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CHESS
BOOK CATALOGUE 90 FEBRUARY 2021
(All
books are different to those in the previous two catalogues)
Many
items in this catalogue are from the English Chess Federation Collection (ECF)
and have a bookplate or small label on the front endpaper. These are duplicate
copies from their library and are being sold on commission for the ECF.
Some abbreviations: G = good condition,
showing signs of use and wear. VG = very good condition, just a little sign of
use or wear. F = Fine, as new.
p/b = paper or soft flexi covers. h/b =
hardback (if not mentioned then it is hardback.) d/w = dust wrapper or
jacket. pp = no. of pages. (A.) =
algebraic notation (if not mentioned, English language books are in descriptive
notation). Postage is
extra.
As a guide 1.00 GBP is about
1.14 Euro or 1.37 US$
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* * * REFERENCE AND
MISCELLANEOUS * * *
1.
1927 LONDON. Ed: W.H.Watts.:
Chess Pie No.2. The Official Souvenir of the British Chess Federation
Issued in Connection with the International Team Tournament, London, July
18-30, 1927. BCF/Printing Craft (1927.) 4to (8.5 x 11in.) original wrappers,
with illustration on front, crease to front cover, piece torn from foot of
spine, some foxing on pages as usual, but a scarce item. 88pp., including fine
photographic portraits of the teams, details of the players and selected games,
problems, articles. Without the loose 8pp problem supplement as usual.
Published prior to the tournament. LN 5410. With bookplate of ECF, Croker
Collection. £40.00
2.
1936 NOTTINGHAM. Ed: W.H.Watts.:
Chess Pie No.3. The Official Souvenir of the International Tournament.
BCF/Printing-Craft (1936.) 4to (8.5 x 11in.) original wrappers, with coloured
illustration on front, slightly worn and marked otherwise a good copy of a
scarce item. 98pp., including fine photographic portraits, chessmen, page of
facsimile autographs, details of the players and selected games, various
articles, advert pages. Published prior to the tournament. LN 5538. With
bookplate of ECF, Golombek Collection. £50.00
3.
Abrahams (G.): Not Only Chess. A Selection of Chessays.
Allen & Unwin 1974. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 264pp. A collection of essays, some games,
endgame studies etc.. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £9.00
4.
Behrends (R.): Kunstlerische
Schachfiguren aus zehn Jahrhunderten. Insel verlag, Leipzig 1963.
Pictorial boards, slight wear to spine o/w VG. 67pp., including 45 plates of chesspieces. Previous owner name stamp on endpaper. £12.00
5.
Bjelica (D.): Grandmasters in Profile. Translated by J.Bamber. Sarajevo, 1973. 1st English Edn. p/b, G. 262pp.,
photos, some games. Biographical details and interviews with leading players of
the 50's and 60's by the author who was a personal friend of many of them. A
very interesting work. £18.00
6.
Chernev (I.): The Chess Companion. Faber &
Faber 1970. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 287pp. An anthology of interesting stories and
articles by various authors, including "Writers who have changed Chess
History" by Golombek. Also
many famous games, problems and endings.
£12.00
7.
Cox (A.J.) Compiler: A History of the Buckinghamshire County Chess
Association 1932-1982. BCCA, 1982. Large p/b, stapled. VG. 20pp. With bookplate
of the ECF, Golombek collection. £12.00
8.
Eales (R.): Chess. The History of a Game. Batsford
1985. 1st Edn. VG,d/w.
240pp. A seriously researched, but also readable, history. With small bookplate
of ECF, Pollard Collection. £15.00
9.
Euwe (Dr.M.): Caissas Weltreich. Berlin 1956.
p/b. G. 109pp. Includes anecdotes, curiosa, essays, a few games, interesting
photos. With a withdrawn bookplate of the ECF collection. £12.00
10.
Hayden (B.): Cabbage Heads and Chess Kings. Arco 1960. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (spine yellowed). 223pp. A collection of witty
and lively articles on all aspects of the game, including a large section on Morphy. Scarce. With a bookplate of the ECF
collection. £18.00
11.
Karpov, Averbakh and
many others: Shakhmaty entsiklopedichesky
slovar. (Encyclopaedia in Russian.) Moscow, 1990. 1st
Edn. Large hardback, brown cloth, gilt. VG. 621pp.,
plates, some coloured, many illustrations, numerous games, problems &
studies, tournament crosstables. "A magnificent
Soviet work." (Oxford Companion p.108.) With bookplate of the ECF,
Croker collection. £25.00
12.
Kasparov (G.) with Mig Greengard: How Life
Imitates Chess. Heinemann 2007. 1st Edn. VG,d/w 271pp. "Drawing on a wealth of revealing
and instructive stories... Kasparov reveals the strategic ways of thinking that
always give a player - in life as in chess - the edge." With bookplate of
the ECF collection. £10.00
13.
Murray (H.J.R.): A Short History of Chess. Oxford UP 1963. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 138pp. A new and original brief history of
the game up to 1866, brought up to 1962 by B.Goulding Brown and Golombek.
With bookplate of the ECF, Croker Collection.
£28.00
14.
Richards (D.J.): Soviet Chess. OUP 1965. 1st Edn.
VG, d/w (slightly torn at top edge). 201pp. A serious work on the history of
Soviet chess from 1917, and on the Soviet School of Chess - practice,
preparation, literature etc.. With bookplate of ECF, Golombek Collection.
£22.00
15.
Selenus (G.): Das Hochberuhmte
und Sinnreiche. Stein oder Schach Spiel mit sonderlichen Anmerkungen. Kunstberg (c.1690.) Leipzig 1979. Facsimile reprint. Small
hardback, front endpaper removed o/w VG. 83pp. Frontispiece, folding plate. I
cannot locate the original work in LN or Van der Linde. £14.00
* * * ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS * * *
16.
1857 NEW YORK. D.W.Fiske:
The Book of the First American Chess Congress...Held in New York in...1857.
Rudd & Carleton, New York 1859. 1st Edition. Original brown cloth, spine
lettering faded, cloth frayed at head and foot of spine, inner hinges
strengthened with tape, a good tight copy. Coloured frontispiece, 563pp.,
adverts. Includes the 67 games of the tournament - 1.Morphy,
2 Paulsen, 53 problems from the Problem Tourney, a wealth of historical
information, particularly on American chess, articles on Morphy,
Benjamin Franklin, the chess automaton in America, a bibliography of chess
literature published in the United States up to 1859. A classic work. LN 5184.
With 2 bookplates of ECF / BCF, Golombek
Collection. £250.00
17.
Bird (H.E.): Chess History and Reminiscences. Dean & Son. n.d.(1893) 1st Edn. Original brown
cloth, gilt, VG. Portrait, pp xxiv, 138. LN 236. Includes sections on the
origin of chess, the middle ages, the 19th century (chess clubs, chess
masters), blindfold chess, habits and idiosyncrasies of chess players. With
bookplate of ECF, Golombek Collection. £75.00
18.
Bird (H.E.): Chess Novelties and their Latest Developments, with
Comparisons of the Progress of Chess Openings of the Past Century and the
Present not dealt with in Existing Works. F.Warne,
1895. 1st Edn. Original pale blue decorative cloth,
gilt, spine rubbed o/w good. pp xli, 304. LN 1855. This title was issued in a
number of different colour cloth covers. Includes many games arranged by
openings. Some pencil notes. With bookplate of ECF, Diggle Collection. £50.00
19.
BLACKBURNE (J.H.) Graham (P.A.): Mr.Blackburne's
Games at Chess Selected, Annotated and Arranged by Himself. Edited, with a
Biographical Sketch and a Brief History of Blindfold Chess by P.A.Graham. Longmans, Green 1899.
1st Edn. Large octavo, original cloth, small piece
torn from foot of spine otherwise a good tight copy. Portrait, pp ix, 331,
adverts. 407 games with brief notes, 28 problems, index of games. With
bookplate of ECF, Croker Collection.
£65.00
20.
GRECO. Hoffmann (Prof.L.) (Translator &
Editor): The Games of Greco. With a Bibliography of Greco by J.A.Leon. Routledge 1900. 1st Edn. Sm8vo (115 x 150mm) original purple cloth, some foxing
to first few pages otherwise a good copy. pp xxiv,246, adverts. Includes 77
games and 13 endgames. A scarce work, the first on Greco in English since
Lewis's work of 1833. LN 398. Small bookplate of ECF, Ravilious
Collection. £65.00
21.
Hardy (F.): Chess for Beginners. Frederick Warne & Co., 1866. 1st Edn. Tiny book, 7 x 9.5cm, original dark blue pictorial
cloth, inscription on endpaper, gilt page edges, good copy. Coloured
frontispiece of two boys playing chess, 94pp., advert page. "Bijou
Books" series. LN 940. £50.00
22.
