2560. -- TOURNAMENTS AND MATCHES: ***** THIS SECTION UPDATED 23 MARCH 2024 *****
RETURN TO HOME PAGE Tony Peterson, 15 Harbour View Park, Rope Walk, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DQ, UK. Tel: 01903 730371. email: tony@chessbooks.co.uk (SEE ALSO SEPARATE SECTION FOR "CHESS PLAYER" PUBLICATIONS CURRENTLY IN PRINT.) £0.00659. 1851 LONDON. Staunton (H.): The Chess Tournament London 1851.
Batsford Chess Classics 1986. Facsimile reprint of 1852 Edition. Maroon cloth, gilt, VG,d/w. pp lxci, 377. The First International Chess Tournament, won by Adolf Anderssen, (Staunton was fourth). With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £22.001217. 1851 LONDON. Staunton (H.): The Chess Tournament. A Collection of the Games Played at this Celebrated Assemblage.
Bohn, 1852. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, rebacked with later red cloth and original title-lettering panel on spine. front inner hinge cracked, otherwise a good tight copy. pp lxci,377. Previous owner and chess club name on half-title. Numerous games with brief notes, and much on the organization and running of the tournament. An excellent account of the first International chess tournament, and considerably scarcer than Staunton's other works. LN 5179. £120.004584. 1862 LONDON + 1861 BRISTOL. B.Suhle: Der Schachkongress zu London im Jahre 1862, nebst dem Schachkongress zu Bristol im Jahre 1861.
Berlin 1864. Reprint by Edition Olms, Zurich 1984. 2 parts in 1 volumes, F,d/w. pp 80,40. Includes 69 problems from the Problem tournaments, 102 games with brief notes. London: 1 Anderssen 2 Paulsen 3 Owen. Bristol: 1 Paulsen 2 Boden. £16.00864. 1862 LONDON. Suhle (B.): Das Grosse Schachturnier zu London im Jahre 1862. (Berlin 1864.)
BCM Classic Reprint No.4 n.d.(c.1965) p/b. VG. 80pp. 85 games, some with brief notes. 1.Anderssen 2.Paulsen. £12.004792. 1866 LONDON 1867 DUNDEE: Transactions of the British Chess Association.
Moravian Chess 2001. Hardback, as new. Facsimile reprint of original work. 131pp. All games with notes. £15.004793. 1868 and 1869: Transactions of the British Chess Association.
Moravian Chess (2001). Hardback, as new. Facsimile reprint of original 1869 work. 109pp. All games with notes from various tournaments during the period. £14.003506. 1871 CLEVELAND 1874 CHICAGO 1876 PHILADELPHIA: The Second, Third & Fourth American Chess Congresses. (1872-76.) Reprint of original editions.
Edition Olms Band 65. Zurich 1985. Three works in one volume. VG,d/w. 112,103,199pp. 163 games in all. Capt.G.H.Mackenzie won the first two events, James Mason the third. £25.004673. 1871 CREFELD 1876 DUSSELDORF 1877 KOLN 1878 FRANKFURT. J.Minckwitz: Die Schachkongresse zu Crefeld 1871, Dusseldorf 1876, Koln 1877, Frankfurt a.M. 1878.
(Reprint of 1874 and 1879 books.) Edition Olms, Zurich 1985. VG,d/w. pp 50, 178. Together 128 games. Top players included Anderssen, Paulsen and Zukertort. £20.00974. 1877 LEIPZIG. Schallopp (E.): Der Schachkongress zu Leipzig im Juli 1877.
BCM Classic Reprint No.5, 1968. p/b. VG. 144pp. 101 games with brief notes. 1.Paulsen 2-3 Anderssen, Zukertort. £12.002575. 1878 PARIS. E.Schallopp: Der Internationale Schachkongress zu Paris.
Leipzig, 1879. BCM Classic Reprint No.3, (1967). p/b, G. 160pp. 119 annotated games. 1-2 Zukertort, Winawer 3 Blackburne. £12.002941. 1889 BRESLAU, 1892 DRESDEN, 1893 KIEL. Gottshall, Lipke & Mieses: Der 6, 7 und 8 Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes.
Olms reprint of original tournament books, Zurich 1983. 3 works in 1 volume. VG, d/w. pp 287, 272, 60. Includes all games. £20.004666. 1890 MANCHESTER: .
The Chess Player, Rare and Unpublished Chess Tournaments and Matches: No.89 Paperback; 208pp; all available games from this large tournament (about 113 out of 190) with contemporary notes wherever available; extensive surveys of the rounds, players, missing games, all taken from contemporary magazines and newspapers; many diagrams; about 20 photos. £19.503133. 1890 VIENNA. W.H.Goldman: Vienna 1890 1st Kolisch Tournament.
Goldman, Germany 1983. 1st Edn. p/b. F. 151pp. 78 games, some annotated, brief biographies of Kolisch and the players. 1 Weiss 2 Bauer 3 Fleissig. The first book on this tournament. (A.) £14.001638. 1895 HASTINGS: Ed: H.F.Cheshire.
Dover 1962, reprint of 1896 edition. p/b, old sellotape stuck to top and bottom of spine o/w G. x,370pp., 4 plates, 230 annotated games. 1.Pillsbury 2.Chigorin 3.Lasker. £12.00230. 1895 HASTINGS. Cheshire (H.F.) Ed: The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 containing the Authorised Account of the 230 Games Played...with Annotations by Pillsbury, Lasker, Tarrasch, Steinitz...Biographical Sketches of the Chess Masters.
Chatto & Windus 1896. First Edition. Original maroon cloth, spine slightly faded and a little worn at head and foot otherwise a good tight copy. 22 nice portraits of the players, pp xii,370,plus adverts. The strongest tournament ever held up to that time, and the first at Hastings. One of the best produced tournament books. £100.004665. 1896 BERLIN; 1896 VIENNA (May-June & November): .
The Chess Player, Rare and Unpublished Chess Tournaments and Matches: No.86. Stapled booklet with plastic jacket; 38pp; 24 diagrams; 14 photos; Berlin 1896 (8 of the 9 games), von Bardeleben, Walbrodt, Mieses; Vienna (May-July) 1896 (23 of the 24 games), Englisch, Schlechter, Marco, Weiss; Vienna (November) 1896 (6 of the 15 games), Janowski, Schlechter, Mieses, Winawer, Marco, Albin. £8.50474. 1896 NURNBERG. Tarrasch (S.) & C.Schroder: Das Internationale Schachturnier des Schachclubs Nurnberg im Juli-Aug.1896.
BCM Classic Reprint, 1974, of original tournament book. p/b. VG. Portrait of Lasker, pp xxx,294. 171 games. 1.Lasker 2.Maroczy 3-4 Pillsbury & Tarrasch. £14.003820. 1898 COLOGNE. V.Fiala: 11th German Chess Association Congress.
Moravian Chess, 1997. F. 264pp., photos of players, 54 available games of the tournament, most annotated, long introduction and summary, also biography and playing record of each player, and further 75 games. 1 Burn 2-4 Cohn, Chigorin, Charousek. First book on this strong tournament which also included Steinitz, Schlechter and Janowski. (A.) £25.00475. 1900 LONDON.: Invitation Chess Tournament of the City of London Chess Club.
Caissa Limited Editions, US 1973. Facsimile reprint Limited to 700 copies. F. 46pp. 78 games. 1.Teichmann 2-3 Gunsberg, Mason. £24.003228. 1900 PARIS. J.Adams: Paris 1900.
Chess Player Tournament Series No.42, 2000. p/b. VG. 176pp. 166 games, most annotated, also 12 games of Pillsbury blindfold exhibition. (A.) A strong 16 round tournament (but drawn games were also replayed once!) 1 Lasker 2 Pillsbury 3-4 Maroczy, Marshall. £15.005611. 1904 CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS: Contained in: American Chess Bulletin. Vol.1. June-Dec 1904.
Moravian Chess facsimile reprint n.d.(c.2000?) Brown cloth, VG. 147pp., photos (poor quality). 120 games from Cambridge Springs 1904 - 1.Marshall 2-3 Em.Lasker, Janowski. This volume also includes games and reporting of City of London congress, Coburg, St.Louis American Congress etc. £18.001676. 1904 COBURG. Schellenberg (P.),C.Schlechter & G.Marco: Der Vierzehnte Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes.
BCM Classic Reprint No.10, 1972. p/b, slight edge wear, G. pp viii,144. 153 games, 81 from the Master tournament, some annotated. 1-3= v.Bardeleben, Schlechter & Swiderski. One of the scarcest of the BCM series. £12.002627. 1905 BARMEN. G.Marco: Der Internationale Schachkongress des Barmer Schachvereins 1905.
Olms Reprint, Zurich 1984. Thick hardback, VG,d/w, with a bookplate and previous owner name. 628pp., illustrations. 500 games, most annotated, from a number of tournaments, the top one 1-2 Janowski, Maroczy 3 Marshall. A huge tournament book! £28.003541. 1906 LODZ. Ed: D.Brandreth: International Tournament.
Brandreth, US 1971. Large format (23 x 29cm), yellow card covers, stapled. VG. 7pp single-sided. Preface with comments on tournaments without books, 18 games. Numbered & signed Limited Edition of 475 copies. £15.003703. 1906 OSTENDE. Ed: A.J.Gillam: The Second International Chess Tournament.
Caissa Editions, US 2005. Red cloth. Fine. 445pp., illus, 363 games, many annotated. "Finally this complex and great tournament appears just about one hundred years after it occurred. Schlechter won by a slight margin in a very complicated series of qualifying sections. Gillam worked hard with a dedicated band of helpers to track down all the known games, graced in most cases with notes, of that era. Many great players such as Lasker, Schlechter, Burn, contributed annotations. Also included are photos of most of the players plus photos of the great "Kursall" on the boardwalk at the resort city of Ostende plus a photo with the autographs of all the tournament contestants .Two slight books with only a tiny fraction of the games were published just after the tournament in the German language, but they hardly did justice to this strong event and are scarce collectors items today. Series: World's Greatest Chess Tournaments. (A.) £50.002967. 1907 KARLSBAD. G.Marco & C.Schlechter: Das Internationale Schachmeisterturnier.
(Facsimile reprint of 1908 Edition.) Caissa Editions, USA 1979. Large p/b, VG. 426pp. 210 games, many annotated. German language and notation. 1 Rubinstein 2 Maroczy , ahead of a high-class field of 21 players. £14.003429. 1907 OSTEND. W.Kubel: Das Championturnier zu Ostende im Jahre 1907.
W.Kubel, Koln 1971. Large p/b, stapled, covers stained and creased o/w G. 19pp. 60 games, a few with notes. 1 Tarrasch 2 Schlecter 3 -4 Janowski, Marshall. £7.001445. 1909 MARSHALL - CAPABLANCA. Imre Konig: Match 1909.
California Chess Reporter, Supplement No.3, 1955. p/b, G. 31pp. 23 annotated games. Capablanca won 15-8. £20.005517. 1911: Chess Player Rare and Unpublished Tournament book series No.132
. Tournaments of 1911. Stapled booklet with plastic jacket; 40 pages; about 32 diagrams; many games with notes; 4 cross tables; San Remo 1911: 15 + 2 games. Berlin v Vienna 1911 (by telegraph): all 8 games.Munich (May) 1911: 7 of the 12 games. Budapest 1911: 1st Hungarian Championship, 39 of the 41 games played. SEE WEBSITE FOR OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES. £10.005518. 1911 COLOGNE: Chess Player Rare and Unpublished Tournament book series No.133
. Cologne 1911. 50th Anniversary Tournament of the Cologne Chess Club. Stapled booklet with plastic jacket; 54 pages; about 38 diagrams; many games with notes; 5 cross tables; Main Tournament: 70 games out of 126 played. 4 Subsidiary tournaments: 38 games. SEE WEBSITE FOR OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES. £12.005555. 1911 Karlsbad. Dr.M.Vidmar: Das Zweite Internationale Schachturnier in Karlsbad 1911.
BCM Classic Reprint No.9, n.d.(1970) VOLUME 2 ONLY. p/b, VG. 192pp. 169 games with brief notes (in German) from rounds 13-25. 1 Teichmann 2-3 Rubinstein, Schlechter. 25 rounds! £8.00547. 1911 SAN SEBASTIAN. Mieses (J.) & Dr.M.Lewitt: Internationales Schachturnier zu San Sebastian 1911.
Leipzig 1919. 2nd Edn. Original cream cloth, spine yellowed with wear and slight loss at head and foot, inner stitching a bit loose, paper yellowed as usual. 2 plates, 162pp. 105 games. 1.Capablanca 2-3 Rubinstein, Vidmar. LN 5305. £30.00528. 1911 SCHLECHTER-TARRASCH. Tarrasch (Dr.): Der Schachwettkampf Schlechter-Tarrasch auf dem Jubildums-Kongress des Kolner Schachklubs im Sommer 1911.
Leipzig 1912. 1st Edn. Original grey boards, VG, inside staples are rusty with one section partly loose. Frontispiece, pp xviii,1,136. 16 games from the match plus 36 from the Jubildums-Kongress des Kolner Schachklubs. LN 5054. £45.0090. 1912 SAN SEBASTIAN. Mieses (J.) & Dr.M.Lewitt.: II.Internationales Schachturnier zu San Sebastian 1912.
Leipzig 1920. 2nd Edn. Original boards, spine partly stained, split on lower joint, spotting on first few pages. 148pp. 100 games. 1.Rubinstein 2-3 Nimzowitsch, Spielmann. LN 5313. £28.003137. 1912 TEMESVAR. W.H.Goldman: 2nd Hungarian Chess Congress.
Goldman, Germany 1981. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 114pp. 105 games, some annotated, brief biographies of Breyer and other players. 1 Breyer 2 Asztalos. (A.) £12.001754. 1914 BADEN. J.R.Schroeder: Chess Gambit Tournament.
US, 1972. p/b, G. 90 games with brief notes. Only gambit openings were allowed. 1.Spielmann 2.Tartakower 3.Schlechter. £8.00476. 1914 ST.PETERSBURG. Tarrasch (S.): Das Grossmeisterturnier zu St.Petersburg im Jahre 1914.
Leipzig 1921. 2nd Edn. Blue cloth-backed boards, G. pp xxiv,185. 75 annotated games. One of the greatest tournaments in chess history. 1.Lasker 2. Capablanca 3.Alekhine. £40.005279. 1916: CHESS PLAYER BOOK:: Rare and Unpublished Tournament book series No.111
. Tournaments of 1916 by A.J.Gillam. Amsterdam, April, 1916; Amsterdam, July/August, 1916; Budapest, September/October, 1916; Budapest, November/December, 1916; Arnhem 1916; Utrecht 1916; Vienna, Trebitsch Memorial, 1916/17. 68 pages; 7 cross tables; over 40 diagrams; nearly 100 games and positions, with notes where available; background information; several of these tournaments are rare and their cross tables do not appear in the published reference books. Stapled booklet on gold coloured paper, with plastic jacket. SEE WEBSITE FOR OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES. £12.005289. 1917: CHESS PLAYER BOOK:: Rare and Unpublished Tournament book series No.114
. Tournaments of 1917. The Hague (January) 1917; Amsterdam 1917; Budapest 1917; Scheveningen 1917; Havana 1917; Utrecht 1917; The Hague (December) 1917; Algemeen Handelsblad Correspondence Tournament 1917/18. 67 pages; summary of the tournament books of 1917 and the unpublished tournaments of that year; approx. 100 games, many with notes; 54 diagrams; Stapled booklet on gold coloured paper, with plastic jacket. SEE WEBSITE FOR OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES. £12.004711. 1919 Tournaments: .
