1st ed ..50 annotated gms with

diagrams. SB VG+

£9.00

Tal Mikhail Tal – Master of Sacrifice. By Clarke Batsford ‘91

195pp A republication of the 1961 Bell original. B F £9.95

Tal The Chess Psychologist World Champion Tal. by Liepnieks ISHI 2012 174pp Republication of the 1961 original. 60 annotated gms. PB F+ £10.00

Tal Tal Since 1960 by W. H. Cozens BCM Quarterly No. 16 1974 101pp 74 annotated games 1960 – ’74. PB G+ £12.00

Tal Mikhail Tal’s Best Games 2: 1960 – 71 The World Champion Quality 2015

357pp By T. Karolyi. 66 deeply annotated games with diagrams. Fully indexed. Pictorial HB. F

£15.00

Taimanov Taimanov’s Selected Games Taimanov Cadogan ‘95 198pp 60 annotated gms. PB AN Corner of cover creased o/w VG £12.00

Tarrasch, S Tarrasch’s Best Games of Chess by Reinfeld 1st ed. Chatto 1947 385pp 183 annotated games. Insc. DW VG £15.00

Tarrasch , S Dreihundert Schachpartien. Ed Olms ‘88

538pp This is Edition Olms’ 4th edition, a facsimile of Tarrasch’s original 3rd ed. of 1925 LN3185. 300 of his best games annotated with diagrams. A worldwide classic DW F

£22.00

Tartakower My Best Games of Chess 1905 – 1954 21st Century edition. Russell 2015 440pp Foreword by Soltis. 201 annotated games with diagrams.

Tournament record. Small photos & X-tables. SB VG+

£15.00

Tartakower My Best Games of Chess 1905 – 1954 2 Vols. bound as one. Dover 1985 197pp Combines the 2 Bell books of 1953 & 1956. in a facsimile

edition. 200 annotated games. SB VG

£14.00

Tartakower My Best Games of Chess 1905 – 1930 by Tartakower. Bell 1953

250pp Translated by Golombek.. 100 games annotated with some diagrams by Golombek. 1st ed. DW in Bell’s classic knights pattern of the time, protected in clear plastic, leaving the DW spotless. VG+ .

£17.50

Tartakower My Best Games of Chess 1931 – 1954 by Tartakower. Bell 1956

197pp Translated by Golombek.. 101 games annotated with some diagrams by Golombek. 1st ed. DW in Bell’s classic knights pattern of the time, VG .

£15.00

Tartakower Another copy 1st ed. 1956 DW G £15.00

Thomas Chess For The Love Of It A. R. B. Thomas RKB 1973 82pp The author reflects on his career through games. DW VG £7.50

Thomas Chess For The Love Of It A. R. B. Thomas RKB 1973 Another copy PB VG+ £6.00

Timman Studies & Games Cadogan 96

192pp Mixture of his studies and best games. Some contact with rainwater at some point causing ruckling at the tops of some pages. SB AN G-

£4.75

Timman Chess The Adventurous Way NIC 1994

254pp 80 of his best games from 1983–’93 all annotated. HB AN Internally & externally clean & tight, except for foxing on edges o/w VG

£12.00

Topalov Veselin Topalov – Ex-World Champion-Selected Games by Guliev BCP 2017

467pp 90 annotated gms between 1991 – 2016 with diagrams. AN HB F+

£12.50

Torre, C The Life & Games of Carlos Torre by Gabriel Velasco Russell ‘00

297pp Biographical notes & 102 games annotated from various sources. Also, a conversation between author and Torre in 1977, quoted verbatim, is interesting. SB AN VG+

£15.00

Whitaker Shady Side: The Life & Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker Hilbert Caissa 2000

481pp 570 gm scores 20% of which are annotated. 332 pp of in-depth biography reconstructed from 3 crates of his papers. AN DW F+

£19.00

Winawer, S Szymon Winawer by Tomasz Lissowski Ch Player‘00 76pp The 14th of Tony Gillam’s Chess Masters series. 8 pages of

biography, tournament record and portrait photo, followed by 124 annotated games with diagrams. Produced in the usual Gillam style of A4 pages folded to make an A5 booklet, set in a clear plastic wallet. VG

£7.50

Yates One-Hundred-And-One Of My Best Games Yates 1st ed. 1934 Printing Craft

182pp 100 gms plus 9 added by Winter & Watts after Yates’ early death. A much sought after work. Spine dulled o/w VG-

£35.00

Yates One-Hundred And One Of My Best Games McKay 1935

182pp Published a year after the 1st ed. to US standards with sounder binding. Red cloth boards. Ex-libris plate partly torn out and some light foxing on front endpapers o/w G+

£35.00

Yates One-Hundred-And-One Of My Best Games Yates Moravian Facsimile of the 1934 original. HB F+ £20.00

Zukertort, J Johannes Zukertort – Artist Of The Chessboard by Jimmy Adams Caissa ‘89

534pp

This is Adams’ original biography of Zukertort, which seems very similar to the New In Chess edition, 25 years later. Numerous articles and appreciations from various writers, before moving on to his 319 annotated match & tournament games. Red cloth boards with titles & cover design in gilt. AN HB VG+

£25.00

Zukertort Johannes Zukertort – Artist of the Chessboard by Jimmy Adams NIC 2014

541pp 319 games many annotated by the player himself. & biographical articles by those who knew him. Diagrams & Illustrations. AN SB back cover creased o/w VG- £33.00

£19.95

Wildhagen

Weltgeschichte des Schachs (The World History of Chess)

In the pre-computer age, Dr. E. Wildhagen of Hamburg drew up plans to compile and publish a series of books of games by all the chess greats, and from many countries. He had a master plan of 40 projected titles, appearing at a rate of c. one every 6 weeks, though they did not appear in numerical sequence. E.g. the 1st to appear was No. 11 (Lasker), 2nd was No. 18 (Euwe part 1) and 3rd was No. 23 (Botvinnik part 1). The principle was that all games would have a diagram after very 5th move by Black, so that the game could be followed without reference to a physical chessboard. They were all published with red cloth boards and contain between 350 and 550 games, together with a smaller separate appendix (sometimes lost). Usually with players’ full tournament record, opening index, algebraic notation etc. German forewords. Although, on his death, the series came to an end before completion, they have proved very collectible.

Lasker No. 11 in the series. Edited by L. Rellstab 1959 573 gms. AN With separate appendix, spine a little dulled

o/w VG £22.00

Capablanca No. 14 in the Series. Edited by Brinckmann 1963 568 gms. AN With separate appendix. Spine a little dulled o/w

VG £22.00

Keres No. 21 in the series. 1960 500 gms AN With separate appendix. Spine dulled & 12cm

split in cloth on spine. o/w +G

£18.00

Keres Another copy 1960 Re-backed retaining original red cloth, though gilt lettering

has dulled. o/w G

£12.00

Botvinnik No. 23 in the series 1959 400 games. AN With separate appendix. Spine a little dulled & 4cm split in cloth on front of spine. o/w VG-

£20.00

Tal No. 25 in series 1961 419 games. AN With separate appendix. Clean cloth boards with bright gilt titles. VG+ £25.00

Tal Another copy as before but spine slightly dulled VG £20.00

Soviet Chess No. 33 in series covering period 1917 – 35 1960 400 games AN With separate appendix. Red cloth boards with spine dulled & one small damp stain on front. o/w VG

£18.00

Soviet Chess No. 36 in series 1963 400 games. AN With separate appendix.

Red cloth boards with spine dulled o/w VG £18.00


5. Game Collections - General

Alekhine 107 Great Chess Battles 1939-1945 edited by E. Winter Dover 1992 256pp An unabridged republication of the OUP 1980 edition. AN SB F £9.50

Alekhine 107 Great Chess Battles 1939-1945 edited by E. Winter OUP 1980 256pp AN HB VG £10.00

Anon The Chessplayers of Belarussia Minsk 1972 109pp c. 60 games some with diagrams. Small format. SB G £2.50

Barden Modern Chess Miniatures with W. Heidenfeld. 1st ed. 1960 Routledge 148pp 161 annotated games of 25 moves or under, mostly from the

1950s. DW VG

£9.00

Barden Another copy. Signed on the endpaper “A. R. B. Thomas Hastings Jan ‘61” and on the title page “Leonard Barden”. VG £15.00

Beheim Chess With The Masters 100 Classic Games 1834 - 1962 Thames ‘63 271pp Each game annotated with its historical context. DW

VG £8.50

Beheim Chess With The Masters 100 Classic Games 1834 - 1962 Thames ‘63 Another copy minus DW VG £8.50

Bosch, J The Chess Combat Simulator – 50 Instructive GM Games NIC 2006 262pp Rate your performance with a unique scoring system. SB AN F- £10.00

Burgess et al The World’s Greatest Chess Games Robinson ‘04

624pp 112 annotated games & 900+ diagrams looking at arguably the greatest games of all time. PB AN F+

£5.00

Burgess et al The Mammoth Book of The World’s Greatest Chess Games Robinson ‘10 703pp Expanded ed. with 125 annotated games. SB AN VG- £5.50

Burgess, G Chess Highlights of the 20th Century – The Best Chess 1900 – 1999 in Historical Context.

Gambit 1999

208pp One annotated game per year with headlines from the chess world and worlds in general. 40 good photos. AN HB F

£9.50

Cafferty, B The Soviet Chess Championships with Mark Taimanov Cadogan ‘ 98

224pp An annotated game or two with diagrams from every championship from 1920 – 1991, with X-tables . Excellent b&w photos. Black cloth boards with silver gilt titles AN DW VG+

£15.00

Chandler Rampant Chess – 60+ great games by Scottish Masters 2008

200pp With K. Ruxton. 13 Masters, from Aagaard to Shaw, contribute their 5 best games with analysis & diagrams. SB AN F £9.75

Chernev The Golden Dozen – The 12 Greatest Chess Players of all Time OUP 1976

331pp 115 annotated games from Capablanca (1st) to Nimzowitsch (12th) DW chipped o/w G+ £8.00

Chernev The Golden Dozen – The 12 Greatest Chess Players of all Time OUP 1976 Another copy no DW £7.00

Chernev The 1,000 Best Short Games of Chess 1st UK ed.

Hodder 1957

555pp Gms arranged thematically with brief notes. Internally clean DW a bit rubbed but in its own clear plastic jacket. o/w £15.00

Chernev The 1,000 Best Short Games of Chess 1st UK ed.

Hodder 1957

555pp Gms arranged thematically with brief notes. Gilt lettering on spine fading & back endpaper fraying o/w G-

£10.50

Chernev Another copy. DW VG+ £15.00

Chernev The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played Faber 1966

277pp “62 masterpieces of chess strategy”. Ex-Lib DW in protective cover with some damage to endpapers. & tape stains. o/w G- £5.00

Chernev The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played Faber 1973 Another copy with some foxing on page edges o/w G- £5.00

Chernev A new edition of this perennial favourite Batsford ‘14 312pp A reprint of the above title. SB AN VG+ £16.00 £7.50

Chernev Chess Strategy and Tactics – 50 Master Games with Reinfeld 1st ed.

NY 1933

101pp 50 games, annotated with diagrams, in chronological order to show developments in chess style from Steiniz on. Photo portraits of Capa & Alekhine. Red cloth boards with fine split on spine & bright gilt titles. VG

£20.00

Chernev Chess Strategy and Tactics – 50 Master Games with Reinfeld McKay 1946 179pp A republication of the 1933 original. 50 games in chronological

order to show developments in chess style. . DW VG

Chernev The Russians Play Chess 1st ed. McKay 1947

200pp

Shocked by the 2 heavy losses of strong US teams to a bunch of (then) relatively unknown Russians, Chernev seeks to discover who they are and how they came to be that good. 50 annotated games. Red cloth boards LN 3328. VG

£12.00

Chernev The Russians Play Chess Dover 1964

215pp Enlarged edition of the 1947 original.. 56 annotated master games. SB paper browned. G- £7.50

Chess Stars Super Tournaments 2000 Soloviov 2001

446pp 300 games from 13 top tournaments held in 2000. All deeply annotated by a suite of 6 GMs, in English & with diagrams.

SB AN F- £20 £9.25

Clarke 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures 1st ed.

Bell 1963

174pp DW in classic 1960s style. Light foxing to endpapers o/w VG £10.00 Clarke 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures 1st

ed. Bell 1963

Another copy. no DW o/w VG

£8.75

Clarke 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures New York ‘73 174pp Another copy, except that this was the for US market with a

strikingly different DW. F- £15.00 Clarke P. H. 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures… Dover 2000

174pp Unabridged republication of the Bell original. SB . F+ £9.00 Cload, R Battles Of Hastings – A History of the Hastings International

Congress Pergamon 1st

ed 1991 141pp 36 annotated games & 40 photos taken at the event. SB F- £10.00

Coles Battles-Royal of the Chessboard 1st ed.

Williams ‘48

155pp 50 annotated gms with diagrams in chronological order from McDonnell to Smyslov. DW in protective clear cover. VG+

£11.00

Coles Battles-Royal of the Chessboard Cadogan ‘95 Another copy PB VG+

£5.00

Diuvinsky, N Around The Chess World In 80 Years Vol. 1 BCM Quarterly No. 5 BCM

85pp

57 annotated games between Lasker & Pillsbury, Rubinstein, Capa, Alekhine & Botvinnick plus a statistical study of their significance. Good b&w photos of all combatants except Pillsbury. SB Typescript, G

£7.50

Divinsky, N Around The Chess World In 80 Years Vol. 2 BCM Quarterly No. 8 BCM 1965

99pp 82 annotated gms involving Capa, Alekhine, Botvinnick & Rubinstein, during a 40 yr span. Typescript. Yiddish stamp and a few pencilled notes. Front pages loose o/w G-

£7.50

Du Mont 200 Miniature Games of Chess 1st ed.

Routledge ‘41

Categorised according to opening. VG-

£6.75

Du Mont 200 Miniature Games of Chess 2nd impression Routledge ‘42 Another copy. Insc. Light foxing to endpapers. o/w G

£5.00

Du Mont Chess – More Miniature Games 1st ed. Routledge ‘53 222pp 200 annotated games of c. 20 moves grouped by opening. VG £6.00

Euwe Meet The Masters Pitman 1940

279pp Euwe examines the credentials of the 8 GMs due to play in the AVRO tournament. Annotations for each one and excellent portrait photos. HB Pale spots on covers o/w G-

£6.50

Euwe From Steintz To Fischer Belgrade ‘76

223pp c. 50 games from each World Champion up to Fischer (600in all) Annotated Informator-style. Photo, short biog of eachin English plus tournament records. SB AN VG.

£4.75

Euwe Bobby Fischer & his Predecessors in the World Championship Bell 1976

200pp 74 well-annotated games from Capablanca in 1914 to Fischer in 1972, comparing Fischer’s strengths & weaknesses to previous champions. DW small club stamps o/w VG

£7.50

Evans, Larry Modern Chess Brilliances Fireside ‘70 226pp 101 annotated games from the 1960s with diagrams. PB VG £9.00

Evans, Larry Modern Chess Brilliances Hypermodern 287pp A new ed. by the Hypermodern Press in algebraic notation. SB

F £11.00

Fauber, R. E. Impact Of Genius – 500 Years of Grandmaster Chess ICE 1992

390pp With the help of 229 annotated games the author illustrates how new ideas in chess are borne out of societal changes. Foxing to page edges o/w VG SB AN

£7.50

Fine, R. The World’s Great Chess Games 1st ed.

Bonanza ‘51

287pp Many annotated games with diagrams in chronological order, together with short biographies of significant players from Philidor on. DW in clear plastic cover, faded on spine. o/w VG+

NY

£12.00 Fine, R Chess Marches On! McKay 1946

221pp

A stocktaking exercise in the wake of WWII. 50 games by modern masters, deeply annotated & diagrams. Unusual in having an intact DW and even more unusual in having been signed on the front endpaper by 6 players: B. H. Wood; A. J. Butcher; W. Ritson-Morry; B. Reilly; B. Barton-Eckett & R. L. Aldis. With, on separate papers, the completed X-tables of 2 blitz tournaments the 6 played and Section ‘A’ of the 1st Northampton Congress June 1952. VG

£20.00

Fine, R. The World’s Great Chess Games 1st ed.

London ‘51

Another copy except that this was published by Deutsch with a totally different DW, also in plastic cover. VG+ £12.00

Fine, R. The World’s Great Chess Games Dover 1983

397pp Many annotated games with diagrams in chronological order, together with short biographies of significant players from Philidor on. A revised & expanded edition of the 1951 original. SB VG

£7.50

Fine, R Chess Marches On! A vivid record of chess activities in the leading centres of the world

Ch. Review 1945

221pp

A post-war world-wide stocktaking exercise. e.g. Ch. 31 How Good is Alekhine? 50 annotated games. Insc, “J. A. Fuller”. VG-

£10.00

Fine, R Chess Marches On! Ch. Review 45

221pp

Another copy DW nibbled along edges but a rare survivor. Inscriptions on front end-paper include W. Ritson-Morry, B. Reilly, R. L. Aldis, B. H. Wood; A. J. Butcher & B. Barton-Eckett. All of these played in a double round rapidplay on 26-02-‘47, won by Wood for whom this was probably the prize. Result chart included

£12.00

Fine, R The World’s A Chessboard McKay 1948

323pp

Fine surveys and assesses the world scene of the time with comments and has 50 annotated games with diagrams to back up his observations. There’s even a little section on Australia, with a game Steiner vs Purdy. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles VG+

£18.00

Foldeak, A Chess Olympiads Corvina ‘69 417pp Result charts of 1st – 18th Olympiads (Lugano 1968) with c. 600

annotated games. DW VG+

£10.00

Gligoric, S The World Chess Championship with R. Wade 1st ed.

Batsford ‘72

191pp All games from 1948 – 1969 with the author’s personal knowledge of all the participants. DW VG

£8.50

Golombek Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess 1st rep. Bell 1943 88pp Annotated games 1900 – ‘40. DW rubbed. Signed “H.

Golombek Morecombe ‘81”. Wartime-quality paper yellowing o/w G

£7.00

Golombek Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess 1st rep. Bell 1943 Other copies G- £4.50

Grekov, N Soviet Chess 1st English ed. 1949

Ch. Review

256pp

105 games tracing and explaining the rise and rise of the Soviets. Bookplate “Awarded to J. A. Fuller – 2nd prize in the British Correspondence Tourney 1952/3” and signed “J. A. Fuller”. John Fuller (1928 – 2005) was London U-18 champion 1946 and British U-18 champion the same year (beating Gordon Crown in 10 moves in the final round). He did well in the 1949 British championship and at Hastings 1949-50 but then played little other chess. His greatest service to English chess was that at school in Harrow he was friendly and played often with a keen player who remained interested in the game and who later became the most significant benefactor English chess has ever known - Jim Slater. Maroon cloth boards, spine slightly faded o/w VG

£22.00

Grekov, N Another copy No DW o/w VG+ £18.00

Heidenfeld, W Draw! London 1982

216pp 64 games (only one of them his) deeply annotated by the author were all drawn, but nevertheless exciting, interesting and instructive. He died shortly before publication. Proof-read by Nunn who corrected a few oversights. Black cloth boards. VG+

£20.00

Horowitz, A Chess: Games To Remember Pelham 1972

266pp 261 games (I per page) with a diagram with a single sentence header to indicate what to look out for. HB DW VG

£7.00

Another copy with no DW o/w VG £6.00

Horowitz, A From Morphy To Fischer – A History of the World Championship Batsford ‘73

291pp 120 annotated games and many stories relating to the title matches. The author died shortly before publication. DW VG+

£7.50

Ingram, L. C. The Cream of Tournament Chess Part One Chess 1948 75pp 50 games between 1851 – 1878, in parallel descriptive &

Algebraic notation. Subsequent vols were planned but never published. LN3340. PB VG

£10.00

Foldeak Chess Olympiads 2nd enlarged ed. Corvina ‘69 416pp Gms, X-tables, players etc. from all Olympiads from London

1927 (1st) – Lugano 1968 (18th). DW VG

£10.00

Gligoric, S The World Chess Championship with R. Wade 1st ed.

Batsford ‘72

191pp

All the matches from 1948 (Botvinnik) to 1969 (Spassky). For each one there are all lightly annotated game scores, progressive score charts and settings. DW VG

£8.50

Golombek Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess 1st ed.

Bell 1942

88pp Gms selected from 1900 – 1940 Insc. G £6.50

Golombek Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess Bell Another copy G £4.75

Kasparov, G My Great Predecessors Part 1 – Steintz: Lasker; Capa & Alekhine Everyman 03

464pp 148 annotated games with an on-going storyline. Published to very high standards. Signature of Kasparov on front endpaper. AN DW F

£15.00

Kasparov, G My Great Predecessors Part 2 – Euwe; Botwinnik;Smyslov; Tal Everyman 03 480pp 149 annotated games with an on-going storyline. Published to

very high standards. AN DW F

£15.00

Kasparov, G My Great Predecessors Part 3 – Petrosian; Spassky Everyman 04 332pp 85 annotated games with an on-going narrative. Published to

very high standards. AN DW F

£15.00

Kasparov, G My Great Predecessors Part 4 – Fischer Everyman 04 496pp 107 annotated games with extensive narrative on Fischer’s life.

Published to the usual high standards. AN DW F

£15.00

Kasparov, G My Great Predecessors Part 5 - Korchnoi & Karpov Everyman 06 480pp The final part of this series. 106 annotated games with

diagrams. Maintains the high standards of the series. AN DW F £30.00

£15.00

Kasparov, G Kasparov On Modern Chess – Part 1 Revolution in the 70s Everyman ‘07

416pp

The writer goes through c. 150 games to illustrate how Fischer set new standards that were followed by the likes of Karpov onward. DW AN F- £30.00

£15.00

Kazic, B. M. International Championship Chess – A complete record of FIDE events Batsford ‘74 360pp 273 games, with lists of FIDE events, GMs & IMs etc. DW VG+ £12.00

Keene Duels of the Mind – The 12 Best Games of Chess Batsford ‘91 96pp Excellent photos in large format book. AN

VG+ £8.25

Keene The Spectator Book of Chess – An Anthology 2001-2004 Hardinge ‘04

152pp All the weekly columns from the Spectator magazine during this 3 year span, each with an annotated game with diagram and a problem/puzzle. SB VG+

£5.50

Keene Contenders for the Crown Batsford ‘94 160pp 14 annotated games from potential World Champions. PB AN £7.50

F

Keene/Divinsky Warriors of the Mind - A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board.

Harding ‘89

342pp

An attempt at producing a list of 64 of the great players in rank order, using a combination of games, results & mathematics. Hence Morphy comes in at 11th : Tal 14th ; Alekhine 18th ; Tchigorin 59th! etc. 19 portraits, games & charts DW AN VG

£9.00

König, I Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik – A Century of Chess Evolution. Bell 1951 202pp 107 annotated gms classified by openings. Inscribed “To A. R.

B. Thomas with best wishes from I. König – London 14.5.1951”. VG

1st ed. £15.00

Konig Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik – A Century of Chess Evolution. Bell 1952 Another copy 1st reprint. DW VG £9.50

König, I Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik – A Century of Chess Evolution. ISHI 2008 A republication of the 1950 original classic (see below)

with 2 games added from his late days in California. PB F+

£9.50

Korn The Brilliant Touch–Chess Brilliancies Collated & Commented on. 1st

Pitman 1950

101pp 240 gms. Signed “J. A. Fuller”. VG-

£6.00

Kotov The Soviet School of Chess with Yudovich Moscow ‘58 390pp Biographies & gms of many Soviet players, both men & women.

DW Some light pencil marginalia & foxing on page edges o/w G

£5.00

Kotov The Soviet School of Chess with Yudovich Moscow ‘58 Another copy. Insc. “A. R. B. Thomas Paignton 1959”. English

VG £10.00

Levy/O’Connell Oxford Encyclopaedia of Chess Games Vol. 1 - 1485 - 1866 OUP 1981 527pp c. 4,000 games + openings and players index. A few small

portraits. Vol. 2 never appeared. AN DW VG+

£20.00

Lombardy Snatched Opportunities on the Chessboard 1st UK ed.

Batsford ‘73

340pp 200 annotated gms notable for their brevity. DW VG+ £10.00

McDonald, N The Giants of Power Play 2009 239pp 88 annotated games from a range of GMs, from Morphy,

Alekhine, Bronstein, Geller & Topolov. SB AN F+ £15.00

£10.75

Mason Social Chess – A Collection of short & Brilliant Games with Historical & Practical Illustrations

London 1900

174pp

131 annotated games plus a 32 page discursive introduction. Artistic gilt design on red cloth boards. LN 3196 . Cloth starting to split on spine o/w a nice clean copy. G+

Moffat, W Memorable Chess Games, Brilliants & Miniatures with Notes Stroud 1913

188pp Only 365 copies were printed of this private project. 321 games arranged by opening. Original purple cloth boards with bright gilt titles. LN 3212. The porous quality of the paper has tended to attract some light foxing on page edges and endpapers. o/w G

£55.00

Moran World Chess Championship – Steinitz to Alekhine 1st UK ed.

Batsford ‘86

204pp Overview of all matches + all gms. some annotated. PB AN VG+

£10.00

Motwani The Most Instructive Games of the Young Masters Everyman ‘99 176pp 26 gms + readers’ challenges. His “young masters” include

Anand, Adams, Kamsky, Topalov, Polgar et al. PB AN VG+

£5.00

Nunn The King Hunt Batsford ‘96 160pp 55 gms illustrating the theme of attacking the king. An updating

and enlarging of the 1970 original by Cozens. PB AN VG

£4.00

Pachman, L Decisive Games In Chess History Dover 1987

259pp 65 annotated games that all had a bearing on the outcome of some important match or tournament. Plus the relevant tournament charts. SB VG

£7.50

Phillips, A Chess: 60 Years On With Caissa and Friends Caissa ‘03 144pp 200 annotated games by gifted British amateurs, c. half involving

the author. 38 rarely-seen photos. SB F+

£12.00

Prins, L Master Chess – a Comprehensive Collection of Outstanding Tournament Games. (translated from the Dutch). 1st ed.

Pitman 1950

205pp 32 Games & 19 fragments all taken from the 1930s, each with an interesting intro. Errata slip. A little foxing to endpapers o/w VG

£15.00

Pritchett, C Best Games of the Young Grandmasters with Danny Kopec Bell 1980 218pp c. 80 gms. The 8 GMs involved include Miles, Kasparov,

Timman etc. PB AN VG

£7.50

Pritchett, C Great Games By Chess Legends Everyman ‘18

319pp

This is 2 of his earlier books, Giants of Innovation & Great Chess Romantics, put together as one, with the games of 5 great masters from each. 70 deeply annotated games in all, with diagrams, and fully indexed. SB AN VG+

£23.00

£15.00

Reinfeld, F British Chess Masters Past & Present. 1st ed. Bell 1947 93pp 52 gms from 1821–1946 by Masters who are now all past DW

G £6.50

Reinfeld, F A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces 1st ed. Chatto 1950 244pp 100 annotated gms 1798 – 1948. with intros to each. From the

collection of B. H. Wood. Some light foxing to endpapers o/w G+

£12.00

Reinfeld, F Great Games By Chess Prodigies – the outstanding early games of Morphy, Capablanca, Reshevsky & Fischer

McMillan 1st ed 1967

246pp 56 annotated games with introductions to each. DW VG+

£12.00

Reinfeld, F Great Short Games Of The Chess Masters Collier 1969 221pp 80 games of mostly under 20 moves with diagrams at the crunch

point, and the mistakes fully explained.. Small SB G-

£4.50

Reinfeld, F Chess Strategy and Tactics - Fifty Master Games Selected and Annotated. with Irving Chernev. Black Knight Press New York

1st ed. 1933

101pp

Summaries of each player involved, with some photos. Glossy paper. Maroon cloth boards with 1cm split at rear top of spine. Fine portrait of Steinitz. VG

£20.00

Reshevsky, S Great Chess Upsets 1st ed. Faber 1976 312pp 70 annotated games by Masters from Anderssen to Karpov.,

with contexts. DW VG+

£10.00

Reti, R Masters of the Chessboard. 1st ed. Bell 1933 211pp 66 games, biographies & styles of the masters from Anderssen

to Alekhine. "One of the finest works on the game." Insc. G+

£15.00

Reti, R Masters of the Chessboard Bell 1958 Another copy. A little pencil marginalia o/w £10.00

VG

Reti, R Masters of the Chessboard 1st UK ed.

Bell 1933

Another copy. Back of spine partly split o/w G+

£12.50

Reti, R Another copy Batsford ‘87 211pp SB

VG+ £9.00

Roizman, A. Y Chess Miniatures – 400 Combinational Games Minsk 1978 315pp Diagrams with the majority of games. SB pictorial cover. G £3.00

Sergeant, P. W Championship Chess – Great Games by World Champions Dover 1963 257pp Overview of the World Championship up to 1937 plus

66 annotated gms. SB VG+

£9.00

Stǻhlberg, G Chess And Chessmasters 1st ed.

Bell 1955

130pp

The Swede’s 1st book to be translated into English looks at 21 top 20th century players, with Golombek adding a chapter on Stǻhlberg himself. 44 games with diagrams. Classic Bell DW F-

£22.00

Stǻhlberg, G Chess And Chessmasters 1st ed.

Bell 1955

Another copy. Insc. DW with small brown spot, but in protective cover. VG+

£18.00

Steiner, L Kings Of The Chess Board 1948 (Steiner’s First Australian Book) Sydney 1949 58pp 26 well-annotated games from his European tour of that year

sponsored by the Australians, and descriptions of his opponents. SB with DW VG+ Scarce item

£22.00

Stohl, I Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces Gambit ‘01 318pp 50 games from the 1990s deeply analysed with notes and

diagrams. AN SB VG+

£14.00

Taimanov, M The Soviet Championships (with B. Cafferty) Cadogan ‘98

224pp Covers the years 1920 (Alekhine) – 1991 (Minasian). X-tables & annotated games from all 58 events. 16 sharp b&w photos. DW AN spine a little sunned o/w F-

£12.75

Tarrasch, Dr. S Die Moderne Schachpartie Olms 1986

455pp Edition Olms 3rd reprint of this facsimile of the Leipzig 1916 original. 223 annotated games with diagrams grouped by openings. HB DW F+

£20.00

Tartakower, S Die Hypermoderne Schachpartie

Tartakower, S. Moderne Schachstrategie Ed. Olms ‘85 139pp

Tartakower 100 Master Games of Modern Chess with du Mont Bell 1956 171pp Gms divided into openings and Open, Closed & Semi-Open

gms. Protected DW with spine dulled. o/w VG+.

£13.00

Tartakower 100 Master Games of Modern Chess with du Mont Bell 1956 Another copy, DW with no protective cover o/w VG- £10.00

Tartakower 500 Master Games of Chess (3 books in 1 volume). With Du Mont Dover 1975 665pp Games from c.1850 – 1950 grouped into openings. SB

VG+ £12.00

Tartakower 500 Master Games of Chess (3 books in 1 volume). With Du Mont Dover 1975 Another copy slightly more worn £10.00

Another copy £8.00 Timman Timman’s Titans – My (10) World Chess Champions NIC 2016

332pp Biographical introductions to each one, with personal memories. before a selection of their games. SB AN VG+

£12.00

Velasco, G The Life & Games of Carlos Torre Russell ‘00

298pp

15pp of biography with X-tables & photos, followed by 104 deeply annotated games up to his retirement from chess at the age of 21. At that point his rating of 2560 put him on a par with Spielmann, Tartakower & Marshall, and higher than Reti & Grünfeld. The author tracked him down in 1977 and a verbatim conversation ends the book. SB AN VG+

£15.00

Wade, R. G. Soviet Chess London 1968

288pp A history of chess in Russia, with 120+ annotated games from Tchigorin – Stein. 15 significant X-tables. Also problemists & lady players. Black cloth boards. DW F £14.00

665 pp Games from c.1850 – 1950 grouped into openings. SB VG £12.00 Wellmuth The Golden Treasury of Chess 1st ed. 1943 Ch. Review

304pp 540 gms with a few notes. Good photos. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles & chessboard design. DW VG £15.00

Wellmuth The Golden Treasury of Chess Arco 1958 326pp 571 gms in larger ed. with Wellmuth’s name dropped. DW VG £12.00

Wenman, P One Hundred Chess Gems 4th ed. Leeds 1943

144pp Small format. Insc. VG £5.00

Wicker, K. 200 Modern Brilliances Batsford ‘81

133pp Miniatures each with a diagram & notes. G+ £5.50

Wilson, F Lesser-Known Chess Masterpieces 1906 – 1915 1st ed. Dover 1967 369pp All gms taken from the British Year-Book of Chess . SB F- £10.00

Wilson, F Lesser-Known Chess Masterpieces 1906 – 1915 1st ed. Dover 1967 Another copy with some neat red underlining o/w G £7.00

Wilson, F. Classical Chess Matches 1907 – 1913 Dover 1975 227pp 157 games from 19 matches as reported in The Year Book of

Chess. SB G+ £10.00


6. Endings.

Alburt, L Just The Facts! – Winning Chess Endgames (with N. Krogius) Circ 2005 410pp US Book of the Year 2001. SB AN VG £15.00

Averbakh, Y Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge 1971 reprint Pergamon 135pp A classic work, translated by Peter Clarke HB VG- £6.50

Averbakh, Y Another copy 1982 reprint. SB VG+ £7.50 Averbakh, Y Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge 2nd ed. Pergamon ‘87

97pp A distillation of his longer works. HB VG+ £7.50

Averbakh, Y Bishop Endings 1st UK ed. Batsford 1977 167pp 370 diagrams. Sole B; opposite & same colour Bs. DW VG £12.00

Averbakh, Y Bishop v Knight Endings 1st UK ed. Batsford 1977 165pp 165 diagrams DW Ex Lib with front endpaper excised o/w G- £8.25

Averbakh, Y Knight Endings with Chekhover 1st UK ed. Batsford 1977 133pp 267 diagrams DW VG+ £12.00

Averbakh, Y Queen & Pawn Endings Batsford 1975 144pp 268 diagrams DW VG+ £12.00

Averbakh, Y Rook v Minor Piece Endings DW 1st UK ed. Batsford 1978 162pp 312 diagrams DW VG £12.00

Averbakh, Y Rook v Minor Piece Endings DW 1st UK ed. Batsford 1978 162pp 312 diagrams DW some damp marks on back pp o/w G £7.00

Averbakh, Y Queen v Rook/Minor Piece Endings (& Chekover & Henkin) 1st UK ed. Batsford 1978 174pp 323 diagrams Ex Lib. DW G £8.00

The following series of 5 titles is a development of the earlier successful and popular Batsford series, incorporating subsequent developments in the art. The later titles have become increasingly rare to a point where, at one time, a number of experts were of the opinion that Vol. 5 was a “phantom book”, i.e. planned but never actually completed or published. But here it is – a collector’s piece. All large format with attractive pictorial covers.

Averbakh, Y Comprehensive Chess Endings Vol 1: Bishop Endings & Knight Endings. with Chekhover 1st UK ed. 1983 Pergamon 213pp 553 diagrams AN HB Club stamp on page edges o/w VG £17.00 Another copy SB VG+ £17.00

Averbakh, Y Comprehensive Chess Endings Vol. 2: Bishop v Knight Endings & Rook v Minor Piece Endings. 1st UK ed. 1985

Pergamon

249pp 621 diagrams AN HB VG+ £20.00 Another copy . Club stamp on page edges & backstrip sunned o/w VG £15.00

Averbakh, Y Comprehensive Chess Endings Vol. 3: Queen & Pawn Endings: Queen Against Rook Endings & Queen Against Minor Piece Endings. With Henkin & Chekhover 1st UK ed.

Pergamon ‘86

309pp 734 diagrams AN SB VG+ £17.00 Another copy HB Club stamp on page edges & backstrip sunned VG £15.00

Averbakh, Y Comprehensive Chess Endings Vol. 4: Pawn Endings. 1st UK ed. Pergamon ‘87 296pp 766 diagrams AN HB VG+ £20.00

Another copy with club stamp to page edges o/w VG+ £15.00

Averbakh, Y Comprehensive Chess Endings Vol. 5: Rook Endings. 1st UK ed. With Kopayev. Reputedly scarcest of the set.

