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BOBBY FISCHER - The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion, Karsten Müller, with a foreword by Larry Evans and an Openings Survey by Andy Soltis, Milford, 2009. An important new book on Fischer, with almost all his known games; light notes to many, with the best enumeration that I know of for his tournament and match record along with a list of known missing game scores. Several unpublished or little-known photos are included. $40
CHICAGO 1926 / LAKE HOPATCONG 1926, Caissa Editions. By Robert Sherwood, edited by Dale Brandreth. A limited edition of 600 numbered copies. Available in North America solely from the publisher. Hardback. vii + 197 pages. Excellent notes by Sherwood and others. Some otherwise unknown photos. X-tables and opening indices for each tournament. The scores for Chicago 1926 have hitherto been unavailable (just supplied to chess databases by us). Marshall ifo Torre / Maroczy at Chicago; at Lake Hopatcong 1926: Capa ifo Kupchik, Maroczy, Marshall, Ed Lasker, double round robin. $40
KARLSBAD 1907. An English translation by Robert Sherwood of this original famous tournament book in German by George Marco and Carl Schlechter. This edition has the advantage of enhancements such as the addition of 15 photos of many of the players along with corrections and additional analysis using the new, very strong program, Rybka. The tournament was one of the strongest of the last century with only Lasker, Tarrasch and Burn, missing from the roster of the world's best players of that day. The young player Rubinstein won in fine style followed by Maroczy just one-half point behind and by Leonhardt, Nimzovich/Schlechter, Vidmar, Duras/Teichmann, Salwe, Wolf, Dus-Chotimirski/Marshall, Spielmann, Tartakower, Berger/Mieses/Chigorin, Olland, E. Cohn, and Johner in that order. This was to be the Chigorin's last tournament, though he still showed flashes of his brilliance in individual games. Marco and Schlechter contributed superb notes in a style combining wit, depth, and accuracy. 475 pages, hardback, on acid-free paper. This is the gem of all tournament books. $55
OSTENDE 1906, Tony Gillam, Yorklyn, 2005, hardback, 445 pages. 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 “Kursaal” 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. $49
VLADIMIRS PETROVS — A CHESSPLAYER’S STORY — FROM GREATNESS TO THE GULAGS, Andris Fride, Yorklyn, 2004, paperback, iv+ 191p + 9 photos. Vladimirs Petrovs from Latvia was one of the world’s leading chessplayers from the mid thirties to the early forties, but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic States in WWII, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in a gulag in 1943. True to the Soviet style, he also suffered the fate of so many who were imprisoned and murdered: obliteration of their records, lives, accomplishments… In great part, not only was his promising career cut short, but many of his fine games were lost or intentionally forgotten.
Petrovs greatest chess accomplishments were his tie for first at Kemeri 1937 with Flohr and Reshevsky, ahead of Alekhine, Keres, and Fine, and his outstanding performance at the Buenos Aires Olympiad in 1939, where he achieved a 72% score at first board for Latvia against the world’s best players including Capablanca, Alekhine, Eliskases, Keres, Tartakower, and Stahlberg, among others. As Golombek wrote: “Petrovs played the best chess at Buenos Aires 1939”.
In this book there is a biographical account of his chess career along with all his 265 games that could be found. Notes, often by Petrovs and other outstanding players, are given to many of his best games. In addition information is given on the status of chess and chess personalites in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
Petrovs’ style was largely positional, but he played many ingenious games involving advanced tactics as well. As White in the Catalan Opening he was extremely strong, as the reader can ascertain from studying those games. Hopefully, this work will help to set the record straight historically and will commemorate the artistic chess achievements of a world-class player. $25
CHESS: 60 YEARS ON WITH CAISSA AND FRIENDS, Alan Phillips, British Master and co-champion of Britain in 1954, Yorklyn, 2003, paperback, 185 pages. A collection of 200 games by British players from the 1950s to the present. 100 are Phillips’ games and 100 are sparkling games by other British players, all with light notes. Also there are 37 good photos of the best British players of those days. $19
THE FIRST ANGLO-PACIFIC INVITATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE CHESS TOURNAMENT, with notes by ICCF IM Erik Osbun, 187 pages, paperback . The games are given with exceptionally fine notes by Osbun. Roger Chapman of New Zealand won ahead of Claude Pare (Canada), Max Salm (Australia), Chris Van Dyke (USA), David Eisen (USA), and 12 other top notch postal players from North America and the Pacific. There were three ICCF IM’s Muir, Tennant, and Salm and three (Glaser, Keast, and Henri) who have played on Olympic teams. Salm has played in three World Championships. However, two of the “unknowns”, Chapman and Pare took first and second places. Despite the great number of high-class postal chess games played around the world, the literature of correspondence chess is rather meager. Many of these games are full of twists and turns and excitement with good explanations by IM Osbun. This book is sure to be seen as a significant addition to postal chess documentation. $21.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHESS TOURNAMENTS SERIES