Horwitz (B.) & J.Kling:
Chess Studies and End-Games. Part I - Chess Studies. Part II - Miscellaneous
End-Games. G.Bell &
Sons, 1889. 2nd Edition, Revised by W.Wayte.
Roy8vo, original red cloth, gilt, VG. pp (viii),376. LN2172. With a bookplate of J.M.Soesan and fixture card for
Ilford Chess Club of which Soesan was the Secretary
and Treasurer. £75.00
23.
Lasker (Emanuel) Ed: The Rice Gambit. Press of Dr.Emanuel Lasker, NY, June 1910. Original grey card
covers, waterstain to some page edges o/w G.
Portrait, 43pp., addendum leaf. 5th Edition, and only one edited by Lasker.
Small bookplate of ECF, Ravilious Collection. £20.00
24.
Macdonnell (G.A.): Chess Life-Pictures,
containing Biographical Sketches, Caissana, and
Character-Sketches. Kelly & Co. 1883. 1st Edn.
Original red cloth, gilt, spine darkened, inner binding broken with some
sections loose and old tape marks to blank margins. Portrait sketches of famous
players by Wallis Mackay, Frontispiece, pp viii, 243. A desirable work with
biographical sketches of the leading players from Morphy
and Staunton to Blackburne, many anecdotes and observations. (No games.) LN
2981. A scarce book. With bookplate of
ECF, Ravilious Collection. £100.00
25.
Mieses (J.): Chess Endings from Modern
Master-Play. Edited, with Notes. Routledge, (1901). 2nd Edn.
Sm8vo, original purple cloth, slightly stained on edges o/w G. pp xi,115,
adverts. 30 endings from named games. LN 2195. A scarce work. With small label
of the ECF collection. £18.00
26.
Miller (J.W.) Editor: The American Supplement to the
"Synopsis" containing American Inventions in the Chess Openings:
together with Fresh Analyses in the Openings, since 1882. W.W.Morgan, 1885. 1st Edn.
Roy8vo, original blue pictorial cloth, partly split on joints, endpapers torn
o/w G. pp 91, plus adverts and sample issue of Chess Player's Chronicle. Not
separately listed in LN catalogue. With small bookplate of ECF, Pollard
Collection. £40.00
27.
Steinitz (W.): The Modern Chess Instructor. Part 1. Putnam's, New York & London,
1889. 1st Edn. Roy8vo, original brown cloth, gilt
chessboard on front cover, a good copy.
Advert leaf, pp xli, 193. Some pencil ticks. Steinitz explains some of
his famous chess theories, analyses many openings, and INCLUDES THE GAMES FROM
HIS MATCH WITH TSCHIGORIN, with his annotations, revised and amended from the
International Chess Magazine. There was no separate publication on this
match. Part 2 of this work was a slim
and very rare pamphlet published in 1895.
£65.00
28.
Tattersall (C.E.C.) (Editor & Arranger): A Thousand End-Games. BCM,
Leeds, 1910-11. 1st Edn. 2 volumes, original blue cloth, gilt, VG. pp
xii,211, xvi,200. 1000 positions, mainly
studies by named composers, with solutions. With an index compiled by Ken Whyld, 1986. LN 2218. With small bookplates of ECF, Pollard
Collection. £80.00
29.
Taylor (I.O.Howard):
Chess Skirmishes. Chiefly Light, Short Parties, Won of or by the Author,
through Sacrifices; with a Selection from his Chess Contributions, Critical and
Comical, in Prose and Verse; Obituary Notices of Masters... Enigmas, and Mate
Positions. Agas H.Goose,
Norwich 1889. 1st Edn. Original dark blue cloth,
VG. pp (xx), 248. LN 3176. A scarce
work. With two bookplates of ECF / BCF, Diggle Collection. £150.00
30.
Walker (G.): Chess and Chess-Players: Consisting of Original Stories and
Sketches. Charles J.Skeet,
1850. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, spine backed with
plain red tape, inner binding broken with sections loose, without the
title-page. pp vi,384, advert leaf. LN 4624. A Scarce book. A collection of
essays first published in various magazines and journals, including the Chess
Automaton, Deschapelles, blindfold chess, Cafe de la
Regence, Ruy Lopez, a Game of Chess with Napoleon, Vincenzio the Venetian, Battles of La Bourdonnais
and McDonnell. With bookplate of the ECF, Diggle Collection. £100.00
31.
Walker (W.Greenwood):
A Selection of Games at Chess, actually Played by the Late Alexander M'Donnell... with his Principal Contemporaries; including
the Whole of the Games Played by De La Bourdonnais
and M'Donnell....Selected and Arranged by William
Greenwood Walker. Thomas Hurst, 1836. 1st Edn.
Original brown cloth, crudely rebacked with plain
grey tape, internally good. pp viii, 280. Numerous games of McDonnell,
including many played at odds, 5 from his match with W.Fraser (1831), and 84 from the six matches with La Bourdonnais (1834). An appendix gives the 3 games from
match W.Lewis - Deschapelles (1821), and at end is a 3 page List of
Subscribers. William Walker was secretary of the Westminster Chess Club and
personally recorded most of McDonnell's games, including the great match series
with La Bourdonnais. LN 3144. A very scarce work.
With bookplate of ECF, Diggle Collection.
£200.00
32.
Williams (Elijah): Horae Divanianae. A
Selection of One Hundred and Fifty Original Games at Chess by Leading Masters,
principally Played at the Grand Divan... Published by the Author, Grand Divan,
101 Strand, London, 1852. 1st Edn. Original brown
cloth, gilt illustration on front cover, spine split and frayed at the top o/w
G. pp viii, 176 (missing final 2pp of
subscriber names). 150 games of named players, with notes, list of Subscribers
at end. LN 3149. Williams was one of the leading English players of his time,
and took 3rd prize at the 1851 London tournament. With two bookplates of ECF /
BCF, Diggle Collection. £140.00
* * *
GAMES OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS * * *
33.
---- JUST PUBLISHED: ALEKHINE (A.): Chess Duels 1921-1924. 127 games
annotated by Alexander Alekhine. Researched by Vlastimil
Fiala, translated and edited by Ken Neat. Volume 2.
Moravian Chess 2021. New hardback. 312 pp. "This publication is a
continuation of the project to publish all the available games annotated by the
Fourth world chess champion Alexander Alekhine. These are not only his own
games but also games by other players for which he contributed notes in various
publications. Covered here are several international tournaments in Europe from
1921-1923, as well as exhibition games in Britain and North America from 1923
and early 1924. An additional chapter gives a few early game annotations which
were not included in the first volume."
(A.) £32.00
34.
ALEXANDER. Golombek (H.) & W.Hartston.: The Best Games of C.H.O'D.Alexander. With a Memoir by Sir Stuart
Milner-Barry. OUP 1976. 1st Edn. Oblong hardback, VG,d/w (jacket faded on spine and
part of sides). 4 excellent photos, 167pp printed on green paper. 70 annotated
games. A nice book and quite scarce. With bookplate of the ECF, Rumsey
collection. £22.00
35.
ATKINS. Coles (R.N.): H.E.Atkins:
Doyen of British Chess Champions. Pitman 1952. 1st Edn.
VG, d/w. Portrait, 144pp. Biography and 50 annotated games of the nine-time
British Champion. A scarce and sought-after book. With small label of the ECF,
Pollard collection. £35.00
36.
BERNSTEIN (Sidney.): Combat: My 50 Years at the Chessboard. Atlantis
Press, NY 1977. 1st Edn. p/b, VG. 118pp., biography,
142 annotated games from 1930 to 1977. Bernstein played for the USA, and in
strong US tournaments. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £18.00
37.
BLACKBURNE (J.H.) Graham (P.A.): Blackburne's Games at Chess Selected,
Annotated and Arranged by Himself. Edited, with a Biographical Sketch and a
Brief History of Blindfold Chess by P.A.Graham.
Dover 1979 reprint of 1899 edition, with new introduction by David Hooper. p/b,
VG. Portrait, 331pp. 407 games. With bookplate of the ECF, Rumsey
collection. £15.00
38.
BOGOLJUBOW. J.Spence:
The Chess Career of E.D.Bogoljubow. Vol.II 1930-1952. Chess Player (1970). p/b, VG. 148pp. 100 games
annotated from contemporary journals and tournament books. With small label of
the ECF, Pollard collection. £18.00
39.
