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. Home page: www.chessbooks.co.uk Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.001533. ----: New Chess Player (The.)
Vol.1 - 8. 1978-79. All p/b, VG. Each with around 350 games with light informator style notes, opening theory and tournament tables at front. (A.) £28.003746. ----: Shakhmatny Eshegodnik. (Year Book) 1960.
Moscow, 1962. VG. 496pp. Includes 146 annotated games. £14.003017. ----: Shakhmatny Eshegodnik. (Year Book) 1962.
Moscow, 1964. VG. 304pp. Includes 81 annotated games. £14.003747. ----: Shakhmatny. (Year Book) 1958-1959.
Moscow, 1960. G. 503pp. Includes 145 annotated games. £14.00354. 1907-1913. Wilson (F.) Ed.: Classical Chess Matches 1907-1913.
Dover 1975. p/b. VG. 227pp. 157 games from 19 matches as reported in The Year Book of Chess. £8.001048. Abrahams (G.): Brilliance in Chess.
Pitman 1977. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 143pp. Brilliant games and part games from all eras. £9.003798. ADORJAN (A.): Black is Still OK!
Batsford 2004. p/b. F. 224pp. Encourages a positive attitude with the black pieces, with recommended openings and many illustrative games, many by Adorjan. (A.) £10.003449. Alfoldy (L.): 33 Sakklecke.
Sport Lap- es Konyvkiado, 1958. 1st Edn. Contemporary half cloth with original front wrapper mounted on front cover. G. 159pp. A series of lessons, including many annotated games. £7.003077. Avery (B.D.): Correspondence Chess in America.
McFarland, US 2000. 1st Edn. F. 278pp. 233 games, some annotated. A detailed chronological account. (A.) £34.003395. Avni (A.): The Grandmaster's Mind. A Look Inside the Chess-Thinking Process.
Gambit 2004. p/b. Title-page removed o/w F. 176pp. Israeli psychologist Avni interviews a number of Israeli GM's and composers focusing on their most interesting and instructive games and compositions. (A.) £8.003008. Barcza (G.) A.Foldeak & others: Magyar Sakktortenet 3. 1896-1921.
Budapest 1989. VG, d/w. 364pp. Many games, problems, photos, biographies, tournament reports etc., covering Hungarian chess from 1896 to 1921. Includes large sections on Charousek and Breyer with many games of each. £20.00347. Barden (L.) & W.Heidenfeld.: Modern Chess Miniatures.
Routledge 1960. 1st Edn. G,d/w (torn on spine). 148pp. 161 games arranged by opening. "Varied and entertaining." (J.Grefe.) £8.00348. Beheim (M.): Chess with the Masters. Trans & Ed: L.Barden.
Thames & Hudson 1963. 1st UK Edn. VG, but d/w torn with paper loss. 271pp. 100 of the finest and most instructive games between 1834 and 1962. £8.001295. Beheim (M.): Knaurs Schachbuch. Ein Jahrhundert Schach in Meisterpartien.
T.Knaur, Munchen, n.d.(c.1959). New Edn. G. 264pp. c.100 of the finest games from 1834 to 1953. £7.002307. Beheim-Schwarzbach (M.): Schach Buch. Ein Jahrhundert Schach in Meisterpartien.
n.d.(c.197-) F, d/w. 280pp. Around 100 annotated games from 1834 to 1960's. £8.001484. Bisguier (A.) & A.Soltis: American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer.
MacMillan, NY 1974. 1st Edn. G, d/w (little frayed at edges.) 291pp., photos, biographies, around 100 annotated games. SIGNED BY GM A.BISGUIER on front endpaper. £25.002387. Botterill, Levy, Rice & Richardson (Editors): British Chess.
Pergamon Press 50th Chess Book, 1983. Large oblong format. VG,d/w (frayed at edges). 298pp., illus. Short biographies and 2 or 3 annotated games, studies or problems of all British title holders at the time of publication. A nice work and quite scarce. £22.001083. Burgess, Nunn & Emms: The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games.
Robinson, 1998. p/b. VG. 558pp. 100 annotated games. (A.) £10.003392. Cafferty (B.) & A.J.Gillam: Chess with the Masters.
Chess Player, 1977. 1st. p/b. VG. 80pp. Brief biographies of 10 leading players of the 1970's, each with small selection of shorter games or snappy finishes - Reshevsky, Gligoric, Bronstein, Geller, Larsen, Portisch, Korchnoi, Ljubojevic, Hubner, Mecking. £9.002942. Cafferty (B.) & M.Taimanov: The Soviet Championships.
Cadogan, 1998. F, d/w. 224pp., photos. The 58 Soviet Championships from 1920 to 1991, each with crosstable, introduction and one or two of the best games annotated by Taimanov. (A.) "The definitive record." £16.003314. Chernev (I.): 1000 Best Short Games of Chess. A Treasury of Masterpieces in Miniature.