NEW YORK 1940, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 2002. hardback, 209+iv pages. A first-rate tournament book for a strong US Championship in which Reshevsky just edged out Fine by 1/2 point. Kashdan was third followed by Pinkus, Simonson, Denker, Kupchik, Bernstein, Polland, Reinfeld, Shainswit, Adams, Seidman, Green, Hanauer, Woliston, and Littman. Notes to most of the games are from contemporary sources, and Fritz 7 checked many of the critical positions. Good photos along with some games from the qualifying sections, brief biographies of the players plus some of their games from other events. $37
NUREMBERG 1896, Dr. S. Tarrasch, translated from the original German book by John Owen with additional notes culled from contemporary sources. Yorklyn, 1999. x + 403 pages, hardback. Notes to all the games plus two photos, bibliography, openings index, and tournament records of the contestants. Another powerful Lasker win in front of the young Maroczy, with Tarrasch and Pillsbury tied a point and a half behind, followed by Janowski, Steinitz, Walbrodt, Schlechter, Schiffers, Chigorin, Blackburne, Charousek, Marco, Albin, Winawer, Showalter, Porges, Schallopp, and Teichmann. $45
BUFFALO 1901 & 1894, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 1996. Hardback, iv + 95p. Notes from contemporary sources. At Buffalo 1901 Pillsbury won ahead of Delmar, Napier, Howell, Marshall, and Karpinski in a double-round event. At Buffalo 1894 Showalter edged Pillsbury out by half a point, followed by Albin and Farnsworth also in a double-round format. Both tournaments are previously unpublished. Also given are all the serious games contested between Pillsbury and Marshall and an article on blindfold play by Pillsbury. Good material on U.S. chess history of that era. 18 photos and drawings. $28
BUDAPEST 1896, John Owen. Yorklyn, 1994. Notes by Maroczy, Charousek, & other contemporary masters with editing and additional commentary by John Owen. Chigorin & Charousek tied for first followed by Pillsbury, Schlechter/Janowsky, Winawer/Walbrodt, Tarrasch, Albin/Maroczy, Marco, Noa, & Popiel. Includes the Chigorin-Charousek tie-breaking match. Photos & career records of the contestants. 205p. $30
ST. PETERSBURG 1914, Tarrasch, Yorklyn, 1993. Hardback, 267 pages and 21 photos. Dr. Tarrasch and augmented by notes of many other famous players such as Alekhine, Lasker, Marco, Bernstein, Reinfeld. An extremely good tournament book for one of the greatest chess tournaments all time. Lasker just beat out Capablanca, followed by Alekhine, Tarrasch, Marshall and other greats of the day. $38
BADEN BADEN 1925, Edited by Jimmy Adams. Yorklyn, 1991. Hardback, 382 pages. Notes by Grekov and a host of great annotators including Lasker, Alekhine, Tartakower, Rabinovich, Burn, Grünfeld, Grigoriev, Levenfish, Romanovsky, Sozin, a.o., A tournament book worthy of this great event, which was one of Alekhine's finest performances. Easily one of the best tournament books ever published in English, with a cornucopia of great games from the golden age of hypermodern chess. Also included is a full translation of Alekhine's booklet (originally published in French) on the Theoretical Value of the Openings at Baden Baden 1925, along with surveys of the tournament by Tarrasch, Kmoch, Tartakower, Helms, Goetz, and Kagan. Won by Alekhine ahead of Rubinstein, Sämisch, Bogoljubow, Marshall, Tartakover,... $45
THE GREAT MASTERS SERIES
CARL SCHLECHTER! THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE AUSTRIAN CHESS WIZARD, by Warren Goldman. Yorklyn, 1994. Hardback, 551 pages. 244 games—most with notes. Good indices & bibliography. 54 photos & drawings. More than just a games collection due to the heavy research the author spent on Schlechter's life and contributions to chess in his writings as well as his tournament career. $65
SCHLECHTER'S CHESS GAMES, Tom Crain. Yorklyn, 1998, Hardback, 287p. An original work which gives all the Schlechter games found in an exhaustive decade-long search. It complements the Goldman book by giving many more games (811 total), but no notes, and a brief biography with some photos and cross-tables for his major tournaments. $25
NEZHMETDINOV’S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Yorklyn, 2001, paperback, 185 pages. 102 annotated games plus biography. The games are superb and the notes are excellent. One of the best biographical chess games collections ever published. Nezhmetdinov had a plus score in the 20 games he contested against World Champions (+6 =9 -5). $25
NAPIER: THE FORGOTTEN CHESSMASTER, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 1997. Hardback, 354 pages, 321 games, many with notes. Extensive historical background. Especially strong on New York City area chess around the turn of the century. $38
SHADY SIDE - THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF NORMAN TWEED WHITAKER, CHESS MASTER, by John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 2000. Hardback, 481 + v pages. A chronicle of America's most notorious chess master based on many of his own papers. Includes a detailed story of his life, his loves, his cons, and his many chess experiences in a 60+-year career. along with 570 of his games (some with full notes). Much US chess history and some excellent photos are a notable part of the book. $48 NOTE: This book won the Chess Café “Book of the Year” award for 2000.