The Chess Player. Rare and Unpublished Chess Tournaments and Matches: 93. Stapled booklet with plastic jacket; edited by A.J.Gillam, translations from Dutch by Jan Postma; 52pp; 60 diagrams; 6 tournaments from 1919 largely unknown (Berlin, February; New York; Rotterdam; Troy; Berlin, September; The Hague); all available games; annotations; newspaper reports; £9.005746. 1920 MOSCOW. Ed: A.J.Gillam: Chess Player Rare and Unpublished Tournament book series No.135
. First USSR Championship Moscow 1920. Stapled booklet with plastic jacket; 43 pages; 15 pages of articles on the championship and 52 of the 120 games, many with notes from a variety of Russian, Polish and other sources. The Championship was won by Alekhine from Romanovsky and Levenfish. SEE WEBSITE FOR OTHER TITLES IN THIS SERIES. £10.00869. 1921 THE HAGUE. Kagan (B.): Erstes Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier im Haag.
Berlin (1921). 1st Edn. p/b, without front wrapper, spine worn, paper yellowed. 100pp. 45 games. 8pp of photos. LN 5339. 1.Alekhine 2.Tartakower 3.Rubinstein. (20 year old Euwe came 9th/10.) £25.002509. 1922 BAD PIESTANY. B.Kagan: II.Internationales Julius Breyer Memorial Schachturnier.
Berlin, 1923. 1st Edn. Original cloth-backed boards, spine faded, boards marked o/w G. 16pp of photos (partly loose), 190pp. Paper rather yellowed as usual. 190 games. LN 5349. 1 Bogoljubow 2-3 Alekhine, Spielmann. £40.005694. 1922 HASTINGS. A.Alekhine. Ed: W.H.Watts: Das Internationale Schachmeisterturnier Hastings 1922.
Carl verlag, Kerken 1998. 1st German Edn translated by Erich Carl. p/b. VG. 128pp. 30 games annotated by Alekhine. 1.Alekhine 2.Rubinstein. £14.001180. 1922 HASTINGS. Alekhine (A.): The Book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament 1922.
Printing-Craft (1924.) 1st Edn. Original red cloth, slight wear head and foot of spine, previous owner stamp on endpaper, occasional foxing as usual. G. 6 photos, 68pp. 30 games annotated by Alekhine, account of tournament by Sir George Thomas. 1.Alekhine 2.Rubinstein. LN 5344. £25.00655. 1922 HASTINGS. Watts (W.H.) Ed: The Book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament 1922.
Dover 1968. Reprint of 1923 work. p/b. VG. 63pp. 30 games annotated by Alekhine. 1.Alekhine 2.Rubinstein. £8.00355. 1922 LONDON. Watts (W.H.) Ed.: The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1922. Containing all the Games...with Original and Quoted Annotations by Geza Maroczy.
Printing Craft 1923. 1st Edn. Original purple cloth, G. 137pp., nice portrait plates of the 16 players, 125 games. Some pencil numbers or ticks against games. 1.Capablanca 2.Alekhine 3.Vidmar. £40.00356. 1922 OEYNHAUSEN. J.Dimer, W.Schlage, O.Zander.: Der 22 Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes.
Leipzig 1923. 1st Edn. Original printed boards, small split on joint o/w VG. Paper yellowed. 196pp. 2 plates with 3 photos. 154 games. LN 5348. 1.Post 2.Carls. £40.001629. 1922 TEPLITZ-SCHONAU. J.Schorr: Schachkongress.
Teplitz-Schonau-Turn, 1923. 1st Edn. Thick roy8vo, original printed boards, cloth spine, boards spotted, split to head of top joint otherwise a good tight copy. 664pp., 5 plates, 96 annotated games. 1-2 Reti, Spielmann, 3-4 Grunfeld, Tartakower. This work also includes the 1st International Problem Tournament of Teplitz-Schonau 1921/22 with numerous problems and studies, and biographies and results section by Bachmann. LN 5350. £75.001664. 1922 VIENNA: Internationales Schachkongress Wien 1922.
Lachaga, Argentina 1969. p/b. G. 69pp. 105 games, some annotated by Alekhine, Tartakower etc., with German notation. 1 Rubinstein 2 Tartakower 3 Wolf. It seems there was no original tournament book produced. Original edition limited to 240 copies. £14.004553. 1922 VIENNA. Larry Evans: Vienna 1922. Foreword by John Donaldson.
Russell Ent, US 2011. New p/b. 144pp., illus., 103 games annotated by Larry Evans. One of the first great tournaments after WW1. 1 Rubinstein 2 Tartakower 3 Wolf. (A.) £15.002891. 1923 VIENNA: Karl Schlecter Gedenkturnier Wien 1923.
Lachaga, Argentina 1968. p/b. VG. 80pp. 66 games, some annotated by the players. 1Tartakower 2 Reti 3 Spielmann. Also playing record of Schlecter and the 10 games of his match with Lasker. It seems there was no original tournament book produced. Limited to 238 copies. £15.001117. 1923-24 HASTINGS. Maroczy (G.): A Hastings-I Nemzetkozi Sakkverseny.
Kecskemet 1924. Bound in plain green cloth, original front wrapper bound in (edges torn and frayed), paper yellowed. 56pp., plate, 51 games. 1.Euwe 2.Maroczy. Fragile and scarce work. No English tournament book was produced. LN 5363. £50.005223. 1924 NEW YORK. A.A.Alekhine: Mezhdunarodnyy shakhmatnyy turnir v New Yorke 1924.
Moscow 1925. First Russian Edn. Rebound in plain black & brown boards, G. 257pp., illus.,110 games annotated by Alekhine. Edge of title-page repaired. 1 Lasker 2 Capablanca 3 Alekhine. LN 5369. A scarce edition. £60.00818. 1924 NEW YORK. Alekhine (A.): Das Grossmeister Turnier New York 1924.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1963. Reprint of 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 337pp., 110 games annotated by Alekhine. 1 Lasker 2 Capablanca 3 Alekhine. £12.00824. 1924 NEW YORK. Alekhine (A.): The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924. Ed: H.Helms.
Dover 1961. Reprint of 1925 1st Edn (plus new photos.) p/b, G+. 271pp., 110 games annotated by Alekhine. 1 Lasker 2 Capablanca 3 Alekhine. £12.00147. 1924 NEW YORK. Helms (H.) Ed: The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924. Containing the Authorized Account of the 110 games Played March-April 1924 with Original Annotations by Alexander Alekhine.
ACB & Printing Craft 1925. 1st Edn. Original red cloth, spine and lettering a little faded, otherwise a good copy. pp xxiv,273, adverts, xi (errata), 15 photos, 110 games annotated by Alekhine. A fine book printed on shiny paper, on one of the great tournaments, won by Lasker from Capablanca, Alekhine & Marshall. Alekhine deeply annotates every game. LN 5370. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection, and a prize inscription on endpaper. £60.001658. 1924 PARIS: Primera Olimpiada de Ajedrez y Fundacion de la F.I.D.E.
Lachaga, Argentina 1973. p/b, spine yellowed o/w VG. 160pp. 258 games, many annotated from various sources. Spanish notation. Edition Limited to 520 copies. The first unofficial chess olympiad held alongside the Olympic Games in Paris. It was limited to amateurs, and was not a genuine team tournament, but rather an individual effort. The Final was won by Mattison (Latvia), 2 Apscheneek 3 Colle. Also includes the foundation of FIDE. £25.003336. 1926 BERLIN. H.Kmoch & B.Kagan: Internationales Schachturnier in Berlin.
B.Kagan, Berlin 1926. 1st Edn. Original printed wrappers, spine repaired with tape o/w G. 5 photos, 84pp., 45 games annotated by Hans Kmoch. 1 Bogoljubow 2 Rubinstein. LN 5392. £32.00943. 1926 BUDAPEST.: Internationaler Schachkongress Budapest 1926.
Lachaga, Argentina 1976. p/b. Red stain to back cover, not affecting inside. 98pp. 137 games, some annotated by the players. 1-2 Grunfeld, Monticelli. Limited to 350 copies. £10.004075. 1926 CHICAGO & LAKE HOPATCONG. R.Sherwood: Chicago 1926 Lake Hopatcong 1926 Chess Tournaments. Ed: Dale Brandreth.
Caissa Editions, US 2009. New red cloth hardback. 197pp. 98 annotated games in all, photos, introductions. (A.) Limited Edition of 600 numbered copies. The scores for Chicago 1926 have hitherto been unavailable (just supplied to chess databases by Caissa). Chicago - 1 Marshall 2-3 Maroczy, Torre. Lake Hopatcong - 1 Capablanca 2 Kupchik 3 Maroczy. £27.50252. 1927 KECSKEMET. Alekhine, Kmoch, Maroczy & Nimzowitsch: Das Erste Internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Kecskemet 1927.
L.Toth,Kecskemet,Ungarn 1928. 1st Edn. Contemporary blue cloth, small split on joint o/w G. pp xvi,159, 4pp photos. 146 games. Previous owner name on title-page. A fine tournament book, one of the first to use figurine notation. 1.Alekhine 2-3 Nimzowitsch, L.Steiner. LN 5405. £65.002023. 1927 LONDON. R.Keene: The British Empire Club International Tournament.
BCM Quarterly No.21. 1983. p/b. VG. 92pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1-2 Nimzowitsch, Tartakower 3 Marshall. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £9.00994. 1927 NEW YORK. Alekhine (A.): Das New Yorker Schachturnier 1927.
Berlin 1963 (reprint of original edition.) p/b. VG. 176pp. 60 games. 1.Capablanca 2.Alekhine 3.Nimzowitsch. £14.001890. 1927 NEW YORK. S.Tartakower: Grandmasters' Tournament. Translated & Edited by C.Leach.
Caissa Books, repr.1988. p/b. G. 38pp. 60 games, with Informator style annotations. Tartakower's original book was published in Russian only, from which the annotations are taken. 1.Capablanca 2.Alekhine 3.Nimzowitsch 4.Vidmar 5.Spielmann 6.Marshall. Each player played the others four times. (A.) £12.00817. 1928 BAD KISSINGEN. Tartakower (Dr.S.G.): Das Grosse Internationale Schachmeisterturnier in Bad Kissingen.
BCM Classic Reprint No.21, (1982). p/b, VG. 179pp., 5pp photos, 66 annotated games, opening theory. 1.Bogoljubow 2 Capablanca 3-4 Rubinstein, Euwe. £12.001568. 1928 DORTMUND. P.Michel: Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez.
Lachaga, Argentina 1967. p/b. G. 48pp. 36 annotated games. 1.Samisch 2.Reti. £14.001116. 1929 KARLSBAD. Nimzowitsch &c.: IV Internationales Schachmeisterturnier.
Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1929. 1st Edn. Original green cloth, white lettering, VG. Frontispiece, 8 plates of photos, 422pp. 231 games annotated by Nimzowitsch, Spielmann, Tartarkower, and round-by-round reports by Kmoch. An outstanding book of one of the greatest tournaments. 1.Nimzowitsch 2-3 Capablanca, Spielmann 4.Rubinstein. LN 5431. £85.00819. 1930 HAMBURG.: Die Schacholympiade von Hamburg. Errinerungen an die Landerkampfe der FIDE 1930.
BCM Classic Reprint No.14, 1973. p/b, G. 156pp. 150 games, some annotated. 1 Poland 2 Hungary 3 Germany. £10.005208. 1930 HAMBURG. A.J.Gillam: Chess Olympiad Hamburg 1930. Rare and Unpublished Tournament book series No.112
Chess Player 2016. P/b, slight damage to front cover o/w VG. 312 pages, approx. 181 illustrations and 167 diagrams; 605 games were played (7 were defaulted) - this book has by far the biggest collection made so far with over 380 games and positions; an article on each of the teams; details of the FIDE meeting; lots of annotations; indexes of illustrations, openings and players; 4 games from the Women's world championship held alongside the Olympiad. Now out of print. £20.001610. 1930 SAN REMO.: Annotations by Alekhine, Botvinnik, Nimzovich etc.
Chess Digest, 1973. p/b, slightly marked, staples rusty o/w G. 156pp. 120 games. 1.Alekhine (14/15!!) 2.Nimzowitsch 3.Rubinstein. £14.001825. 1932 BAD SLIAC. R.Spielmann: Bad Sliac.
Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1932. 1st Edn. Original pictorial wrappers, small paper loss at top edge o/w G. Plate, 39pp. 91 games, most with notes. 1-2 Flohr, Vidmar 3. Pirc. LN 5463. £28.002177. 1932 BERN. W.Bonacker: Turnierbuch des Internationalen Schachturniers.
Edition Olms Reprint, Zurich 1988. Near Fine, d/w. 183pp. 4 plates of photos. 120 games annotated by many of the players. 1.Alekhine 2-3 Euwe, Flohr 4.Sultan Khan. £20.001109. 1932 BERN. W.Bonacker: Turnierbuch des Internationalen Schachturniers.
Bern 1932. Original yellow card covers, wear to spine with slight paper loss, small spots on front cover, some corner page curling. 183pp. 4 plates of photos. 120 annotated games. 1.Alekhine 2-3 Euwe, Flohr 4.Sultan Khan. LN 5457. With bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £30.00846. 1932 LONDON. Alekhine (A.): 66 Master Games Played in the London International Chess Tournament, 1932.
Frank Hollings, (1932). 1st Edn. Original blue cloth, VG. Portrait of Alekhine, pp xiv, 90. 66 games annotated by Alekhine, article by Du Mont on the players. LN 5461. 1 Alekhine 2 Flohr 3-4 Kashdan, Sultan Khan. £40.00183. 1933 FOLKESTONE (5th Olympiad). Kashdan (I.): Book of the Folkestone 1933 International Chess Team Tournament.
Leeds, Whitehead & Miller, 1933. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth, part of spine and front cover a bit stained o/w G. Frontispiece, 152pp. 142 games annotated by Kashdan and other Masters. The 5th Olympiad. £27.001622. 1934 ALEKHINE - BOGOLJUBOW. Em.Lasker: Games Played in the Return Match for the World's Championship. With Original Annotations by Dr.Emanuel Lasker.
Printing-Craft, 1935. 1st Edn. Original printed boards, a red stain to extreme edge of front cover otherwise very good. 2 portraits, 72pp. Alekhine won 15.5-10.5. LN 5094. £25.001844. 1934 LENINGRAD. P.A.Romanovsky: Turnir Masterov s uchastiem M.Euwe i H.Kmocha.
Moscow, 1935. 1st Edn. Original cloth, a bit stained o/w G. 146pp. 66 annotated games. Final page removed which only contained the publishing details. Only 6000 copies printed. LN 5476. 1 Botvinnik 2-3 Romanovsky, Riumin. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £50.0097. 1935 ALEKHINE-EUWE.: De Strijd om het Wereldkampioenschap Schaken, Gespeeld in Nederland in 1935.