Pergamon ‘87

326pp 808 diagrams AN HB VG+ £25.00 Averbakh, Y Another copy HB Club stamp on page edges o/w VG £20.00

Another copy SB VG+ £20.00 Ban, J The Tactics of End-Games Pitman 1963

214pp 240 positions explained. HB with coloured front cover. G £7.50 Barden, L How To Play The Endgame in Chess 1st US Ed. 1975 Bobbs

128pp 203 diagrams DW VG+ £7.00 Barden, L Another copy DW Insc. VG+ £6.25

Beliavsky, A Winning Endgame Technique with Mikhalchishin Batsford 2001

192pp Many examples with diagrams PB AN F £9.00

Beliavsky, A Winning Endgame Strategy with A. Mikhalchisin 1st ed. Batsford 2000 208pp A development of their previous title £6.75

Beliavsky, A Modern Endgame Practice (with A. Mikhalchisin) Batsford ‘03

208pp A development of their previous title with 422 examples of how to exploit opponents’ errors. SB AN F

£7.50

Blake, J. H. Chess Endings for Beginners. Not in LN. 5th ed. c. 1904 Routledge 75pp Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Small insc. Small format

o/w G

£10.00

Bouwmeester Modern End-Game Studies for the Chess-player Bell 1959 128pp Trans by Golombek & signed by him. DW Some foxing to early

pages o/w G

£12.00

The following set of 4 books represented the culmination of many year’s work, aiming to present all known information about the basic endgame, together with the best related studies. This is a matching set in red bound cloth with gilt titling. From the library of the late R. A. Slade, former champion of the West of England and several counties. All in identical condition, in German. We are hoping to keep the set together for a price of £40.00 Chéron Lehr-Und Handbuch der Endspiele: Band I Turm-Endspiele Berlin 1960 354pp (Endings involving rooks) 559 diagrams. AN Insc. VG+

Chéron Lehr-Und Handbuch der Endspiele: Band II Berlin 1964 468pp (a) Elementary mates (b) Pawn Endings (c) Knight & Bishop

Endings. 905 diagrams AN Insc. VG+

Chéron Lehr-Und Handbuch der Endspiele: Band III Berlin 1958 343pp Endings involving queens (b) promotions. 578 diagrams.

Insc. AN VG+

Chéron Lehr-Und Handbuch der Endspiele: Band Iv Berlin 1970 328pp 240 diagrams. Insc. AN VG+

Chernev Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings OUP 1978 288pp 288pp 60 complete games with the endings starting from

diagrammed positions. SB AN VG+

£5.50 Another copy. Dover 1982 Club stamp to age edges o/w VG £8.00

Chernev Practical Chess Endings Faber 1962 318pp 1 diagram & analysis per page. Stylish DW VG+ £8.00 Another copy. DW Water stains to top of early pages. o/w G £5.00

Chernev Chessboard Magic! A Collection of 160 Brilliant Chess Endings Dover 1960 162pp Each example fits neatly onto a page with its diagram. PB G £4.50

Chernev 200 Brilliant Endgames Fireside 1989

223pp “The last work by one of America’s most treasured chess writers”. Preface by Pandolfini; Intro by Adam Hart-Davis. B AN F-

£9.50

Cunnington, E. Selected Chess Endings 1st ed. Routledge’03 88pp Red cloth boards with gilt titles. LN 2202. small format £10.00

Emms, J The Survival Guide To Rook Endgames Everyman 99 160pp SB AN F- £7.50

Euwe A Guide To Chess Endings with D. Hooper 1st ed. Routledge ‘59 248pp DW VG £9.00

Euwe A Guide To Chess Endings with D. Hooper Dover 1976 248pp An unabridged republication of the McKay 1960 original. PB F £8.00

Fine Basic Chess Endings McKay 1941

573pp 1st edition. This was a very special edition in that only 500 copies were printed in HB with a dark brown covering. It is inscribed by the author - “Number 389 – Reuben Fine”. Some neat marginalia in the K&P section o/w VG

£35.00

Flear, G Improve Your Endgame Play Everyman 00

160pp Basic explanations & exercises for all categories, by a respected author and player. SB AN VG £13.0 0

£7.50

Another copy. 2nd ed. following on quickly after the 1st ed. sold out 1941

Hajenius, W The Final Countdown – Your Last resource in Pawn Endings Cadogan ‘97 128pp 125 diagrams of critical & instructive positions. PB AN F £8.00

Hooper A Pocket Guide To Chess Endgames reprint Bell 1973 197pp 800 positions from simple mates to rook endings. DW VG+ £8.00

Hooper A Pocket Guide To Chess Endgames reprint Bell 1979 143pp Entry level work explaining the basic principles. Green SB VG+ £3.75

Hooper Practical Chess Endgames Insc 1st ed. Routledge ‘60 143pp Entry level work explaining the basic principles. SB G+ £3.75

Hooper Practical Chess Endgames Routledge ‘73 143pp Entry level work explaining the basic principles. SB

VG+ £3.75

Hooper A Pocket Guide To Chess Endgames Bell 1980 197pp 800 positions from simple mates to rook endings. SB VG+ £7.50

Horowitz How To Win In The Chess Endings 1st UK ed. Kaye 1957 234pp 171 diagrams DW VG+ £8.50

Informator Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings – Rook Endings Vol. 2 1986 426pp Mostly languageless but multilingual where necessary. AN DW

Slight foxing around pages edges o/w VG+

£10.00

Informator Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings – Queen Endings 1989 446pp Mostly languageless but multilingual where necessary. AN DW

VG+

£10.00

Informator Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings – Minor Piece Endings 1993 563pp Mostly languageless but multilingual where necessary. AN DW

VG+

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Karolyi Endgame Virtuoso – Anatoly Karpov (with N. Aplin) NIC 2007 358pp Karpov’s 105 best endgames. AN SB F- c.£25.00 £14.75

Keres Practical Chess Endings. 1st UK ed. Batsford ‘ 74 262pp Pages 191 – 206 (dealing with Bishop endings) missing due to

binding error. DW o/w G+

£5.00

Kosten Winning Endgames Crowood ‘87 119pp SB AN VG £7.00

Levenfish Rook Endings with Smyslov 1st UK ed. Batsford ‘71 224pp DW chipped Insc. VG £8.00

Levenfish Rook Endings with Smyslov Algebraic Ed Batsford ‘89 216pp SB VG+ £8.00

Löwenfisch Teoria de Finales de Torre (with Smyslov) Barcelona ‘60 196pp The Theory of Rook Endings – the Spanish version. SB G £3.75

McDonald, N Practical Endgame Play Cadogan ‘96 155pp Uses games of the modern masters Insc. PB AN VG+ £7.50

Mednis Practical Rook Endings CEI 1982 71pp PB PB VG £5.25

Mednis The King In The Endgame CEI 1997 104pp Correctly used the K can be as good as a minor piece.PB AN F+ £6.75

Mednis Rate Your Endgame (upgraded by Colin Crouch) Cadogan ‘92 239pp

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Mieses, J Chess Endings from Modern Master Play. 1st ed. Routledge ‘01 115pp 1st ed. LN 2194 Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Small

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£10.00

Müller, K Fundamental Chess Endings – A new endgame encyclopaedia for Gambit ‘01

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Nesis, G Exchanging to Win In The Endgame Translated by J. G. Gorodi Batsford ‘91 168pp PB AN F+ £7.25

Nunn J. D. M. Nunn’s Chess Endings Vol. 1 Gambit ‘10

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£11.75

Nunn J. D. M. Nunn’s Chess Endings Vol. 2 Gambit ‘10 351pp Continuing his explanations but concentrating on those

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£11.75

Nunn, J. D. M. Tactical Chess Endings 1st ed. Unwin 1981 204pp Positions categorised according to main ideas (mate, promotion

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Nunn, J. D. M. Tactical Chess Endings Batsford ‘82 208pp 1st PB edition. of the 1981 original. VG+ £8.00

Nunn, J. D. M. Secrets of Rook Endings Gambit 1999 352pp PB AN A little spotting on page edges o/w VG+ £10.00

Nunn, J. D. M. Secrets of Rook Endings 1st ed, Batsford ‘92 320pp The original version before he started his own company. PB. AN

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Nunn, J. D. M. Secrets Of Pawnless Endings 1st ed. Batsford ‘94 320pp Covers all significant 4 & 5 piece endings SB AN F- £9.75

Nunn, J. D. M. Secrets Of Minor-Piece Endings Batsford ‘95 288pp 3rd in the “Secrets” series & equally useful. SB AN VG+ £9.75

Nunn, J. D. M. Endgame Challenge with 250 endgame studies. Gambit 2002 256pp Water stains to 1st 50pp hence price £18.00 £4.50

Onions& Regis Ten Ways To Succeed in the Endgame 1997 53pp Simple set-out for Juniors. With cartoons. Signed.. SB AN F £4.75

Pandolfini Endgame Workshop – Principles for the Practical Player Russell ‘09 251pp A set of 30 lessons from the Opposition to Rook Tricks. PB AN

F £9.50

Portisch Six Hundred Endings with B. Sarkozy Pergamon ‘81 198pp 1st UK ed. HB VG+ £15.00

Portisch, L 600 Vegjatek with B. Sarkozy (600 Endings -the Hungarian original) Budapest ‘73 282pp SB small format. VG £4.75

Rabinowitsj Paard-en Lopereindspelen (knight & bishop endgames) 1st ed. 1948 Holland 114pp 117 diagrams. LN 2261 VG+ £25.00

Ravenscroft, E Fifty Forced Mates – A Collection of Gems Hollings

40pp LN 2133 no date. Errata slip passed in. All intended to be solved by sight. Small format. Not a classic but v. scarce. G

£15.00

Reinfeld, F Reinfeld on the End-Game In Chess Dover 1957 177pp Analyses 62 examples from master play up to 1940 in everyday

language. SB VG

£6.00

Reinfeld, F Practical Endgame Play Pitman 1946 177pp The communicator par excellence explains it all. DW with chips

out of the top edge o/w G £5.00

Schuster, T End Games In Chess – The Essential Techniques for Winning Lutterworth’77 64pp Translation of the 1975 German original. PB G+ £4.25

Shereshevsky Endgame Strategy Pergamon ‘96 218pp SB AN VG £9.00

Smith, K Essential Chess Endings Explained Move By Move Vol. 2 Digest ‘92 292pp 272 examples from diagrams, lucidly explained. SB AN F- £9.99

Smyslov Vasily Smyslov – Endgame Virtuoso Cadogan ‘97 176pp 122 examples & 40 full games by an endgame artiste.

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Speelman Batsford Chess Endings with Tisdall & Wade. 1st ed. Batsford ‘93 448pp Large format designed for ease of reference. PB AN VG+ £12.00

Speelman Endgame Preparation Batsford ‘86 177pp PB AN VG £7.50

Speelman Analysing The Endgame 2nd edition revised Batsford ‘88 172pp Pages starting to yellow PB AN G+ £8.00

Staudte, H Das 1X1 Des Endspiels Berlin 1965 164pp 255 diagrams with explanations in German. SB G £3.00


Leeds 1910

211pp

480 positions. Green thick card covers. Pale brown water stain to spine, but internally clean and undamaged. Binding still strong LN2218 . G+

£30.00

Tattersall, C A Thousand End-Games Vol. II - a Collection of Chess Positions that can be Won or Drawn by the Best Play

Leeds 1911

200pp

520 positions. Green thick card covers , with pale brown water stain in spine area, hence a life-long partner to above Vol. 1. Binding still strong. LN2218 . G+

£30.00

Tattersall, C A Thousand Chess Endings Vol. 1 NY 1974 211pp A facsimile PB edition by Hippocrene Books of the original.

Intro by Frank Brady. SB VG+

£10.00

Tattersall, C A Thousand Chess Endings Vol. 2 NY 1974 200pp A facsimile PB edition by Hippocrene Books of the original.

Intro by Frank Brady. SB VG+

£10.00

Troitzky 360 Brilliant & Instructive Endgames Dover 1968

192pp A republication of the 1961 original. SB VG+ £7.00

Ward, C Endgame Play Batsford ‘96 128pp Starts with 1st principles. Small Insc. PB AN VG+ £7.50

Wenman 100 Remarkable Endings Leeds 1944 52pp Not much actual endgame technique – just sudden endings. PB G £4.50

Whitaker 365 Selected Endings with Hartleb 1960 Heidelberg Bi-lingual German/English. 2 diagrams per page with solutions

in final section. PB VG-

£7.50

Whitworth Mattison’s Chess Endgame Studies intro by Hildebrand BCM 1987 79pp 60 studies by the Latvian PB AN F £8.00

ZnoskoBorovsky How To Play Chess Endings Hollings ‘46 262pp DW VG £6.00

7. Problems, Studies & “Puzzles” N.B: See also Antiquarian Section

Addison The Book of Extraordinary Chess Problems Crowood ‘89 115pp 120 diagrams giving some of the more unusual/crazy positions.

DW AN VG

£6.00

Akobia World Anthology of Chess Studies Vol 1: 4,232 Studies with Stalemate

Tblisi 1994

544pp 6p intro in English – the rest is languageless. AN VG- £10.00

Aloni & Avner The Art of Israeli Chess Composition Tel Aviv ‘83 152pp 635 positions in 7 categories with 50+ photos of the composers,

all identified in the index. PB AN VG

£5.50

Anderson, G F Adventures Of My Chessmen 1914 – 1923 Stroud 1924 160pp LN 2686 120 of the author’s problems. Red cloth-covered boards

with gilt titles. Front corners slightly bumped o/w VG

£45.00

Andrade, B. J. Andradiana Chess 1961 81pp 256 selected problems with solutions and his favourite quotes.

Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. HB VG+ £15.00

Andrews, H The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck 1st ed. (1887)

Cassell

332pp 400 problems & solutions from these 4 composers, grouped separately for each, with career prizelist for each. LN 2476. Maroon cloth boards with patterned endpapers. VG+

£65.00

Andrews, H The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck Tynron 1989 332pp Revised facsimile edition of the 1886. 400 problems & solutions

from these 4 great composers. Includes an essay on the Problem Art. PB VG+

£17.50

Anon Album Russia 2001 - 2003 Moscow 2005 192pp The 817 best problems & studies of 113 Russian composers

during this 2 yr period. PB Figurine/AN. F+

£8.00

Barnes, B Pick of the Best Chess Problems Elliot 1976 157pp 200 2-movers with comprehensive solutions. PB AN VG £4.00

Barnes, B Complete Mansfield Vol. 1 1911 – 1930 1996 Waterthorpe 52pp 210 of Mansfield’s earliest compositions with solutions and

comments. 5 photos. & signed letter from the author. PB AN VG+

£8.00

Barnes, B Complete Mansfield Vol. 2 1931 – 1962 1997 Waterthorpe 128pp 520 problems from the prime of his career with solutions and

comments. 7 photographs. PB AN VG

£9.50

Barnes, B Comins Mansfield MBE: Chess Problems of a Grandmaster BCPS 1976 38pp 200 two-movers with commentary and biographical notes. 8 family

photos. Scholarly foreword by E. I. Umnov. Limited edition of 750. PB AN VG

£7.50

Barnes, B A. R. Gooderson – An English Progressive – Selected Problems 1996 Waterthorpe 84pp 138 two-movers by one of the lesser-known but equally brilliant

composers, with solutions and commentaries. 4 photos & obituary by C. Vaughan. PB AN VG+

£8.00

Blackburne S. Terms & Themes of Chess Problems. (1907) Routledge 169pp Preface by A. F. Mackenzie. Printed by Will Lyons, Kentucky USA

but over-pasted by a Routledge, London sticker. 314 diagrams with solutions and explanations. LN2543. Insc. Olive cloth covered boards bearing attractive chess piece design. VG+

£30.00

Blackburne S. Terms & Themes of Chess Problems. (1907) Routledge Another copy but PB version with black tape on spine. VG £20.00

Bonner-Feast Chess Cameos – Aeatise On The Two

Bouwmeester Schaakstukken spleen U voor (The chess pieces play for you) Holland ‘55 155pp The original version of the following title, Golombek’s translation.

Introduction by Euwe. 76 chess studies with solutions on facing

£12.00

page. PB somewhat rubbed but with attractive chess design on cover.

Bouwmeester Modern Endgame Studies for the Chess-player 1st ed. Bell 1959 128pp Signed by Golombek the editor. 101 miniatures. DW in protective

covering. Some foxing on 1st 10 pp. o/w VG-

£14.00

Cordingly, E. Problems, Studies & End Games For The Novice & Student Player London ‘45 90pp 122 positions on pink paper in a small war-time issue. PB G £5.00

Dawson Five Classics of Fairy Chess Dover 1973

145pp

An unaltered republication of 5 privately published pamphlets by Dawson between 1935 – 1937. They were Caissa’s Wild Roses (1935); C. M. Fox: His Problems (1936); Caissa’s Wild Roses In Clusters (1937); Ultimate Themes (1938) & Caissa’s Fairy Tales (1947). SB Some insect damage to bottom of 1st 2 pp not visible when closed o/w G

£20.00

Dickens, A. A Guide To Fairy Chess Q Press ’69 60pp 1st Limited ed. of which this is No. 370. Addenda slip. Ex Lib.

This copy was owned by the problemist Dr. M. E. M. Jago, notorious for using his books as working documents; hence the card cover is worn and grubby, but internally clean. G-

£12.00

Dickens, A A Guide To Fairy Chess 2nd ed. republication of the original Dover 1971 66pp Preface by T. R. Dawson. A comprehensive introduction to the

art. Large format. SB

£10.00

Dickens, A The SeriesHelpmate with John Rice Q Press ‘71 36pp Limited ed. of 300 of which this is No. 90. Red card covers in

large format. Short CVs of both writers. Includes handwritten letter from Rice to Dr. Jago thanking him for submitted problems. VG-

£22.00

Dickens 100 Classics of the Chessboard with Ebert.1st ed. Pergamon83 217pp Range of types: 2 & 3-movers, historic & weird. SB AN VG £6.25

Dickens 100 Classics of the Chessboard with H. Ebert Cadogan ‘95 Another copy PB VG £5.00

Ellerman, A 1001 Problemas Buenos Aires 1945

312pp

LN 2890. Preface by A. C. White. Intro by M. A. Lachaga. Each diagram has the date & place of publication & any prizes won. Insc. in Spanish “To my friend Herman Velarde ….. sincerely A. Ellerman. B. Aires 28/1V.49.” There is another line in the dedication which is difficult to translate apart from the word “Intellectual”. The greatest work of Arnoldo Ellerman, a world-renowned composer, the book is undamaged except that poor quality war-standard paper was used which has dried out and browned somewhat. o/w G

£50.00

Euwe, M Schaak Met Verstand (Chess with Reason) with M. Blaine & J. F. Rumble. Tijstroom ‘51 182pp Studies with 246 diagrams. Insc. “With very best wishes from the

authors – J. F. S. Rumble”. PB G

£20.00

Fasher, E (ed). Awards in the Olympic Composing Tourney 1964 - 16th Olympiad. 30pp 90 diagrams and id.s of the winners in each section. PB G £7.50.

FIDE Fide Album No. 1 - 1956 – 1958 Zagreb 1961 187pp The 1st of a project to record the best of the previous 3 years

problems & studies, here numbering 661 examples with solutions. The 1st of a collectable series. Tri-lingual. SB with cloth spine & corners. Covers well-handled but internally clean. AN G+

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album 1914 – 1944 / I Zagreb 1971 179pp 725 all 2-movers (248 from 1914 – 1928 plus 449 from 1929 –

1944). Tri-lingual minimal text. PB VG

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album 1914-1944 / II Zagreb 1972 304pp 838 3-movers; 396 4+ movers & 43 extras. Introduction by

Mansfield. The 2nd part of the project, with matching covers. VG

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album No. 3 1914 – 1944 Zagreb 1975 199pp After the success of the 1st 2 Albums, the 3rd volume covered the

years 1914 – 1944, with 803 of the best helpmates, self-mates etc from that period. Minimal language. AN HB VG+

£25.00

Gosling John Brown – The Forgotten Chess Composer? 1st ed. Matador ‘11 209pp The author has assembled as much biographical facts as are

known and 50 of his problems. Signed by Author. SB AN F+

£10.00

Harley, B Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy Bell 1947 216pp G £4.75

Harley, B Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy Dover 1970 216pp An exact republication of the 1931 original SB VG £6.00

Harley, B Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy Dover 1970 Another copy. Covers creased G- £3.50

Harley, B Mate In Three Moves – A Treatise on the Three-Move Problem. 1st ed. Chatto 1943 198pp Intro by Alain C. White. LN 2863

DW worn. Paper yellowing. o/w G £4.50

Harley, B The Modern Two-Move Chess Problem – Problems by Mansfield 1st Museum ‘58 157pp Introductory primer to the art of composing & solving 2-movers.

Insc. DW VG

£15.00

Healey, P A Collection of 200 Chess Problems composed by Frank Healey During The Years 1848 to 1904

Stroud 1908 1st ed.

225pp Compiled by the son of the composer (1828 – 1906). LN 2407 Olive cloth boards split on spine, with gilt chess design. Title page is tender but the rest is clean and sound. G

£45.00

Another copy in VG+ condition £55.00

Heijden, H Pawn Promotion to Bishop or Rook in the Endgame Study NIC 1996 75pp Foreword by Tim Krabbe. A study of under-promotion. SB F+ £5.00

Herbstman, A Schaakpartij en Compositie (Chess Games & Composition) (1948) Tijdstroom 55pp 1st Dutch translation from Russian. LN 2732. Loose erratum

page. DW frayed but intact. G

£18.00

Hochberg, B Award-Winning Chess Problems Sterling ’05 95pp 124 two-movers with hints & solutions. PB VG £5.50

Hoffman Problemschach – 407 Aufgaben & Studien (407 Problems & Studies) Berlin 1985 252pp DW VG £7.50

Howard, K.S. How To Solve Chess Problems McKay 1945 171pp 1st US ed.. LN 2893. 112 problems mostly 1 per page with full

explanations and solutions at the back. G+

£14.00

Howard, K. S How To Solve Chess Problems Dover 1961 171pp Corrected & revised version of the 1945 original. PB AN VG £7.50

Howard, K. S Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers 1st ed. Dover 1970 109pp 155 positions in sections, each based on 1 composer.

SB AN VG-

£8.00

Howard, K. S Spectacular Chess Problems – 200 Gems by US Composers Dover 1967 117pp SB VG £5.00

Jones, R. H. The Two-Move Chess Problems of Godfrey Quack Keverel

Karpov & Gik Chess Kaleidoscope Pergamon ‘81 168pp Pt. 1 includes combinations, problems & studies. HB F+ £9.00 48pp 76 problems with solutions and explanations. Biographical end-

piece by Barry Barnes IM. Comb-bound. F+

£4.00

Kasparian Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies Progress 80 542pp English trans. from the Russian. Classic work from a master.

DW AN. Foxing to page edges & endpapers o/w VG-

£12.00

The 2 volume set below is a matching pair of a rare edition, mentioned specifically in the Oxford Companion as “authoritative”. Card covers are

reinforced by red book-binder’s tape on spine, keeping titles visible and covers intact. Where exposed to air, paper is starting to brown due to age. The two volumes below deserve to be kept as a pair.

£50 the pair

Kasparian 2,500 Finales Tomo I Buenos Aires 1st ed. 1961 Argentina 331pp Authoritative work by the master. 1,292 studies. PB AN

Kasparian 2,500 Finales Tomo II Buenos Aires 1st ed. 1963 Argentina 315pp Authoritative work by the master. Finishes 3 studies short. PB AN

Kofman, R. M. De Logische School in het Schaakprobleem Lochem 48 36pp LN 2928. 54 diagrams with explanations in Dutch. PB VG £15.00

Korn American Chess Art – 250 Portraits of Endgame Study 1st ed. Pitman 1975 384pp DW rubbed but in protective cover. o/w internally VG+ £15.00

Another copy minus DW o/w VG+ £12.00

Laws, B. G. Chess Problems & How To Solve Them Leeds 1923 152pp 214 positions. 1st ed. Blue limp cloth covers. Photo of Laws.

LN2681 VG

£12.00

Laws, B. G. The Two-Move Chess Problem Bell 1922 116pp 4th ed. LN 2497 G £10.00

Laws, B. G. The Two-Move Chess Problem Bell 1931 116pp Reprint of the 1890 original in the Club Series. Pictorial sepia limp

cloth covers. Not in LN. Back cover a little wrinkled o/w G

£9.00

Laszlo, Dr. L Uj Magyar Sakkfeladvany Antologia Budapest 79 343pp 515 positions with sources. 44 small portrait photos of the

composers involved. Black cloth boards. VG+

£10.00

Lipton, M et al Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art Faber 1963 295pp With R. Matthews & J. Rice. 1st ed. DW VG+ £12.00

Lommer, H 1234 Modern End-Game Studies London 1938 383pp With M Sutherland. LN 2292. Intro by Andre Cheron. The 1st ed.

published by Printing Craft of a book that later took several forms. Insc. Club stamps. o/w VG

£20.00

Lommer, H. M. 1234 Modern End-Game Studies with M. Sutherland Dover 1968 358pp An unabridged & corrected republication of the 1938 original.

SB AN VG

£10.00

Lommer H. M. 1357 End-Game Studies – The Best Chess Compositions 1935 - 1973 Pitman 1975 234pp After Sutherland’s death at sea in 1954, Lommer expanded his

collection for a 3rd publisher. AN DW F-

£15.00

Lossa 200 Schachrätsel (200 Chess Puzzles) Beyer 1984 152pp Small format PB AN VG+ £5.00

Mansfield Chessboard Delights – Selected From the Sunday Telegraph 1964 - 74 RKP 116 positions & commentaries from his weekly column. PB VG £4.00

Morse, J Chess Problems: Tasks & Records – foreword by Joh Nunn Faber 2001 390pp Revised & updated; now with 850 positions by 350 composers.

A standard work. PB VG+

£18.00

Nagler, A Schweizer Problemkomponisten (Swiss Problems) Triengen ‘51 100pp 68 problems by Swiss composers assembled by a leading Swiss

composer & organiser. Good photo portrait. LN 2961. Insc. Small format HB with paper cover. VG

£30.00

Nunn Solving In Style 1st ed. Allen 1985 238pp The master runs through the range of problems. DW AN Ex Lib

o/w VG+

£12.00

Paros, Dr. G Soviet Chess Compositions 1945 – 1947 (no date c. 1948) Kecskemet 64pp 200 problems & studies in various categories. Text & titles in

English. LN2931. AN Navy cloth boards F-

£20.00

Petrovic, N.ed. Sahovski Problem Zagreb 1949 276pp 650 positions in categories. LN1943 Pictorial boards with

patchy marks. o/w internally clean & sound. G+

£20

Petrovic, N.ed FIDE Album 1956 - 1958 Zagreb 1961 187pp Trilingual introduction explaining the raison d’etre of this and

future Albums i.e. to record the best problems of the period surveyed, and to establish standards for the awards of titles. 661 positions in various categories. SB G+

£25.00

Pricic, M Selected Compositions of Julius Buchwald USA 2005 168pp 261 positions by Buchwald (b. 1909 in Vienna – d. 1970 in NY ).

Also, Pricic records what little is known of his life. PB VG+

£7.50

Prokes Kniha Sachovych Studii (Book of Chess Studies) Prague 1951 230pp 623 diagrams Foreword by Pachman. Insc. AN VG £9.50

Raynor, J Chess Problems: Their Composition & Solution. 2nd ed. London 1891 100pp LN 2500 Brown cloth boards with coloured chess design. VG- £12.00 Another copy in brown limp covers. LN 2503. 5th ed. 1921 £5.00 Another copy 1935 presumably 6th ed. but not in LN £5.00 Another copy 7th ed. 1948. LN 2504 £5.00

Reinfeld Practical End-Game Play Pitman 1946 176pp HB DW in Art Deco style nibbled along bottom edge & 2 pieces

out of the top edge. o/w G

£5.00

Rice, Lipton & Barnes

The Two-move Chess Problem: Tradition and Development: Some essays on selected two-move themes.

Faber 1966 1st ed.

206pp 355 diagrams / examples illustrating the concepts of Flights, Half-pin, Cross-check etc. DW with rubbed patch o/w G+

£12.00

Rice, Lipton Chess Problems: Introduction To An Art with R. C. O. Matthews 1st ed. Faber 1963 295pp 364 problems. Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. DW VG+ £12.00 Rice, J An ABC Of Chess Problems Faber 1970 349pp 292 positions at 1per page with expositions, plus 108 for solving,

making 400 in all. HB DW VG

£10.00

Rice, J Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems Batsford ‘96 352pp 460 of the best ever compositions with explanations of the various

themes. PB AN VG

£12.00

Roycroft, J Test Tube Chess – A Comprehensive Introduction to Endgame Study Faber 1972 370pp 433 diagrams DW AN F- £14.00

Russ, C Miniature Chess Problems From Many Countries 1st ed. 1981 Heinemann 262pp 400 Compositions with Solutions and Comments. Errata slip.

Blue cloth boards with silver titles & design. VG.

£12.00

Russ, C Miniature Chess Problems From Many Countries Unwin 1987 262pp 400 compositions with solutions & comments PB AN VG+ £9.00

Sansom, C End-Game Studies ND 81pp 156 positions & solutions done in early desk-top publishing style.

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£3.25

Scriven, B 100 Chess Problems & A Hundred Solutions London ‘38? 89pp LN 2811. PB The solutions are immediately below each problem. £4.00

Scriven, B 100 Chess Problems and End Games and A Hundred Solutions London 89pp LN 2812. On pink paper and with a colourful cover. £4.00

Smullyan, R The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes NY 1st ed ‘79 171pp “50 elegant, witty & unique chess problems”. PB AN VG £9.00

Smullyan, R The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights – 50 New Problems of Chess Detection.

Hutchinson ‘83

170pp Explores the paradoxes of retrograde analysis in a novel way. PB VG

£9.00

Speckmann Das Logische Schachproblem Rau 1980 123pp 156 diagrams PB AN VG+ £8.00

Speckmann Fremdlinge auf dem Schachbrett (Strangers on the Chessboard) 1982 123pp Self-published with errata slip. 144 miniature “fairies” PB AN VG+ £6.00

Speckmann Schachmatt mit acht Steinen (Checkmate wth 8 pieces) 1994 142pp Self-published 220 problems PB AN VG+ £6.00

Speckmann Schachmatt in 4 und mehr Zugen (Checkmate in 4 or more moves) 1993 242pp Self-published 44 miniatures PB AN VG+ £9.00

Speckmann Schachminiaturen mit schwarzer Dame – Probleme und Studien Beyer 1988 146pp 189 positions all with Black’s queen on board. PB AN VG+ £7.50

Sport Új Magyar Sakk Feladvány Antologia (Anthology of new Hungarian chess problems)

Budapest ‘79

346pp 516 problems with diagrams & solutions. Mini biographies & photos of the composers. Black cloth covered boards VG+

£10.00

Tattersall, C. A Thousand End-Games Volume 1 BCM 1910 211pp This volume goes up to 478 positions, arranged neatly 4 to a

page. 1st ed. brown cloth boards with bright gilt titles. LN 2218. VG+

£40.00

Taverner, T Chess Problems Made Easy – How to Construct & Solve. c. 1920 Daily News 92pp 250 positions & diagrams. LN2656. Some foxing o/w G- £5.00

Troitsky, A. A. Collection of Chess Studies by A. A. Troitsky 1st ed. Leeds 1937 264pp 360 studies plus a 60 page treatise on 2 knights vs pawns.

LN 2279 Green cloth boards. Insc. VG+

£30.00

Troitsky, A. A. 360 Brilliant & Instructive End-Games Dover 1968 192pp A republication of the 1937 original but without the treatise. Intro

by Reinfeld. SB VG+

£8.00

Wenda, K FIDE World Chess Composition Tournament 1984 - 88 1988 59pp All the entries in the 7 categories with solutions and tri-lingual

descriptions. Plus rule book. AN PB F-

£4.00

Wenman, P Problems & Puzzles London ‘44 47pp 3rd ed. 1944. 70 positions with solutions. Blue SB. VG £4.50

Wenman, P 50 Two-Move Problems Leeds 1946 28pp 6th ed. small format. Pink card covers. VG- £5.00

Wenman, P 30 Problems By Ehrenstein Leeds 1946 36pp Maurus or Moritz Ehrenstein (1858-1923) little-known in UK, but

Wenman rescued these from possible oblivion. Small format with green card covers. VG-

£5.00

White A. C. The White Rooks in Chess Strategy 1974 Hippocrene 210pp A facsimile ed. of the original The White Rooks of 1910 & No. 10

in Alain White’s famous (& v. expensive) Christmas Series. 270 problems by 114 composers. PB AN VG+

£12.00

White A. C. Classic Chess Exercises 1973 Hippocrene 223pp Facsimile of the 1915 original entitled Tasks & Echoes, No. 20

in the Xmas Series. 300 problems from 150+ composers. PB AN VG+

£12.00

White A. C. The White King in Chess Strategy 1973 Hippocrene 212pp A facsimile ed. of the original The White King of 1914 & No. 19 in

Alain White’s famous (& v. expensive) Christmas Series. 296 problems by 161 composers. PB AN VG+

£12.00

White A. C. D. J. Densmore and The Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918

239pp

A photocopy of the original of 1920 & No. 26 in Alain White’s famous Christmas Series. However, it has been nicely bound in green boards and endpapers. Biography of Densmore and 50 of his problems, followed by 85 from the Memorial Tourney. AN VG

£18.00

White, A. C. Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems. Dover 1962

471pp

An unabridged but corrected republication of the 1913 original, No. 16 in White’s famous Christmas Series. White’s great admiration for and early acquaintance with Loyd (1841-1911) made this a labour of love. 718 of his problems plus 4 by his brother Tom and 26 by brother Isaac, SB VG

£18.00

Whitworth, T. Mattison’s Chess Endgame Studies BCM 1987

79pp 60 Studies. BCM Quarterly No. 23. Intro by A. Hildband. PB AN VG+

£8.00

Williams, P. H. The Modern Chess Problem 2nd ed. revised with new preface. (1912) Routledge 252pp Introduction to the art with 100 problems with diagrams &

solutions. LN2567. Maroon cloth covered boards & chessboard design. VG+

£18.00

Wood B. H. One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems Wayland 72 128pp All taken from the Illustrated London News between 1850 -90 and

very much of their time. DW VG+

£10.00

Wood B. H. One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems Wayland 72 Another copy minus DW £7.00

The following titles comprise books from the library of the noted Studies expert, John Roycroft, author of Test-Tube Chess, who recently “downsized” Throughout his long career, he had many contacts in Eastern Europe and acquired numerous titles rarely seen outside Russia. All are in the language of the city in which they were published, mostly Russian. In the case of the Cyrillic language, difficult for many, at least the algebraic notation is used and numerals are Arabic, like ours. The titles were kindly translated for us by the Russian expert and linguist, Trefor Thynne. Abramov, L. Y. Chess Up To (or In) 1953 Moscow ‘54 320pp 57 game scores, with analysis & diagrams. X-tables. HB with blind

stamping and gilt lettering. Stains to back cover o/w G

£4.00 Akobia, L Chess Wizard (Kasparyan) Erevan ‘81 215pp Games with analysis & diagrams. X-tables and photos of him with

folk like Bronstein & Petrosian. Pictorial HB covers. VG

£5.00

Averbakh, Y Chess Rook Endings Moscow ‘84 351pp The Russian originals of what was to become the classic Batsford

series. 804 positions. Pictorial PB VG

£4.00

Averbakh, Y Chess Bishop & Knight Endings Moscow ‘80 237pp 548 positions Pictorial PB with bishop & knight design. VG £4.00

Archakov, V In The World Of Chess Composition. Volgograd 190pp 242 analysed positions. PB VG+ £3.00

Archakov, V On A Small Chess Battlefield 1983 Sverdlousk 142pp 264 positions with solutions. Bright pictorial HB. VG+ £3.50

Blechikov, N. I Chess Composition In Belorussia with V. Gebelt & E. Dvizov Minsk 1981 144pp 462 positions from Kubbel in 1928 to 1979. PB VG+ £4.00

Bondarenko, F The Triumph Of The Soviet Chess Study Kiev 1984 173pp 352 positions mostly from the 1920s & ‘30s PB VG £3.00

Bondarenko, F The Contemporary Chess Study Kiev 1987 175pp 378 positions with sources & analysis. PB VG+ £3.00

Bondarenko, F The Formation Of The Chess Study Kiev 1980 171pp 273 positions taken from the 18th & 19th centuries with sources &

analysis. PB VG

£3.00

Bondarenko, F Development of the Chess Study Kiev 1982 231pp 394 positions from the 1st quarter of the 20th century. PB VG+ £3.00

Bondarevsky My 100 Best Games Moscow ‘57 251pp Games from 1938 – 55 with analyses and diagrams. PB G- £2.00

Chekova, V. A. Chess Studies & Endings Moscow ‘59 72pp 84 positions with sources & analysis. PB VG £2.50

Chepizhny, B. Chess Compositions 1977-82 Moscow ‘83 256pp 452 positions with sources and analysis. PB VG £3.00

FIDE Programme for the Women’s World Championship in Sofia and Borzhomi 1986 between Maya Chiburdanidze & Yelena Akhmylovskaya.