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ESSAYS IN AMERICAN CHESS HISTORY, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 2002. Hardback, 359 pages. A collection of 30 pieces by one of America’s most highly acclaimed chess historians, containing over 300 chess games, many not available before, including long-forgotten ones by the likes of Steinitz, Pillsbury, Lasker, and Capablanca. Chapters literally run the gamut from humor to murder. Detailed coverage of long-forgotten events include the Franklin Chess Club Championship of 1897-98, the Washington Chess Divan Championship for 1942 (won by Reuben Fine), and Atlantic City 1921. Essays on correspondence chess, as well as chapters on players such as Mackenzie, Capablanca, Whitaker, and others are included. Twenty-four photographs and line drawings. A treasure trove for chess history buffs. $43
THE WILLIAMS GAMBIT, William L. Williams, Yorklyn, 1997. Paperback, 64 pages. An aggressive gambit first played in the 1840's by Elijah Williams in England. One of the main lines now is 1 f4 d5 2 e4 dxe4 3 Nc3 Bf5 4 g4 e5 5 h4 Be7 6 gxf5 Bxh4+ 7 Ke2 Nc6 8 Bh3. The gambit was further explored in an international postal gambit tourney from 1990-1993 in which six ICCF/WCCF Postal Masters took part. $10
WINNING CORRESPONDENCE CHESS, Kon Grivainis, WCCF World Champion, Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, 1997. Paperback, 76 pages. 43 well-annotated games including the 14 games which won the World Title. Excellent practical advice on playing winning postal chess at the highest levels. $10
THE WAR OF THE CHESSMEN, Ercole del Rio. Hardback, 184 + lxi pages. Yorklyn, 1984. 700 numbered copies. This is the first publication of a manuscript by del Rio written around 1800 but unpublished until this edition in 1984. The original Italian plus English commentary added by Professor Christopher Becker who has added a long scholarly introduction which traces the early development of chess and explains the place of this work in chess history. $30
NOTES OF A SOVIET MASTER, A. Ilyin-Genevsky. Yorklyn, 1986. Hardback, 54 pages. Translated by Bernard Cafferty from the original Russian edition of 1929. A fascinating account of this prominent revolutionary's early chess career and Soviet chess in the 20's buttressed by 50 of his games from his entire career including his immortal sacrificial win over Capablanca (then reigning World Champion). $25
HASTINGS 1936/37, Reinfeld, Brandreth et al. Yorklyn,1992, paperback, 55 pages. English descriptive notation. Good notes to the games. An Alekhine victory ahead of Fine, Eliskases, Vidmar, among others. $9
BLINDFOLD CHESS, Eliot Hearst & John Knott, Jefferson, 2009, h, mint, 437p. A superb book that is both a fine collection of the best blindfold games extant and detailed discussions of the best practitioners and examinations of the how and why of the art itself. Hearst is not only a chess master but also an experimental psychologist. $65
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INFORMANTS #'s 32-51, 20 vols., condition on each exc., $260 postpaid & insured in the US. Foreign orders: $240 + full postage extra.
NOTE: The destinations "B-1", "B-2", "WR" etc. at the end of a listing are location codes to help me find an item. Unless stated otherwise "yr" or "year" means a complete year in the periodical section.
NEW ARRIVALS
THE GREATEST EVER CHESS TRICKS AND TRAPS, G. Lane, London, 2008, p, mint, arranged by openings. Good stuff to have up your sleeve in tournaments. 235p. $25
MY ONE HUNDRED BEST GAMES, A. Dreev, Sofia, 2007, p, mint, 299p. A two-time World Junior Champion. Well annotated and interesting games. $31
LEKO'S ONE HUNDRED WINS, S. Soloviov, Sofia, 2003, p, mint, 339p. Well annotated top-notch games by today¹s top Hungarian player. $31
ALBERT BEAUREGARD HODGES, Hilbert & Lahde, Jefferson, 2008, h, mint. Jefferson, 2008. vii + 542p. A superb book. 351 games, many with notes and additional background. The authors have done a remarkable job of resurrecting a great deal of material from obscure sources. Hodges was one of the stalwarts of American chess for a long time in the last decade of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century compiling a solid records in tournaments and matches including a very enviable record in the 13 Anglo-American Cable matches of five wins and 8 draws. A great contribution to American chess history. $65
ADOLF ALBIN IN AMERICA, O. Urcan, Jefferson, 2008, h, mint, 278p, an excellent account of Albin¹s sojourn in America from 1893-1895 with many annotated games and biography. $50.
CHESS RESULTS 1941-1946, Di Felice, Jefferson, 2008, p, mint, 810 tournament x-tables and 80 match results. 366p. $50
CHESS RESULTS 1947-1950, Di Felice, Jefferson, 2008, p, mint, 980 tournament X-tables and 155 match results, 485p, $50
NICK¹S BEST- SELECTED CHESS GAMES OF BRYON NICKOLOFF, L. Day, Montreal, 2007, 295p. p, mint, A very interesting games collection for this brilliant player who died young. Games with full notes plus 21 games w/o notes. $29
CHESS ON THE EDGE, B. Harper & Y. Seirawan, introduction by Lawrence Day. A fine tribute to a very original player, Duncan Suttles. Three volumes, all h, exc, with dust jackets, Montreal, 2007. Each vol. by itself, $40. All three bought at once, $115. Vol. I, xxii + 314p, 100 of Suttles best games with full notes, Vol. II, vi + pp 315-643. 219 more games. Vol. III, vi + pp 645-990. 294 more Suttles games.
THE ART OF BISGUIER: SELECTED GAMES 1961-2003, Bisguier & Berry, the second volume covering Bisguier¹s career. 100 games with very interesting notes. Bisguier gives details of his opponents careers that make the games more character. 272p. $29.