Leiden 1936. 1st Edn. Original card covers with photographic d/w, (jacket spine torn and repaired, with some paper loss), G. 109pp., photos. The 30 games annotated by Alekhine and Euwe. LN 5103. £24.001350. 1935 MOSCOW. (Ed: N.V.Krylenko & I.Rabinovich): Vtoroy Mezhdunarodnyy Shakhmatnyy Turnir Moskva 1935.
Moscow & Leningrad 1936. 1st Edn. Original cloth, soiled, lower joint split, paper yellowed as usual, last few pages loose. 596pp. The foreword by Krylenko has been removed. 190 annotated games, opening survey, details of previous Russian tournaments etc. LN 5506. 1-2 Botvinnik, Flohr 3 Lasker 4 Capablanca. An excellent and scarce tournament book. £50.002289. 1935 VIENNA. M.A.Lachaga: 20 Trebitsch-Gedenkturniere Wien 1907-1938 und Internationales Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1935.
Lachaga, Argentina, 1968. p/b, VG. 98pp. 66 games, many annotated, from 1935 event, plus 40 from previous Vienna tournaments, with crosstables since 1907. 1-2 Eliskases, L.Steiner. (Limited to 239 copies according to an advert in Lachaga's Wien 1922 book.) £15.005697. 1935 WARSAW. Ed: A.J.Gillam: Warsaw Olympiad 1935.
The Chess Player, Nottingham 2020. Rare and Unpublished Chess Tournaments and Matches No.134. New p/b. 343pp., including 26 pages of reports, photos, around 510 games and positions (of 760 played) plus many annotations, opening index, player index, all the pairings in round order. In addition there is a report on the Women's World Championship with final table, 44 pairings in round order and 5 games. 1 USA 2 Sweden 3 Poland. (A.) Due to a printing error one missing page has been provided as a loose leaf. £29.001256. 1936 AMSTERDAM: Internationales Schachmeisterturnier.
Lachaga, Argentina 1975. p/b. VG. 46pp. 28 games annotated by Fine, Euwe &c. Edition Limited to 325 copies. 1-2 Euwe, Fine 3.Alekhine. £14.002901. 1936 MOSCOW. Translated & Edited by J.Adams: Moscow 1936 International Chess Tournament.
Caissa Editions, US 1998. Translation of the original 1937 Russian book. Red cloth, VG. 245pp. 90 games, annotated by many of the players, openings survey, account of the tournament. 1.Capablanca 2.Botvinnik 3.Flohr. Series: World's Greatest Chess Tournaments Vol.2. (A.) £50.00361. 1936 NOTTINGHAM. Alekhine (A.): The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament.
Dover 1962. Reprint of 1937 1st Edn. p/b, G. 291pp. 111 games annotated by Alekhine. 1-2 Botvinnik, Capablanca. £9.001220. 1936 NOTTINGHAM. Ed: W.H.Watts.: Chess Pie No.3. The Official Souvenir of the International Tournament.
BCF/Printing-Craft (1936.) 4to (8.5 x 11in.) original wrappers, with coloured illustration on front, spine and back cover torn with some loss, otherwise a good copy of a scarce item. 98pp., including fine photographic portraits, chessmen, page of facsimile autographs, details of the players and selected games, various articles, advert pages. Published prior to the tournament. LN 5538. With a label of the ECF, Golombek collection on front cover. £50.005002. 1936 NOTTINGHAM. W.H.Watts & A.Alekhine: Das Internationale Schachturnier Nottingham 1936.
Edition Marco, Berlin 1986. Hardback, VG. 231pp. 111 games annotated by Alekhine, introduction by Watts. Translated from the 1937 Printing Craft English Edn. 1-2 Botvinnik, Capablanca. £15.0096. 1936 NOTTINGHAM. W.H.Watts & A.Alekhine: The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament 1936.
Printing Craft, 1937. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth, wear to spine and edges otherwise good. Frontispiece, 291pp. 111 games annotated by Alekhine. A nice book on one of the strongest tournaments of all time. 1-2 Botvinnik, Capablanca 3-5 Euwe, Fine, Reshevsky 6 Alekhine. £35.002637. 1937 EUWE - ALEKHINE. C.J.S.Purdy: The Return of Alekhine.
Australasian Chess Review, (1938). p/b, G. 88pp. 30 games annotated by Purdy, openings survey, player's own views etc. Alekhine won 17.5-12.5. Scarce. £28.001414. 1937 EUWE - ALEKHINE. Alekhine (A.A.): The World's Chess Championship 1937. Ed: H.Golombek.
Pitman 1938. 1st Edn. Original yellow cloth, VG (with a jacket torn with paper loss). 203pp., 2 plates, 25 games, plus 5 exhibition games, annotated by Alekhine & Euwe. £20.002577. 1937 KEMERI. L.De Marimon & B.Lopez Esnaola: Gran Torneo de Kemeri 1937.
Ricardo Aguilera, Madrid 1958. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 246pp. 153 games with Spanish notation, some annotated. 1-3 Flohr, Petrovs, Reshevsky 4-5 Alekhine, Keres. £15.001642. 1937 STOCKHOLM. W.H.Cozens: The Lost Olympiad.
BCM Quarterly No.22. 1985. p/b. VG. 222pp. c.200 games, many annotated, most appearing for the first time. The first book about this Olympiad won by USA from Hungary. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF. £12.00791. 1938 AMSTERDAM (AVRO) Euwe (Dr.M.): Analysen van A.V.R.O.'s Wereld-Schaak-Tournooi.
Amsterdam 1938. 1st Edn. Original coloured pictorial boards, black cloth spine, a good copy. 147pp., coloured folding plate of tournament statistics, 8 fine photos of the players, with their facsimile signatures below. 56 games. LN 5574. 1-2 Fine, Keres 3.Botvinnik. One of the strongest tournaments of all time, intended to find a challenger to Alekhine. £30.003815. 1939 BUENOS AIRES. Ed: A.J.Gillam: Buenos Aires Olympiad 1939.
Chess Player No.42, 2000. A4 size p/b. Fine. 120pp., introduction, results, all 928 games. 1 Germany 2 Poland 3 Estonia. (A.) The earliest Olympiad for which all games are available. Many famous players competed and it was Capablanca's last first class event. £19.002269. 1939 BUENOS AIRES. M.Czerniak: Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez.
Buenos Aires, 1946. Original card covers, detached. 87pp. 66 annotated games. 1-2 Najdorf, Keres 3-4 Czerniak, Stahlberg. LN 5601. £20.00288. 1941 LENINGRAD-MOSCOW. Botvinnik (M.): Championship Chess. Match Tournament for the Absolute Chess Championship of the U.S.S.R.
MacGibbon & Kee 1950. 1st English Edn. G. 186pp. 60 annotated games. 1.Botvinnik 2.Keres 3.Smyslov. £15.003242. 1942 MUNICH. Ed: A.J.Gillam: 1st European Championship. German Articles (with English translation by A.J.Swift).
Chess Player No.55, 2001. p/b. F. 124pp. 132 games from both sections, some annotated from various sources. Top Group - 1 Alekhine 2 Keres. (A.) First complete book on this tournament. (A.) £12.003292. 1944 NEW YORK & BOSTON (US Ch. & US Open.): Year Book of the United States Chess Federation Volume 8, 1944.
USCF, 1945. p/b, small paper loss to edge of back cover o/w VG. 87pp., illus. Selection of games from US Champ & Open. LN 5648/55. Champ 1 Denker 2 Fine. Open 1 Reshevsky 2 Santasiere. £20.001615. 1945 U.S.A. v U.S.S.R. H.Kmoch: De Eerste Schaakmatch.
(Amsterdam, 1945.) 1st Edn. p/b, spine yellowed with slight wear, pages yellowed as usual o/w G. 44pp. 20 games, with brief notes, German notation. USSR won 15.5-4.5. £12.001004. 1945-46 HASTINGS. Kmoch & Prins: Weerzien der Schaakmeesters.
Amsterdam 1946. 1st. Original boards, slight wear to joints o/w VG. 95pp., plate, 70 lightly annotated games. 1.Tartakower 2.Ekstrom. £14.001554. 1946 BEVERWIJK. H.Kmoch: Het Schaakcongres.
Hoogoven-Tournooiclub (1946.) 1st Edn. Original wrappers, front cover nearly loose o/w G. 80pp. 45 annotated games. 1.O'Kelly de Galway 2.Stoltz. LN 5673. £18.00477. 1946 GB v USSR. Klein (E.) & W.Winter: The Anglo-Soviet Radio Chess Match.
Pitman 1947. 1st Edn. Paper rather yellowed o/w good. 119pp., illus. 12 board double-round match won 18-6 by the Soviets. An attractive little book with biographies of the players, background information on the match, the 24 games annotated by Klein, theoretical review. £20.00179. 1946 GRONINGEN. Euwe (M.) & H.Kmoch.: Het Staunton wereldschaaktournooi.
Groningen 1947. 1st Edn. Original dark blue cloth, VG. 387pp plus 5pp tables, many photographs. 190 annotated games with German notation. The first big post-war tournament, with 20 players. 1 Botvinnik 2 Euwe 3 Smyslov. An impressive tournament book. LN 5677. £30.001243. 1946 GRONINGEN. P.van Foreest: 20 Grote Denkers binnen Neerlands Grenzen.
Meppel (1946). Roy8vo, Original cream cloth-backed boards, some foxing to pages o/w VG. 127pp., photos, selected annotated games. 1.Botvinnik 2 Euwe 3 Smyslov. LN 5679. £22.00933. 1946 LONDON.: Book of the "Sunday Chronicle" Chess Tournament.
Chess SC, (1946). 1st Edn. Red cloth, G. 106pp., illustrations, essay on 14 year-old Pomar, 132 games. LN 5687. Section A 1.H.Steiner 2 O.Bernstein 3 Tartakower. Section B 1.Euwe 2 Christoffel 3 Denker. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £12.001413. 1946 MOSCOW v PRAGUE.: Chess Match.
Chess SC, 1946. p/b, covers dusty and torn at foot of spine o/w G. 60pp. 72 games. Moscow won 51.5 - 20.5. (A.) (The first half of the match was played in Prague, the second in Moscow.) With a small label of the ECF, Ravilious collection. £8.00896. 1946 NOTTINGHAM. (British Championship.) Ed: Aldis, Reilly & Wood: Nottingham 1946 The Book of the British Federation's Congress.
Chess SC 1946. 1st Edn. Original orange boards, tiny nick to joint, G. 4 photos, 158pp. 66 championship games and 80 from the major tournaments, with notes by I.Konig. 1.R.F.Combe 2.G.Wood ahead of many famous British players. £15.001242. 1946 PRAGUE. H.Golombek: Prague 1946.
"Chess" SC, n.d. (c.1950.) 1st Edn. Roy8vo, original cloth, spine faded o/w G. 115pp. 91 annotated games. 1.Najdorf 2-3 Stoltz, Trifunovic. (A.) Not in LN 1955 catalogue. Betts 25-174. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £28.00359. 1946 ZAANSTREEK. Schelfhout & Kottnauer.: Internationaal Schaaktournooi.
Amsterdam 1946. Roy8vo, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little staining to back cover o/w G. 134pp., caricature portraits. 66 annotated games. 1.Euwe 2-3 Ekstrom, Szabo. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £18.00784. 1947 BUENOS AIRES / LA PLATA. Ellerman (A.): Torneo Sextangular.
Buenos Aires 1947. 1st Edn. Original pink printed card covers, with d/w (worn at edges), with plastic protective cover, G. 61pp., 2 plates. 30 annotated games, with Spanish notation. 1.Stahlberg 2.Najdorf. LN 5706. £20.002037. 1947 GB v CZECHOSLOVAKIA. MIDLANDS v CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Ed: W.Ritson Morry.: The Czechs in Britain.
(Birmingham, 1947.) p/b, small corner torn off back cover o/w VG. 77pp. 40 games annotated by the British players. Czechs won first match 12-8, and the second 13.5-6.5. £12.003921. 1947 GREAT BRITAIN v USSR: Full Scores of the Match Gt.Britain v U.S.S.R., Sept.1947.
Bulletin No.10, Oct.1947, Edited by William Winter. Anglo-Soviet Chess Circle. 4to, stapled p/b, a horizontal centre fold o/w G. (2), 10pp, foreword by L.S..Penrose, editor's note, 20 games with brief notes. USSR won 15-5. LN 5156. Scarce bulletin. £20.00360. 1947 HILVERSUM. M.Euwe & L.Eggink.: 101 Partijen van het Europees Schaaktournooi te Hilversum in 1947.
n.p. n.d.(1947). Original purple cloth, split on lower joint, spine lettering faded o/w G. 2 photos, 208pp. The world's first FIDE zonal tournament. 1.O'Kelly 2-3 Pachman, Trifunovich. Of British interest Alexander came 5-6th with Szabo. £18.001798. 1947 MOSCOW. (Chigorin Memorial.) Chalupetsky & Florian: Internationales Tschigorin Gedenkturnier.
Kecskemet, (1948.) 1st Edn. Original wrappers, wear to top of spine o/w G. 79pp. 120 games with a few notes. Paper yellowed as usual. 1.Botvinnik 2.Ragozin 3-4 Boleslavsky, Smyslov. LN 5715. £18.001005. 1947 VIENNA. Muller (H.): Das Carl Schlecter Gedenk-Turnier.
Wien 1947. 1st Edn. Original boards, G. 107pp.,3 plates. 120 games. 1.Szabo 2-3 Lokvenc, Kottnauer. LN 5722. £25.001006. 1947 WARSAW.: Limited Edition Number Five.
K.Whyld, Nottingham, n.d.(1959) p/b. VG. (24pp). 45 games. 1.Gligorich 2-5.Boleslavsky, Pachman, Smyslov, Sajtar. Limited Edition of 200 copies. (A.) £30.00771. 1948 KARLSBAD/MARIENBAD. Filip (M.) &c: Sachovy Turnaj Zapadoceskych Lazni 1948.
Praha 1951. 1st Edn. Original brown cloth-backed boards, G. 292pp. 190 games. LN 5747. 1.Foltys 2.Barcza 3.Steiner. (Another copy: Good with d/w. £28.00) £20.00180. 1948 SALTSJOBADEN. Stahlberg (G.): Interzonala Schackturneringen.
Orebro 1949. Original cloth-backed blue boards, some staining to covers, faint waterstain to last few pages otherwise good. 359pp, photos, 190 games. A good book of the first Interzonal tournament, with 20 players. 1 Bronstein 2 Szabo 3 Boleslavsky 4 Kotov. £30.005123. 1948 THE HAGUE/MOSCOW. H.van Hofwegen: Den Haag - Moskou 1948. Alle Partijen...
"Schaakmat", Hilversum (1948.) p/b, original grey printed wrappers, G. 46pp., illus, 50 games, some annotated, commentary on each round, in Dutch. Paper yellowed. 1.Botvinnik 2 Smyslov. LN 5733. £16.00538. 1948 THE HAGUE/MOSCOW. Euwe (M.): Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948.
Lochem: De Tijdstroom, 1948. 1st Edn. Roy8vo, original cream cloth. VG. 252pp., 14pp photographs. 50 games annotated by Euwe, plus 75 previous games between the players. The Official book of the World Championship. LN 5732. 1.Botvinnik 2.Smyslov. £40.0098. 1948 THE HAGUE/MOSCOW. Golombek (H.): The World Chess Championship 1948.