Fireside Edn, NY, 1987. Repr. p/b. F. 567pp. 1000 games with brief notes, arranged by various themes. With introduction and new index of openings by Pandolfini. £15.00409. Chernev (I.): The Golden Dozen. The Twelve Greatest Chess Players of All Time.
OUP 1976. 1st Edn. Large format. VG, d/w. 331pp. 115 annotated games and superb photos. £14.0053. Chernev (I.): The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played.
Faber 1973. Repr. p/b. VG. 279pp. 62 annotated games. £8.003776. Chess Informant: Top 12 + 1. Games, Statistics, Theory. Vol.1-2.
VI-XII 2000, I-VI 2001, Chess Informant 2001. 2 vols, p/b. F. 247, 223pp. Games of the top 12 players + J.Polgar in each half year, with their openings statistics and theory, plus further 200+ games. (A.) £18.003349. Christiansen (L.): Rocking the Ramparts. A Guide to Attacking Chess.
Batsford 2003. VG. p/b. 256pp. Numerous complete games and combinations from recent master games featuring king-side attacks. (A.) £9.00592. Clarke (P.H.): One Hundred Soviet Chess Miniatures.
Bell 1963. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 174pp. 100 annotated games mostly from the 50's & 60's. £11.00234. Coles (R.N.): Battles-Royal of the Chessboard.
Williams & Norgate 1948. 1st Edn. G. 155pp. 50 games from 1834 to 1946. £8.001480. Coles (R.N.): Battles-Royal of the Chessboard.
Cadogan 1995 (Reprint of 1948 edn.) p/b. VG. 155pp. 50 games from 1834 to 1946. £6.001216. Coles (R.N.): Dynamic Chess. The Modern Style of Aggresive Play.
Dover 1966. Revised & Enlarged Edn. p/b. VG. 195pp. 90 annotated games from 1882 to 1956. Part 1 deals with the hypermodern revolution, Part 2 with the Russians. £7.503704. Cordingley (E.G.R.) & K.Whyld: The Chess Students Quarterly. Vol.I - VI (Nov 1946 - Mar 1952). (With) Match Bronstein vs. Boleslavski, Moscow 1950.
Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.2007. Hardback. 569pp. 356 games, many annotated, 14 games of B-B match, opening theory, book reviews, various lists of books for sale. A facsimile reprint of the complete run of CSQ which was produced on an off-set litho printing machine. It was intended to be complimentary to the two major British chess magazines, giving additional games and analysis, but no news or problems. The original issues are very scarce. £25.002239. Cozens (W.H.): The King-Hunt.
Bell, 1970. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 120pp. 45 games in which the king in hunted into the open board, from 1844 to 1968. £8.003275. Damsky (Y.): The Batsford Book of Chess Records.
Batsford, 2005. New p/b. 303pp. Includes many games. Numerous records from chess history, longest/shortest etc., although more of an entertaining collection of anecdotes than a serious reference work. (A.) £15.001547. Dreyer, Kirby & Heidenfeld: Springboks at Munich.
Cape Town, 1959. p/b.VG. 32pp. A selection of games played by the South African team at the 13th Olympiad, Munich 1958. £8.0060. Du Mont (J.): 200 Miniature Games of Chess.
Routledge 1963. Repr. p/b, some wear head and foot of spine o/w G. 287pp. Arranged by opening. £7.0061. Du Mont (J.): Chess: More Miniature Games.
Routledge 1953. 1st Edn. G. 222pp. 200 games arranged by opening. The copy of H. Schenk (one of his games from Ebensee 1933 included in book.) Names on contents pages are underlined and some newspaper photos of famous players pasted on endpapers. £9.001525. Dufresne (J.): Das Buch der Schachmeisterpartien. Erster Teil.
Leipzig, n.d.(1889) Small 8vo, original(?) boards, with paper title-labels, top of spine torn with small loss, lower joint cracked o/w G. 203pp. 74 annotated master games from 1887-1890. LN 3173. £14.003775. Dunne (A.): Modern Postal Masterpieces.
Thinkers' Press, US 1994. 1st. p/b. VG. 140pp., brief biographies of 27 top US postal players and a game annotated by each player, plus 23 further games. (A.) £8.001497. Eales (R.G.): Cambridge Chess.
Chess SC (1978) 1st. p/b. F. 92pp. 64 annotated games. Cambridge University Chess Club, with a strong emphasis on the 1970's. £7.00541. Eggink (L.G.) & W.A.T.Schelfhout.: Partij Verloren.
Amsterdam 1947. 1st Edn. Original black cloth. G. 220pp., portraits, 64 games. A memorial of Dutch chess players killed during World War 2. The main chapters are about Salo Landau and Arnold van den Hoek, the strongest players besides Euwe. £20.0062. Emery (A.): Chess of To-day.
Hollings 1924. 1st Edn. G. 109pp. 50 of the best games from the years 1918 to 1923. £10.002170. Emery (A.): Chess Sacrifices and Traps.