QUARTERLY FOR CHESS HISTORY #13, h, exc, Among the articles: Chess Biographies: Hromadka, Sze, Wm. Lewis; Forgotten Chess Tournaments: Munich 1886, Zoppt 1937; History of Chess Tournaments by Fiala, and lots more. 436p. $42
TOURNAMENT BOOKS
AMSTERDAM 1889, Olomouc, reprint. Dutch. With notes. Burn ifo Lasker, Mason,... h, $38
AMSTERDAM 1899, Olomouc. reprint, Dutch. Atkins ifo Olland, Tresling, ... With notes. h, $38STOCKHOLM 1919, SNZZ, Brno, 1994. Spielmann ifo Rubinstein, Bogoljubow Reti. Quadruple rr. no notes, p, $5
NEW YORK 1924, Alekhine, p, mint, a nicely laid-out algebraic edition. 352p. Lasker¹s great win ifo Capa and Alekhine, Marshall, $24
BERLIN 1937, SNZZ, Brno, 1994. No notes. Saemisch ifo Bogoljubow, Reinhardt/ Richter,... p, $6
BRATISLAVA 1925, Kalendovsky, Brno, 1995, Czech. Notes to some. Reti ifo Engel, Pokorny, ... p, $7
BUENOS AIRES 1939, SNZZ, Brno, 1992. No notes. Najdorf/ Keres ifo Czerniak/ Stahlberg... no notes. p, $6
BUENOS AIRES LA PLATA 1947, SNZZ, Brno, 1992, Double rr. Stahlberg ifo Najdorf, Eliskases, Euwe, Pilnik, Rossetto. No notes. All the games. p, $5
DUISBURG 1929, Kalendovsky, German & Czech. Notes to some. Ahues ifo Leonhardt, Saemisch, Helling,... p, $7
EBENSEE 1930, Kmoch ifo Eliskases, Becker... no notes, Olomouc, 2006.p, $14
FRANKFURT 1887, Olomouc, 1997. No notes, all the games, Mackenzie ifo Blackburne/Weiss, von Bardeleben,.. p, $8
THE HAGUE 1873, Fiala, Olomouc, 2005, Gifford/ Blijdenstein ifo De Vogel,... No notes, p, $20
HAMBURG 1885, Olomouc, 1998, no notes. Gunsberg ifo Blackburne/ Englisch/ Mason/ Tarrasch/ Weiss, Mackenzie,.. all the games, $7
HASTINGS 1925/26, Kalendovsky. Alekhine/Vidmar ifo Michell/Seitz,... Czech. Notes to some, Olomouc, 1995. Not all the games are given. p, $7
HEREFORD 1885, Skipworth, reprint, Moravian Chess, Burn ifo Schallopp, Bird,...p, $25
HILVERSUM 1903, Olomouc, reprint. Dutch. With notes. Leonhardt ifo Duras, Leussen,...
MAR DEL PLATA 1947, SNZZ, Brno, 1994, all the games, w/o notes. Najdorf ifo Stahlberg, Eliskases, Pilnik,... p, $8
PRAGUE 1905, Fiala, Olomouc, 2006, English. With notes. Duras ifo Taussig, Treybal, ... h, $32
QUILMES 1945, SNZZ, Brno, 1992, Stahlberg ifo Czerniak/ Letelier/ Reinhardt/ Skalicka...w/o notes. p, $5
ROME 1875, Olomouc, reprint, Italian. With notes. Seni ifo Maluta, Tonetti,... h, $38.
SAN LUIS 2005, Gershon & Nor, p, mint, a superlative tournament book, color photos, good notes, 443p. A really good job. Double rr. Topalov ifo Svidler & Anand. $36
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BUENOS AIRES 1939, CP ed, Gillam & J. S. Morgado. p, mint. Najdorf& Keres ifo Czerniak/Stahlberg, Frydman, Grau.... Lt. notes. (Includes ROSARIO 1939, which see), $19
ROSARIO 1939, CP ed, p, mint, Morgado & Gillam, Petrovs ifo Eliskases, Mikenas, R. Garcia Vera/ O. Garcia Vera,... Lt. notes to some. (includes BUENOS AIRES 1939, which see). $19
BUENOS AIRES 1941 & MONTEVIDEO 1941, Chess Player edition, p, mint, Nottingham, 2008. At Buenos Aires: Stahlberg/ Najdorf ifo Frydman, Michel,Guimard,...Notes to very few. At Montevideo: Eliskases ifo Luckis, Engels, Balparda,... $18
LA PLATA 1944, Chess Player ed, p, mint, Nottingham, 2008. Najdorf ifo Stahlberg, Julio Bolbochan, Pelikan, Michel/ Rossetto/ Maderna,... Notes to only a few. $18
BUENOS AIRES 1945 & BUENOS AIRES 1944, Chess Player ed. p, mint, Buenos Aires 1945: Najdorf ifo Stahlberg/ Guimard, Michel/ Czerniak, Notes to a few. BUENOS AIRES 1944: Regence Tourney. Cristia ifo Michel/ Becker, Piazzini, Reinhardt. $16
KASSEL 1947, CP ed, Gillam, p, mint. Bogoljubow ifo P. Schmidt, Unzicker, Tröger, Endzelins, Bohatyrchuk,.. Lt. notes to a few. $17
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LONDON 1851 & STAUNTON-ST. AMANT 1843, Olms reprint of L/N 5181 (Berlin 1852) and L/N 5015 (Zürich 1844), 152p & 80p respectively, both German. $34
