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Home page: www.chessbooks.co.uk Tony Peterson, 11 Westbury Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4DW, UK. Tel: 01702 462757. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk £0.003608. ----: 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. £20.00859. 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. VG. 81pp. An uncommon work. £15.003365. Andrews (H.J.C.) et al: The Chess Problem: Text-Book with Illustrations containing 400 Positions Selected from the Works of Andrews, E.N.Frankenstein, B.G.Laws, and C.Planck.
(1887). Tynron Press, Scotland, 1989. Reprint of 1st Edn. p/b. VG. pp viii,332. Facsimile of a classic 19th century problem book. £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. £8.001174. Averbakh (Y.): Lehrbuch der Schachendspiele. Band 1 & 2.
Sportverlag Berlin, 1972. 2 volumes, VG, d/w. 334, 414pp. Averbach's standard work on the endgame complete in two volumes. Includes many endgame studies. £10.001085. Averbakh (Y.): Queen and Pawn Endings. Trans: K.P.Neat.
Batsford 1975. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w. 137pp. Includes studies. The second volume of Averbakh's classic endgame series. £10.003715. Averbakh (Y.): Rook v. Minor Piece Endings. Trans: K.P.Neat.
Batsford 1978. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w. 162pp. Includes studies. The sixth volume of Averbakh's classic endgame series. £10.003805. Averbakh (Y.) & others: COMPLETE CHESS ENDINGS SERIES: Rook Endings; Pawn Endings; Queen & Pawn Endings; Bishop v. Knight Endings; Bishop Endings; Knight Endings; Rook v. Minor Piece Endings; Queen v. Rook / Minor Piece Endings.
Batsford, 1971-79. Complete set of 8 volumes, VG with d/ws. Rook Endings by Levenfish & Smyslov, the remainder translated from Averbakh's classic Russian series of 1956-62, but also revised and updated. Some volumes are hard to find, and especially a complete set in nice condition. £95.003454. 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. 1st Edn. VG, d/w (slightly torn). 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, 1976. p/b. G. 158pp. 200 two-move problems of named composers with solutions at end.. £4.001492. Barnes (B.P.) Compiler: White to Play and Mate in Two.
Right Way, 1991. 1st. p/b, 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. £6.003690. 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. VG. 128pp. 101 studies (25 more than the Dutch edn.) £10.002656. 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. £10.003033. Buglos (J.): 75 and a Few More.
Budapest 1998. F. Comb-bound p/b. 42pp. 102 problems. £9.003823. Chernev (I.): 200 Brilliant Endgames.
Fireside, US 1989. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 223pp. 200 endgame studies by famous composers with Chernev's comments. Chernev's final work published 8 years afyer his death. Includes brief biography and comments on the profilic author by Bruce Pandolfini and Adam Hart-Davis. (A.) £8.00172. Chernev (I.): Practical Chess Endings.
Faber 1962. 1st UK Edn. VG, d/w. 318pp. Comprises 300 end game studies of named famous composers. £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. £12.00212. Dickins (A.S.M.) & H.Ebert.: 100 Classics of the Chessboard.
Cadogan 1995. Repr. p/b. F. 217pp. (A.) Games, studies, combinations, problems, which have become historically famous. £6.002714. Ejvazova (Z.E.): Korolevy shakhmatnoi kompozicii.
Baku 1986. 1st. VG. 343pp. 350 problems by various female composers, with commentary. £10.001078. Gawlikowski (S.): Koncowa Gra Szachowa. Zakonczenia Figurowo-Pionowe.
(Warsaw) 1954. 1st Edn. G. 947pp. A huge Polish work on piece and pawn endgames, including many studies. £25.001886. GRIGORIEV (N.D.) I.A.Kan: Shakhmatnoy Tvorchestvo N.D.Grigorieva. (Biography, games and studies in Russian.)
Moscow, 1954. 2nd (enlarged) Edn. Blue cloth. VG. 488pp. 20 annotated games, numerous endgame studies and contributions to endgame theory. £20.001998. 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. £20.003503. Grondijs (H.): Schaakvriend Jan Fischer.
Self-published, Aix-la-Chapelle, 2007. A new book by Harrie Grondijs about the Dutch chess endgame expert and journalist Jan Fischer (1909 - 1939). The book is human interest and chess kibitzing in one. The larger part is from correspondence with his soulmate John Selman. It is a very nicely produced hardback with dustjacket (size A5) with 352pp, photos and 86 endgame studies. Mostly in Dutch, plus German tourney report and one-page English summary. Harrie says the maximum edition will be 150 numbered and signed copies and no reprints, but for the moment only 60 copies have been bound, more copies are only bound depending on further orders. £36.002071. 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. £12.00125. Harley (B.): Mate in Three Moves. A Treatise on the Three-Move Chess Problem.
