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. RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.004288. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: BOTVINNIK (M.): Botvinnik's Complete Games (1924-1941) and Selected Writings (Part 1.) Translated & Edited by Ken Neat.
Moravian Chess 2010. New hardback, pictorial glazed boards. 396pp. Numerous games, many annotated. Includes Botvinnik's memories of various players, creative problems, FIDE matters, at the chess summit. This is the first of three books translated from Botvinnik's fourth volume of his Russian work, which contained his collected writings. (A.) £28.004295. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: FINN (Julius) O.G.Urcan: Julius Finn: A Chess Master's Life in America, 1871-1931.
McFarland, US 2010. New hardback. 271pp., biography, illustrations, bibliography & various indexes, 99 games, some annotated, plus 58 supplementary games and posiitons. Finn came to New York from Russian Poland in 1887, aged 16. He became New York's champion chess master, and second only to Pillsbury as a blindfold chess entertainer. He was equally successful as a businessman. Provides a fascinating look at the New York chess scene around the 1900 period. (A.) £40.004267. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: NAJDORF (M.) T.Lissowski: Young Najdorf.
Chess Player 2010. New p/b. 151pp., photos, biography, playing record, 192 games, many annotated, from contemporary Polish sources. 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. (A.) £16.004289. ---- JUST PUBLISHED: PHILIDOR. S.Boffa: Francois Andre Danican Philidor. La Culture Echiqueenne en France et en Angleterre au XVIIIe Siecle.
Moravian Chess (2010). New h/b, pictorial green glazed boards. 260pp. Includes 90 games with brief notes, bibliography, over 150 pages of text on Philidor's life. (A.) £25.004184. ---- RECENTLY PUBLISHED: KASHDAN. P.P.Lahde: Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster. A Career Summary with 757 Games.
McFarland, US 2009. New hardback. 348pp., 64 page biography, photos, full playing record, 757 games, some annotated, some by Kashdan himself. (A.) £45.003854. 1972 FISCHER - SPASSKY: Edmonds (D.) & J.Eidinow: Bobby Fischer Goes to War. The True Story of How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time.
Faber 2004. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 302pp., illus. "Reconstructed in a style as compelling as that of a thriller." The authors had access to previously unreleased documents and numerous interviews with many of the central players. (No games.) (Also: p/b edition. F. £8.00) £12.003453. 1972 FISCHER-SPASSKY. Florian & Varnusz: Fischer es Szpasszkij.
Sport Budapest 1972. G. 168pp. 111 annotated games. Includes the 21 game match, plus a selection of earlier games from each player. (In Hungarian.) £8.004018. ADAMS (M.) B.& M.Adams: Development of a Grandmaster.
Pergamon 1991. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 147pp. 50 annotated games and biography covering the period 1979-89. (A.) £10.004193. ADORJAN (A.): Black is OK Forever!
Batsford 2005. p/b. F. 192pp. Encourages a positive attitude with the black pieces, with many illustrative games, most by Adorjan, plus philosophical and psychological essays. (A.) £10.003798. 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.) £10.003870. ALBIN / MARCO: Urcan (O.G.): Chess Fathering a Nation. Adolf Albin (1848-1920) and Georg Marco (1863-1923).
Moravian Chess, 2004. New hardback. 218pp., biography and playing record of each, 124 & 123 annotated games. Two Romanian-born player who spent many of their years in Vienna, and were leading players in the 1890's and 1900's. (A.) £28.003959. ALBIN. O.G.Urcan: Adolf Albin in America. A European Chess Master's Sojourn, 1893-1895. Foreword by Neil Brennen.
McFarland, US 2008. New hardback. 278pp., Part I is a detailed account, with illustrations, of Albin's time in America. Part 2 contains 130 annotated games, with sources, his opening innovations, playing record, bibliography, and indexes. (A.) Romanian-born Albin had his best results during this short period in America. £35.00976. ALEKHINE (A.): 107 Great Chess Battles. Ed & Trans: E.Winter.
Dover 1992. Corrected repr. p/b. G. 256pp. (A.) 107 games played and annotated by Alekhine between 1939 and 1945 and compiled from Spanish sources. (Also: 1st Edn hardback, OUP 1980. VG. £12.00) £10.002669. ALEKHINE (A.): Auf dem Wege zur Weltmeisterschaft (1923-1927).
De Gruyter, Berlin/Leipzig 1932. 1st Edn. Original cream cloth, lower edge of spine torn along joint, a few pencil notes o/w G. Portrait, 226pp. 100 annotated games. Includes his visit to USA 1923/4, blindfold games, tournaments from 1925-27, and match with Capablanca. LN 3019. £20.004292. ALEKHINE (A.): Das Schachleben in Sowjet-Russland.
B.Kagan, Berlin (1921). 1st Edn. Original printed wrappers, stapled, back cover loose. pp xvi, 16. 12 annotated games of Alekhine's in Moscow from 1917-20. LN 273. Scarce item. £25.004017. ALEKHINE (A.): Deux Cents Parties d'Echecs (1908-1927).
BCM Classic Reprint No.13. 1973/79. Reprint of original 1936 French edition. 2 volumes, p/b's. G. 488pp in all. 200 annotated games. Scarce title. £30.00168. ALEKHINE (A.): My Best Games of Chess 1908-1923.
Bell 1950. Repr. Spine slightly faded o/w G. 267pp. 100 annotated games. Regarded as one of the best chess books ever written, for the brilliant games and annotations. (Also: 1st US Edn Harcourt Brace, n.d.(1939) VG £12.00) £9.00169. ALEKHINE (A.): My Best Games of Chess 1924-37.
Bell 1945. Repr. Slight wear on spine o/w G. Portrait, 285pp. 120 annotated games. (Another copy: 1974, VG with red d/w. £12.00) £9.003705. ALEkHINE (A.) F.Reinfeld: 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine. The Development of a Chess Genius. (Formerly titled: The Unknown Alekhine.)
Dover 1959. Repr. with new introduction by Reinfeld. p/b. VG. 278pp. 102 annotated games from 1905-1914. £10.00468. ALEKHINE (A.A.): (Best Games Collection and Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1991. Dark red imitation leather. VG. 448pp. 160 annotated games. £10.004138. ALEKHINE. A.Kotov: Shakhmatnoe nasledie A.A.Alekhine.
Moscow 1954-58. 2 volumes. 2nd Edn of Vol.1, 1st of Vol.2. Original pale blue cloth. VG. Biography and 374 annotated games. (Also: 2nd Edn. Moscow 1982. 2 vols, cream cloth, VG. 383,400pp. £24.00) £30.00326. ALEKHINE. Alexander (C.H.O'D.): Alekhine's Best Games of Chess 1938-1945.
Bell 1959. Repr. G. 117pp. 42 annotated games. (Also 1974 reprint, in VG red d/w. £12.00. Also: 1959 reprint with VG classic Bell dust-wrapper in plastic protection. £12.00) £7.003403. ALEKHINE. Donaldson, Minev & Seirawan: Alekhine in the Americas.
ICE (1992). Large format p/b. VG. 47pp. Over 140 games from his simultaneous exhibitions, blindfold displays etc., during his tours of the Americas, some annotated by Alekhine and others. (A.) £10.003362. ALEKHINE. J.Kalendovsky & V.Fiala: Complete Games of Alekhine. Vol.1-3. 1892-1927.
Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.1992-98. 3 volumes, Fine, vol.1 issued with d/w. pp 187,458, 494, photos, biographical material, 993 games in all, some annotated. (A.) £40.0070. ALEKHINE. Kotov (A.): Alexander Alekhine.
Batsford 1975. 1st English Edn. VG,d/w. 218pp. Biography and 75 annotated games. £15.00167. ALEKHINE. Reinfeld (F.): The Unknown Alekhine 1905-1914.
Pitman 1949. 1st Edn. G. 278pp. 102 annotated games. £12.003259. ALEKHINE: Whyld (K.) (Translated & Edited by): Alekhine Nazi Articles.
Moravian, Czech Rep. 2002. 3rd Edn. h/b. F. 44pp. "...the first reprinting of the complete source document in any language" - of Alekhine's articles in "Pariser Zeitung" 18-23 March 1941 - with introduction and publication history by Whyld. £12.00301. ANAND (V.) (with John Nunn): My Best Games of Chess.
Gambit 1998. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 240pp. 40 annotated games. (A.) A BCF Book of the Year. £10.00206. ANAND. Norwood (D.): Vishy Anand: Chess Super-Talent.
Batsford, 1995. 1st. p/b, VG. 144pp. Biography and 35 games. (A.) £7.004175. ANDERSON. J.Donaldson: The Life and Games of Frank Ross Anderson (1928-1980).
Moravian Chess, 2009. New hardback. 361pp. Biography, career record, photos, 523 games, many briefly annotated. Anderson was a strong Canadian IM and twice Canadian champion. (A.) £30.00709. AVERBAKH (Y.): Averbakh's Selected Games. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Cadogan 1998. 1st Edn. Large p/b. F. 192pp., biography, 60 annotated games. (A.) £16.003383. BELAVENYETS & RYUMIN. A.Woodger: Sergey Belavenyets and Nikolai Ryumin.
Chess Player, 2001. 1st. p/b. F. 96pp. Brief biographies and 35 annotated games of each player, based mainly on Russian works. (A.) £10.002977. BELYAVSKY (A.): Uncompromising Chess. Translated & Edited by Ken Neat.
Cadogan, 1998. 1st Edn. Large p/b. VG. 192pp., brief biography, 71 annotated games. (A.) £12.004102. BENJAMIN (Joel): American Grandmaster. Four Decades of Chess Adventures.