16pp Excellent photos and tournament record of both players.

Bi-lingual. A5 Card covers. VG £3.50

Gik, G. Y. Conversations About Chess Moscow ‘85 158pp Signed “To Dr. A. Roycroft from the author G Gik. Happy New

Year 31.12.1990”. PB G+

£5.00

Gorgiev, T Selected Studies Moscow ‘59 152pp 156 positions with sources and analysis. PB G £2.50

Gordon, Y ed. Chess Compositions of the Ukraine Album 1996 - 2000 Ukraine ‘ 03 200pp 546 positions from the specified period that have appeared world-

wide. PB VG+

£4.00

Grin, A Selected Compositions Moscow ‘85 365pp 5 sections, one each on the output of 1. A. Grin 2.A. Dombrovskis

3.R. Kofman; 4.A. Kopilov and 5. A. Popandopulo. Full page portrait of each. Limp cloth covers with small blemish o/w VG

£4.00

Gurgenidze, D “Tiny” Engames Tbilisi 1999 60pp The Georgian composer, the 1st champion of the world in chess

composition, presents his 55 “tiny” (5 piece) endgames. Figurine algebraic with Georgian text. 20 small photographs. PB VG+

£2.50

Gurvich, A. S. Studies Moscow ‘61 190pp 140 positions with sources & much analysis. HB VG £2.25

Herbstman, A Chess Studies 2000 St. Petersburg 63pp Several articles including one on Alexander Herbstman (1900 –

1982). Limp blue cloth covers. F

£3.00

Kalandadze, I Eternal Movement In Chess Studies Tbilisi ‘94 124pp 111 positions illustrating the concept of perpetual movement in

chess composition. In Georgian. VG

£2.50

Kasparyan, G Kasparyan – Studies, Articles, Analyses Moscow ‘88 287pp 400+ positions with sources and analysis. PB VG+ £2.50

Kasparyan, G Collection Of Studies & Games Erevan 1987 351pp 400 positions plus 124 games with diagrams & analyses. Full

tournament record 1926 – 1966. HB with decorative design. VG

£3.50

Kasparyan, G Studies Erevan 1982 327pp 1,062 (!) positions. HB with decorative design. VG £3.50

Kasparyan, G 555 Studies and Miniatures Erevan ‘75 307pp Sources given with analyses. Grey cloth-covered boards, corners

bumped o/w VG

£3.25

Kasparyan, G Secrets Of The Studyist Erevan ‘84 279pp Many positions. HB with faux leather boards & gilt tiles. VG+ £3.50

Katsnelson, L Family Chess Studies 2000 St Petersburg 200pp Selected studies of the IM of composition, plus his articles and

stories on chess. Also, studies composed with his 2 brothers. 300 positions in all. Green limp cloth covers. F

£4.00

Katsnelson, L Family Chess Studies 2000 St Petersburg 200pp The HB version in red faux leather covers. Signed by the author

“To dear John Roycroft – 16.03.00”

£5.00

Kofman, R. M. The Selected Studies of Sergey Kaminer (1908-1943?) & Mark Liburkin (1910 – 1953).

Moscow ‘81

159pp PB VG £2.50

Kofman, USSR Championships In Chess Composition Moscow ‘56 311pp 435 positions with sources and analysis. PB G £2.50

Korolkov, V. A. I Choose An Idea 1998 St Petersburg 223pp c. 200 positions on his chosen theme. Plus 13 good photos. Blue

limp cloth covers. F+

£3.50

Korolkov, V. A. I Choose An Idea 1998 St Petersburg 223pp The HB version in green faux leather boards. F+ £4.50

Kotov A. I. Selected Studies & Problems 2003 St. Petersburg

24pp 43 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG+ £2.00 Kuznetsov, A. Colours Of The Chess Spectrum Moscow ‘80

96pp Many positions with sources and analyses. PB VG £2.00 Levenfish, The Theory Of Rook Endgames with Smyslov. Moscow ‘86

255pp 444 positions with sources & analyses PB VG £3.00 Melnichenko, Masters Of Chess Composition. Kiev 1984

150pp 445 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG £2.50 Melnichenko, Two Steps In The Kingdom Of Chess Kiev 1988

134pp 328 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG £2.50 Nadareishvili, G Chess Studies In Georgia Tbilisi ‘75

212pp 293 positions with sources & analyses. Inscribed by author HB F £4.50 Nadareishvili, G Mate In Studies with Y. Akobia Tbilisi ‘90

565pp Hundreds of positions HB in faux brown leather F £5.00 Nadareishvili, G Mate In Studies with Y. Akobia Tbilisi ‘90

565pp The PB version. Inscribed to John Roycroft. 22.9.90 VG £3.25 Neiman, M. B. Problems and Studies Collection 1999 St Petersburg

71pp Many positions with explanations. Photo of author at work. PB F £2.50 Razumenko, V The Poetry Of Chess – Selected Studies & Problems 2007 St Petersburg

48pp 70 positions and a few poetic verses PB F £2.00 Razumenko, V The Poetry of Chess with Fokin & Vladimirov 1993 St Petersburg

176pp 242 problems & 121 studies by St. Petersburg composers from the time of Peter the Great to present day. DW VG+ £5.00

Roizman, A. Y Chess Miniatures – 400 Combinational Games Minsk 1978 214pp Game scores with analyses, some with diagrams PB G+ £3.00

Staudte, H Das 1X1 Des Endspiels with M. Milescu Berlin 1965 164pp 255 examples each with title and diagram. PB VG+ £3.00

Troitsky, A. A. Collection of Chess Studies 1935 300pp 300 positions Plus appendix containing 53 examples of 2 knights

vs pawns. Blue cloth covered boards. Well-worn through the Stalin years, but intact. G-

£10.00

Vladimirov, Y 1,000 Chess Studies Moscow ‘03 439pp 1st part comprises the diagrams, 4 to a page, and the answers

follow in Pt 2. HB VG+ £5.00 Vladimirov, Y Leonid Kubbel Moscow ‘84

383pp There were 3 Kubbel brothers from St. Petersburg, Arvid, Evgany & Leonid all leading players and composers. Arvid made the mistake of mailing one of his problems out of the country in 1938. He was consequently accused of treason by Stalin’s Secret Police and executed, while the two brothers died of starvation during Hitler’s siege of Leningrad. This book is a tribute to Leonid’s compositional skill, with 617 positions. Sketched portrait. PB VG

£4.25

Yevreinov, V 50 Selected Studies Moscow ‘97 32pp Diagrams and solutions with each. PB F £1.50

Zaitsev, A Alexander Zaitsev by Arkhangelsky & Kimelfeld. Moscow ‘86 144pp 104 analysed games by Zaitsev (1935-1971). He was born with

one leg shorter than the other and in 1971 underwent a cosmetic operation to correct it, but he died shortly after with a massive haemorrhage, none of which is mentioned here. Signed “To John (Roycroft) from Natalie - Tbilisi In-tourist 1986”. PB VG

£4.00

Zelepukin, N P Dictionary of Chess Composition 2nd ed Kiev 1985 183pp Plenty of diagrams with most entries. HB VG £2.50

Zinar, M. A.. Harmony Of The Pawn Study Kiev 1990 143pp 200+ pawns-only studies with sources and diagrams. PB G+ £2.25


7. Problems, Studies & “Puzzles” Addison The Book of Extraordinary Chess Problems Crowood ‘89

115pp 120 diagrams giving some of the more unusual/crazy positions. DW AN VG £6.00

Aloni & Avner The Art of Israeli Chess Composition Tel Aviv ‘83 152pp 635 positions in 7 categories with 50+ photos of the composers,

all identified in the index. PB AN VG £5.50 Andrews, H The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck

1st ed. (1887) Cassell

332pp 400 problems & solutions from these 4 great composers, grouped separately for each, with career prizelist for each. LN 2476. Maroon cloth boards with patterned endpapers. Clean copy. VG

£65.00

Andrews, H The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck Tynron 1989 332pp Revised facsimile edition of the 1886. 400 problems & solutions

from these 4 great composers. Includes an essay on the Problem Art. PB VG+

£17.50

Akobia World Anthology of Chess Studies Vol 1: 4,232 Studies with Stalemate

Tblisi 1994

544pp 6p intro in English – the rest is languageless. AN VG- £10.00 Barnes, B Pick of the Best Chess Problems Elliot 1976

157pp 200 2-movers with comprehensive solutions. PB AN VG £4.00 Barnes, B Complete Mansfield Vol. 1 1911 – 1930 1996 Waterthorpe

52pp 210 of Mansfield’s earliest compositions with solutions and comments. 5 photos. & signed letter from the author. PB AN VG+ £8.00

Barnes, B Complete Mansfield Vol. 2 1931 – 1962 1997 Waterthorpe 128pp 520 problems from the prime of his career with solutions and

comments. 7 photographs. PB AN VG £9.50 Barnes, B Comins Mansfield MBE: Chess Problems of a Grandmaster BCPS 1976

38pp 200 two-movers with commentary and biographical notes. 8 family photos. Scholarly foreword by E. I. Umnov. Limited edition of 750.

PB AN VG £7.50

Barnes, B A. R. Gooderson – An English Progressive – Selected Problems 1996 Waterthorpe 84pp 138 two-movers by one of the lesser-known but equally brilliant

composers, with solutions and commentaries. 4 photos & obituary by C. Vaughan. PB AN VG+

£8.00

Beasley, J Depth & Beauty – The Endgame Studies of Artur Mandler UK 2003 128pp The work of the Bohemian Mandler (1891 – 1971) was “rescued”

i.e. translated and republished.by John Beasley. ARVES Book ofthe Year 2003. Blue PB covers. VG+

£5.50

Blackburne S. Terms & Themes of Chess Problems. (1907) Routledge 169pp Preface by A. F. Mackenzie. Printed by Will Lyons, Kentucky USA

but over-pasted by a Routledge, London sticker. 314 diagrams with solutions and explanations. LN2543. Insc. Olive cloth covered boards bearing attractive chess piece design. VG+

£30.00


Bonner-Feast Chess Cameos – A Treatise On The Two-Move Problem Leeds 1936 90pp LN 2782. 4”X6”. 144 Positions with names & sources by a variety

of composers. Errata slip tipped in. Blue cloth-covered boards. F £18.00 Bouwmeester Schaakstukken spleen U voor (The chess pieces play for you) Holland ‘55

155pp The original version of the following title, Golombek’s translation. Introduction by Euwe. 76 chess studies with solutions on facing page. PB somewhat rubbed but with attractive chess design on cover.

£12.00

Bouwmeester Modern Endgame Studies for the Chess-player 1st ed. Bell 1959 128pp Signed by Golombek the editor. 101 miniatures. DW in protective

covering. Some foxing on 1st 10 pp. o/w VG-

£14.00

Cordingly, E. Problems, Studies & End Games For The Novice & Student Player London ‘45 90pp 122 positions on pink paper in a small war-time issue. PB G £5.00


145pp


£20.00

Dickens, A. A Guide To Fairy Chess Q Press ’69 60pp 1st Limited ed. of which this is No. 370. Addenda slip. Ex Lib.

This copy was owned by the problemist Dr. M. E. M. Jago, notorious for using his books as working documents; hence the card cover is worn and grubby, but internally clean. G-

£12.00



£10.00

Dickens, A The SeriesHelpmate with John Rice Q Press ‘71 36pp Limited ed. of 300 of which this is No. 90. Red card covers in

large format. Short CVs of both writers. Includes handwritten letter from Rice to Dr. Jago thanking him for submitted problems. VG-

£22.00

Dickens 100 Classics of the Chessboard with Ebert.1st ed. Pergamon83 217pp Range of types: 2 & 3-movers, historic & weird. SB AN VG £6.25

Dickens 100 Classics of the Chessboard with H. Ebert Cadogan ‘95 Another copy PB VG £5.00

Euwe, M Schaak Met Verstand (Chess with Reason) with M. Blaine & J. F. Rumble. Tijstroom ‘51 182pp Studies with 246 diagrams. Insc. “With very best wishes from the

authors – J. F. S. Rumble”. PB G

£20.00

FIDE Fide Album No. 1 - 1956 – 1958 Zagreb 1961 187pp The 1st of a project to record the best of the previous 3 years

problems & studies, here numbering 661 examples with solutions. The 1st of a collectable series. Tri-lingual. SB with cloth spine & corners. Covers well-handled but internally clean. AN G+

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album 1914 – 1944 / I Zagreb 1971 179pp 725 all 2-movers (248 from 1914 – 1928 plus 449 from 1929 –

1944). Tri-lingual minimal text. PB VG

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album 1914-1944 / II Zagreb 1972 304pp 838 3-movers; 396 4+ movers & 43 extras. Introduction by

Mansfield. The 2nd part of the project, with matching covers. VG

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album No. 3 1914 – 1944 Zagreb 1975 199pp After the success of the 1st 2 Albums, the 3rd volume covered the

years 1914 – 1944, with 803 of the best helpmates, self-mates etc from that period. Minimal language. AN HB VG+

£25.00


known and 50 of his problems. PB AN F+

£10.00

Greuf, M 200 Classic Chess Puzzles Sterling ‘93 143pp Mates in 2, 3, or 4 moves. PB VG £4.00


Harley, B Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy Dover 1970 216pp An exact republication of the 1931 original SB VG £6.00

Harley, B Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy Dover 1970

Another copy. Covers creased G- £3.50

Harley, B Mate In Three Moves – A Treatise on the Three-Move Problem. 1st ed. Chatto 1943 198pp Intro by Alain C. White. LN 2863

DW worn. Paper yellowing. o/w G £4.50

Harley, B The Modern Two-Move Chess Problem – Problems by Mansfield 1st Museum ‘58 157pp Introductory primer to the art of composing & solving 2-movers.

Insc. DW VG

£15.00

Healey, P A Collection of 200 Chess Problems composed by Frank Healey During The Years 1848 to 1904

Stroud 1908 1st ed.

225pp Compiled by the son of the composer (1828 – 1906). LN 2407 Olive cloth boards split on spine, with gilt chess design. Title page is tender but the rest is clean and sound. G

£45.00



£18.00


Hoffman Problemschach – 407 Aufgaben & Studien (407 Problems & Studies) Berlin 1985 252pp DW VG £7.50

Howard, K How To Solve Chess Problems Dover 1961 171pp Corrected & revised version of the 1945 original. PB AN VG £7.50

Howard, K Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers 1st ed. Dover 1970 109pp 155 positions in sections, each based on 1 composer.

SB AN VG-

£8.00

Jones, R. H. The Two-Move Chess Problems of Godfrey Quack Keverel 48pp 76 problems with solutions and explanations. Biographical end-


£4.00

Kasparian Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies Progress 80 542pp English trans. from the Russian. Classic work from a master.

DW AN. Foxing to page edges & endpapers o/w VG-

£12.00

The 2 volume set below is a matching pair of a rare edition, mentioned specifically in the Oxford Companion as “authoritative”. Card covers are reinforced by red book-binder’s tape on spine, keeping titles visible and covers intact. Where exposed to air, paper is starting to brown due to age. The two volumes deserve to be kept as a pair.

£50 the pair

Kasparian 2,500 Finales Tomo I Buenos Aires 1st ed. 1961 Argentina 331pp Authoritative work by the master. 1,292 studies. PB AN

Kasparian 2,500 Finales Tomo II Buenos Aires 1st ed. 1963 Argentina 315pp Authoritative work by the master. Finishes 3 studies short. PB AN

Kok Wege Zur Endspielstudie. – Bauern Endspiele Schwarze Damen In Zugzwang (Road to Endgame Study – Pawn Endings & Black Queens in Zugzwang)

Koblenz ’92

174pp 251 diagrams. 2 books in one. DW AN VG+ £10.00


Another copy minus DW o/w VG+ £12.00

Laws, B. G. Chess Problems & How To Solve Them Leeds 1923 152pp 214 positions. 1st ed. Blue limp cloth covers. Photo of Laws.

LN2681 VG

£12.00



£9.00


composers involved. Black cloth boards. VG+

£10.00

Lommer H. M. 1357 End-Game Studies – The Best Chess Compositions 1935 - 1973 Pitman 1975 234pp AN DW F- £15.00


SB AN VG

£10.00


Mansfield, C Adventures in Composition 1975

48pp A supplement to the earlier, larger classic work, in which the author traces new developments in the art, using his own 2-movers to illustrate the point. 63 diagrams. Good portrait. Thick card covers. Only 300 printed. VG+

£15.00

Mansfield Chessboard Delights – Selected From the Sunday Telegraph 1964 - 74 RKP 116 positions & commentaries from his weekly column. PB VG £4.00


A standard work. PB VG+

£18.00

Nagler, A Schweizer Problemkomponisten (Swiss Problems) Triengen ‘51 100pp 68 problems by Swiss composers assembled by a leading Swiss

composer & organiser. Good photo portrait. LN 2961. Insc. Small format HB with paper cover. VG

£30.00

Nunn Solving In Style 1st ed. Allen 1985 238pp The master runs through the range of problems. DW AN Ex Lib

o/w VG+

£12.00

Pandolfini Pandolfini’s Endgame Course: Basic Endgame Techniques Explained Fireside ‘88 319pp 239 lessons, 1 per page, with diagram & explanation. PB AN F £9.00


English. LN2931. AN Navy cloth boards F-

£25.00

Petrovic, N.ed. Sahovski Problem Zagreb 1949 276pp 650 positions in categories. LN1943 Pictorial boards with

marks. o/w internally clean & sound. G+

£20

Petrovic, N.ed FIDE Album 1956 - 1958 Zagreb 1961 187pp Trilingual introduction explaining the raison d’etre of this and

future Albums i.e. to record the best problems of the period surveyed, and to establish standards for the awards of titles. 661 positions in various categories. SB G+

£25.00

Petrovic, N.ed FIDE Album 1914-1944 Part 1 Zagreb 1971 179pp After the perceived success of the 1st Album the Committee went

back in time to repeat the exercise. Format as before. 725 problems SB VG

£25.00

Petrovic, N.ed FIDE Album 1914-1944 Part 11 Zagreb 1972 304pp 1278 problems in categories with solutions. Format as before. VG £25.00

Petrovic, N.ed FIDE Album 1914-1944 Part 111 Zagreb 1975 199pp 806 problems of the Helpmate, Selfmate & Fairy kind. Now in blue

cloth-covered boards. VG+

£25.00

Pricic, M Selected Compositions of Julius Buchwald USA 2005 168pp 261 positions by Buchwald (b. 1909 in Vienna – d. 1970 in NY ).

Also, Pricic records what little is known of his life. PB VG+

£7.50

Prokes Kniha Sachovych Studii (Book of Chess Studies) Prague 1951 230pp 623 diagrams Foreword by Pachman. Insc. AN VG £9.50

Raynor, J Chess Problems: Their Composition & Solution. 5th Reprint London ‘35 100pp Brown limp cloth covers. 108 diagrams. G+ £9.50

Reinfeld Reinfeld On The End-Game in Chess Dover 1957

177pp Unabridged republication of the Pitman 1940 original. SB VG £6.00



Faber 1966 1st ed.


£12.00

Rice, Lipton Chess Problems: Introduction To An Art with R. C. O. Matthews 1st ed. Faber 1963 295pp 364 problems. Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. DW VG+ £12.00

Rice, J Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems Batsford ‘96 352pp 460 of the best ever compositions with explanations of the various

themes. PB AN VG

£12.00


Roycroft, J Test Tube Chess – A Comprehensive Introduction to Endgame Study Faber 1972 Another copy DW Ex Lib G £7.00



£12.00




£3.25

Smullyan, R The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes NY 1st ed 1979

171pp “50 elegant, witty & unique chess problems”. PB AN VG £9.00


Hutchinson ‘83


£9.00






Sport Új Magyar Sakk Feladvány Antologia (Anthology of new Hungarian chess problems)

Budapest ‘79

346pp 516 problems with diagrams & solutions. Mini biographies & photos of the composers. Black cloth covered boards VG+

£10.00

Sutherland 1234 Modern End-Game Studies with H. M. Lommer Dover 1968 358pp Unabridged & corrected republication of the 1938 original, with

appendix containing 24 additional studies. 6pp of errata with full explanations. SB VG

£10.00

Taverner, T Chess Problems Made Easy – How to Construct & Solve. c. 1920 Daily News 92pp 250 positions & diagrams. LN2656. Some foxing o/w G- £5.00

Troitsky, A. A. Collection of Chess Studies Leeds 1937 264pp LN 2279. 1st ed. in English of a landmark title. 360 studies with a

supplement on the endgame involving 2Ns vs pawns. Green cloth-covered boards. Insc. Edges of backstrip rubbed o/w VG+

£30.00

Troitsky, A. A. Another copy in blue cloth. Insc. Club stamps o/w G+ £25.00

Troitsky, A. A. 360 Brilliant & Instructive End-Games Dover 1968

192pp A republication of the 1937 original but without the treatise. Intro by Reinfeld. SB VG+

£8.00



£4.00

Wenman, P Problems & Puzzles London ‘44 47pp 3rd ed. 1944. 70 positions with solutions. Blue SB. VG £4.50

Wenman, P 30 Problems By Ehrenstein Leeds 1946 36pp Maurus or Moritz Ehrenstein (1858-1923) little-known in UK, but

Wenman rescued these from possible oblivion. Small format with green card covers. VG-

£5.00

White A. C. The White Rooks in Chess Strategy 1974 Hippocrene 210pp A facsimile ed. of the original The White Rooks of 1910 & No. 10

in Alain White’s famous (& v. expensive) Christmas Series. 270 problems by 114 composers. PB AN VG+

£12.00



£12.00



£12.00


239pp


£18.00


471pp


£18.00

Whitworth, T. Mattison’s Chess Endgame Studies BCM 1987 79pp 60 Studies. BCM Quarterly No. 23. Intro by A. Hildband.

PB AN VG+

£8.00



£10.00

Wood B. H. One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems Wayland 72 Another copy minus DW £7.00

Alain White’s Christmas Series.

After completing his first book, Chess Lyrics, on the work of A. F. McKenzie, it suddenly dawned on White that he had found a mission to which he could devote himself – the collection of chess problems from around the world. He needed the help of donors, and to incentivise and reward them for their task, he would send them, each Christmas, the gift of a new book of problems, with a slip of paper tipped in bearing the words Merry Christmas. Most were of a neat, smallish size, easy to handle, bound in red cloth, with a print run of 200 to 300. Every one was dedicated to “M.W.W. – his sister May Whitlock White. Their scarcity and compactness have made the 44 titles very collectable – small jewels in any chess library. Here is an opportunity to fill a gap you may have on your own shelf.

No. 4 Les Mille Et Un Mats Inverses Volumes 1 & 2 Paris 1907

510pp + 231

1,001 self-mates. Vol. 1 contains the positions with composer, date & source. Vol. 2 contains the intro in French, English &

German, plus solutions & list of self-mate tourneys with winners. Red cloth boards with chessboard design in black & with titles and sprig of holly in gilt, although 5/6 letters in each volume have lost the gilt and appear black. o/w VG

£250 the

pair

No. 6 České Melodie Potsdam 1908

229pp 200 problems by Joseph Pospišil (1861 – 1916). Articles in English & German on Pospišil’s work and “The Bohemian Theory of the Chess Problem”. Red cloth boards with Art Deco style design around the title. Spine v. slightly sunned o/w VG

£100.00

No. 10 The White Rooks Stroud 1910 210pp A study of 200+ positions in which White has no help from Queen

or minor pieces – only rook/s and the odd pawn or two. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Merry Christmas slip. Insc. o/w VG+

£65.00

No. 11 More White Rooks Stroud 1911

220pp

No sooner had he finished the previous book than White realised he had only scratched the surface of the possibilities, so continued with the theme, producing a further 400 problems. Maroon cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Merry Christmas slip. Insc. o/w VG+

£65.00.

No. 13 Running The Gauntlet Stroud 1911

269pp

This was the 3rd of the 4 titles he brought out this calendar year – a study of the capture of pawn en passant comprising 400 problems. Historical intro in English & German (English version on the left had page, facing the German version, noticeably longer because of the longer words required). Bright red cloth boards with gilt titles. Spine sunned. Insc. Merry Christmas slip VG

£70

No. 15 The Theory of Pawn Promotions Stroud 1912 247pp 26p intro to the subject in hand, with 500+ positions. Red cloth

boards with bright gilt titles. With Merry Christmas slip. VG+ £90.00

No. 17 White To Play Stroud 1913

123pp A collection of 100 complete block 2-movers. Slightly smaller in size and paper quality not as good as previous titles, but one of the scarcer items. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Merry Christmas slip. VG-

£110.00

No. 19 The White King Stroud 1914

212pp 296 positions illustrating the activity of the White king in various categories of problems. 161 different composers represented. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Merry Christmas slip. VG

£70.00

No. 25 A.C.W.: Flights Of Fancy In The Chess World Leeds 1919

159pp

Having reached the quarter century mark in the series, White indulges himself by re-publishing a series of his light-hearted articles previously in print elsewhere. Pt. 2 consists of the transactions of the Podunk Chess Club and its weird and wonderful membership. Red cloth boards a trifle wrinkled. In fact, Leeds publications in the series often seem to be a little below par compared to the Stroud works, especially their paperbacks, which tend to disintegrate over time, leading to extra scarcity. However, there are no structural issues with this book. With Merry Christmas slip. G+

£100.00

No. 26 A Memorial To D. J. Densmore Stroud 1918

239pp Biography of Densmore (1867–1917) with 50 of his problems and a critique of his work, followed by the prizewinners of the Denmore Memorial Tourney and 85 problems from it. Red cloth & gilt titles. Corner bumped and pale patches on cloth o/w G+

£65.00

No. 28 The Good Companion Two-Mover Stroud 1922

The God Companion Problem was founded by J. F. Magee in 1913 and quickly became a world-wide fellowship of 600+

418pp

composers who entered freely into its tourneys, & 900+ examples are shown. 14 full page “photos and a full index add to the value of this richly-laden book”. Particularly interesting are the 2 chessboards onto each square of which a named photograph of a composer has been superimposed. This copy was the property of the English composer M. E. M. Jago, notorious for using his books as jotters, but fortunately this item has escaped his worst excesses, save for the loss of the front endpapers and pale patches on the covers. Red cloth covers with gilt titles. Spine faded. Merry Christmas slip G

£100.00

No. 31 Changing Fashions Stroud 1925

208pp

White writes a testimonial to George Hume. “the Presiding Destiny of the Series”, without whom it would not have lasted thus far, followed by 151 of his problems, solo or shared. Good portrait. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles. With Merry Christmas slip. Spine a little sunned o/w VG

£80..00

No. 35 Asymmetry Stroud 1927

154pp

Dawson & Pauly are in the driving seat for this number, with theirs comprising many of the 100 problems plus input from the Westcountry folk, Mrs. Baird & Mr. Fox. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Insc. Merry Christmas slip. Spine & part of cover sunned o/w VG

£70.00

No. 37 The Golden Argosy Stroud 1929

288pp

A tribute to the American W. A. Shinkman (1847-1933) with 600 of his finest creations. Being the 25th anniversary of the Series, a chronological list has been added facing the title page. Newspaper obituary pasted in. Merry Christmas slip. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles and no issues conditionwise. F-

£100.00

No. 38 Valves and Bi-valves Stroud 1930

176pp White writes an analytical intro followed by 100 problems, of whom Cyril Kipping is the main contributor. Merry Christmas slip. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles. 1 corner bumped o/w F-

£70.00

No. 39 Problems By My Friends Stroud 1931

250pp

A collection of 185 problems all composed as a 50th birthday present for Alain White. 8 original full-page portraits of composers. Interestingly, No. 10 is credited to A. Foster & W. Stephens. Could this be the Walter Stephens who murdered his wife in 1905 and was committed to Broadmoor psychiatric hospital where he died in 1940? If so, who was A. Foster? A bit of a mystery. Merry Christmas slip. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles. F

£75.00

No. 40 The Chessmen Speak Stroud 1932

180pp

Kipping selected 147 of his favourite compositions from his current output of 2,000+. No Xmas slip, but a recent biographical article on Kipping written by the vendor for Chess magazine, will be included by way of compensation. Insc. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Spine and edges of cover sunned o/w VG+

£70.00

No. 41 An English Bohemian Stroud 1933

141pp John Keeble, himself 83 at this point, contributes a well-documented biography of B. G. Laws (1861 – 1930) with a selection of 113 of the best from his total output of 1,000+ problems. Merry Christmas slip. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles. F-

£70.00

The following titles comprise books from the library of the noted Studies expert, John

Roycroft, author of Test-Tube Chess, who recently “downsized”. Throughout his long career, he had many contacts in Eastern Europe and acquired numerous titles rarely seen outside Russia. All are in the language of the city in which they were published, mostly Russian. In the case of the Cyrillic language, difficult for many, at least the algebraic notation is used and numerals are Arabic, like ours. The titles were kindly translated for us by the Russian expert and linguist, Trefor Thynne. Abramov, L. Y. Chess Up To (or In) 1953 Moscow ‘54 320pp 57 game scores, with analysis & diagrams. X-tables. HB with blind




£5.00



£4.00








analysis. PB VG

£3.00






16pp Excellent photos and tournament record of both players. Bi-lingual. A5 Card covers. VG

£3.50

Gik, G. Y. Conversations About Chess Moscow ‘85 158pp Signed “To Dr. A. Roycroft from the author G. Gik. Happy New

Year 31.12.1990”. PB G+

£5.00



wide. PB VG+

£4.00



£4.00



£2.50




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£2.50




£3.50

Kasparyan, G Studies Erevan 1982 327pp 1,062 (!) positions. HB with decorative design. VG £3.50


bumped o/w VG

£3.25


Katsnelson, L Family Chess Studies 2000 St Petersburg 200pp Selected studies of the IM of composition, plus his articles and

stories on chess. Also, studies composed with his 2 brothers. 300 positions in all. Green limp cloth covers. F

£4.00



£5.00


Moscow ‘81

159pp PB VG £2.50




£3.50


Kotov A. I. Selected Studies & Problems 2003 St. Petersburg 24pp 43 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG+ £2.00

Kuznetsov, A. Colours Of The Chess Spectrum Moscow ‘80 96pp Many positions with sources and analyses. PB VG £2.00

Levenfish, The Theory Of Rook Endgames with Smyslov. Moscow ‘86 255pp 444 positions with sources & analyses PB VG £3.00

Melnichenko, Masters Of Chess Composition. Kiev 1984 150pp 445 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG £2.50

Melnichenko, Two Steps In The Kingdom Of Chess Kiev 1988 134pp 328 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG £2.50

Nadareishvili, G Chess Studies In Georgia Tbilisi ‘75 212pp 293 positions with sources & analyses. Inscribed by author HB F £4.50

Nadareishvili, G Mate In Studies with Y. Akobia Tbilisi ‘90

565pp Hundreds of positions HB in faux brown leather F £5.00

Nadareishvili, G Mate In Studies with Y. Akobia Tbilisi ‘90 565pp The PB version. Inscribed to John Roycroft. 22.9.90 VG £3.25

Neiman, M. B. Problems and Studies Collection 1999 St Petersburg 71pp Many positions with explanations. Photo of author at work. PB F £2.50

Razumenko, V The Poetry Of Chess – Selected Studies & Problems 2007 St Petersburg 48pp 70 positions and a few poetic verses PB F £2.00

Razumenko, V The Poetry of Chess with Fokin & Vladimirov 1993 St Petersburg 176pp 242 problems & 121 studies by St. Petersburg composers from

the time of Peter the Great to present day. DW VG+

£5.00





£10.00


follow in Pt 2. HB VG+

£5.00

Vladimirov, Y Leonid Kubbel Moscow ‘84 383pp There were 3 Kubbel brothers from St. Petersburg, Arvid, Evgany

& Leonid all leading players and composers. Arvid made the mistake of mailing one of his problems out of the country in 1938. He was consequently accused of treason by Stalin’s Secret Police and executed, while the two brothers died of starvation during Hitler’s siege of Leningrad. This book is a tribute to Leonid’s compositional skill, with 617 positions. Sketched portrait. PB VG

£4.25


Zaitsev, A Alexander Zaitsev by Arkhangelsky & Kimelfeld. Moscow ‘86 144pp 104 analysed games by Zaitsev (1935-1971). He was born with

one leg shorter than the other and in 1971 underwent a cosmetic operation to correct it, but he died shortly after with a massive haemorrhage, none of which is mentioned here. Signed “To John (Roycroft) from Natalie - Tbilisi In-tourist 1986”. PB VG

£4.00



7. Problems, Studies & “Puzzles”

Addison The Book of Extraordinary Chess Problems Crowood ‘89 115pp 120 diagrams giving some of the more unusual/crazy positions.

DW AN VG

£6.00

Anderson,G. F Are There Any? A chess problem book (1959) Stroud 149pp Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Betts 19-21 Reputedly the 1st

book on kriegspeil problems. VG+ £24.00

Anderson,G F Adventures Of My Chessmen 1914 - 1923 Stroud 1924 160pp 120 problems composed between these dates, mostly in 2, 3 & 4

moves, all with solutions and explanations for some. Foreword by the author & Introduction by W. H. Thomson. Published in the style of books in the Christmas Series as it’s by the same publisher. 1st ed. LN 2686. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Insc. Corner bumped o/w VG.

£30.00

Andrade, B. J. Andradiana Chess 1961 81pp 256 selected problems with solutions; & his favourite quotes about

the problem art. Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. VG+

£15.00

Andrews, H The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck 1st ed. (1887)

Cassell

332pp

400 problems & solutions from these 4 great composers, grouped separately for each, with career prizelist for each. LN 2476. Maroon cloth boards with patterned endpapers. Clean copy. VG

£65.00

Andrews, H The Chess Problem with E. N. Frankenstein, B. G. Laws & C. Planck Tynron 1989

332pp Revised facsimile edition of the 1886. 400 problems & solutions from these 4 great composers. Includes an essay on the Problem Art. PB VG+

£17.50

Anon. Album Russia 2001 - 2003 Moscow 2005 192pp The 817 best problems & studies of 113 Russian composers,

which were published during 2001 – 2003, are collected (similar to Album FIDE). SB F

£8.00

Akobia, I World Anthology of Chess Studies Vol 1: 4,232 Studies with Stalemate

Tblisi 1994

544pp 6p intro in English – the rest is languageless. AN VG- £10.00

Akobia, I World Anthology of Chess Studies Volume II – 4492 Studies with Mate Georgia ‘94 214pp 2 page explanatory preface in English by Akobia. Blue cloth

boards with gilt titles & rook design

£10.00

Archakov, V. The Harmony of the Pawn Study with M. A. Zinar Kiev 1990 144pp 221 diagrams with analysis of positions with king & pawns

only. SB with pictorial cover. G+

£3.00

Archakov, V. On A Small Chess Battlefield Kiev 1983 144pp 264 diagrammed positions, mostly mates in 2 or 3 involving a

moderate no. of pieces. HB G+

£3.50

Bakcsi, G Kevésbábos Magyar Feladványok (Hungarian Chess Problems with 2 – 12 pieces.).