Bell 1949. 1st Edn. Green cloth, VG, d/w (jacket frayed at top of spine with slight paper loss). 229pp., 3 plates, 50 annotated games, plus biographies and records of the five players. 1.Botvinnik 2 Smyslov. Signed by Golombek on the front endpaper. £24.001105. 1948-49 HASTINGS. H.Golombek & W.Ritson Morry.: Hastings Chess Tournament.
"En Passant" Chess Publication, Birmingham, 1949. Original wrappers, VG. 32pp. 50 games, some annotated. 1.Rossolimo 2.Konig. LN 5764. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £12.00594. 1948-49 NEW YORK. Kmoch (H.): The Book of the International Chess Tournament held at the Manhattan Chess Club.
A.S.Pinkus,NY 1950. 1st Edn. Original dark maroon cloth, G. 130pp. 45 games, photos. 1.Fine 2.Najdorf 3-4 Euwe, Pilnik. With a bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £30.00767. 1949 TRENCANSKE TEPLICE. C.Kottnauer & others: Mezinarodni Mistrovsky Turnaj na Pamet Richarda Retiho.
Praha 1951. 1st Edn. Original cloth-backed boards, G with d/w (torn with some loss on top edge). 8pp photos, 304pp. 190 annotated games. 20 players. LN 5785. 1.Stahlberg 2-3.Pachman, Szabo. With a bookplate of the ECF, Wade collection. £20.00782. 1949 VIENNA.: Carl Schlecter Gedenkturnier 1949. Herausgegeben vom Schachklub Hietzing (Wien.)
W.Verkauf 1949. 1st Edn. Original printed card covers. VG. 64pp. 91 games. 1-2 Foltys, Puc. LN 5787. With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £18.001538. 1950 BUDAPEST. Cordingley: World Candidates Tournament.
Limited Edition of Tournament Books, No.18, 1951. Original green cloth. G. Typescript, (72pp). 90 games. LN 5794. 1-2 Boleslavsky, Bronstein 3.Smyslov. Limited to 360 copies, No.55 subscriber's copy. £30.001861. 1950 DUBROVNIK.: IX Olympiade. (Bulletins 1-15, plus 5 extra.)
Dubrovnik, 1950. 20 issues bound in original wrappers, covers are discoloured, inside is good. 163pp in all, 480 games. LN 5801. 1.Yugoslavia 2.Argentina 3.W.Germany. £20.001182. 1950 MOSCOW. (18th USSR Ch.) (I.E.Boleslavsky): XVIII pervenstvo SSSR po shakhmatam.
Moscow 1952. Original cloth-backed boards, paper yellowed as usual o/w G. 339pp. 153 games. 1.Keres. LN 5811. £20.00957. 1950 MOSCOW. (18th USSR Ch.) Barcza & Toth: XVIII Szovjet Sakkbajnoksag.
Kecskemet 1951. Original blue cloth, spine faded, paper yellowed as usual, o/w G. 111pp. 153 games. 1.Keres. With two bookplates of the BCF/ECF, Golombek collection. £18.00814. 1950 VENICE. Kotov (A.): Mezhdunarodny shakhmatny turnir Venezia 1950.
Moscow 1952. 1st Edn. Original cloth-backed printed boards, G. 267pp. 120 games. 1 Kotov 2 Smyslov. LN 5817. £20.00479. 1951 BOTVINNIK-BRONSTEIN. Winter (W.) & R.G.Wade: The World Chess Championship 1951.
Turnstile Press 1951. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. 133pp.,illus., 24 annotated games. Result 5-5 plus 14 draws, Botvinnik retaining his title. £20.002686. 1951 BUDAPEST. J.Ban: A VII Magyar Sakkbajnoksag.
(Budapest),1953. Original thin card covers, small loss at foot of spine o/w G. 119pp. 231 games. Paper yellowed as usual. 1 Barcza 2 Szabo 3 Bakonyi. LN 5821. £14.001113. 1951 MARIANSKE LAZNE PRAHA.: Pasmovy Turnaj FIDE. (Zonal tournament).
Prague 1952. Original cloth-backed boards, a bit yellowed o/w VG. 264pp. 4 plates of photos. 136 annotated games. 1.Pachman 2.Szabo. Not in LN catalogue. £25.001244. 1951 MOSCOW. (19th USSR Ch.): XIX pervenstvo SSSR po shakhmatam.
Moscow 1953. Original cloth-backed boards, binding is very worn, corner of back cover torn off. 276pp. 153 games. Paper yellowed as usual. 1.Keres 2-3 Petrosian, Geller. LN 5828. £8.001539. 1952 BUDAPEST. H.Golombek: Maroczy Memorial Tournament.
BCM (1952.) Card covers, cloth spine, inscription on title-page o/w G. 84pp. 153 games. (A.) 1.Keres 2.Geller. £16.001245. 1952 MOSCOW. (20th USSR Ch.): XX pervenstvo SSSR po shakhmatam.
Moscow 1954. Original cloth-backed boards, G. Paper yellowed as usual. 270pp. 196 games. 1-2 Botvinnik (won play-off), Taimanov 3. Geller. With a bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £18.001114. 1952 SALTSJOBADEN (Stockholm) (2nd Interzonal). Averbakh & others: (In Russian.)
Moscow 1954. Original brown cloth, paper yellowed as usual otherwise good. 303pp. 210 games, many annotated. 1.Kotov 2-3 Petrosian, Taimanov 4.Geller. The 2nd Interzonal tournament and Kotov's finest result, 3pts clear. £18.003983. 1952 SALTSJOBADEN (Stockholm). (2nd Interzonal.) B.Rabar: II. Meduzonski Turnir.
Sahovska Naklada, Zagreb (1953). 1st Edn. Small p/b, VG. 72pp. 210 games. 1 Kotov (by 3pts) 2-3 Petrosian, Taimanov 4 Geller. The 2nd Interzonal tournament, a landslide for Soviet players, and Kotov's finest result. Not in LN 1955 catalogue. £20.001736. 1952 SALTSJOBADEN (Stockholm). G.Stahlberg: Interzonala Schackturneringen.
Orebro, 1953. Original cloth-backed boards, VG. 343pp. 210 games, many annotated. Not in LN 1955 catalogue. 1.Kotov 2-3 Petrosian, Taimanov 4.Geller. The 2nd Interzonal tournament and Kotov's finest result, 3pts clear. A fine tournament book. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £40.005994. 1953 BUCHAREST. S.Samarian: Al III-Lea Turneu International de Sah al R.P.R.
Bucharest 1954. 1st Edn. p/b, slight wear to spine ends o/w G. Paper rather yellowed as usual. 223pp., photos, 190 games, some annotated. Book of the 3rd international tournament of Romania. A 20 player tournament - 1 Tolush 2 Petrosian 3 Smyslov. A scarce item. Not in LN 1955 catalogue. £24.002746. 1953 NEUHAUSEN / ZURICH. D.Bronstein: (Candidates' Tournament book in Russian.)
Moscow, 1956. 1st Edn. Original green cloth. VG. 436pp. 210 games. Paper slightly yellowed as usual. A 30 round tournament won by Smyslov. Bronstein's famous work. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £24.001412. 1953 NEUHAUSEN / ZURICH. D.Bronstein.: Zurich International Chess Tournament. Translated from the 2nd Russian edition by Jim Marfia.
Dover, NY 1979. Large p/b, G. 349pp. 210 games annotated by Bronstein. (A.) One of two English translations of this classic work. £15.002539. 1953 NEUHAUSEN/ZURICH. Annotations by D.Hooper & W.Winter: World Championship Candidates Tournament.
Printed & Published by K.Whyld, Nottingham, 1953. Large format, original card covers, spiral bound, VG. (iv), 96pp.,errata slip. 210 games, with notes following each game. The text is type-duplicated. LN 5871. A 30 round tournament won by Smyslov, 2-4 Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky. Scarce item. £25.00480. 1953 NEUHAUSEN/ZURICH. Wood (B.H.) Ed: The World Championship Candidates' Tournament.
Chess SC 1953-54. Original blue cloth, spine lettering faded, faded area on front cover, one section of pages loose o/w G. pp 329, (4), photos. 210 annotated games. Includes Openings Survey by Barden and Openings index. LN 5872. A 30 round tournament won by Smyslov, 2-4 Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky. £12.001535. 1954 AMSTERDAM OLYMPIAD. M.Euwe & W.J.Muhring: Het Zoeklicht op het Wereldschaaktournooi.
Amsterdam, 1954. Original cream cloth, spine slightly yellowed o/w VG. 143pp., plate. 30 selected annotated games, many other games, endings. With German notation. £28.001774. 1954 BOTVINNIK - SMYSLOV. M.Botvinnik: (World Championship match in Russian.)
Moscow, 1955. 1st Edn. p/b. G. 120pp. 24 annotated games. Score 12-12, with Botvinnik retaining his title.. £10.001246. 1954 KIEV (21st USSR Ch.): XXI pervenstvo SSSR po shakhmatam.
Moscow 1955. Original cloth-backed boards, spine faded otherwise good. 408pp. 190 games. Paper yellowed as usual. 1 Averbakh 2-3 Korchnoi, Taimanov. £18.00868. 1954-55 NEW YORK. Evans (L.): Trophy Chess. An Account of the Lessing Rosenwald Tournament, New York, 1954-5.
Scribner's, NY 1956. 1st Edn. VG. 116pp. 30 games annotated by Evans. 1.Reshevsky 2.Evans 3 Bisguier. With two bookplates of the BCF/ECF, Golombek collection. £20.00820. 1954-56 Dr.Dyckhoff: Fernschach-Gedenkturnier.
De Gruyter, Berlin 1958. Roy8vo, original coloured card covers. VG. 246pp., photos, many annotated correspondence games arranged by opening, from the Dyckhoff Memorial tournament, the top group won by L.Schmid, 2.O'Kelly. £18.002922. 1955 ABERYSTWYTH. W.Ritson Morry & K.L.Gardner: Aberystwyth Chess Congress. (British Championship.)
n.d.(1955.) Large format p/b, stapled, split on spine o/w G. 19pp typescript, 68 games, with some commentary. Print is rather faint. 1 Golombek 2 Wade. £12.005798. 1955 BEVERWIJK. J.Jansen: Dagboek van het 17e Hoogoven Schaaktournooi.
Hoogoven Tournooiclub (1955). p/b, some staining to spine area o/w G. 59pp., 45 games. 1 B.Milic 2-3 Bouwmeester, Donner. £18.001247. 1955 MOSCOW (22nd USSR Ch.): XXII pervenstvo SSSR po shakhmatam.
Moscow 1956. Original cloth-backed boards, VG. 268pp. 197 games. 1-2 Geller (won play-off), Smyslov. With a bookplate of the ECF, Croker collection. £20.002926. 1955 MOSCOW. H.Golombek: XXII USSR Chess Championship.
BCM (1956). p/b. G. 80pp. 197 games, with brief notes, introduction to each round. 1-2 Geller (won play-off), Smyslov. (A.) (In same format as BCM Quarterly series.) With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £18.001521. 1955 USSR v Hungary: .
Chess SC, 1955. p/b. VG. 24pp. 32 games. (A.) USSR won 20-12. £6.002020. 1956 AMSTERDAM. (Candidates Tournament.) Ed: L.Abramov: (Tournament book in Russian.)
Moscow 1958. Original cloth-backed boards, VG. 179pp. 90 annotated games. 1.Smyslov 2.Keres. £25.00602. 1956 AMSTERDAM. Euwe (Dr.M.) & W.J.Muhring: Das Kandidatenturnier fur die Weltmeisterschaft.
W. ten Have Verlag, Amsterdam 1956. 1st Edn. Hardback, cream cloth, VG. 191pp. 90 annotated games. The 3rd Candidates Tournament, a 10 player double-round tournament. 1.Smyslov 2.Keres 3-7 Geller, Bronstein, Spassky, Szabo, Petrosian. £20.005729. 1956 UPPSALA. J.Sajtar: IIIrd World Student Chess Championship.
Prague (1956.) p/b. G. 56pp., photos, selection of annotated games, results. 1. USSR well clear of 2. Hungary. Korchnoi on Bd 1, Tal on 3. (A.) With withdrawn label of Chess Centre Ltd., Golombek collection, and another BCF label. A presentation inscription on the title-page but not sure from who. £18.001401. 1957 BOTVINNIK - SMYSLOV. Golombek (H.): World Chess Championship.
MacGibbon & Kee, 1957. 1st Edn. G, d/w (torn with some paper loss on spine). 144pp. The clock times are given after each move. Smyslov won 12.5 - 9.5. £14.001663. 1957 VIENNA (First European Team Tournament). V.Pirc: Die Finalkampfe um die Europamannschafts-meisterschaft im Schach.
Wiener Schachverlag (1957.) p/b, paper yellowed o/w G. 56pp. 120 games, some annotated by Pirc. Double round 10 board team tournament, 1 USSR 2 Yugoslavia 3 Czechoslovakia 4 W.Germany. £15.00823. 1958 PORTOROZ. Gligoric (S.) & A.Matanovic: Interzonen-Turnier Portoroz 1958.
Schach-Archiv, Hamburg 1959. 1st Edn. Original card covers, marked on back cover, paper yellowed o/w G. 413pp. 210 games, photos, biographies, opening theory. Paper rather yellowed. 1 Tal 2 Gligoric 3-4 Petrosian, Benko, (Fischer 5-6). The fourth Interzonal tournament. £18.005451. 1959 SOFIA (13th Bulgarian Championship): XIII Republikansko parvenstvo.
Sofia 1959. p/b, G. 40pp. 105 games without notes. Opening theory. Only 2000 copies printed. 1. V.Popov 2 Bobotsov. £10.003294. 1959 YORK Chess Congress.: British Championship Tournament.
Chess SC, (1959) Printed card covers. G. 63pp., illus, 203 games. Swiss system, 1-3 Golombek, Haygarth, Penrose. Penrose won play-off. £14.004630. 1959 ZURICH.: 150 Jahre Schachgesellschaft Zurich.
Sondernummer der Schweizerischen Schachzeitung. 1959. p/b, stapled, partly yellowed, G. p.102-126. 120 games, a few with notes. 1 Tal 2 Gligoric 3-4 Fischer, Keres. £8.001686. 1960 BOTVINNIK - TAL. Ed: R.L.Leonard: The World Chess Championship.
Chess Publications (1960). p/b. VG. 21pp. Essay on the players and games, games without notes. Tal won 12.5 - 8.5. Betts 27-56. £7.504412. 1961 BUENOS AIRES: Club Argentino de Ajedrez. Torneo 56e Aniversario.
Buenos Aires (1961.) p/b, stapled, G. 36pp. 28 games, some commentary. Spanish notation.1-2 Matanovic, Filip. £12.005821. 1961 MAR DEL PLATA: XXIV Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez. Boletin de Partidas.
Federacion Argentina de Ajedrez, Buenos Aires (1961). p/b, loose in covers as issued, G. 60pp. 120 games.Spanish notation. No crosstable is given, but 1 Najdorf 2-5 Byrne, Filip, Matanovic, Rossetto. £14.002297. 1961 MAR DEL PLATA. A.Matanovic: imec Beograd - Sofija.
n.d.(c.1962) p/b, paper loss on spine o/w G. 64pp. 96 games with German notation. Pen numbers against games. 1 Najdorf 2-5 Byrne, Filip, Matanovic, Rossetto. Also includes 23 cross-tables for Mar del Plata tournaments from 1928-1961, and 20 games from match Belgrade - Sofia, won by Belgrade 11.5-8.5. £9.004696. 1961 TAL-BOTVINNIK. Mikhail Botvinnik: Return Match.for the World Chess Championship. Moscow 1961. Ed: Igor Botvinnik. Trans: Ken Neat.
