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SEE MAGAZINE SECTION ON WEBSITE. . £0.003608. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1980 - 1982 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1988. Hardback, original blue cloth, a little stained on front and back o/w G. 431pp. 1083 problems & studies, index of themes & composers. £20.001339. Addison (S.): The Book of Extraordinary Chess Problems. 120 Unusual Puzzles.
Crowood Press, 1989. 1st. VG, d/w. 116pp. £9.00859. Andrade (B.J.da C.): Andradiana. 256 Selected Chess Problems...with Solutions; his Favourite Quotations about the Problem Art.
Chess, S.C. 1961. 1st Edn. G. 81pp. An uncommon work. £15.002713. Archakov (V.M.): Grossmeisterskie kompozicii.
Kiev, 1985. 1st. p/b. VG. 192pp. 509 problems from all eras. £8.002715. Archakov (V.M.): Shakhmatnaja kompozicija na Ukraine.
Kiev, 1986. 1st. p/b. VG. 167pp. 509 problems by various composers mainly from the 1970's & 1980's. £8.002591. Archakov (V.M.): V mire Shakhmatnoy kompozicii.
Volgograd 1980. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 191pp. 242 problems by various composers mainly from the 1960's & 70's. £8.001085. Averbakh (Y.): Queen and Pawn Endings. Trans: K.P.Neat.
Batsford 1975. 1st English Edn. G, tape mark on d/w, front endpaper removed. 137pp. Includes many studies. The second volume of Averbakh's classic endgame series. (Another copy: VG,d/w £12.00) £9.004286. Averbakh (Y.) & I.Maizelis: Comprehensive Chess Endings. Vol.4 Pawn Endings.
Pergamon 1987. 1st English Edn. Large h/b. Minor tape marks on endpapers o/w VG. 326pp. Includes 766 examples, many from studies. (A.) The second scarcest volume in the series. £45.004285. Averbakh (Y.) & N.Kopayev: Comprehensive Chess Endings. Vol.5 Rook Endings.
Pergamon 1987. 1st English Edn. Large p/b. G. 326pp. Includes 808 examples, many from studies. (A.) The final and scarcest volume in the series. £60.003686. Avni (A.): Creative Chess.
Cadogan 1997. Expanded Edn with some new chapters & corrections. p/b. VG. 157pp. A wealth of amazing examples to broaden the horizons of chess thinking, techniques for developing creativity. (A.) £9.00753. Baird (F.): Three-Move Problems and How to Solve Them.
Routledge, 1913. 1st Edn. Sm8vo, original yellow, red & black pictorial boards, spine lacking. pp viii, 100, advert leaf. LN 2619. Chapters on various themes, followed by 50 selected problems. £18.003454. Bakcsi (G.): Kevesbabos Magyar Feladvanyok.
Sport Budapest 1982. VG. 320pp. 840 endgame studies of Hungarian composers. Inscribed to Martin Blaine on title-page. £10.00106. Ban (J.): The Tactics of End-Games.
Corvina Press 1963. 2nd Edn. VG, d/w. 214pp. "A must for players, composers and solvers alike." All the illustrative positions are named studies, carefully chosen for their artistic merit as well as their instructional value. £11.00122. Barnes (B.P.): Pick of the Best Chess Problems.
Elliot Right Way Books, 1983. p/b. G. 158pp. 200 two-move problems of named composers with solutions at end.. £3.001492. Barnes (B.P.) Compiler: White to Play and Mate in Two.
Right Way, 1991. 1st. p/b, some cover creases o/w G. 156pp. 148 problems each with lively commentary. £4.002981. Beasley (John): Some Problems by Auguste d'Orville.
Publ.by the author, Harpenden 2005. 2nd Edn (corrected & enlarged). p/b. 32pp. Biography, selection of problems and index. £6.0032. Blackburne (S.S.): Terms and Themes of Chess Problems. With a Preface by A.F.Mackenzie.
Routledge n.d.(1907.) Original yellow pictorial boards, spine worn with some loss of paper, internally good. 169pp. Includes over 300 problems. "A New and Enlarged Edition of 'Problem Terms and Characteristics.'" A scarce book. £35.00470. Bondarenko (F.S.): Sovremennye shakhmatnye etyud.