Sport ‘82

320pp

840 positions from a range of composers inc. Gyula, Benkö & Attila (the Hun) Benedek. HB VG+

£5.00

Barclay, Bill America Salutes Comins Mansfield M.B.E. CEI 1983 128pp 40 2-movers by Mansfield from between 1914 – 1974. Followed

by 80 others from around the world,.esp. the Americas. Intro by George Koltanowski “Dean Of American Chess”. Portrait phots of Mansfie ld & Barclay. SB with pictorial cover. VG

£20.00

Barnes, B Pick of the Best Chess Problems Elliot 1976

157pp 200 2-movers with comprehensive solutions. PB AN VG £4.00

Barnes, B Complete Mansfield Vol. 1 1911 – 1930 1996 Waterthorpe 52pp 210 of Mansfield’s earliest compositions with solutions and

comments. 5 photos. & signed letter from the author. PB AN VG+

£8.00

Barnes, B Complete Mansfield Vol. 2 1931 – 1962 1997 Waterthorpe

128pp 520 problems from the prime of his career with solutions and comments. 7 photographs. PB AN VG

£9.50

Beasley, J. D. Some Flights Of Chess Fancy UK 1989

42pp

Self-published problems, mostly containing an “element of unorthodoxy”. Inscribed as sent to the Cornish problemist, Dr. M. E. M. Jago as a reward for his participation in the “Bournemouth Fairies” of 1989. SB comb-bound. VG

£7.50

Belchikov, N. I Chess Composition in Belorussia Minsk 1981 144pp 462 diagrams with solutions. SB with pictorial cover. VG+ £2.50

Blackburne S. Terms & Themes of Chess Problems. (1907) Routledge

169pp Preface by A. F. Mackenzie. Printed by Will Lyons, Kentucky USA but over-pasted by a Routledge, London sticker. 314 diagrams with solutions and explanations. LN2543. Insc. Olive cloth covered boards bearing attractive chess piece design. VG+

£30.00


Bondarenko, S The Development of the Chess Study Kiev 1982

232pp 394 diagrams from between c. 1900 – 1925 with analysis. From master composers like Kubbel & Troitsky etc. SB. G

£3.00

Bouwmeester Modern End-Game Studies For The Chess-Player. Trans by Golombek Bell 1959

155pp 100 positions with full explanations next to each one. Classic Bell DW of the period. VG

£14.00

Chekhover, V Chess Studies and Endings Moscow 1959 72pp 84 diagrams with solutions. PB with pictorial cover G £2.50

Chepizhny, V. Chess Compositions 1977-1983. Moscow ‘83

256pp 452 diagrams with analyses & solutions. SB with pictorial cover. VG

£3.00

Davies, I The Chess Player’s Alice 1990

40pp Cross references connections between chess and Alice in Wonderland. Typescript VG+

£5.00


145pp


£20.00

Dickens, A A Guide To Fairy Chess Q Press ‘67 60pp Limited ed. of which the first 30 were not for sale, and this is No.

9. Addenda slip pasted in. SB F-

£14.00

Dickens, A. A Guide To Fairy Chess Q Press ’69

60pp Limited ed. of which this is No. 370. Addenda slip. Ex Lib. This copy was owned by the problemist Dr. M. E. M. Jago, notorious for using his books as working documents; hence the card cover is worn and grubby, but internally clean. G-

£12.00



£10.00

Dickens, A Another copy 2nd ed. Limited edition of 525 copies of which this is No. 465 and is one of their “specially bound de luxe copies” i.e. large pictorial HB.

Q Press ‘69 £12.00

Dickens, A The SeriesHelpmate with John Rice 1st ed. Q Press ‘71

36pp

Limited ed. of 300 of which this is No. 90. Red card covers in large format. Short CVs of both writers. Includes handwritten letter from Rice to Dr. Jago thanking him for submitted problems. G

£18.00

Dickens, A Another copy No. 231 of 300. Red card covers etc. VG £18.00

Dickens, A The SeriesHelpmate with John Rice 2nd ed. Q Press ‘78

49pp Limited ed. of 300 of which 250 were numbered – this is one the 50. Much enlarged from 1st ed. PB A4-sized VG

£18.00

Dickens, A 100 Classics of the Chessboard with Ebert.1st ed. Pergamon83 217pp Range of types: 2 & 3-movers, historic & weird. SB AN VG £5.00

Dickens, A 100 Classics of the Chessboard with H. Ebert Cadogan ‘95 Another copy PB VG £5.00

Dickens, A Alice In Fairyland 1976

24pp A lecture given to the Lewis Carroll Society. Limited ed. of 250 copies: Nos 1 – 100 signed by the author. Copy No. 52 “Anthony Dickins” . VG

£12.00

Another copy 2nd ed. VG+ £6.00 1979

Dickens, A An Album Of Fairy Chess Q Press1970

28pp 2nd edition limited to 50 copies Copy No. 24. Errata & addenda slip. 18 mini biographies of fellow artists with examples of their work, including his own, something of an eye-opener. SM VG+

£8.00

Dickens A A Catalogue of Fairy Chess – Books & Opuscles (little works) donated to Cambridge University Library 1972 – 1973 by Anthony Dickens.

Q Press ‘73

6pp Limited ed. of 150 copies of which this is No, 134. SB staples rusted o/w VG

£4.00

Dickens Records In One-Mover Chess Construction Tasks with W. Cross Q Press ‘70 8pp Ltd. Ed of 250 numbered copies, though ths one is not

numbered. PB VG+

£5.00

Ellerman, A 1001 Problemas Grabo 1945

313pp

Inscribed in Spanish. “To my friend Herman Verde – sincerely A. Ellerman. B. Aires 28/iv/49.” Preface in Spanish by Alain White from his new home in S. Carolina and dated May 1944. Ellerman (18893-1969) was one of the greatest composers of 2-movers and this was his most notable work. Wartime quality paper has yellowed. o/w G-

£20.00

Fasher, E Awards of the 1964 Olympic Composing Tourneys 1964

30pp Diagrams, solutions & names for the prizewinners in each category. PB Typescript. G

£5.00

Fabel, Dr. K Introduction To Retrograde Analysis Q Press ‘73

15pp An explanation & definition of terms. Diagrams with no “Fairy” pieces as this is not Fairy Chess. SB VG+

£6.00

Fabel, Dr. K Rund um das Schachbrett (Around The Chessboard) Berlin 1955 137pp Amusing & Interesting things about chess. Lots of weird

positions, starting with a mate in 182 moves, and several with all 8 black pawns lined up in a rank, file or diagonal, mostly composed by himself. Sketch portrait of himself, and a number of amusing cartoons. PB with some aged marks on cover. o/w G-

£8.75

Feast, F. B. Chess Cameos - A Treatise On The 2-move Problem Leeds 1936 90pp 144 positions by various composers in the various

categories. Blue cloth boards. Small format. LN2782. F-

£18.00

FIDE. FIDE Album No. 2 1945 – 1955 General editor I. N. Petrovic Zagreb 1964

479pp

After the perceived success of the previous volume, it was decided to play catch-up and publish a volume for the previous decade, with a panel of expert judges deciding which problems were of sufficient skill to merit inclusion. This was the result; 1,891 diagrams sorted into defined categories – a pattern that was to

£22.00

continue thereafter. Tri-lingual. SB AN Insc. o/w G+

FIDE. FIDE Album1914 – 1944/1 General editor I. N. Petrovic Zagreb 1971

179pp

After the success of Album No. 2, and having established a modus operandi, it was decided to go further back, from 1914 up to the start of Vol. 2. However, this 30 year span would have generated far too many problems to fin into the established size of an album, so it was decided to split the problems into 3 sections with a separate book for each. Part 1 (this one) was devoted solely to 2-movers. With the largest number (30) done by Comins Mansfield. 725 positions in all. Fully indexed. SB G

£25.00

FIDE. FIDE Album 1914 – 1944 – II General editor I. N. Petrovic Zagreb 1972 304pp 1,275 positions in 2 sections, 3-movers & more-movers. With

solutions & fully indexed. SB G+

£25.00

FIDE. FIDE Album 1914 – 1944 - III Zagreb 1975

199pp

791 positions comprising Fairies divided into Selfmates; Helpmates and other kinds. With solutions & fully indexed. Blue cloth boards with white titles. VG

£25.00

FIDE FIDE Album 1956 – 1958 General editor I. N. Petrovic Zagreb 1961

224pp 661 positions in 4 sections titled 2-movers; 3-movers; moremovers; & Fairy chess; With solutions & fully indexed. SB G

£25.00

Geary, W Problems For Babes Manuscript The Dec. issue of the BCM contained an obituary by B. G.

Laws of William Geary (1839 – 1923). Laws wrote “He was a good player, solver and neat composer. Mr. Geary composed hundreds of problems, nearly all of slender construction. He was a strong advocate of reflex chess, delighting in playing the game and occasionally composing problems of this class” and there followed 3 positions. This item consists of a booklet of plain pages, each with 2 positions made from ink stamps for board and pieces, 412 in all. These are preceded by a foreword and introduction by Geary all in beautiful small, neat copperplate handwriting. If the book was published, then this is the original MS. But I have no evidence that it was ever published. If so, then this is a unique item containing many hitherto unseen little gems for juniors or beginners. An interesting research project for someone. VG

£45.00


known and 50 of his problems. Signed by author. PB AN F+

£10.00

Grondijs, H The Revised Edition Of the Works Of Simkhovich Fruth 1997

236pp Biographical & auto biographical notes on the composer F. M. Simkhovich , who reputedly died in the seige of Leningrad, along with Troitsky, the Kubbel brothers and half a million others. 157 of his compositions. Fully indexed. Ltd edition of 350 copies, of which this is No. 239. SB VG.

£15.00

Gurgenidze, D “Tiny” Endgames Tbilisi 1999

60pp 55 studies by the Georgian GM involving only 5 pieces including the kings. The moves are in figurine algebraic, so are easily followed, but other text is in Georgian (help needed!). Many small photos of the master. PB F

£2.50


Harley, B Mate In Two Moves – The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy Dover 1970 Another copy. Covers creased G- £3.50

Harley, B Kent County Chess Association Problem Tourney Bromley 1920 KCCA 1920 43 positions, all that were submitted and judged by Harley.

31pp Alain White had checked for “anticipations”. 3-movers 1st & 2nd prizes to P. F. Blake; 3rd E. Palposka. 2-movers 1st C. Watney; 2nd Blake; 3rd J Reitveld. etc. LN 2655 PB Small format G-

£10.00

Heijden, H Pawn Promotion to Bishop or Rook in the Endgame Study NIC 1996 75pp A study of “under-promotion” to either rook or bishop

instead of the usual queen. SB VG+

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£18.00


Hoffman, F. Problemschach – 407 Aufgaben & Studien (407 Problems & Studies) Berlin 1985 252pp DW VG £7.50

Howard, K S. How To Solve Chess Problems McKay 1945 171p HB 1st US ed. LN2893 G+ £12.00

Howard, K S. How To Solve Chess Problems Dover 1961 171pp Corrected & revised version of the 1945 original. PB AN VG £7.50

Howard, K. S. Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers 1st ed. Dover 1970 109pp 155 positions in sections, each based on 1 composer.

SB AN VG-

£8.00

Howard, K. S. Chess Problems by 8 American Composers Dover 1972 102p 19th century composers. HB Ex Lib Club stamps Internally G £3.50

Howard, K. S. Spectacular Chess Problems – 200 Gems by American Composers Dover 1967 117p 2nd ed. with corrections from 1st ed. SB VG £5.00

Howard K. S. The Enjoyment if Chess Problems Dover 1961 222p Unabridged revised ed. of the 1943 original. 200 positions in

their various groupings with solutions. SB AN G+ £7.50

Jones, R. H. The Two-Move Chess Problems of Godfrey Quack Keverel 48pp 76 problems with solutions and explanations. Biographical end-


£4.00

Kalandadze, I Eternal Movement – 111 Chess Studies Tblisi 1993

123pp

Dedicated to the ideas of perpetual movement in chess composition. Also some on the themes of stalemate, checkmate & positional draw. 1 diagram per page with solution. AN & pictorial key to piece names inside back cover. PB with pictorial design on cover. o/w it’s in Georgian

£1.50

Karpov & Gik Chess Kaleidoscope Pergamon ‘81 168pp Deals in part with combinations, problems & Studies. HB AN F £7.50

Kasparyan, G 542pp Domination In 2,545 Endgame Studies Progress ‘80 Translated from the Russian. Brown faux leather-covered boards with

silver gilt titles. F-

£20.00

Kasparyan, G Domination In 2,545 Endgame Studies. Revised ed. Raduga ‘87 542pp Translated from the Russian. Brown faux leather-covered boards.

with gilt titles. F-

£20.00

Kasparian, G Studies, Articles, Analyses Moscow 1988 288pp 400+ diagrams; good photo portrait. SB G+ £2.50

Kasparian, G Secrets of the Studiest Erevan 1984

280pp 1,000 + diagrams with sources & solutions given. Brown cloth boards with gilt title & blind stamped design. VG

£3.50

Kasparian, G Remarkable Studies Yerevan ‘82 327pp 1,056 positions with composer, source & solutions close to

hand. HB with pictorial design. Paper yellowing as is common o/w G+

£3.00

Khenkin, V The Final Check – An Anthology of Mating Combinations Moscow 1979

335pp Blue cloth boards with pictorial design in gilt. VG £4.00

Kipping, C. S Chess Problem Science: Vol. 1 – The Power of the Pieces (2-movers) Leeds 1937 50pp LN 2807. Foreword by Alain White. Insc “With Compliments

– C. S. Kipping” VG

£20.00

Kipping, C. S. The Chess Problem Hobby Stroud 1923

64pp An introduction to the increasingly popular hobby, with definitions of terms and examples of each. Signed by Kipping to “the Hastings Chess Club”. Foreword by Alain C. White. LN 2677. SB G

£20.00

Kipping, C. S. 300 Chess Problems Stroud 1916

365pp Hurriedly done at a moment in time when he expected to be called up and serve in the Great War, and wished to ensure he left at least some sort of legacy (though this never happened) It was published by the same company as did most of the “Christmas Series”, and resembles them in appearance. Mostly 2 & 3-movers. LN 2639. Small scuff to the spine o/w VG

£85.00

Kofman R. M. De Logische School in het Schaakprobleem (1948)

36pp LN 2928 Pubished by De Tijstroom in Lochem. & translated from the Russian by G. Oskam. 54 diagrams SB AN VG

£15.00

Kofman, R. M. Selected Studies of S. Kaminev Moscow 1981 160pp 167 examples. Diagrams. SB Pictorial covers. VG £3.50

Kok

Wege Zur Endspielstudie. – Bauern Endspiele Schwarze Damen In Zugzwang (Road to Endgame Study – Pawn Endings & Black Queens in Zugzwang)

Koblenz ’92

174pp 251 diagrams. 2 books in one. DW AN VG+ £10.00


Korn 384pp Another copy minus DW o/w VG+ £9.00

Kraemer, Dr. A Im Banne des Schachproblems (In the spell of chess problems) Berlin 1951

158pp

With Dr. Erich Zepler (Southampton). LN 2958 After the title page “Dem Andenken Alain White’s gewidmet” (roughly translates as In memory of Alain White - who had died earlier that year) followed by 4 page explanatory introduction in German & English, followed by 198 positions (4 on a page) with solutions on the reverse of the page.. SB with artistic pictorial cover. Some of the outer pages (front & back) starting to brown & front corners slightly creased o/w G

£30.00



£9.00


composers involved. Black cloth boards. AN VG+

£10.00

Lipton & Rice Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art (with R. Matthews) 1st ed. 1963 295pp 265 examples and 364 diagrams for solving. AN DW VG+ £10.00

Lipton & Rice Chess Problems: Introduction to an Art (with R. Matthews) 1st US ed.’65

295pp Published by The Citadel Press New – York. HB with grey cloth boards. Ex libris plate of G. P. Goold. At the time of publication he was Professor of Latin & Greek at Harvard. G

£6.50

Lommer, H. M. 1234 Modern End-Game Studies with M. Sutherland 1st 1938 383pp Intro by Chėron. Published by Printing-Craft and one of the

earliest uses of AN in English. Insc. o/w VG

£20.00


SB AN VG

£8.00 Lommer, H. M 1357 End-Game Studies - The Best Compositions 1935 - 1973 Pitman 1975

234pp Expanded & modified layout concentrates on the artistry of studies, rather than techniques. HB DW AN VG

£15.00


Mach, Dr. Z Josef Pospisil - Sachove Ulohy 1908 – 1916 – Ceske Melodie II.. Prague 1917

23pp

The compositions of Pospisil were celebrated by Alain C. White in the 6th of his Christmas Series, “Ceske Melodie” in 1908, but he continued composing until his death in 1916, so Dr. Zdenek Mach brought together these 41 problems from his last 8 years, though it is not a Christmas Series book. Small format. SB This copy is signed “With best wishes from Dr. Z. Mach 4 June 1921”. LN 2593. Small but very scarce

£35.00

Mansfield, C Chessboard Delights – Selected From the Sunday Telegraph 1964 - 74 RKP 116 positions & commentaries from his weekly column. PB VG £4.00

Mansfield. C Adventures In Composition: supplement to the Modern 2-Move Problem Kniest 1975 48pp Scarce, as only 300 copies printed privately. 63 diagrams F £15.00


A standard work. SB VG+

£18.00

Nunn, J. D. M. Solving In Style 1st ed. Allen 1985 238pp The master runs through the range of problems. DW AN Ex Lib

o/w VG+

£12.00

Ott, H Kunstwerke Auf 64 Feldern – Schachprobleme schweizerischer Komponisten von 1922 – 1966. (Works of Art on 64 Squares) with K. Kummer & H. Schudel.

230pp 372 compositions with names, original sources & solutions. SB VG..

£8.50


English. LN2931. AN PB G+

£20.00

Petrovic, N Sahovski Problem (Chess Problems) Zagreb 1949 276pp 650 positions by a range of composers. Includes a section on

“heterodox” problems. LN 1943. Fawn cloth boards with a few spots on the cover but internally clean. G-

£20.00

Prokes, L Kniha Sachovych Studii (Book of chess studies) Prague 1951 232pp Foreword by Pachman. 623 positions with solutions

adjacent. Insc. indicating it belonged to Ron Slade, Champion of several English counties & the West of England. Yellow cloth boards. VG

£10.00

Ravenscroft, E Fifty Forced Mates – A Collection Of Gems Australia ?

32pp

Errata slip plus the statement “Printed & published by L. T. Central Buses Chess Section S. A.” This could be South Australia rather than South Africa as there is a Frank Ravenscroft (1880 – 1968) recorded as living in Sydney. Proceeds of the book’s sale were to go to the chess club, but he died soon after publication. Small format & scarce item

£3.00

Rayner, J Chess Problems: Their Composition & Solution. 2nd ed. London 1891 100pp LN 2500 Cover design in red & black on cloth boards. £12.00

Another copy LN2503 5th Ed. London 1921 100pp Brown cloth covers G £5.00

Another copy. Not in LN - Possibly 6th ed. London 1935 100pp Brown cloth covers £5.00

Another copy LN 2504 7th ed. London 1948 100pp Orange cloth boards VG £5.00

Reinfeld, F 101 Chess Problems For Beginners Wilshire 1973 120pp All relatively easy 2-movers with solutions in Reinfeld’s

Speckmann W Strategie im Schachproblem 242 Miniaturen. Berlin 1959 132pp Inscription: “To Mr. P. Clarke – To remind you of the simultaneous

display at Scheveningen Chess Club – Okt 12 1960 - 17 won: 3 draw: 0 lost: signed President:” SB VG

£8.00

accessible style. 1st 12 pp loose o/w G

Reinfeld, F Reinfeld On The End-Game in Chess Dover 1957 177pp Unabridged republication of the Pitman 1940 original. SB VG £6.00



Faber 1966 1st ed.


£12.00

Rice, Lipton Chess Problems: Introduction To An Art with R. C. O. Matthews 1st ed. Faber 1963 295pp 364 problems. Foreword by C. H. O’D Alexander. DW VG+ £12.00

Rice, J. An ABC of Chess Problems 1st Faber 1970 349pp 292 diagrams with explanations of the terms used in this art,

useful to beginner & expert. Also 400 problems to solve. DW VG

£10.00




£12.00




£3.00

Scriven, B 100 Chess Problems & 100 Solutions c. 1938 89pp LN2811 Small format. PB G £3.00

Sciven, B 100 Chess Problems For The Novice & Master 2nd ed. 89pp LN2812 Small format. PB pink paper. G £2.75

Smullyan, R The Chess Mysteries Of Sherlock Holmes 1st ed 1979 171pp “50 elegant, witty & unique chess problems”. PB AN VG £9.00


Hutchinson ‘83


£9.00






Sweeney, T Beauty Is Where You Find It - Delights in the Chess Problem for Novice & Expert. (with Bill Barclay) 1st ed.

NY 1972

129pp

134 positions illustrating their theme of delightful beauty in the problem & its solution. Each position has a short commentary beside it, with solutions at the back. AN Stamp on front endpaper “Review Copy” o/w F

£30.00

Troitsky, A. A. Collection of Chess Studies by A. A. Troitsky 1st ed. Leeds 1937 264pp 360 studies plus a 60 page treatise on 2 knights vs pawns.

LN 2279 Green cloth boards. Insc. VG+

£30.00

Troitsky, A. A. Another copy but with blue cloth boards. Insc. & small club stamps o/w VG £22.00

Troitsky, A. A. 360 Brilliant & Instructive End-Games Dover 1968 192pp A republication of the 1937 original but without the treatise. Intro

by Reinfeld. SB VG+

£8.00

Vladimirov ed. Leonid Kubbel’s Collection of Studies Moscow 1984 384pp 656 positions with analyses in the 1st half of the book,

plus many more in the 2nd. SB VG+

££3.75

Vladimirov ed. 1,000 Chess Studies Moscow 2003 440pp 4 diagrams per page with sources given. HB with pictorial

cover. Index of composers. VG+

£4.00

Wallis, E 777 “Chess Miniatures in Three” £27.00 272pp LN2590 Preface by P. H. Williams in 3 languages.

Brown cloth-covered boards. Narrow format. VG (1908)

Wallis, E

Another copy but in blue cloth boards (rubbed) and with bookplate of Dermot Macgregor Morrah (1896 – 1974) with his coat of arms. He was a reporter on royal activities, royal biographer & had the title Arundel Herald Extraordinary (worth googling) . G+

£27.00



£3.00

Wenman, P Problems & Puzzles London ‘43 47pp Small format. SB 1st ed. LN 2874 G £5.50

Wenman, P Problems & Puzzles London ‘44 47pp 2nd ed. 1944. 70 positions + solutions. Small format Blue SB G- £4.50

Wenman, P Problems & Puzzles London ‘44 47pp 3rd ed. 1944. 70 positions + solutions. Small format Blue SB G- £4.50

Wenman, P 50 Two-Move Problems Leeds 1944 28pp 4th ed. small format. Pink card covers. VG- £5.00

Wenman, P 30 Problems By Ehrenstein Leeds 1946

36pp Maurus or Moritz Ehrenstein (1858-1923) little-known in UK, but Wenman rescued these from possible oblivion. LN900 Small format with green card covers. VG-

£5.00

Wenman, P Six Hundred Problems Ancient & Modern Liverpool1945 163pp Green cloth boards. LN 2936 G £6.00

Wenman, P One Hundred Published Problems Leeds 1944 32pp All had been published in newspapers but no composers

identified here. Green card covers Small format LN 2886 G £5.50

Wenman, P 111 Selected Problems by Famous Composers 2nd ed. Leeds 1945 32pp Small format. yellow card covers. LN 2895 G

White A. C. Nomenclatura del Problema Di Scacchi In Due Mosse (Nomenclature of the 2-move chess problem).

Palermo 1922

20pp

LN2673 SB Small format. G What adds particular interest to this item is that it’s signed on the front cover in red pencil “Compliments by C. Guidelli”, (1897 – 1924) who was attracted from a young age by 2-move problems. A member of the Good Companion Club, in 1917 he won all the prizes for the January competitions, becoming the Club champion. In the same year he won another three 1st prizes, starting a brilliant career. In the 7 years before his premature death he composed a few 100 problems, which obtained c. a hundred awards. He is considered one of the most ingenious composers of the first quarter of a century, and his photo appears on one of the squares of the Good Companion chess board of 1922.

£22.00

White A. C. The White Rooks in Chess Strategy 1974 Hippocrene

210pp A facsimile ed. of the original The White Rooks of 1910 & No. 10 in Alain White’s famous (& v. expensive) Christmas Series. 270 problems by 114 composers. PB AN VG+

£12.00



£12.00



£12.00


239pp


£18.00


471pp


£18.00

White, A. C. Sam Loyd Und Seine Schachaufgaben Leipzig 1926

482pp

Authorised translation by W, Massman. An exact copy of the original 16th Christmas Series book (LN2629). For example, what is on pp.350 & 351 in this book is exactly the same as the original. In fact, the paper quality and binding here is probably a little superior. This is LN 2630. Grey cloth boards. VG+

£75.00

Whitworth, T. Mattison’s Chess Endgame Studies BCM 1987 79pp 60 Studies. BCM Quarterly No. 23. Intro by A. Hildband.

PB AN VG+

£8.00

Williams, P. H. The Modern Chess Problem 2nd ed. revised with new preface. (1912) Routledge 252pp Introduction to the art with 100 problems with diagrams &

solutions. LN2567. Maroon cloth covered boards & chessboard design. VG+

£18.00



£10.00

Wood B. H. One Hundred Victorian Chess Problems Wayland 72

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Another copy minus DW £7.00

Alain White’s Christmas Series.

Alain C. White (1880 – 1951) was an American who, as a young man, inherited a multi-million dollar fortune most of which he spent on projects beneficial to the general public. As he was a chess problemist like his father, he hit on the idea of funding a small book of problems that he could send out to his friends in the chess world as a small Christmas gift each year. From 1905 to 1936 he published one or more book, 44 in all, each with a slip of paper pasted in to the front with the message “Wishing you a Merry Christmas”. Single copies were usually sent to the Bibliotheca Van Der Linde-Niemeijeriana collection, part of the Royal Dutch Library, where they acquired their code number (LN for short) All the problems in any one book are related by a single theme, which is usually reflected in the book’s title. Because of their attractive presentation, numerical sequencing and element of exclusivity, they have long been highly collectable by problemists and chess book collectors in general. All are in red cloth boards with gilt titles. He generally gives credit to the composer of each composition, This time, we have a number of them available – as follows.

No. 10:. 1910 LN 2609 The White Rooks . A white rook is the key piece in each position. 210pp VG+ £60.00 No. 11: 1911 LN 2614 More White Rooks. The theme is explored further. . Inscription by E. J. Winter-Wood, himself a noted problemist & chess organiser in Devon. 220pp With “Merry Christmas” slip VG+

£60.00

No. 25: 1919 LN 2652 A. C. W. – Flights of Fancy In The Chess World. Some of White’s earlier fanciful writings edited by George Hume. With “Merry Christmas” slip. 159pp VG

£90

No. 28: 1922 LN 2670 The Good Companion Two-Mover. All about the close-knit society of US solvers called “The Good Companions” and their contribution to the 2-mover. Many photos of members including Comins Mansfield. With “Merry Christmas” slip. 418pp Spine faded & pale patches on the cloth. o/w G.

£50.00

No. 31 1925 LN 2697 Changing Fashions: 150 Problems by G. Hume Edited by White himself. 208pp Good photo of Hume. VG+

£80.00

No. 34. 1927 LN 2701 Assymetry by T. R. Dawson & W. Pauly 100 positions that push the boundaries. Full explanations given. Inscription on front endpaper. With “Merry Christmas” slip. Red cloth a little faded around the edges 154pp o/w VG+

£70.00

No. 37. 1929 LN 2727 The Golden Argosy: 600 Problems by Shinkman The 25th anniversary issue. Foreword by White, 8 page biographical intro by Otto Wurzburg.(a nephew of Shinkman) & edited by Hume. A short newspaper obituary of 1933 is pasted in to the front endpaper. Positions sorted into categories with sources given from all around the world (where known) from

£95.00

BCM to the Jamaica Gleaner. With “Merry Christmas” slip. 288pp VG+

No. 39. 1931 LN 2742 Problems By My Friends ACW selected 1 problem from 150 of his friends to celebrate his 50th birthday.& photos of 5 of them. With “Merry Christmas” slip. Edited by Hume & Jokisch. 251pp VG+

£75.00

No. 40 1932 LN 2745 The Chessmen Speak by C. S. Kipping. 146 problems by the prodigious composer. Edited by Hume who added an appreciation of his subject. Small Ex Libris plate of original owner pasted to front endpaper 179pp o/w VG+

£75.00

No. 41 1933 LN 2749 An English Bohemian: A tribute to B. G. Laws 14pp of biography by John Keeble followed by 113 examples of his best work. Edited by George Hume With “Merry Christmas” slip. 176pp VG+

£75.00

The desirability of the Christmas Series has led publishers like Dover and Hippocrene to produce later facsimile editions, some of which may be found in the main problem section above. One exception may be made, and that is the 1913 title “Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems” (No. 16). W. Massman was allowed to produce an authorised translation, which is an exact copy in every detail, except that the text is in German. It was submitted to the Royal Library and received its code number LN 2630 alongside that of White’s original LN 2629.

No. 16 1913 LN 2630 Sam Loyd und seine Schachaufgaben Leipzig 1926 Grey cloth boards VG+ £50.00

The following titles comprise books from the library of the noted Studies expert, John Roycroft, author of Test-Tube Chess, who recently “downsized” Throughout his long career, he had many contacts in Eastern Europe and acquired numerous titles rarely seen outside Russia. All are in the language of the city in which they were published, mostly Russian. In the case of the Cyrillic language, difficult for many, at least the algebraic notation is used and numerals are Arabic, like ours. The titles were kindly translated for us by the Russian expert and linguist, Trefor Thynne. Abramov, L. Y. Chess Up To (or In) 1953 Moscow ‘54 320pp 57 game scores, with analysis & diagrams. X-tables. HB with blind




£5.00



£4.00








analysis. PB VG

£3.00






16pp Excellent photos and tournament record of both players. Bi-lingual. A5 Card covers. VG

£3.50

Gik, G. Y. Conversations About Chess Moscow ‘85 158pp Signed “To Dr. A. Roycroft from the author G Gik. Happy New

Year 31.12.1990”. PB G+

£5.00



wide. PB VG+

£4.00



£4.00



£2.50




£3.00



£2.50


Kasparyan, G Studies Moscow 1972 200pp 269 positions with analyses. PB G £2.50



£3.50


bumped o/w VG

£3.25


Katsnelson, L Family Chess Studies 2000 St Petersburg

200pp Selected studies of the IM of composition, plus his articles and stories on chess. Also, studies composed with his 2 brothers. 300 positions in all. Green limp cloth covers. F

£4.00



£5.00


Moscow ‘81

159pp PB VG £2.50




£3.50


Kotov A. I. Selected Studies & Problems 2003 St. Petersburg 24pp 43 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG+ £2.00

Kuznetsov, A. Colours Of The Chess Spectrum Moscow ‘80 96pp Many positions with sources and analyses. PB VG £2.00

Levenfish, The Theory Of Rook Endgames with Smyslov. Moscow ‘86 255pp 444 positions with sources & analyses PB VG £3.00

Melnichenko, Masters Of Chess Composition. Kiev 1984 150pp 445 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG £2.50

Melnichenko, Two Steps In The Kingdom Of Chess Kiev 1988 134pp 328 positions with sources & analyses. PB VG £2.50

Nadareishvili, G Chess Studies In Georgia Tbilisi ‘75 212pp 293 positions with sources & analyses. Inscribed by author HB F £4.50

Nadareishvili, G Mate In Studies with Y. Akobia Tbilisi ‘90 565pp Hundreds of positions HB in faux brown leather F £5.00

Nadareishvili, G Mate In Studies with Y. Akobia Tbilisi ‘90 565pp The PB version. Inscribed to John Roycroft. 22.9.90 VG £3.25

Neiman, M. B. Problems and Studies Collection 1999 St Petersburg 71pp Many positions with explanations. Photo of author at work. PB F £2.50

Razumenko, V The Poetry Of Chess – Selected Studies & Problems 2007 St Petersburg 48pp 70 positions and a few poetic verses PB F £2.00

Razumenko, V The Poetry of Chess with Fokin & Vladimirov 1993 St Petersburg 176pp 242 problems & 121 studies by St. Petersburg composers from

the time of Peter the Great to present day. DW VG+

£5.00





£10.00


follow in Pt 2. HB VG+

£5.00

Vladimirov, Y Leonid Kubbel Moscow ‘84

383pp

There were 3 Kubbel brothers from St. Petersburg, Arvid, Evgany & Leonid all leading players and composers. Arvid made the mistake of mailing one of his problems out of the country in 1938. He was consequently accused of treason by Stalin’s Secret Police and executed, while the two brothers died of starvation during Hitler’s siege of Leningrad. This book is a tribute to Leonid’s compositional skill, with 617 positions. Sketched portrait. PB VG

£4.25


Zaitsev, A Alexander Zaitsev by Arkhangelsky & Kimelfeld. Moscow ‘86

144pp

104 analysed games by Zaitsev (1935-1971). He was born with one leg shorter than the other and in 1971 underwent a cosmetic operation to correct it, but he died shortly after with a massive haemorrhage, none of which is mentioned here. Signed “To John (Roycroft) from Natalie - Tbilisi In-tourist 1986”. PB VG

£4.00




8 Instructional

Aagaard, J Attacking Manual – Volume 1 Basic Principles Quality 2008 264pp Deals with activating pieces, momentum, strong & weak points

etc. AN PB F £14.00 Aagaard, J Attacking Manual 2 Quality 2010

461pp Takes his advice to the next level. ECF Book of the Year 2010 HB AN F+ £20.00

Aagaard, J Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation Quality 2012

304pp Many positions in which the challenge is to find the best move using the criteria the author has set out. Solutions given. 1st ed. SB AN F

£12.25

Aagaard, J Thinking Inside The Box Quality 2017

408pp Sums up the advice in the 4 previous books in the Grandmaster Preparation series. A series of informal photos leaven the heady mix, the excellence of which had been established earlier. 1st ed. HB AN F+

£20.00

Aagaard, J Practical Chess Defence Quality 2006

298pp Expositions, exams, explanations in that order. Or more simply, Advice, test positions to be solved and solutions.

1st ed. SB AN VG+ £10.50

Abrahams, G Technique In Chess 1st ed. Bell 1961 216pp Classic Bell DW in protective cover. VG+ £8.00

Abrahams, J Brilliance In Chess 1st ed. Pitman 1977 143pp In numerous games & 157 diagrams, the author looks at

moments of brilliance, especially his own. DW VG £6.00 Abramov, L Chess Move By Move (with B. Cafferty) Gillam ‘76

111pp 1st English edition. Explains champions’ games with reference to general ideas rather than complexities. PB G £2.50

Adorjan, A Black Is Still OK! 1st ed. Batsford ‘04 224pp How to be more ambitious with Black. PB AN F- £8.00

Alburt, L Test & Improve Your Chess Cadogan ‘95 128pp Practical methods of self-improvement explained, with exercises & tests etc. PB AN VG £7.00

Alexander C Chess 3rd ed. Pitman 1956 196pp DW VG £5.50

Alexander C Learn Chess: A New Way For All Vol. 2 Winning Methods. Pergamon’63 212pp Insc. PB G £4.00

Alexander C The Penguin Book of Chess Positions Penguin ‘76 171pp PB Some light marginalia o/w G £2.00

Alexander (Charles)

Knight Moves – An Original Perspective Of the Knight’s Potential For Movement.

CEI 1999

82pp AN PB F- £7.50 Ault, L. H. The Chess Tutor – Elements of Combinations Jenkins ‘75

329pp DW Ex-Lib Pages browning o/w G- £4.50 Averbakh, Y Chess Middlegames – Essential Knowledge 1st ed. Cadogan ‘96

112pp PB AN VG+ £7.50 Averbakh, Y Chess Tactics For Advanced Players. retailed in UK by Batsford Berlin 1984

328pp 31 full games and many diagrammatic examples. DW AN VG £7.00 Avni, A The Grandmaster’s Mind – A Look Inside the Chess Thinking

Process. Gambit ‘04

176pp Avni interviews GMs to uncover their thoughts when analysing key positions. SB AN VG £14.00 £4.50

Avni, A Practical Chess Psychology Batsford ‘01 160pp Looks at many aspects of the psychological dimension. PB AN G £7.50

Avni, A Devious Chess – How To Bend The Rules And Win Batsford ‘06 144pp Professional psychologist applies his skills to the game.PB AN F £7.50

Baker, C Simple Winning Chess Everyman 99 144pp “A complete self-improvement course” PB AN F- £6.50

Barden, L How Good Is Your Chess? Dover 1976 112pp “Rate your skill by participating in 35 master games”. PB

G+ £6.00

Beim, V Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster’s Kitchen - Gambit 2002 128pp Lessons in chess strategy & thinking methods PB AN F- £5.00

Beim, V Back To Basics – Strategy Russell 2011 224pp Discusses basic concepts e.g. The centre; pawn structure’;

weak pawns, the bishop pair etc. SB AN F

£9.75

Beim, V The Enigma Of Chess Intuition NIC 2012 268pp Can You Mobilise Hidden Forces in Your Chess?