BUFFALO 1901 & 1894, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 1996. Hardback, iv + 95p. Notes from contemporary sources. At Buffalo 1901 Pillsbury won ahead of Delmar, Napier, Howell, Marshall, and Karpinski in a double-round event. At Buffalo 1894 Showalter edged Pillsbury out by half a point, followed by Albin and Farnsworth also in a double-round format. Both tournaments are previously unpublished. Also given are all the serious games contested between Pillsbury and Marshall and an article on blindfold play by Pillsbury. Good material on U.S. chess history of that era. 18 photos and drawings. $28
BUDAPEST 1896, G. Maroczy, German. Kecskemet, (1941)104p. L/N 5243. Also incl. the 4-game match Chigorin-Charousek. Chigorin/Charousek ifo Pillsbury, Janowski/Schlechter, Walbrodt/ Winawer, Tarrasch, Albin/ Maroczy, Marco, Noa,...Lt. notes. p, fair. covers worn & soiled, embossed type bookplate of a previous owner, signature of another previous owner in 2 places, $32 b) John Owen. Caissa Editions, Yorklyn, 1994. Notes by Maroczy, Charousek, & other contemporary masters with editing and additional commentary by John Owen. Chigorin & Charousek tied for first followed by Pillsbury, Schlechter/Janowsky, Winawer/ Walbrodt, Tarrasch, Albin/Maroczy, Marco, Noa, & Popiel. Includes the Chigorin-Charousek tie-breaking match. Photos & career records of the contestants. 205p. $30
COLOGNE 1898, V. Fiala, Olomouc, 1997, h, mint, 264p. Burn ifo Charousek/ Chigorin/ Cohn, Steinitz, Schlechter,...In English. All the 54 games (out of 120) that could be found with extensive notes and some nice photosof the contestants + many other illustrative games by the contestants in other events. $49
OSTENDE 1906, Tony Gillam, Yorklyn, 2005, hardback, 445 pages. 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. $49
KARLSBAD 1907. an English translation of this original famous tournament book in German by George Marco and Carl Schlechter. This edition has the advantage of enhancements such as the addition of 15 photos of many of the players along with corrections and additional analysis using the new, very strong program, Rybka. The tournament was one of the strongest of the last century with only Lasker, Tarrasch and Burn, missing from the roster of the world's best players of that day. The young player Rubinstein won in fine style followed by Maroczy just one-half point behind and by Leonhardt, Nimzovich/Schlechter, Vidmar, Duras/Teichmann, Salwe, Wolf, Dus-Chotimirski/Marshall, Spielmann, Tartakower, Berger/Mieses/Chigorin, Olland, E. Cohn, and Johner in that order. This was to be the Chigorin's last tournament, though he still showed flashes of his brilliance in individual games. Marco and Schlechter contributed superb notes in a style combining wit, depth, and accuracy. 475 pages, hardback, on acid-free paper. This is the gem of all tournament books. $55
LASKER - TARRASCH 1908, Tarrasch. Leipzig, 1908, L/N 5046. 148p. German. h, exc, FGL. Very deep notes with a long section on R&P endings. $75. b) Olms reprint, includes their 1916 match as well, $48
SAN SEBASTIAN 1911, Mieses & Lewitt, 2nd ed, Leipzig, 1919. Lt. notes. 162p. Capa's 1st great tournament victory ifo Rubinstein/ Vidmar, Marshall,...German. h, vg, FGL, $45. b) Olms reprint of 2nd edition with the 1911 & 1912 tourneys, h, mint, $45
ST. PETERSBURG 1914, Tarrasch, Yorklyn, 1993. Hardback, 267 pages and 21 photos. Dr. Tarrasch and augmented by notes of many other famous players such as Alekhine, Lasker, Marco, Bernstein, Reinfeld. An extremely good tournament book for one of the greatest chess tournaments all time. Lasker just beat out Capablanca, followed by Alekhine, Tarrasch, Marshall and other greats of the day. $38
TEPLITZ - SCHÖNAU 1922, J. Schorr, L/N 5350, 664p. German. All the games with extensive notes. One of the greatest tournament books. Also has a 214p on chess problems which in turn includes a part on retrograde analysis by Kluver. Brief biographies of the players. Reti & Spielmann ifo Grünfeld, Tartakower, Rubinstein, Kostich,.... b) p, vg, as issued, $175 c) h, vg, this is the white cover luxus ed., but the fc is sl bent in the top corner, $170. c) h, vg, rebd, $135 d) Olms reprint, 664p, h, mint, $68. e) h, exc, rebd, FGL, $200.