BOLESLAVSKY (I.): Selected Games. Edited & Translated by J.Adams. Caissa
1988. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w. 288pp., biography, playing record, 100 deeply
annotated games translated from Boleslavsky's "Izbrannye Partii" of 1957,
plus a further 80 games from 1955 to 1970. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF,
Rumsey collection. £24.00
40.
CAPABLANCA (J.R.): My Chess Career. Bell 1920. 1st Edn.
Original dark blue cloth, wear to edges o/w G. Portrait, 212pp. 35 games.
Acclaimed as Capablanca's best work. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker
collection. £15.00
41.
CAPABLANCA. Golombek
(H.): Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess. With a Memoir by J. du Mont.
Bell 1947. 1st Edn. Good, no d/w. Portrait, 270pp.,
playing record, 100 annotated games. With bookplate of ECF, Croker
collection. £9.00
42.
CHAROUSEK. Sergeant (P.W.): Charousek's Games
of Chess. Bell 1919. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth,
spine lettering faded o/w G. Portrait, 221pp., biography, 146 annotated games.
A scarce work. With bookplate of ECF, Pollard collection. £24.00
43.
CHIGORIN. Bogoljubov (E.): Mikhail Chigorin. Selected Games. Ed: C.Leach. Batsford/Caissa 1987. 1st Edn. p/b. VG.
128pp. 240 games with languageless notes from various sources. (A.) "First
English publication of Chigorin's games." With
bookplate of the ECF, Rumsey collection.
£12.00
44.
DAKE. Bush (C.): Grandmaster from Oregon. The Life and Games of Arthur Dake. Portland Chess Press, 1991. 1st. p/b. VG. 130pp.,
photos, biography, playing record, and 50 annotated games. Scarce book. With
small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection. £20.00
45.
EUWE (M.) A.Munninghoff:
Max Euwe. The Biography. NIC 2001. p/b. F. 351pp.,
photos, full career results, Including 50 games
annotated by Euwe. The best biography of Euwe. With bookplate of the ECF, Ravilious
collection. £20.00
46.
FISCHER (B.): Fischer's Chess Games. With an Introduction by R.Keene. OUP 1980. 1st Edn. p/b, VG. 166pp. The most complete collection at time
of publication, the games with Informator style
notes. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £10.00
47.
FISCHER (R.J.): My 60 Memorable Games. Selected and Fully Annotated by
Bobby Fischer. With Introductions to the Games by Larry Evans. Faber &
Faber, London 1969. First UK Edn. Hardback, VG with a
VG jacket. 384pp. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection, and name Croker
written on endpaper. £38.00
48.
FISCHER. A.Soltis:
Bobby Fischer Rediscovered. Batsford 2003. 1st Edn. p/b, VG. 287pp., author's essay on Fischer, 100
annotated games, each with introduction. (A.) A fresh and in-depth look at
Fischer's best games by one of his contemporaries. £14.00
49.
GELLER (E.): Grandmaster Geller at the Chessboard. Translated by B.Cafferty. CP No.83. 1969. 1st
English Edn. P/b, front cover a bit foxed o/w VG.
181pp. Biography and 86 annotated games. Quite scarce. With bookplate of the
ECF, Pollard collection. £12.00
50.
GELLER (Y.P.): The Application of Chess Theory. Trans: K.Neat. Pergamon Press 1984. 1st Edn. Large p/b, VG. 262pp. 100 annotated games of
Geller, with emphasis on opening plans and their development in the middlegame.
(A.) With small bookplate of ECF, Pollard collection. £15.00
51.
GERZADOWICZ (S.): Journal of a Chess Master. Thinkers' Press, US 1992.
1st Edn. p/b. VG. 291pp. Over 60 games of this US
correspondence chess master, annotated in an entertaining style. His games
usually start with 1.g3 or 1...g6. Limited to 1500 copies. (A.) With bookplate
of ECF, Rumsey collection. £14.00
52.
GLIGORIC (S.): I Play Against Pieces. Translated by B. & Z.Bilic. Batsford,
2002. 1st English Edn. p/b, VG. 288pp., photos, brief
biography, 130 annotated games arranged by openings, plus essay on Gligoric's theoretical contribution to the openings.
Contains more games than the previous Russian and Serbo-Croat editions. (A.)
With bookplate of the ECF collection.
£12.00
53.
GLIGORIC. Levy (D.): Svetozar Gligoric's Chess Career 1945-1970. Collins, 1972. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 192pp. 63 annotated games. With bookplate of
the ECF, Croker collection. £12.00
54.
GRIGORIEV (N.D.) I.A.Kan:
Shakhmatnoy Tvorchestvo N.D.Grigorieva. (Biography, games and studies in Russian.)
Moscow, 1952. 1st Edn. Brown cloth. VG. 344pp. 10
annotated games, numerous endgame studies and contributions to endgame
theory. Paper yellowed as usual. One of
the greatest endgame composers. With withdrawn bookplate of the ECF
collection. £18.00
55.
GUFELD (E.): Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa. Batsford
2001. p/b. VG. 256pp. Over 100 annotated games. "Witty story-telling of
life on the tournament circuit over the last 40 years in Europe and the
USA." (A.) With bookplate of the ECF collection. £12.00
56.
ILYIN-GENEVSKY (A.): Notes of a Soviet Master. Trans: B.Cafferty. Ed: D.Brandreth. Caissa
Editions, 1986. Blue hardback, VG. 54pp. First English translation of his
memoirs first published in Russian in 1929, plus an additional selection of 50
games (2 with notes.) (A.) With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £18.00
57.
JUNGE. E.Budrich
& D.Schulte: Das War Klaus Junge.
Partien und Aufzeichnungen.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1956. 1st. p/b, VG. 97pp. 40 annotated games. A very strong
young German player who played many tournaments in 1941-2 culminating in =1st
with Alekhine at Prague 1942. He was killed in action in 1945 aged 21. A scarce
work. £25.00
58.
KARPOV (A.): Chess at the Top 1979-84. Trans: K.Neat. Pergamon 1984. 1st English Edn. p/b, one corner creased o/w VG. 194pp. 49 games
annotated by Karpov himself from his most successful
period. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £10.00
59.
KARPOV. Markland (P.R.): The Best of Karpov.
OUP 1975. 1st Edn. p/b, G. Paper yellowed as often
found. 272pp., biography, 75 annotated games. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF,
Rumsey collection. £8.00
60.
KASPAROV: Karolyi & Aplin: Kasparov's
Fighting Chess 1993-1998. Batsford, 2006. p/b. VG.
315pp. The period 1993-1998 represents one of the richest phases in his career.
60 games annotated in depth. Earlier games are analyzed
with computer assistance for the first time - sometimes revealing blemishes in
existing analysis - showing the richness of thought and the supreme versatility
of the player many consider to be the greatest of all time. (A.) With bookplate
of the ECF, Wade collection. £14.00
61.
KASPAROV: Karolyi & Aplin: Kasparov's
Fighting Chess 1999-2005. Batsford, 2007. p/b. VG.
336pp. The period 1999–2005 represents one of the most fascinating and
controversial phases of his career, including repeated and frustrated attempts
to reunify the world championship. 77 games accompanied by in-depth annotation and
analysis. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF, Wade collection. £14.00
62.
KERES (P.): Valitud Partiid
1931-1958. Tallinn, 1961. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (a little
worn on edges). 488pp., biography, 100 annotated games. In Estonian. With label
and withdrawn bookplate of the BCF, Golombek
collection. £20.00
63.
KOLTANOWSKI (G.): "En Passant" Chess
Games and Studies. Edinburgh, (self-published?) 1937. Red & black pictorial
paper covers, torn on spine with small paper loss o/w G. 92pp. Includes
biographical reminiscences, essays on Morphy, Flohr, Cafe de la Regence, blindfold chess, all 30 games
from his blindfold simul record at Antwerp 1931, detail of his new record of 34
games at Edinburgh 1937, selection of 20 of his games, with notes. A scarce
item. With small label of the ECF, Ravilious
collection. £30.00
64.
KOLTANOWSKI (G.): With the Chess Masters. Falcon, USA 1972. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 147pp., photos, many games, reminiscences,
playing record. With small label of the ECF, Pollard collection. £15.00
65.
KORCHNOI (V.): My Best Games. Vol.1 Games with White. Vol.2 Games with
Black. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Edition Olms 2001. 2 volumes, hardbacks. VG. 208 & 204 pp. 100 annotated
games from 1951 to 2000. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF, Ravilious
collection. £30.00
66.
KUPREICHIK. G.H.McCormick:
Uncompromising Chess: The Games of Viktor Kupreichik.
With Biography by GM A.Suetin.
Chess Enterprises, USA, 1986. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 66pp.
