TONY PETERSON, 11 WESTBURY ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA,
ESSEX, SS2 4DW, UK.
CHESS BOOKS BY MAIL ORDER – SECONDHAND, RARE & OUT OF PRINT.
Email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk Website home page: www.chessbooks.co.uk
(Three new titles added April 2010
Nos.78,79,80 below)
(Also new book: Young Najdorf.)
Rare and Unpublished Tournaments
and Matches
These are mostly paper
covers with clear plastic covers, stapled, printed on gold paper.
1) Chigorin v Schiffers 1897 50 numbered copies only sold
out
2) Vilnius 1912 100 numbered copies only sold
out
3) Abbazia 1912 all available games (about 80 of 120)
(£7.00) No ISBN.
4) Jubilee Tournament, Berlin
1907 all 65 games (£7.00) 0 906042 81 1
5) Vienna 1907 All 91 games (£7.50) 0 906042 56 9
6) Monte Carlo 1901 new edition, see number 12 sold
out – see number 12
7) Vienna 1904/5 King's Gambit Declined tournament. 70 of 72
games (£7.00) 0 906042 27 5
8) Barcelona 1929 won by Capablanca all 105 games (£7.50) 0
906042 47 X.
9) 2nd Russian Champ. Moscow
1901 all available games (£7.00)
0 906042 24 0
10) 7 Matches 1905 72 games (£7.50) 0 906042 27 5
11) Ramsgate 1929 & the
Tinsley Notebooks (£7.50) 0 906042
49 6
12) Monte Carlo 1901, new
edition (see number 6) over 100 games (£8.00) 0 906042 82 3
13) Hastings Victory
Tournament 1919, c122 games (£7.50)
0 906042 83 5
14) Hastings 1923/4 &
Weston-s-Mare 1924 all the games (£7.75) 0 906042 84 7
15) Giessen 1928 +
Trencianske Teplice 1928 all available games (£7.00) 0 906042 91 7
16) Hastings 1924/5 + Scarborough
1925 + Bromley 1925 + London Triangular
1925 (first 2 complete, others all available games) (£7.50) 0 906042 85 9
17) Hastings 1928/9 +
Scarborough 1929 all the games
(£7.50) 0 906042 90 9
18) Hastings 1926/7 +
Scarborough 1927 + Tunbridge Wells 1927 (Hastings
complete, others all available games) (£8.50) 0 906042 94 1
19) Meran 1926 all available games (£7.50) 0 906042 93 3
20) Brno 1928 +
Berlin(Sept/Oct) 1928 all available games (£8.00) 0 906042 95 X
21) Utrecht 1920+Amsterdam
1920+Berlin(Dec) 1920 all the games(£7.50) 0 906042 96 8
22) Amsterdam 1926 + Berlin
1926 + Lake Hopatcong 1926 (£8.50)
0 906042 97 6
23) Monte Carlo 1902 previously unpublished; nearly all the
games (£10.00) 1 901034 04 6
24) England v USA Cable
Matches 1896-1901 all the
games/history(£8.50) 1 901034 00 3 .
25) England v USA Cable
Matches 1902-1911 all the games
(£8.50) 0 906042 99 2
26) Debrecen 1913 almost
complete, mainly in Hungarian language(£9.50)
1 901034 07 0
27) 11th USSR
Champ., Leningrad 1939 by Botvinnik & Ragozin (£9.50) 1 901034 03 8
28) English Tournaments
1920-22 all available games from Bromley 1920, Hastings
1920-1, Broadstairs 1921, Hastings 1921-2, Weston-s-Mare 1922
(£8.50) 1 901034 05 4
29) Berlin Tageblatt
Tournament 1928 detailed coverage (£8.00)
1 901034 08 9
30) The Hague Olympiad 1928 all
available games (£8.75) 1 901034 09 7
31) Berlin Champ. 1932 +
Swinemünde 1932 nearly all the games (£7.50) 1 901034 10 0
32) Hastings 1925/6+Weston-s-Mare
1926+Scarborough 1926+Birmingham 1926
nearly all the games
(£9.00) 1 901034 13 5
33) Meran 1924 first time
published!; all available games (£8.00)
1 901034 14 3
34) Rogaska Slatina
1929+Paris 1929 all available games
(£8.75) 1 901034 15 1
35) Hastings 1922/3+Margate
1923+Liverpool 1923 (£8.75) 1
901034 16 X
36) Hastings
1927/8+Cheltenham 1928+Scarborough 1928 (£8.00) 1 901034 17 8
37) Hastings 1931/2+Cambridge
1932+Langford Cup Matches (Flohr v Sultan
Khan and Landau v Buerger) all available games (£8.50) 1 901034 18 6
38) Hastings
1929/30+Canterbury 1930+Hastings 1930/31 (£8.50) 1 901034 20 8
39) Baden Baden 1870 nearly all the games (£7.50) 1 901034 25 2
40) Munich Olympiad 1936 all available games (£12.00) 1 901034 27 6
41) Folkestone 1933 all available games (£8.50) 1 901034 28 8
42) Paris 1900 by Jimmy
Adams, paperback edition (£15.00) 1