MÄHRISCH - OSTRAU 1923, Kagan, German, L/N 5358, tgw lt notes. Lasker ifo Reti, Grünfeld, Selesniev, Euwe/ Tartakower,.. BCM reprint, h, exc, $20 b) h, fair, covers worn, sl. loose, pages browning, nicely rebd, useable, $15.c) h, exc, FGL, $60
BADEN BADEN 1925 Edited by Jimmy Adams. Yorklyn, 1991. Hardback, 382 pages. Notes by Grekov and a host of great annotators including Lasker, Alekhine, Tartakower, Rabinovich, Burn, Grünfeld, Grigoriev, Levenfish, Romanovsky, Sozin, a.o., A tournament book worthy of this great event, which was one of Alekhine's finest performances. Easily one of the best tournament books ever published in English with a cornucopia of great games from the golden age of hypermodern chess. Also included is a full translation of Alekhine's booklet (originally published in French) on the Theoretical Value of the Openings at Baden Baden 1925, along with surveys of the tournament by Tarrasch, Kmoch, Tartakower, Helms, Goetz, and Kagan. Won by Alekhine ahead of Rubinstein, Sämisch, Bogoljubow, Marshall, Tartakover,... $45
GYOR 1930, Maroczy, Hungarian, L/N 5436, FGL, h, exc, Quite scarce. 47p.Kashdan ifo H. Steiner, Hönlinger/ Klein, Boros,...Notes to the games. $125
MOSCOW 1931, Leningrad/Moscow 1933, Botvinnik, L/N 5446, 563p. VIIth USSR CH. Full notes, much background material incl. x-tables of semi-finals, etc. 89 games from the minor events are also incl. A fine book for Botvinnik's first great success ifo Romanovski, Alatortsev, Lisitsin, Kubbel,... quite scarce. h, exc, from a FGL $350
PRAGUE 1931, Louma et al, L/N 5450; Czech, 256p, Olympiad; 337 selected games with notes. Scarce. h, exc, $190. b) h, vg, covers sl. worn, $185. c) h, good, *, covers worn, first 5 leaves loose & chipped slightly. $100.
FOLKESTONE 1933, Kashdan with notes by others such as Reinfeld, Horowitz, Steiner too. 138 sel. games from this Olympiad with notes. L/N 5645h h, vg, with some marginal notes of value, $55
GÖTEBORG 1955, Bondarevsky, h, exc, ex library copy with release stamp, 328p, Interzonal Tourney. Bronstein ifo Keres, Panno, Petrosian,... Notes to most games. Russian. $42
HASTINGS 1936/37, Reinfeld, Brandreth et al. Yorklyn,1992, paperback, 55 pages. English descriptive notation. Good notes to the games. An Alekhine victory ahead of Fine, Eliskases, Vidmar, among others. $9
ALEKHINE-EUWE 1937, C.J.S. Purdy, titled "the Return of Alekhine", L/N5126, Sydney, 1938, the much acclaimed book of the match of the late world chess correspondence champion and superb analyst; 88p., ext. notes, h, exc. rebd. FGL, $150
NEW YORK 1940, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 2002. hardback, 209+iv pages. A first-rate tournament book for a strong US Championship in which Reshevsky just edged out Fine by 1/2 point. Kashdan was third followed by Pinkus, Simonson, Denker, Kupchik, Bernstein, Polland, Reinfeld, Shainswit, Adams, Seidman, Green, Hanauer, Woliston, and Littman. Notes to most of the games are from contemporary sources, and Fritz 7 checked many of the critical positions. Good photos along with some games from the qualifying sections, brief biographies of the players plus some of their games from other events. $37
LONDON 1946, CHESS ed, In Section A H. Steiner ifo Bernstein, Tartakower, Opocensky,.. In Section B Euwe ifo Christoffel, Denker,... h, vg, *, $20. b)h, good, covers spotted & a game written on endpapers. $14. c) h, vg, ‡, $18
BUENOS AIRES- LA PLATA 1947, A. Ellerman, Spanish. L/N 5706. 61p. the 30 games with ext. notes. Stahlberg ifo Najdorf, Eliskases, Euwe, Pilnik, Rossetto. 6-man double rr. p, vg, $24 b) p, exc, $26. c) h, exc, FGL, $35