82 games with light notes, crosstables. (A.) With a
small label of the ECF, Pollard collection.
£10.00
67.
LARSEN (B.): Larsen's Selected Games of Chess 1948-69. Bell 1971.
Reprint. VG, (no jacket). 181pp. 50 annotated games. A sought-after title. £15.00
68.
MARSHALL (F.J.): My Fifty Years of Chess. Bell / Chess Review, NY 1942.
1st Edn. Spine a little creased o/w VG. 242pp.,
photos, biography, 140 annotated games. With bookplate of J.M.Soesan.
£20.00
69.
MARSHALL. A.Soltis:
Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion. A Biography with 220 Games.
McFarland, US 1994. 1st Edn. Hardback, VG. 383pp.,
photos, biography, 220 annotated games. (A.) With small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection.
£30.00
70.
MICHELL. Du Mont (J.): R.P.Michell.
A Master of British Chess. Pitman 1947. 1st Edn.
Spine slightly faded o/w VG. 108pp., portrait, biography and 36 annotated
games. Scarce. With small label of the ECF, Pollard collection. £24.00
71.
MORPHY. Edge (F.M.): The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy the Chess Champion. With a New Introduction by David
Lawson. Dover 1973. (Reprint of 1859 1st Edn.) p/b.
VG. 203pp. Biography without games. With a bookplate of the ECF, Croker
collection. £10.00
72.
MORPHY. Lange (Dr.Max):
The Chess Genius of Paul Morphy. Translated, with
Additional Notes and Games by Ernst Falkbeer.
Facsimile reprint of 1860 edition, Hippocrene Books,
1974. p/b. G. 356pp. 148 games, much biographical material, new introduction by
Frank Brady. With bookplate and label of the ECF, Golombek
collection. £15.00
73.
MORPHY. Lawson (David): Paul Morphy. The Pride
and Sorrow of Chess. McKay, New York 1976. 1st Edn.
Large thick hardback, VG, d/w slightly frayed at top edge. 424pp., many
illustrations, 60 games. The definitive biography of Morphy,
with much on his later life, copies of letters and documents etc. Scarce and
sought-after. £80.00
74.
MUIR (Walter): My 75 Year Chess Career. Pittsburgh, 1997. 1st Edn. p/b, price labels, one removed o/w VG. 354pp.
Autobiography of a famous
American correspondence chess player, interpersed
with his games, including world events, and interesting look at early
correspondence chess in the US. With bookplate of the ECF collection. £12.00
75.
NOTEBOOM. Dr.M.Euwe: Aan de Nagedachtenis van Daniel Noteboom Jr. Amsterdam, 1932. 1st Edn.
Original cream cloth boards, light staining to covers, top joint partly split
o/w G. Portrait, 123pp., biography, 30 annotated games. A very promising Dutch player who died of
pneumonia when just 21. LN 3103. £20.00
76.
PAULSEN. H.Paulussen:
Louis Paulsen 1833-1891 und das Schachspiel in Lippe
1900-1981. Detmold 1982. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 312pp.,
(in German) biography, photos, copies of documents, 72 games of Paulsen, some
with brief notes, details of Paulsen's family, some games of his brother
Wilfried, the remaining half of the book concerns chess in the Lippe area of Germany with
many more games. Scarce book. £30.00
77.
PLATZ (Dr.Joseph):
Chess Memoirs. The Chess Career of a Physician and Lasker Pupil. Chess
Enterprises, US 1979. Large format p/b, slight foxing to page block edge o/w
VG. 190pp., photos in text, 278 annotated games, 101 positions, from 1925 to
1977, interspersed with the author's memoirs and anecdotes. He was a USCF Master. (A.) With small label
of the ECF, Pollard collection. £25.00
78.
PORTISCH. E.Gelenczei:
Grandmaster Lajos Portisch. The Chess Player Series
No.80. 1968. 1st Edn. p/b, VG. 43pp. Biography and
selection of annotated games. With small label of ECF, Pollard collection. Scarce
item. £10.00
79.
PORTISCH. Varnusz (E.): Selected Games of
Lajos Portisch. Batsford
1979. 1st English Edn. Fine, d/w. 207pp. 90 annotated
games. With bookplate of the ECF, Rumsey collection. £15.00
80.
RESHEVSKY (S.): How Chess Games are Won. Pitman (1962). 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 212pp. 60 of Reshevsky's
best games, annotated, from 1951-60, arranged by themes with introductions.
With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £14.00
81.
RICHTER. Brinckmann (A.): Kurt Richters beste Partien. De Gruyter,
Berlin, 1961. 2nd Edn (enlarged). p/b, VG. 162pp.
photos, 98 annotated games, 52 problems & positions. £16.00
82.
RUBINSTEIN. J.Donaldson
& N.Minev: The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein.
Vol.1: Uncrowned King. Russell Ent., USA 2006. Revised and Expanded 2nd
Edition. p/b, VG. 402pp. 492 games, many annotated, with notes translated from
top players of pre-World War 1, plus new annotations, also some photos and over
30 crosstables, several indexes. Focuses on the years
1882-1920. (A.) £30.00
83.
RUBINSTEIN. J.Donaldson
& N.Minev: Akiba Rubinstein: The Later Years
(1921-1961). ICE, Seattle 1995. 1st Edn. p/b, one
corner creased o/w VG. 306pp., photos, biography, crosstables,
513 games, some annotated, with notes translated from top players of the 1920's.(A.) With small label of the ECF, Ravilious
collection. £20.00
84.
SARAPU (O.): 'Mr Chess' The Ortvin Sarapu Story. New Zealand , 1993.
1st. p/b. VG. 180pp., photos, autobiography, 68 annotated games. The remarkable
career of New Zealand's best known chess player. (A.) With bookplate of the
ECF, Croker collection. £20.00
85.
SCHLECHTER. W.Goldman:
Carl Schlechter! The Life and Times of the Austrian
Chess Wizard. Caissa, US 1994. 1st Edn. Red cloth, thick hardback, VG. 537pp., illus, playing record, biography, 244 games, most
annotated. A detailed and well researched work. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF,
Croker collection. £60.00
86.
SHORT & TIMMAN. Editor: A.Kulagin:
The Way to Linares' Summit. Olbrich, Wurzburg 1993.
1st Edn. Large heavy p/b, VG. 536pp., many photos at
end, 2423 games in all. Includes Short's and Timman's
games in the 1991 World Championship cycle 1991-93, these are annotated with informator style notes. Then there are 843 games of Short
from 1973-92 and 1480 games of Timman from 1968-92,
these are without any notes and arranged by ECO openings. Also 37 games with
notes of Short versus Timman up to 1992. Published
with assistance of Central Chess Club Moscow. (A.) £22.00
87.
SMYSLOV (V.V.): My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957. Translated &
Edited by P.H.Clarke.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1958. 1st Edn. VG, d/w
(torn at top with slight loss). 154pp, biography, 67 games. With bookplate of
the ECF, Rumsey collection. £14.00
88.
SOLTIS (A.): Confessions of a Chess Grandmaster. Thinkers' Press, US
1990. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 366pp., 55 annotated games,
biography and anecdotes. "An honest account of what it's like to be a
Grandmaster." (A.) With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £25.00
89.
SPASSKY. Soltis (A.): The Best Chess Games of Boris Spassky. Pitman
1973. 1st Edn. VG,d/w
(jacket completely faded on spine as usual). 288pp. 70 annotated games from
1949 to 1971. With small label of the ECF, Pollard collection. £14.00
90.
SPASSKY. W.H.Cozens:
Boris Spassky's Road to the Summit. BCM Quarterly No.11. 1966. p/b, G. 103pp.,
photos, 42 annotated games, interspersed with biography. A few pencil notes. (A.)
£12.00
91.
SULTAN KHAN. Coles (R.N.): Mir Sultan Khan. All-India Chess Champion
1928. British Chess Champion 1929-32-33. BCM Quarterly No.19. 1977. 2nd Edn., Revised & Enlarged. Spine slightly faded o/w VG.
144pp., photos, biography, tournament record, 64 annotated games. A well produced work. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection.
£15.00
92.
SZABO (L.): 50 ev - 100,000 lepes. (50 Years -
100,000 Moves.) Sport Budapest, 1981. 1st Edn. A
little edge wear o/w G. 520pp., photos, biography, playing record, 222 games,
many annotated. With bookplate of the ECF. Golombek
collection. £18.00
93.
SZABO (L.): My Best Games of Chess. Pergamon 1986. 1st English Edn. Large format hardback, slight yellowing of page edges
o/w VG. 209pp., biography, playing record, 124 games, most annotated. (A.) With
withdrawn bookplate of the ECF collection.