Frank Hollings, 1924. 1st Edn. Limp cloth covers, wear to spine o/w G. 110pp. Includes 28 games, most from 1922/23. £6.0063. Euwe (Dr.M.): Meet the Masters. The Modern Chess Champions and their Most Characteristic Games. With Annotations and Biographies.
Pitman 1945. 2nd Edn (slightly enlarged). G. 279pp., photos. Alekhine, Capablanca, Flohr, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Fine, Keres, Euwe. £9.00694. Euwe (Dr.M.): The Development of Chess Style.
Bell 1968. 1st English Edn. VG. 152pp. 44 annotated games following the evolution of chess from Greco to Spassky. £12.002648. Euwe (M.) & J.Nunn: The Development of Chess Style.
Batsford 1997. 1st Algebraic Edn. (Enlarged by Nunn with 4 extra chapters.) p/b. F.224pp. 61 annotated games following the evolution of chess from Greco to Kramnik. £10.00990. Evans (L.): Modern Chess Brilliancies.
Fireside Book, 1970. 1st. p/b. First few pages loose o/w G. 226pp. 101 annotated games from 1958-1969. £6.003841. Evans (L.): Modern Chess Brilliancies.
Hypermodern Press, US 1994. 1st algebraic Edn. p/b. VG. 287pp. 101 annotated games from 1958-1969, many involving the leading players. (A.) £10.002642. Evans (L.): The Chess Beat.
Pergamon, 1982. 1st. Large format h/b. VG. 105pp. Copies of 300 of Evans' newspaper columns which appeared from 1973-81 in Sunday Washington Post or Chiacgo Tribune, most including a game, and quite a few concerning Fischer. £14.002363. Fine (R.): Chess Marches On!
Chess Review, US 1945. 1st Edn. Spine faded, some cover marking o/w G. 221pp. 50 annotated games from 1941-44 each with introductory essay. £10.002850. Fine (R.): The World's a Chessboard.
McKay, US 1948. 1st Edn. VG. 323pp. 50 annotated games from the 1940's, each with an introduction with anecdotes and inside accounts. £14.005. Foldeak (A.): Chess Olympiads.
Hungary, Corvina Press, 1966. 1st English Edn. G. 364pp., numerous annotated games, and full results of Olympiads from 1927 to 1964. £10.00275. Forbes (C.): Meet the Masters.
Tournament Chess 1994. 1st. p/b. 159pp. VG. A collection of interviews including Adams, Short, Anand, Kasparov, Fischer, Timman, a few games and photos. £7.503547. Gerzadowicz (S.): Thinkers' Chess. A Compendium of Games.
Thinkers' Press, US 1995. 1st. p/b. F. 151pp. 27 games of amateurs annotated by US correspondence chess master, including humour, tips for improvement etc. (A.) £7.00675. Golombek (H.): Improve Your Chess.
Pitman 1976. 2nd Revised & Enlarged Edn. VG,d/w. 160pp. Includes 34 games. £5.002361. Golombek (H.): The Game of Chess.
Penguin handbook, 1954. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 255pp. Includes 54 games. (Also revised reprint, 1974. VG. 267pp. £3.00) £3.502838. Golombek (H.) & H.Phillips: Chess.
Witherby Ltd., 1964. 1st p/b Edn. G. 434pp. Includes 44 games, mainly from 1950's, as well as sections on openings, middle game, endgame, problems & studies. £6.003749. Grechkin (D.M.): Tvorchestvo volgogradskikh shakmatistov.
Volgograd 1973. p/b. VG. 111pp. 54 annotated games from 1948-1972. Only 5000 copies printed. £12.001289. Grekov (N.): Soviet Chess.
Chess Review, US 1949. 1st English Edn. G. 256pp. 105 annotated games from 1844 to 1944, from Russian and Soviet tournaments and matches, including summaries of the various players and events. £25.002641. Harding (T.D.) Ed: Games of World Correspondence Chess Championships I - X.
Batsford, 1987. Revised Edn. G,d/w. 246pp. "Contains virtually all of the 1000 or so games played", with informator-style notes, and full crosstables of the ten events and preliminary groups played between 1950 & 1984. (A.) £16.001651. Hartston (W.R.): The Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters.
1996. 1st. Large p/b, VG. 224pp., many photos, biographies of leading players, 292 famous games. (A.) £12.003299. Hilbert (J.): Essays in American Chess History.
Caissa, US 2002. 1st Edn. F. 359pp., illus. A collection of 30 pieces by one of America¹s most highly acclaimed chess historians, containing over 300 chess games, many not available before, including long-forgotten ones by the likes of Steinitz, Pillsbury, Lasker, and Capablanca. Chapters literally run the gamut from humor to murder. Detailed coverage of long-forgotten events include the Franklin Chess Club Championship of 1897-98, the Washington Chess Divan Championship for 1942 (won by Reuben Fine), and Atlantic City 1921. Essays on correspondence chess, as well as chapters on players such as Mackenzie, Capablanca, Whitaker, and others are included. Twenty-four photographs and line drawings. A treasure trove for chess history buffs. (A.) £25.001438. Horowitz (I.A.) & J.S.Battell.: The Best in Chess.