Edition Olms 2004. p/b. VG. 126pp. Essays, 21 deeply annotated games, Botvinnik's openings notebooks. Botvinnik won 13 - 8. (A.) £14.005995. 1962 MARIANSKE LAZNE (Czech.) (World Student Chess Team Championship): IX. Mistrovstvi sveta Vysokoskolaku v Sachu Druzstev.
Bulletin, 1962. Large format, 11 typescript bulletins stapled in top corner, loose in paper covers, worn on spine otherwise good. 64 pages, single-sided. 467 games with Czech notation. 1 USSR 2 Yugoslavia 3 Czechoslovakia. Spassky Bd1 for USSR, Hort Bd1 for Czech. £20.005793. 1963 BUENOS AIRES: Campeonato Argentino de Ajedrez 1963.
Buenos Aires (1963). Hardback, new (?) blue cloth, VG. 46pp. 130 games with Spanish notation. 1-3 R.Garcia (champion), J.C.Klein, S.Schweber. £12.004420. 1963 MOSCOW: (International Tournament.)
Chess Player No.17 (1964). Large format p/b, stapled, VG. 22pp. 120 games. No text. 1 Smyslov 2 Tal 3 Gligoric. £12.004187. 1963-1986 GRONINGEN. (European Junior Championship.): Internationale Toernooien 1963-1986 Groningen 25 Jaar Europees Schaak.
1986. VG, d/w. 232pp, many photos, full results, report on each tournament, selection of annotated games. (A.) A high-quality memorial book on the occasion of the 25th Championship. £15.005954. 1964 KECSKEMET. G.Barcza: FIDE Sakkvilagbajnoki Zonaverseny.
Magyar Sakkszovetseg (1964). p/b, G. 48pp. 120 games in Hungarian notation, with some brief notes. 1 Tringov 2 Bilek 3-4 Pachman, Matanovic. £10.001553. 1965 BOGNOR REGIS. Ed: J.N.Fishlock-Lomax: International Chess Congress.
BCM Quarterly No.9. (1965) p/b. VG. 4 plates of photos, 98 selected games. Includes the Stevenson Memorial tournament - 1.O'Kelly de Galway 2.Wade. £12.005625. 1965 NOORDWIJK.: 25e Daniel Noteboom Toernooi.
Hengelo (1965). Small square p/b, G. 88pp., photos, 28 annotated games, plus 12 annotated games of Noteboom. 1 Botvinnik, 2 Trifunovic 3 Flohr. Larsen came 4-5th. £12.003092. 1965 SPASSKY - KERES (+GELLER +TAL) S.Flohr: Weltgeschichte des Schachs. Sonderband 5. Der Herausforderer 1966 Boris Spassky vorkampfe gegen Keres, Geller, Tal.
E.Wildhagen, Hamburg 1966. p/b, white printed covers, marked and yellowed, VG. (76)pp. photos, annotated games of Spassky's 1965 candidates' matches against Keres, Geller and Tal. £15.002358. 1966 AMSTERDAM: IBM Meestertoernooi.
Amsterdam, 1966. Set of bulletins fixed in original card covers. G. 102pp. 45 games, a few annotated. 1 Botvinnik 2 Pomar 3 Flohr. £12.005795. 1966 HAVANA: II Torneo Panamericano de Ajedrez. Bulletin.
La Habana, Cuba, Abril 1966. p/b, edges frayed o/w VG. 190 games with Spanish notation, photos. 1 E.Jimenez 2 J.Rodriguez. £20.00566. 1966 HAVANNA. Platz, Tal, Wrobel: XVII Schacholympiade.
Sportverlag Berlin 1967. Roy8vo, original silk cloth, VG with a scarce jacket which has yellowed on the spine and top edge. A finely produced work printed in red and black. 328pp., many fine photos, numerous annotated games. Many GMs contributed. £35.004411. 1966 KECSKEMET. G.Barcza: Nagymesterverseny Toth Laszlo Emlekere.
Kecskemet 1966. p/b. G. 29pp., 45 games, a few notes. 1-2 Hort, Portisch 3 Bilek. £8.005902. 1966 THE HAGUE: Bulletin FIDE Zone-Schaaktoernooi 1 (West Europa). Den Haag 12 Sep - 9 Oct 1966.
(1966). Large format p/b, VG. 127pp., 140 games with German notation, round by round summaries. 1 Gligoric 2 Bilek 3 Kavalek. £14.005874. 1967 MOSCOW (50th Anniversary tournament).: Medjunarodni Turnir Velemajstora Moskva.
M.Petronic, Beograd 1967. p/b, VG. 57pp. 153 games. 1 Stein 2-5 Bobotsov, Giplis, Smyslov, Tal. One of the strongest tournaments of the era. £10.005652. 1967 SOUSSE (Interzonal tournament): Meduzonski Sahovski Turnir X - XI 1967. Tunis.
Sahovska Naklada, Zagreb 1967. p/b, tape repair at foot, some waterstain to lower edge of pages o/w G. 96pp. 241 games. German notation without annotations. 1.Larsen 2-4 Geller, Gligorich, Korchnoi (Fischer withdrew when leading with 8.5/10.) £10.004418. 1968 AMSTERDAM: IBM Meestertoernooi.
Amsterdam, 1968. Set of bulletins fixed in original card covers, slight cover wear o/w G. 176pp. 186 games, some annotated, from GM and Master groups. 1 Kavalek 2 Bronstein. £14.005676. 1968 MONTE CARLO. M.Petronic: Monte Carlo 1968.
Izdao Centar SSJ, Beograd 1968. p/b, G. 35pp., 91 games. German notation. 1 Larsen 2 Botvinnik 3-4 Hort, Smyslov. Limited to 600 copies. £12.001718. 1968 WIJK AAN ZEE: 30e Hoogoven Schaaktournooi. Bulletin.
(1968) Large format, plain paper covers, G. 190pp, 1 plate. All the games from the Grandmaster and Master tournaments, plus full results tables, opening index. 1 Korchnoi 2-4 Hort, Portisch, Tal. £15.005796. 1969 LUHACOVICE, Czechoslovakia: Medzinarodny Sachovy Turnaj na Pamiatku Richarda Retino.
(1969). p/b. VG. 63pp. 120 games, photos (poor quality). 1 Korchnoi 2 Keres 3 Hort. £10.003249. 1970 OEGSTGEEST: Jubileum Vierkamp 75 LSG.
Leidsch Schaakgenootschap, 1970. p/b. VG. 109pp., interviews, photos, foreword by Euwe, 24 games annotated by the players. 1 Spassky 2 Donner 3-4 Botvinnik, Larsen. £12.003063. 1970 SKOPJE: Openings Survey by L.S.Blackstock.
CP No.114. (1970) p/b. VG. 36pp. 120 games. There are two blank pages with loss of about 12 games. 1-2 Taimanov, Vasyukov 3 Gheorghiu. (A.) £4.004083. 1970 USSR v Rest of the World: T.Petrosian & A.Matanovic: Soviet Union vs. World.
Chess Informant, Belgrade 1970. 1st Edn. Hardback, glazed boards, G. 160pp., many photos, page of facsimile autographs. Includes all games, those moves of Soviet players with notes in Russian, those of World players in English. A nicely produced book. (A.) USSR won 20.5-19.5. £24.005231. 1970 USSR v Rest of World. M.M.Yudovich: Match Veka. (In Russian).
Moscow 1971. Blue cloth, VG. 256pp., photos, 40 annotated games. Paper yellowed as usual. USSR won 20.5-19.5. £15.001768. 1970-71: J.D.Slater Young Masters Tournament, Hastings, 1971. England v West Germany, Cheltenham, 1971. Holland v England, Flushing, 1970.
Ed: L.Pickett, Pub: R.G.Wade (1971). Large p/b, stapled. VG. (19pp.) 95 games in all. (A.) Limited Edn of 250. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £20.005801. 1970-71 GRONINGEN. B.J.Withuis: 9e Niemeyer Toernooi.
Bulletin, Groningen 1971. Large format, thick paper covers, contents loose with punch holes, G. pp 116. 185 games. 1 Ribli 2 Borngasser. This annual junior tournament became the European Junior Championship from 1971-72. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £12.003914. 1971 CANDIDATES MATCHES. K.Langeweg & W.Andriessen: Kandidatenmatches 1971.
Schaakbulletin Wageningen 1971. Square p/b, tape repair on front cover, contents are loose in sections. 95pp. All the games from the matches, annotated, plus match summaries. With German notation. Includes the famous Fischer wins over Taimanov, Larsen and Petrosian. £10.005811. 1971 LEEUWARDEN (Dutch Chess Championship): Friesche Vlag Toernooi om het Kampioenschap Schaken van Nederland 1971.
Schaakbulletin Wageningen (1971). p/b, G. 26pp., 66 games, some annotated. 1-2 Ree, Donner. £8.004829. 1971-72 GRONINGEN (European Junior Ch.) B.J.Withuis: 10e Niemeyer Toernooi.
Groningen 1972. Large format in original white ring binder, covers soiled o/w G. 176pp, photos, 240 games, some annotated. Also results and some games from previous nine events. 1-2 Sax, Borngasser. With two bookplates of the ECF/BCF Golombek collection. £16.005931. 1972 BRIGHTON. W.Ritson Morry & P.C.Griffiths: The British Chess Championship Brighton 1972.
(1972). Large p/b, stapled, VG. 36pp. 180 games. (A.) 1 Eley 2-3 Keene, Penrose. £12.003700. 1972 FISCHER - SPASSKY. M.Euwe & J.Timman: Fischer World Champion!
NIC 2003. 2nd English Edn. p/b. Fine. 159pp., photos, essay on the prelude to the match by Euwe, then FIDE President, the 21 games annotated in detail by Timman. (A.) £14.002214. 1972 FISCHER - SPASSKY. S.Gligoric: The World Chess Championship Match.
Collins, 1972. p/b. Paper yellowed as usual o/w VG. 128pp., games annotated by Gligoric. £4.003854. 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. p/b, VG. 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.) £8.0082. 1972 FISCHER-SPASSKY. Byrne (R.) & I.Nei.: Both Sides of the Chessboard.
Batsford, 1974. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (slightly marked). Photos, 211pp., also includes Fischer's matches with Taimanov, Larsen and Petrosian, all annotated. "The definitive account" at that time, from both an American and Soviet perspective. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £15.0084. 1972 FISCHER-SPASSKY. Fine (R.): Bobby Fischer's Conquest of the World's Chess Championship.
Bell 1975. 1st UK Edn. VG, red d/w. 294pp. The psychology and tactics of the match, 21 annotated games. With bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £15.002001. 1972 FISCHER-SPASSKY. H.Golombek: World Chess Championship. Introduction by Arthur Koestler.
Barrie & Jenkins, 1973. Scarce hardback edition, VG with jacket, paper yellowed as usual. 138pp. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £8.002266. 1972 KECSKEMET: IV "Toth Laszlo" Nemzetkozi Sakkverseny.
Kecskemet (1972.) p/b, covers yellowed o/w G. 90pp., photos, 120 games. 1-2 Ribli, Suetin 3 Radulov. £9.00483. 1972 SKOPJE. Matanovic (A.): Chess Olympiad Skopje 1972.
Beograd 1972. 1st English Edn. Covers a little discoloured otherwise good. 214pp., many photos, over 300 games. (A.) 1 USSR 2 Hungary 3 Yugoslavia. (England won the B group.) £10.001841. 1972 WIJK AAN ZEE: 34e Hoogoven Schaaktournooi. Bulletin.
(1972) 4to, contained in original grey ring-binder. G. 219pp. All the games from the Grandmaster and Master tournaments, plus full results tables, opening index. 1 Portisch 2-3 Pomar, Hort. £15.004563. 1972-73 MELBOURNE. Ed: W.MacLean: Australian Open Chess Championship (2nd.) 100 Best Games.
Chess Mates, Australia 1973. p/b. VG. 57pp., 100 games, most annotated. 1 M.Fuller 2 R.Jamieson 3-4 A.Prods, C.Purdy. £10.00100. 1973 BATH. Keene, Raines & Cromblehome: The European Team Championship.
Batsford 1974. VG (no jacket). 199pp. 224 games. 1 USSR 2 Yugoslavia 3 Hungary. £10.003327. 1973 DORTMUND. M.von Fondern: II Internationalen Deutsche Schacheinzelmeisterschaft.
Beyer verlag, 1973. p/b. VG. 166pp., photos, articles, 120 games, some annotated. 1-3 Hecht, Andersson, Spassky. £12.002888. 1973 HILVERSUM. M.Euwe: AVRO Schaaktoernooi 1973.
Unieboek, Bussum (1973.) p/b, VG. 159pp., photos, sketches, 56 games, some annotated. 1-2 Geller, Szabo 3 Ljubojevic. £10.005722. 1973 LEEUWARDEN (Dutch Chess Championship) H.Kramer: Vijfde Friesche Vlag Schaaktoernooi Kampioenschap van Nederland 1973.
Moussault Ten Have, 1973. p/b, G. 115pp., 66 annotated games, plus a few games from reserve group and play-off, photos. 1-3 Enklaar, Sosonko, Zuidema. Sosonko won the play-off. £9.00378. 1973 LENINGRAD & PETROPOLIS. Wade, Blackstock & Kotov: World Championship Interzonals.
Batsford / RHM 1974. 1st Edn. p/b, crease down spine o/w VG. 299pp., photos, over 300 games, many annotated. £10.002393. 1974 AMSTERDAM.: Veertiende IBM Schaaktoernooi.
Moussault, Baarn 1974. p/b. VG. 226pp., photos, 186 games from GM and Master groups, some annotated. 1-3 Ivkov, Tukmakov, Jansa. £9.004500. 1974 CANDIDATE MATCHES. Flesch, Florian, Varnusz: A Sakkvilag Tronusaert... II. Kotet.
Sport Budapest, 1977. Coloured boards, G. 252pp., photos, 191 annotated games, including all from the quarter & semi-final matches, and the final Karpov-Korchnoi. (A.) £14.00487. 1974 KARPOV-KORCHNOI. Hartston & Keene: Karpov-Korchnoi 1974.
OUP 1974. p/b, front cover creased, paper rather yellowed. 94pp. (A.) Karpov won 12.5-11.5. £4.003965. 1974 LEEUWARDEN. Nederland Kampioenschap.: Zesde Friesche Vlag Schaaktoernooi.
Moussault, Baarn 1974. p/b. G. 192pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1 Timman 2-3 Ree, Sosonko. £9.005648. 1974 LENINGRAD.: 42nd USSR Championship.
Chess Player No.184. p/b, slight wear on front cover o/w G. 56pp. 120 games, with languageless notes by the players. 1-2 Beliavsky, Tal 3-4 Vaganian, Belyavsky. (A.) £6.002842. 1974 SOLINGEN. E.Evertz & A.O'Kelly: Die Grosse Schau. Grossmeisterturnier 1974 600 Jahre Solingen.
