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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 £0.004146. ----: Awards in Problem Tourneys.
SEE MAGAZINE SECTION ON WEBSITE. . £0.004306. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1945 - 1955 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1964. Blue cloth, spine a bit faded o/w VG. 479p. 1891 problems & studies, index of composers. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £20.004305. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1956 - 1958 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1961. p/b. Cover crease o/w G. 187pp. 661 problems & studies, index of composers. Introduction in Russian, English & German. £15.004303. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1965 - 1967 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1976. p/b. VG. 200pp. 800 problems & studies, index of composers. £15.003938. ----: FIDE ALBUM 1968 - 1970 (Two-movers, Three-Movers, More-movers, Fairy Chess, Studies.)
Zagreb 1977. Blue cloth. VG. 200pp. 805 problems & studies, index of themes & composers. £15.003608. ----: 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. £20.004619. ---- RECENTLY PUBLISHED: Gosling (Brian): John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Chess Composition through the Problems of John Brown.
Matador, Leicester 2011. New p/b. 209pp. "Chess Strategy" was originally published in 1865, and now Brian Gosling investigates the life and work of it’s author, John Brown, selecting 50 of his chess problems to inspire a new generation of chess players. Includes biography, various chess problem schools, Staunton and the ILN, pictures, appendices. (A.) £10.002713. 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, the front cover has a gash to the top joint area (about 4cm), but internally VG. 326pp. Includes 766 examples, many from studies. (A.) The second scarcest volume in the series. £30.004458. Bakcsi (G.) Ed: Uj Magyar Sakkfeladvany Antologia.
Sport Budapest 1979. G. 343pp., photos, 682 problems of Hungarian composers. Includes history of Hungarian chess composition from 1938 and the choicest problems. £14.00122. Barnes (B.P.): Pick of the Best Chess Problems.
Elliot Right Way Books, 1991. Repr. p/b. VG. 158pp. 200 two-move problems of named composers with solutions at end.. £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. £6.00969. Bouwmeester (H.): Modern End-Game Studies for the Chessplayer. Trans & Ed: H.Golombek.
Bell 1959. 1st English Edn. G (no d/w.) 128pp. 101 studies (25 more than the Dutch edn.) £10.004179. 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. £12.004632. Dickins (A.): A Short History of Fairy Chess.
A.S.M.Dickins, Surrey 1975. Large p/b, stapled, G. 10 pages with double-column text. Revised and expanded summary of three lectures given to the British Chess Problem Society on April 6, 1972, April 7, 1972 and April 26, 1974. Limited to 250 copies. Includes many references to chess problem literature. £25.002610. 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. £10.004543. Farago (P.): Idei noi in Sahul Artistic.
(Bucharest) 1956. 1st Edn. p/b, G with d/w. Portrait of author, 248pp., includes 148 problems of Paul Farago. "New ideas in fairy chess" - Stere 039. 3080 copies printed. £18.003567. 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. £20.004570. Grondijs (H.): Charged Moves and Progressions. Nico Cortlever's Endgame Studies.
Rijswijk 1996. p/b. G. 217pp. 224 studies with lengthly remarks, glossary of themes, indices. (A.) £25.002071. 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., 204 endgame studies. LN 2286. £15.001125. Herbstman (A.O.): Schaakpartij en Compositie.
Lochem, n.d.(1948) 1st Dutch Edn (translated from the Russian 1930 work.) Original wrappers. VG. 55pp., endgame studies and game positions. LN 2732. £18.003727. Horwitz (B.) & J.Kling: Chess Studies and End-Games. Part I - Chess Studies. Part II - Miscellaneous End-Games. 2nd Edition, Revised by W.Wayte.
G.Bell & Sons, 1889. Reprint by Edition Olms, Zurich 1986. F,d/w. pp (viii),376. A classic work. £29.00895. Howard (K.S.): Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers.
Dover 1970. 1st. p/b, 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. G. Lower page corners slightly creased. 171pp. Introduction to problem solving and 112 problems by American composers. £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,d/w (tiny tear at foot of spine). 222pp. Covers all the main terms and themes and illustrated by 200 of the author's own problems. £12.001065. Kasparian (G.M.): 555 Etyudov-miniatyur.
Erevan, 1975. 1st Edn. G. 307pp. 555 endgame studies by various composers from all eras. £15.002270. Kasparian (G.M.): Domination in 2545 Endgame Studies.
Moscow, 1987. Revised English Edn. VG,d/w. 542pp. An important work. £22.002588. 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. £7.001072. KASPARIAN (G.M.) Akopyan (G.): Volshebnik Shakhmat.
Erevan, 1981. 1st. VG. 215pp. Biography with many games and studies. (There is a printing paper fault on one page with loss of text.) £10.003153. Kipping (C.S.): The Chessmen Speak. Edited by George Hume.
Stroud, 1932. Red cloth, spine slightly faded o/w VG. Chess bookplate to endpaper. Portrait, 180pp. 147 three-move problems by Kipping. Christmas Series No.40. £65.00615. 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. £20.004522. Kraitchik (M.): Le Probleme des Reines. 2 parts.
Edite par L'Echiquier, Bruxelles 1926. 2 parts (different sizes), original paper covers, one torn on spine o/w G. pp 22,54. Scarce. LN 4116. £70.001899. 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. £15.002718. KUBBEL. Ya.G.Vladimirov & Yu.G.Fokin: Leonid Kubbel.