Chatto & Windus 1943. 1st Edn. Spine faded and marked o/w G. 198pp. £6.00124. Harley (B.): Mate in Two Moves. A Treatise on the Two-Move Chess Problem.
Bell 1941. New cheaper Edn. G. 216pp. £7.002443. Harley (B.): Mate in Two Moves. The Two-Move Chess Problem Made Easy.
Dover 1970. Repr.of 1931 work. p/b. VG. 216pp. £7.501124. Herbstman (A.O.): De Schaakstudie der Nieuw-Russische Grootmeesters.
Lochem, n.d.(1937.) 1st Dutch Edn. VG. 189pp. LN 2276. A finely produced work by the Soviet study composer. £35.00535. 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. £15.002593. Herbstman (A.O.): Rasskazy o belom slone.
Moscow 1959. 1st Edn. p/b. G,d/w. 128pp. Many unusual and humourous problems. £10.001125. Herbstman (A.O.): Schaakpartij en Compositie.
Lochem, n.d.(1948) 1st Dutch Edn (translated from the Russian 1930 work.) Original wrappers. VG. 55pp. LN 2732. £20.00898. Hoffmann (F.): Tausend Jahre Schachprobleme.
Promos verlag 2000. p/b, F. 88pp. Includes a selection of 60 problems from 1140 to 1984. Series: Tubinger Beitrage zum Thema Schach Vol.4. £9.503727. 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. VG,d/w. pp (viii),376. £25.001491. Howard (K.S.): Chess Problem Gems by Eight Eminent American Composers.
Dover, 1972. 1st. p/b. VG. 102pp. 160 problems. £7.50895. 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, cover partly faded, club stamp to title-page o/w G. 171pp. Introduction to problem solving and 112 problems by American composers. £6.001288. Howard (K.S.): One Hundred Years of the American Two-Move Chess Problem.
Dover 1965. 2nd Edn. p/b. VG. 99pp. 212 problems from 1859 to 1960. £8.00729. Howard (K.S.): Spectacular Chess Problems. 200 Gems by American Composers.
Dover 1967. 2nd Edn. p/b. G. 117pp. £7.0089. 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. Corners bumped o/w 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. £10.001072. KASPARIAN (G.M.) Akopyan (G.): Volshebnik Shakhmat.
Erevan, 1981. 1st. VG. 215pp. Biography with many games and studies. £12.001382. 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. G. 59pp. £12.00931. Kluver (H.): Erich Brunner. Ein Kunstler und Deuter des Schachproblems.
Berlin 1958. 1st Edn. VG. 200pp. Biography and 300 problems. £15.002590. Kofman (R.M.): Izbrannye etyudy: S.Kaminera & M.Liburkina.
Moscow 1981. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 160pp. Over 167 studies of Kaminer and Liburkin. Forward by Botvinnik. £8.00615. Korn (W.): American Chess Art. 250 Portraits of Endgame Study.
Pitman 1975. 1st UK Edn. VG,d/w (worn at edges). 384pp. A major work on the subject. £20.003548. Levitt (J.) & D.Friedgood: Secrets of Spectacular Chess.
Batsford 1995. 1st Edn. "File copy" stamped on title-page o/w F. 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. G. 95pp. 60 problems to solve (sources not given.) £10.003667. LOYD. Ed: A.Soltis: Sam Loyd. His Story and Best Problems.
Chess Digest, US 1995. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 73pp. Introductory essay and 58 problems. (A.) £10.002748. 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. £25.00618. 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. £7.00892. Morse (J.): Chess Problems: Tasks and Records.
Faber 2001. Revised Edn (with corrections & new chapter.) Large p/b. G. 390pp. 855 mainly two-move problems, a systematic treatment of records, longer and less orthodox problems, length records etc.. (Publ.at £35.) £20.002585. 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. £16.002609. Nestorescu (V.): Miniaturi in alb si negru. Miniatures in White & Black.
Romania, 2003. New p/b. 224pp. 179 endgame studies from best works of Romanian composers, photos. Explanation of themes in English. Limited Edn 100 copies. £18.002773. 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. £25.002709. Niemeijer (Dr.M.): Chess Problems of G.H.Goethart.
Wassenaar, 1962. 1st. p/b. G. 35pp. 28 problems selected and discussed by Niemeijer. £14.002704. Niemeijer (Dr.M.): Zo Sprak Wolfgang Pauly.
Wassenaar, 1948. 1st Edn. p/b, spine with paper loss at head and foot o/w G. 128pp. Over 170 problems, with commentary. LN 2930. £15.001898. Niemeijer (Dr.M.) Ed: Twee Zielen en Twee Gedachten. Lev Iljitsch Loschinskij & Jan Hartong.
Wassenaar, 1959. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 107pp. 100 problems from each of these famous composers. £15.00367. Nunn (J.): Solving in Style.