Solingen 1974. 1st Edn. p/b, slight wear to spine edges o/w VG. 220pp., photos, 105 games, some annotated, articles, interviews, page of facsimile autographs. 1-2 Polugaevsky, Kavalek 3-4 Spassky, Kurajica. £12.005100. 1974 TEESIDE, England . J.Sajtar: XXth World Student ChessTeam Championship. Results.
Prague (1974). p/b. VG. 89pp., photos, full results, selection of annotated games. 1 Soviet Union 2.USA 3. Hungary. (A.) With withdrawn label of Chess Centre Ltd., Golombek collection. £10.001548. 1974- THE POTTER MEMORIAL. K.Messere: International Postal Chess Tournament.
Chess SC (1978) p/b. VG. 110pp., photos, biographies. 78 games, some annotated. (A.) 1.Hollis 2.Kauranen. £7.005713. 1974-75 GRONINGEN (European Junior Ch.): Dertiende Niemeyertoernooi Europees Jeugdkampioenschap Schaken.
(Groningen 1975). p/b, foxing on title-page o/w VG. 191pp, photos, 215 games, some annotated. 1 Nunn 2 Szekely 3 Van der Sterren. £10.002644. 1975 AMSTERDAM.: Vijftiende IBM Schaaktoernooi.
(1975.) p/b, foxing on title-page and page block edge o/w G. 191pp., photos, 186 games from GM and Master groups, some annotated. 1. Ljubojevic 2-5=. £8.004491. 1975 BUENOS AIRES.: 52 Campeonato Argentino de Ajedrez.
Federacion Argentina de Ajedrez, (Lachaga) 1975. p/b, covers a little creased and stained o/w G. 54pp. 190 games. 1-2 Najdorf, Panno 3 L.Bronstein. £7.001904. 1976 AMSTERDAM: Zestiende IBM Schaaktoernooi.
(1976.) p/b. G. 212pp., photos, 186 games from GM & Master groups, some annotated.1-2 Korchnoi, Miles 3 Sax. £10.002338. 1976 HAIFA. W.Andriessen: 22e Schaakolympiade Haifa 1976.
Amst. 1977. p/b.VG. 58pp. All games of Dutch team, some annotated by Timman, Sosonko, Kavalek, other selected games. 1.USA 2.Holland 3.England. £8.005812. 1977 (Netherlands Open Championship) R.Kreeft: Reinbouw Schaaktoernooi 1977.
Velp, 1977. Large format p/b, comb binding, VG. 76pp., 88 games. 1 Nemet 2 Luberti. £12.002329. 1977 AMSTERDAM: Zeventiende IBM Schaaktoernooi.
(1977.) p/b, spine faded o/w G. 239pp., photos, 186 games from GM & Master groups, some annotated.1 Miles 2 Hulak 3-4 Kavalek, Liberzon. £9.002024. 1977 LENINGRAD. Ed: Wade, Blackstock & Thomas: 45th USSR Championship.
Master Chess (1978). p/b. G. 32pp. 126 games, informator style notes by Tal from '64'. (A.) 1-2 Dorfman, Gulko 3 Polugaevsky. £6.005813. 1977 NIJMEGEN. G.Gijssen & W.Viering: Rabobank Rabo-Nijmegen Toernooi 1977.
Nijmegen 1977. Large format p/b, comb binding, G. 62pp printed single-sided. 28 games with notes, round by round commentary. Invitation group: 1-2 Enklaar, Sosonko 3 Timman. £12.002328. 1977 TILBURG: (1e) Grootmeestertournooi.
Amsterdam 1978. p/b. VG. 192pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1 Karpov 2 Miles 3-6 Timman, Hort, Hubner, Kavalek. The first of the annual Tilburg tournaments. £12.003120. 1977 TILBURG: Tournooimagazine. Interpolis Schaak Toernooi.
(1977.) Large p/b. VG. 64pp., photos, 66 games. 1 Karpov 2 Miles. £7.002254. 1977 WIJK AAN ZEE: 39e Hoogoven Schaaktoernooi.
Amst.1977. p/b, pencil ticks to each game o/w G. 176pp., photos, 66 games each from GM group and Master group, some annotated. 1-2 Sosonko, Geller 3 Timman. £10.003121. 1978 AMSTERDAM: IBM Schaaktoernooi.
(1978.) Large p/b, front cover creased o/w G. 104pp., photos, 182 games from GM groups A & B. Pencilled letter V at top of each game. A: 1 Timman 2 Ribli. B: 1 Yusupov 2 Christianson. £8.003456. 1978 BUENOS AIRES. (23rd Olympiad.) Bilek (I.): Gyozelmunk a Sakkolimpian.
Sport Budapest 1979. Large octavo, VG, d/w (a little frayed at top). 267pp., photos. Results and annotated games of the Hungarian teams, plus selection of other games. With 2 bookplates of the BCF/ECF, Golombek collection. £18.005904. 1978 BUENOS AIRES. A.Becker: 54 Campeonato Argentino de Ajedrez Buenos Aires 1978.
Lachaga, Buenos Aires 1978. p/b, spine faded o/w VG. 62pp.. 91 games, some annotated. Also some games from the three semi-finals. 1-2 Emma, Campora 3 Quinteros. Emma won the play-off 3.5-0.5, games included. £14.002442. 1978 BUGOJNO: Ed: Wade, Blackstock & Thomas.
Master Chess (1978). p/b. VG. (40)pp. 120 games, with informator style notes. 1-2 Karpov, Spassky 3 Timman. (A.) £5.002027. 1978 KARPOV - KORCHNOI. J.H.Donner: Dagboek van de Tweekamp Karpov-Kortsjnoi.
Schaakbulletin, Amsterdam 1978. p/b, spine faded, G. 144pp. 32 games, with introductions and general commentary, Karpov winning 16.5-15.5. £8.001435. 1978 KARPOV - KORCHNOI. Keene (R.): The Inside Story of the Match.
Batsford 1978. 1st. p/b. previous owner inscription o/w VG. 159pp. 32 games, Karpov winning 16.5-15.5. £5.00669. 1978 KARPOV-KORCHNOI. Bouwmeester, van den Herik, Jongsma: Het Schaak der Wrake de Tweekamp Karpov-Kortsjnoi.
Spectrum 1978. 1st. p/b. VG. 224pp. 32 annotated games. Karpov won 6-5 with 21 draws. £8.003324. 1978 KIEV. P.Marusenko & V.Peresipkin: Kiev International. (In Russian).
Kiev, 1980. p/b. VG. 101pp., illus. 105 games, most annotated. 1 Belyavsky 2-4 Kuzmin, Palatnik, Savon. A Soviet collector's item - Lev Alburt, who was 5th, defected to the USA in 1979 and became a non-person in the USSR. All his games are omitted, there is no crosstable or index! Only the epilogue at end mentions that there were 120 games. £14.004105. 1978 NIKSIC: Ed: Wade & H.Thomas.
Master Chess (1978). p/b. VG. (24)pp. 66 games, with informator style notes by S.Taulbut. 1-2 Gulko, Timman 3 Vaganian. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF, Wade collection. £4.002327. 1978 TILBURG: 2e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Amsterdam 1979. p/b, spine faded o/w G. 160pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1 Portisch 2 Timman 3-5 Dzindzichasjvili, Hubner, Miles. £10.002441. 1978 TILBURG. Annotated by T.Miles & J.Speelman: Ed: Wade & Thomas.
Master Chess (1978.) p/b. VG. (24)pp., 66 games with informator style annotations. 1 Portisch 2 Timman. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF, Wade collection. £6.004406. 1978 WIJK AAN ZEE: 40e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi. Toernooiboek.
(1978.) Large p/b, G. 96pp., many photos, 66 games from GM group, some annotated. 1 Portisch 2 Korchnoi 3 Andersson. p.39 to 96 contains results, selected games and photos of the previous 39 Hoogoven tournaments. £12.004280. 1978-79 HASTINGS: International Chess. No.1.
Master Chess Publications, London (1979). Large format magazine, some edge wear to covers, waterstain to edge of first few pages o/w G. Includes report by Tony Miles on West European Zonal, all 105 games from 54th Hastings International Tournament, most annotated, by Speelman & Taulbut. 68 pages. (A.) £8.003390. 1979 AMSTERDAM: IBM Schaaktoernooi.
(1979.) Large p/b. VG. 104pp., photos, 182 games from GM groups A & B. A: 1-2 Hort, Sax. B: 1 Dolmatov 2 Van der Wiel. £9.005780. 1979 LEEUWARDEN: Schaakampioenschap Nederland. Toernooi-magazine 1979.
Leeuwarden 1979. Large format p/b, G. 80pp., photos, 91 games, some annotated. 1 Ligterink 2-3 Timman, Ree. £10.002848. 1979 LONDON: Lloyds Bank Masters. Bulletin.
1979. 40pp loose leaf in card folder. G. 189 games. Swiss system - 1-3 M.Chandler, Haik, Westerinen. (A.) £8.001790. 1979 LONE PINE. M.Chandler: 9th Annual Louis D.Statham Lone Pine Tournament.
M.Chandler, Kent 1979. p/b, G. 88pp. All 324 games from this Swiss system event. (A.) 1-4 Liberzon, Gheorghiu, Gligoric, Hort. 27 GMs, 22 IMs played. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection. £8.005937. 1979 MONTREAL. S.Samarian: Grossmeisterturnier Montreal 1979.
Rudi Schmaus (1979.) p/b, G. 38pp. 90 games with German notation. (A.) A very strong tournament, 10 players, double round. 1-2 Karpov, Tal 3 Portisch. £7.00984. 1979 TALLINN. Christiansen (L.): VI Paul Keres Memorial Tournament.
Christiansen Bros.,USA 1979. Large format p/b, VG. 160pp., photos, 136 games, many annotated by Christiansen and DeFirmian. 1.Petrosian 2-3 Tal, Vaganian. (A.) £24.002326. 1979 TILBURG: 3e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Amst.1980. p/b. G. 143pp., photos, 66 annotated games. 1 Karpov 2 Romanishin 3 Portisch. (Spassky, Timman, Larsen, Hort also played.) £10.002257. 1979 TILBURG: Tournooimagazine. Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
(1979.) Large p/b. VG. 64pp., photos, 66 games. 1 Karpov 2 Romanishin 3 Portisch. £8.003735. 1980 AMSTERDAM: IBM Schaaktoernooi.
(1980.) Large p/b. G. 104pp., photos, 188 games from two GM tournaments and Master Group. Pencil notes to top of many games. A: 1 Karpov 2 Timman. B: 1-2 Ree, Unzicker. £8.005934. 1980 BRIGHTON. P.C.Griffiths: The Grieveson Grant British Chess Federation Championship.
Bulletin. Large format, stapled, G. 29pp. 220 games. 1-2 Hartston, Nunn. (A.) £8.005782. 1980 HILVERSUM: Rabo-HSG Schaaktoernooi 1980.
Hilversums Schaakgenootschap (1980). p/b, G. 47pp., selection of games, some annotated. Piece of brown paper stuck on inside front cover affecting a few names of organisers. Group A (Swiss) 1-3 v.d.Weij, v.Eijbergen, Schoute. £9.005781. 1980 LEEUWARDEN: Schaakampioenschap Nederland. Toernooi-magazine 1980.
Leeuwarden 1980. Large format p/b, G. 84pp., photos, 91 games, some annotated. 1 Timman, 2-7 tied. £10.004150. 1980 QUILMES.: Campeonatos Argentinos de Ajedrez Ciudad de Quilmes.
Lachaga, Argentina 1980. p/b, a bit worn, staining to cover edges o/w G. 48pp. 150 games from the GM tournament with brief notes, plus selection of 11 from female tournament, with Spanish notation. 1 Quinteros 2 Rubinetti. Limited to 300 copies. £10.002890. 1980 TILBURG: 4e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Schaakbulletin, Amst.1981. p/b. G, some paper slightly yellowed. 96pp., photos, 66 games, some annotated. 1 Karpov 2 Portisch 3 Timman. £9.003251. 1980 WIJK AAN ZEE: 42e Hoogoven Schaaktoernooi. Magazine.
(1980.) Large p/b. VG. 80pp., many photos, 91 games from GM group, some annotated. 1-2 Seirawan, Browne 3 Korchnoi. £10.002330. 1981 TILBURG: 5e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Amsterdam, (1982.) p/b. G. 143pp., photos, 66 games, some annotated. 1 Beliavsky 2 Petrosian 3-4 Timman, Portisch. £10.005743. 1981 WIJK AAN ZEE: 43e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi. Magazine.
1981. Large p/b. VG. 88pp., photos. 123 games from GM and Master groups, a few annotated. 1-2 Sosonko, Timman 3-4 Taimanov, Sveshnikov. £10.005880. 1982 HAMBURG.: FIDE TV-World Cup 1982.
R.G.Wade, (1982.) p/b, VG. 8pp.,28 games. 2 groups of 4 players, Karpov beating Spassky 2.5-1.5 in the final. (A.) With a label of the ECF, Wade collection. £5.002379. 1982 HAMBURG. H.Pfleger & E.Kurz: Schach TV-Worldcup '82. Turnier der Schachgrossmeister.
Falken Verlag, 1982. One corner of spine slightly chipped o/w VG. 206pp., photos, annotated games with thoughts of the players, biographies. 2 groups of 4 players, Karpov beating Spassky 2.5-1.5 in the final. Nice book. £10.001792. 1982 LONDON. R.Keene: Phillips & Drew Kings and Knights Chess Tournaments.
BCM Quarterly No.20 (1982.) p/b. VG. 121pp. 91 games, some annotated, photos. 1-2 Andersson, Karpov 3 Seirawan. (A.) With bookplate of the ECF, Dunleavy collection. £8.004470. 1982 LUZERN. (Olympiad) Solt Dezso: Luzern 1982.
Budapest 1983. p/b, VG. 66pp., selection of c.350 men's and 200 women's games without notes, including all games of top 5 teams, preface in several languages. £12.005654. 1982 LUZERN. Ed: P.Muller-Breil: Schacholympiade Luzern 1982.
Verlag Paul Tschudi, Zug 1984. Maroon cloth, Fine with coloured jacket illustrating the entire playing hall. 303pp., numerous photos throughout, large selection of annotated games, 165 diagrams with combinations, full team statistics. A nice production. £28.002258. 1982 TILBURG: 6e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Tilburg, (1983.) p/b. VG. 163pp., photos, 66 games, some annotated. 1 Karpov 2 Timman 3-4 Andersson, Sosonko. (Petrosian, Smyslov, Portisch, Larsen also played.) £10.005678. 1982 WIJK AAN ZEE: 44e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi Wijk aan Zee. Bulletin.
1982. Large format, in punch-hole card covers, VG. 47pp., 2 pages of photos, page of facsimile autographs, GM group 91 games, 1-2 Nunn, Balashov 3-4 Hort, van der Wiel. Selection of games from Master group. £10.005806. 1983 GJOVIK: 75th Jubilee Tournament Gjovik 1983 Norway.
GM Editions 1983. p/b, VG. 8pp. 45 games. 1-3 Nunn, Adorjan, Browne. (A.) £5.002259. 1983 TILBURG: 7e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Tilburg, 1984. p/b. VG. 208pp., photos, 66 games, many annotated. 1 Karpov 2-3 Lubojevic, Portisch. (Polugaevsky, Spassky, Timman also played.) £10.005332. 1983 TILBURG + 1983 BATH. Ed: R.G.Wade: .