Everyman 2007. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 268pp., autobiography and selection of games, lightly annotated. (A.) Traces his career from prodigy to experienced Grandmaster and chess consultant for IBM's Deep Blue computer. Includes many anecdotes, new perspectives on the Kasparov - Deep Blue match, the current major issues of chess. £14.004253. BERLINER (H.): The System. A World Champion's Approach to Chess.
Gambit 1999. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 176pp. 5th World Champion Correspondence player Berliner explains the set of principles - The System - that he used to guide him to the right moves. Helps improve your analytical methods. Includes 13 illustrative games of Berliner. (A.) £10.003865. BISGUIER (A.) & N.Berry: The Art of Bisguier. Selected Games 1961-2003.
Russell Ent, USA 2008. New p/b. 272pp., brief biography, photos, 100 annotated games each with an anecdote and comment on the opponent. (A.) £20.003941. BLACKBURNE (J.H.): A colour-printed full-length portrait caricature of Blackburne from the "Vanity Fair" magazine.
Printed by Vincent, Brooks, Day & Son, Lithographers, June 2nd, 1888. Size 27 x 39.5cm (coloured area about 4cm less all round). The coloured portrait shows Blackburne dressed in a frock-coat, with cane and hat, a chess piece in top right corner, titled "Chess" at foot, drawn by "Ape" a famous caricature artist of the period. Vanity Fair magazine published over 1000 portraits of Men of the Day, including sportsmen, and Blackburne was the only chess player featured. Includes facsimile page of biography issued with the picture. Ideal for mounting and/or framing. £25.003814. BLACKBURNE. O.Hindle: J.H.Blackburne. The Final Years.
Chess Player, 1998. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 80pp., introduction, 79 annotated games from 1900-1919, including some exhibition games. Includes brief biographical details on most of Blackburne's opponents. (A.) £8.00415. BOLESLAVSKY (I.): Selected Games. Edited & Translated by J.Adams.
Caissa 1988. 1st English Edn. VG,d/w. 288pp., biography, playing record, 180 annotated games. (A.) £15.001765. BOOK (E.) I.Heikkila & E.Nuutilainen: Eero E.Book. Mestarin Mietteita.
Jarvenpaa, 1985. 1st Edn. F, d/w. 255pp., photos, results, 75 annotated games from 1928-1979, of this leading Finnish GM. £20.002568. BOTVINNIK: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.23. Dr.Michail Botwinnik.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1959. Red cloth, gold lettering on spine slightly faded o/w VG. 400 games with a diagram every 5 moves. With booklet of notes. £30.002784. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): Analiticheskie i kriticheskie raboti. 1923-41, 1942-56, 1957-70. (Games collection.)
Moscow, 1984-86. 3 volumes. VG. pp 319, 399, 367, illus. A total of 380 annotated games from 1925-1970. £35.00257. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): Botwinnik Victor. Keur van Zijn Beste Partijen 1936-1948. De Vertaling is van G.C.A.Oskam.
Lochem 1949. 1st Dutch Edn. VG. 96pp. 49 annotated games. £12.00256. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): Keur van Mijn Beste Partijen (1926-1936) Vertaling uit het Russisch van G.C.A.Oskam.
Lochem 1947. 1st Dutch Edn. VG. 120pp. 60 annotated games. £12.0050. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): One Hundred Selected Games.
Macgibbon & Kee 1951. 1st English Edn. 272pp., including his article on the Russian and Soviet school of chess. A few pencil ticks o/w G. £14.00449. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): One Hundred Selected Games.
Dover 1960. p/b. VG. 272pp. £8.002783. BOTVINNIK (M.M.): Polveka v shakhmatakh. (Games collection.)
Moscow, 1978. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 272pp, illus, 83 annotated games from 1925-1970, 10 studies. £12.002785. BOTVINNIK (M.M.) Ed: V.D.Baturinsky: Shakhmatnoye tvorchestvo Botvinnika. (3 volume Biography & Games Collection.)
Moscow, 1965-68. 3 volumes. VG, with plastic protection on covers. pp 632,704,560, photos, biographical material, 700 annotated games from 1924-66. £40.002743. BOTVINNIK. Muller (H.): Botwinnik Lehrt Schach!
Wien-Stuttgart, 1949. 1st Edn. G. 358pp., portrait, biography and 100 annotated games. LN 3344. £15.001440. BOTVINNIK. Reinfeld (F.): Botvinnik the Invincible.
McKay, US 1946. 1st Edn. G. 220pp., biography, 62 annotated games. £15.00992. BOTVINNIK. Varnusz (E.): M.M.Botvinnik. Volume 1 Games 1924-1940.
Schmidt Schach, 1999. F. p/b. 242pp. 310 games with informator style notes. (A.) £12.0078. BRONSTEIN (D.): 200 Open Games.
Batsford 1977. Repr. p/b. G. 240pp. All games opening 1.P-K4,P-K4. £9.001276. BRONSTEIN. R.Toran: David Bronstein. Schoepfergeist der Neuesten Schachrichtung.
Amsterdam 1962. Translated into German by Eliskases from the Spanish edition. p/b. G. Portrait, 239pp. 65 annotated games. (Also: Hardback, VG,d/w with slight stain on spine. £22.00) £16.00450. CAPABLANCA (J.R.): My Chess Career.
Dover 1966. p/b, G. 194pp., 35 games. Acclaimed as his best work. £7.50134. CAPABLANCA.: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.14. Jose Raoul Capablanca.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1963. VG. 571 games with a diagram every 5 moves. With booklet of notes. £20.0064. CAPABLANCA. Golombek (H.): Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess. With a Memoir by J. du Mont.
Bell 1966. Repr. VG. Portrait, 270pp., playing record, 100 annotated games. (Also: Bell 1970 repr. VG,red d/w (very slightly faded on spine). £10.00) £8.0066. CAPABLANCA. Hooper (D.) & D.Brandreth.: The Unknown Capalanca.
RHM, NY 1975. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 201pp. 203 games. (Also: Batsford, h/b,d/w. VG. £10.00) £8.003363. CAPABLANCA. E.Varnusz: J.R.Capablanca. Vols.1-2. Games 1888-1942.
Schachladen im Altstadthof, (1997.) 2 volumes, p/b, F. pp 161, 149, brief biography, 826 games, some annotated. (A.) £25.001734. CAPABLANCA. Reinfeld (F.): The Immortal Games of Capablanca.
Dover, 1990. Reprint of 1942 edn. p/b. VG. 239pp. Biography and 112 games annotated by Reinfeld. £10.003452. CAPABLANCA. V.Fiala: Capablanca in the United Kingdom (1911-1920.)
Moravian Chess 2006. New hardback. 379pp. Documents Capablanca's four visits to the UK during this period in great detail, including unknown data and games. He played numerous simultaneous displays and also the Hastings Victory Congress in 1919. 123 games, many annotated. (A.) £27.003695. CARLSEN. S.Agdestein: Wonderboy. How Magnus Carlsen became the Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World. The Story and the Games, by his Trainer.
NIC 2004. New p/b. 190pp., photos, biography and many annotated games. (A.) £14.00833. CHAROUSEK (Rudolf). Charucin (V.A.): Chess Comet Charousek.
Schachfirma Fruth (1998). 1st. VG. 289pp. 250 games with Informator style notes, biography, indexes, photos. (A.) £14.001267. CHIBURDANIDZE (Maia.) E.Gufeld & A.Eremjan: Semnadtsat' vesen Mayi.
Moscow 1980. 1st. p/b. G. 112pp. photos, biography, 30 annotated games. £10.002233. CHIGORIN (M.) M.Yudovich: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1985. 1st. VG. 208pp., biography, photos, 59 annotated games. £9.001334. CHIGORIN (M.I.) I.Romanov: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1960. 1st. VG. 407pp. Biography and 177 annotated games, complementing those in Grekov's book. £18.001263. CHIGORIN (M.I.) Vasiukov, Narkevich, Nikitin: Mikhail Chigorin (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1972. 1st. G, d/w. 312pp. 63 annotated games. £14.00419. CHIGORIN. Bogoljubov (E.): Mikhail Chigorin. Selected Games. Ed: C.Leach.
Batsford/Caissa 1987. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 128pp. 240 games. (A.) "First English publication of Chigorin's games." £9.002689. CHIGORIN. Grekov (N.I.): 120 Izbrannych partii M.I.Chigorina.
Moscow 1952. Original brown cloth. G. Frontispiece, 376pp., illus, biography and 120 annotated games. £15.004254. COLIAS. Ed: M.L.Rantala, E.Schiller & A.Watson: Billy Colias: Midwest Master.
Chess Enterprises, US 1996. 1st. p/b. Slight creasing of top corners o/w VG. 190pp., photos, biography, 101 annotated games. (A.) Midwest US player of 2400 strength who gained the FM title before his untimely death at the age of 27. £10.001465. DE VERE. O.Hindle & B.Jones: "The English Morphy"? The Life and Games of Cecil De Vere, First British Chess Champion.
Keverel, 2001. p/b. F. 130pp. 101 games, biography, illustrations. (A.) £10.00804. DENKER (A.S.): If You Must Play Chess.
McKay, Phila.1947. 1st Edn. Spine slightly faded o/w G. 190pp. 55 annotated games. (Another copy: VG with d/w slightly frayed at head and foot of spine, prize bookplate on front endpaper. £25.00) £14.002521. DURAS (O.) F.J.Prokop: Duras Vitezi. (Biography in Czech.)
V Praze, 1944. 1st Edn. p/b. G. Portrait, 147pp., biography, 142 games, 73 studies. LN 3061. £28.003734. DURAS. J.Kalendovsky: The Complete Games of Oldrich Duras.