901034 30 6
43) Buenos Aires Olympiad
1939 edited by A.J.Gillam; paperback edition; 240 large pages
all 928 games, fully indexed
(£19.00) 1 901034 29 X
44) Opatija 1953 all the games (£7.00) 1 901034 31 8
45) Lüneburg 1947 all the
games (£8.50) 1 901034 32 X
46) Berlin (January)
1897+Altona 1897+Thousand Islands 1897 (£7.50) 1 901034 33 1
47) London 1887 (£8.50)
1 901034 36 7
48) Augsburg 1946 +
Regensburg 1946 (£8.00) 1 901034 35 5
49) Rostov-on-Don 1960
semi-final of 28th USSR Champ. (£7.50) 1 901034 39 2
50) Vilnius 1960 semi-final
of 28th USSR Champ. (£7.50)
1 901034 41 0
51) Lodz 1935/Sopot
1935/Milwaukee 1935 all available games (£8.50) 1 901034 40 9
52) Budapest 1928 by
W.A.Foldeak (£7.50) 1 901034 42 2
53) London Olympiad 1927 by
Ken Whyld; all available games (£9.00) 1 901034 43 4
54) Oldenburg 1949 all games (£9.00) 1 901034 44 6
55) Munich 1942 2 groups;
nearly all games; paperback; 124 pages (£12.00) 1 901034 46 1
56) 2nd US Champ.
1938 all available games; booklet; 60 pages (£8.50) 1 901034 47 X
57) London 1868/9 all
available games; booklet £8.50 1-901-34-50-X
58) English Tournaments
1857-66 by Ken Whyld; all available games
£8.50 1-901034-48-8
59) Four Polish Championships
(1926-37) by T.Lissowski, all available games £9.00 1-901034-49-6
A)
Chess Tournaments and Matches 1904
edited by A.J.Gillam
678 games and positions from the
major events of the year. All the games of Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo Rice
Gambit, Cambridge Springs, Coburg, Schlechter-Teichmann match, Marco-Janowski match.
All the available games from London, London Rice Gambit, Hastings (1st
British Champ.),
St. Louis and 12 other events.
Full indexes and tables. £13.95 1
901034 21 6
B)
Chess Tournaments and Matches 1925
806 games without notes of the 11 top events of 1925, fully indexed;
paperback (£16.95) 0 906042 89 6
C)
Monte Carlo 1904
by Georg Marco Small booklet with all the games, with
notes, reproduced from
the Wiener Schachzeitung and so
in German. (£5.00) No ISBN.
D) Midland
Chess Bulletin/London Chess Bulletin/The Chess Bulletin: Well produced newspapers from 1948 to 1950. The
first 44 issues (3 in photocopy) in good condition. Edited by W.Ritson Morry or
Brian Reilly. £45.00
60) New York 1900 by A.J.Gillam; ISBN 1 901034 52 5
31pp; all 30 games of the 6-player double-round tournament won by Lipschutz ahead of Showalter, Hodges, Hymes, D.G.Baird and Frank Marshall with summaries and comments from the New York newspapers of the period. 26 diagrams. Previously unpublished. £7.50
61) ‘Impromptu’ Tournament, New York 1893 by A.J.Gillam
ISBN 1 901034 54 9
51pp; all 91 games of the 14 player tournament won by Lasker ahead of Albin, Showalter, Lee, Delmar, Hanham, Pillsbury, Taubenhaus, Pollock, and 5 others. Lasker scored 13 out of 13. Pillsbury’s first tournament. Games, summaries and comments from the New York newspapers of the period. 50 diagrams. Previously unpublished. £8.50
62) Second Kolisch Memorial Tournament, Vienna 1899/1900 Edited by A.J.Gillam
All 66 games played between Maroczy, Schlechter, Brody, Alapin, Marco, Zinkl, H.Wolf, Kotrc, von Popiel, Albin, A.Schwarz and Prock; article, 30 diagrams, 47 pages, plenty of notes, cross-table. ISBN 1 901034 53 7 £8.50
63) First City Chess Club Tournament, New York 1893 and Second City Chess Club Tournament, New York 1894 by A.J.Gillam; ISBN 1 901034 55 0
60pp; all the games of both tournaments from the New York newspapers of the time, with summaries and comments. 62 diagrams. In 1893, Pillsbury won head of Hodges, Showalter, Albin and 6 New York players. In 1894, Steinitz won ahead of Albin, Hymes, Showalter, Pillsbury, Delmar and 5 New York players. Previously unpublished. £9.00
64) London July 1886 All available games; 108 pages; 1 901034 56 2; gluebound; £12.00
65) Plymouth 1938 and Bournemouth 1939 Edited by A.J.Gillam