£15.00
94.
TAL. Thomas (H.): Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936-59, 60-66, 67-73. Batsford 1979-80. 1st Edn. 3
volume set, p/b's, paper in first vol yellow as usual o/w VG. 184,158, 188pp.
(A.) With bookplates of the ECF, Golombek
collection. £20.00
95.
TARTAKOWER (S.G.): My Best Games of Chess 1931-1954. Translated and
Edited by H.Golombek. Bell,
1956. 1st Edn. VG, with a good classic Bell jacket.
197pp. 100 annotated games. £20.00
96.
VIDMAR (M.): Goldene Schachzeiten
Erinnerungen. De Gruyter, Berlin 1981. 2nd Edn. p/b, VG. 259pp., photos, annotated games of Vidmar,
memories of players and tournaments, and the chess scene in general. £15.00
97.
YANOFSKY (D.A): Chess the Hard Way! Pitman 1953. 1st Edn.
VG, d/w. 149pp. Some 50 annotated games and biography. Scarce. With small label
of ECF, Ravilious collection. £25.00
98.
YATES (F.D.): 101 of My Best Games of Chess. A Posthumous Work Arranged
and Completed by W.Winter.
Edited by W.H.Watts.
Printing-Craft 1934. 1st Edn. Spine lettering faded as
usual o/w G. Portrait, 182pp. Includes biography, tournament record and
appreciations by Em.Lasker,
Marshall and others. A scarce book. With small label of the ECF, Pollard
collection. £40.00
99.
ZUKERTORT. J.Adams:
Johannes Zukertort. Artist of the Chessboard. Caissa Editions, US 1989. 1st Edn.
Thick hardback, red cloth, VG. 534pp. Portrait, a collection of the best
articles and extracts about Zukertort, most by his
contemporaries, playing record, selection of 319 games with notes mainly by Zukertort himself, and arch-rival Steinitz. A well-produced
and sought-after work published in a small edition. (A.) With bookplate of the
ECF, Wade collection. £70.00
* * *
GENERAL GAMES COLLECTIONS * * *
100.
--- JUST PUBLISHED: Tony Cullen: Chess Rivals of the 19th Century.
McFarland, USA 2021. Large p/b. 469pp., 54 illustrations, 300 annotated games,
bibliography, indexes. This volume provides a comprehensive overview of 19th
century chess, with more than a third of the 300 annotated games analyzed by past masters and checked by powerful engines.
Players such as Max Lange and Cochrane, known to the chess public only by the
name given to a fierce attack or gambit, are brought to life. Fifty masters are
each given their own chapter, with brief biographies, results and anecdotes and
an endgame section for most chapters. (A.)
£40.00
101.
----: Shakhmaty za 1953. (Year Book) Ed: L.Abramov. Moscow, 1954. Original
cloth-backed boards, G. 320pp. Includes 57 annotated games, problems, studies, opening theory, crosstables. £18.00
102.
Bjelica (D.): Grandmasters in Profile. Translated by J.Bamber. Sarajevo, 1973. 1st English Edn. p/b, G. 262pp.,
photos, some games. Biographical details and interviews with leading players of
the 50's and 60's by the author who was a personal friend of many of them. A
very interesting work. £18.00
103.
Chernev (I.): The Golden Dozen. The Twelve
Greatest Chess Players of All Time. OUP 1976. 1st Edn.
Oblong hardback, VG,d/w
(fading on spine). 331pp. 115 annotated games and superb photos. With withdrawn
bookplate of the ECF collection. £14.00
104.
Chernev (I.): The Russians Play Chess. McKay,
Phila.1947. 1st Edn. G. 200pp. 50 annotated games
from 1925 to 1960 involving Russian players. With bookplate of the ECF,
Dunleavy collection. £12.00
105.
Fine (R.) Ed: The World's Great Chess Games. Deutsch, 1952. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (tear to top edge). 287pp. Numerous annotated
games and anecdotes about the players, from Philidor through to 1951. £10.00
106.
Romanovsky (P.): Chess in Russia. The Players
and their Games. Forewords by Botvinnik &
Alexander. Soviet News, London 1946. Large format, pictorial wrappers, G.
53pp., photos, 18 annotated games, biographies, articles, page of facsimile
autographs. With withdrawn bookplate of the ECF, Golombek
collection. £18.00
107.
Speelman (J.): Best Chess Games 1970-80. Unwin
1983. 1st p/b Edn., paper slightly yellowed as uusal o/w VG. 328pp. 47games annotated in depth (not his
own.) (A.) With withdrawn bookplate of BCF, Golombek
collection. £9.00
108.
Summerscale (A.& C.): Interview with a
Grandmaster. Everyman 2001. p/b. VG. 144pp. Interesting interviews with 9 GM's,
each with their own best game, and one that they consider the best ever played.
Includes Adams, Short, Hodgson, Rowson, Sofia Polgar,
Seirawan, Khalifman,
Lautier & Sutovsky. (A.) £12.00
* * * TOURNAMENTS & MATCHES * * *
109. 1900 LONDON.: An
Memorial of an Invitation Chess Tournament for Masters and Amateurs Arranged by
and Played at the City of London Chess Club. Longmans, Green & Co. 1900.
1st Edn. Original grey boards, spine rubbed, tear on
one page o/w G. pp (xii),46, 78 games. 1.Teichmann, 2-3 Gunsberg,
Mason. LN 5254. With bookplate of ECF, Golombek
Collection. This original edition is scarce.
£70.00
110. 1904 CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. Ed: F.Reinfeld: The Book of the
Cambridge Springs International Tournament 1904. The Black Knight Press, NY
1935. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, VG. 84pp. 120
games annotated by the players. 1.Marshall 2-3 Em.Lasker, Janowski. LN
5266. Very scarce. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker Collection. £75.00
111. 1905 OSTEND. Ed: J.Adams: International Chess Tournament Ostende 1905. Chess Player, 1984. Brown imitation leather.
VG. 128pp. 188 games, some annotated. A scarce and well-produced Chess Player
publication. (A.) A very strong marathon 26 round tournament. 1 Maroczy 2-3 Janowski, Tarrasch. With
bookplate of the ECF, Croker Collection.
£30.00
112. 1911 SAN SEBASTIAN. Mieses
(J.) & Dr.M.Lewitt: Internationales Schachturnier zu San Sebastian 1911. Leipzig 1919. 2nd Edn. Original cream cloth, spine yellowed with wear and
slight loss at head and foot, inner stitching a bit loose, paper yellowed as
usual. 2 plates, 162pp. 105 games. 1.Capablanca 2-3 Rubinstein, Vidmar. LN
5305. £30.00
113. 1913 HAVANA. Capablanca (J.R.): The Book of
the Havana International Masters' Tournament 1913. BCM Quarterly No.18, 1976.
1st English Edition translated from the Spanish by E.G.Winter. p/b, VG. Portrait, 84pp. 60 annotated
games. (A.) 1.Marshall 2.Capablanca. Quite scarce.
With bookplate of J.M.Soesan. £16.00
114. 1921 HAMBURG. J.Dimer: Der 21.Kongresss des Deutschen
Schachbundes. B.Kagan,
Berlin (1921). 1st Edn. Original boards, slight wear
to top of spine o/w VG. 230pp. 145 annotated games. Paper yellowed as usual. 1
Post 2 Samisch 3 Schlage. LN 5340. £45.00
115. 1926 DRESDEN. Ed: J.Adams: International Chess Tournament. (London, J.Adams, 1984?) p/b, a damp stain
through top edge of pages, worse towards the end. 70pp., 45 annotated games. 1
Nimzowitsch 2 Alekhine 3 Rubinstein 4 Tartakower.
(A.) Lusis 1444. One of Nimzowitsch's best
tournaments, 8.5/9. Scarce book. With small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection.
£12.00
116. 1930 SCARBOROUGH. Ed: H.Golombek: International Tournament. BCM Quarterly
No.6. (1962). p/b. G. 50pp., introduction to each round, 66 games. 1 Colle 2 Maroczy 3 Rubinstein. With bookplate of ECF, Golombek collection.
£10.00
117. 1932 BERN. W.Bonacker: Turnierbuch des
Internationalen Schachturniers. Bern 1932. Original
yellow card covers, slight wear to head and foot of spine o/w G. 183pp. 4
plates of photos. 120 annotated games. 1.Alekhine 2-3 Euwe,
Flohr 4.Sultan Khan. LN
5457. With bookplate of the ECF collection.
£40.00
118. 1932 LONDON. Alekhine (A.): 66 Master Games
Played in the London International Chess Tournament, 1932. Frank Hollings,
(1932). 1st Edn. Original blue cloth, slightly
discoloured, inner stitching a bit loose o/w G. Portrait of Alekhine, pp xiv,
90. 66 games annotated by Alekhine, article by Du Mont on the players. LN 5461.