Chess Player 1997. p/b. F. 180pp., playing record, biography, 539 games, some with brief notes. (A.) The first book on Duras in English and containing all his located games. £17.00223. EUWE (M.): From My Games 1920-1937. Translated and with Introductory Notes by Fred Reinfeld.
Bell 1938. 1st English Edn. Lower joint split o/w G. 234pp. 75 annotated games. £12.003701. EUWE (M.): From My Games 1920-1937. Translated and with Introductory Notes by Fred Reinfeld.
Dover 1975. Reprint of 1st Edn. p/b. Club name on verso of title-page o/w G. 234pp. 75 annotated games. £8.001120. EUWE (M.) Euwe, Munninghoff & Welling: Max Euwe Biografie van een Wereldkampioen.
Amsterdam, 1976. 1st Edn. Near Fine, d/w. 496pp., photos, full career results, 270 games, many annotated by Euwe. The best biography of Euwe. £25.002445. EUWE. Richter (K.) & R.Teschner: Dr.Max Euwe. Eine Auswahl seiner Besten Partien mit Originalbeitragen Fuhrender Meister.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1965. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 160pp. 50 annotated games. Includes appreciations by Petrosian, Botvinnik & Keres. £10.001506. FINE (R.): A Passion for Chess. Lessons from My Games.
McKay, NY 1972. Repr. p/b, covers soiled, internally G. 225pp. 50 annotated games, with anecdotes and comments on the players he met. £7.502061. 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. 1st UK Edn. Rubbing to spine edges, adhesive on endpapers o/w G. (No d/w). 384pp. The hardback has become very collectable in recent years. (Another copy: 1970 reprint, VG with the d/w. £35.00) (Another copy: 1969 UK 1st Edn. VG with d/w, not price-clipped, some soiling to spine and front of jacket. £45.00) £25.00328. FISCHER (R.J.): My 60 Memorable Games. Selected and Fully Annotated by Bobby Fischer. With Introductions to the Games by Larry Evans.
Faber 1972. Repr. p/b. VG. 384pp. (Another copy: 1973 reprint, Faber p/b, spine yellowed o/w G. £10.00) £15.0052. FISCHER. Brady (F.): Bobby Fischer.
Batsford 1974. 1st UK Revised Edn. VG. 435pp., including 90 annotated games, 268 page biography and photos. (Also VG copy with d/w stuck to covers. £14.00) £12.00105. FISCHER. Burger (R.E.): The Chess of Bobby Fischer.
McGraw-Hill, US 1979. 1st p/b Edn. VG. 339pp. Numerous annotated games and part-games. £11.0079. FISCHER. Levy (D.): How Fischer Plays Chess.
Fontana/Collins, 1975. p/b. Paper yellowed o/w VG.160pp., photos, 65 annotated games. £7.004127. FISCHER. A.Soltis: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered.
Batsford 2003. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 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. £14.00967. FISCHER. Agur (E.): Bobby Fischer: A Study of His Approach to Chess.
Cadogan 1992. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 276pp. "Deeply researched & thematically arranged." (A.) £10.004219. FISCHER. F.Brady: Profile of a Prodigy. The Life and Games of Bobby Fischer.
Nicholas Kaye, 1965. 1st UK Edn. VG. 250pp. 100 page biography and 75 annotated games. £12.003640. FISCHER. H.Bohm & K.Jongkind: Bobby Fischer. The Wandering King.
Batsford 2004. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 158pp., 1 game, traces Fischer's life through interviews with many former friends and rivals, archives and FBI files. £12.002972. FISCHER. J.Konikowski & P.Schulenburg: Fischers Vermachtnis. Ein Schachlehrbuch auf der Grundlage der Partien des Legendaren Bobby Fischer.
J.Beyer, Hollfeld 1992. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 230pp. 73 annotated games. £12.00451. FISCHER. Wade & O'Connell: The Games of Robert J. Fischer.
Batsford 1989. Repr. p/b. VG. 462pp., photos, tournament & match record, biography, over 700 games, some annotated. (Also: 1973 2nd Edn. Hardback, VG,d/w. £18.00) £13.001275. FISCHER. Y.Kraushaar: Bobby Fischer heute.
Usus 1977. 1st. p/b. G. 118pp., games, interview, photos (not seen before), astrological chart! £12.002062. FLOHR. V.D.Baturinsky: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1985. 1st Edn. Attractive brown imitation leather. VG. 256pp., photos, 116 games, many annotated. £14.00539. FOREEST. Prins (L.): Een Hulde aan Jhr.Dr.Dirk van Foreest.
Lochem: De Tijdstroom (1945.) 1st Edn. Original cream cloth. G. 71pp., portrait. Contains tributes to van Foreest, games and problem compositions by this earliest Dutch chess master (1862-c.1946.) £30.002180. GELLER (E.): (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1976. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 288pp. 64 annotated games, large biography. £14.003243. GERZADOWICZ (S.): Journal of a Chess Original.
Thinkers' Press, US 1996. 1st. p/b. F. 165pp. Numerous games of this US correspondence chess master, the annotations "funny, instructional, and deep." (A.) £10.002956. GHEORGHIU (F.): Partide Alese.
Bucuresti, 1980. 1st Edn. G, d/w. 224pp, photos. Autobiography and annotated best games collection (in Romanian) up to 1970. £20.001162. GIPSLIS (A.): (Autobiography in Russian.)
Moscow 1987. p/b. VG. 160pp. 90 games (51 annotated.) £8.00420. GLIGORIC (S.): Collected Games. Ed: C.Leach.
Caissa 1988. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 201pp. 371 games with languageless notes. (A.) "Largest collection of Gligoric's games." £14.00991. GLIGORIC. Levy (D.): Svetozar Gligoric's Chess Career 1945-1970.
Collins, 1972. 1st Edn. G. 192pp. 63 annotated games. £12.003301. GRIVAINIS (K.): Winning Correspondence Chess. How to Beat the Databases.
Caissa, US 1997. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 76pp., brief biography, 43 well-annotated games of Grivainis, including the 14 games which won him the World Title. Excellent practical advice on playing winning postal chess at the highest levels. (A.) £10.001024. GUFELD (E.): (Autobiography in Russian.)
Moscow 1985. p/b. G. 192pp. 106 games. £8.002433. GUFELD (E.): Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa.
Batsford 2001. p/b. F. 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.) £12.00798. HARTLAUB (Dr.Carl.) Michels (F.): Dr.Hartlaubs Glanzpartien.
Leipzig 1923. 2nd Edn. Spine missing o/w G. pp xvi,168, portrait. Includes 85 annotated games and 43 problems. A scarce work. LN 3233. £25.003960. HODGES. J.S.Hilbert & P.P.Lahde: Albert Beauregard Hodges. The Man Chess Made.
McFarland , US 2008. New h/b. 542pp., part 1 is a detailed biography with illustrations, part 2 has 351 games, many annotated, playing record, problems, bibliography, indexes. (A.) Hodges was a famous American chess player of the late 19th and early 20th century who played an important role in transforming chess in America from a pleasant pastime into a social institution. Includes good coverage of American chess history from this period. £48.003298. HOFFMANN (Asa.): Chess Gladiator.
ICE, US 1996. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 97pp., illus, intros by Seirawan & Lombardy, 70 annotated games. "A near legendary figure in the New York City chess world", FM and USCF Life Master, about half the games are against IM or GM's. (A.) £14.003755. HOOPER (David V.): Reflections. Edited by Ken Whyld.
Caissa, US 2000. Large h/b. F. 41pp., biographical sketch, obituary notices, photos, over 50 games with notes. Limited to 100 numbered copies. (A.) £25.00940. HOORN (P.F.van) Hoorn (Th.van) & Th.M.E.Liket: Gedenkboek P.F.van Hoorn.
Amsterdam, n.d.(1938) 1st Edn. Bound with amateur contemporary boards, the front paper cover laid down. Portrait, 91pp. A few neat pen notes, last leaf with paper adhesion and small loss of text. LN 3077. Includes biography and 24 games of P.F.van Hoorn. Scarce work. £16.001026. HUBNER (R.) van Fondern & P.Kleine: 60 Seiner Schonsten Partien.
Beyer, 1980. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 163pp. 62 games. £8.00609. ILYIN-GENEVSKY (A.): Notes of a Soviet Master. Trans: B.Cafferty. Ed: D.Brandreth.
Caissa Editions, 1986. F. 54pp. First English translation of his memoirs first published in Russian in 1929, plus an additional selection of 50 games (2 with notes.) (A.) £17.501909. JANOWSKY. Voronkov & Plisetsky: David Janowski. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1987. Attractive brown imitation leather. VG. 416pp., photos, 175 annotated games. The first book about Janowski. £20.001455. JUNGE. H.Riedl.: Das Leben und Schaffen von Klaus Junge. 1924-1945.
Schachfirma Fruth, 1995. 1st. p/b. VG. 208pp. photos. Includes 106 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 title. £22.004165. KALLIO (Heikki.): Suomalainen suurmestari.
Self published, Vaasa 2008. New p/b. 42pp. 31 games of this Finnish Grandmaster with light annotations. £24.002244. KAN (I.A.): Ot debyuta k mittelspiel. (From the opening into the middlegame).
Moscow, 1978. p/b. VG. 136pp. Numerous annotated games and part-games of Kan's, and opening analysis. £10.003751. KARPOV (A.): A zavtra snova v boj ("And tomorrow once again into Battle" - Biography in Russian, no games.)
Moscow, 1982. 1st. p/b. VG. 240pp., photos. £7.002931. KARPOV (A.): Izbrannye partii 1969-1977.