GM Editions, London 1983. p/b. G. (32)pp. 91 games in all, a few annotated by Karpov and Wade. (A.) Tilburg: 1 Karpov 2-3 Ljubojevic, Portisch. Bath was an Anglo-German television tournament, however it was not recorded for the BBC owing to an industrial dispute. Two groups of four, with Miles beating Karpov 1-0 in the Final. With a bookplate of the ECF, Golombek collection on inside back cover. £10.005725. 1984 AMSTERDAM: 3rd OHRA Schaak-Festival.
Amsterdam, 1984. Large p/b. VG. 68pp., photos, 107 games in GM group A 1 Timman 2 Portisch 3 Chandler. 108 games in GM group B 1 Neto 2-4 Enklaar, Martinovic, Szabo. £9.005935. 1984 BRIGHTON. R.W.O'Brien: The Grieveson Grant British Chess Federation Championship.
Bulletin. Large format, loose in card covers, G. 59pp. 351 games. 1 Short 2-4 Chandler, Plaskett, Speelman. (A.) £8.001694. 1984 THESSALONIKI. E.Lobron: Schacholympiade.
Edition Marco, Berlin 1985. Hardback, VG. 352pp., many photos, full round-by-round and final results, numerous games, some annotated. Well produced. £15.003861. 1984 USSR v Rest of the World. E.Schiller: London, June 1984.
Chess Player / ACP 1984. p/b, VG. 43pp. 40 games, a few annotated, introduction to each round, interview with Kasparov. Also 10 games from Kasparov simul against British & US juniors. A 4 round 10 board match, USSR won 21-19. (A.) £8.005789. 1984 WIJK AAN ZEE. P. van der Sterren: 46e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi.
Hoogovens IJmuiden (1984). p/b, VG. 172pp., photos, 91 games from GM group, some annotated, plus others from Master group. 1-2 Korchnoi, Beliavsky 3 P.Nikolic. £12.004922. 1984-1985 Karpov - Kasparov. KASPAROV (G.): Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess. Part 2 Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985 including the 1st and 2nd Matches.
Everyman 2008. Large red hardback, VG, d/w (creased at top). 424pp., 76 annotated games, and Kasparov's accounts of the first two matches. (A.) Uniform with his series "My Great Predecessors." £24.001186. 1985 KARPOV - KASPAROV. Bohm (H.) & J.Mulder: Wereldtweekamp Schaken '85.
Elsevier, Amst. 1985. p/b. VG. 128pp., photos, annotated games. Kasparov won 13-11. £7.50103. 1985 KARPOV-KASPAROV II. Keene & Goodman.: Manoeuvres in Moscow.
Batsford 1985. p/b. G. 124pp., background information, annotated games. Kasparov won 13-11. (A.) £7.00489. 1985 KARPOV-KASPAROV. Kasparov (G.): New World Chess Champion.
Pergamon 1986. Large p/b, back cover with staining to edge and crease o/w G. 117pp., photos. (A.) 24 games annotated by Kasparov who won 13-11. Also includes the scores for the 48 game aborted 1984-5 match. "Among the best analytical works ever published." (Timman, on Kasparov, NIC 2005/3.) (Another copy: VG. £10.00). £6.003459. 1985 KARPOV-KASPAROV. Kasparov (G.): Weltmeisterschaft 1985.
Rau verlag 1986. p/b. VG. 132pp. (A.) 24 games annotated by Kasparov who won 13-11. Also includes the scores for the 48 game aborted 1984-5 match. "Among the best analytical works ever published." (Timman, on Kasparov, NIC 2005/3.) £7.503881. 1985 KARPOV-KASPAROV. Pfleger, Borik & Kipp-Thomas: Schach-wm'85 Karpow-Kasparow.
Falken Verlag 1985. p/b. VG. 128pp., interviews, photos, fully annotated games, including some from the first aborted match. Kasparov won 13-11. £10.005800. 1985 TALLINN. J.Randviir: Rahvusvaheline Paul Kerese malestusturniir Tallin 85.
Tallinn "Eesti Raamat", 1987. p/b, VG. 168pp., in Estonian, photos, 105 games, some annotated. Includes crosstables of previous Tallinn tournaments. 1 Dolmatov 2 Kuzmin (Tal =3-6th). £14.002396. 1985 TILBURG: 9e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
1985. p/b. VG. 64pp., photos, 56 games. 1-3 Hubner, Korchnoi, Miles. £8.005750. 1985 WIJK AAN ZEE. Cor van Wijgerden: 47e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi.
1985. p/b, G. 174pp., photos, 157 games from GM and Master groups, some annotated. Some small pencil marks to games. GM: 1 Timman 2-3 Nunn, Beliavsky. Master: 1-2 Hodgson, Rogers. £10.003493. 1986 BRUSSELS. G.Ligterink: The First S.W.I.F.T. International Chess Tournament.
Interchess, Amsterdam 1987. p/b. G. 96pp., photos, round-by-round reports, 66 annotated games. (A.) 1 Karpov 2 Korchnoi 3-5 Miles, Timman, Torre. £12.00906. 1986 KASPAROV - KARPOV. Keene & Goodman: The Centenary Match. Kasparov - Karpov III.
Batsford 1986. 1st. p/b. VG. 124pp. Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. (A.) £5.003880. 1986 KASPAROV - KARPOV. Pfleger, Borik & Kipp-Thomas: Die Schach-Revanche Kasparow / Karpow 1986. Mit Zwei Psychogrammen von Dr.phil.Reinhard Munzert.
Falken Verlag 1986. p/b. VG. 140pp., photos, fully annotated games. Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. £10.00490. 1986 KASPAROV-KARPOV. Kasparov (G.): London-Leningrad Championship Games. Rematch.
Pergamon 1987. p/b. VG. 143pp. 24 games annotated by Kasparov who won 12.5-11.5. (A.) "Among the best analytical works ever published. The annotations to the 16th game fill up 20 pages!" (Timman, on Kasparov, NIC 2005/3.) £10.002224. 1986 KASPAROV-KARPOV. Wade, Miles, Bronstein & others: The Book of the World Championship. London / Leningrad.
Chequers, 1986. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 24 annotated games, and diagrams every two moves. Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. (A.) £8.005767. 1986 LONDON.: Lloyds Bank Masters. London 1986.
(Bulletin). 1986. Large format, p/b, stapled, VG. 24pp. Selection of 141 games. Lacking final page of results of lower placed competitors. (A.) 1 Agdestein 2 Hodgson. £9.004185. 1986 TILBURG: 10e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
1986. p/b. VG. 103pp., photos, 56 games. 1 Belyavsky 2 Ljubojevik 3 Karpov. £8.005787. 1986 WIJK AAN ZEE. Cor van Wijgerden: 48e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi.
1986. p/b, G. 185pp., photos, 157 games from GM and Master groups, some annotated. GM: 1 Short 2-4 Ljubojevic, v.d.Wiel, Nikolic. Master: 1 Hulak, 2 J.Piket. £10.005194. 1986-1987 Kasparov - Karpov. KASPAROV (G.): Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess. Part 3 Kasparov vs Karpov 1986-1987. (The 3rd and 4th Matches.)
Everyman 2009. Large red hardback, VG,d/w. 432pp., 51 games annotated in depth, and Kasparov's accounts of those titanic matches. (A.) Uniform with his series "My Great Predecessors." £24.003430. 1987 AMSTERDAM: 6th OHRA Grootmeestertoernooi.
Amsterdam, 1987. Large p/b. VG. 78pp., photos, 30 games in "Kroongroep" 1.Van der Wiel 2-4 Chandler, Gulko, Timman. 156 games in GM 9 rnd swiss - 1 Hort 2 Gavrikov. £9.005658. 1987 AMSTERDAM: Verenigde Spaarbank Toernooi 1987.
Utrecht (1987). p/b. VG. 72pp., photos. 12 annotated games. 4 player double round event 1-2 Karpov, Timman 3 Korchnoi 4 Van der Wiel. £8.001185. 1987 KASPAROV - KARPOV IV. Keene, Goodman & Spanier: Showdown in Seville.
Batsford 1987. p/b. VG. 126pp. Paper rather yellowed. Match drawn 12-12 with Kasparov winning the final game to retain his title. (A.) £6.00491. 1987 KASPAROV-SHORT. Keene (R.): Speed Chess Challenge.
Batsford 1993. 2nd Edn. Large p/b. G. 96pp., photos, 6 games with a diagram after every move. Kasparov won 4-2. (A.) £6.005932. 1987 SWANSEA: The Kleinwort Grieveson British Chess Championships.
Bulletin. Large format with slide binder, G. 318 games. (A.) 1 Short 2-3 Conquest, Ivanov. £10.002261. 1987 TILBURG: 11th Interpolis Chess Tournament.
New In Chess 1988. p/b. G. 97pp., photos, interviews, 56 games, many annotated. 1Timman 2-3 Hubner, Nikolic. In English. (A.) £9.003431. 1988 AMSTERDAM: 7th OHRA Grootmeestertoernooi. Bulletin.
Amsterdam, 1988. Large p/b. VG. 99pp., photos, introduction, 30 games "Kroongroep" 1 Korchnoi 2 Nunn. 138 games GM 9 rnd Swiss - 1-3 Gulko, Gelfand, Lobron. £10.005657. 1988 AMSTERDAM: Verenigde Spaarbank Toernooi 1988.
Utrecht (1988). p/b. VG. 96pp., photos. 12 annotated games. 4 player double round event 1 Short 2-3 Karpov, Ljubojevic 4 Timman. £9.005933. 1988 BLACKPOOL: The Kleinwort Benson British Chess Championships.
Bulletin. Large format, stapled, G. 305 games, a few annotated. (A.) 1 Mestel 2-4 Chandler, Flear, Murshed. £10.004572. 1988 BRUSSELS: S.W.I.F.T. World Cup Chess Tournament 1988.
Interchess BV, Alkmaar 1988. p/b. VG. 144pp., good photos, sketches, round-by-round summaries, interviews including Botvinnik, Speelman, Salov, Seirawan, Karpov, 140 games, some annotated. 1 Karpov 2 Salov. (A.) £14.002262. 1988 TILBURG: 12th Interpolis Chess Tournament.
NIC, 1988. p/b, VG. 96pp., photos, interviews, 56 games, many annotated. 1 Karpov 2 Short. In English. (A.) £10.005679. 1988 WIJK AAN ZEE: 50e Hoogovens Schaaktoernooi Wijk aan Zee. Bulletin.
1988. Large format, in punch-hole card covers, VG. c.50 single sided pages, GM group A: 91 games, 1 Karpov 2 Andersson. All games from GM B group. £10.00382. 1988-89. GRAND PRIX. Kavalek (L.): World Cup Chess. The Grandmasters Grand Prix.
Bloomsbury 1990. 1st Edn. VG,d/w. Photos, 285pp., introductions, all 1600 games from 6 world class tournaments, the 22 most dramatic analysed by the players involved. Overall Grand Prix standings: 1 Kasparov 2 Karpov 3 Salov 4 Ehlvest. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF, Dunleavy collection. £14.004816. 1989 ROTTERDAM. F.van der Vliet & G.den Broeder: World Cup Tournament 5. GMA Grand Prix.
Eindhoven 1989. p/b, G. 156pp., photos, reports, 121 games, most annotated. Text in English. 1 Timman 2 Karpov 3 Vaganian. (A.) £12.002324. 1989 TILBURG: 13e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Eindhoven, 1989. p/b. VG. 206pp., many photos, interviews, 56 games, all annotated. 1 Kasparov 2 Korchnoi 3-4 Ljubojevic, Sax. £12.003328. 1990 GRONINGEN.: European Open Chess Tournament.
Groningen, 1991. Large p/b. VG. 139pp., photos, 146 games from Invitation Group and GM Open, a few annotated. Invitation - 1-4 Adams, Rogers, Piket, Khalifmann. £10.003470. 1990 KASPAROV-KARPOV. B.Wall: World Chess Championship.
Chess Enterprises, 1991. p/b. VG. 105pp., introduction, 24 annotated games. Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. (A.) £7.00492. 1990 KASPAROV-KARPOV. Kasparov, Geller &c.: Kasparov v Karpov 1990.
Pergamon 1991. p/b. VG. 151pp. (A.) Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. £6.002028. 1990 KASPAROV-KARPOV. Pliester & Douven: K - K New York - Lyon.
Eindhoven, 1990. p/b. VG. 110pp., photos. 24 annotated games. Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. £8.002800. 1990 KASPAROV-KARPOV. R.Keene: Battle of the Titans. New York - Lyons.
Batsford 1991. p/b. VG. 124pp. (A.) Kasparov won 12.5-11.5. £7.003639. 1990 PRAGUE. V.Jansa & B.Modr: Mezinarodni Sachovy Turnaj Velmistru Praha 90.
Kangaroo Chess, Praha 1990. p/b. VG. 64pp., illus, 15 annotated games, interviews, in Czech. 1 Timman 2 Short. £9.002325. 1990 TILBURG: 14e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
Eindhoven, 1990. p/b, VG. 237pp., many photos, interviews, 56 games, all annotated. 1-2 Kamsky, Ivanchuk 3 Gelfand. WITH: A Set of postcards of the eight players, plus Sosonko, being a photo of each player, with facsimile signature and black chesspieces below. £20.005714. 1990 WIJK AAN ZEE.: 52nd Hoogovens Chess Tournament. Wijk aan Zee 1990.
New In Chess, 1990. p/b, one corner creased o/w G. 66pp., photos, all games from top group, some annotated. Interview with Fedorowicz, winner of the B group. 1 Nunn 2-3 Portisch, Andersson. Mostly in English. £10.002340. 1991 AMSTERDAM. H.Bohm: VSB Schaaktoernooi.
Tirion, Baarn 1991. p/b, VG. 165pp., photos, 45 annotated games. 1-2 Salov, Short 3-4 Karpov, Kasparov. £12.002255. 1991 GRONINGEN.: European Open Chess Tournament.
Groningen, 1992. Large p/b. G. 141pp., photos, 165 games from Invitation Group and GM Open, a few annotated. Invitation - 1-2 Piket, C.Hansen. £10.005724. 1991 MUNICH. D.Jan ten Geuzendam: SKA-Mephisto Turnier Munchen 1991.
New in Chess, 1991 p/b, VG. 81pp., photos, commentary, 91 games, some annotated by the players. 1 Christiansen 2-5 Belyavsky, Hertneck, Hubner, Gelfand, (A.) In German. £10.002263. 1991 TILBURG: 15e Interpolis Schaaktournooi.
1992. p/b. VG. 239pp., many photos, interviews, 56 games, all annotated. 8 player double-round. 1 Kasparov 2 Short 3 Anand 4 Karpov. A very strong tournament! £12.003920. 1992 CAP MARTIN / ROQUEBRUNE: Melody Amber Rapid Chess Tournament.
Uitgeverij Schaaknieuws, 1992. Pictorial boards. VG. 124pp., photos, round summaries in Dutch, 132 games, some annotated in Dutch or English, half games were rapid play, half were blitz. Combined results: 1. Ivanchuk 2 Anand 3-5 Karpov, Korchnoi, Ljubojevic. The first of the "Amber" tournaments named after the daughter of Dutch sponsor Joop van Oosterom. £12.002799. 1992 FISCHER-SPASSKY Rematch. R.Keene: Fischer-Spassky II. The Return of a Legend.