Kiev 1987. p/b. VG. 176pp. 378 studies. £8.003690. Bondarenko (F.S.): Triumf sovetskogo sachmatnogo etjuda.
Kiev, 1984. 1st. p/b. G. 173pp. 352 endgame studies by Soveit composers from 1925-44. £8.00969. Bouwmeester (H.): Modern End-Game Studies for the Chessplayer. Trans & Ed: H.Golombek.
Bell 1959. 1st English Edn. G,d/w. 128pp. 101 studies (25 more than the Dutch edn.) £12.002656. Bron (V.A.): Izbrannye etyudy i zadachi.
Moscow 1969. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 143pp. First outstanding Ukrainian study composer. Includes 150 of his studies, 90 of his problems. £10.003304. Chernev (I.): Chessboard Magic! A Collection of 160 Brilliant Chess Endings.
Dover, 1960. Reprint of 1943 Edn. p/b, VG. 162pp, 160 endgame studies with comments, index of composers at end. £7.504179. Chernev (I.): Practical Chess Endings.
Dover 1969. Repr. p/b. G. 318pp. Comprises 300 end game studies of named famous composers. £6.00172. Chernev (I.): Practical Chess Endings.
Faber 1962. 1st UK Edn. VG. 318pp. Comprises 300 end game studies of named famous composers. "Written with down-to-earth simplicity." £8.001800. Dawson (T.R.): Caissa's Fairy Tales.
C.M.Fox Fairy Series No.5. Croydon, 1947. Large p/b, green card covers. VG. 37pp. Entertaining essays and problems in Fairy Chess. £24.002804. Dickins (A.): A Guide to Fairy Chess.
Dover 1971. Repr. Large p/b. G. 66pp. The first thorough English-language guide to fairy chess, including more than 200 problems and playing situations. £12.002610. DRAGOESCU. Petrovici (V.) & M.Stere: Radu Dragoescu.
Romanian, 2004. p/b. F. 150pp. 184 problems by Dragoescu, biography, photos, reproduction of 10 paintings by him. Limited Edn 100 copies. £20.002714. Ejvazova (Z.E.): Korolevy shakhmatnoi kompozicii.
Baku 1986. 1st. VG. 343pp. 350 problems by various female composers, with commentary. £10.003567. Greif (M.) Ed: 200 Classic Chess Puzzles.
Sterling, NY 1993. 1st. p/b. G. 143pp., mainly mate in 3 to 4 move positions, sources not named. £6.001998. GRIGORIEV (N.D.) I.A.Kan: Shakhmatnoy Tvorchestvo N.D.Grigorieva. (Biography, games and studies in Russian.)
Moscow, 1952. 1st Edn. Brown cloth. VG. 344pp. 10 annotated games, numerous endgame studies and contributions to endgame theory. £20.002071. Gurvich (A.S.): Etyudy.
Moscow, 1961. 1st Edn. G. 190pp. 70 of his studies, a long essay on the art of studies, and a further 69 examples. £12.00535. Herbstman (A.O.): De Schaakstudie in Onze Dagen.
Lochem: De Tijdstroom, n.d.(1948). 1st Dutch Edn (translated from the 1937 Russian work.) Roy8vo. VG. 171pp., plus separate 8pp index in facsimile. 204 endgame studies. LN 2286. £15.00895. Howard (K.S.): Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers.
Dover 1970. 1st. p/b, slight corner crease o/w G. 109pp. Includes sections on Loyd, Alain White, Klett, Shinkman, Havel, Kohtz, Heathcote etc. 155 problems. £8.002871. Howard (K.S.): How to Solve Chess Problems.
Dover 1961. 2nd Revised Edn. p/b. VG. 171pp. Introduction to problem solving and 112 problems by American composers. £7.501288. Howard (K.S.): One Hundred Years of the American Two-Move Chess Problem.
Dover 1965. 2nd Edn. p/b. G. 99pp. 212 problems from 1859 to 1960. £7.50729. Howard (K.S.): Spectacular Chess Problems. 200 Gems by American Composers.
Dover 1967. 2nd Edn. p/b. G. 117pp. £7.004180. Howard (K.S.): The Enjoyment of Chess Problems.
McKay, US 1943. 1st Edn. VG. 222pp. Covers all the main terms and themes and illustrated by 200 of the author's own problems. £9.0089. Howard (K.S.): The Enjoyment of Chess Problems.