Moscow, 1978. 2nd Edn. VG, d/w. 256pp., photos, 55 annotated games, plus others. £9.003810. KARPOV (A.): Learn from Your Defeats.
Batsford 1985. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 106pp. 60 annotated games, comprising his only 32 losses from 1975 to 1984, and 28 games where he avenged those losses. (A.) £8.50738. KARPOV (A.) & A.Roshal: Anatoly Karpov: Chess is My Life. Translated by Ken Neat.
Pergamon 1980. 1st English Edn. Large hardback. VG. 359pp., photos, many games, some annotated, much biographical material. £20.002930. KARPOV (A.) A.Kotov: Uralskij samocvet. (Biography, no games.)
Moscow, 1980. 2nd Edn. VG,d/w. 271pp, many photos not seen in English books. £10.0071. KARPOV. Levy (D.): Karpov's Collected Games.
Hale 1975. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 303pp., photos, brief biography, playing record, 543 games, some annotated by Karpov. £12.001884. KARPOV. A.Roshal: Devyataya vertikal. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1978. 1st. VG. 303pp., many photos not seen in English works, small selection of games annotated by Karpov. £8.002603. KARPOV. Adams (J.): K is for Karpov!
(Privately published, 1974.) Large p/b, spiral bound. A few pen notes o/w G. 69pp. Brief biography, tournament record, 158 games, a few annotated. Includes some simultaneous games not found in other collections. (A.) £9.001222. KARPOV. Markland (P.R.): The Best of Karpov.
OUP 1975. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 272pp., biography, 75 annotated games. (A.) £9.00329. KARPOV. O'Connell (K.J.) & J.Adams.: The Games of Anatoly Karpov.
Batsford 1974. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 352pp. 347 games, most annotated. £12.004054. KARPOV. O'Connell (K.J.) D.Levy & J.Adams.: The Complete Games of World Champion Anatoly Karpov.
Batsford 1976. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 373pp., photos, playing record, 569 games, some annotated, including 81 by Karpov himself. Greatly enlarged from the 1974 book which had descriptive notation. (A.) £10.001266. KASPARIAN (G.M.): Izbrannye Etyudi i Partii.
Erevan, 1959. 1st Edn. G. 246pp. 150 studies and 42 annotated games. £16.00332. KASPAROV (G.): Child of Change. The Autobiography. With Donald Trelford.
Hutchinson 1987. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (slightly creased). 3 pages with a few words underlined in red ink. 243pp., photos, a few games. £7.001123. KASPAROV (G.): My Games.
Batsford 1983. 1st Edn. p/b, label on front corner o/w VG. 163pp. 372 games, 10 annotated in-depth. The first English collection of Kasparov's games. (A.) £13.003490. KASPAROV (G.): The Test of Time. Translated by K.P.Neat.
Pergamon, 1991. Repr. p/b, tape to top of spine. G. 214pp., photos, biography, many games analysed in depth. Quite scarce and sought-after. (A.) £20.00331. KASPAROV (G.) & B.Wade.: Fighting Chess. Kasparov's Games & Career.
Batsford 1985. 2nd Enlarged Edn. p/b. VG. 185pp. 77 games, 38 annotated by Kasparov, remainder based on his notes. (A.) £7.001318. KASPAROV. F.Waitzkin: Mortal Games. The Turbulent Genius of Garry Kasparov.
Simon & Schuster, 1993. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 302pp. Biography without games concentrating on the early 1990's when Waitzkin gained unique access to Kasparov, living with him during the 1990 match with Karpov. £14.00702. KASPAROV. Keene (R.): How to Beat Gary Kasparov.
Batsford 1990. 1st. p/b. VG. 192pp. Includes all Kasparov's losses from 1981 to 1990, plus tournament records during that time and other statistics. (A.) £8.003220. KASPAROV. L.Shamkovich & E.Schiller: Kasparov's Opening Repertoire.
Batsford, 1990. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 154pp. Includes numerous complete games. (A.) £8.004100. KASPAROV. O.Borik: Kasparov's Chess Openings.
Crowood 1991. Large p/b. G. 127pp. How to build a repertoire based on Kasparov's. Many complete annotated games. (A.) £10.003762. KASPAROV. R.Keene: Gary Kasparov's Best Games.
Batsford 1993. Large h/b. F. 63pp., many photos, 12 annotated games from 1982 to 1992. (A.) £8.003204. KASPAROV. T.Lais: Garrik Kasparov - Idol der Jugend. 60 ausgesuchte und kommentierte Partien.
Erich Munster verlag, 1983. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 92pp. 60 annotated games from 1975 to 1982. £8.004067. KASPAROV: Karolyi & Aplin: Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1993-1998.
Batsford, 2006. p/b. F. 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.) £14.004068. KASPAROV: Karolyi & Aplin: Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1999-2005.
Batsford, 2007. p/b. F. 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.) £14.0081. KEENE (R.): Becoming a Grandmaster.
Batsford 1977. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 157pp., many annotated games. How Keene achieved the GM title, his thoughts on British chess, books and their influence etc. £10.004024. KEENE (R.): Grandmaster Strategy. Ray Keene's Best Games.
Hardinge Simpole, 2002. Reprint of 1999 private edition. p/b. F. 212pp., biographical material, 100 annotated games. (A.) £16.004021. KERES (P.): Ausgewahlte Partien 1931-1958.
W.Ten Have, Amsterdam 1964. 1st Edn. Thick hardback, VG,d/w. 419pp., portrait, biography, 100 annotated games. £30.003885. KERES (P.): Ausgewahlte Partien 1931-1958.
Uitgeverij Variant BV, 1983. 3rd Edn. Large p/b. VG. 419pp., biography, 100 annotated games. £20.001210. KERES (P.): Sto Partii. (Games collection in Russian.)
Moscow 1966. 1st Edn. Bound in plain black imitation leather, VG. 384pp., biography, 100 annotated games. £18.001600. KERES (P.): The Early Games of Paul Keres. Translated & Edited by H.Golombek.
H.Jenkins, 1966. 2nd printing. VG, d/w. 192pp. 26 games annotated in Keres' highly informative style. £15.00999. KERES (P.): The Early, Middle, and Later Years of Paul Keres. Translated & Edited by H.Golombek.
Herbert Jenkins, 1966-69. 2nd printing of Vol.1, others 1st Edns. A very good 3 volume set, with d/w's. In all 80 games annotated by Keres. £48.001271. KERES (P.): The Middle Years of Paul Keres. Translated & Edited by H.Golombek.
H.Jenkins, 1966. 1st Edn. G,d/w (rather worn at edges). 208pp. 27 games annotated in Keres' highly informative style. £11.001851. KERES (Paul): Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.21.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1960. Red cloth. VG. 500 games with a diagram every 5 moves, plus booklet of notes. £25.00555. KERES (Paul.): Photographs and Games.
Paide, Estonia. 1995 Large hardback (17x24cm). G. 479pp., photos, 1944 games without notes, playing record, some crosstables. A substantial work. (A.) £15.004096. KERES. D.Marovic: Paul Keres.
Zagreb 1979. p/b, some cover wear o/w G. 79pp., brief biography, 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). Some pencil marks. £7.00333. KERES. Reinfeld (F.): Keres' Best Games of Chess 1931-1940.
Bell 1946. Repr. Some marking to covers o/w G. 224pp. 77 annotated games. £9.001080. KERES. Reinfeld (F.): Keres' Best Games of Chess 1931-1948.
Dover 1960. (Reprint of 1949 2nd Edn.) p/b. VG. 250pp., preface by Keres, 90 games annotated by Reinfeld. £8.002976. KERES. Varnusz (E.): Paul Keres' Best Games. Vol.1: Closed Games.
Pergamon 1987. 1st English Edn. Large p/b. VG. Photos, 192pp., short biography, playing record, 170 annotated games. (A.) £12.00423. KERES. Varnusz (E.): Paul Keres' Best Games. Vol.2: Open and Semi-Open Games.
Pergamon 1990. 1st English Edn. Large p/b. VG. Photos, 278pp. 240 annotated games. (A.) (Also: Hardback. VG. £15.00) £12.00511. KHALIFMAN. G.Nesis: Khalifman Life & Games. Translated & Edited by K.Neat.
Everyman, 2000. 1st. Large p/b. F. 208pp., biography, 97 games annotated by Nesis, his trainer for 17 years. £14.001071. KHOLMOV (R.D.): Ratmir Kholmov. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1982. 1st. p/b. Spine torn with loss, split and loose. 144pp. 63 annotated games. (A reading copy.) £5.003733. KHOLMOV. A.Woodger: Ratmir Holmov.
Chess Player, 1999. 1st. p/b. F. 96pp. 64 annotated games. (A.) £9.503813. KONIG. J.Donaldson: Imre Konig.
Chess Player, 2005. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 159pp., biography, photos, playing record, 294 games, some annotated, his writings. First collection of Konig's games and articles. (A.) £12.50199. KORCHNOI (V.): Chess is My Life. Autobiography and Games. Trans: Ken Neat.
Batsford 1978. 1st p/b Edn. G. 177pp. Substantial autobiography plus 75 games, a few annotated. (A.) (Also: Hardback, VG,d/w £12.00) £9.003717. KORCHNOI (V.) with L.Cavallaro. (1978 KARPOV - KORCHNOI): Persona Non Grata (formerly titled "Anti-Chess.")
Thinkers' Press, US 1981. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 147pp. Korchnoi's own story of his controversial 1978 match with Karpov at Merano, including reprints of documents and articles, the 32 games, some annotated. (A.) £10.001031. KORCHNOI. Edited by Levy & O'Connell: Korchnoi's Chess Games.