Hodder & Stoughton, 1966. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w (torn with some loss at edges). 412pp. A large collection of annotated games, articles, stories, problems, selected from the best of "Chess Review" since 1933. £15.002777. Huther (C.): Schnell Matt! 333 Kurze, Brillante Schachpartien beruhmter Meister und Starker Amateure.
Claudius Huther, Munchen, 1913. 1st Edn. Original blue gilt-decorated cloth, inner stitching loosening o/w VG. 5 plates of chess paintings, pp xxviii,115. 333 miniature games arranged by opening. LN 3209. £30.00152. Ingram (L.C.): The Cream of Tournament Chess. Part 1 (All Published). 50 Games from the Tournaments of 1851-1878.
Chess SC, 1948. Printed paper wrappers. 75pp. G. (A) & (D). LN 3340. £11.00350. Karpov (A.): Miniatures from the World Champions.
Batsford 1985. 1st. p/b. VG. 164pp. 50 games. (A.) £7.003562. Karpov (A.): The Closed Openings in Action.
Batsford 1989. 1st. p/b. VG. 129pp. (A.) Queen's Gambit, Slav, English, Reti, Catalan. Includes many complete annotated games, mainly from 1984-88.. £7.00462. Karpov (A.): The Open Game in Action.
Batsford 1988. 1st. p/b. VG. 109pp. (A.) 1.e4, e5 openings. Includes many complete annotated games, mainly from 1984-87. £6.003561. Karpov (A.): The Semi-Closed Openings in Action.
Batsford 1989. 1st. p/b. VG. 134pp. (A.) Grunfeld, Kings-Indian, Queen's Indian, Nimzo-Indian. Includes many complete annotated games, mainly from 1984-88.. £7.00463. Karpov (A.): The Semi-Open Game in Action.
Batsford 1988. 1st. p/b. VG. 126pp. (A.) Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann & Pirc. Includes many complete annotated games, mainly from 1984-87.. £6.003648. Kasparov (G.) with D.Plisetsky: My Great Predecessors. Part 1.
Everyman 2003. Large hardback, VG,d/w. Numerous games annotated by Kasparov of the best games of previous World Champions from Steinitz to Alekhine. (A.) £20.003394. Keene (R.): Discover Your Chess Strength.
Batsford 1992. 1st. VG. 144pp. 20 annotated games mainly from 1990's given in a "test yourself" format. (A.) £7.00678. Keene (R.): The Chess Combination from Philidor to Karpov.
Pergamon 1977. 1st Edn. VG. 162pp. Includes some 40 illustrative games from all eras. £8.00497. Keene (R.): The Young Pretenders.
Holt 1994. 1st US Edn. p/b. VG. 160pp. (A.) Many games and career details of Short, Anand, Adams, Kramnik, Kamsky, Shirov, Polgar, Ivanchuk & others. £8.00677. Keene (R.) & A.Whiteley.: Ray Keene's Good Move Guide.
OUP 1982. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 141pp. 70 games from 1843 to 1980 focusing on the key position in each one.(A.) £7.00364. Keene (R.) & N.Divinsky.: Warriors of the Mind. A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board.
Hardinge Simpole 1989. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 342pp., photos. (A.) An objective ranking list of the 64 strongest players of all time, with short biographies, stylistic descriptions, and over 80 annotated games. £14.002845. Keene (R.) Ed.: Learn from the Grandmasters.
Batsford 1975. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 120pp. 14 players annotate one of their own best games and one that they have found most instructive. Includes Tal, Korchnoi, Larsen, Timman, Szabo, Stean, Gufeld, Kavalek. £7.00302. Keene (R.) Ed.: Learn from the Grandmasters.
Batsford 1998. New Edn. p/b. F. 160pp. 14 players annotate one of their own best games and one that they have found most instructive. Includes Tal, Korchnoi, Larsen, Timman, Speelman, McShane. (A.) £9.00871. Konig (I.): Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik. A Century of Chess Evolution.
Bell 1951. 1st Edn. Outer edge of covers waterstained o/w G. 202pp. 107 annotated games arranged by openings. Signed presentation copy from Konig. (Another copy, unsigned, VG £12.00) £24.00520. Konig (I.): Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik. A Century of Chess Evolution.
Dover 1977. Reprint of 1952 work. p/b. G. 202pp. 107 annotated games arranged by openings. £8.001068. Korn (W.): America's Chess Heritage. From Benjamin Franklin to Bobby Fischer and Beyond.
McKay, NY 1978. 1st Edn. G, d/w. 302pp. Numerous annotated games, much biographical, historical, and other material. £20.003208. Kotov (A.) & M.Yudovich: The Soviet Chess School.
Moscow, 1983. VG. 192pp, photos, many annotated games. A completely rewritten version of "The Soviet School of Chess" (1958), including the period up to 1983. £10.003350. Lane (G.): Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings. Attacking with White.