At Plymouth, Alekhine and Sir GeorgeThomas won ahead of List, Milner-Barry, Menchik, Mallison, Wheatcroft and Bruce. 22 of the 28 games are given, many with notes, some from manuscript sources are published for the first time. There are 3 games from the second section. At Bournemouth, Euwe won ahead of Ernst Klein, Flohr, Landau, Koenig, Conde, P.Wallis, Aitken, A.R.B.Thomas, Mieses, Kitto and Abrahams. All 66 games are given with plenty of notes and 7 games from the lower sections. There is also an explanation of a mystery surrounding a game from the last round. 69 diagrams, 74 pages, 2 cross-tables. ISBN 1 901034 57 4 £9.50
66) London Feb/Mar 1886 and Nottingham 1886 Edited by A.J.Gillam
Blackburne won at London ahead of Gunsberg, Bird, Mason, Pollock, Guest, Macdonnell and Reeves. 14 of the 28 games are given. Burn and Schallopp won at Nottingham ahead of Gunsberg, Zukertort, Bird, Taubenhaus, Pollock, Hanham, Thorold, Rynd and Skipworth. 32 games and 3 fragments of the 47 games, plus 12 games of the 21 in the second group and 4 other games. Lots of notes, articles and round by round comments. 49 diagrams, 59 pages, 3 cross-tables. ISBN 1 901034 58 6 £9.00
67) London March 1892
+ London March/April 1892 + Belfast 1892
74pp + 53 diagrams; stapled booklet in plastic sleeve; ISBN 1 901034 59 8; £8.50
All available games from the two London Tournaments and all the games from Belfast. The two London events made Lasker’s name for him. He won both events with a combined score of 15½ out of 19, with only one loss.
Lasker, Mason, Loman, Bird, Locock, Lee and 6 others played in March. The March/April tournament was a double round event between Lasker, Blackburne, Mason, Gunsberg and Bird. In Belfast, Blackburne and Mason tied ahead of Bird and Lee.
None of these tournaments has previously been published.
68) Buenos Aires 1941 (Bodas de Plata) and Montevideo 1941 by A J Gillam; 60 pages; stapled with plastic jacket; 63 diagrams; ISBN 1 901034 60 4; £8.00
All 56 games from Buenos Aires, won by Stahlberg and Najdorf ahead of Frydman, Michel, Guimard, Polnik, Czerniak and Puiggros. Previously unpublished in book form.
All 66 games from Montevideo, won by Eliskases ahead of Luckis, Engels, Balparda, Roux Cabral, Rossetto and 6 others. Previously unpublished
69) Second Grau Memorial Tournament, Buenos Aires 1945 and Regence Tournament, Buenos Aires 1944 by A.J.Gillam; 37 pages; stapled with plastic jacket; 43 diagrams; ISBN 1 901034 61 6; £7.50
All 78 games from the Grau Memorial: Najdorf won ahead of Stahlberg, Guimard, Michel, Czerniak, Maderna, Pelikan and 6 others. Previously published.
All 10 games from the Regence tournament won by Cristia ahead of Michel, Becker, Piazzini and Reinhardt. Previously unpublished.
70) Jockey Club Tournament, La Plata 1944 by A.J.Gillam; 49 pages; stapled with plastic jacket; 57 diagrams; ISBN 1 901034 62 8; £8.00
All 136 games from this previously unpublished event won by Najdorf ahead of Stahlberg, Julio Bolbochan, Pelikan, Michel, Rossetto, Maderna, Pilnik, Illesco, Guimard, Sanguinetto, Czerniak, Sonia Graf and 4 others.
71) Rosario 1939 and Circulo de Ajedrez, Buenos Aires 1939 by J.S.Morgado and A.J.Gillam; 74 pages; stapled with plastic jacket; 51 diagrams and one photograph; ISBN 1 901034 63 X; International Correspondence GM Morgado has provided light notes to the games from Rosario; the notes to the Buenos Aires game are translated from Czerniak’s tournament book; all the games of both events; £9.00
72) Kassel 1947 by A.J.Gillam; 35 pages; stapled with plastic jacket; all 45 games; 32 diagrams; the tournament programme; reports from local newspapers; ISBN 1 901034 65 3; £7.00
73) Leningrad 1961 (Semi-final of the 29th USSR Championship) Previously unpublished. 52 pages. all the games, article by Tolush. Edited by A J Gillam; article translated by Igor Stohl. 49 diagrams.