OUP 1979. 1st. p/b. Some opening names written in pen above games o/w G. 291pp. Almost 1700 games with Informator style notes. £10.001460. KORCHNOI. V.Korchnoi, R.Wade & L.Blackstock: Korchnoi's 400 Best Games.
Batsford, 1978. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 264pp. Playing record and informator-style notes. (A.) £10.001883. KOTOV (A.): (Autobiography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1962. 1st Edn. G. 272pp. 118 annotated games or part games. £12.003117. KOTOV (A.) F.M.Malkin: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1984. 1st Edn. Brown imitation leather. VG. 304pp., illus. 77 annotated games plus part games. £12.002979. KRAMNIK (V.) & I.Damsky: Kramnik. My Life and Games.
Everyman 2000. 1st. Large p/b. VG. 272pp., biography, 178 annotated games. (A.) £15.002643. LARSEN (B.): Bent Larsen - Master of Counter-Attack. Larsen's Selected Games of Chess 1948-69.
Batsford 1992. Reprint of 1970 work. p/b, lower corner crease o/w G. 181pp. 50 annotated games. £10.00875. LARSEN (B.): Larsen's Selected Games of Chess 1948-69.
Bell 1970. 1st English Edn. VG,d/w (a few small tears to top edge). 181pp. 50 annotated games. A sought-after title. £24.003556. LARSEN. E.Brondum: Bent Larsen - The Fighter.
Dansk Skakforlag, 1978. 1st Edn. VG. 171pp., biography in English, 75 annotated games up to 1977, most not included in Larsen's own "Best Games" book which went to 1969. (A.) Scarce. £20.003451. LASA (von der): Edited by V.Fiala & S.Sierpowski: Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa and His Chess Collection. International Conference of Chess Historians. Organised by Kornik Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sept.16-18, 2002.
Kornik 2003. New hardback. 286pp. Comprises a series of lectures by various historians, mainly in English and German, including biography of v.der Lasa and 176 of his games. (A.) £28.00588. LASKER (Edward): Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood.
Hollis & Carter 1952. 1st UK Edn. G. 202pp. Includes anecdotes and reminiscences of the author's personal encounters with great masters, with selected positions and annotated games. (Also: Dover p/b, 1962. VG. 224pp. £8.00) £9.003308. LASKER (Edward.): Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters.
Dover 1969. Repr. p/b, G. 428pp. Numerous games and anecdotes of the author's meetings with masters. £10.00696. LASKER (Edward.): Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters. 32 Drawings by Kenneth Stubbs.
McKay, US 1951. 1st Edn. Blue cloth, G, d/w frayed at edges, repaired on back. 428pp. Numerous games and anecdotes of the author's meetings with masters, from 1900 to 1949. £14.001126. LASKER (Emanuel.): Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.11.
Hamburg 1958. Spine slightly faded o/w VG. 569 games with a diagram every 5 moves, plus booklet of notes. £25.00336. LASKER (Emanuel.) Reinfeld & Fine.: Lasker's Greatest Chess Games 1889-1914.
Dover 1965. Reprint of 1935 work. p/b. G. 165pp. 75 annotated games. £8.001829. LASKER, EM. Hannak (Dr.J.): Emanuel Lasker. Biographie... Geleitwort von Albert Einstein.
Berlin-Frohnau 1952. 1st Edn. G. 315pp. 100 games with light notes, crosstables, and full biography. Plates (not in English edition.) £15.0049. LASKER, EM. Hannak (Dr.J.): Emanuel Lasker. The Life of a Chess Master. Foreword by Albert Einstein. Translated by H.Fraenkel.
A.Deutsch 1959. 1st English Edn. Wear to spine, some foxing to page edges, a lot of pencil underlining. 320pp. 100 games with light notes, crosstables, and full biography. £14.001264. LASKER, EM. Hannak (Dr.J.): Emanuel Lasker. The Life of a Chess Master. Foreword by Albert Einstein. Translated by H.Fraenkel.
Dover 1991. Reprint of 1959 English Edn. p/b. VG. 320pp. 100 games with light notes, crosstables, and full biography. £14.00146. LASKER. Reinfeld (F.) & R.Fine: Dr.Lasker's Chess Career. Part 1,1889-1914.(All Published.)
Printing Craft 1935. 1st Edn. Spine slightly faded o/w VG. Frontispiece, 165pp. 75 annotated games. £22.002913. LASKER. J.Gilchrist: Emanuel Lasker, Chess Champion. Vols.1 (2nd Edn.) & Vol.2 (Reprint.)
Chess Player No.55 & 72. 1967-68. 2 volumes, large format p/b's. G. Typescript, pp (112) & (86), playing record, 503 games. £32.003652. LASKER. Varnusz (E.): Emanuel Lasker. Volume 1 Games 1889-1907.
Schmidt Schach, 1998. p/b. VG. 273pp. 327 games with informator style notes, biographical extracts from books and magazines. (A.) £12.00739. LASKER. Whyld (K.): The Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker.
Chess Player, Nottingham, 1998. 1st Edn thus. F. 229pp. Almost 1400 games. (A.) Presumably combining and enlarging Whyld's previous works on Lasker. £20.004118. LASKER: PERIODICAL: Lasker and his Contemporaries. No.2.
Thinkers' Press, Iowa, 1979. Large format p/b. VG. pp 38-75, illustrated. Various articles on Lasker, some games, lecture, interview, Najdorf on Alekhine, Hannak on Schlechter. £12.003833. LEONARD. J.S.Hilbert: The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A.Leonard, 1841-1862. Foreword by Edward Winter.
McFarland, US 2006. New hardback. 213pp., biography, illustrations, 92 annotated games. Leonard was a brilliant young player viewed as a possible successor to Paul Morphy, and who died in the American Civil War. Includes good coverage of American chess in the eary 1860's. (A.) £30.002614. LEVENFISH (G.Y.): Izbrannye party i vospominanya (Autobiography in Russian)
Moscow, 1967. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 200pp. 79 annotated games. £12.002606. LILIENTHAL (A.): Eletem, a Sakk.
Budapest, 1985. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 339pp., a few photos, playing record, biography, over 150 annotated games. £14.001159. LILIENTHAL (A.): Tschisnj Shakhmat. (autobiography in Russian.)
Moscow 1969. p/b. Front cover repair o/w G. 183pp. 60 annotated games. £8.003466. LILIENTHAL. V.Y.Dvorkovich: Andre Lilienthal. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1989. p/b. G. 159pp. 67 annotated games. £10.004000. LIPSCHUTZ. A.J.Gillam: Samuel Lipschutz.
Chess Masters Series No.13, Chess Player 2000. F. Paper covers with plastic protection, stapled. 76pp., biography, 96 games, some annotated. (A.) £8.501279. MAROCZY. Dr.S.Petrovic: Geza Marocczy.
Zagreb 1973. p/b. G. 79pp., biography, 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). £7.00548. MARSHALL (F.J.): Marshall's Best Games of Chess.
Dover 1960. Reprint of 1942 work "My Fifty Years of Chess." p/b, some cover creases o/w G. 242pp., biography, photos, 140 annotated games. £10.00286. MARSHALL (F.J.): My Fifty Years of Chess.
McKay, Philadelphia 1942. 1st Edn. G. 242pp., photos, biography, 140 annotated games. £25.004247. MARSHALL. J.S.Hilbert: Young Marshall. The Early Chess Career of Frank James Marshall, with Collected Games 1893-1900.
Moravian Chess, 2002. 1st Edn. F. 282pp., photos, detailed biography, citing numerous original references, 173 games, some annotated or with introductions. (A.) £27.00454. MARSHALL. Wenman (P.): Frank J.Marshall. One Hundred Annotated Games.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1948. 1st Edn. G, d/w lacking the spine. 204pp. £14.004298. MORPHY. Dr.S.Petrovic: Paul Charles Morphy.
Zagreb 1971. p/b. G. 55pp. brief biography, 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). £6.00455. MORPHY. Sergeant (P.W.): Morphy's Games of Chess.
Dover 1957. p/b, G. 352pp. 36 page biography, 300 annotated games. £8.00140. MORPHY. Sergeant (P.W.): Morphy's Games of Chess. Being a Selection of 300 of his Games with Annotations and Biographical Introduction.
Bell 1925. Repr. G. 352pp., portrait. "Brings together for the first time...a great quantity of material from all quarters." (Also: 1st Edn. Bell, 1916. Old staining to spine o/w G. £15.00) £15.003384. MORPHY. V.Beim: Paul Morphy. A Modern Perspective.
Russell Ent, US 2005. New p/b. 164pp., biographical material, many annotated games. GM Beim takes a close look at Morphy's games under a 21st century analytical microscope providing a fresh and instructive look at his play. (A.) £12.003189. MORPHY: Lowenthal (J.): Morphy's Games of Chess being the Best Games Played by the Distinguished Champion in Europe and America. With Analytical and Critical Notes.
Bohn 1860. Batsford Chess Classics 1985. Facsimile reprint of 1st Edn. VG,d/w. pp viii,485,(2) index. The only collection of Morphy's games made with his assistance. £17.003187. NAPIER. J.S.Hilbert: Napier The Forgotten Chessmaster.
Caissa Editions, US 1997. 1st Edn. F. 354pp., illus, 321 games, some annotated, detailed biography of a player active from 1896 to 1905 who retired from chess before the age of 25! £28.003132. NEZHMETDINOV (R.): Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess. Translated from Russian. Ed: D.Brandreth &c.
Caissa, US 2000. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 182pp. Over 100 annotated games, brief autobiography. (A.) £16.00908. NIMZOVICH (A.): The Praxis of My System. Illustrated by 109 Games from my Contests with many Illustrative Articles.