Dover 1967. 4th revised Edn. p/b. VG. 222pp. 200 of the author's own problems. £7.502588. Kasparian (G.M.): Etyudy.
Moscow, 1972. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 198pp. 269 endgame studies by Kasparian from 1928-1970. £10.001266. KASPARIAN (G.M.): Izbrannye Etyudi i Partii.
Erevan, 1959. 1st Edn. G. 246pp. 150 studies and 42 annotated games. £16.002070. Kasparian (G.M.): Pozitsionnay Nichaya.
Moscow, 1962. p/b. G. 104pp. 214 endgame studies by Kasparian and others. £7.002712. Kasparian (G.M.): Tainy etyudista.
Erevan 1984. 1st Edn. VG. 279pp. Around 900 endgame studies. £10.002711. Kasparian (G.M.): Zamechatelny etyudy.
Erevan 1982. 1st Edn. VG. 328pp. 1062 endgame studies by various composers. £10.001380. Kipping (C.S.): Selected Gems from Chess Amateur "Gems" 1-1,000.
Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1922. Original wrappers. G. 37pp., essay and some 50 problems by various composers. A scarce item. LN 2671. £35.001382. Kipping (C.S.): The Chess Problem Science. Vol.1 The Power of the Pieces. (Two Movers) Foreword by Alain C.White. ALL PUBLISHED.
Leeds, 1938. Original card covers, VG. 59pp. £12.00931. Kluver (H.): Erich Brunner. Ein Kunstler und Deuter des Schachproblems.
Berlin 1958. 1st Edn. VG. 200pp. Biography and 300 problems. £15.00615. Korn (W.): American Chess Art. 250 Portraits of Endgame Study.
Pitman 1975. 1st UK Edn. G,d/w (frayed at top edge). 384pp. A major work on the subject. £20.001899. KUBBEL. Baturin (A.A.) & O.K.Kubbel: Izbrannye Zadachi L.I.Kubbel.
Moscow 1958. 1st Edn. G. 224pp. 577 problems and studies of Leonid Kubbel. £15.002103. Lamford (P.): Improve Your Game. 100 Chess Puzzles.
Chameleon Books, 1999. 1st. p/b. F. 127pp. 100 positions with hints, solutions and list of sources. £5.001375. Laws (B.G.): The Artistry of the Chess Problem with Special Reference to the Beauties of the Three & Four Mover.
Reprinted from BCM. Leeds, 1923. Original printed wrappers. 20pp. VG. £18.00915. Laws (B.G.): The Two-Move Chess Problem.
Bell 1931. Original brown pictorial limp cloth, covers slightly marked o/w G. pp viii, 116. "The Club Series." Not in LN catalogue. (1st Edn was 1890.) £9.001365. Laws (B.G.): The Two-Move Chess Problem.
Bell 1890. 1st Edn. Original brown pictorial cloth, some wear to covers o/w G. pp iv, 117. "The Club Series." LN 2494. £18.003548. Levitt (J.) & D.Friedgood: Secrets of Spectacular Chess.
Batsford / Holt, US 1995. 1st US Edn. VG. 222pp. Includes many studies, problems and some games, illustrating the beauty of chess, and as an aid to improving combinative vision. (A.) £10.00617. Locock (C.D.): Imagination in Chess.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds, n.d.(1937) 1st Edn. Splits on spine, marking on front cover o/w G. 95pp. 60 problems to solve (sources not given.) £9.002748. LOYD. Ros (J.A.): Samuel Loyd. 160 Utvalda Problem.
Stockholm, 1919. 1st Edn. Original grey card covers, a little soiled o/w G. Portrait of Loyd, pp v,94. 160 problems by Loyd with solutions at end. LN 2631. (A VG copy sold for $82 on ebay 4/09). £25.00380. Mansfield (C.): Adventures in Composition. The Art of the Two-Move Chess Problem. Edited by Alain White.
Daily Post Printers, Liverpool 1948. 1st UK Edn. Original green cloth spine and red boards. G. 200pp. One of the best works on chess composition. £20.00618. Mansfield (C.): Chessboard Delights. Selected from the Sunday Telegraph 1964-74.
Routledge 1976. p/b. VG. 116 positions from games with comments and continuations at foot of page. £4.003479. Melnichenko (V.A.): Mastera Shakmatnoi Kompozitsii.