Moscow 1984. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 384pp., biography and around 450 problems and 250 studies. £14.001375. 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. G. £18.00915. Laws (B.G.): The Two-Move Chess Problem.
Bell 1931. Original brown pictorial limp cloth, VG. pp viii, 116. Includes classes of problems, beauty or merit of solutions, construction, selected problems. "The Club Series." Not in LN catalogue. (1st Edn was 1890.) £12.003548. 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.) £10.004545. LOYD. Ed: S.Pickard: The Puzzle King. Sam Loyd's Chess Problems and Selected Mathematical Puzzles.
Pickard & Son, US 1996. Large p/b. F. 238pp., introduction and brief biography, 710 problems with index of sources at end, 34 mathematical puzzles. (A.) £12.00618. 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. £4.002585. 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. £7.004629. Nestorescu (V.): Miniaturi in alb si negru. Miniatures in White & Black.
Romania, 2010 2nd Edn., revised & enlarged. p/b. F. 165pp. 188 endgame studies from the best works of Romanian composers, photos. Explanation and index of themes in English. £17.004437. Nestorescu (V.): Probleme si Studii Alese. Selected Problems and Studies.
Gambit arhiSAH 3, Romania, 1999. p/b. F. 187pp. 300 problems and studies of Nestorescu with motifs in English. £12.002773. 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. £20.004135. 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. £32.00259. Rayner (J.): Chess Problems. Their Composition and Solution.
Swan Sonnenschein, 1909. 4th Edn. Limp cloth, wear on spine and corners. 100pp. Includes 108 problems and chapters on composition and solving. £12.002424. 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. £15.00860. Roycroft (A.J.): Test Tube Chess. A Comprehensive Introduction to the Chess Endgame Study.
Faber 1972. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (a little edge-worn). 370pp. Includes 433 studies by numerous composers. £16.001997. Russ (C.): Miniature Chess Problems from Many Countries. 400 Compositions with Solutions and Comments.
Unwin 1987. Revised Edn. p/b, cover crease o/w G. 262pp. (A.& D.) £7.00215. Sim (M.) G.Hume & A.C.White.: D.J.Densmore and the Densmore Memorial Tourney 1918.
Stroud 1920. 2 portraits. 239pp. Christmas Series Vol.26. A facsimile copy, printed on single-sided pages, bound in green printed boards, cloth spine. An opportunity to acquire this work at a much lower price. £25.002350. Sola (P.): Suomi: A Collection of Problems by Finnish Composers. Ed: George Hume.
Stroud, 1934. Red cloth, VG. Small owner stamp to endpaper and blind stamp to dedication page. 141pp. 150 problems. Christmas Series No.42. £65.00395. Speckmann (W.): Kleinste Schachaufgaben drei- und viersteiner.
De Gruyter 1970. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 62pp. 156 problems. £8.004532. Speckmann (W.): Schach Miniaturen Zweizuger.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1965. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 72pp. Over 200 two-move problems by various composers. £10.002251. 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. £12.003182. Sutherland (M.A.) & H.M.Lommer: 1234 Modern End-Game Studies. With Appendix containing 24 Additional Studies.
Printing Craft, 1938. 1st Edn. Dark blue imitation leather. G. With label and stamps of Hastings CC. 383pp. Arranged systematically by pieces. £30.002461. Szulce (Z.): Koncowa Gra Szachowa. Krole i Piony.
(Warsaw) 1954. G. 319pp. 352 examples of King & Pawn endings, including many studies. LN 2360. £15.002611. TELBIS (G.): Cariera mea sahista.
Romanian, 2000. p/b. F. 88pp., photos, 60 games, 49 studies, 7 problems. Chess career of Romanian master Telbis, International Correspondence Master. £12.003966. 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. £7.00619. Troitzky (A.A.): Collection of Chess Studies.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1937. 1st English Edn. Original green cloth, G, label of Hastings CC on endpaper and 3 club stamps, some foxing to edges. 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. £30.004404. Vladimirov, Kofman & Umnov: Grossmeister Shakhmatnoj Kompozitsii.
Moscow 1980. 1st Edn. VG. 304pp., illus., 438 problems by numerous composers, plus much extra material. £12.00138. Wenman (P.): Problems and End Games.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1946. Comprises 4 works in 1 volume: Two Hundred Assorted Problems. 2nd. 56pp. One Hundred Published Problems. 3rd. 32pp. One Hundred Remarkable Endings. 4th. 52pp. 50 Two-Move Problems. 6th. 27pp. Blue cloth. G. £20.004579. Wenman (P.): Thirty Three-Movers.
Leeds, 1945. 1st Edn. 12mo, p/b. G. 36pp. 30 problems by various composers. A small scarce booklet. £7.00214. White (A.C.): More White Rooks.
Stroud 1911. Original purple cloth, spine slightly faded o/w VG. 220pp., no "Merry Christmas" slip, previous owner name/address to endpaper. Christmas Series Vol.XI. £65.002624. White (A.C.): The White King in Chess Strategy.
Hippocrene Books, NY 1973. (Reprint of the 1914 Christmas Series book.) p/b. G. 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. £8.002470. Zelepukin (N.P.), Y.G.Dorokhov, A.S.Kakovin & A.A.Tutlaiants: (Chess Compositions from Donbas (Ukraine). In Russian.)
Donbass, Donetsk 1969. VG. 192pp. 419 problems and studies. £12.00