Dover 1962. Reprint of 1936 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 369pp. £8.00907. NIMZOVICH. Reinfeld (F.) Ed: Hypermodern Chess. As Developed in the Games of its Greatest Exponent, Aron Nimzovich.
Dover 1958. Reprint of "Nimzovich the Hypermodern". p/b. VG. 221pp. 58 games. £10.002681. NIMZOWITSCH (A.): Blockade. New Perspectives. Translated by Dr.J.Platz.
Chess Enterprises, US 1983. Repr. p/b. VG. 91pp. 21 illustrative games, all but 3 of Nimzowitsch. English translation of Nimzowitsch's first book, plus 3 supplementary articles. (A.) £7.502978. NIMZOWITSCH (A.): Chess Praxis. 21st Century Edition. Ed: Ken Artz.
Hays,US, 1998. Repr. p/b. F. 296pp. Includes 109 annotated games of Nimzowitsch from his original work, plus 15 games from modern times. (A.) £12.004143. NIMZOWITSCH (A.): Die Praxis meines Systems.
"Das Schach-Archiv", Hamburg 1973. New Edn. Imitation green leather. VG. 190pp. 109 annotated games. The German translation is thought to be the best. £12.00178. NIMZOWITSCH (A.): My System.
Bell, 1968 Repr. VG. 265pp. Includes 50 illustrative games, most by Nimzowitsch. A pioneering work full of practical advice. £9.001742. NIMZOWITSCH (A.): My System. 21st Century Edition. Ed: L.Hays.
Hays Publ. US 1991. p/b. F. 260pp. Includes 50 illustrative games, most by Nimzowitsch. (A.) £13.00113. Nimzowitsch (A.): The Praxis of My System.
Batsford facsimile reprint of 1936 Edn. VG, d/w. 369pp. A collection of 109 of his best games, and also expanding on his earlier writings. £14.00717. NIMZOWITSCH (A.): The Praxis of My System. Illustrated by 109 Games from my Contests with many Illustrative Articles and Introductory Talks. A text-Book on Practical Chess.
Printing Craft 1936. 1st English Edn translated by J.Du Mont. Original brown cloth, spine slightly faded, small splits to top of joints o/w G. Portrait, 369pp. A classic work. (another copy: edges of covers dampstained o/w G. £14.00) £18.002008. NIMZOWITSCH. Dr.S.Petrovic: Aron Nimcovic.
Zagreb 1973. p/b. G. 90pp. brief biography, 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). £7.003022. NIMZOWITSCH. Keene (R.): (Russian translation of Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal.)
Moscow, 1986. F. 287pp. Many annotated games. £7.00550. NIMZOWITSCH. Keene (R.): Aron Nimzowitsch 1886-1935: A Reappraisal.
Bell 1974. 1st Edn. G,d/w. 334pp. Many annotated games. £12.001011. NUNN (J.) & P.Griffiths: Secrets of Grandmaster Play.
Batsford 1991. Repr. VG. 212pp. 24 of Nunn's games analysed in great depth, trying to explain his thought processes as clearly as possible. (A.) BCF Book of the Year winner 1988. £10.004166. OJANEN. Hurme, Kanko, Norri, Saharinen: Kaarle Ojanen - elämä ja pelit.
Suomen Shakkikustannus Helsinki / Tallinna 2009. New hardback. 272pp., biography, photos, playing record, 92 annotated games. Ojanen's personal friend Robert Hübner has chosen five games to analyze. Includes a Summary in English of this 12-time Finnish Champion. A nicely produced book. £34.001012. PACHMAN (L.): Checkmate in Prague. The Memoirs of a Grandmaster.
Macmillan, NY 1975. 1st US Edn. VG, d/w. 216pp. (no games.) £12.001013. PANOV (Vasily.): Ed: Estrin. (Russian.)
Moscow 1986. p/b. VG. 192pp. Biography, 80 annotated games, and additional material. £8.002067. PETROSIAN (T.): Petrosian's Legacy.
Editions Erebouni, USA 1990. 1st English Edn (from Russian, compiled by E.Shektman.) p/b. F. 123pp., photos, a collection of essays and annotated games, revealing many of his chess secrets, including chapter on his match with Fischer, preface by Kasparov. (A.) £18.0059. PETROSIAN. Clarke (P.H.): Petrosian's Best Games of Chess 1946-1963.
Bell 1964. 1st Edn. G,d/w (worn on spine and corner tears.) 208pp. 60 games. (Also: 2002 reprint, p/b, VG. £12.00) £12.001066. PETROSIAN. Vasiliev (V.L.): Tigran Petrosian. His Life and Games. Translated & Edited by M.Basman.
Batsford/RHM 1974. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w. Previous owner inscription and some pencil underlining. 247pp., photos, 50 games annotated by Petrosian & Suetin. Highly sought-after now - copies on ebay have sold as high as £55! £28.003297. PETROVS. A.Fride: Vladimirs Petrovs. A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulags.
Caissa, US 2004. New p/b. 191pp., illus., biography, playing record, all his 265 games that could be found, some with notes. Petrovs from Latvia was one of the leading player's in the 1930's, but became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in a gulag in 1943. (A.) £15.003971. PHILIDOR: Allen (George): The Life of Philidor. Musician and Chess-Player. With a Supplementary Essay on Philidor as Chess-Author and Chess-Player by Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa.
NY & Philadelphia, Frederick Leypoldt 1865. (Facsimile reprint by Moravian Chess, Czech Rep.2001) New hardback. pp xii, 156. (No games.) £20.003188. PHILLIPS (A.): Chess: 60 Years on with Caissa and Friends.
Caissa Editions, US 2003. F. p/b. 144pp., illus. 200 games with brief notes and comments, of which over 100 are Phillips' own games, the remainder of his British contemporaries such as Thomas, Alexander, Golombek, Penrose, Clarke, Barden etc. (A.) £12.001269. PILLSBURY. A.Cherniaev: Harry Nelson Pillsbury. A Genius Ahead of His Time.
OM-Media, Russia 2006. p/b. VG. 131pp., biography, playing record, photos, 50 annotated games. (A.) £12.001015. PILLSBURY. Sergeant & Watts: Pillsbury's Chess Career. With New Introduction and Afterword by I.Chernev.
Dover 1966 (reprint of 1922 edn with additions from 1937 edn.) p/b. G. 242pp. 241 games. £9.00735. PILLSBURY. Sergeant (P.W.) & W.H.Watts.: Pillsbury's Chess Career.
Printing Craft / ACB, 1922. 1st Edn. Original maroon cloth, split to lower joint, occasional foxing o/w G. Portrait, pp 226. 233 games with notes. A few pencil marks, newspaper cuttings to endpapers. £18.002827. PINDAR: Owen Hindle: The Mystery of Edward Pindar. Chess Nomad.
Ostrava, 2005. New p/b. 93pp., illustrations, 38 games, some annotated, including matches with Blackburne, much biographical material, on strong 19th century Russian-born player who spent much time in America, London and Manchester. "Presents facts, hitherto unknown to the chess world, that solve many of the mysteries of Edward Pindar's life." (A.) £10.00253. PLASKETT (J.): Playing to Win.
Batsford 1988. 1st. p/b. VG. 90pp. (A.) Plaskett's personal views on chess as an art, sport or science, and 15 of his games. £8.003098. POLGAR (J.) T.Karolyi: Judit Polgar: The Princess of Chess.
Batsford 2004. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 288pp. 89 annotated games. (A.) £12.001016. POLGARS. Postma (S.): De Polgar-Zusjes.
Venlo, 1989. 1st. p/b. VG. Some pencil marks. 56pp. 47 games by the three sisters. £7.003871. POLLOCK (W.H.K.): Rowland (Mrs.F.F.) Ed: Pollock Memories: A Collection of Chess Games, Problems &c....by the Late W.H.K.Pollock.
Mrs.F.Rowland, Dublin, 1899. (Moravian Chess facsimile reprint.) New hardback. pp (iv),159,iv. Includes biography, 145 games, endgames and problems. Pollock was a strong Irish player who also played in the US and Canada. £18.002354. PORTISCH (L.) J.Hajtun: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1977. VG, d/w (worn on spine). 221pp. Numerous annotated games. £10.001017. PORTISCH. Varnusz (E.): Selected Games of Lajos Portisch.
Batsford 1979. 1st English Edn. F, d/w. 207pp. 90 annotated games. £14.002740. POUTIAINEN (P.) J.Pessi & V.Maki: Toinen Todellisuus. Pertti Poutiaisen (1952-1978) elama ja pelit.
Tampere, 1994. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 158pp., biography, photos, 20 annotated games, many part games. A talented Finnish IM who committed suicide. £15.004002. PRZEPIORKA. T.Lissowski: Dawid Przepiorka. His Life and Work.
Chess Masters Series No.11 Chess Player 1999. F. Paper covers with plastic protection, stapled. 60pp., biography, 88 games, some annotated. (A.) £8.00142. PUPOLS. Parr (L.): Viktors Pupols American Master.
Thinker's Press,US 1983. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 78pp., games, biography, photos. (A.) £9.001848. RAGOZIN (V.V.) Ed: M.Yudovich: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1984. p/b. G. 160pp, photos, 112 games, most annotated. £10.001592. RESHEVSKY (S.): How Chess Games are Won.
Pitman (1962). 1st UK Edn. VG. 212pp. 60 annotated games from 1951-60. (Also: 1st p/b Edn, 1973. Spine discoloured o/w G. £7.50) £12.001313. RESHEVSKY (S.): Reshevsky on Chess.
Chess Review/Pitman, 1948. 1st Edn. VG. 274pp., 2 plates, biography and 110 annotated games. £16.001020. RESHEVSKY (S.): Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess.