Tackles the vaguest of all the requisite qualities needed for success. SB AN F-

£12.25

Benjamin, J Better Thinking, Better Chess – How A Grandmaster Finds His Moves

NIC 2018

223pp

A series of challenges beneath 76 set positions from actual games, that will train one’s thought processes. Also, a set of 40 bullet points to learn, remember and recall at appropriate moments, SB AN F-

£15.50

Benjamin, J Liquidation On The Chessboard – Mastering the Transition into the Pawn Endgame

NIC 2015

253pp Learning when and how best to liquidate, SB VG+ $23 £8.25

Berliner, H The System – A World Champion’s Approach To Chess Gambit 1999

175pp He explains his set of principles, called The System, that won him a world title for postal chess. “Readers will be astonished by the simplicity & power of his methods”. VG-

£5.50

Bologan, V Bologan’s Black Weapons in the Open Games NIC 2014

528pp How to play for a win if White avoids the Ruy Lopez. Against any line White may choose Bologan presents 2 options: a common sense one and an aggressive one. Thus it’s 2 books in 1. A big book. SB AN F $35.00

£15.00

Bosch, J The Chess Combat Simulator – Test & Improve Your Chess with 50 Instructive GM Games

NIC 2006

262pp PB AN 4 pages written on o/w VG £10.00

Bouwmeester Winning Chess Combinations Batsford ‘77 138pp Guide to the most common types of combination. PB VG £7.00

Bronstein, D Chess In The Eighties 1st UK ed. Pergamon ‘82 115pp Discusses several themes inc. chess as an art form vs the need

for a team win. No games. F-

£9.00

Bronstein, D Secret Notes with S. Voronkov (preface by Kasparov) Ed. Olms ‘07

230pp

Bronstein was banned from leaving the USSR for 13 years after refusing to criticise Korchnoi’s defection, When freed, he travelled Europe extensively and records his experiences herein, but he never saw the result as he died with the proofs still at the printers. Many photos plus 30 annotated games from this late period. SB (crease to cover) o/w VG

£9.25

Bronstein, D The Modern Self-Tutor Cadogan ’96

148pp The author “engages in a frank conversation with the reader dicussing how strong players decide their moves based on king-shelter; deployment of pieces & pawns, attack & defence etc. SB AN F-

£6.50

Buckley, M Practical Chess Analysis –A Systematic Method for Analyzing. 1st ed. Thinkers ‘87 165pp Full & part games with diagrams. PB AN £4.50

Burgess, G The Mammoth Book Of Chess 1st ed. Robinson ‘97

537pp Tactics & Strategy; 900 illustrations; gms; tests etc PB AN VG+

£7.00

Burgess, G The Mammoth Book Of Chess fully revised & updated ed. Robinson ‘09 570pp Something for everyone. Signed by author PB AN F £8.00

Capablanca Chess Fundamentals 3rd reprint Bell 1931 184pp A classic work. Red cloth boards. VG £7.75

Capablanca Chess Fundamentals 184pp Another copy Insc. DW spine faded & foxed o/w G £4.00

Capablanca Chess Fundamentals 18th printing Bell Another copy PB VG £4.00

Charusin, V Tactician’s Handbook No. 1 Alekhine’s Block Pickard 1997 95pp 164 explanatory games PB AN F £7.50

Chernev, I Combinations: The Heart of Chess Dover 1967 245pp Unabridged republication of the 1960 original. SB VG £5.25

Chernev, I Winning Chess – How To Perfect Your Attacking Play with Reinfeld Batsford ‘13 229pp Pins, forks skewers etc. they’re all here. PB AN F- £6.25

Chernev, I Winning Chess – How To Perfect Your Attacking Play (with Reinfeld) Batsford ‘13

229pp Updated edition of the 1949 original, using AN. 332 diagrams with explanations adjacent, plus a number of illustrative games. SB AN F

£5.75

Chernev, I The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played. Batsford ‘14

312pp Updated and revised edition of the 1960s classic. 62 annotated games. SB AN F- £16.00

£7.50

Christianson Rocking The Ramparts Batsford 03

256pp

Focuses on attacks on the castled king’s position in order to expose the monarch to the enemy, esp. where the kings have castles on opposite wings, and attacks have to be quick. SB AN F- £16.00

£7.75

Coles, R. N. Dynamic Chess: The Evolution & Development of the Modern Game Pitman 1958 184pp Pt. 1 The Hypermodern Revolution & Pt2 The Russians. 85

annotated games with diagrams illustrative of the 2 themes. HB

£9.00

Collins, S The Greatest Ever Chess Strategies Everyman’12

176pp “Examines key games from all eras & analyses the major strategic ideas, to find the right path more quickly than relying on calculation alone”. SB AN F

£6.75

Cordingly, E. The Next Move Is …. Studies in Chess Combinations Bell 1944 88pp 250 diagram examples with solutions. Wartime standards VG- £6.00

Crouch, C How To Defend In Chess – Learn from the World Champions Gambit 2007

223pp Teaches how to stymie the attacking intentions of one’s opponent a la Lasker & Petrosian. How did they do that? SB AN F- £14

£6.75

Crouch, C Modern Chess: Move By Move Everyman 09 415pp 30 brilliant recent games annotated move by move by an

acclaimed writer. SB AN F+ £20.00

£12.25

Dunnington, A Chess Psychology Everyman 03

128pp “Approaching the psychological battle both on & off the board”. In 3 sections (a) Psychological factors (b) Practical example & (c) Illustrative games. SB AN F-

£7.75

Dunnington, A Gambit Play – Sacrificing in the Opening Everyman 03

128pp Many games illustrating the factors of time, open lines outposts structure etc. SB AN F £15.00

£6.50

Dunnington, A Starting Out: Defensive Play Everyman 05 151pp In the style of the series, the text is full of notes, tips

warnings etc. SB AN F £14

£9.75

Dunnington, A Pawn Power Batsford ‘94

111pp 5 chapters of guidance followed by illustrative games and testing diagrams with solutions. SB AN VG

£7.75

Dvoretsky, M School of Future Champions No. 1 :: Secrets of Chess Training Olms 2006

218pp With Yusupov. 100+ graded test positions provide material for self-improvement. SB AN F

£15.00

Dvoretsky, M School of Future Champions No. 4 :: Secrets Of Positional Play Olms 2008

240pp With Yusupov. The theme is “prophylaxis” – the idea that planned prevention through positional play is better than cure. SB AN F

£15.00

Dvoretsky, M Technique For The Tournament Player with A. Yusupov Batsford ‘95 240pp PB AN VG+ £12.00

Dvoretsky, M Training For The Tournament Player with Artur Yusupov Batsford ‘93 189pp Guidance as one would expect and hope for from the

acknowledged world’s best trainer. SB AN F

£9.75

Dvoretsky, M Secrets of Chess Training Batsford ‘97

218pp Foreword by Kasparov. BCF Book of the Year 1991. Highly acclaimed by all. SB AN F-

£9.75

Dvoretsky, M Secrets Of Chess Tactics Batsford ‘92 275pp “A deep and authentic revelation of some of Russia’s best-

kept training secrets” Murray Chandler. SB AN VG+

£9.75

Dvoretsky, M Opening Preparation with A. Yusupov Batsford ‘94

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Dvoretsky, M Positional Play with A. Yusupov Batsford ‘96

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Dvoretsky, M Attack & Defence – How Creative Thought Develops in a Player

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Dvoretsky, M Recognising Your Opponent’s Resources – Developing Preventive Thinking

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Dvoretsky, M Maneuvering – The Art Of Piece Play Russell 2016

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Dvoretsky, M Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual Russell 2008

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Edwards J Sacking The Citadel – The Classic Bishop Sacrifice Russell 2011

400pp Foreword by Karsten Muller. Starting with Greco’s discovery of the damage done via h7, the author has traced the development of the attack through 308 games up to 2008. SB AN F $25.00

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Ehlvest, J Grandmaster Opening Preparation Quality 2016

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Eingorn, V A Rock-Solid Chess Opening Repertoire for Black Gambit 2012 Black’s 1st move is always 1…e6 whatever White played,

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Emms, J The Most Amazing Chess Moves Of All Time Gambit 2000 192pp 200 positions with a challenge to try and find the move in

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Estrin, Y The World Champions Teach Chess with I. Romanov 1st UK ed. Black 1988 208pp Top games from 13 OTB + 2 postal champions. PB AN

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Euwe, M The Road To Chess Mastery with W. Meiden 1st UK ed. Allen 1968 273pp 25 games annotated to demonstrate ways to improve. DW VG+ £10.00

Euwe, M Chess Master & Grandmaster with W. Meiden 1st UK ed. Allen 1978 367pp 25 illustrative games between masters & GMs. X-lib DW

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Euwe, M Chess Master v Chess Amateur with W. Meiden 1st UK ed. Allen 1973 315pp Avoiding or making the most of amateurs’ errors. DW torn but in

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Euwe, M The Middle Game – Book 1: Static Features with H. Kramer Bell 1972 292pp Insc. DW torn but in protective covers o/w VG £10.00

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Euwe, M The Development of Chess Style 1st UK ed. Bell 1968 152pp 44 games from Greco to Spassky to illustrate their current style.

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Euwe, M The Logical Approach To Chess with M. Blaine & J. Rumble 1st ed. Pitman 1958 217pp Insc. signed by the author Jack Rumble to a friend. DW VG £12.00

Evans, Larry New Ideas In Chess Pitman 1960 196pp DW torn but in protective covers o/w VG £8.00

Evans, L The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes – and how to avoid them! Cardoza ‘98 250pp 218 Examples of Typical Blunders. SB AN VG £5.25

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Evans, L Chess Catechism Fireside ‘70 250pp Evans has enlarged on his articles in Chess Life & set 3 sets

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Evans, L Chess Questions Answered, including the 10 best games of the modern era

Faber 1974

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Fabrego, L True Lies In Chess Quality ‘07 164pp Identifies the fundamentals of positions (the truth). PB AN G+ £10.00

Fine, R The Middle Game In Chess 1st ed. Hollis 1953 442pp 14 chapters with many examples & diagrams. DW chipped VG £10.00

Fine, R The Psychology Of The Chessplayer Dover ‘67 74pp Includes several photos of top players. SB

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Fischer, R. J. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess 1st UK ed. Gower ‘72 334pp An early example of “programmed learning”, popular at the time.

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Flesch, J Planning In Chess Batsford ‘83 82pp PB AN G+ £4.50

Franco, Z Winning Chess Explained – How games are won & lost in practice Gambit 2006 191pp 50 annotated games to illustrate the theme. SB AN F+ £16 £7.25

Franco, Z Grandmaster Secrets – Counterattack! Gambit 2009 239pp A step by step guide to turning defence into victory. SB AN F £7.75

Gagarin, V (ed) Secrets From Russia – Chess Theory & Analysis Olbrich 1993

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Gallagher, J 101 Attacking Ideas In Chess: Aggressive concepts from a GM. Gambit 2000 128pp PB AN VG £8.50

Gallagher, J 365 Ways To Checkmate: Gambit 2004 208pp Series of diagrams each with a reader’s challenge. SB AN VG+ £8.00

Gaprindhavili Critical Moments In Chess Batsford ‘10 271pp Identifying them in 250 games PB AN Ex-Lib but a clean copy. £8.50

Gelfer, I Positional Chess Handbook Dover 2001 212pp Examples in ascending order of difficulty. SB AN VG+ £5.00

Geller, Y The Application of Chess Theory reprint Cadogan ‘94

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Giddins, S 101 Chess Questions Answered Gambit 2008 127pp The author poses common questions and responds with games

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Giddins, S 50 Essential Chess Lessons Gambit 2006

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Gillam, A. J. Simple Checkmates 1st cased ed. Batsford ‘91 128pp 433 diagrams with mates pending. AN G+ £4.50

Gillam, A. J. Simple Chess Tactics 1st cased ed. Batsford ‘90 128pp 438 diagrams with good moves waiting to be discovered. AN VG £5.00

Gligoric, S Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess? 1st ed. Batsford ‘02 144pp Examines Fischer’s idea with 8 example games. PB AN VG £4.50

Goldman, W New Ideas In Old Settings Chess 77pp SB G+ £3.00

Golombek, H Chess with H. Phillips 1st ed. Witherby ‘59 434pp DW clean copy VG+ £6.50

Golz & Keres Chess Combination As A Fine Art Pitman 76 255pp 1st UK ed. HB DW VG £6.75

Golz & Keres Chess Combination As A Fine Art Crowood ‘89 255pp Drawn on articles by Kurt Richter PB VG+ £6.25

Gormally, D Calculate Like A GM: Learn from the World-class Attacking Players Batsford ‘10

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Greif, M 200 Classic Chess Puzzles Sterling ‘93 143pp Positions designed to help spotting quick mates. PB F £4.75

Griffiths, P Better Chess For Club Players EP 1982 117pp 18 games by club players analysed. PB G+ £4.75

Grivas, E Beating The Fianchetto Defences – a challenging repertoire vs 5 king’s fianchetto defences

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Grivas, E Chess College Vol. 3: A step-by-Step Guide to Chess Excellence £7.50 111pp Chapters include B vs N; Standard sacs etc. PB AN VG

Grooten, H Chess Strategy For Club Players – The road to positional advantage NIC 2010

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Grover, K. Chess with T. Wiswell. Redman 1951 109pp 1st UK ed. after having had 10 US editions. DW G+ £4.50

Gufeld, E Chess Strategy with N. Kalienchenko Batsford ‘03

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Hajenius The Final Countdown (with H. Riemsdijk) Cadogan ‘97

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Hansen, L. B. Foundations of Chess Strategy Gambit 2005 176pp SB AN F- £16.00 £7.75

Hansen, L. B. Improve Your Chess by Learning From The Champions Gambit 2000

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Hansen, L. B. How Chess Games Are Won & Lost Gambit ‘08

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Harding T. D. Why You Lose At Chess Batsford ‘82 120pp PB AN G+ £4.75

Harding T. D. The New Chess Computer Book Pergamon 87 312pp PB AN VG+ £6.00

Harding, T. D Better Chess For Average Players OUP 1977

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Hartston, W How To Cheat At Chess – Everything you wanted to know about chess but were afraid to ask.

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Heisman, D Elements Of Positional Evaluation Chess Enterprises 1990 112pp Gives an understanding of how to analyze positions. PB AN VG £4.50

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Hellsten, J Mastering Chess Strategy Evryman ‘10

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Hendriks, W Move First, Think Later. Sense & Nonsense in Improving Your Chess NIC 2012

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Henkin, V 1,000 Checkmate Variations Batsford ‘11

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Hertan, C Strike Like Judit! – The Winning Tactics Of Legendary Judit Polgar NIC 2018

255pp Inspirational traps, sacrifices & endgame tricks.drawn from 109 of her games. SB AN F+ $25.00

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Hickl, J The Power Of Pawns – Chess Structure Fundamentals for Post-beginners.

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Hilton, J WoJo’s Weapons: Winning With White Vol. 1 (with D. Ippolito) Mongoose ‘10 408pp Over the course of 75 annotated games of A. Wojtkiewicz

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Jansa, V Dynamics of Chess Strategy Batsford 03

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Kalinichenko, Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations Moscow ‘04

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Karpov & Gik Chess Kaleidoscope 1st ed. 1981 Pergamon

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Kasparov Kasparov Teaches Chess Batsford 86 124pp PB AN pages yellowing o/w G £4.25

Keene, R Winning Moves Batsford ‘91

111pp 240 positions from actual games where the reader is challenged to find the killing move, with solutions. PB AN G+

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00000Keene, R Winning Chess Batsford ‘95

144pp Self-rating tests to do before going on to face the GMs. PB AN VG

Keene, R Winning Moves 2 Batsford ‘96

96pp 250+ diagrams from real games and a self-marking system. PB AN G+

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Keene, R (ed.) Learn From The Grandmasters Batsford ‘75

120pp 10 GMs contribute & annotate 2 of their outstanding games. inc. Tal, Korchnoi, Larsen, Browne Timman et al. PB VG

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Keene & Levy How To Beat Your Chess Computer Batsford ‘91

104pp Levy represented mankind against computer programmers in the 70s & 80s. HB AN paper yellowing o/w VG

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Keene, R World Champion Combinations – the best of 14 Champions Cardoza ‘98

260pp With E. Schiller. Includes 56 testing diagrams with answers at the end SB AN VG

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Keene, R How To Beat Gary Kasparov Batsford ‘90

192pp All 39 losses between 1981 – 1990 are analysed, with context, diagrams & X-tables. SB AN G

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Keres & Kotov The Art of The Middle Game Dover 1989 238pp A republication of the 1964 ed. trans. by Golombek.

King, D How To Win At Chess – 10 Golden Rules To Follow Cadogan ‘95 127pp SB AN VG+ £7.00

Kmoch, H Pawn Power In Chess 2nd printing McKay 1964 304pp 182 diagrams & c. 160 full or part illustrative games. G+ £8.00

Kmoch, H Pawn Power In Chess USA 1990 272pp PB AN VG £9.25

Kongsted, C Beat The Grandmasters – Can You Rise To The Challenge? Gambit 2005

176pp 351 positions from real GM games in which you must find the winning move. Solutions with self-rating system to check progress. PB AN VG

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Korn, W The Brilliant Touch in Chess Dover 1966 240 fascinating positions commented on by the author. SB VG- £7.00

Kopec, D Winning The Won Game – Lessons From The Albert Brilliancy Prizes with L. Ftacnik.

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208pp 64 games annotated to exemplify their theme. SB AN VG+ £6.75

Kotov, A Think Like A Grandmaster 1st ed. Batsford ‘71 200pp One of the modern classics. DW VG £8.00

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Kotov, A Another copy 8th rep in 13 years Batsford ‘93 200pp G £5.00

Kostyev, A From Beginner To Expert In 40 Lessons Batsford ‘86 147pp PB AN pages starting to yellow o/w VG £5.00

Kostyev, A 40 Lessons For The Club Player Batsford ‘86 216pp Each lesson drawn from sources old & new, with examples £5.00

Kotronias, V The Grandmaster Battle Manual Quality 2011

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Krogius, N Psychology In Chess RHM 1976 243pp PB pages edges spotting o/w G+ £4.75

Kurzdorfer, P The Tao Book of Chess - 200 Principles to Transform Your Game & Your Life.

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242pp A guide to chess and to the game of life. PB AN VG £4.50

Lakdawala, C Chess For Hawks – Improve your vision, sharpen your talons, NIC 2017

282pp “You will know how to obey the position’s requirements instead of your natural inclinations (for caution). SB AN F+

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Lamford, P Improve Your Game – 100 Chess Puzzles Deutsch ‘99 127pp PB AN VG £3.95

Lane, G Sharpen Your Chess Tactics In 7 Days Batsford 09

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Lane, G Improve Your Chess In 7 Days Batsford ‘07

204pp Ideal for those with not a lot of time to “swot up”. Before an event. Same formula as previous title. SB AN F £13.00

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Lane, G Prepare To Attack Everyman’10

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Larsen, B Bent Latsen’s Good Move Guide OUP 1982

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Lasker, Em Lasker’s Manual Of Chess Dover 1960 349pp Republication of the original 1932 2nd ed. £5.50

Lasker, Em Common Sense In Chess Dover 1965

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LeMoir, D How To Become A Deadly Chess Tactician – Bewilder & Defeat Your Opponents!

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LeMoir, D How To Be Lucky In Chess – encourage your opponent to self-destruct

Gambit 2001

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Levitt, J. Secrets Of Spectacular Chess 2nd ed. Everyman 08 287pp Covers games, studies & problems. PB AN F- £8.25

Levitt, J Genius In Chess – Discover & Develop Your Chess Talent Batsford ‘97 128pp

Levy, D Learn Chess From The World Champions 1st ed. Pergamon 79 206pp VG+ £7.25

Levy, D The Chess Computer Handbook Batsford 84 128pp PB AN VG £4.00

Linder, I Faszinierendes Schach (Fascinating Chess) 1st German ed. of Russian 1981 original

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Lipnitsky, I Questions of Modern Chess Theory – A Soviet classic Quality 08

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Littlewood, J How To Play The Middle Games In Chess Batsford ‘00

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Littlewood, P Chess Tactics Batsford ‘04 143pp PB AN VG+ £8.00

Livshitz, A Test Your Chess IQ – Grandmaster Challenge 2nd ed. Cadogan ‘93 133pp 6 diagrams per page with solutions on rear. SB AN VG £9.00

Livshitz, A Test Your Chess IQ – Book 1 2nd ed. Pergamon ‘88 124pp 6 diagrams per page with solutions on rear. SB AN VG+ £8.25

Love, J Tactical Ideas In Chess Bell 1981 150pp Explanation of tactics plus 10 illustrative gms. Insc. PB AN VG £4.25

McDonald, N. Mastering Checkmates Batsford 03 160pp Many examples and 120 exercises. PB AN VG £7.75

McDonald, N. Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking from the 1st move to the last. Batsford 04 256pp 30 thematic games. PB AN F £6.50

McDonald, N. Break The Rules! A Modern Look At Chess Strategy Everyman ‘12 160pp SB AN F £10.00

McDonald, N. Chess Success: Planning After the Opening. Batsford ‘07

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McDonald, N. The Giants Of Power Play Evryman’ 09

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McDonald, N. The Art Of Planning In Chess – Move by Move Batsford 06 247pp 35 21st century games in which the opening is skipped

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Marin, M Learn From The Legends – Chess Champions At Their Best Quality 2004 312pp 65 illustrative game fragments + 7 complete games. SB AN F £10.00

Marin, M Secrets of Attacking Chess - Gambit 2005 192pp Understanding when, where & how to attack. SB AN F £7.25

Markos, J Under The Surface Quality 2018

285pp …”invites you beneath the surface (of the play) where you learn to navigate the depths of chess” HB AN F+ c.£25.00.

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Marovic, D Understanding Pawn Play In Chess. Gambit 2000

208pp “Pawns are the Souls of Chess” it was said and the author shows how true this is. SB AN VG+ £15.00

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Marovic, D Secrets of Chess Tranformations Gambit 2004

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Marovic, D Secrets of Positional Chess. Gambit ‘03 224pp How to exploit the strengths & weaknesses of squares,

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Matanovic ed Anthology Of Chess Combinations 3 Chess Informant 2005

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Matanovic ed Anthology of Chess Combinations Chess Informant 1995

423pp Informator style languageless approach to 2,001 diagrams in thematic sections. DW AN F

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Mednis, E How To Defeat A Superior Opponent Summit 1989 312pp 68 illustrative games. SB AN VG £7.50

Mednis, E Practical Middlegame Tips Cadogan ‘98 173pp SB AN F- £5.00

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Mednis, E From The Middlegame into the Endgame Everyman 05 220pp 3rd reprint, indicating good sales & popularity. SB AN VG £6.25

Mieses, J Instructive Positions From Master Chess 1st ed. Bell 1938 75pp 125 part games. Green cloth boards spotted o/w G £3.50

Mikhalchisin The Centre - A Modern Strategy Guide Evolution 16

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Mirkovic, S Chess School 3 Serbia 2008 181pp 3 parts (a) Rook endings (b) Combinations (c) Strategic motives.

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Montgomerie The Quiet Game 1st ed. UK 1972 192pp A pot-pourri of topics including 30 games. DW VG- £5.00

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Motwani, P H. O. T. Chess Batsford ‘96

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Mullen, I Blunders & Brilliancies with Moe Moss Pergamon 90 128pp Deals with a range of common themes. PB AN VG £5.00

Muller, K The Magic Of Chess Tactics – A Training Book For Advanced Players Russell 2002 259pp With D. Meyer. PB AN F £10.00

Muller, K Chess Cafe Puzzle Book 2 – test & improve your positional intuition. Russell ‘08

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Muller, K The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal – Learn from the legend NIC 2012

332pp With R. Stoltz. Explaining Tal’s breathtaking tactics & 100 positions from his games demonstrating correct & incorrect combinations. Also personal memories from his contemporaries. SB AN F c. £25

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Naroditsky, D Mastering Positional Chess NIC 2010

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Negyesy Combination in Chess with J. Hegyi 1st ed. Corvina 1965 304pp DW VG £8.00

Neishstadt, Y Your Move! Batsford ‘90 145pp 344 exercises based on diagrams. PB AN G £6.50

Neishtadt Improve Your Chess Tactics – 700 Practical Lessons & Execises. NIC 2011 383pp Clearly laid out and easy to follow. SB AN VG- £12.25

Nesis, G Tactical Chess Exchanges Batsford ‘91

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Nimzowitsch My System – A Chess Treatise Bell 1961 265pp An all-time classic. G+ £5.00

Nimzowitsch Blockade CEI 1980

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Nimzowitsch Chess Praxis – The Praxis of my System Dover 1962 364pp Illustrated by 109 of his games & many illustrative articles &

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Norwood, D Usborne Book of Better Chess Pt. 1 – Improving Your Game Usborne ‘92 128pp Includes Pt. 2 – Chess Puzzles. Multi-coloured with countless

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Norwood, D Usborne Guide To Advanced Chess Usborne ‘90 64pp Multi-coloured with countless photos & diagrams SB AN VG+ £4.00

Nunn J. D. M. The King Hunt with W. Cozens Batsford ‘96 160pp 55 famous annotated games involving king hunts. PB AN VG £7.75

Nunn J. D. M. Secrets of Practical Chess Gambit 1998

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Nunn J. D. M. Understanding Chess Move By Move Gambit 2010

240pp 8th (!) reprint in 9 years of this popular book. Every move explained in everyday English – no jargon. SB AN F- £15

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Nunn J. D. M. Learn Chess Tactics – discover the secrets of how to win games. Gambit ‘10 160pp Assumes knowledge of the basic rules, but nothing more.

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O’Kelly Assess Your Chess Fast Batsford ‘76

228pp 13 lessons with 121 diagrams. HB Some spotting o/w G

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Pachman, L Modern Chess Tactics RKP 1979 220pp Text illustrated by 21 annotated games & 200+ extracts. PB VG £8.00

Pachman, L Attack & Defence in Modern Chess Tactics. Trans. by P. H. Clarke RKP 1973 248pp SB G+ £5.00

Pachman, L The Middle-Game In Chess 1st English ed. RKP 1982 188pp 267 diagrams & 5 annotated games. Insc. AN PB

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Pachman, L Pachman’s Modern Chess Strategy Pitman 1966 318pp VG £6.00

Pachman, L Complete Chess Strategy 1: Planning The Pieces Batsford ‘75

168pp 1st of a trilogy, deals with long-term piece management. 1st ed. DW damaged along top edge o/w G

£8.50

Pachman, L Complete Chess Strategy 2: Pawn-Play & the Centre 1st ed. Batsford ‘76 184pp 92 illustrative annotated games. DW G+ £8.50

Pachman, L Complete Chess Strategy 2: Pawn-Play & the Centre 1st ed. Batsford ‘76 Another copy PB VG £8.00

Pachman, L Complete Chess Strategy Vol 2 Principles of Pawn-Play & the Center USA 1978 184pp Pub. Cornerstone Library NY. PB pages yellowing o/w G+ £6.50

Pandolfini, B Chess Movie 2 – The Means and Ends Russell 2011 200pp 64 endgames with a diagram for every move. PB AN F+ £17.00

Pandolfini, B Pandolfini’s Ultimate Guide To Chess Fireside ‘03

383pp Written as a dialogue between teacher & student, covering basic to advanced strategies. 354 diagrams PB AN G+

£650

Pandolfini, B The Winning Way – The How, What & Why of Opening Chess Stratagems

Fireside ’98

189pp 150 little lessons – 1 per page – with diagrams. SB AN VG £6.25

Pfleger Chess: The Mechanics of the Mind with G. Treppner Crowood ‘88 156pp SB AN F- £5.00

Phillips, A The Chess Teacher OUP 1978 149pp 25 lessons clearly titled & set out for a chess teacher of

juniors can go through it with them . SB AN VG+

£2.75

Plaskett, J. Playing To Win Batsford ‘88 90pp 15 games with 80 diagrams. SB AN paper yellowing o/w G £5.00

Povah, N Chess Training 1st ed. Faber 1981 176pp PB AN G+ £4.50

Pritchett, C Heroes of Classical Chess – Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov & Rubinstein

Everyman 09

224pp 35 games dissected to extract lessons applicable to all. With diagrams. SB AN F £16

£9.99

Reinfeld, F The Secret of Tactical Chess – A Manual of Chess Victory Collier 1973 229pp PB £4.00

Reinfeld, F Chess For Amateurs – How To Improve Your Game Pitman 1946 98pp G £3.00

Reinfeld, F Great Moments In Chess 1st UK ed. Pitman 1964 182pp HB Insc. G+ £5.00

Reinfeld, F Chess In A Nutshell 1st UK ed. London 1960 128pp DW Insc. VG £5.00

Reinfeld, F Chess Traps: Pitfalls & Swindles – how to set & avoid them. 1st ed. Arco 1956 243pp With Horowitz. DW Insc. G+ £8.00

Reinfeld, F Why You Lose At Chess 1st ed. Arco 1957 237pp VG £5.00

Reinfeld, F Win At Chess – Improve Your Play With 300 Forceful Combinations Dover 1958 120pp SB G £2.75

Reinfeld, F Complete Book Of Chess Stratagems Dover 1972 188pp SB VG £5.00

Reinfeld, F How To Think Ahead In Chess with Horowitz Fireside ‘79 268pp PB VG £7.50

Reinfeld, F Chess Mastery By Question and Answer Pitman 1944 176pp Insc. 1 page torn o/w G £2.50

Reinfeld, F Chess Quiz McKay 1945 120pp 300 positions to solve with clues given. Insc “J. A. Fuller”. G £4.75

Reitstein, L Test Your Chess! 240 Positions from South African Games. 1991

84pp SB AN VG £5.00

Renaud, G The Art of The Checkmate with Victor Kahn 1st ed. Bell 1955 208pp DW Some foxing on endpapers o/w G £8.00

Renaud, G The Art of The Checkmate with Victor Kahn Dover 1962 208pp PB F £8.00

Reti, R Modern Ideas In Chess 1st ed. Bell 1923

181pp “This pioneer work is a classic of chess literature” Whyld. Original brown cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Insc. VG

£10.00

Reti, R Modern Ideas In Chess Dover 1960 181pp A facsimile copy of the 1943 2nd ed. £5.00

Rios, M. F. Chess Structures – A Grandmaster Guide Quality 2015 464pp Provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common

structures in chess practice. Final 2 chapters are tests based on previous lessons. Pictorial HB AN F £27

£19.00

Rizzitano, J Understanding Your Chess – Learn from your games and improve your results.

Gambit 2004

191pp

84 games, mostly his own, analysed to bring greater understanding of the points he makes at the start of each. SB AN F- £16

£9.25

Romanovsky, Soviet Middlegame Technique Quality 2013

416pp

Fresh translation of a Soviet classic, the original manuscript of which was lost during the siege of Leningrad. Part 1 deals with Planning & Part 2 with Combination. Computer analysis used to iron out some errors in the original. Pictorial HB AN F c. £25.

£15.00

Romero, A Creative Chess Strategy Gambit 2003

221pp The author urges players to continue to be creative, rather than mechanical once an advantage has been obtained. SB AN Water has affected most pp making them crinkly, though the binding is still sound.

£3.25

Rowson, J The Seven Deadly Chess Sins Gambit 2001 207pp “Thought-provoking & entertaining”. SB AN F- £17.00 £8.25

Rowson, J Chess For Zebras – Thinking Differently about Black & White Gambit 2005 255pp Original & widely acclaimed. SB AN VG+ £18.00 £8.25

Rowson, J The Seven Deadly Chess Sins Gambit 2011 208pp 4th reprint in a decade. Author discusses the most common

causes of disaster in chess. SB AN F £17.00

£8.75

Sadler / Regan Chess For Life Gambit 2016

223pp Understanding how chess skills develop & change with the passage of time. SB AN VG+ £16.00

£10.50

Sadler, M Study Chess With Matthew Sadler Everyman ‘12

140pp His 5th book for this publisher – clearly successful as player & teacher. SB AN Insc. VG+

£9.75

Sakaev & Landa Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol. 1 – Opening & Middlegame:

NIC 2016

320pp A complete set of instructions & tips for trainers & self-improvers. SB VG+ c.£26

£15.00

Sakaev & Landa Complete Manual of Positional Chess Vol. 2 Middlegame Structures & Dynamics.

NIC 2017

368pp Continues the programme & style of Vol. 1. SB AN c. £26 £16.00

Samarian, S Das Systematische Schachtraining (Systematic Chess Training) Ed. Olms ‘92 152pp In Swiss German. PB AN F £8.00

Samarian, S Opening Tactics For Club Players Hale 1980 170pp Ex-Lib. DW front endpaper excised o/w G £5.00

Schiller, E World Champion Combinations 1st ed. Cardoza ‘98 260pp 84 annotated games from 14 world champions. PB AN F- £8.50

Schiller, E 7 Steps To Better Chess – A Guide To Immediately Making You A Better Player

Cardoza 2010

191pp Inc. 54 “Game Lessons” with diagrams & analysis. PB AN F £7.50

Shamkovich Tactical Chess Training 300 Brilliant Tactical Studies from 1985 - 95 Hays 1995 176pp PB AN F £8.00

Shankland, S Small Steps to Giant Improvement – Master Pawn-Play in Chess Quality 2018 331pp Every aspect covered, starting with “Pawns can’t move

backwards”. Pictorial HB AN F c. £26.

£17.50

Shashin, A Best Play – A New Method For Discovering The Strongest Move Mongoose ‘13 401pp PB AN F £9.75

Shashin, B Attacking The Queenside Batsford ‘90

112pp Kingside attacks are well-documented, less so for the queenside, which is often less well defended. How to exploit this. SB AN G

£6.25

Shereshevsky The Shereshvsky Method To Improve In Chess NIC 2018

352pp

Author was specially commissioned by the Russian Federation to rework his 2 earlier classics into 1 volume to inspire and help a new generation with his training methods. SB. AN VG+ £25.00

£9.99

Short, N Learn Chess With Nigel Short Paul 1993 196pp SB AN VG £4.00

Short, N Nigel Short On Chess Hamlyn 1993

127pp Lessons from his games, plus Best Games section and career record. Large format. AN VG

£6.75

Silman, J The Complete Book Of Chess Strategy – GM Techniques From A-Z Siles 1998 360pp PB AN VG £10.00

Silman, J The Amateur’s Mind – Turning Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery Siles 1999

443pp

2nd ed./expanded. The author catalogued the misconceptions his pupils had about certain positions, and set about correcting them and setting them out in a book. SB AN F- $20.00

£9.75

Silman, J How To Reassess Your Chess - Chess Mastery Through Chess Imbalances. 4th ed. completely re-written.

Siles 2010

658pp

Some amusing colloquial expressions used to describe useful ideas. What are “the psychopaths of the board” or the “pigs in a pen”. It’s all here. SB AN VG+

£17.50

Smith, R Modern Chess Analysis Gambit 2004 176pp Integrates the best of computer analysis with human

experience. SB AN F- £8.50

Sokolov, I Chess Middlegame Strategies Vol. 1 Thinkers ‘17 228pp 37 recent master games examined to highlight the area in

question. SB AN F

£9.50

Sokolov, I Chess Middlegame Strategies Vol. 2 Opening Meets Middlegame Thinkers ‘18 260pp 30 deeply annotated games exemplifying his chosen themes

in the Spanish, Catalan, Benoni & Caro-Kan. SB AN F

£9.50

Sokolov, I Winning Chess Middlegames – An essential guide to pawn structures.