Batsford 1992. p/b. VG. 130pp. Fischer won 17.5-12.5. (A.) £7.001932. 1992 GRONINGEN: Internationaal Schaaktoernooi.
Groningen, 1993. Large p/b. VG. 164pp., many photos, numerous games from various groups. Top GM event 1 Piket 2 Beliavsky 3 Nijboer. Nicely produced. £12.002256. 1993 GRONINGEN: 32e Internationaal Schaaktoernooi. WK-Kwalificatietoernooi PCA.
Groningen, 1994. Large p/b, cover corners creased o/w G. 277pp., photos, 297 games from PCA Qualifier, some annotated, many others from GM Open. PCA - 1-2 Adams, Anand 3-7 incl Kamsky, Kramnik. A nice production. £14.00294. 1993 KASPAROV-SHORT. Keene (R.): The Official Book of the Match.
Batsford 1993. p/b. F. 146pp. Annotations by Keene based on the player's own comments after each game. (A.) Kasparov won 12.5 - 7.5. £7.00435. 1993 KASPAROV-SHORT. Lawson (D.): The Inner Game.
Macmillan 1993. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. 249pp. The inside story of the 1993 Kasparov-Short match written in an incisive and entertaining style by a close friend of Short. 20 games without notes at end. £8.005820. 1994 AMSTERDAM. P. van der Sterren & J.Mulder: VSB Schaaktoernooi.
Stichting VSB Fonds, Utrecht 1994. p/b. F. 98pp., photos, introductions, 12 annotated games. 1 Kasparov 2 Ivanchuk 3 Timman 4 Short. £9.004078. 1994 GRONINGEN: 33e Internationaal Schaaktoernooi. WK-Kwalificatietoernooi PCA.
Groningen, 1995. Large p/b, VG. 189,xvipp., photos, 219 games from GM Invitation and Open tournaments, some annotated. Invitation - 1 Almasi 2 Yusupov. A nice production. £14.004059. 1994 HORGEN. H.Metz: Das Credit Suisse Masters und SKA Grossmeisterturnier Horgen 1994.
Edition Olms, Zurich 1995. Large hardback. VG. 135pp., many photos, interview with Kasparov, page of facsimile autographs, commentary, 66 games, some annotated by the players. 1 Kasparov 2-3 Yusupov, Shirov. All 66 games from SKA tournament, 1 Hodgson. (A.) In German. £15.005723. 1994 MUNICH. R.Tischbierek: SKA-Turnier Munchen 1994.
Sportverlag Berlin, 1994. p/b, VG. 114pp., photos, 66 games, most annotated. 1 Ivanchuk 2-3 Belyavsky, Hubner. £12.005762. 1995 AMSTERDAM. T.Krabbe: VSB Schaaktoernooi 1995.
Stichting VSB Fonds, Utrecht 1995. p/b. VG. 95pp., photos, introductions, 12 annotated games. 1 Lautier 2 Kasparov 3 Topalov 4 Piket. £10.002986. 1995 DORTMUND: Die 23. Internationalen Dortmunder Schachtage.
Beyer verlag, 1995. p/b. VG. 160pp., photos, interviews, 45 annotated games. 1 Kramnik 2 Karpov 3-4 Leko, Ivanchuk. £10.004188. 1995 GRONINGEN: 34e Internationaal Schaaktoernooi.
Groningen, 1996. Large p/b. VG. 237pp., many photos, all games from GM Invitation and Open tournaments, some annotated. Invitation - 1 Karpov 2-3 Sokolov, Kamsky. A nice production. £14.005662. 1995 HORGEN. A.Behr: Das Credit Suisse Masters und Credis-Grossmeisterturnier Horgen 1995.
Edition Olms, Zurich 1996. Large hardback. F. 142pp., many photos, commentary, all the games both both groups, some annotated by the players. Masters: 1-2 Kramnik, Ivanchuk 3-4 Ehlvest, Short (Kasparov 5th!) GM: 1 Almasi 2 Hodgson (A.) In German. £15.002434. 1995 KASPAROV - ANAND. J.Hall & J.R.Cartier: A View from the Top. The Kasparov - Anand PCA Match, New York 1995.
Hays, US 1996. p/b. F. 123pp. With analytical contributions by GMs Shamkovich and Palatnik. Kasparov won 10.5-7.5. (A.) £7.00383. 1995 KASPAROV-ANAND. Keene (R.): World Chess Championship.
Batsford 1995. VG. p/b. 128pp. Kasparov 10.5-Anand 7.5. (A.) £7.00494. 1995 KASPAROV-ANAND. King (D.): World Chess Championship 1995.
Cadogan 1995. p/b. VG. 128pp. (A.) Kasparov won 10.5-7.5. £7.002962. 1995 KASPAROV-ANAND. W.Uhlmann & G.Treppner: PCA Schachweltmeisterschaft 1995. mit Kandidatenkampfen und den Wichtigsten Turnieren 1993-1995.
Beyer verlag, 1995. p/b. F. 142pp., illus. (A.) Kasparov won 10.5-7.5. £8.002973. 1996 AMSTERDAM: VSB Schaaktoernooi 1996.
New In Chess, 1996. Hardback, VG. 236pp., many photos, 45 games, many annotated by the players, many articles, interviews, results of previous VSB tournaments with some games. In Dutch. 1-2 Topalov, Kasparov 3-4 Anand, Short. £18.004089. 1996 AMSTERDAM. Ed: D.J ten Geuzendam: Donner Memorial. Internationaal Schaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1996.
New in Chess, 1997. Hardback, VG. 236pp., many photos, brief biographies, interviews, 66 games, many annotated by the players, games from other events. 1-2 Zuniga, Ivanchuk 3-5 De Firmian, Kamsky, Piket. £16.005805. 1996 AMSTERDAM. M. bij de Weg: Nederlands Schaakkampioenschap 1996.
Van Spijk, Venlo, Antwerp 1996. p/b, crease to front cover o/w VG. 63pp., photos, 70 games, some annotated, round by round commentary. 1-2 Timman, Sokolov. Timman won the 4 game play-off. £8.005693. 1996 DORTMUND: Die 24. Internationalen Dortmunder Schachtage.
Beyer verlag, 1996. p/b. VG. 140pp., photos, interviews, 45 annotated games. 1-2 Kramnik, Anand 3 Gelfand. £10.004819. 1996 GRONINGEN: Koop Tjuchem Toernooi. 35e Internationaal Schaaktoernooi.
Groningen, 1997. Large p/b. VG. 235pp., many photos, all games from GM Invitation, some annotated, some selection from Open and other events. Invitation - 1 Short 2-3 Timman, Gelfand. A nice production. £14.004508. 1996 NOVGOROD, POLANICA ZDROJ, AMSTERDAM, BIEL. 1920 BERLIN.: Cesko Slovenskeho Sachoveho Bulletinu.
Turnajovy Servis 10, 1996. p/b. G. 32pp. All the games from 5 events with Czech notation. £5.00225. 1996 TILBURG: Fontys Schaaktoernooi Tilburg. Ed: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam.
New in Chess, 1997. Hardback, spine slightly faded, VG. 158pp., photos, 66 games, some annotated by John van der Wiel and the players. 1-2 Gelfand, Piket 3 Shirov. £14.005705. 1996 VIENNA. D.Kohlmeyer: Schachelite in Wien. Das Bank Austria Schachfestival 1996.
Verlag Bock & Kubler, Berlin 1996. Large hardback, Fine, d/w. 112pp, photos, a few coloured, various articles, interview with Karpov, 45 games, some annotated, plus some from other events. 1-3 Karpov, Gelfand, Topalov. (A.) A high-quality production on glossy paper. £16.004705. 1997 DORTMUND: Die 25. Internationalen Dortmunder Schachtage.
Beyer verlag, 1998. p/b. VG. 120pp., photos, 45 annotated games. 1 Kramnik 2 Anand 3-4 Topalov, Ivanchuk. A strong field also including Karpov, Polgar and Short. £10.005987. 1997 DORTMUND. D.Kohlmeyer: Schachelite in Dortmund. Sparkassen Chess-Meeting '97.
Verlag Bock & Kubler, Berlin 1997. Large hardback, VG, d/w. 96pp, many photos, a few coloured, various articles, interviews, 45 games, some annotated, plus some from other events. 1 Kramnik 2 Anand 3-4 Topalov, Ivanchuk. A very strong event - Judit Polgar, Karpov, and Short also played. (A.) A high-quality production on glossy paper. £18.002166. 1997 KASPAROV vs DEEP BLUE. R.Keene, T.Buzan and D.Goodman: Man Versus Machine.
Buzan Centres 1997. 1st. p/b. F. 128pp. Deep Blue won 3.5-2.5. (A.) £7.502429. 1997 KASPAROV vs DEEPER BLUE. D.King: Kasparov v Deeper Blue.
Batsford 1997. p/b. F. 112pp., photos, background info, previous games. Deep Blue won 3.5-2.5. (A.) £7.005823. 1997 ROTTERDAM. J. van der Berg & J.Bosch: Nederlands Kampioenschap Schaken 1997.
KNSB 1997. p/b, VG. 80pp., photos, round by round summaries, 70 games, some annotated. 1-2 Nikolic, Timman 3-4 Sokolov, van der Wiel. Nikolic won the four game play-off. £10.004706. 1997 TILBURG: Fontys Schaaktoernooi Tilburg. Ed: Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam.
New in Chess, 1998. Hardback, VG. 187pp., many fine photos, all games, many annotated by the players in Dutch. 1-3 Kasparov, Kramnik, Svidler. £16.00235. 1998 GRONINGEN: 37e Internationaal Schaaktoernooi.
Groningen, 1999. Large p/b. VG. 148pp., photos, numerous games, some annotated. GM Invitation 1-2 Tiviakov, Milov 3. Almasi. Also Women's GM group and large GM Open Swiss. £12.005822. 1999 's-HERTOGENBOSCH. René Olthof: Toernooiboek voor de Toekomst Schaken in 's-Hertogenbosch 18-27 Nov 1999.
AD-Druk, Zeist 2000. Square hardback, VG. 176pp., many photos, various articles, 45 games, mostly annotated, chess studies competition. Some articles and game annotations are in English, a couple in German, the remainder in Dutch. The first GM tournament held in the city of 's-Hertogenbosch. 1 Nijboer 2-3 Rogers, van der Sterren. £18.004190. 1999 FRANKFURT. S.Kindermann & H.Metz: Frankfurt Chess Classic 1999. Gipfeltreffen der Schachgiganten.
Schach Jurgen Daniel, 1999. p/b. F. 227pp.,in German, photos, interviews, reports from this Rapid Chess event with all games from Giants and Masters tournaments, some annotated, selection from Open. 1 Kasparov 2 Anand 3 Kramnik 4 Karpov. £18.003978. 2005 SAN LUIS. A.Gershon & I.Nor: San Luis 2005. (FIDE World Championship Tournament.)
Quality Chess 2007. 1st Edn. Large p/b, VG. 442pp., many coloured photos, forewords by Short & Topalov, round-by-round reports, 56 games annotated in-depth. 1 Topalov 2-3 Svidler, Anand. Topalov became FIDE World Champion. One of the best tournament books in the last twenty years. (A.) £18.005247. 2006 KRAMNIK - TOPALOV. V.Topalov & Z.Ginchev: Topalov - Kramnik 2006 World Chess Championship. On the Edge in Elista.
Russell Ent. 2007. p/b. Fine. 220pp., photos, an in-depth and very personal account of this acrimonious match from Topalov's side. Main match tied 6-6, Kramnik won the four game rapid play-off 2.5-1.5. Includes interviews with Topalov. (A.) £12.004248. 2007-08 REGGIO EMILIA: M.Marin & Y.Garrett: Reggio Emilia 2007/2008 The Golden Jubilee Tournament.
Quality Chess 2009. 1st English Edn. p/b, VG. 288pp., photos, interviews, lengthy introductions, crosstables of previous 49 tournaments, 45 games annotated by the players or authors. (A.) £16.005764. 2011 GRONINGEN.: Grootmeesters in Groningen. Toernooiboek 2011.
Stichting Schaakstad Groningen, 2011. p/b, Fine. 98pp., coloured photos, articles by various authors, round by round reports, selection of annotated games. Main Open: 1-2 Kovchan, Hess. £10.002942. Cafferty (B.) & M.Taimanov: The Soviet Championships.
Cadogan, 1998. VG, d/w. 224pp., photos. The 58 Soviet Championships from 1920 to 1991, each with crosstable, introduction and one or two of the best games annotated by Taimanov. (A.) "The definitive record." £18.005560. Castedo (P.M. & L.M.): The Gijón International Chess Tournaments 1944-1965. A History with Biographies and 213 Games.
McFarland, USA 2019. New p/b. 244pp., photos. "Drawing on primary sources and testamonies of former players and organisers, chapters feature the tournament tables, winner's biographies, historical commentaries and 213 games (some annotated). Appendices with biographical notes and tables of participants for each year are included." £38.003699. Geuzendam (D.J ten): Linares! Linares! A Journey into the Heart of Chess.
NIC 2001. 1st. p/b. F. 126pp. (No games.) An inside account of the annual premier chess tournament at Linares in Spain by one of the finest chess journalists. £10.005463. Harding (T.D.) Ed: Games of World Correspondence Chess Championships I - VII.
Batsford, 1979. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (jacket slightly faded on spine). 152pp. "Contains over 700 games", with informator-style notes, and full crosstables of the seven events and preliminary groups played between 1950 & 1976. (A.) £10.004347. Jones (R.H.): 60 Years in the Same Room. A History of the Paignton Chess Congress.
Keverel Chess Books, 2010. p/b (17x24cm), VG. 157pp., 80 pictures (8 in colour), 27 charts and cross-tables, 60 games, some annotated by famous players or hitherto unpublished. A detailed story of the event itself from 1951 to the present day, sketches of ten personalities connected with the congress in some way, including Golombek, B.H.Wood, Rowena & Ron Bruce, Ritson Morry, Michael Adams & Keith Arkell, a chapter on the remarkable Singer family whose magnificent home became the venue of this annual event. (A.) £16.00979. Kuiper (Dr.P.F.): Hundert Jahre Schachturniere 1851-1950.
Amsterdam, 1964. 1st Edn. G, in a worn and repaired d/w. Lots of red and blue pen notes and markings, plus cuttings. 307pp., many excellent photos. Includes tournament results, including cross-tables for important events, occasional games, list of masters with their career results. With a signed note of the author included. £30.00716. Kuiper (Dr.P.F.): Hundert Jahre Schachzweikampfe 1851-1950.
W.Ten Have 1967. 1st Edn. VG, d/w. pp 144, excellent photos. A comprehensive record of matches played in each year, including games and references to literature. £20.005772. Soltis (A.) & G.H.McCormick: The United States Chess Championship, 1845-1985.
McFarland, US 1986. 1st Edn. Hardback, VG. 296pp., photos, includes many annotated games, crosstables and summaries for most tournaments. (A.) With a bookplate of the ECF collection. £24.00510. Soltis (A.) & G.H.McCormick: The United States Chess Championship, 1845-1996.
McFarland, US 2006. 2nd Edn. Hardback (18 x 26cm), VG. 233pp., photos, includes many annotated games, crosstables. (A.) £40.00