Dover 1960 (reprint of 1948 work.) p/b, spine worn o/w G. 273pp. 110 annotated games. (Another copy: VG. £9.00) £6.00236. RESHEVSKY (S.): The Art of Positional Play.
McKay, US 1976 (but later repr.) p/b. F. 335pp. 61 annotated games from recent tournaments and matches, many played by Reshevsky, arranged by positional themes. £10.004234. RESHEVSKY. S.W.Gordon: Samuel Reshevsky. A Compendium of 1768 Games with Diagrams, Crosstables, Some Annotations, and Indexes.
McFarland, US 1997. Large hardback. F. 406pp., biography, 1768 games, some annotated. (A.) £48.003123. RETHY (G.Pal): Versenysakk. (Biography in Hungarian)
Budapest 1943 1st Edn. Plain cloth-covered boards. G. 204pp., 57 games. Hungarian player 1905-1962, historical elo 2460. LN 3310. £18.002181. RETI (R.) J.Kalendovsky: Sachovy Myslitel. (Czech biography.)
Prague 1989. 1st. VG, d/w. 365pp. Includes 200 annotated games, 56 studies, photos, full translation of "Die Neuen Ideen." £16.00457. RETI. Golombek (H.): Reti's Best Games of Chess.
Dover 1974. Repr. p/b. G. 173pp. 70 games. £8.0065. RETI. Golombek (H.): Reti's Best Games of Chess.
Bell 1954. 1st Edn. Spine faded o/w VG. 173pp., biography, 70 annotated games, 15 endgame studies. £14.004174. RICHARDSON. J.S.Hilbert: Philip Richardson. The Stormy Petrel of Chess.
Moravian Chess, 2009. New hardback. 146pp. 193 games from 1859 to 1906, many annotated from various contemporary sources, 26 problems and endgames, biography. Richardson was considered one of the strongest players in the United States. (A.) £28.001896. RICHTER. Brinckmann (A.): Kurt Richters beste Partien.
De Gruyter, Berlin, 1961. 2nd Edn (enlarged). p/b. Red and blue pen notes and marks to many games o/w G. 162pp. photos, 98 annotated games, 52 problems & positions. £12.001028. RIUMIN. Kan (I.A.): Shakhmatist Nikolai Riumin.
Moscow 1968. p/b. VG. 120pp. Many games of Riumin from the 1930's. £10.001262. ROMANOVSKY (P.A.) I.Z.Romanov: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1984. 1st. p/b, some edge wear o/w G. 160pp. 114 games, most annotated. £7.002617. RUBINSTEIN (A.) H.Kmoch: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces. 100 Selected Games.
Dover 1960 (Reprint of 1941 edn.) p/b. G. 192pp., games annotated by Kmoch. £9.002080. SANAKOEV (G.): World Champion at the Third Attempt.
Gambit, 1999. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 256pp. 59 annotated games of a Correspondence World Champion, including biographical details and general chess wisdom. £12.004114. SCHALLOPP. A.J.Gillam: Emil Schallopp. Biography Translated by A.J.Swift.
Chess Player 2008. 1st Edn. F. p/b. 80pp. 108 annotated games from various contemporary sources. A leading German player from 1860's to 90's, with an uncompromising style of play. (A.) £9.003296. SCHLECHTER (C.) T.Crain: Schlechter's Chess Games.
Caissa, US 1998. 1st Edn. F. 287pp., brief biography, playing record, 811 games. Gives all Schlechter's games found in a decade-long search. It complements the Goldman book on Schlecter. (A.) £20.003642. SCHLECHTER. Dr.S.Petrovic: Karl Schlechter.
Zagreb 1972. p/b. VG. 84pp. 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). £8.001895. SCHLECHTER. Verkhovsky: Karl Schlechter. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1984. 1st. Attractive brown imitation leather. VG. 240pp. 202 games, most annotated. £16.003295. SCHLECHTER. W.Goldman: Carl Schlechter! The Life and Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard.
Caissa, US 1994. 1st Edn. Red cloth hardback, F. 551pp., illus, playing record, biography, 244 games, most annotated. A detailed and well researched work. (A.) £38.001089. SHIROV (A.): Fire on Board. Shirov's Best Games.
Everyman, 2002. Repr. Large p/b. F. 239pp., biography, c.100 annotated games. (A.) £12.002411. SHORT (N.): Nigel Short on Chess.
Hamlyn 1993. Revised edn. Large p/b. G. 127pp., photos, many of Short's games and part-games, the 12 best annotated in detail, his favourite openings, tips and advice for improvement. (A.) £9.00283. SHORT (N.) Martin, Tisdall & O'Brien: Short.
Tournament Chess, Brighton 1993. 1st. p/b. A little staining to last few pages o/w VG. 193pp. Around 50 games, some annotated, biography, career record. (A.) £9.00458. SHORT. Forbes (C.): Nigel Short: Quest for the Crown.
Cadogan 1993. 1st. p/b. VG. 121pp. Mainly biographical, with small selection of best games and positions. (A.) £6.00340. SHORT. Keene (R.): Nigel Short. World Chess Challenger.
Batsford 1993. 2nd Edn. VG. p/b. 160pp. 40 games from 1977-1991. (A.) £7.00116. SHORT. Short (D.): Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy. His Career and Best Games.
Faber 1981. 1st. p/b, covers with plastic protection. G. 258pp. 67 games annotated by Botterill, comments by Nigel Short. (A.) £8.001260. SIMAGIN (V.P.) S.B.Voronkov: (Biography in Russian)
Moscow 1981. 1st. p/b. G. 176pp. photos, 95 games, most annotated. £8.00560. SIMAGIN. A.Woodger: Vladimir Simagin.
Chess Player, 2000. 1st. p/b. F. 99pp. 76 annotated games. (A.) £10.00459. SMYSLOV (V.V.): Ausgewahlte Schachpartien.
Sportverlag Berlin 1954. 1st German Edn. VG. 195pp. 60 annotated games. £7.503544. SMYSLOV (V.V.): Izbrannye partii.
Moscow, 1952. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth. VG. 157pp., brief biography, 60 annotated games. LN 3360. Smyslov's first games collection. £18.001265. SMYSLOV (V.V.): My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957.
Dover 1972. Reprint of 1958 English Edn. p/b. G. 154pp. 67 games. £8.004095. SMYSLOV. D.Marovic: Vasily Smyslov.
Zagreb 1980. p/b. G. 79pp., brief biography, 100 games, some annotated (in Serbo-Croat). A few pen notes. £7.00559. SOKOLOV (Ivan): Sokolov's Best Games. With Game Introductions by John Nunn.
Cadogan 1997. 1st Edn. Large p/b. VG. 160pp., 50 annotated games. (A.) £12.002012. SOKOLSKY (A.P.): Die Eroffnung 1.b2-b4. Aus dem Russischen ubersetzt von A.Hildebrand.
Hamburg 1964. p/b. VG. 156pp. Theory and 62 annotated games (36 are Sokolsky's games.) £12.001283. SPASSKY (B.): Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.27. Boris Spassky.
Hamburg 1972. Red cloth. VG. 355 games with a diagram every 5 moves. With the booklet of notes. £22.003939. SPASSKY. A.Raetsky & M.Chetverik: Boris Spassky. Master of Initiative.
Everyman 2006. p/b. F. 160pp., short biography, around 150 games, most of which contain a puzzle and tip for the reader to solve. (A.) £10.00909. SPASSKY. Cafferty (B.): Spassky's 100 Best Games.
Batsford 1972. 1st Edn. Inner hinges weak o/w G, d/w. 255pp., biography, 100 annotated games. (Another copy: G,d/w, Inscribed by Bernard Cafferty. £12.00) (Also: 3rd Edn. 1979. p/b. VG. 256pp. 101 games. With extra chapter on Fischer match. £10.00) £9.00670. SPIELMANN (R.): The Art of Sacrifice in Chess. Translated from the German by J. Du Mont.
Bell, 1935. 1st English Edn. G. 216pp. 37 of his own annotated games, being examples of various sacrificial themes. (Another copy: binding warped and worn. £8.00) £18.003866. SPIELMANN. N.McDonald: Rudolf Spielmann; Master of Invention.
Everyman 2006. New p/b. 144pp., brief biography, numerous annotated games, positions, and puzzles, all illustrating Spielmann's brilliant attacking play. (A.) £11.0046. STAUNTON (H.): The Chess-Player's Companion. Comprising a New Treatise on Odds, and a Collection of Games Contested by the Author...Including the Great French Match with St.Amant...Selection of New and Instructive Problems.
Bell 1889 (reprint, otherwise identical to 1849 edition). Original red cloth, gilt, a few small marks on front cover, front inner hinge cracked otherwise good. Coloured frontispiece, pp xii,510, plus adverts. Includes many of Staunton's games, including the 21 game match with St.Amant , with notes, details of time taken, terms of the match etc.. LN 783. £45.001858. STAUNTON. D.Levy: Howard Staunton.
Chess Player, 1975. 1st Edn. p/b, front cover corner creased o/w VG. 142pp, plus facsimile letter and marriage certificate, 2 plates, mainly biography and letters, plus small selection of annotated games. Scarce. £20.0068. STAUNTON. Keene (R.) & R.Coles.: Howard Staunton. The English World Chess Champion.
BCM Quarterly 1975. 1st. p/b, G. 181pp. 60 annotated games, biography, illustrations. £10.002179. STEIN. E.Gufeld & Y.Lazarev: Leonid Stein. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1980. 1st. VG, d/w. 240pp., photos, 60 annotated games, large biography. £12.002741. STEIN. Keene (R.): Leonid Stein - Master of Attack.