NEW YORK 1948/49 & FINE-NAJDORF 1949, Fine ifo Najdorf, Euwe, Pilnik, Horowitz, Kramer, Bisguier, Kashdan, Denker, Steiner. tgw/on. Dutch. Schaakmat edition. p, vg, 24p, *, scarce, $18
DUBROVNIK 1950, the official Yugoslav bulletins, all 480 gamesw/o notes. L/N 5801. IX Olympiad. Serbo-Croat. p, exc, $46. b) h, exc, FGL, $55
VENICE 1950, Kotov, Russian, USSR, 1952, h, vg, 267p. Kotov ifo Smyslov, Pachman, Wade,.....Full notes. A page or two with marginal corrections. $42. b) h, exc. $47. c) h, vg, FGL, $45
BELGRADE 1952, Int. tourney, Serbo-Croat, Pilnik ifo Milic, Fuderer, Nedeljkovic, Matanovic/ O'Kelly, Udovcic, Pirc, Karaklacic/ Alexander/ Janosevic, Stoltz,...Bogoljubov...tgw/on. p, unbd bull.$24 NEUHAUSEN-ZÜRICH 1953, D. Bronstein. Dover ed. in English, NY, 1979. Transl. by Jim Marfia from the 2nd Russian edition. A classic in the field of tournament books for its superb notes by Bronstein which amount to virtually a textbook on how to play chess at the highest level. 349p. p,vg, cover sl. bent, $11. b) p, exc, $15
NEUHAUSEN-ZÜRICH 1953, D. Bronstein. Moscow, 1956, 1st ed, Russian. 435p. Smyslov ifo Reshevsky/ Keres/..h, vg, $26. b) Moscow, 1960, 2nd ed, 496p,
revised ed, h, exc. $28
NEUHAUSEN-ZÜRICH 1953, Moscow, 1954, 78p. tgw/on, openings survey. Intro. by Ragosin. Brief sketches of the styles of the key players. p, exc, Smyslov ifo Reshevsky/ Keres,... $7 b) p, vg, $5
MINSK 1957, Zonal tourney for the 25th USSR CH, Russian. The 190 games w/o notes. Gipslis ifo Boleslavsky/ Suetin, Zilberg/ Sokolsky, Peterson/ Uusi, Vistaneckis,... Scarce. $30
MAR DEL PLATA 1959, Spanish, tgw/on, Najdorf/ Pachman ifo Fischer/ Ivkov, Letelier,... Has a list of the x-tables of the MDP tourneys from 1928 to 1957, Najdorf took eight 1st prizes (6 outright & 2 shared) plus four 2nd places in that period) a fantastic record in view of the tough competition) p, exc, , $14
CORDOBA 1960, H. Gonzalez, Spanish, tgw/on. Korchnoi ifo Taimanov, Redolfi, Eliskases,...p, exc, *, $20
BELGRADE1961, Chess Festival, Serbo-Croat, 25p. 58g w/on. Gligoric, Matanovic, Vasiukov, Milic, Minic, a.o. took part, p, vg. $8
BELGRADE 1962, Serbo-Croat, 36p. Gligoric ifo Ivkov, Janosevic/ Ciokaltea..... tgw/on, p, a poor copy, stained but useable. $7
USSR - YUGOSLAVIA 1966, Petronic, Serbo-Croat, tgw/on. Keres, Vasiukov, Korchnoi, Geller,... Parma, Matulovic, Ciric, Velimirovic, a.o. played. $12
CANDIDATES MATCHES 1968, Belgrade 1969, p, vg,ex-library with release stamp, 316p. Extensive notes by Tal, Geller, Korchnoi, Petrosian. Photos. Includes the games w/o notes for the 1965 cand. matches as well. Serbo-Croat, $35.
CANDIDATES MATCHES 1968, CP ed, B. Cafferty, 245p., good notes largely from Russian sources. p, exc, $19
PALMA DE MALLORCA 1969, Bhend/ Kräuchi, German, photos, notes to some games, openings survey; Larsen, Petrosiann, Korchnoi, Hort, Spassky.... p, exc. $25
SOMBOR 1970, Sebo-Croat, 36p. tgw/on; Hübner ifo Jansa, Kupreichik, Planinc, Vukic.... p, exc. $14.
LENINGRAD 1971, Kalnajs pirate ed. of CP ed. 39th USSR CH. Savon ifo Smyslov/ Tal, Karpov, Balasov/ Stein,... Informant-style notes to many games. p, exc, $7
MOSCOW 1971, Kalnajs pirate edition of CP ed, p, exc, tgw/on, Informant-style brief notes. Karpov/ Stein ifo Smyslov, Tukmakov/ Petrosian, ... Alekhine Memorial. $6
TALLLINN 1971, Estonian bull. Keres/ Tal ifo Bronstein, Stein, Zaitsev, Smejkal, Barcza, Furman, Nei, Saidy,.... tg w/on, p, exc. $16. b) p, vg, with some notes by Grand Master Becker and a x-table in Becker's hand, $18
GRAZ 1972, Lachaga, ltd ed of 400 copies. German. Student Team Tourney. all the games. No notes. 140p. Many famous players took part (Karpov, Hübner, Adorjan, Sax,...) p, exc, $34.