1 Alekhine 2 Flohr 3-4 Kashdan,
Sultan Khan. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £60.00
119. 1933 FOLKESTONE (5th Olympiad). Kashdan (I.): Book of the Folkestone 1933 International
Chess Team Tournament. Leeds, Whitehead & Miller, 1933. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth, a bit marked and stained o/w G.
Frontispiece, 152pp. 142 games annotated by Kashdan
and other Masters. The 5th Olympiad.
£28.00
120. 1936 NOTTINGHAM. W.H.Watts & A.Alekhine:
The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament 1936. Printing Craft,
1937. 1st Edn. Original dark blue imitation leather,
slightly scuffed on front o/w VG. Frontispiece, 291pp. 111 games annotated by
Alekhine. A nice book on one of the
strongest tournaments of all time. 1-2 Botvinnik,
Capablanca 3-5 Euwe, Fine, Reshevsky
6 Alekhine. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £45.00
121. 1937 STOCKHOLM. W.H.Cozens: The Lost Olympiad. BCM Quarterly No.22.
1985. p/b. VG. 222pp. c.200 games, many annotated, most appearing for the first
time. The first book about this Olympiad won by USA from Hungary. (A.) With
bookplate of the ECF. £12.00
122. 1946 BEVERWIJK. H.Kmoch: Het Schaakcongres.
Hoogoven-Tournooiclub (1946.) 1st Edn.
Original wrappers, front cover nearly loose o/w G. 80pp. 45 annotated games.
1.O'Kelly de Galway 2.Stoltz. LN 5673. £18.00
123. 1946 LONDON. Cordingley
(E.G.R.) Ed: London Chess Congress 1946. Limited Edition of Tournament Books
Number 16. 1946. 4to, plain blue cloth, VG. 92 typescript pages, 132 games,
most with notes. Limited Edition of 270 copies. Section A 1.H.Steiner.
Section B 1.Euwe. LN 5686. With bookplate of the ECF
collection. £40.00
124. 1946 MAASTRICHT. L.Prins:
Het Internationaa M.S.V. Schaaktournooi.
(Maastricht, 1946) 1st Edn. Original printed
wrappers. G. 100pp. 55 games, most annotated, 2 photos. Name written on
title-page. 1.Euwe 2-3 Devos, van Scheltinga. LN
5688. £18.00
125. 1946-47 HASTINGS. Kmoch
& Prins: Hastings Congress. Chess SC 1947. 1st.
p/b, VG. 96pp., 2 plates, 45 annotated games. 1.Alexander 2.Tartakower.
With bookplate of the ECF collection.
£14.00
126. 1946-47 HASTINGS. Kmoch
(H.) & L.Prins: Hastings
Schaakcitadel. Amsterdam 1947. 1st Edn. Original coloured boards. G. 95pp., photos, 45
annotated games. Bookplate on endpaper. 1.Alexander 2.Tartakower. £12.00
127. 1948 SALTSJOBADEN. Mandal (H.): Schacklandskamperna. Danmark -
Finland - Norge - Sverige. Aug.1948.
Orebro 1950. 1st Edn. p/b, previous owner inscription
on title-page, G. 82pp. 70 annotated games, photos. A match tournament between
the four countries. LN 5755. £18.00
128. 1948-49 HASTINGS. H.Golombek & W.Ritson Morry.: Hastings Chess Tournament. "En Passant" Chess Publication, Birmingham, 1949.
Original wrappers, VG. 32pp. 50 games, some annotated. 1.Rossolimo 2.Konig. LN 5764. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection.
£12.00
129. 1950 DUBROVNIK.: IX Olympiade.
(Bulletins 1-15, plus 5 extra.) Dubrovnik, 1950. 20
issues bound in original wrappers, small paper loss to top of spine o/w G.
163pp in all, 480 games. LN 5801.
1.Yugoslavia 2.Argentina 3.W.Germany. £20.00
130. 1952 SALTSJOBADEN (Stockholm). G.Stahlberg: Interzonala
Schackturneringen. Orebro, 1953. Original
cloth-backed boards, VG. 343pp. 210 games, many annotated. Not in LN 1955
catalogue. 1.Kotov 2-3 Petrosian, Taimanov 4.Geller. The 2nd Interzonal tournament and Kotov's finest result, 3pts clear. A fine tournament book. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek
collection. £40.00
131. 1953 NEUHAUSEN / ZURICH. Bronstein (D.): The
Chess Struggle in Practice. Candidates Tournament, Zurich 1953. Translated by
Oscar D.Freedman. Ed: B.Hochberg. Batsford
1980. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 499pp. 210 annotated
games. 1.Smyslov 2-4 Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky. One
of two English translations of the 2nd Russian Edition of this famous work,
with Bronstein's renowned annotation. With small label of the ECF, Pollard
collection. £20.00
132. 1953 NEUHAUSEN/ZURICH. Wood (B.H.) Ed: The
World Championship Candidates' Tournament. Chess SC 1953-54. Original blue
cloth, G. pp 329, photos. 210 annotated games. Includes Openings Survey by
Barden and Openings index. LN 5872. A 30 round
tournament won by Smyslov, 2-4 Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky. With two bookplates of the ECF, Golombek collection.
£15.00
133. 1955 ABERYSTWYTH. W.Ritson Morry & K.L.Gardner: Aberystwyth Chess Congress. (British Championship.)
n.d.(1955.) Large format p/b, stapled, split on spine,
some fading o/w G. 19pp typescript, 68 games. Print is rather faint. 1 Golombek 2 Wade. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. Includes 5 carbon copy score sheets of
Harry Golombek and a small newspaper cutting about Golombek's tournament win.
£25.00
134. 1956 AMSTERDAM. Euwe
(Dr.M.) & W.J.Muhring:
Das Kandidatenturnier fur die Weltmeisterschaft.
Uitgeverij Variant BV, 1980. 2nd Edn.
p/b, VG. 191pp. 90 annotated games. The 3rd Candidates Tournament. 1.Smyslov 2.Keres. £16.00
135. 1956 UPPSALA. J.Sajtar: IIIrd World
Student Chess Championship. Prague (1956.) p/b. G. 56pp., photos, selection of
annotated games, results. 1. USSR well clear of 2. Hungary. Korchnoi
on Bd 1, Tal on 3. (A.) With withdrawn label of Chess Centre Ltd., Golombek collection.
£18.00
136. 1964 KRAKOW. J.Sajtar: XIth World
Student Team Chess Championship. Results. Prague (1964). p/b. G. 83pp., photos,
full results, selection of annotated games. Paper yellowed. 1 USSR 2
Czechoslovakia 3 Hungary. (A.) With withdrawn label of Chess Centre Ltd., Golombek collection, and label of BCF. £14.00
137. 1964-65 HASTINGS + 1965-66 HASTINGS: Hastings
1964-5-6. Chess Player No.34. p/b, a little staining on cover edge o/w G. 35pp.
45 games from each Master tournament, with German algebraic notation. 1964-65 1
Keres 2-3 Gheorghiu, Gligoric.
1965-66 1-2 Uhlmann, Spassky 3 Vasiukov. £15.00
138. 1965 BOGNOR REGIS. Ed: J.N.Fishlock-Lomax: International Chess Congress. BCM
Quarterly No.9. (1965) p/b. G. 4 plates, 98 selected games. Includes the
Stevenson Memorial tournament - 1.O'Kelly de Galway
2.Wade. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £12.00
139. 1966-67 STOCKHOLM: Sveriges
Schackforbunds Jubileumsturnering.
Stockholms Schackforlag,
1967. p/b. VG. 48pp., photos. 45 games. 1 Keres (8/9) 2 Johansson, (3-5
Larsen). £10.00
140. 1970 PALMA DE MALLORCA. Ed: Wade &
Blackstock: Interzonal Chess Tournament. Chess Player, 1970. p/b, spine a bit
creased o/w VG. 232pp., photos, commentary, 276 annotated games, photos. 1.