Taimanov and Spassky won ahead of Vladimirov, Osnos, Artsukevich, Geller, Shishkin, Furman, Lyavdansky, Tolush, Byvshev and 9 others. . ISBN 1 901034 66 5 £9.00
74) Odessa 1960 (Semi-final of the 28th USSR Championship) Previously unpublished. 48 pages, all the games, article by Vasyukov and Naglis. Edited by A J Gillam; article translated by Igor Stohl. 32 diagrams.
Averbakh won ahead of Bronstein, Stein, Furman, Kotov, Vasyukov, Chistiakov, Shianovsky and 9 others. ISBN 1 901034 67 7 £9.00
75) Tashkent 1958 (Semi-final of the 26th USSR Championship) Previously unpublished. 36 pages, nearly all the games. Edited by A J Gillam. 45 diagrams
Holmov won ahead of Geller, Korchnoi, Gufeld, Gipslis, Simagin, Byvshev, Tarasov, Shaposhnikov, Osnos and 6 others. ISBN 1 901034 68 9 £8.00
76) Meerbeck 1946 40 pages; 72 diagrams; 90 of the 91 games; Bohatirchuk, Endzlins, Arlauskas, Tautvaisas and 10 others; a lost tournament played in a Displaced Persons’ Camp in March 1946 between players from the Baltic States and the Ukraine.
ISBN 1 901034 69 0 £8.00
77) Bern March 1933
& Bern August 1933
43 pages; 42 diagrams; all the games (42) of the tournaments, many with notes; Flohr, Naegeli, H.Johner and Gygli played in March and Bernstein, Grob, W.Michel, Naegeli, Gyfli and H.Johner in August. ISBN 1 901034 70 7 £8.00
78) New York
1913: Ed: A.J.Gillam. All 171 available games of the Second American National
Tournament and Rice Chess Club tournament (both won by Capablanca);
notes, diagrams, commentary on each round etc. 87pp. £9.50
79)
Nice 1931: Ed: A.J.Gillam. All 57 games of the Easter tournament (won by
Reilly) and the consultation tournament (involving Alekhine and
Flohr) with notes where available, diagrams, introductions. 46pp. £8.00
80) New York 1915. Ed: A.J.Gillam. 67pp; all 56 games; 56 diagrams; many detailed notes; photograph of players; cartoons of several players; biographies. £9.00
These are either card or paper covers, printed on white paper.
1) The Chess Career of
Richard Teichmann by Jack Spence; (£7.00)
0 906042 88 4
2) Kornel Havasi + Geza Nagy
by W.A.Foldeak (£5.00) 0 906042 92 5
3) The Complete Games of
Oldrich Duras by J.Kalendovsky (£16.95)
1 901034 06 2
4) Endre Steiner + Arpad
Vajda by W.A.Foldeak (£7.00) 0
906042 98 4
5) Lajos Steiner by
W.A.Foldeak (£7.50) 1 901034 01 1
6) The Collected Games of
Em.Lasker by Ken Whyld; c1300 games, hardback. (£19.95) 1 901034 02 X
7) J.H.Blackburne: The Final
Years by Owen Hindle (£8.00) 1 901034 11 9
8) Lajos Asztalos by W.A.Foldeak (£7.50) 1 901034 12 7
9) Ratmir Holmov by Aidan Woodger (£9.50) 1 901034 23 2
10) Leo Forgacs by W.A.Foldeak (£7.50) 1 901034 22 4
11) Dawid Przepiorka by Tomasz Lissowski (£8.00)
1 901034 24 0
12) Vladimir Simagin by Aidan Woodger (£9.95)
1 901034 26 4
13) Samuel Lipschütz by A J Gillam (£8.50) 1 901034 37 9
14) Szymon Winawer by Tomasz Lissowski (£8.50) 1 901034 38 0
15) Riumin & Belavenyets by
Aidan Woodger (£9.95) 1 901034 45 3
16) Imre König by
J.Donaldson (£12.50) 1-901034-51-8
17)
Emil Schallopp by A.J.Gillam and
A.J.Swift; 80 pages; stapled with plastic jacket; 108 games with notes; 54
diagrams; 1 photograph; biography; ISBN 1 901034 64 1; £9.00
18) Young
Najdorf. By
Tomasz Lissowski. Glued Paperback with spine; 151pp; 20 illustrations; 164
diagrams; 192 games and positions, many with notes; tournament tables; detailed
career record. A detailed record of Najdorf’s early career, from his earliest
recorded game in 1928 to the end of 1939 when he was stranded in Argentina by
the outbreak of World War 2. This book contains all of Najdorf’s currently
known games from the period with notes, tournament tables and other details
from contemporary Polish sources. Some of the games are published here for the
first time. Tomasz Lissowski is a well known chess historian who lives in
Warsaw. (£16.00)