Allen & Unwin 1985. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 238pp. "Designed to bridge the gap between over-the-board players and composers of chess problems and studies." £15.002675. 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. £32.002608. PAULY. M.Stere: Wolfgang Pauly. Challenge of a Legacy. Provocarea unei mosteniri.
Romania, 2001. New hardback. 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. £30.002610. Petrovici (V.) & M.Stere: Radu Dragoescu.
Romanian, 2004. New p/b. 150pp. 184 problems by Dragoescu, biography, photos, reproduction of 10 paintings by him. Limited Edn 100 copies. £18.001129. Portisch (L.) & B.Sarkozy: Six Hundred Endings.
Pergamon 1981. 1st English Edn. Wear to head and foot of spine o/w G. 198pp. "A systematic survey of the most important endgame principles." Includes many endgame studies. £12.00938. Rabinowitsj (I.L.): Toreneindspelen. Uit het Russisch vertaald door H.Adema.
De Tijdstroom, Lochem, n.d.(1942) 1st Dutch Edn. VG. 201pp. Small inscription dated 1943. LN 2262. Dutch translation of the rook endgame section of the first original book in Russian devoted to the endgame published in 1927. Includes many studies. £20.002424. 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. £12.001476. Rice (J.M.): An ABC of Chess Problems.
Faber, 1970. 1st Edn. Small stamp on title-page, library label on inner cover o/w VG, d/w. 349pp. A very good general work, including themes and terms, composing and solving. £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. £14.00860. Roycroft (A.J.): Test Tube Chess. A Comprehensive Introduction to the Chess Endgame Study.
Faber 1972. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (slight wear top of spine). 370pp. £16.002068. SHUMOV (I.S.) I.M.Linder: (Biography in Russian.)
Moscow, 1959. 1st Edn. p/b, VG. 222pp., photos, biography, selection of games and problems. One of the strongest Russian players of the mid 19th century and author of the first Russian book on chess problems in 1867. £15.00395. 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. £17.002611. TELBIS (G.): Cariera mea sahista.
Romanian, 2000. New p/b. 88pp., photos, 60 games, 49 studies, 7 problems. Chess career of Romanian master Telbis, International Correspondence Master. £12.00963. TIMMAN (J.): Studies and Games.
Cadogan 1996. 1st English Edn of 1983 work. p/b. VG. 192pp. (A.) A selection of Timman's memorable games and some of his studies. £10.003796. 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.) £10.00619. Troitzky (A.A.): Collection of Chess Studies.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1937. 1st English Edn. VG, d/w (stained and torn on spine). 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. £30.002580. Umnov (E.I.): Shakhmatnaja Zadacha XIX Veka.
Moscow 1960. 1st Edn. VG. 222pp. 375 problems of famous composers from the 19th century. £12.00921. Wallis (E.): 777 Chess Miniatures in Three. Introduction by P.H.Williams and Hints to Solvers by A.N.Brayshaw.
E.Wallis, Scarborough (1908). 1st Edn. Narrow 8vo, original green cloth. VG. pp (xl),272. Text in English, French and German. LN 2590. £30.001131. WEENINK. Euwe, Niemeyer, Rueb & Trotsenburg: H.G.M.Weenink.
Amsterdam (1932). 1st Edn. Original cloth-backed boards, front inner hinge broken (can be glued back) o/w G. Without portrait. 290pp. c.400 problems and 57 games by this famous problem composer. LN 3138. £28.00138. Wenman (P.): Problems and End Games.
Whitehead & Miller, Leeds 1945-46. Comprises 4 works in 1 volume: One Hundred Remarkable Endings. 4th. 52pp. Two Hundred Assorted Problems. 2nd. 56pp. One Hundred Published Problems. 3rd. 32pp. 111 Selected Problems by Famous Composers. 2nd. 32pp. Spine faded o/w G. £20.002737. White (A.C.): Robert Braune. Apotre de la Symetrie.
Paris, 1913. Facsimile Edition by L'Esprit, 1988. F. 41pp. A facsimile edition of the original Christmas Series work which is virtually impossible to obtain as most copies went down with the Lusitania in May 1915. Ltd to 250 copies. £15.002628. White (A.C.): Sam Loyd and his Chess Problems.
Dover 1962 (Reprint of 1913 edn., with corrections) p/b. VG. Portrait, 471pp. Biography, 744 of Loyd's problems. £16.00532. White (A.C.): The Properties of Castling. Ed: G.Hume.
Stroud 1928. Red cloth. VG copy. 129pp. No "Merry Christmas" slip. Prize label to inside front cover, a few pencil notes. Christmas Series Vol.35. £75.002624. 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 (1923). 3rd Edn. Original black cloth, split on joints, few pen/pencil notes. Portrait, 252pp. Sections on solving and composing, and 100 problems (half two-movers.) £15.002589. Zelepukin (N.P.): Slovar Shakhmatnoy Kompozicii.
Kiev 1982. 1st Edn. VG. 206pp. A dictionary of problems, studies, composers etc. £8.00