Kiev 1984. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 150pp. 445 problems of various composers. £7.002585. Nadareishvili (G.A.): Etyudy glazami grossmeisterov.
Moscow 1982. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. Photos, 208pp. 312 studies by many composers, with comments by 43 famous GM's. £10.002583. Nadareishvili (G.A.): Izbrannye etyudy.
Tbilisi 1970. 1st Edn. G, d/w (torn at foot). Portrait, 332pp. About 230 studies, 100 by the author. Includes preface by Botvinnik. GM for chess compositions. £16.002586. Nadareishvili (G.A.): Izbrannye shakhmatny etyudy.
Moscow 1976. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 103pp. 125 studies by the author, plus appendix on the endgame Q v one or two pieces. GM for chess compositions. £7.002584. Nadareishvili (G.A.): V poiskakh krasoty.
Tbilisi 1986. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. Photos, 208pp. 204 studies by the author, various essays. Includes preface by Botvinnik. GM for chess compositions. £10.001933. Nanning (F.W.) & A.M.Koldijk.: Thema-Boek.
Nederlandse Bond van Probleemvrienden, 1948. 1st Edn. p/b, spine defective and held with tape. 160pp. Over 300 problems arranged by themes. Previous owner pen and pencil notes, including added diagram. LN 2929. £16.002773. Niemeijer (Dr.M.): Avonturen in Avonduren. 25 Schaakproblemen Gecomponeerd in de Jaren 1917-1942.
Rotterdam, 1942. 1st Edn. p/b. G. (55)pp. From the library of Gerd Meyer. £20.001923. Niemeijer (Dr.M.): Majesteitsschennis.
Wassenaar, 1971. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 63pp. 120 problems by various composers. From library of Gerd Meyer. £10.004134. Niemeijer (M.): Hoekstenen. A Century of Cornered Kings.
Wassenaar 1967. p/b. VG. 52pp. 100 problems and studies by various composers from 1868 to 1967. (In Dutch.) £12.004135. Niemeijer (M.): Nederland in Miniatuur.
Wassenaar 1972. p/b. VG. 36pp. 136 problems by Dutch composers. From library of Gerd Meyer. £10.00367. Nunn (J.): Solving in Style.
Allen & Unwin 1985. 1st Edn. One section of 12 pages is loose o/w VG,d/w. 238pp. "Designed to bridge the gap between over-the-board players and composers of chess problems and studies." (Also: Gambit 2002. paperback edn, F. 238pp. £12.00) £12.002675. Palkoska (Dr.E.): Idea a Ekonomie v Sachove Uloze. Idea and Economy in the Chess Problem.
Prague, 1928. 1st Edn. Original printed wrappers. G. (135)pp. About 350 problems and studies. Text also in English and German. LN 2712. £28.002608. PAULY. M.Stere: Wolfgang Pauly. Challenge of a Legacy. Provocarea unei mosteniri.
Romania, 2001. Hardback. F. 736pp., including many images of original documents, letters, photos etc., not published before. Biography, 1357 problems by Pauly, plus others, articles, correspondence between Pauly and T.R.Dawson (c.120pp). 50% text Romanian, remainder in English or German. An impressive book based on Pauly's original archives. £32.002424. Rice (J.): Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems.
Batsford, 1996. p/b. F. 352pp. (A.) New Edition of the classic work, thoroughly updated, including new themes and composers, and many of the best chess problems ever published. £12.00472. Rice (J.M.), M.Lipton & B.Barnes.: The Two-Move Chess Problem. Tradition and Development. Some Essays on Selected Two-Move Themes.
Faber 1966. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 206pp. Includes 355 problems. £14.001997. Russ (C.): Miniature Chess Problems from Many Countries. 400 Compositions with Solutions and Comments.
Heinemann 1981. 1st Edn. VG. 262pp. (A.& D.) (Also: 1987 revised edn. p/b, G. £7.00) £15.00215. Sim (M.) G.Hume & A.C.White.: D.J.Densmore and the Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918.
Stroud 1920. Red cloth, some marking of covers, front cover crease o/w G. 2 portraits. 239pp. A chess prize note paper pinned to title-page. Christmas Series Vol.26. £60.00395. Speckmann (W.): Kleinste Schachaufgaben drei- und viersteiner.