Batsford 2002. p/b. F. 176pp. A complete repertoire for white based on 1.d4 and the London System, usually with Bf4. Includes many complete recent games. (A.) £9.001202. Lasker (Ed.): Chess Strategy.
Bell, 1915. 1st Edn. Faded patch to front cover o/w G. 282pp. 48 illustrative games mostly from 1908-14. (Also 4th Edn, 1920. G. £10.00) £14.00139. Lasker (Ed.): Modern Chess Strategy.
Bell 1971. Repr. VG, d/w (torn). 217pp. Includes 20 illustrative games. £8.00683. Levy (D.): Learn Chess from the World Champions.
Pergamon 1979. 1st Edn. G. 206pp. A collection of writings by world champions from Philidor to Karpov, plus 34 games annotated by them. £7.00600. Levy (D.) & K.O'Connell: Oxford Encyclopaedia of Chess Games. Vol.1 1485-1866.
OUP 1981. Only Edn. VG, d/w (spine faded). 527pp. Some 4000 games plus openings and players index. (A.)Originally pub at £40. No more volumes were published. £25.002781. Linder (I.M.): Pervye russkie mastera.
Moscow, 1979. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 255pp. Numerous annotated games and biographical material on Russia's early Masters - Petrov, Schiffers, Shumov, Yanish, Urusov, Solovtsov, Khardin. £14.001285. Lombardy (W.): Snatched Opportunities on the Chessboard.
Batsford 1973. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 340pp. 200 quick victories in master games mostly from the 1960's, grouped by openings. £13.003484. Magergut (A.) Ed: Izbrannie partii Grossmeisterov I Masterov RSFSR.
Moscow, 1962. p/b. G. 111pp. 39 annotated games from 1948 to 1962. £12.003393. Marovic (D.): Understanding Pawn Play in Chess.
Gambit 2000. p/b. F. 208pp. "Provides the reader with an armoury of pawn-play concepts" using numerous high-quality GM games. (A.) £9.001496. McDonald (N.): Modern Chess Miniatures.
Cadogan 1995. p/b. F. 150pp. Over 50 annotated miniatures grouped by themes. (A.) £7.003773. Mednis (E.): How to Beat a Superior Opponent.
Summit Pub, US 1989. (A new edition of "How to Beat the Russians.") p/b. G. 312pp. Practical advice and 68 annotated games in which a Russian GM was beaten, all from 1973. (A.) £10.003549. Mednis (E.): Strategic Chess. Mastering the Closed Game.
Dover 1999. Repr. p/b. VG. 236pp. 30 annotated top-class games from 1974-90, with closed openings, describing important strategic themes carried through all phases of the game. (A.) £8.003564. Moran (P.): The World Chess Championship: Steinitz to Alekhine.
Batsford, 1986. Revised English Edn. p/b. VG. 204pp. Introductions and all games from the matches from 1886 to 1937, some annotated. (A.) £10.00575. Motwani (P.): The Most Instructive Games of the Young Grandmasters.
Everyman 1999. p/b. VG. 176pp. 13 of the best young GMs each with two annotated games, plus puzzles and tests. Adams, Shirov, Sadler, Svidler, Polgar, Leko, Kramnik, Topalov, Kamsky, Anand, Ivanchuk, van Wely, Shaked. (A.) £10.002311. Muller (H.): Das Zentrum in der Schachpartie.
Amsterdam, 1963. 1st. p/b. VG. 138pp. Includes numerous annotated games. £7.503691. Neishstadt (Y.I.): Nekoronovannye cempiony.
Moscow 1975. 1st Edn. VG,d/w 302pp., biographies and numerous annotated games and positions of Philidor, La Bourdonnais, Staunton, Anderssen, and Morphy. £12.003280. Neishtadt (I.): Catastrophe in the Opening.
Perg.1980. 1st. p/b. VG. 271pp. Over 150 short games arranged by opening, with advice to help the average player avoid disaster during the opening! (A.) £9.003574. Neishtadt (I.): Winning Quickly with Black. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Cadogan 1996. p/b. VG. 160pp. 107 miniature games arranged by openings. (A.) £7.003573. Neishtadt (I.): Winning Quickly with White. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Cadogan 1996. p/b. VG. 160pp. 100 miniature games arranged by openings. (A.) £7.00499. Nunn (J.) & W.Cozens.: The King-Hunt.
Batsford 1996. p/b. VG. 160pp. 55 games of the most exciting king-hunts from the last 150 years. New algebraic edition of Cozens' 1970 work. £8.003154. O'Connell (K.J.) Ed: The Batsford Chess Yearbook (1974), 1975/6, 1976/7, 1977/8.
Batsford, 1975-78. 4 volumes, p/b. VG. Over 150pp each. Includes review of the years 1974-77, numerous selected annotated games, crosstables of international tournaments, national championships, FIDE rating lists. The later volumes are scarcer. (A.) £25.002877. O'Connell (K.J.) Ed: The Batsford Chess Yearbook (1974).