Hale, 1976. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 159pp. Biography and many annotated games. £14.002873. STEIN. Postma (S.H.): Leonid Stein. Biographische Skizze.
Smit Publ. Hengelo, 1985. 1st. p/b. G. 168pp. Playing record, 80 annotated games. £10.004001. STEINER (L.) W.A.Foldeak: Lajos Steiner.
Chess Masters Series No.5, Chess Player 1997. F. Paper covers with plastic protection, stapled. 68pp., biography, 83 games, most annotated. (A.) £7.502676. STEINITZ: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.7. Wilhelm Steinitz.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1968. Red cloth, covers a little marked o/w G. 575 games with a diagram every 5 moves. Includes 87pp of text of Steinitz's chess life in German and English. Without the booklet of notes. One of the scarcer volumes in this series. £30.001270. STEINITZ. Edited by C.Devide.: William Steinitz Selected Games.
Dover 1974. Reprint of 1901 edition, expanded with 6 extra games, expanded tournament record and new preface by D.Hooper. p/b. VG. 109pp., c.70 games. £10.004224. STEINITZ. J.Hannak: Wilhelm Steinitz. Der Michelangelo des Schachspiels.
Vienna 1936. Edition Olms reprint 1989. VG,d/w. 127pp. Some small pencil markings to pages. Playing record, biography in German (no games.) £18.003207. STEINITZ. K.Landsberger: William Steinitz, Chess Champion. A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar. Games Selected & Annotated by GM Andy Soltis. Chess Consultant Ken Whyld.
McFarland, US 2006. Reprint of 1993 hardback. p/b. F. 487pp., photos, 15 annotated games, large detailed biography. (A.) £24.002352. SUETIN (A.): (Biography in Russian.)
Minsk 1969. VG, d/w. 285pp. 100 annotated games or part-games. £12.001163. SUETIN (A.): (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1987. p/b. VG. 159pp. 100 annotated games or part-games. £8.002346. SULTAN KHAN. Coles (R.N.): Mir Sultan Khan.
BCM Quarterly No.10. 1965. 1st Edn. p/b, ex-library, loose in covers o/w G. 92pp., biography, tournament record, 60 annotated games. (A.) £10.00623. 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. VG. 144pp., photos, biography, tournament record, 64 annotated games. A well produced work. £16.001887. SZABO (L.): Meine Besten Partien.
Verlag Harri Deutsch, 1990. 1st. p/b. F. 255pp. Biography, playing record, 105 annotated games. £15.00344. SZABO (L.): My Best Games of Chess.
Pergamon 1986. 1st English Edn. Large format hardback. VG. 209pp., biography, playing record, 124 games, most annotated. (A.) £15.00464. TAIMANOV (M.): Taimanov's Selected Games. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Cadogan 1995. Large p/b, cover corner crease o/w VG. 198pp. 60 annotated games grouped by strategical motif and revealing his personal approach to chess. (A.) £15.002430. TAL (M.): The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal.
Cadogan 1998. Repr. Algebraic Edn., with corrections. Thick p/b, VG. 496pp., biography, 100 games annotated by Tal himself, including anecdotes. "Quite probably the greatest chess book ever written" - M.Chandler. £16.003570. TAL (M.) & I.Damsky: Attack with Mikhail Tal. Trans & Ed: K.Neat.
Cadogan 1994. 1st English Edn. p/b. F. 183pp., numerous positions and games in which Tal shows how to unleash devastating attacks, quite a few from his own games, including 36 test positions. (A.) £11.00133. TAL.: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. No.25. Michail Tal.
Wildhagen, Hamburg 1961. VG. 419 games with a diagram every 5 moves. Without the separate booklet of notes. (Another copy, VG with booklet £20.00) £15.001580. TAL. B.Cafferty: Tal's 100 Best Games 1961-1973.
Batsford, 1975. 1st Edn. Tear on half-title o/w VG, d/w. 251pp., biography, interview, 100 annotated games. £14.0058. TAL. Clarke (P.H.): Mikhail Tal's Best Games of Chess.
Bell 1961. 1st Edn. G,d/w yellowed on spine and with clear plastic protection. Portrait, 195pp. 50 games from the period 1951 to 1960. £12.003791. TAL. Editor: A.Khalifman: Mikhail Tal. I. Games 1949-1962. II. 1963-1972. III. 1973-1981.
Chess Stars, Bulgaria 1994-96. 3 volumes large p/bs, two spines with crease, 2 pages loose o/w G-VG. 431,379,443pp., crosstables, 2017 games with informator style notes by Khalifman, Kramnik & others. (A.) £35.00342. TAL. Hajtun (J.): Selected Games of Mikhail Tal.
Pitman 1961. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (small hole on spine). 145pp. 64 best games annotated by a Hungarian Master, photos. £12.002100. TAL. J.Gallagher: The Magic of Mikhail Tal.
Everyman 2000. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 224pp., biography, 34 annotated games from the period 1975-1992, plus a few earlier games. (A.) £13.004137. TAL. Koblenz (A.N.): Dorogami shakhmatnikh srazhenij.
Riga 1963. 1st Edn. VG. 200pp. Comprises of games and positions of Tal, who was trained by Koblenz prior to his world championship victory. £12.002427. TAL. Soltis (A.): Tal the Magnificent.
Chess Digest, US 1990. 1st. p/b. F. 202pp. Biography and 30 annotated games. (A.) £11.002165. TAL. Thomas (H.): Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936-59, 60-66, 67-73.
Batsford 1979-80. 3 vol set, p/b's. 1st Edn. Paper in first vol yellow o/w VG. 184,158, 188pp. (A.) £25.001119. TARRASCH (Dr.): Dreihundert Schachpartien.
Gouda, 1925. 3rd improved Edn. Original cloth-backed boards, rebacked retaining original backstrip, o/w G. pp xvi,538. 300 annotated games from 1862 to 1894. £20.00971. TARRASCH (Dr.S.): Dreihundert Schachpartien.
Olms 1981 reprint of 1925 3rd Edn. VG, d/w. 538pp. 300 annotated games of Tarrasch from 1862 to 1894. £20.004268. TARRASCH (S.): 300 Shakhmatny partii.
Moscow 1988. Translated from the original 1895 German edition. Blue imitation leather. Fine copy. 431pp. 300 annotated games of Tarrasch from 1862 to 1894. £14.003309. TARRASCH. Reinfeld (F.): Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess.
Dover 1960. Reprint of 1947 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 385pp. 183 games. One of the best collections of Tarrasch's games. £12.0072. TARRASCH. Reinfeld (F.): Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess.
Chatto & Windus 1947. 1st Edn. G. 385pp., portrait, brief biography & playing record, 183 annotated games. One of the best collections of Tarrasch's games. £15.002779. TARRASCH. Y.I.Neishstadt: Siegbert Tarrasch. (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1983. 1st Edn. F. 272pp., illus. Numerous annotated games. £14.001277. TARTAKOWER (S.G.): Glanzpartien 1905-1930.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1986. 2nd German edn. VG. 227pp. 75 annotated games. (Also: 1st Edn. 1956. p/b. G. £7.50) £12.00289. TARTAKOWER (S.G.): My Best Games of Chess 1905-1930.
Bell 1953. 1st English Edn. G. 250pp. 101 annotated games enlivened with personal comments on the history and leading figures of the chess world of the period. £18.001441. TARTAKOWER (S.G.): My Best Games of Chess 1931-1954.
Bell 1956. 1st English Edn. Spine faded o/w G. 197pp. 100 games. £18.002394. TEICHMANN. J.Spence: The Chess Career of Richard Teichmann. Revised Edition Edited by A.J.Gillam.
Chess Player, 1995. p/b. F. 79pp., biography, playing record, 142 lightly annotated games. Greatly enlarged from the 1st Edn. £9.001624. THOMAS (A.R.B.): Chess for the Love of It.
Routledge, Kegan Paul, 1973. 1st. p/b. G. 82pp. Reminiscences of the author (many times West of England and Devon Champion), and a selection of his games. £9.00465. TIMMAN (J.): Timman's Selected Games. Chess the Adventurous Way.
Cadogan 1995. 1st p/b edn. VG. 254pp. 80 annotated games from 1983-94. (A.) £12.004199. WARBURTON (C.W.): My Chess Adventures. Edited by Timothy J.Bogan.
Runaway Press, Chicago 1980. 1st Edn. p/b. G. Portrait, pp xii,98. Many annotated games from 1930's to 1970, and interesting reminiscences, by British correspondence player Charles Warburton. £15.001470. WARBURTON (C.W.): My Chess Adventures. Edited by Timothy J.Bogan.
Thinkers' Press, US 1984. p/b. G. 201pp. (Has 8 blank pages due to printing error which have been provided in photocopy.) Many annotated games from 1930's to 1970, and interesting reminiscences, by British correspondence player Charles Warburton. Has 8 additional chapters to the 1980 1st Edn. £8.003215. WHITAKER. J.S.Hilbert: Shady Side: The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker, Chessmaster.
Caissa Editions, US 2000. Fine in d/w. 481pp, photos, 570 games, some annotated, very detailed biography of the colourful and turbulent life of this strong US player. (A.) £30.001588. WINAWER. T.Lissowski: Szymon Winawer.
The Chess Player, 2000. p/b. F. 76pp. 124 games with notes from various sources. (A.) £8.50307. XIE JUN.: Chess Champion from China. The Life and Games of Xie Jun.
Gambit 1998. p/b. F. 223pp. 40 annotated games. (A.) £10.001261. ZAITSEV (A.): (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow 1986. 1st. p/b. G. 144pp. 104 games, most annotated. £8.00