NIC 2008

286pp

Foreword by Michael Adams. 45 deeply annotated games focussing on how to obtain favourable pawn formations and then exploit them. SB AN VG+ c £25

£12.50

Soltis, A Chess Mistakes & How To Avoid Them Unwin 1980 213pp An early Soltis title on the road to mastery. DW VG £9.25

Soltis, A The Art of Defence In Chess Unwin 1980

262pp DW VG+ £10.00

Soltis, A Rethinking the Chess Pieces Batsford ‘04

223pp Examines the way in which the relative strength of pieces can change during a game, and the factors involved. PB AN VG+

£9.75

Soltis, A Studying Chess Made Easy Batsford ‘10

256pp Author explains his techniques for learning new materials. PB AN VG+

£9.50

Soltis, A What It Takes To Become A Chess Master Batsford ‘12

208pp “Packed with tips, tricks & practical exercises for players of all levels who aspire to greatness”. SB AN F £15

£7.50

Soltis, A What It Takes To Become A Grandmaster Batsford ‘16

318pp “Filled with test-yourself positions & in-depth analysis of critical moments in GM games”. SB AN VG+ £16.00

£7.50

Soltis, A Your Kingdom For My Horse – When To Exchange In Chess Batsford ‘15

256pp Guide to exchanging or trading off pieces, when’s best to do it, and when not. SB AN VG+ £16.00

£7.50

Soltis, A The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess Batsford ‘08 304pp Easy-to-remember snippets of wisdom from down the ages,

each illustrated with an annotated game. SB AN F £16.00

£7.50

Soltis, A 100 Chess Master Trade Secrets From Sacrifices to Endgames Batsford ‘13

216pp Each chapter contains 25 essential things to learn in order of importance. SB AN VG £15.00

£7.50

Soltis, A New Art Of Defence In Chess Batsford ‘14

232pp Newly revised ed. of the 1970s classic to reflect modern thinking. Includes games played by Carlsen. SB AN VG £16.

£7.50

Soltis, A Pawn Structure Chess Batsford ‘13 286pp Fully updated version of a chess classic. SB AN F £1600 £7.50

Soltis, A Transpo Tricks In Chess – Finesse Your Moves and Win Batsford ‘07

218pp Guide to reaching a position by a route less often travelled, usually in the openings. SB AN VG+ £16

£7.25

Soltis, A How To Choose A Chess Move Batsford ‘05

240pp Of the c. 30 possible moves in any given position, how does one pick the best one? Soltis explains. SB AN VG+ £16

£7.25

Soltis, A The Inner Game of Chess – How to Calculate & Win Mongoose ‘14 324pp Revised ed. Much new material and analysis since the

previous 1994 ed. SB AN VG £16

£6.50

Soltis, A David vs Goliath Chess – How To Beat A Stronger Player Batsford ‘16 236pp Goliaths have their weaknesses too. SB AN F £16 £7.50

Speelman, J Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book Gambit 2008 143pp 250+ themed diagrams. PB AN F £9.00

Spielmann, R The Art of Sacrifice In Chess 1st ed. McKay 216pp DW VG £15.00

Stean, M Simple Chess 1st ed. Faber 1978 116pp Highly regarded work. Ex-Lib AN paper yellowing o/w G- £2.50

Stean, M Simple Chess – New Algebraic Edition. Dover 2002 160pp Text retained exactly, but improved paper and appearance £3.00

Suba, M Positional Chess Sacrifices Quality ‘12 373pp By a winner of the BCF Book of the Year SB AN F c. £25 £17.00

Suma, M Dynamic Chess Strategy Pergamon ‘91 146pp Recounts his chess career & contribution to chess ideas &

theory in 36 annotatetd games with diagrams. SB AN VG

£5.25

Suetin, A. S. Three Steps To Chess Mastery Pergamon ‘82 192pp SB AN VG £6.50

Suetin, A. S. Plan Like A Grandmaster Batsford ‘88

266pp Concentrating on the point between the opening and starting the middle-game. Using 354 games & extracts. SB AN G

£5.00

Tal Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations with V. Khenkin 1st UK ed. Routledge 80

409pp Tal explains 200+ mating combinations…and who better to do it. DW with protective clear cover. VG+

£16.00

Tal / Koblencs Study Chess With Tal Batsford ‘13

270pp Using Tal’s games, his former coach shows what can be learned from them. SB AN F £16.00

£7..25

Tarrasch, The Game of Chess – A Textbook for Beginners & More Experienced Players 1st ed.

McKay 1935

423pp Original blue cloth boards. Book plate G £5.00

Tarrasch, Another copy Chatto 1938

Tartakower The Hypermodern Game of Chess Foreword by H. Ree Russell 2015

411pp 1st English version. of the 2nd ed. 100s of diagrams added & reformatting of text to 21st C standards. SB AN VG+ $35

£9.25

Taylor, T Pawn Sacrifice! – Winning at Chess the Adventurous way. Everyman 08 239pp The author examines 67 games involving sacs. PB AN VG+ £9.95

Taylor, T True Combat Chess – Winning Battles Over The Board. Everyman 09 208pp Examines 31 illustrative games. PB AN G+ £9.00

Teschner, R It’s Your Move with Tony Miles Batsford ‘76 139pp 345 testing positions plus solutions. PB G- £4.00 Thomas ARB Chess Techniques RKP 1975

173pp 300+ diagrams illustrate the theme. SB VG-

£4.00

Timman, J Power Chess With Pieces Guide to the Bishop Pair & Strong Kts. NIC 2004 229pp 28 illustrative games annotated. PB AN VG+ £9.00

Timman, J The Art of Chess Analysis Cadogan ‘97

206pp The original was hailed as a classic, now fully revised & enlarged by Timman. SB AN VG+

£6.25

Tukmakov, V Modern Chess Preparation – Getting Ready For Your Opponent In The Information Age

NIC 2012

286pp 91 games with analysis & diagrams. AN SB Insc VG+ £9.50

Tukmakov, V Risk & Bluff In Chess – The Art of Taking Calculated Risks NIC 2015 224pp Read, inwardly digest – and bluff your way victory! SB AN F £12.50

Uhlmann, W Open Files Olms 2009

164pp With G. Schmidt. Banned in E. Germany for 25 years, this is the 1st English translation of an underground smash hit. 113 games featuring open files. SB AN VG

£10.99

Volotikin, A Perfect Your Chess with V. Grabinsky Gambit 2007 159pp 369 positions where reader is asked a question or given a task.

PB AN F-

£10.00

Vukovic, V The Chess Sacrifice 1st English ed. translator, P. H. Clarke Bell 1968 219pp 100 annotated games. Classic Bell DW VG+ £10.00

Vukovic Another copy. not signed. Bell 1968 DW VG+ £10.00

Vukovic Another copy. Reprint Bell 1973 Pale blue DW VG+ £8.00

Vukovic, V The Art of the Attack In Chess. 1st ed. Pergamon 65 422pp 75 annotated illustrative games. PB G+ £8.00

Vukovic, V The Art of the Attack In Chess. Cadogan ‘98 352pp 1st algebraic edition of a classic.

Walker, J Attacking The King OUP 1976 173pp 55 annotated games to illustrate his theme. SB AN Insc. VG- £

Ward, C Starting Out: Chess Tactics & Checkmates. Everyman 06

172pp c. 450 illustrative diagrams etc. DW AN F-

£9.75

Ward, C Chess Choice Challenge with John Emms Batsford ‘98

144pp Diagrams with multiple choice answers for the reader to choose from, with subsequent analysis. PB AN VG+ £6.50

Ward, C Chess Choice Challenge Vol. 3 Batsford ‘ 04 159pp Many tests. PB AN VG £6.50

Watson, J Mastering The Chess Openings – Unlocking The Mysteries of the Modern Openings. Vol 1

Gambit 2006

335pp SB AN VG+ £20.00 £9.25

Watson, J Secrets Of Modern Chess Strategy – Advances Since Nimzowitsch Gambit 1998

272pp This profound yet practical work is rounded off with sections on prophylactic thinking , dynamism etc. Award-winning title. SB AN VG £20.00

£8.25

Watson, J Chess Strategy In Action Gambit 2003 288pp Follow-up to the previous best-selling title. SB AB VG 20.00 £8.25

Webb, S Chess For Tigers OUP 1978

99pp How to play to your strengths and your opponent’s weaknesses. Illustrations by McLachlan. SB AN VG+ £5.00

Wenzhe, L Chinese School Of Chess Batsford ‘02 288pp The author reveals China’s unique approach to the game,

training methods & secrets, that have brought them to the heights of world chess achievement. SB AN VG £17

£3.75

Weteschnik, M Understanding Chess Tactics Quality 2006

235pp “If this book cannot improve your understanding of tactics, perhaps nothing can”. SB AN F+ £14.00 £7.25

Wiseman Chess Deck – Chess basics the Easy Way Wiseman 09 179pp 1 diagram & teaching point per page, clearly set out. PB AN VG+ £6.00

Wolff, P The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Chess 2nd ed. Alpha 2002 367pp All good basic stuff and much more. PB AN VG+ £8.00

Yermolinsky The Road To Chess Improvement. Gambit 1999 222pp “Solutions to real-life chess problems” SB AB VG+ £18.00 £7.50

Yusupov, A Beyond The Basics – 2 :: Build Up Your Chess Quality 2009

284pp The 2nd level of Yusupov’s training course, in which he uses selected positions and advice, backed up by tests. SB AN F £14.75

Yusupov, A Beyond The Basics – 2 :: Chess Evolution Quality 2012

301pp The 2nd part of Yusupov’s 2nd level of chess training which follows the same pattern as the previous book. SB AN F £9.25

Zak, V Improve Your Chess Results Batsford ‘85 201pp 80 annotated games. Insc. PB AN G £4.00

ZnoskoBorovsky How Not To Play Chess Dover 1961 119pp PB F £5.25

ZnoskoBorovsky The Art of Chess Combination Dover 1959 212pp SB VG+ £7.00

ZnoskoBorovsky The Middle Games In Chess 1st reprint (1st ed. 10 months earlier) Bell 1923 226pp Original blue cloth boards with bright gilt lettering. VG £10.00

ZnoskoBorovsky Another copy rewritten and updated by the author Bell 1955 222pp Classic Bell DW of the time. Bookplate. VG £8.00


9. Magazines & Yearbooks BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE. (a) Bound Volumes all with index.

NB: Volumes 1910 - 1925 (5 volumes in total) were all subjected to flood damage in 1960 and consequently bear the following defects to a greater or lesser extent: (a) White water stains to maroon cloth covers: (b) Patches of black mould on cloth and/or endpapers: (c) Pages ruckled in some books. (d) Splitting of the cloth at joint with spine in a few cases. (d) Some red colouring from cloth drifted to page edges. However, the internal stitching and binding is mostly still strong, and a good bookbinder could work wonders. In good condition the early volumes would be valued at well over £100 (each). These are priced accordingly. The cloth colour varies slightly over the years, mostly maroon, but I have used “red” to cover all variations.

1910 552pp Vol. 30 Endpapers stuck together, o/w less damaged than most. £20.00 1912 532pp Vol. 32 Covers & endpapers affected o/w internally sound £20.00 1913 501pp Vol. 33 Covers & endpapers affected o/w internally sound £20.00 1918 370pp Vol. 38 Covers & endpapers affected o/w internally sound £20.00 1919 444pp Vol 39 Covers but pages clean if wrinkled. £20.00 1920 444pp Vol. 39 Staining & ruckling to both covers in- & externally sound £20.00 1925 538pp Vol. 45 Covers stained o/w generally clean internally £20.00

That’s the end of the flood-damaged stock. The condition of the following is as indicated.

1913 500pp Vol. 33. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles. edges of spine & corners rubbed. Also large brown marks on 3pp of the index o/w internally clean Insc. G

£95.00

1921 472pp Vol. 41. Red cloth boards with blind stamped design. Gilt titles on spine dulled. Internally clean & sound.. VG- £75.00

1926 764pp Vol. 46. Red cloth boards partly split at joins. Ex Libris plate of Leonard Reitstein, the biggest organiser & collector in South Africa until his recent death. A few small marks on pp o/w G-

£60.00

1927 520pp Vol. 47. Red cloth boards. Club stamp o/w VG+ £60.00

1929 500pp Vol. 49. Maroon cloth boards with blind stamped design. Gilt titles on spine dulled. Pale stains to leading edge of front cover o/w G+ £60.00

1929 500pp Vol. 49. Black buckram boards with bright gilt titles on spine. Short

split in cloth between spine and front cover o/w clean & structurally sound. VG+

£70.00

1932 572pp Vol. 52. Maroon cloth boards. Small club stamp Titles on spine dulled o/w VG- £55.00

1935 568pp Vol. 55. Maroon cloth boards. Small club stamp. Gilt titles faded on spine. o/w VG £55.00

1936 624pp Vol.56. Maroon cloth boards with bright gilt titles on spine. Clean & sound throughout. VG+ £60.00

1937 624pp Vol. 57. Dark blue cloth boards with bright gilt titles on spine. Clean & sound throughout. VG+ £60.00

1938 576pp Vol. 58. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Small neat insc. o/w VG £55.00

1940 416pp Vol. 60. Maroon Cloth boards. Scarce wartime yr. Gilt titles on spine. Clean & structurally sound VG+ £60.00

1941 324pp Vol. 61. Maroon cloth boards. Scarce wartime year. Gilt titles on spine. Small club stamp. Clean & structurally sound. VG+ £60.00

1941 324pp Vol. 61. Maroon cloth boards. Scarce wartime year. Gilt titles on spine. Small club stamp. Clean & structurally sound. VG+ £55.00

1943 288pp Vol. 63. Maroon cloth boards. Published to wartime standards, with paper now yellowing as usual. Small insc. Scarce wartime no. G+. £50.00

1943 288pp Vol. 63. Maroon cloth boards. Published to wartime standards, with

paper now yellowing as is usual. Several stamps of the West London Club. Scarce wartime no. VG

£50.00

Vol. 66. Still published to wartime standards, with paper now

1946 404pp yellowing as is usual. Red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. G+ £45.00

1946 404pp

Vol. 66. Still published to wartime standards, with paper now yellowing as is usual. Several stamps of the West London Club. One endpaper just starting to work loose, though not yet a major defect. o/w G+

£45.00

1947 412pp Vol. 67. Maroon cloth boards. Ex Libris plate of Leonard R. Reitstein, a leading figure in S. African chess. Gilt titles. VG

£45.00

1948 444pp Vol. 68. Red cloth boards. Paper still to wartime standards, now yellowing as is usual. Foxing to endpapers & page edges o/w G

£40.00

1949 424pp Vol. 69 Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine dulled. o/w G £40.00 1950 412pp Vol. 70 Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine dulled. o/w G+ £40.00

1951 352pp Vol. 71 Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine dulled. Small insc. Minor foxing to endpapers o/w VG

£35.00

1952 376pp Vol. 72. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. VG £35.00

1953 348pp

Vol. 73. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Internally clean & sound. VG+

£35.00

1954 400pp

Vol. 74 Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine dulled. Small club stamp. Internally clean & sound. G+

£35.00

1955 376pp

Vol. 75. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine dulled. Much space dedicated to the magazine’s 75th anniversary. Internally clean & sound. VG+

£35.00

1956 346pp Vol. 76. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1957 336pp Vol. 77. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1958 336pp Vol. 78. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1959 379pp Vol. 79. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1960 364pp Vol. 80. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1961 364pp Vol. 81. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1962 372pp Vol. 82. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. Small club stamp o/w VG £30.00 1963 380pp Vol. 82. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1964 372pp Vol. 82. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1965 368pp Vol. 85. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1966 368pp Vol. 86. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1967 368pp Vol. 87. Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1968 388pp Vol. 88 Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1969 380pp Vol. 89 Maroon cloth boards & gilt titles. VG £30.00 1970 372pp Vol. 90 Red cloth boards Small club stamp VG £25.00 1971 476pp Vol. 91 Red cloth boards Small club stamp VG £25.00

1972 500pp Vol. 92 Red cloth boards The year of unprecedented worldwide interest in chess, hence greater demand for this volume. VG+

£35.00

1973 540pp Vol. 93 Red cloth boards Extra pages to cover all the post- Reykjavik activities. VG+

£30.00

1974 476pp Vol. 94 Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles VG+ £20.00 1975 560pp Vol. 95 Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles VG+ £20.00 1976 576pp Vol. 96. Red cloth boards Larger than ever edition. VG+ £20.00 1977 592pp Vol. 97. Red cloth boards Still growing!. VG+ £20.00 1978 592pp Vol. 98 Red cloth boards. VG+ £20.00 1979 622pp Vol. 99. Red cloth boards. VG+ £20.00 1980 654pp Vol. 100 Red cloth boards. titles in bright gilt. VG+ £20.00 1981 558pp Vol. 101 Red cloth boards. Titles in bright gilt. VG+ £20.00 1982 560pp Vol. 102 Red cloth boards Titles in bright gilt VG+ £20.00 1983 560pp Vol. 103 Red cloth boards Titles in bright gilt. VG+ £20.00 1985 560pp Vol. 105 Red cloth boards Titles in bright gilt. VG+ £20.00 1988 560pp Vol. 108 Red cloth boards Titles in bright gilt. F £20.00 1989 560pp Vol. 109 Red cloth boards Titles in bright gilt. F- £20.00 1990 560pp Vol. 110 Red cloth boards Titles in bright gilt. F- £20.00

(b) Complete volumes in maroon cordex-type binders. Spines lettered in gilt “British Chess Magazine” with year & vol. no. added on. All with magazine covers and indices. All VG+

1993 £12.00

1994 £12.00 1995 £12.00 1996 £12.00 1997 £12.00 1998 £12.00 2000 £12.00 2001 £12.00 2002 £12.00 2003 £12.00 2004 £12.00 2005 £12.00 2006 £12.00 2007 £12.00 2008 £12.00 2009 £12.00

(c) Unbound copies in complete sets. 12 monthly issues in paper covers. With index unless stated o/w. VG

1962 372pp £12.00 1963 380pp £12.00 1964 376pp £12.00 1965 368pp £12.00 1967 368pp £12.00 1968 388pp £10.00 1973 540pp £10.00 1974 476pp £10.00 1975 560pp £10.00 1976 576pp £10.00 1978 540pp £7.00

(d) Unbound part sets – missing months as indicated. Staples rusting up to 1941 o/w OK thereafter . G.

1923 Missing Jan; Aug & Dec. £15.00 1926 Missing Aug. £15.00 1937 Missing April; July; Aug; Sept. £9.00 1938 Missing Mar; Oct & Dec. £15.00 1941 Missing July & Aug. £15.00 1942 Missing Sept. £15.00 1945 Missing Sept. £15.00 1949 Missing Feb; Aug – Dec. inclusive. i.e. 6 volumes £5.00 1952 Missing Feb; May; Sept. £7.50 1954 Missing Feb. £9.00 1955 Missing June. £9.00 1959 Missing May. £9.00 1961 Missing Jan. – May inclusive. £5.00 1966 Missing May & Dec. £5.00 1969 Missing April; May & June. £5.00 1972 Missing Oct. £12.00

THE CHESS AMATEUR

A British publication that started in 1906 and catered more for the club and/or home-based player. No overall editor was identified, but its many sections had their own conductor/correspondent e.g. Carslake Winter-Wood (Chess Chat); P. H. Williams, & later Kipping (Problems); Cunnington (Studies) etc. It ran until June 1930 when the finances finally ran out, probably due to the Depression. B. H. Wood’s Chess filled the gap in the market in 1936.

1906/7 Vol. 1 This copy was originally beautifully bound in leather with inscribed patterns highlighted in gilt, since when the leather

has dried out and cracked at the joins leaving the pages separated from the covers, yet perfectly preserved with the marbled endpapers serving as a temporary cover. The paper quality is superior to that in the following volumes. Could be a special issue and could also be recovered. Priced accordingly.

£75.00

1907/8 Vol. 2 Original pale green cloth with gilt titles. 280pp. No marks or damage – nice clean copy. VG

£90.00

1908/9 Vol. 3 Original pale green cloth with bright gilt titles. 384pp No marks or damage – nice clean copy. VG+ £90.00

1909/10 Vol. 4 Original pale green cloth with bright gilt titles. 384pp No marks or damage – nice clean copy. VG £90.00

1910/11 Vol. 5 Original green cloth with gilt titles. 384pp. Water has affected the lower spine & cloth wrinkled in bottom left corner. Pages themselves largely unaffected. 384pp G-

£35.00

CHESS (edited by B. H. WOOD)

These are the Chess magazines, founded by B. H. Wood in 1935 and continuing until his retirement in 1988 when it was taken over by Pergamon Press.

All are bound in the same mid-brown cloth and are in good condition throughout. Some have a small, unobtrusive club stamp. All with index from Vol. 11 onwards.

Vols 1 – 9 measure 24.7 X 18.7 cm, while from Vol. 39 onwards they are slightly smaller, measuring 21.3 X 14 cm. “A” signifies the algebraic version.

Vol. Year pp Price Vol. Year pp Price

1 1935/6 476 VG £95 43 1977/8 388 VG £10 2 1936/7 462 VG £90 45 1979/81 395 VG £10 3 1937/8 444 VG £90 45A 1979/81 395 VG £10 4 1938/9 450 VG £90 46 1981/2 392 VG £10 46A 1981/2 392 VG £10

16 1951 284 VG £35 47 1977/8 388 VG £10 18 1953 306 VG £35 47A 1977/8 395 VG £10

49 1984/5 392 VG £10 30 1964/5 398 VG £25 50 1985/6 337 VG £10 32 1955/7 398 VG £25 51 1986/7 486 VG £10

39 73/4 VG £15 40 74/5 380 VG £12 41 75/6 373 VG £10 42 76/7 408 VG £10

CHESS LIFE: Magazine of the U.S. Chess Federation and “the most widely circulated chess magazine in the world” (they claim). Published monthly with c. 74 pp per issue in large format.

Also see below for complete annuals

Unbound part sets: All VG 2002 June – November inc. 6 volumes £4.00 2004 Winter edition instead of Nov & Dec. 11 volumes £10.00 2005 Jan. missing; 11 volumes £9.00 2006 July – Dec. inc. 5 volumes. £4.00 2010 July missing: 11 volumes £9.00 2012 Jan. missing; 11 volumes £9.00

CHESS REVIEW: Official organ of the U. S. Chess Federation. General Editor: Horowitz; Section Editors: Fine; Chernev, Reinfeld & Rothenberg. Published monthly with c. 28 pp per issue. Bound annually in cloth bound thick boards. Many photos, games, problems, reviews

etc.

1942 Vol.10 Black cloth boards VG £40.00 1945 Vol.13 Maroon cloth boards looking a little tired o/w VG £40.00 1946 Vol.14 Red cloth boards VG+ £40.00

1953 Vol.21 Maroon cloth boards a little faded in bottom corner, but with the Ex Libris mark of Baruch H. Wood in bright gilt on front cover.

£40.00

British Chess Federation Yearbooks Invaluable resources for chess historians & archivists, with details of all

affiliated counties & their officials, tournaments etc. All early years are in small format, PB and tend to show signs of wear as they’ve been working documents and the paper quality is not of the highest.

1934/35 363pp Insc. G- £10.00 1935/36 365pp Good £10.00 1948/49 295pp £10.00 1951-52 296pp £10.00 1955-56 243pp £10.00 1959-60 300pp Club stamps. £7.00 1960-61 318pp Club stamps £7.00 1961-62 305pp 1962/63 287pp £7.00 1963-64 296pp £7.00 1964-65 364pp £7.00 1965-66 373pp Club stamps £7.00 1968-69 277pp £7.00 1971-72 311pp £7.00 1973-74 331pp Club stamps £7.00 1976-77 76pp Larger format (A4) £5.00 1981-82 92pp Larger format (A4) £5.00 1982-83 100pp Larger format (A4) £5.00

These later yearbooks were much improved in quality, both in printing and coverage, with many photographs, results, new awards e.g. website, magazine, book, club, etc. Of The Year.

2008 124pp Larger format (A4) F £7.00 2010 122pp Larger format (A4) F £8.00 2011 129pp Larger format (A4) F £8.00 2013 179pp Larger format (A4) F £8.00 2014 170pp Larger format (A4) F £8.00

CHESSBASE MAGAZINE

6 issues per year covering the previous top tournaments, each one with a DVD held within the back cover containing the contents of the magazine for transference to computer. Each magazine is bi-lingual (English & German) and devotes 1½ pages just listing in small writing, the contents of the DVD

All are in mint condition.

2009 3 items missing F £9.00 2010 #134 - #139 orange pictorial covers F £18.00 2011 #140 - #145 pale green pictorial covers F £18.00 2012 #148 - #151 dark green pictorial covers F £18.00 2013 #152 - #156 1 number missing F £15.00 2014 #157 - #162 pictorial covers F £18.00 2015 #163 - #168 pictorial covers F £18.00 2016 #169 - #174 pictorial covers F £18.00 2017 #175 - #178 2 numbers missing F £12.00 2019 1st 3 items F £10.00

CHESS REVIEW ANNUALS

12 US monthly magazines bound in publisher’s original cloth boards.

Each full of games, photos, book reviews, problems, cartoons, etc.

1942 Vol. X in black cloth (speckled) with titles in silver gilt. Internally very clean & sound. 272pp

£55.00

1945 Vol. XIII in red cloth boards (speckled) with titles in silver gilt. Internally clean & sound. 432pp

£55.00

1946 Vol. 14 in red cloth boards. Title in gold on spine. Internally clean & sound. 528pp

£55.00

1953

Vol. 21 in red cloth boards with title in bright gilt on spine, and the Ex Libris stamp of Baruch H. Wood in gilt on the front cover. Cloth lightly speckled on lower corners o/w internally clean & sound. 384pp

£55.00

CHESS LIFE ANNUAL

1969

Vol. XX1V in publisher’s black cloth boards. Titles in fading gilt on spine. Journal of the USCF under Editor Burt Hochburg. 12 monthly editions, each with large pictorial covers. Large format & weighs 1.7 kg. 540pp VG+

£55.00

CHESS DIGEST

Editor: Ken Smith.

Short-lived US magazine 1968 – 79.

1968

Vol. 1: 12 monthly issues (Jan. – Dec.) bound as one in publisher’s maroon cloth boards. 288 pages in all. Contributors included Koltanowski, Larsen, and with articles from Shakhmatny translated by Hanon W. Russell. Typescript. With photos, cartoons etc. Large format. F

£50.00

CHESS NOTES

Editor: Edward Winter.

A bi-monthly magazine/bulletin – a forum for chess aficianados to discuss all matters relating to the game. Winter is a stickler for sorting fact from fiction and myth, no matter how far in the past, or recent, the topic may be. All magazines are meticulously indexed, titles underlined and in typescript.

A4 size: Comb-bound in clear plastic covers.

1982 Vol. 1: red card covers:- 103pp:- 291 items:- VG £20.00 1982 Vol. 1: yellow card covers (2nd printing) 103pp:- 291 items:- VG £20.00 1983 Vol. 2: pink card covers:- 139pp:- 592 items:- VG £20.00 1984 Vol; 3: pale blue card covers:- 141pp:- 871 items:- VG £20.00 1985 Vol. 4: pale green covers:- 150pp:- 1,071 items – VG £20.00

DEUTSCHE SCHACHZEITUNG: bound volumes. A matching set of 3, all in maroon cloth boards with gilt titles plus index VG+

1966 416pp £25.00 1967 416pp £25.00 1968 416pp £25.00 1963 4 vols. Sept – Dec. G £4.00 1964 11 vols. Missing No. 2 G £7.50 1965 10 vols. Missing 9 & 10 G £7.00

KINGPIN:

A highly satirical, if not downright scurrilous quarterly view of the chess world.

No. 9 1986 32pp Has Karpov Lost His Marbles? By GM Tony Miles large format. G £5.00 No. 13 1988 36pp How to Win a Lost Games with a Pizza. VG+ £5.00

No. 14 1999 36pp Special Munich Agreement Annicersary Issie VG+ £5.00 No. 20 1993 48pp Did Steinitz Play Jack The Ripper? VG+ £5.00 No. 21 1993 48pp Nigel Short – Shocking Revelations. The Kingpin Questionnaire

with Mike Basman. VG+

£5.00 No. 22 1994 48pp Nigel Davies Swindles his way to the GM title. How To Perform A

Lobotomy; Edward Winter’s Forum etc.

£5.00 No. 23 1994 40pp John Nunn Questionnaire :: Gary Lane’s Agony Column ;;

Chess & The Meaning of Life by Nigel Davies. VG+

£5.00 No. 24 1995 45pp Great Swindles of Our Time by M. Pein :: Susan & Bogdan Lalic

Questionnare:: Davies on Sleazy World Champions. VG+

£5.00 No. 26 1996 52pp Why Wooden sets are better – Nigel Davies explains :: James

Howell on Neutralising the Norm Hunters. VG+

£5.00 No. 27 1997 68pp The Eddie Gufeld Questionnnaire; “Nunn is out to ruin me” claims

Golombek. And much more besides. VG+

£5.00 No. 28. 1998 69pp Yasser’s Questionnaire :: Cross Channel Flannel by Nigel Davies £5.00 No. 29 1998 64pp Now in larger format :: The Mickey Adams Questionnaire ::

No Regrets - Spassky at 60. VG+ £5.00

No. 30 1999 64pp Bent Larsen Questionnaire :: Chess & Sex – The Survey by Stuart Conquest. :: Duchamp Dada – A reappraisal by A. Savage VG+

£5.00

No. 31. 1999 64pp The Pia Cramling Questionnaire :: 2212 – A Chess Odyssey by Conquest. Memoirs of a Mediocre Player by A. Mann. VG+

£5.00

NEW IN CHESS: (a) bound volumes, bound in shiny black cloth boards with smart gilt titles.

1985 800pp 12 monthly editions of 66 pages. F £25.00 1996 720pp 8 editions of 90 pages F £25.00

(b) unbound complete sets NEW IN CHESS magazines: probably the best-presented chess magazine. 8 copies per annum & c. 100pp per copy. All F

1987 Vols. 1 – 5 (missing 6 – 7) £8.00 2003 Complete set of 8 stapled items VG £20.00 2004 Complete set of 8 red spines F £20.00 2004 Set of 7 (missing no. 8) F £12.00 2005 Complete set of 8 black spines F £20.00 2005 Missing vol.1 F £15.00 2006 Complete set of 8 dark blue spines F £20.00 2006 Missing #2. 3 & 4) £7.00 2007 Complete set of 8 green spines F £20.00 2008 Complete set of 8 yellow spines F £20.00 2009 Complete set of 8 red spines F £20.00 2010 Complete set of 8 purple spines F 2011 Complete set of 8 Changed to larger format F £20.00 2011 Set of 7 (1 missing) F £12.00 2012 Complete set of 8 F £20.00 2013 Complete set of 8 F £20.00 2014 Complete set of 8 F £20.00 2015 Complete set of 8 F £20.00 2016 Complete set of 8 F £20.00 2017 Complete set of 8 F £20.00 2018 Complete set of 8 F £20.00

OPEN FILE – magazine of the Combined Services Chess Association.

No. 6 2001 46pp A4 pages stapled. Inc. 2001 CSCC Championship £2.00 No. 7 37pp A4 pages stapled: Inc. 12th NATO Championships San Remo £2.00 No. 8 26pp A4 pages stapled on 13th NATO Championships at Brest 2002 £2.00 No. 9 2004 21pp A4 pages stapled, mostly of games analyses by Andrew Martin F £2.00 No. 11 2005 21pp A4 pages stapled mostly of annotated games & Tony Miles obit. F £2.00 2007 50pp A4 pages stapled mostly on 2006 CSCC Championships F £2.00 2008 33pp A4.

POPULAR CHESS One of Mike Basman’s efforts / projects.

This started after the demise of Rabbits Review, (see below) and ran to 15 issues between 1982 – 1987.

All are; (a) undated: (b) double-sided A4 sheets (c) stapled in top left corner: (d) contain mostly annotated games in typescript with good clear diagrams. (e) Contain much about the relative strengths of the chess computers of the day (Novag: Tandy: Mephisto etc.) Testing them against each other and/or humans. Much of the other material was submitted by a few of his 300 readers.

3 little-known facts about him are:- (a) “He (Basman) is probably the most important figure in British Chess” wrote Ray Keene. (b) As a small child his babysitter was Clementine Campbell, who became Cleo Laine, the great jazz singer. © He is of Armenian parentage.

No. 6 23pp Orange cover: c10 games nicely annotated for learners & diagrams £2.00 No. 7 25pp Blue cover: Annotated games and an article on the Colle System. £2.00 No. 8 22pp Red cover: The pros & cons of swapping pieces; The English. £2.00 No. 9 21pp Pink cover: Articles titled “Superrabbit & “Rockin’Grob” £2.00

No. 10 23pp Green cover: Articles on “Little Horreurs” & Rating ches computers. £2.00 No. 11 21pp Purple cover: “The King’s Gambiteers” & “R & P Endings” £2.00 No. 12 20pp Yellow cover: “The Mighty Morra”; & “Piece Activity” £2.00 No. 13 20pp Green cover: “Pointless Play” & “Pawn Play” £2.00 No. 14 21pp Yellow cover: “Caissa’s Cousin (Chinese Chess); “ticks & ∆s” £2.00 No. 15 22pp Grey cover; Games of the E. Ham Quickplay champion. £2.00

RABBITS REVIEW

Another of Mike Basman’s projects.

A5 in size and comprising 32pp. Originally edited by B. Floyd before Basman took over from No. 7 onwards. Often un-dated but advertised as bi-monthly.

Aimed at average club players (Rabbits) with articles by the likes of Tim Harding, Nigel Povah, Gallagher & Basman.

Typescript. After 21 issues, eventually superseded by Popular Chess.

Oct. 1978 No. 1 Navy blue covers. £2.00 No. 2 Pale blue covers. £2.00 No. 3 Orange covers. £2.00 No. 4 Pale blue covers. £2.00

June 1979 No. 5 Black covers. £2.00 Aug. 1979 No. 6 Pink Covers. £2.00 Feb. 1980 No. 7 Yellow covers. £2.00

No. 8 Pale green covers. £2.00 No. 9 Pink covers. £2.00 No.10 Pale blue covers -- circulation stated to be c. 500 at this stage. £2.00

Oct. 1980 No.11 Yellow covers. 2nd article titles “Fun With Boris”! £2.00 No.12 Pale blue covers. 2nd Anniversary Issue.

ROCHADE (castling) EUROPA: Large format, newspaper-style, German magazine. 12 issues of c. 80pp per year. Unbound complete sets:

2008 All 12 volumes (nearly 1,000 pages!) £10.00 2009 All 12 volumes £10.00 2010 All 12 volumes £10.00 2011 All 12 volumes £10.00 2012 All 12 volumes £10.00

Unbound part sets: 2002 Volumes 7 – 12 inc. 6 volumes £5.00

2005 4 volumes missing: 8 volumes £5.00 2006 5 volumes missing: 7 volumes £5.00 2007 Volume 9 missing: 11 volumes £8.00

SCHACH MAGAZIN 64: In 2008 changed from fortnightly to monthly publication, and in 2010 added colour. Large format. All VG. Unbound complete sets.

2007 All 12 volumes £10.00 2009 All 12 volumes £10.00

Unbound part sets: 2002 17 of 24 volumes £10.00 2008 11 of 12 volumes £10.00

SCHWEIZERISCHE SCHACHZEITUNG: (Swiss Chess Newspaper) Tri-lingual magazine in German, French & Italian. Small format with b&w photographs. 12 issues per year of c. 48 pp. Unbound part sets:

2002 Volumes 6; 8; 9; 10; 11-12: 5 volumes £4.00 2003 Volumes 1-2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10: 8 volumes £6.00 2004 Volumes 1-2; 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 10: 7 volumes £6.00

SHAKHMATNY BULLETIN: Published from 1955 – 1990. 12 monthly issues per annum each of 32 pp c. A4 in size. “Best chess magazine in the World” – Fischer. “…remains a very useful source for chessresearch & theoretical work” – T. D. Harding. (see Chess Café article for his full appraisal).Unbound volumes in Cyrillic. All VG+

1962 Jan & Dec. missing. 10 volumes £10.00 1963 Complete set 12 volumes £12.00 1965 No. 2 missing 11 volumes £10.00 1966 Complete set 12 volumes £12.00 1967 Complete set 12 volumes £12.00 1969 Complete set 12 volumes £12.00

ZUGZWANG The official daily journal of Chequers.

Published daily during the London leg of the Kasparov – Karpov World Championship match.