Fischer 2-4 Larsen, Geller, Hubner. With bookplate of
the ECF collection. £20.00
141. 1970 SIEGEN. Keene & Levy: Siegen Chess
Olympiad. Chess SC 1970. Original blue cloth, G. 249pp., good photos,
interviews, full results, selection of 126 annotated games. With a bookplate of
the ECF collection. £12.00
142. 1971-80 LONE PINE. Grefe
(J.) & D.Waterman.: The
Best of Lone Pine. The Louis D.Statham
Chess Tournaments 1971-1980. RHM Press, NY 1981. p/b. G. 235pp., photos,
results of all the tournaments, selection of games. (A.) With bookplate of ECF,
Croker Collection. £12.00
143. 1972 BARNSTAPLE. Ed: J.Welch & M.Clarke: 2nd
North Devon Chess Congress. The Barnstaple Open 1972. Commentary, Games, Notes,
Results. The Hexagon, Barnstaple 1972. p/b, spine with black tape, VG. 74pp. 67
games, photos. 1-2 Argyris, Bellin. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker
collection. £14.00
144. 1972 GRAZ. J.Sajtar: XIXth World
Student Team Chess Championship. Results. Prague (1972). p/b. VG. 95pp.,
photos, full results, selection of annotated games. 1 Soviet Union (Karpov on Bd.1) 2 Hungary 3 FRG. (A.) With withdrawn label
of Chess Centre Ltd., Golombek collection. £12.00
145. 1973 HILVERSUM. M.Euwe:
AVRO Schaaktoernooi 1973. Unieboek,
Bussum (1973.) p/b, VG. 159pp., photos, sketches, 56
games, some annotated. 1-2 Geller, Szabo 3 Ljubojevic. £10.00
146. 1973 LEEUWARDEN (Dutch Chess Championship) H.Kramer: Vijfde
Friesche Vlag Schaaktoernooi Kampioenschap van
Nederland 1973. Moussault Ten Have, 1973. p/b, G.
115pp., 66 annotated games, plus a few games from reserve group and play-off,
photos. 1-3 Enklaar, Sosonko,
Zuidema. Sosonko won the
play-off. £9.00
147. 1974 CANDIDATES: KARPOV. Botvinnik
(M.M.): Anatoly Karpov. His Road to the World
Championship. Trans: Ken Neat. Pergamon 1978. 1st English Edn.
p/b, VG. 158pp. Comprises Karpov's Candidates matches
of 1974 with Polugaevsky, Spassky and Korchnoi, 43 games in all, annotated by Botvinnik.. £10.00
148. 1974 LANZAROTE: II Torneo
Internacional de Ajedrez
"Ciudad de Arrecife de Lanzarote." 1974.
p/b, G. 16pp. 66 games. Spanish notation. 1 Quinteros
2-4 Zuckerman, Visier, Olafsson.
With withdrawn label of the ECF, Golombek
collection. £8.00
149. 1974 TEESIDE, England .
J.Sajtar: XXth World Student ChessTeam
Championship. Results. Prague (1974). p/b. VG. 89pp., photos, full results,
selection of annotated games. 1 Soviet Union 2.USA 3. Hungary. (A.) With
withdrawn label of Chess Centre Ltd., Golombek
collection. £10.00
150. 1974-75 GRONINGEN (European Junior Ch.): Dertiende Niemeyertoernooi Europees Jeugdkampioenschap Schaken. (Groningen 1975). p/b. VG. 191pp, photos, 215
games, some annotated. 1 Nunn 2 Szekely 3 Van der Sterren. £10.00
151. 1975 MILAN. S.Luppi: Il Torneo Internazionale di Milano 1975. Mursia,
Milano 1975. p/b, spine partly faded, chess bookplate of F.Hoorweg, G. 116pp. 86 games, some annotated. 1 Karpov 2 Portisch 3 Petrosian 4 Ljubojevic. £14.00
152. 1976 BUDAPEST: II. Nemzetkozi
Tungsram Sakkverseny.
(1976). p/b, some cover wear o/w G. (56)pp. 120 games.
Preliminary text in Hungarian, English and Russian. 1-2 Vadasz,
Holmov 3-4 Sax, Vogt.
£9.00
153. 1977 TILBURG: (1e) Grootmeestertournooi.
Amsterdam 1978. p/b. VG. 192pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1 Karpov 2 Miles 3-6 Timman, Hort, Hubner, Kavalek. £10.00
154. 1978 TILBURG: 2e Interpolis
Schaaktournooi. Amsterdam 1979. p/b, spine faded o/w
G. 160pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1 Portisch 2 Timman 3-5 Dzindzichasjvili, Hubner, Miles.
£10.00
155. 1978 WIJK AAN ZEE: 40e Hoogovens
Schaaktoernooi. Toernooiboek.
(1978.) Large p/b, G. 96pp., many photos, 66 games from GM group, some
annotated. 1 Portisch 2 Korchnoi
3 Andersson. p.39 to 96 contains results, selected games and photos of the
previous 39 Hoogoven tournaments. £12.00
156. 1979 MONTREAL. Tal, Chepizhny
& Roshal.: Tournament of Stars. Pergamon 1980.
1st Edn. p/b, VG. Photos, 204pp. 90 games, many
annotated in great depth. (A.) One of the strongest tournaments, won by Karpov and Tal, and including interviews with both. £15.00
157. 1980 LONDON. W.R.Hartston & S.Reuben:
Phillips & Drew Kings Chess Tournament. Pergamon, 1981. 1st Edn. Hardback, VG.
222pp., photos. 91 games, some annotated. 1-3 Miles, Andersson, Korchnoi. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF, Dunleavy
collection. £12.00
158. 1982 LONDON. R.Keene: Phillips & Drew Kings and Knights Chess
Tournaments. BCM Quarterly No.20 (1982.) p/b. VG. 121pp. 91 games, some
annotated, photos. 1-2 Andersson, Karpov 3 Seirawan. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF collection. £8.00
159. 1984 AMSTERDAM: 3rd OHRA Schaak-Festival.
Amsterdam, 1984. Large p/b. VG. 68pp., photos, 107 games in GM group A 1 Timman 2 Portisch 3 Chandler. 108
games in GM group B 1 Neto 2-4 Enklaar, Martinovic,
Szabo. £9.00
160. 1984 TILBURG: 8e Interpolis
Schaaktournooi. (1985.) p/b. VG. 201pp., photos, 66
games, many annotated. 1 Miles 2-5 Hubner, Tukmakov, Ribli, Beliavsky. £12.00
161. 1986 BRUSSELS. G.Ligterink: The First S.W.I.F.T. International Chess
Tournament. Interchess, Amsterdam 1987. p/b. G.
96pp., photos, round-by-round reports, 66 annotated games. (A.) 1 Karpov 2 Korchnoi 3-5 Miles, Timman,
Torre. £12.00
162. 1987 AMSTERDAM: 6th OHRA Grootmeestertoernooi.
Amsterdam, 1987. Large p/b. VG. 78pp., photos, 30 games in "Kroongroep" 1.Van der Wiel 2-4 Chandler, Gulko, Timman. 156 games in GM 9 rnd
swiss - 1 Hort 2 Gavrikov. £9.00
163. 1987 TILBURG: 11th Interpolis
Chess Tournament. New In Chess 1988. p/b. VG. 97pp.,
photos, interviews, 56 games, many annotated. 1Timman 2-3 Hubner,
Nikolic. In English. (A.) £9.00
164. 1988 TILBURG: 12th Interpolis
Chess Tournament. NIC, 1988. p/b. VG. 96pp., photos, interviews, 56 games, many
annotated. 1 Karpov 2 Short. In English. (A.) £10.00
165. 1989 TILBURG: 13e Interpolis
Schaaktournooi. Eindhoven, 1989. p/b. VG. 206pp.,
many photos, interviews, 56 games, all annotated. 1 Kasparov 2 Korchnoi 3-4 Ljubojevic,
Sax. £12.00
166. 1990 WIJK AAN ZEE.: 52nd Hoogovens
Chess Tournament. Wijk aan
Zee 1990. New In Chess, 1990. p/b, one corner creased
o/w G. 66pp., photos, all games from top group, some annotated. Interview with Fedorowicz, winner of the B group. 1 Nunn 2-3 Portisch, Andersson. Mostly in English. £10.00
167. 1991 MUNICH. D.Jan
ten Geuzendam: SKA-Mephisto
Turnier Munchen 1991. New
in Chess, 1991 p/b, VG. 81pp., photos, commentary, 91 games, some annotated by
the players. 1 Christiansen 2-5 Belyavsky, Hertneck, Hubner, Gelfand, (A.)
In German. £10.00
168. 1992 FISCHER-SPASSKY Rematch. Davies, Pein
& Levitt: Bobby Fischer: The $5,000,000 Comeback. Cadogan 1992. p/b, VG.