De Gruyter 1978. 2nd Edn. p/b. F. 62pp. 156 problems. £6.002251. Sutherland (M.A.) & H.M.Lommer: 1234 Modern End-Game Studies.
Dover, 1968. Reprint of 1938 edn with new preface and errata section. p/b. VG. 358pp. £12.002461. Szulce (Z.): Koncowa Gra Szachowa. Krole i Piony.
(Warsaw) 1954. G. 319pp. 352 examples of King & Pawn endings, including many studies. LN 2360. £15.00630. Taverner (T.): Chess Problems Made Easy. How to Solve, How to Compose.
Daily News Ltd. n.d.(1924) 1st Edn. p/b, wear to spine with old tape repairs. Internally good. 92pp. 250 problems by various composers with solutions at end. £10.003966. Timmer (R.): Man en Paard. 130 Schitterende Schaakstudies verzameld en toegelicht door.
Cantecleer 1994. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 96pp. 130 studies by various composers. £8.003796. Timmer (R.): Startling Castling!
Batsford 1997. 1st English Edn (revised and greatly expanded from the Dutch edn.) p/b. F. 240pp. A wide-ranging and entertaining survey on castling, in attack, in defence, late castling, wrong castling, including many complete games, stunning examples, also endgame studies. (A.) £10.002516. Troitzky (A.A.): 360 Brilliant and Instructive End Games.
Dover 1968. Repr. p/b, cover crease o/w G. 192pp. 360 endgame studies with Troitzky's annotations. £8.00619. Troitzky (A.A.): Collection of Chess Studies.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1937. 1st English Edn. Original green cloth, a few small stains to covers o/w VG. Portrait, 264pp. 360 endgame studies, plus a supplement on the Theory of Two Knights Against Pawns, his most important contribution to the game. A classic work. £30.002581. Umnov (E.I.): Shakhmatnaja Zadacha XX Veka: 1901-1944.
Moscow 1966. 1st Edn. p/b, cover with some tape repairs, owner inscriptions and stamp on title-page o/w G. 175pp. 375 problems of famous composers. £9.004136. Visserman (E.): 64 Nederlandse Componisten in 1964. Personalia en Problemen.
Nederlandse Bond van Probleemvrienden, 's-Gravenhage 1964. p/b. G. 55pp. 148 problems of various Dutch composers. £12.001131. WEENINK. Euwe, Niemeyer, Rueb & Trotsenburg: H.G.M.Weenink.
Amsterdam (1932). 1st Edn. Original cloth, spine yellowed, previous owner bookplate stuck to title-page o/w VG. Portrait, 290pp. c.400 problems and 57 games by this famous problem composer. LN 3138. £40.00138. Wenman (P.): Problems and End Games.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1944-45. Comprises 5 booklets: Problems & Puzzles. 2nd. 47pp. Two Hundred Assorted Problems. 1st. 56pp. One Hundred Published Problems. 1st. 32pp. 111 Selected Problems by Famous Composers. 1st. 32pp. 50 Two-Move Problems. 4th. 27pp. Coloured card covers, pen writing on top edges, pencil ticks in two books o/w G. £20.00214. White (A.C.): More White Rooks.
Stroud 1911. Original purple cloth, dark mark to top of spine o/w G. 220pp., no "Merry Christmas" slip, dates in ink next to a couple of diagrams. Christmas Series Vol.XI. £60.002624. White (A.C.): The White King in Chess Strategy.
Hippocrene Books, NY 1973. (Reprint of the 1914 Christmas Series book.) p/b.VG. 212pp. 296 problems from 161 composers. £15.001290. Whitworth (T.G.): Mattison's Chess Endgame Studies. Introduction by A.Hildebrand.
BCM Quarterly No.23, 1987. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 79pp. 60 studies and 6 games by the famous Latvian composer and player. (A.) £12.00893. Williams (P.H.): The Modern Chess Problem.
Routledge (1912). 2nd Edn. Original pale red cloth, slight white stain on spine, waterstain to top of inner covers o/w VG . Portrait, 252pp. Sections on solving and composing, and 100 problems (half two-movers.) £20.002589. Zelepukin (N.P.): Slovar Shakhmatnoy Kompozicii.
Kiev 1982. 1st Edn. VG. 206pp. A dictionary of problems, studies, composers etc. £8.00