Batsford, 1975. p/b. VG. 212pp., photos. Includes review of the year 1974, 80 selected annotated games, crosstables of international tournaments, national championships, FIDE rating lists. (A.) £5.002101. Oganessian (G.): Armenia's Chess Team.
Shakhmatayin Hayastan, Yerevan 1994. p/b. VG. 48pp. Selection of part games, photos, and brief biographical details of leading Armenian players. £8.003764. PERIODICAL: Modern Chess Theory. Ed: O'Connell & Levy.
MCT, Romford, Essex. Vol.2 No.1-12, 1979. Bound in 1 volume, p/b, VG. (292pp in all), index. (A.) Numerous articles by leading players. Many complete games included. £10.003763. PERIODICAL: Modern Chess Theory. Ed: O'Connell & Levy.
MCT, Romford, Essex. Vol.1 No.1-12, 1978. Bound in 1 volume, p/b, VG. (288pp in all), index. (A.) Numerous articles by leading players. Many complete games included. £10.003240. PERIODICAL: Modern Chess Theory. Ed: R.Keene.
(Chess Player Ltd.) Vol.3 No.1-12, July 1980 - June 1981. Bound in 1 volume, p/b, VG. (384pp in all), index. (A.) Numerous articles by leading players, mainly British, but also Larsen, Euwe, Kasparov, Timman etc. Many complete games included. Starts with Miles on his famous win with a6 & b5 vs. Karpov. £10.001325. Perquin (W.) & R.Noordijk: Hoe Amateurs Schaakspelen. Een uitgelezen verzameling Brillante Schaakpartijen voor alle Categorien Schakers.
G.B.van Goor, 's-Gravenhage 1949. Original pictorial wrappers. VG. 144pp. 84 games, mostly from 1930's & 40's, many by the authors. Not in LN catalogue. £16.001214. Prins (L.): Master Chess. A Comprehensive Collection of Outstanding Tournament Games.
Pitman, 1950. 1st English Edn. VG. 205pp. Many games and part games mostly from 1937-39 each with an interesting introduction. £15.00144. Pritchett (C.) & D.Kopec.: Best Games of the Young Grandmasters.
Bell 1980. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 218pp. Biography and about 9 games each of Miles, Timman, Browne, Andersson, Hubner, Ribli, Ljubojevic, and Kasparov. (A.) £8.003718. Purdy (C.J.S.): Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Other Thoughts. Vol.1. Compiled & Ed: R.J.Tykodi.
Thinkers' Press, US 2004. 2nd Revised Edn. p/b. F. 152pp. 100 annotated games from 1946-67 (25 from World Championship events, 25 top GM games, 50 Master Class involving Australian and New Zealand players) plus Purdy's advice on improvement and tactics. (A.) £10.00624. Reinfeld (F.): A Treasury of British Chess Masterpieces.
Chatto & Windus 1950. 1st Edn. G. 244pp. 100 annotated games by British players from 1798 to 1947. £12.00145. Reinfeld (F.): British Chess Masters Past and Present.
Bell 1947. 1st Edn. G,d/w. 93pp. 52 annotated games from 1821 to 1946. £7.00647. Reinfeld (F.): Chess Masters on Winning Chess.
Collier 1974. Repr. p/b. G. 261pp. 19 games from Steinitz to Botvinnik in which great masters themselves analyze their most interesting games. £7.5080. Reinfeld (F.): Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters.
Collier NY, 1973. Repr. p/b. G. 222pp. 50 games from 1887 to 1955. £5.001197. Reinfeld (F.): Great Games by Chess Prodigies.
Macmillan, NY 1967. 1st Edn. G, d/w (torn with some loss). 246pp. 56 annotated games by Morphy, Capablanca, Reshevsky & Fischer. £12.003237. Reinfeld (F.): Great Short Games of the Chess Masters.
Collier, NY 1972. repr. p/b. VG. 221pp. 80 annotated games under 20 moves, from 1834 to 1954. £6.00366. Reinfeld (F.): The Human Side of Chess. The Story of the World Champions.
Faber 1953. 1st Edn. G, d/w torn with loss. 304pp. Biographies from Anderssen to Euwe and 14 annotated games. £9.001073. Reinfeld (F.) & I.Chernev: Chess Strategy and Tactics. Fifty Master Games Selected and Annotated.
Black Knight Press, NY 1933. 1st Edn. G. 101pp. A scarce work. £25.001724. Reti (R.): Masters of the Chess Board.
Dover 1976 (reprint of original U.S. edn) p/b. VG. 436pp. 70 games, biographies and styles of the great masters from Anderssen to Alekhine. This edition includes 5 newer Masters. £11.003536. Reti (R.): Masters of the Chess Board.
Batsford 1987. (Repr. of 1933 edn.) p/b. VG. 211pp. 66 games, biographies and styles of the great masters from Anderssen to Alekhine. "One of the finest works on the game." £10.001993. Reti (R.): Modern Ideas in Chess.