131pp. Fischer won 17.5-12.5. (A.) £9.00
169. 1994 BUENOS AIRES. Polugaevsky,
Piket & Gueneau:
Sicilian Love. Lev Polugaevsky Chess Tournament. New in
Chess, 1995. Hardback, VG. 236pp, photos, 56 annotated games. Sicilian theme
tournament for 60th birthday of Polugaevsky, also
interview with him and 10 of his favourite sicilian
games, and history of the sicilian. (A.) 1 Salov 2 Anand 3-4 Ivanchuk, J.Polgar. £18.00
170. 1994 HORGEN. H.Metz: Das Credit Suisse Masters und SKA Grossmeisterturnier Horgen 1994.
Edition Olms, Zurich 1995. Large hardback. VG. 135pp., many photos, interview
with Kasparov, page of facsimile autographs, commentary, 66 games, some
annotated by the players. 1 Kasparov 2-3 Yusupov, Shirov. All 66 games from SKA tournament, 1 Hodgson. (A.)
In German. £15.00
171. 1994 MUNICH. R.Tischbierek: SKA-Turnier Munchen 1994. Sportverlag Berlin,
1994. p/b, VG. 114pp., photos, 66 games, most annotated. 1 Ivanchuk
2-3 Belyavsky, Hubner. £12.00
172. 1994 TILBURG: 18e Interpolis
Wereldschaaktournooi. Tilburg (1994.) p/b. VG.
192pp., photos, 394 games. Knock-out format, Salov
beating Bareev in final. Also 72 games from Women's
Candidates tournament, 1-2 Z.Polgar,
Chiburdanidze.
£10.00
173. 1995 HORGEN. A.Behr: Das Credit Suisse Masters und Credis-Grossmeisterturnier Horgen
1995. Edition Olms, Zurich 1996. Large hardback. F. 142pp., many photos,
commentary, all the games both both groups, some
annotated by the players. Masters: 1-2 Kramnik, Ivanchuk 3-4 Ehlvest, Short
(Kasparov 5th!) GM: 1 Almasi 2 Hodgson (A.) In
German. £15.00
174. 1996 AMSTERDAM: VSB Schaaktoernooi
1996. New In Chess, 1996. Hardback, VG. 236pp., many
photos, 45 games, many annotated by the players, many articles, interviews,
results of previous VSB tournaments with some games. In Dutch. 1-2 Topalov, Kasparov 3-4 Anand, Short. £18.00
175. 1997-98 GRONINGEN / LAUSANNE: World Chess
Championship + Women's Candidates + 36th International Chess Tournament
Groningen 1997. Stichting Schaak
Groningen, 1998. Thick p/b, top corner of spine bumped o/w VG. 350pp., many
photos, 556 games, some annotated, from the three main events. Includes various
articles and interviews. (A.) A well produced book.
The FIDE World Championship knockout tournament started with 98 players and went to 8
rounds, the final won by Anand on tie-break from Michael Adams. Women's
Candidates 1.Galliamova 2 Jun Xie.
36th Groningen Tournament
- 1 Nenashev 2-3 Ehlvest, Ibragimov. In English. (A.)
£18.00
176. 1999 FRANKFURT. S.Kindermann & H.Metz:
Frankfurt Chess Classic 1999. Gipfeltreffen der Schachgiganten. Schach Jurgen
Daniel, 1999. p/b. F. 227pp.,in German, photos,
interviews, reports from this Rapid Chess event with all games from Giants and
Masters tournaments, some annotated, selection from Open. 1 Kasparov 2 Anand 3 Kramnik 4 Karpov. £18.00
177. 2005 SAN LUIS. A.Gershon & I.Nor: San
Luis 2005. (FIDE World Championship Tournament.) Quality Chess 2007. 1st Edn. Large p/b, VG. 442pp., many coloured photos, forewords
by Short & Topalov, round-by-round reports, 56
games annotated in-depth. 1 Topalov 2-3 Svidler, Anand. Topalov became FIDE World Champion. One of the best
tournament books in the last twenty years. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF
collection. £18.00
* * * INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS * * *
178. Bellin (R.) & P.Ponzetto.: Test Your Positional Play. Batsford 1985. 1st Edn. p/b. VG.
192pp. 30 tests each with a choice of 3 plans with points awarded. (A.) With
two bookplates of the ECF, Golombek collection. £8.00
179. Capablanca (J.R.): Capablanca's Last Chess
Lectures. Herbert Jenkins, 1967. 1st UK Edn. VG, with
d/w (worn on front) 132pp. Twelve lectures originally delivered shortly before
his death in 1942. A scarce book. With
small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection. £18.00
180. Euwe (M.) & W.Meiden.: Chess Master and
Grandmaster. Allen & Unwin 1978. 1st UK Edn. VG,d/w. 367pp. 25 annotated games
played between masters and grandmasters between 1970 & 1975,
"revealing the reason for each significant move." With bookplate of the ECF, Rumsey
collection. £10.00
181. KERES. Neishtadt
(I.): Paul Keres Chess Master Class. Trans: K.P.Neat. Pergamon 1983. 1st English Edn. p/b, VG. 182pp., photos. (A.) Using numerous examples
of Keres's play...a virtual textbook on attacking play. Sections include the
calculation of variations, attack, defence and counter-attack, the practical
endgame. With small label of the ECF, Pollard collection. £14.00
182. Krogius (N.):
Psychology in Chess. RHM, NY 1976. 1st English Edn.
Hardback, VG,d/w.. 243pp.
Contains the best of Krogius' writings on the
subject, with much of practical use including large sections on attention and
time trouble, reasons for common errors etc.
The hardback is quite scarce.
£20.00
183. Neishtadt (I.):
Queen Sacrifice. Translated by K.Neat.
Pergamon 1991. 1st English Edn. p/b, VG. 255pp. (A.) Over
400 examples of queen sacrifice from named games, With bookplate of the ECF,
Wade collection. £10.00
184. SPIELMANN (R.): The Art of Sacrifice in
Chess. Translated from the German by J. Du Mont. Bell, 1935. 1st English Edn. VG. 216pp. 37 of his own annotated games, being
examples of various sacrificial themes. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker
collection. £20.00
185. Taulbut (S.):
Positional Chess. Allen & Unwin 1983. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 102pp. Includes 49
annotated games. (A.) "Entertaining guide to positional play." With
small label of the ECF, Pollard collection.
£10.00
* * * MAGAZINES
AND PERIODICALS * * *
BRITISH
CHESS MAGAZINE
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following volumes have a bookplate of the ECF, Diggle Collection. All in good
condition, with index, unless otherwise stated.
1902
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slightly frayed at top. £80
1903
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1904
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1907
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1908
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1909
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1910
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1911 Vol.31.
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1912
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of leather. £70
1913
Vol.33. Purple half leather, spine torn with loss of leather in three places.
£60
1922
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The following
have a bookplate of the ECF, Wade collection.
1940
Vol.60. Maroon cloth, VG. Scarce war year. £50
1942
Vol.62. Maroon cloth, VG, but paper browned. Scarce war year. £50
1943
Vol.63. Maroon cloth, VG, but paper browned. Scarce war year. £50
1944 Vol.64.
Maroon cloth,, G, but paper browned and single
wormhole to edge of first 80 pages not affecting the text. Scarce war year. £35
1960
Vol.80. Blue cloth, wear to spine edges. Magazine covers bound in, index in Dec
issue. £28
1965
Vol.85. Maroon cloth, VG. £25
1966
Vol.86. Maroon cloth, VG. £25
CHESS
(Sutton Coldfield) Ed: B.H.Wood
The
following volumes are larger size and bound in brown cloth with index and in good+
condition unless otherwise stated. All have a bookplate of the ECF collection.
Each volume runs from October to September.
Vol.5 1939-40. VG
condition. £45
Vol.6 1940-41. VG.
Magazine covers bound in. £45
Vol.7 1941-42. VG. £40
Vol.8 1942-43. VG. £40
Vol.9 1943-44. VG. No
index. £40
Vol.10
1944-45. VG. £40
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following bound with brown leather spines and light tan or cream cloth sides.
Vol.12
1946-47. Some pen notes throughout. £35
Vol.13
1947-48. Spine slightly rubbed, some pen notes throughout. £30
Vol.14
1948-49. Spine worn with some loss of leather, some pen notes throughout. £25
Vol.15
1949-50. Spine slightly rubbed, some pen notes throughout. £30
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1950-51. Spine slightly rubbed, some pen notes throughout. £30
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1951-52. Spine slightly rubbed, some pen notes throughout. £30
The
following volumes are octavo size and bound in dark brown cloth with index and
in good+ condition unless otherwise stated. All have a bookplate of the ECF
collection. Each volume runs from October to September. Magazine covers are
usually included.
Vol.40
1974-75. £15
Vol.41
1975-76. A few pages creased at top corner. £14
Vol.45
Nov.1979 to Jan.1981
Algebraic edition. £15
Vol.46
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