Each copy comprises 3 sheets of A4 paper folded to make 6 X A5 pages. Nos. 1 – 28 with only No. 8 missing. Every cover is of a different colour

paper. Staples rusting o/w G

£5.00


10. Chess-based literature Mostly reading about various aspects of the game – not much deep analysis.

Abrahams, G Not Only Chess – A Selection of Chessays 1st ed. Unwin ‘74

264pp 28 chess-based essays, some illustrated with diagrams and moves. DW VG+ £8.75

Assiac The Delights of Chess 1st ed. 1960 MacGibbon

268pp Nom de plume of Heinrich Fraenkel; relates many amusing anecdotes about players he encountered, some illustrated by games. Drawings by Vicky. DW. Front endpaper cut o/w VG

£8.75

Assiac Adventure in Chess 1st ed. Turnstile ‘51

192pp Series of articles, enlarged from the author's column in the New Statesman. The cardboard chess set at the back is intact with all original pieces present. Slight foxing on front endpaper, o/w G+

£8.50

Averbakh, Y Centre-Stage and Behind The Scenes – The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend

NIC 2011

268pp Reflects on his days as a top GM and an insider when chess was vital to the Soviet system. SB VG c. £25 £15.00

BCM British Chess Magazine – 1923 – 1932 An Anthology. BCM 1986 124pp A pot-pourri of items taken from those years. PB VG+ £7.00

Bott, R The Chess Player’s Bedside Book 1st ed Faber 1966 83pp With S. Morrison. Collection of short articles and games. Insc. G+ £5.50

Brady, F Endgame – The Spectacular Rise & Fall of Bobby Fischer Constable 388pp … whom the author knew from the age of 10. Many photos.

DW F+ £20 £12.75 Chandler, M The English Chess Explosion From Miles to Short with R. Keene Batsford ‘81

120pp Some landmarks, games & X-tables en route. PB pages browning. G- £2.00

Chernev, I Wonder & Curiosities of Chess 1st ed. Dover 1974 203pp Collection of short games and unusual facts & anecdotes. SB VG- £9.00

Chernev, I The Bright Side of Chess Hollis & Carter 175pp A chapter of anecdotes followed by “bright” games. DW VG £6.50

Coles, R. N. The Chess-player’s Week-end Book Pitman 1950 162pp A pot-pourri of anecdotes, sayings and games. DW G+ £7.50

Darrach, B. Bobby Fischer vs the Rest of the World 1st ed. Stein NY ‘74 240pp An indiscrete biography relating Fischer’s behaviour and attitudes

up to and during Reykjavik 1972. DW nibbled o/g VG £15.00 Denker, The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories with Larry Parr Hypermodern

359pp 30 zany stories, 300 games & photos from the golden age of US chess lived through for 50+ years by the author. SB G £12.00

Desjarlais, R Counterplay – An Anthropologist at the Chessboard Berkley 2011

251pp Illustrates the enchanting & exacting qualities of chess, contrasting it with the penury, disillusion and pettiness that permeate the game. DW F

£15.00

Donner, J. H. The King – Chess Pieces NIC 2006 391pp Donner reflects on the game; full of insults, ironies & self-

mockery. 2nd ed. “Outrageous”. SB VG c.£22 £15.00

Donoghue, J The Death’s Head Chess Club Atlantic 2015

385pp A novel set in war-time Auschwitz, there’s plenty of emotion but few laughs. SB F £13 £4.50

Dvoretsky For Friends and Colleagues Vol. 1 Profession: Chess Coach Russell ‘14 Autobiographical work on his life from childhood to Master-

384pp

hood to leading chess coach. Many photos & some chess. Water has crinkled the leading pages, not noticeable externally priced accordingly. SB AN G-

£4.75

Dvoretsky For Friends and Colleagues - Vol. 2 Refections on My Profession: Russell ‘15

360pp Continues the story from Vol. 1 focussing on his early developments as a playerwith some chess, photos and opinions. SB AN F c. £24

£9.75

Edge, F. M The Exploits & Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy Dover 1973

203pp Unabridged edition of the 1859 original, with introduction by David Lawson. SB VG

£6.00

Edmonds, D Bobby Fischer Goes To War – The True Story of How the Soviets Lost The Most Extraordinary Chess Match Of All Time. With John Eidinow.

Faber 2004 1st ed.

302pp The story of the 1972 World Championship. DW F £12.00

Edmonds, D Bobby Fischer Goes To War Another copy. PB F- £7.00

Edwards, R The Chess Player’s Bedside Book with R. Keene. 1st ed. Batsford ‘75 149pp A development of the Bott & Morrison book, with added photos &

drawings. DW VG

£9.00

Edwards, R The Chess Player’s Bedside Book with R. Keene. 1st ed. Another copy DW Insc. VG £7.50

Forbes Meet The Masters 160pp Cathy interviews 10 GMs & 3 others & gives a game from each.

SB AN VG

£7.00

Geuzendam Finding Bobby Fischer – chess interviews by Dirk Jan van Geuzendam NIC 1994 254pp 28 interviews with top players, first published in New In Chess,

from Botvinnik & Najdorf to Polgar, Anand and all the big Ks. Pictorial HB F-

£18.00

Glyn, A The Dragon Variation 1969 Hutchinson 312pp Novel with a chess background. Ex-Lib. HB Endpaper excised G £4.50

Graham, J The Literature of Chess 1st ed. 1984 McFarland

250pp The author identifies 135 significant books from the various aspects of the game and writes c. a page on each. Diagrams & index. Red cloth boards. AN F+

£17.50

Hartston, W Soft Pawn Hutchinson 94pp Humorous writings by a master of the genre. Bill Tidy cartoons add

to the mix. PB VG+

£5.00

Hartston, W How To Cheat At Chess – everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Cadogan 1994

95pp Humour in word and picture. Illustrations by Bill Tidy. VG+ £5.00

Harwood, G Caïssa’s Web – The Chess Bedside Book 1st ed. Latimer 1975 167pp 12 photo plates plus drawings. DW VG £7.50

Hochberg, B

(ed.) The 64-Square Looking Glass – The Great Game of Chess in World Literature. 1st ed.

Random House

354pp

Writers bring their creativity to bear on the narrative power inherent in chess, from Woody Allen to Ann Bronte. DW F

£10.00

Hurst, S Curse of Kirsan – Adventures in the Chess Underworld. Russell 2002 285pp An exploration of the dark side of chess, not only Kirsan. PB

VG+ £5.00

Johnson, D White King & Red Queen – How The Cold War Was Fought On The Chessboard

Atlantic 2007

383pp Tells the story of the Soviets vs the Rest throughout the 20th century. 25 photo plates. DW F

£12.00

Kasparov, G Deep Thinking: where machine intelligence ends & human creativity begins

Murray 2017

285pp He has some positive thoughts on how can we thrive as humans in a world of thinking machines? DW F £20

£9.25

Kasparov, G Child of Change – An Autobiography with Donald Trelford. 1st ed. 1987

Hutchinson

243pp 64 b&w photos. DW. Ex-Lib but with minimal markings o/w VG £7.50

Kasparov, G How Life Imitates Chess London 2007 271pp Life as a game of strategy. DW F £9.00

Keyes, F. P. The Chess Players 1st English ed. London 1961 542pp Deeply researched novel based on the life of Paul Morphy. DW

VG £5.00

Knight, N Chess Pieces – An Anthology in Prose & Verse. 1st ed.

Sampson ‘49

313pp Corrigenda booklet & corringenda to the corrigenda. Illustrations by Gibberd based on historic chess pieces. VG

£9.00

Knight, G King, Queen & Knight: A Chess Anthology in Prose & Verse. 1st ed. With W. Guy

Batsford ‘75

240pp Illustrations by Greenwood. 263 items from many sources throughout the world. DW VG+

£9.50

Landsberger, The Steinitz Papers: Letters & Documents Of The First World Champion

McFarlane 02

325pp

The editor is Steinitz’s great-grandnephew, who collected all Steinitz’s existing letters, postcards, newspaper articles etc. translated into English with sources given. A fascinating insight into the trials and triumphs of the great World Champion who died penniless. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titles. F

£29.50

Landsberger Another copy, but in SB with pictorial cover. VG+ £17.50

Lasker Ed. Chess For Fun & Chess For Blood Dover 1962 224pp Includes anecdotes & stories of his experiences with some of

the great masters. Unabridged edition of the original. SB G

£4.75

Lawson, D The Inner Game MacMillan 93 249pp The real story behind the Short-Kasparov World Championship

match told by the now President of the ECF. DW VG+

£5.00

Lawson, D End Game – Kasparov vs Short – Dispatches From a War For the World Championship.

Harmony ’93 1st US ed.

252pp Same text – different title and the US version. DW VG+ £5.00

Levy &Reuben The Chess Scene Faber 1974 276pp An introduction to the wider world of chess for the host of new

chess fans, post-Reykjavik 1972. DW Ex-Lib G

£4.50

Morley, F. V. My One Contribution To Chess 1st ed. Faber 1947

110pp By adding 12 extra squares he makes the board a more level playing field between expert and novice, and uses that idea to write about much else besides. DW nibbled o/w internally VG

£9.00

Moss S The Rookie – An Odyssey Through Chess (and life) Bloomsbury 408pp Part history of the game, part travelogue, part self-help book, Moss

seeks to stop messing about and take it seriously and improve. Red cloth boards. DW with pictorial cover. F

£11.25

Murray, W Grandmaster with M. Cochran Futura 1985

427pp Novel with a Cold War background about 2 prodigies bent on becoming GMs. PB G

£3.00

Nabakov, V The Defence OUP 1986

201pp Originally published in Russia as The Luzhin Defence and became a 20th Century Classic. PB VG

£4.00

Pachman, L Checkmate in Prague – Memoirs of Ludek Pachman Faber 1975

216pp As a political diary it is both eye-opening & disturbing & also fascinating as an account of his chess activites and involvement in international chess scene, with anecdotes of many great players. DW F-

£9.00

Pachman, L Another copy without DW G+ £7.00

Pandolfini, B The Best of Chess Life and Review. Vol. 1 1933 - 1960 Fireside ‘88 611pp A pot pourri of games, problems, articles, cartoons, photos,

plucked from the archives of the popular US magazine. SB VG £15.00

Pandolfini, B The Best of Chess Life and Review. Vol. 2 1962 – 1988 Fireside ‘88 583pp The recipe as before, with equally delightful results. SB VG £15.00

Plisetsky, D Russians Versus Fischer with S. Voronkov Everyman 05

462pp One against the Soviet machine, drawing on hitherto unseen archives of KGB, Central Committee etc. DW F

£12.00

Ree, H The Human Comedy of Chess – A Grandmaster’s Chronicles Russell 1999

333pp A series of sketches of chess personalities, great & small. A few games & diagrams. PB AN F-

£10.00

Ree, H My Chess Russell ‘13 240pp His personal stories of his life in the chess world. SB VG+ £7.50

Reinfeld, F The Human Side of Chess – The Story of the World Champions; their Triumphs and Illusions; Their Achievements and Failures.

Faber ’53

304pp

Chapters on Anderssen, Morphy, Steinits, Lasker, Capa, Alekhine & Euwe. With 14 illustrative games and match records. Insc. G+

£4.25

Reinfeld, F. The Treasury of Chess Lore 1st ed. Arco 1955

306pp The author has collected a wide range of writings on all aspects of the game. DW. Photos. Foxing to endpapers & page edged o/w G

£12.00

Reinfeld, F The Treasury of Chess Lore Dover 1959 306pp Another copy SB (creased) o/w G £6.00

Richards, D. Soviet Chess – Chess & Communism in the USSR OUP 1965 201pp An authoritative account of the origins and intertwining of chess &

politics in Russia. DW VG

£15.00

Schonberg H Grandmasters of Chess Fontana ‘75 277pp Stories of the greats, entertainingly told, from Philidor to Fischer.

Photos. PB Paper yellowing slightly o/w G

£2.50

Sosonko, G Russian Silhouettes NIC 2001

206pp

Born in 1943, Sosonko played under the Soviet regime until 1972 when he defected to the Netherlands. This gave him the dual advantage of having inside knowledge of the great Russian players, and being able to view that time dispassionately. This 1st of his 3 books was acclaimed for its evocative writing. Photos. PB VG+

££9.75

Sosonko, G The Reliable Past NIC 2003 205pp Author continues with his “gallery of wonderful pen-portraits written

with a measure of objectivity and detachment” (Kasparov). PB F-

£9.75

Sosonko, G Smart Chip From St. Petersburg and other tales of a bygone era NIC 2006

197pp More fascinating portraits of masters, famous & forgotten, and more. Photos PB F

£9.75

Spanier, D Total Chess Abacus 1986 233pp 10 chapters on various aspects of world chess. PB G £3.00

Summerscale Interview With A Grandmaster – the thoughts & games of some of the world’s strongest players.

Everyman ‘01

144pp

Adams, Short, Polgar, Hodgson, Rowson et al answer all the questions you’ve never been able to ask, and annotate one of their favourite games. SB AN VG+ £15

£5.50

Zweig, S Kaleidoscope Two Cassell 1951

290pp Stories, the longest of which is The Royal Game. (60pp) G £5.00


11. Children & Junior Beginners

Basman, M D K Superguides - Chess DK 45pp Large format. Everything in technicolour – boards, pieces,

players, etc. Basman has been a top junior coach for decades and knows how to get them started. HB G

£5.00

Bott /Morrison The Chess Apprentice. 1st edition Collins ‘60

208pp The original title which later morphed into the later 2 titles both of which retained this formula. Cream cloth boards with d. brown titles & design. G+

£5.00

Bott /Morrison Chess For Children Collins ‘76

192pp 14th impression of the 1958 original says much for its stature in the ouvre. Many diagrams with a challenge to the reader. Cartoons by Pat Lindsay. HB F

£5.00

Bott /Morrison More Chess For Children Collins ‘74

208pp 4th impression of the 1968 original. Same format as before but taking the young reader just a little further forward. HB F £5.00

Byfield, B Learn Chess Quick: How to play the worlds greatest board game & win Batsford ‘10

144pp With A. Orpin & Illustrated by G. Jolliffe. Cartoons, diagrams and numerous small bits of guidance on every page. Concentrates on the theme of Mediaeval warfare. SB AN VG+

£7.50

Caldwell, S Usborne Guide To Playing Chess Usborne ‘87 64pp Lots of coloured diagrams, tips, facts, etc. SB; AN; VG+ £5.00

Chandler, M How To Beat Your Dad At Chess, Including the 50 Deadly Mates Gambit 2006

127pp 6 diagrams per page opening to exemplify each mating pattern e.g. Morphy’s Mate, Boden’s Mate, Pillsbury’s Mate etc.Followed by tests. AN F HB

£5.00

Dalby, E The Usborne Complete Book Of Chess Usborne ‘03 96ppp 90 chapters on the many aspects of the game. Lavishly

illustrated. Large format. AN HB DW VG+ £5.00 Fitzpatrick, M Your Move – A Chess Adventure for Young Beginners O’Brien 1990

62pp Part story / part definition of basic terms. B&W cartoons to help the text along. HB with multi-coloured boards. VG+ £5.00

Golombek, H Instruction To Young Chess Players London 1966

152pp An overview of some common openings, what to look out for in the middlegame & 10 illustrative games. No concessions to players of primary school age, but all sound advice. HB F

£4.50

Hall, J Chess Training For Budding Champions – A unique self-training course in the essentials of chess

Gambit 2001

176pp Aimed at players who have progressed beyond the beginner level and can play at junior club level. Lessons are not based on “quick fixes” but provided a well-rounded course in all aspects of chess. Advice for trainers, too. SB F £15

£10.00

Hanauer, M. Chess For You And Me. McKay 1948

150pp Explains the basic concepts in an easy conversational style. 3 or 4 diagrams on every page opening, but no colour or cartoons. Red cloth boards HB AN A few pale stains on endpapers o/w G

£4.00

Hartston, W Play Chess 2 with Jeremy James. BBC 1981

94pp No cartoons, no colour; no gimmicks, but none the worse for that. Based on the TV programme of that era. Good, sound advice with accompanying diagrams. HB; DW; AN; VG

£5.00

James, R Move One! – A Chess Course For Beginners Faber 1990

144pp A few photos & small cartoons at the start of a chapter, but no colour, apart from the cover. Well set out, with plenty on each page, but not too much. Would suit a serious-minded top junior, who could start in the book at the stage he may have already reached, but wishes to advance. SB AN G

£5.00

James. R The Right Way To Teach Chess to Kids London 2013 219pp A no-frills paperback that teaches the teacher. Mostly text with

80 diagrams it includes a full course for junior school pupils, and points the way ahead. SB AN F-

£5.00

Karpov, A Disney’s Chess Guide Batsford 1997

120pp

Disney & the then World Champion combine to produce a colourful introduction designed to attract the youngest of starters. Small bites at a time e.g. Chapter V1 “What Does The Queen Do? – 2pp with cartoon & diagrams. Etc. HB F+

£5.00

Kidder, H. Illustrated Chess For Children London 1972 127pp

Morrison S. Chess: A Beginner’s Guide. London 1970

138pp Less highly-coloured than others in this section – a more sobre approach to the same explanations and themes. DW 10 photographs.

£5.00

McLeod, W. Chess For Young Beginners – a Completely New Way To Learn Collins ‘77

62pp With R. Mongredian. Colourful cartoons with a Mediaeval theme. Small bites of information, from how the pieces move to forks, sacrifices etc. Large format. HB G

£5.00

Norwood, D. Usborne Guide To Advanced Chess 1990

64pp This is a move on from the Beginner stage, but still suitable for advancing pupils. No cartoons. Plenty of colour, diagrams, glossary of terms, tips to remember in separate panels etc. Written by a former junior champion SB AN VG+

£5.00

Norwood, D. Usborne Book of Better Chess 1992 128pp Part 1 Improving Your Game. Part 2 Chess Puzzles.

Everything in full colour, but based on diagrams with arrows to focus on relevant bits. Part 2 consists of 24 short sections, each focussing on particular aspect of the game. Glossary of terms used. SB AN F-

£5.00

Nottingham T The Children’s Book Of Chess Batsford ‘78 111pp with Bob Wade. Photographs in their school uniforms are

Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Short, Hodgson, Smyslov, Kasparov & many others. Concentrates on pieces and themes, with 360 diagrams. Large format. AN Some foxing on the illustrated endpapers o/w G

£5.00

Sadler, M Tips For Young Players Everyman ‘07 5th reprint of 1999 original

160pp PB AN Endpaper has become stuck to inside front cover o/w VG £6.50 Sadler, M How To Win At Chess & Backgammon with B. Jacobs Everyman’07

216pp 119 of which are on chess. An abridged & edited & no-frills version of their earlier chess books.for beginners. SB AN G £2.50

Salter, M Chess Strategy ACE 1996 28pp Unfussy book from Oz that explains chess concepts with diagrams

from the games of Australian players. AN SB F+ £2.50 Stark, K Checkmate For Children – Mastering The Most Important Skill In Chess NIC 2010

143pp PB AN F £8.50 Saunders, J Learn How To Play Winning Chess – History, Rules, Skills & Tactics Hermes ‘11

The title says it all. Lavishly illustrated with 700+ in full colour.

256pp Large format. & weighs 1.3kg. SB AN F £8.00 Wade, R Check Out Chess - with Ted Nottingham Puffin 1989

146pp Small no-frills paperback. No colour, but cartoons, chess-based anecdotes, illustrative positions etc. SB; AN G- £2.00

Walker, J. N. Chess For Tomorrow’s Champions OUP 1983 144pp Possibly more suitable to early secondary school learners.

B&W, but still plenty of cartoons, diagrams, definitions of terms etc. SB AN o/w G

£3.00

Walker J. N First Steps In Chess OUP 1978

136pp Concentrates on the pieces and how they move. 27 cartoons with a mediaeval theme all in pencil and mostly full page. Club stamps, but mostly clean.

£4.00

Walker J. N Chess Openings For Juniors OUP 1979 153pp A series of whole games with diagrams in which one player

makes a mistake that loses the game and the author explains all. No colour or cartoons. Suitable for the studious learner. SB G-

£3.50

Williams, G The Amazing Book Of Chess – Learn To Play the Popular Game of Skill Chartwell ’95

125pp

Large format with everything in colour covering aspects of the early stages, plus many contemporary cartoons and photos of famous players down the centuries.

£5.50


12. Openings

NB: It can be assumed throughout that books marked as in Figurine will also be in algebraic notation.

Openings books that try to be comprehensive are usually “Big Beasts” This 1st Section on Openings will therefore be the ….

Big Beasts

Kasparov Batsford Chess Openings 2 with Ray Keene 2nd ed. Batsford ‘89 413pp All the main openings & a few odd ones too.

Figurine SB VG

£8.50

Korn, W Modern Chess Openings 13th edition. With Nick De Firmian Black 1990 708pp Korn brought decades of previous experience to the

production of this MCO now with a youthful helper. VG

£8.50

De Firmian Modern Chess Openings – 14th ed. completely revised. Batsford ‘03 708pp From the King’s Gambit to Bird’s Opening & everything

in between. Figurine. SB VG

£9.50

Matanovic et al Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 2nd ed. 1996 Belgrade

543pp Book A: dealing with the following openings:- English; Benoni; Dutch; Reti; Benko Gambit; Old Indian, & Bird’s. No text, but names of players & tournaments in English & moves in figurine. Very detailed. Weighs 1kg+! Green cloth boards. DW VG+

£10.00

Matanovic et al Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 4th ed. 2002 Belgrade

671pp

Book B: deals with the following openings: Sicilian; Caro-Kann; Pirc; Alekhine; Scandinavian. No text, but names of players & tournaments in English & moves in figurine. Very detailed. Weighs 1.3kg+! Yellow cloth boards. DW VG+

£10.00

Matanovic et al Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 4th ed. 2008 Belgrade

670pp

Book E: deals with the following openings: Nimzo-Indian; King’s Indian; Queen’s Indian; Catalan; Bogo-Indian; No text, but names of players & tournaments in English & moves in figurine. Orange cloth boards. DW VG+

£10.00

Matanovic et al Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 1st ed. 1974 Belgrade 348pp Book C deals with the following openings: French

Defence; Italian Game; Ruy Lopez; Vienna Game; King’s Gambit; Petroff’s Defence, Scotch Games & others after 1.e4 e5. Blue cloth boards DW (creased) G

£5.00

Nunn et al. Nunn’s Chess Openings with Burgess, Emms & Gallagher Gambit ‘99

544pp Compiled by 4 experts under the leadership of John Nunn. Clear tables for ease of reference. Computer-checked for accuracy. VG

£9.50

Schiller, E Standard Chess Openings – 3,000+ Opening Strategies Cardoza ‘02 784pp 2nd ed. An easy-to-read guide with discussions &

analysis on each opening. Clear layout. VG

£9.50

Schiller, E Gambit Chess Openings – 2,000+ Gambit strategies Cardoza ‘02 784pp 1st ed. Same format is followed as before. Clear layout

VG £9.50

Schiller, E World Championship Openings – 100 openings covered in depth.

Cardoza ‘00

384pp The “World’s leading authority on openings” explains how leading champions started their games & how it benefited them; preceded by mini biographies of them VG+

£8.50

Next come the generalist openings books – not promoting any particular opening, just guidance as to how to play better in that stage of the game. In alphabetical order of the author.

Assiac Opening Preparation with K. J. O’Connell. 1st ed. Pergamon ‘82

161pp 11 well-known opening innovations and how to be prepared for them & perhaps develop your own prize package. G

£5.00

Barden, L Guide To The Chess Openings with T. D. Harding McKay ‘77

168pp Using several of the most common openings, the improving player is guided through the characteristics of each and how best to meet them. HB DW

£4.75

Burgess, G Gambits. Batsford ‘95 112pp Pawn sacrifices – when to play or to defy them. SB VG+ £7.50 Another copy Batsford 1st ed. 1976 SB G £3.50

Collins, S Understanding the Chess Openings: How Modern Openings are Played

Gambit 2013

224pp Intro to a wide range of popular openings at club level. 400+ diagrams, Main lines explained. SB VG £7.25

Davis, N Gambiteer II – a hard-hitting opening repertoire for Black Everyman ‘07

192pp Provides an armoury of aggressive ideas for Black. SB VG

£7.50

Davis, N Play 1e4 e5! – A complete repertoire for Black in the Open Games

Everyman ‘05

192pp Mostly covers Ruy Lopez but also the Scotch & 2 Knights. Figurine. F £15.00 £8.50

Djuric, S Chess Opening Essentials Vol. 1 with Komarov & Pantaleoni NIC 2008

358pp

Vol. 1 The Complete 1.e4 20 open game & even more semi-open variants. Each explained in clear English with many diagrams. Whole game scores set out in coloured sections. Comprehensive yet easily followed. 2nd improved edition Figurine. SB VG+

£12.00

Ehlvest, J. Grandmaster Opening Preparation. Quality ‘18

270pp How to balance computer preparation with human considerations, and to build a repertoire that suits the reader. Pictorial HB F-

£14.75

Eingorn, V. A Rock-Solid Opening Repertoire for Black Gambit ‘12

192pp Based on playing 1…e6 & then exploiting whatever White tries, bringing him out of his comfort zone. SB VG+

£7.25

Eingorn, V. Creative Chess Opening Preparation Gambit ‘06

159pp How to seize the initiative & pose novel problems for your opponent. He discusses experiments in the opening: disturbing the equilibrium; strategic planning & opening structures. SB VG+

£9.75

Emms, J. Discovering Chess Openings: Everyman ‘06

248pp Building opening skills from basic principles. Ideal for improving players. SB VG+ £8.75

Fine, R The Ideas Behind The Chess Openings - intro by Sam Sloan ISHI 2012

240pp Fine’s perennially popular 1943 original is published afresh with the reminder that GMs remember the ideas & principles rather than masses of intricate detail. SB F

£7.50

Giddins, S. How To Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire Gambit ‘03

144pp A user-friendly guide to choosing & planning your openings.

£7.00

Grivas, E Beating The Fianchetto Defences Gambit ‘06

191pp A challenging repertoire v. 5 king’s fianchetto defences. i.e. KID; Grünfeld; Benko; Benko & Modern. SB VG £7.50

Harding, T. D Irregular Openings Ch. Digest ‘74 80pp 8 Chapters inc. The Spike; Saragossa; Anderssen

Attack; Van’t Kruijs’; Hippoptamus openings etc SB G £3.25 Hilton, J Wojo’s Weapons – Winning With White Vol. 1 with D. Ippolito

408pp A tribute to the late A. Wojtkiewicz whose Catalan-based repertoire won him 100s of US tournaments. They teach his system and offer 75 fully annotated games in support. Figurine SB F-

£10.00

Horowitz, I. How To Win In The Chess Openings Fireside ‘85

192pp A reprint of the perennially popular 1951 original, showing how to gain an early initiative through understanding rather than rote learning. SB VG+

£6.50

Horowitz, I. Modern Ideas In The Chess Openings Cornerstone ‘76

167pp Intended as supplementary to his previous book, or may be read independently. Examines 12 openings with the aid of 205 diagrams & a wealth of complete annotated games. SB pp browning slightly o/w G

£3.00

Horowitz, I. New Traps In The Chess Opening Faber 1973

181pp One trap on each of 175 pages, with a diagram at the vital point alongside all the moves leading up to it. All very well spaced out and easily accessed. Each one ideal for a 10 minute study. HB DW VG

£6.00

Jacobs, B Mastering The Opening Everyman’01

176pp Deals with every major opening; Many thematic games illustrate important principles; Revolutionary layour allows readers to absord key ideas. SB VG+

£7.25

Kallai, G Basic Chess Openings Cadogan ‘97

192pp Explains the issues in the main openings after White plays 1.e4. Figurine SB VG+ £7.50

Karpov A The Closed Openings In Action Batsford ‘89

126pp

These are openings that rely on a slower build-up of pressure & avoiding early wholesale slaughter by not exchanging pawns early on. 52 games mostly played by the author against Kasparov and related in a

£4.25

conversational style as he recalls the actual circumstances and outcomes. Figurine. SB G-

Karpov, A The Open Game In Action Batsford ‘90 111pp 4 main chapters on the Spanish, Russian, Scotch &

Italian Games. 75 complete annotated games. Index of main variations. SB; Figurine; VG

£5.00

Kaufman, L The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White – A complete, sound & user-friendly opening repertoire.

NIC 2012

496pp

A book of 2 halves; The white cover opens into 266 pages from White’s point of view. Turn it over & upside down and a black cover leads to 229 pages from Black’s point of view. Figurine notation & lots of diagrams help to keep the mind focussed. SB VG+

12.00

Keene, R. D Flank Openings 2nd ed. revised & enlarged BCM 1970

222pp

A study of the Reti, Catalan, English & King’s Indian Attack. 96 annotated games plus others without notes. The 1st ed. sold out in months, necessitating this update, compiled with all the energy of a 22 yr old. Typescript, SB AN G

£6.00

Keene, R. D An Opening Repertoire For White Batsford ‘84

160pp Well set out with diagrams & figurine algebraic notation helping to follow the pointers. An interesting final chapter on his nominations for the 1.d4 Oscars.

£6.00

Keene, R. D How To Play The Opening In Chess with David Levy Batsford ‘94

162pp An updating of his 1974 original. Figurine. SB Some fine underlining & sunning of page edges o/w G

£2.50

Kotronias V Beating The Flank Openings Batsford ‘96

176pp It’s all too easy to play routine moves against a quiet opening by White, & get slowly suffocated. Here’s how to avoid that with the help of 25 annotated games. Figurine SB G+

£4.00

Marin, M Beating The Open Games Quality ‘08

332pp The author’s own repertoire for Black against 1e4 especially the Scotch, Vienna, Spanish Exchange & King’s Gambit. SB Figurine AN VG+

£12.00

Marovic, D King Pawn Openings with I. Susic Batsford ‘75 252pp Covers options of how to follow up 1.e4 after 1…e5 or

1…c5. DW insc. & short marginalia on c. 3pp o/w G

£4.25

Mednis, E Practical Opening Tips Everyman ‘99

159pp

Lots of hints & tips appear in italic throughout the text explaining about the aims of the opening, avoiding bad variations etc. His writings are syndicated in magazines worldwide. Figurine. SB VG

£6.00

Mednis, E Practical Opening Tips Cadogan ‘97 159pp An earlier edition. SB VG+ £6.00

Pachman, L Open Games Spring Bks ‘65

291pp Deals with a wide range of openings in which Black replies to 1.e4 with 1…e5. DW G+

£5.00

Pachman, L Another copy. Club stamp; no DW o/w G £3.75

Pachman, L Semi-open Games Spring Bks ‘65

239pp Companion volume to previous title. Club stamp; no DW o/w G £5.00

Pachman, L Another copy. Club stamp; no DW o/w G £3.75 Pachman, L Indian Systems. P. Nevill ‘62

276pp Preceded the Spring Books series but very much in the same style. DW rubbed o/w G £5.00

Pachman, L Queen’s Gambit & other Close Games P. Nevill ‘63283pp DW rubbed o/w G £5.00

Pachman, L Indian Defences Chess

315pp

Reading between the lines, there seems to have been something of a contretemps in the production of this book. During his time behind the Iron Curtain, Pachman had passed a manuscript to B. H. Wood who proceeded to work on it with a team of colleagues. On being freed, he saw what had been done to update the analysis, agreed to add to it, but declined to have his name associated with it. No publication date is given and paper quality varies from section to section. DW G-

£4.00

Reinfeld, F How To Play The Queen Pawn Openings Foulsham

92pp An arch-communicator tells all. HB DW Paper beginning to show signs of age o/w G- £3.00

Rizzitano, J How To Beat 1d4 Gambit ‘05

160pp

A sound & ambitious repertoire based on the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, which gives Black free development & counterpunching potential. The stolid Colle, weird Hodgson Attack & reckless Blackmar-Diemer are also examined. Figurine. SB VG+

£7.50

Robertie, W Winning Chess Openings – Learn 25 Essential Opening Strategies Today!

Cardoza ‘02

178pp Very clearly laid out, with the signature moves of certain popular openings and a few games in full. SB AN VG+ £7.75

Schiller, E A Gambit Opening Repertoire For White Cardoza ‘98

184pp Much on the Göring Gambit (accepted & declined) & lesser known ones like the Halsz, Alapin & Ulysses Gambits. Well spaced out in the Cardoza style. SB VG+

£6.50

Schiller, E Fianchetto Against The West Indians Coraopolis ‘88

92pp A repertoire for White when Black fianchettos K-side in reply to 1.d4 2.c4. Some complete games. Insc. SB Figurine AN G

£3.00

Schiller, E Complete Defence To Queen Pawn Openings Cardoza ‘98

288pp An aggressive counterattacking repertoire based on the powerful Tarrasch Defence, covers Black openings against everything except 1.e4. SB F-

£7.25

Seirawan, Y Winning Chess Openings Everyman ‘04

257pp An introduction to the moves, strategies & philosophy of chess openings. Clearly set out for easy access, with diagrams on every page. Glossary – Index. SB VG

£7.00

Soltis, A Understanding The Open Games (Except Ruy Lopez) RHM 1980

142pp With Mednis, & Hartston. Covers mostly the Italian, Vienna, Scotch, Petroff, King’s Gambit & some others. £5.00

16 complete games to illustrate points made. AN SB VG Sokolsky, A.P The Modern Openings In Theory & Practice & their influence

on the Middlegame (trans. Golombek & Strauss) Pitman rep. ‘73

241pp Shows how the themes of each opening dominate the whole game in all stages. VG DW £7.50

Sokolsky, A.P Another copy but 1st ed. 1972 DW edges rubbed o/w G £5.75 Suetin, A. S. Modern Chess Opening Theory trans. by D. J. Richards Pergamon ‘65

322pp An early classic SB G £4.00 Summerscale A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire with S. Johnsen Gambit 2011

192pp New enlarged edition. An easy-to-learn repertoire for the chessboard assassin. Includes the Barry & 150 Attacks, Anti-Benoni & Anti-Dutch. 67 annotated illustrative games. Figurine. SB VG+

£7.25

Vainshtein, B Introduction to Chess Openings Gillam 1977 76pp Written in conversational style between an old master &

2 beginners. SB G £2.50 Varnusz, E. Play Anti-Indian Systems Maxwell 1991

213pp Starts off with the Torre-Petrosian Attack. SB; Figurine; VG £7.25

Walker, J Winning In The Opening – how to spot & seize on your opponents’ mistakes.

Cadogan ‘97

128pp SB Figurine notation; G+ £5.00 Ward, C Improve Your Opening Play Everyman ‘02

143pp Well set out item by a noted writer, using light bulb & crossbone icons to flag up important bits. SB VG+ £7.50

Watson, J Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 1 Gambit ‘06

335pp Unlocking the mysteries of the chess openings. Dealing mainly with the Open & Semi-Open games.

Figurine. SB VG+ £9.25


319pp Moves on to the closed games & Indian systems.