Bell, 1923. 1st Edn. VG, brown cloth with bright gilt lettering. 183pp. Discusses the ideas and styles of all the great players from Morphy to Tartakower, with illustrative games. A classic work. £15.00247. Roche (W.L.) & A.F.Battersby.: Chess for the Rank and File.
Littlebury & Co.,Worcester 1947. 1st Edn. Tiny hole front cover o/w G. 76pp. Includes sections on endgames, combinations, general advice, and 30 correspondence chess games, including 9 which won D.V.Hooper the British Correspondence Championship. £14.00351. Saidy (A.): The Battle of Chess Ideas.
Batsford 1972. 1st Edn. VG. 160pp. "Examines ten geat players and their best games and shows how they illustrate important ideas in chess" from Botvinnik to Fischer. £8.003413. Schiller (E.): World Champion Openings. The Definitive Guide to the Concepts and Secrets of Chess Openings as Played by the World Champions.
Cardoza Pub. NY 2000. 3rd printing. F. 373pp. 102 illustrative games, useful indexes, brief biographies of world champions. £10.00689. Schmidt (Dr.P.): Schachmeister Denken. Praktische einblicke in die Gedankenwelt des Meisterspielers.
W.Rau 1960. 2nd improved Edn. p/b. G. 78pp. 14 Master games from 1936-42 analysed in detail. £6.001684. Schmidt (Dr.P.): Schachmeister Denken. Praktische einblicke in die Gedankenwelt des Meisterspielers.
W.Rau (1949). 1st Edn. p/b. Some pencil notes o/w G. 85pp. 14 Master games from 1936-42 analysed in detail. £10.002947. Schonberg (H.C.): Grandmasters of Chess.
Fontana p/b edn 1975. 277pp., photos. Biographies of famous players and a few games. A very entertaining read. £5.00517. Sergeant (P.W.): Championship Chess.
Dover 1963. New edition edited by Reinfeld. p/b. G. 257pp. 66 annotated games from World Championship matches from 1843 to 1961. £7.001493. Sergeant (P.W.): Championship Chess.
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (just torn at top of spine with small loss). 217pp. 52 annotated games from World Championship matches from 1843 to 1937. £16.00883. Shamkovich (L.): Chess Sacrifices.
Batsford 1976. 1st. p/b. G. 184pp. Includes numerous complete games. £6.00368. Shamkovich (L.) & E.Schiller.: Saving Lost Positions.
Batsford 1987. 1st. p/b. VG. 101pp. Many complete games. (A.) £6.003774. Smith (K.) & J.Hall: Modern Art of Attack.
Chess Digest, US 1988. 1st. p/b. VG. 168pp. Attacking play with numerous annotated games from the 1960's to 80's. (A.) £7.503525. Smith (K.) Ed: Sixty Best Games: 1969 through 1971 WITH: 1972.
Chess Digest, 1973/75. 2 volumes, p/b, VG. 61,77pp. 120 annotated games of 1969-72. £9.001049. Soltis (A.): The Younger School of Soviet Chess.
Bell 1976. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 253pp. Numerous games, including sections on Balashov, Karpov, Vaganian, Belyavsky, Gulko, Romanishin, Podgaets. £14.001516. Sprecher (S.): Schachkunst in der UdSSR. Ubersetzt aus dem Russischen von P.Pschebilski.
Wien, 1947. 1st German Edn. A little wear to top of spine o/w G. 208pp., 51 annotated games (from 1944-47), photos, tournament tables. £18.003692. Staunton: The Practical Chess Player's Handbook based on the Work of Staunton and Modern Authorities.
Stanley Paul, 1928. Revised Edn. VG. Light green cloth. Frontispiece diagram, 256pp. Combines Staunton's Handbook with games of Morphy, Harrwitz, Anderssen, Staunton, Evans etc., along with games of Lasker, Steinitz, Pillsbury, Marshall, Tarrasch, Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker etc. Betts 10-118. £12.003007. Stolze (R.): Umkampfte Krone. Die Duelle der Schachweltmeister von Steinitz bis Kasparow.
Sportverlag Berlin, 1992. 3rd Edn. Square h/b, VG. 224pp, a section on each World champion since Steinitz, with a selection of games, some annotated, and many illustrations. £10.002549. Tarrasch (Dr.S.): Die Moderne Schachpartie. Zweite verbesserte Auflage.
Leipzig 1916. Olms Reprint, Zurich 1980. VG, d/w (small tape repair to foot of spine). 455pp. 223 annotated games from the early 1900's arranged by openings. £20.0077. Tartakower (Dr.S.) & J.Du Mont.: 100 Master Games of Modern Chess.
Dover 1975. Reprint of 1955 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 171pp. Games from the 30's to 50's arranged by opening. £7.502693. Tartakower (Dr.S.) & J.Du Mont.: 500 Master Games of Chess.
Dover reprint, 1975. p/b, some wear on cover edges o/w G. pp 665, plus index of players. All games with notes and arranged by opening. An unsurpassed selection of games ranging over 150 years. £12.00115. Tartakower (S.): A Breviary of Chess.