Figurine AN SB VG+ £9.25 Watson, J Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 3 Gambit ‘10

351pp Understanding the English Opening & related structures. keeping the same format & philosophy as the earlier works. Figurine. SB VG+

£9.25


319pp Covers the subjects of Gambits, Preparation, Fianchettoes & Symmetry. Figurine. SB VG+ £9.25

Wincor, R Baroque Chess Openings – How to Play Your Betters at Chess and on Occasion Win

Citadel 1975

116pp The author’s aim is “to reconcile some of the Hypermodern ideas and some of the Dutch systems, with Lasker’s object of playing psychologically, so as to win in style”. And he starts with the game Rowena vs Ron Bruce. SB G

£7.00

Znosko-Borovsky

How To Play The Chess Openings Hollings ‘37

166pp 2 or 3 page topics in uncomplicated language. Green

cloth boards with title in gilt on spine. Only blemish is a hand-drawn board on the back endpaper o/w G

£2.25

Now we come to books devoted to a specific opening. Listed here in alphabetical order of the opening’s name. NB: The Spanish & Ruy Lopez are synonymous but Spanish is used here. Alekhine’s Defence Eales, R Alekhine’s Defence with A. H. Williams Batsford ‘73 140pp DW VG £5.00

Another copy DW G £4.50 Another copy HB Brown spots on endpapers o/w G £3.75 Alburt/Schiller The Alekhine For The Tournament Player Batsford ‘85 134pp Variations illustrated by illustrative games. SB G- £3.75

Benko Gambit Gufeld, E. Benko Gambit Batsford ‘88

111pp Sections on Declined & Accepted. Index of variations. SB paper slightly yellowing o/w G

£4.25

Levy, D Benko Counter-Gambit Batsford ‘78

127pp Writes Levy on the cover, ”Black secures the initiative for at least 20 moves” & “of all the defences to 1.d4 the Benko has the best practical results”. Figurine. SB G

£4.50

Benoni Nunn, J The Benoni For The Tournament Player Batsford’82

149pp “The Benoni is Black’s most active & aggressive defence to 1.d4 leading to imbalanced positions which are unlikely to yield sterile equality” SB Figurine. G

£4.50

Raetsky, A Starting Out: Benoni Systems with M Chetverik. Everyman ‘05 239pp Includes Schmidt Benoni, Czech Benoni & Benko

Gambit. 75 complete annotated illustrative games. Light bulb icons to highlight points. SB AN VG+

Hartston, W The Benoni Batsford ‘69

127pp Includes 34 complete illustrative games. Covers the Modern & Czech. Index of variations. HB DW VG+

£5.00

Another copy – the SB version published 1977 £4.00

Norwood, D The Modern Benoni Cadogan ‘94

143pp An expert on this opening uses 40 annotated games to explore this particular landscape. SB 1 loose page o/w G-

£2.00

Bird’s Opening. Moravian Bird’s Opening 1 A02. Olomouc ‘98

394pp Covers 1.f4 and 34 of Black’s 1st moves. Almost 1,800 complete game scores in figurine. SB VG+

£6.00

Moravian Bird’s Opening II A03 Olomouc ‘98

396pp Covers 1.f4 and 37 variants after 1…d5 2,000+ complete game scores in figurine. SB VG+

£6.00

Moravian Bird’s Opening III A03 Olomouc ‘98

378pp Also covers 1.f4 1d5. 1,214 complete game scores in figurine. SB VG

£6.00

Harding, T. D Bishop’s Opening Batsford ‘73 116pp Covers a number of variants. SB G- £2.00

Leach, C Bishop’s Opening Caissa 1990

72pp 260 games in Figurine AN with notes in the text. SB Insc. & club stamps o/w G £1.50

Lane, G Winning With The Bishop’s Opening Batsford ‘93

152pp Each section has a number of annotated illustrative games. Index of variations. SB Figurine. VG+ £4.75

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Lane, G Blackmar-Diemer Gambit by Gary Lane Batsford ‘95

128pp

Gary says… “The BDG gives White very dangerous attacking chances & Black must know a precise defence to come out of the opening alive.” 9 chapters, each on a variation. 35 annotated illustrative games in figurine with diagrams. G

£4.50

Orlov, G The Black Knights’ Tango Outwit White from move 2! Batsford ‘98

128pp 1.d4 Nf6; 2.c4 Nc6!? Covers Advance, Fianchetto, QN &KN variations. Index of Variations. Figurine. SB VG+ £6.75

Budapest Gambit Borik, O Budpest Gambit. (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5) Batsford ‘86

100pp Leads to lively play & attacking chances for Black who hopes to establish a strong knight on e5. 35 illustrative games. Index of variations. SB G

£4.00

Harding. T Budapest Gambit – The Fighting Fajarowicz: An Exciting Black Defense 1.d4 Nf6; 2.c4 e5: 3.dxe5 Ne4!

Ch. Digest 96

228pp Pt. 1 = Ideas; Pt. 2 = Analyses; Pt. 3 = 372 Game scores, a few with light notes. SB AN VG £7.50

Tseitlin, M The Budapest For The Tournament Player with I. Glaskov Batsford ‘92 144pp Covers deviations after 3…Ng4 or Ne4. 18 annotated

illustrative games. List of variations. SB VG £4.50 Caro-Kann

Karpov, A Caro-Kann Defence- Panov Attack with M. Podgaets Batsford ‘06

276pp After 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed ed White can launch Panov’s 4.c4 !? in a bid for active play & this book looks atBlack’s best responses. SB Figurine VG+

£8.00

Hall, J Caro-Kann with K. Smith. Ch. Digest 83 101pp Index of variations. Includes the Panov Attack. SB G £3.75

Berg, K Trends in the Classical Caro-Kann 4….Bf5 Trends 1992 38pp 100 game scores in figurine, some with diagrams. SB G £1.25

Lalic, S Trends In The Caro-Kann 4…Nd7 Vol 2 Trends 1995 38pp The 100 most important & helpful games played 1992-5

were selected & put into chapters. SB VG £1.25 Jacobs, B Trends In The Advance Caro-Kann Vol. 2 Trends 1994

43pp 100 games in 10 sections but focussing on 4.Nf3. SB VG £1.25 Kasparov, K Caro-Kann: Classical 4…Bf5 with A. Shakarov Batsford ‘84

148pp Thorough analysis by a future World Champion. SB G £4.50 Speelman J New Ideas In The Caro-Kann Batsford ‘92

155pp The opening suddenly became popular with top GMs in the ‘80s and a fresh look at it was advised. Here are 192 annotated illustrative games from the ‘80s. SB VG

£4.00

Kotronias, V Beating The Caro-Kann Batsford ‘94 112pp Useful whether one wants to play it or beat it. 20

complete annotated illustrative games & many £4.50

Marin, M The English Opening Vol. 1 Quality 2010

477pp Page 1 gives 9 diagrams arising from the variations covered e.g. Karpov Var.; Botvinnik System; Keres Var. & Reversed Rossolimo etc. Well set out quality paper etc. SB Figurine. F

£9.00

Marin, M The English Opening Vol. 2 Quality 2010

“episodes”. SB Figurine. VG+

Catalan Dunnington A Winning With The Catalan Batsford ‘97

158pp “The 1st book to explain the Catalan in a way accessible to club & tournament players” Covers open & closed Catalan systems. 25 annotated illustrative games. Index of variations. SB Figurine. VG+

£4.25.

Neishstadt, Y Play The Catalan Vol. 1 Open Variation Pergamon ‘87

244pp 9 chapters. Index of main variations. 6 annotated illustrative games. SB G+

£4.25

Moiseyev, O Catalan Opening with G. Ravinsky Batsford ‘84

138pp Proofs of this book read & approved by Kasparov. 11 sections on the Open and 5 on the closed variations. Index of variations. SB Figurine. G-

£3.75

Colle System. Smith & Hall Winning With The Colle System Ch. Digest 87

234pp Explanations followed by 27 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. SB AN G

£3.75

Harding, T.D. Colle, London & Blackmar Systems Batsford ‘79 104pp 120 complete illustrative games in figurine. SB G £4.00

Dutch Leningrad. McDonald, N The Dutch Leningrad 1st ed. 1997 Chess Press

144pp General intro giving the historical background followed by 65 annotated illustrative games. SB. Figurine. VG+

£5.50

Schiller, E Modern Stonewall Dutch Coroapolis‘89 100pp Index of 130+ game references. Index of variations. SB

G+ £2.75

Harding T. D The Leningrad Dutch Batsford 76 179pp Important intro. Index to c. 200 complete games. Index

of variations. DW VG

£4.00

Ehlvest, J The Leningrad Dutch Batsford ‘94

139pp Mostly follows the main line & the teachings of Botvinnik & Taimanov. Index of variations. SB Figurine. VG

£4.00

Beim, V Understanding The Leningrad Dutch – an experienced trainer’s guide to a dynamic opening system.

Gambit ‘02

192pp

Includes 35 test diagrams with solutions at the end, with the variations index. SB Figurine. VG+

English Opening . Bagirov, V English Opening - Symmetrical Cadogan ‘95

215pp Covers 6 of Black’s variations. Index of variations. SB Figurine. VG

£4. 75

Bagirov, V English Opening – Classical & Indian Cadogan ‘94

227pp Covers 9 of Black’s variations. Index of variations. Companion vol. to previous title.SB Figurine. VG

£4. 75

432pp Mainly Anti-Slav, Anti QG systems. SB Figurine. F £9.00 Marin, M The English Opening Vol. 3 Quality 2010

274pp Covers Closed System & Open Lines. SB Figurine. F £9.00 Povah, N English: Four Knights Batsford ‘82

184pp 8 different 4th moves for White examined with the help of complete annotated games (70) SB AN G- £3.00

Watson, J English:- Franco, Slav & Flank Defences Batsford ‘81 113pp The 4th & final volume of his series on the English. 58 full

or partial games as illustrations. DW G+ £4.50 De Firmian English Attack with John Fedorowicz Batsford ‘04

256pp Was favoured for a time by England’s top players, hence the name. Index of variations & illustrative games. Fairly dense stuff. SB Figurine VG+

£7.00

Pickett, L. M Four Knights & the Belgrade Gambit Gillam ‘76 80pp Nicely set out & easy to follow. Small format. Card

covers. G £2.25 Palkovi, J Hedgehog Systen Against The English Opening Kecskemet 97

131pp Dedicated to this anti-English system which White may well need to be aware of. In English. SB AN VG £4.00

Keene R. The English Defence …e6; …b6, …Bb7 with Tisdall & Plaskett Batsford ‘87

100pp White is allowed to set up a broad pawn centre which then Black attacks in hypermodern style. 40 annotated illustrative games. SB Figurine. G+

£4.50

Watson, J. Play The French Pergamon’84 212pp Good general introduction. Index of Variations.

SB AN Club stamps on title page o/w G £4.00 Harding, T. D The Classical French Batsford ‘91

194pp Covers everything arising from …. 3.Nc3 Nf6 and with nothing else. SB Figurine. Club stamps o/w G+ £4.00

Harding T. D. French: Classical Lines with W. Heidenfeld Batsford ‘79 158pp A precursor to the previous item. SB Figurine. G+ £4.00

Moles J. The French Defence Main Line Winawer Batsford ‘75 258pp Index of 320 complete annotated games. Index of

variations. HB DW VG+ £5.50

Keene, R French Defence: Tarrasch Variation with Shaun Taulbut 1st ed Batsford ‘80 101pp 1.e4 e6. 2.d4 d5. 3.Nd2 36 illustrative games. Index of

variations. SB Figurine. Some marginalia £2.00 Keene, R French Defence: Tarrasch Variation (new ed.) with S. Taulbut Batsford ‘87

102pp 42 illustrative games. Index of variations. SB G £2.75 Richmond, P. French Defence – Tarrasch Variation Gillam ‘80

128pp Everything done in Figurine. with some diagrams. SB £2.00 Harding T. D French: MacCutcheon & Advance Lines Batsford ‘79

130pp 180 illustrative games with index. Variations index.

SB Figurine. G+ £2.50 Psakhis, L Advance & Other Anti-French Variations Batsford

160pp Mostly Exchange & Advance variations. 19 illustrative games. SB Figurine. VG+ £4.50

Kosten, T The French Advance 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 the advance in question.

Chess Press

French Defence

144pp

92 complete annotated illustrative games. Clearly set out. SB Figurine. VG+

£5.50

Taulbut, S How To Play The French Defence 2nd ed. Batsford ‘91

122pp Deals with all the main variants. Index to the 70 illustrative games used in the text. SB AN VG

£4.50

Grünfeld Defence Gambit ‘04 Rowson J. Understanding The Grünfeld

240pp Concentrates on controlling the centre, not necessarily occupying it. Highlights all the key strategic themes to provide a complete repertoire for Black. 36 annotated illustrative games. SB Figurine. VG+

£5.50

Shamkovich The Gruenfeld Defense with J. Cartier Hays 1997 191pp 7 chapters & 140 diagrams but the whole is well spaced

out for easier assimilation. Index of variations. SB VG+

£5.50

Hartston, W The Grünfeld Defence Batsford ‘71

182pp Covers variations involving Black’s characteristic K-side fianchetto, Index to 115 illustrative games. Index of variations. HB DW VG

£4.50

Dearing, E Challenging The Grünfeld Quality 2005

205pp If the Grunfeld is so strong, how should White cope with it? Here are 50 deeply annotated games that show how. SB Figurine. VG+

£9.00

Shipov, S The Complete Hedgehog Vol 1 Mongoose 09

532pp

Foreword by Kasparov. Omnivorous, prickly in skin & temper & not afraid to take on a snake or two. Then 500 pages spent on proving the comparison. Now a respected weapon in Black’s amoury. Figurine. SB F

£10.00

Italian Game Harding, T.D The Italian Game with G, Botterill Batsford ‘77 136pp Covers the Guico Piano; Evans Gambit; 2Knights &

Hungarian Defences. Indices of complete games (c. 140) & variations. HB DW G+

£4.75 Another copy without DW o/w G+ £4.00

King’s Gambit McDonald, N The King’s Gambit – a modern view of a swashbuckling opening Batsford ‘98 160pp Pt 1 accepted; Pt. 2 declined Pt. 3 Odds & Ends.

59 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Figurine. SB VG £15

£5.00

Thimann, R. King’s Gambit – A Game Collection Gillam 1974 196pp 208 annotated illustrative games with diagrams.

Internally G £3.00

Gallagher, J Winning With The King’s Gambit Batsford ‘92

194pp Chapters on the Fischer, Cunningham, Modern, Schallop & Classical Defences. 58 complete annotated games. Index of variations. SB AN VG+

£5.00

Thimann, R Another copy. Covers water-stained but Internally G- £2.25

King’s Indian Defence Barden, L The King’s Indian Defence with Hartston & Keene Batsford ‘69

211pp A comprehensive work of 8 sections & 22 illustrative games. HB DW G

Martin, A King’s Indian - Sämisch Trends 1990

40pp 100 game scores in figurineAN with diagrams to some & a short intro to each section. SB VG-

£1.25

Gallagher, J The Sämisch King’s Indian Holt 1995

240pp 17 sections follow the multiple variants with 56 annotated illustrative games helping. Index of variations. Figurine SB. small neat insc. o/w VG+

£5.50

Keene, R. D. How To Play The King’s Indian Sämisch Variation Gillam ‘76

80pp 24 annotated games with diagrams. 1 game score inscribed on the front endpaper o/w G

£2.25

Emms, J Starting Out: King’s Indian Attack Everyman 05

224pp Can be employed against many lines and concentrates on attacking the French, Sicilian & Caro-Kann. 47 annotated illustrative games. Index of variations. SB F-

£8.25

Gligoric, S King’s Indian Defence – Mar Del Plata Variation. Batsford ‘02 160pp 38 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. SB

Figurine. F-

£5.50

Bellin R & Ponzetto P

Mastering The King’s Indian Defence with the Read & Play Method

Batsford ‘90

204pp

Always a popular book but not easily obtainable. 10 sections including on the Mar Del Plata, Petrosian, Samisch & Averbakh centres. SB Figurine. G

£5.00

Panczyk, K Offbeat King’s Indian with J. Ilczuk Everyman ‘04

178pp “lesser known tries to counter this most popular of defences” & tackled from both sides of the fence. 75 annotated games with diagrams. SB Figurine. F-

£5.00

Geller, E Kings’s Indian Defence: g3 Systems Batsford ‘80 133pp i.e 1d4 Nf6. 2.c4 g6 3.g3 or 3.Nc3 Bg7. HB G- £2.75

Gallagher, J Beating The Anti-King’s Indians Batsford ‘96

191pp Or… Winning with the KID. A number of White’s options are examined from the 4 pawns attack to the Blackmar. 29 annotated illustrative games. Index of openings. SB AN G+

£3.50.

Kosten, T Latvian Gambit Batsford ‘95

144pp

Black plays a King’s Gambit i.e. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 expecting something familiar and then 2.f5 and White can go very wrong very quickly. Some knowledge is required. Here are c. 200 complete games showing what’s best to play and avoid. Index of variations. AN SB VG+

£6.00

Johnsen, S Win With The London System with V, Kovacevic Gambit ‘05

176pp 55 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Index of Variations. SB AN VG

£5.00

Soltis, A The London System Ch.Digest’ 93 182pp 50 complete illustrative games. SB Marginalia on c.

15 pp o/w in good general condition.

£4.25

Romero, A The Agile London System with De Prado NIC 2016

211pp

“A solid but Dynamic Opening Choice for White” 13 chapters on how to meet different Black responses. 60 annotated illustrated games with diagrams. 60 exercises from set positions. Games & variations indices, SB AN F

£10.00

Wade, R The Marshall Attack with T. D. Harding Batsford ‘74

256pp A strong weapon for Black against the Spanish. Index of complete games (220) & variations. HB DW VG

£8.75

Keene R. D. The Modern Defence with G. S. Botterill 2nd imp. Batsford ‘76

168pp “1…P-KN3: A universal panacea” to 1.e4, d4 or f4. Indices of complete games (92) & variations. HB DW VG

£5.25

Tiger H Persson Tiger’s Modern Quality 2010

216pp Starts from Black’s 1,,,g6; 2…Bg7 & introduces us to The Hippopotamus. Into midair, Mad dog & Lazy Variations, amongst others. Indices of complete games (68) & variations. Figurine. SB VG+

£9.00

Harding T. D. Nimzowitsch Defence 1.e4 Nc6 Batsford ‘81

144pp The author’s chatty spiel gives conviction to the idea the opening is safe & solid with prospects. SB AN G

£3.25

Keene, R Nimzo-Larsen Attack Batsford ‘77

126pp 1.b3 can be a useful surprise weapon for the adventurous. 60 complete games, several by Larsen. HB DW AN G-

£2.75

Lakdawala, C. The Nimzo-Larsen Attack move by move Everyman 13

416pp

Takes the form of a reported conversation between reader & writer i.e. a question such as a reader might ask is put near a diagram, and the answer is given. This goes on for c. 400 pp. A clear tutorial. 70 games. Indices of games & variations. Figurine SB VG+

£10.00

Sokolov, I Nimzo-Indian Defence E32 – 39 Informator 97

207pp 1,275 games with languageless analysis in figurine. SB VG+

£4.50

Kosten, T Mastering The Nimzo-Indian with the Read & Play Method Batsford ‘98 144pp Examines this “in terms of typical pawn structures &

ideas”. 21 complete annotated games with diagrams. Index of variations. SB AN VG+

£5.00

Ward, C Offbeat Nimzo-Indian Everyman 05

144pp A selection of aggressive anti-Nimzo lines inc. 4.a3; 4.f3 & 4.Bg5. Index of complete games (47). Figurine SB VG+

£4.75

MacDonaldRoss Nimzo-Indian Defence: Leningrad System. Batsford 78

135pp Index of complete games (150) & variations. SB Figurine G

£3.25

(Smith, K) Nimzo-Indian Defense Chess Digest 82pp Typescript; G £2.25

Petroff Defence Janjgava, L The Petroff – an account of the opening favoured by Kramnik. Gambit 2001

240pp Starts with range of White’s 3rd move e.g. d4; Nxe4; Nxe5 & Nf3. Index of variations. Figurine SB VG+

£7.50

Hooper, D A Complete Defence To 1. P-K4 – Petroff’s Defence Pergamon 67

180pp Intro by Barden & biographical notes on Petroff. 50 complete annotated games, SB G+

£3.25

Forintos, G Petroff’s Defence with E. Haag Batsford ‘83

248pp Investigates mainly 3.d4 & 3.Nxe5. Figurine. SB c. 12 words of marginalia o/w G-

£2.75

Jusupov Petroff’s Defence C42 Informator 94

160pp Languageless examination in Figurine of the various variations before 100 complete games SB G

£3.25

Raetsky, A The Petroff Defence Variant: 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Ne5 Nd7 80pp 143 games analysed, 90 of them complete PB G £2.00

Blackstock, L Trends In The Petroff Vol. 2 with R. Wade Trends ‘92

34pp 100 games scores in figurine with some introductory notes to the 10 chapters. SB F+

£2.00

Kosten, T Winning With The Philidor Batsford ‘92

144pp Devotes 10 chapters to named variations. Index of variations & games. SB AN VG+

£4.25

Pirc Defence Vigus, J The Pirc In Black & White Everyman 07

381pp

Detailed coverage in 5 parts of an enterprising opening, with 78 deeply annotated complete games with diagrams. Figurine SB F

£9.75

Nunn, J The Complete Pirc Batsford ‘94

215pp The master analyst concentrates first on the Austrian Attack & Classical Variation, before the lesser known variants. Figurine SB VG

£7.75

Nunn, J The Ultimate Pirc with C, NcNab Batsford ‘98

320pp Builds on the earlier work to produce the ultimate manual for both Black & White. Index of variations. SB Figurine. VG-

£7.75

Botterill, G The Pirc Defence with R. D. Keene Batsford ‘73 259pp 6 sections on the Austrian Attack & 5 on the rest. c.

200 complete annotated games, & variations indices. HB DW VG-

£4.50

Nunn, J. New Ideas In The Pirc Defence Batsford ‘93 144pp 48 straight games with annotations, some with

diagrams & all played within c. 3 yrs before publication. Figurine SB VG-

£4.00

Nunn, J The Pirc For The Tournament Player Batsford ‘80 130pp Indices of complete games (c. 200) & Variations.

Figurine SB VG-

£3.25

Hodgson, J Trends In The Classical Pirc Trends 1989 42pp 100 game scores in figurine with a short intro to each

of 11 chapters. SB VG

£2.00

Hodgson, J Trends In The Classical Pirc Vol. 2 Trends 1992 38pp 100 game scores in figurine with a short intro to each

of 10 chapters. SB F

£2.00 Queen’s Indian Defence. Geller, E The Complete Queen’s Indian Batsford ‘92 Black plays 3.b6 with the intention of either 4.Bb7 or

295pp Ba6 & there’s a lot to think about. Index of variations. Figurine SB VG+

£5.50

Gurevich, M Queen’s Indian Defence – Kasparov System Batsford ‘91 104pp Foreword by Kasparov. As the author says in his

flowery Preface “he has woven an “Ariadne’s thread” to guide you on the journey through the labyrinth of this system”. So, success assured. 25 deeply annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Index of variations. Figurine SB VG+

£5.00

König, I Queen’s Indian Defence Pitman ‘47

64pp Intro by J. du Mont. 25 annotated games some complete. Insc. explaining the circumstances of its original purchase. SB DW G

£4.00

Pachman, L Queen’s Gambit Chess 1964 258pp Numerous illustrative games in each section/variation.

Green cloth boards. G

£4.50

Martin, A Queen’s Gambit Accepted TUI ‘89

56pp A precursor to the popular Trends series. 99 game scores in figurine, with brief comments at the start of each section. Marginalia on 6pp o/w G-

£1.50

Schiller, E Queen’s Gambit Declined: Orthodox Variation CEI 1984 98pp 10 chapters on the various branches. Figurine. SB G £2.50

Konikowski, J Queen’s Gambit Declined – Exchange Variation CE1 1985

58pp Includes 36 annotated games with diagrams. Red card covers. Figurine. G+

£2.25

Gufeld / Stetsko Queen’s Pawn Opening- New Ideas in the Richter-Veresov Thinkers ‘99

192pp The Chameleon Chess Repertoire. 39 annotated complete illustrative games & a further 91 game scores from shortly before going to press. SB AN VG

£5.00

Bezgodov, A The Double Queen’s Gambit – a surprise weapon for Black. NIC 2015 288pp 151 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Index

of variations. Figurine. SB F- €25

£9.50

Bellin, R Queen’s Pawn: Veresov System Batsford ‘83 90pp 73 complete illustrative games. Indices of players &

varations. Figurine. SB G-

£2.75

Plaskett, J The Queen’s Bishop Attack Revealed. (pseudo Trompovsky) Batsford ‘05

219pp 38 complete annotated illustrative games with diagrams. 22 test positions with answers nearby. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+ £15

£8.00

Adams J Richter-Veresov System Gillam 1978

240pp No words, only games - lots of them, plus diagrams. Figurine. SB G-

£2.50

Smith & Hall The Veresov Attack 1.d4 d5; 2.Nc3 Nf6; 3Bg5 Ch Digest 94

200pp Nicely spaced out & easy to follow with 1 or 2 diagrams on every page. SB AN VG

£5.00

Reti Schiller, E How To Play The Reti. CEI 1988

104pp Includes 45 annotated illustrative games in figurine with diagrams. SB G+

Kuligowski, A Developments in the Reti-System Self-published

60pp

100 selected games – Introduced by Grandmaster Adam Kuligowski. Sections are introduced but no analysis in the text. SB AN G

£2.00

Wells, P The Scotch Game …. One of Kasparov’s favourite weapons Batsford ‘98 160pp 88 complete annotated illustrative games with

diagrams. Figurine. SB VG £15

£8.00 SICILIAN DEFENCE

General books first & then variations in alphabetical order

Kopec, D Mastering The Sicilian Batsford 01

128pp Covers a number of structures & variations. 70 annotated games with diagrams. Figurine, SB F

£8.25

Nesis, G Tactics In The Sicilian Batsford 93 210pp 13 sections on aspects of the Sicilian game with

illustrative games in each, 59 in all. Figurine, SB VG

£7.25 Aagaard & Shaw Experts vs The Sicilian Quality 04

288pp 10 expert players explain how they, as White, tackle one particular Black line. e.g. Peter Wells faces and beats the Classical line & Golubev takes on the Dragon. So, Sicilian players watch out. 65 annotated games with diagrams. Figurine, SB VG

£7.50

Nunn, J. Beating The Sicilian 3 with J. Gallagher Batsford 95

224pp 13 chapters each involving a different Sicilian line. Includes 29 illustrative games. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+

£4.25

Levy, D Sacrifices In The Sicilian. Batsford 74

166pp Analyses the sacrificial ideas that arise in Sicilian games and classifies them – a chapter on each. HB DW in clear cover. Ex lib. G-

£2.75

Polugayevsky, L The Sicilian Labyrinth Volume 1 Pergamon 91

181pp Opening experiences: Attack & Defence in the Middlegame. 200+ games. Title page signed but not clear by whom. Figurine. SB G+

£5.00

Chandler, M The Complete c3 Sicilian Batsford 97

239pp 70 illustrative annotated games with diagrams. Index of variations. Figurine SB Club stamps on page edges o/w G

£3.00

Pedersen, S Easy Guide To The Bb5 Sicilian. Everyman 99

128pp Deals with The Rossolimo & Moscow Variations. Index of variations. Figurine SB F-

£4.50

Ilic, Z The Sicilian With …Qb6 – Dynamic surprise weapons Batsford 98

144pp Covers lines after Black plays 4…Qb6 in the Open Sicilian after either 2…Nc6 or 2…e6. Index of variations. Figurine. SB F

£4.50

Raetsky, A Starting Out: Classical Sicilian Everyman 07

176pp 35 annotated illustrative games. Light bulb & jolly roger icons flag up the important bits. Index of variations.

Lane, G Winning With The Closed Sicilian Batsford 92

155pp 37 annotated illustrative games. Index of variations. Figurine SB pages slightly yellowing around edges o/w VG

£4.25

Ward, C Winning With The Dragon Batsford 94

208pp 53 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG

£4.00

Levy, D The Sicilian Dragon Batsford ‘73

202pp Concentrates on the Rauzer Attack & the Classical. Index of variations. HB DW G

£3.50

Miles T Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack. with E. Moskow Batsford 79

151pp c. 150 complete illustrative games. Index of variations. Figurine. SB G

£3.00

Ward & Wade Developments in the Sicilian Dragon 1984-88 Quadrant 88

58pp 100 games with light notes. Figurine. SB Club stamp o/w VG

£2.00

Smith & Hall Grand Prix Attack: Attacking The Sicilian with 2.f4 Ch Digest 95

129pp Clearly set out. 14 complete games, annotated & with diagrams. AN SB VG

£4.25

Grivas, E A Complete Guide to the Grivas Sicilian (4…Qb6) Gambit 05

144pp Various lines and variations from White’s 5th to 10th move. 12 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Figurine. SB VG+

£4.75

Rotella, T The Killer Sicilian – fighting 1.e4 with the Kalashnikov Everyman 14

464pp An easy-to-learn opening with the potential to up-end the unwary. Diagrams on every page (almost) & a gentle commentary. Figurine. SB VG+

£10.00

McDonald, N Winning With The Kalashnikov Batsford ‘95

144pp 25 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. The Main Line & 5 others. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+

£4.50

Pickett, L. M. Sicilian Defence 8: Moscow Variation Gillam 1976

78pp 1.e4 c5; 2.Nf3 d6; Bb5+ and Black can interpose either B or N. Both lines are looked at. SB G+

£2.00

Burgess, G. Winning With The Smith-Morra Gambit Batsford ‘94

192pp 10 lines explored with the help of 47 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+

£4.50

Flesch, J The Morra (Smith) Gambit. 1.e4 c5: 2.d4 cxd: 3.c3 Batsford ‘81 150pp 15 lines & divergences. Figurine, SB Insc. & notes on

8 pp o/w G

£2.50

Nunn & Stean Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation Batsford ‘82

186pp

1.e4 c5; 2.Nf3 d6; 3.d4 cxd 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6..and the book starts here. Complete games & diagrams were sacrificed to keep it down to a reasonable size. 6 yrs later 100+ pages were added. Figurine. SB G-

£3.50

Nunn, J (Sicilian) Najdorf For The Tournament Player Batsford 88

298pp A thorough investigation by a master analyst & writer. Figurine, SB G

£6,75

Arizmandi, J Mastering The Najdorf with J. Moreno Gambit 04

224pp A complete guide to understanding the most popular Sicilian system. 7 lines analysed. 52 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Figurine. SB VG+

£7.25

Polugajewski, L Sizilianisch – Najdorf System – Polugajewski-Variante Berlin 1985

250pp

Highly detailed analysis of this variation in 6 chapters. German text apparently by Polugajewski translated from his Russian original with moves in figurine. DW VG+

£5.00

Sveshnikov, E The Sicilian Pelikan trans. by T. F. Thynne Batsford ‘89

280pp

This opening, due to the extensive work on it done by Sveshnikov as can be seen here, soon acquired his name. Index of variations. With complete games & more diagrams this could easily have stretched to 400pp or more. Figurine. SB VG

£3.50

Pickett, L. M. Sicilian Defence 9: Rossolimo Variation Gillam 1977

71pp 1.e4 c5; 2.Nc3 Nf6; 3.Bg5 signature move of thisvariation, a quieter line than some. A smallmonograph. SB G

£2.00

Schiller, E Sicilian: Modern Richter-Rauzer Systems CEI ‘76

59pp 57 complete games with index. Starts with 6.Bg5 & follows a few variations. Small monograph. AN SB G- £2.00

Pritchett, C The Sicilian Scheveningen Batsford ‘77

206pp

A great many complete games, 34 of which are central to the theme. DW in clear protective cover the adhesive of which has stained the corners of the endpapers o/w G+

£6.75

Plaskett, J. Sicilian Sozin Trends 1991

42pp 100 game scores divided into 10 sub-variations with notes at the start of each. Figurine. SB VG

£1.50

Harding, T. D. The Sicilian Sozin with Botterill & Kottnauer Batsford ‘74

192pp

1.e4 c5; 2.Nf3 Nc6; 3.d4 pXd4; 4. Nxd4; 5.Nc3 d66.Bc4 the starting point. Covers Black responsesfavoured by Velimirovic; Fischer; Najdorf, Bronstein &Benko. 120 complete games & variations index. HBDW VG+

£5.50

Yakovich, Y The Complete Sveshnikov Sicilian Gambit ‘02

272pp Detailed coverage of an aggressive opening by a leading practitioner. Moves up to 5…e5 used to be called the Pelikan, now changed. 15 chapters each following different lines. Figurine. SB VG+

£5.50

Rogozenko, D. The Sveshnikov Reloaded Quality ‘05

341pp 3 parts + 3 sections with much lucid explanation. Index of variations. Figurine SB VG+ £10.00

McDonald, N The Sveshnikov Sicilian Batsford 99

144pp 43 complete illustrative games with diagrams. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+ £7.25

Rohde, M Play The Sveshnikov! Hays ‘98

175pp 5 parts each with a number of chapters. Nicely spread out & easy to follow. AN SB VG+

£5.00

Neverov, V New Ideas In The Sveshnikov Sicilian Batsford ‘96

144pp 31 annotated illustrative games with diagrams, concentrating mostly on the Classical variation. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+

£5.00

Gallagher, J Developments In The Sicilian: Sveshnikov 1985-88 Quadrant 55pp 100 games with light notes & most with diagrams.

Figurine. SB VG+ £2.25

Buckley G Trends In The Sicilian Scheveningen Trends 1998 33pp 100 games covering 6 sub-divisions with short notes

at the start of each. Figurine. SB G

Ivanisevic, I The Taimanov Bible – A Complete Manual For The Sicilian Player. With M Perunovic & R. Markus

Thinkers 2016

356pp Figurine. SB VG+ £8.00

Sadler, M. The Slav 1997 Chess Press

144pp 140 complete annotated games illustrative of the 14 variations covered. Figurine. SB Pages tending to yellow o/w VG

£3.00

Flear, G The Slav For The Tournament Player Batsford

150pp

12 chapters each devoted to one variation. Numerous complete annotated illustrative games in figurine. Index of variations. Signed by “M. Kuzwiecky” (or similar). G.

£6.50

Sadler, M The Semi-Slav 1998 Chess Press

160pp 140 complete annotated games illustrative of the 20 variations covered. Figurine. SB VG

£5.00

Knaak, R. Semi-Slav & Meran Trends 1991

46pp 100 games covering 13 sub-sections with short notes at the start of each. Figurine. SB VG+

£1.25

Spanish (synonymous with the Ruy Lopez) Suetin, A. The Complete Spanish. Batsford ‘91

224pp 17 chapters from Bird’s to Zaitsev Variations. Index of variations. Figurine. SB VG+

£4.50

McDonald, N The Ruy Lopez Move by Move Everyman 11

317pp Sections are headed (a) White plays d2-d3 (b) White plays d2-d4; (c) Black plays Bc5 (e) Gambit lines. 44 annotated illustrative games. Q&A approach. Figurine. SB F- £18

£10.00

Greet, A Play The Ruy Lopez – a complete repertoire in a famous opening Everyman 06

376pp Chatty foreword by N. Short. 3 parts (a) no 3…a6; (b) after 3…a6 4th move choices; (c) The Worrall system. Index of variations. Figurine. SB F- £15

£9.50

Taulbut, S How To Play The Ruy Lopez Batsford

124pp 13 chapters & 100+ illustrative games in figurine cover the variations. Insc. & pp browning o/w G-

£3.25

Marin, M A Spanish Repertoire For Black Quality ‘11

232pp Starts after 4.Ba4 & journeys through the Chigorin, Rubinstein, Petrosian, Yates, Worrall systems etc. Figurine. SB F- €24

£9.50

Lane, G The Ruy Lopez Explained. Batsford ‘05

160pp 37 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Well spaced out & easy to follow. Figurine. SB VG+

£4.50

Taulbut, S. How To Play The Ruy Lopez. Batsford ‘87

140 complete annotated games illustrative of the 14 variations covered. Figurine. SB Pages tending to yellow o/w VG

£3.00

O’Connell, K Spanish Open Batsford ‘78

135pp 284 complete annotated games illustrative of the 18 variations covered. Figurine. SB G £2.50

Wade, R The Closed Ruy Lopez with Blackstock & Booth Batsford ‘70 256pp 278 complete games incorporated into the 12

sections. Indices of games & variations. HB DW G £4.00 Lalic, B Trends In The Closed Spanish Vol. 2 Trends 1994

42pp 100 games over 8 sections with short notes at the start of each. Figurine. SB VG. £1.25

Barden, L The Ruy Lopez – Winning Chess With 1.P-K4 Pergamon’71

170pp Just 7 chapters yet the table of variations runs to 16 pages. SB £2.50

Harding & Wade The Marshall Attack Batsford 74

256pp A Black weapon against the Spanish. 22 complete illustrative games covering the 30 variations. Variations index & classification system takes up 9 pp. HB DW G

£

Basman, M Play The St. George. Pergamon 87

122pp Any opening used by Miles to beat Karpov must be worth at least looking at. 5 variations & 2 appendices (Baker’s & Owen’s Defences – the former beat Steinitz & Blackburne). AN SB F-

£7.00

Basman, M Another copy with spine slightly sunned o/w G+ £5.00 Basman, M The New St. George. Cadogan ‘93

167pp Completely revised, expanded & reset. No index of variations but you get a 6 verse poem to its virtues. Figurine. SB VG+

£7.00

Soltis, A The Trompovsky Attack Ch. Digest 95

132pp 17 annotated illustrative games with diagrams over the 8 chapters. Text is not cramped & is clearly set out. AN SB VG

£4.00

Adams, J Trompovsky Attack Gillam ‘79

64pp Games & annotations in Informator language-less figurine style. Small monograph. G- £2.00

Bellin, R Trompovsky Opening & Torre Attack Batsford ‘ 83 90pp 60 complete annotated illustrative games in figurine.

Pp starting to brown o/w G £6.25 Estrin, Y Two Knights’ Defence Chess

131pp Move-by-move index; Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. VG

Lane, G. Vienna Game Everyman 00

144pp After 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 most of the book assumes 2…Nf6 and goes from there, and looks at several of White’s options. 77 annotated illustrative games with diagrams. Figurine. SB VG+

Harding T. D. Vienna Opening Gillam ‘76 104pp Fine pencil marginalia SB G- £2.00