Routledge 1946. Repr. G, d/w torn with loss of spine. 267pp. Includes about 80 illustrative games. (Also available: 1st Edn. 1937. VG in slightly frayed d/w. £14.00) £7.50572. Thimann (R.G.): King's Gambit. A Game Collection.
Chess Player, 1974. p/b. G. 196pp. 208 games with brief notes, over half played since 1960. £10.003306. Thorpe (A.): The Bury and West Sussex Chess Club 1867 - 1997. Foreword by S.Donald Ward.
Bishop Books, Suffolk 1997. Self-published in a Small Edition. 4to, imitation dark red leather, gilt lettering. VG. 108pp plus 4 appendices of facsimiles of the Minute books, Annual Accounts and Proceedings from 1867 to 1908. Includes illustrations and other facsimiles, club history, members & officers, selection of games, some from Blackburne's three visits to the club. A very well-produced club history. £20.002802. Timman (J.): The Art of Chess Analysis.
RHM, NY 1980. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 216pp. 24 outstanding games from the 1970's analysed in great detail. (A.) A renowned work. £12.002601. Trifunovic (P.) S.Gligoric, R.Maric & D.Janosevic: Yugoslav Chess Triumphs.
Belgrade (Chess Informant) 1976. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 291pp. Short biographies and photos of the GM's, 731 games with languageless notes. £18.002983. Wade, Whiteley & Keene: The World Chess Championship Botvinnik to Kasparov.
Batsford, 1986. Revised Edn. p/b. VG. 298pp. Introductions and all games from 1948 to 1985, some annotated. (A.) £10.00135. Watts (W.H.): Chess Masterpieces. A Collection of Selected Games by World's Masters with Annotations.
Daily News (1924.) Original printed wrappers, paper lost from spine, covers loose, internally G. 58pp., photos, 50 games. (Another copy: VG. £12.00) £7.00287. Wellmuth (F.J.)): The Golden Treasury of Chess.
Arco 1958. VG,d/w. 326pp. 571 games from all ages. 1st UK edition with an extra 31 games. £15.00813. Wenman (P.): Games from Monte Carlo. Vol.1 (all published.)
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1945. 1st Edn. Spine faded ow/ G. 87pp. 50 games from the 1901 to 1904 tournaments. £12.001431. Wenman (P.): Gems of the Chess Board.
Pitman 1945. 4th Edn. p/b with d/w. VG. Some pen notes. 57 annotated games. (Also: 5th 1945 VG,d/w £6.00) £6.00989. Wenman (P.): Master Chess Play. A Collection of 106 Annotated Games.
Vawser & Wiles, 1951. 1st Edn. Spine faded o/w G. 199pp. Most games by top players in years 1885 to 1908. Not in LN. £14.003662. Wenman (P.): One Hundred and Seventy Five Chess Brilliancies.
Pitman, 1947. 1st Edn. Spine faded o/w G. 175 games or part games from all periods. £7.00352. Wenman (P.): One Hundred Chess Gems.
Leeds 1945. 4th Edn. G. 144pp. 100 games with brief notes, mainly from 1890's to 1910. £5.003352. Wenzhe (L.): The Chinese School of Chess. The Unique Approach, Training Methods and Secrets.
Batsford 2002. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 288pp. Includes numerous annotated games and positions. (A.) £10.001033. Wicker (K.): 200 Modern Brilliancies.
Batsford, 1981. 1st. p/b. VG. 133pp. 200 miniatures of the 1970's arranged by opening. (A.) £6.00353. Wilson (F.) Ed.: Lesser-Known Chess Masterpieces 1906-1915.
Dover 1976. p/b. VG. 369pp. 335 annotated games as reported in The Year Book of Chess 1907-1915. £10.00648. Winter (E.G.) Ed: World Chess Champions.
Pergamon 1981. 1st Edn. Large p/b. Some pen/pencil marks to margins o/w G. 185pp., photos. (A.) A chapter on each champion from Staunton to Karpov with one or two games, and full tournament and match records. £8.00505. Winter (W.): Kings of Chess. Chess Champions of the Twentieth Century.
Carroll & Nicholson 1954. 1st Edn. G in repaired d/w. 271pp., photos. Biographies of Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe and Botvinnik and selected games from the matches they played. £14.003375. Zak (V.): Improve Your Chess Results. Translated by John Sugden.
Batsford 1985. 1st Edn. p/b, lower corner creased. G. 201pp. Includes sections on how skill develops, typical mistakes, different styles, developing an opening repertoire, experiences of a chess trainer, with numerous complete games, many from the 1970's. (A.) Zak was a leading Soviet trainer. £7.00849. Zeuthen (S.): Modern Benoni Dynamics. Logics, Leitmotifs & Dialogues.
Zeuss, Denmark 1976. 1st Edn. VG. 269pp. A comprehensive work including 1108 games. (A.) Zeuthen's fourth work on the Benoni. Scarce. £18.00