LINCOLN 1975, US Open, program, list of US Open winners 1939- 1974, no games, 6p, mint, $1
ZAMARDI 1978, Hungarian, notes to a few. F, Portisch ifo Möhring, Ujtelky, Bielczyk,... p, exc, $14
MINSK 1979, 47th USSR CH, CP ed, A. J. Miles, editor, Geller ifo Yusupov, Balashov/ Kasparov, Georgadze,... Tal(15th place!),.. Informant-style notes to most games. p, exc, $11
RIGA1979 & RIO DE JANEIRO 1979, Chepizhny, Moscow, 1980, Russian, 415p. The 153 games of the Riga Interzonal; won by Tal ifo Polugayevsky, Adoryan/ Ribi, Georghin/ Romanshin, Larsen.... and the 155 games of the Rio Interzonal won by Petrosian/ Portish/ Hübner. Notes to many of the Riga games but not for the Rio games. h, exc. $40 b) h, exc, FGL, $45. c) Program only, Russian and Latvian; pictures and biographies of the contestants ( Kuzmin, Tal, Karalek, Orinfeld, Georghiu, Adorjan....) p, exc. $5 d) Russian bulletins (20#'s) Interzonal; tgw notes to many; much extra material. Xerox ed, of orig, Russ bull. $30
WADDINXVEEN 1979, Van Spijk, Dutch booklet, 48p. Karpov ifo Kavalek, Hort, Sossonko. Double RR, full notes, p, exc. $16
TILBURG 1984, GM Editions; Miles ifo Belyavsky/ Hubner/ Ribli/ Tukmakov, Ljubojevic, Portisch/ Timman.... tg w lt notes to some. Includes match Chiburdanidze- Levitina, p, exc. $8
OPENINGS
1) DIE WIENER PARTIE, Curt von Bardeleben, Leipzig, 1893, h, exc, rebd. ex-library with release stamp. 80p. $28
2) DIE SPANISCHE PARTIE, L. Rellstab, Weidenau, ca. 1947, 48p, $12
3) 1.P-KB4 - A GUIDE TO BIRD'S OPENING, R.E. Robinson, Liverpool, ca. 1948. h, exc, ex-lib with release stamp & dj. Foreword by R.J. Broadbent. 248 Bird Opening games with lt. notes, Brief biography of Bird. 146 + viip. $48
4) SLAVENSKA ODBRANA, S. Gligoric, Zagreb, 1948, p, exc, from a GM's library. with a release stamp. 142p. $12
5) UNA CLASIFICACION DE APERTURAS, J. B. Sanchez Perez, Madrid, 1933, scarce. p, vg, with the chess book plate of a notable collection. 119p. $22
6) DIE FRANZÖSISCHE PARTIE, G. Maroczy, Berlin/Leipzig 1927, h, vg, from a GM's collection, ex-library with a release stamp. 48 well-annotated games. Some marginalia in pencil. $39
7) DIE CARO-KANN, B. Ullrich, Berlin, 1952, ,from a GM's library, ex-library, with release stamp. p, exc, 94p. $26
8) DIE MODERNE ERÖFFNUNG 1.d2-d4!, E. Bogoljubow. Triberg, 1928. h, exc, 126p. $28.
9) STARTING OUT: THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT, J. Shaw, London, 2002, an excellent summary of the key lines incl. the QGD, QGA, Slav, Semi-Slav, Cambridge Springs, Tarrasch Def, Chigorin Def,... 144p. p, mint, $17
10) ADVANCE AND OTHER ANTI_FRENCH VARIATIONS, Lev Psakhis, London, 2003, 160p. A good book by an ex-USSR Champion who is also a French Def. expert. p, mint, $22
11) THE BISHOP'S OPENING EXPLAINED, G. Lane, London, 2004, 160p. Good illustrative games. p, mint. $22
12) BEATING THE KING'S INDIAN AND BENONI, A. Vaisser, Seattle, 1997. 144p. Features the Four Pawns Attack as the basis for his system . p, mint, $21
13) MODERNES SKANDINAVISCH, M. Wahls, Nettetal, 1997. 302p. German. A very thorough treatment. p, mint, $28
14) THE EVANS GAMBIT REVOLUTION,
R. Moody, Dallas, 1995. 137p. The author attempts to show that this
famous gambit is sound and full of promise. p, mint. $16.50
15) THE ITALIAN GAME, Harding & Botterill, London, 1977, h, mint, with dj, 136p. Still an excellent book on the Giuoco Piano.$28
16) PONZIANI POWER, D.C. Taylor, 1st ed, Fountain Hills, AZ, ringbd, mint. 81p, good layout & notes. $14
MISCELLANEOUS
1) FISCHING FOR FORGERIES, L. Totaro, 2007, p, mint. Interesting, but frankly most of the forgeries are so bad that one has to wonder how anyone would be fooled. Fischer material is not all that uncommon because he did play in a fair number of tournaments. 58p. The author does not give credit, however, to long-term dealers who not only know signatures, but who also know the provenance of items—important factors in judging authenticity. $16
2) WARRIORS OF THE MIND, Keene & Divinsky, Brighton, 1989, "A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board". h, mint, with dj, 342p. An interesting book, though to me a good example of nonsense supported by an overweening reliance on a simplified model. After all here we have Alekhine rated as 18th (!!) just above Sokolov (remember him?). The major fault is deciding just what to include in results. Alekhine, had he stopped playing at the conclusion of his win at Zürich 1934, would have come far higher. When do you start counting a player’s successes? By throwing out the beginning and the ending portions of a career you can alter the results drastically. Still, there are 80 well-annotated games and much good commentary, $30
4) CHESS IN PHILADELPHIA, G. Reichhelm & Shipley, Moravian Chess reprint, many games by Shipley, Reichhelm, Steinitz, Mackenzie, and other early American players. h, mint, 158p. $30
HISTORY
1) GESCHICHTE DES MITTELALTERLICHEN, VORZUGSWEISE DES DEUTSCHEN SCHACHSPIELS, H.F. Massmann, h, exc, with the full set of fold-out tables showing drawings of the Isle of Lewis chessmen, plates fro Selenus, etc. This is the 1980 DDR facsimile edition of the original 18379 edition. 222p + a 4p ³Nachwort² by Burkhard Richter in 1980. $60
GAMES COLLECTION AND BIOGRAPHIES
1) SERAFINO DUBOIS IL PROFESSIONISTA, Innocenti & Barsi, Brescia, 2000, p, mint, 111p. Biography + 82 of his games with full notes. Italian. A little-known player today, he beat Anderssen in London 1862 in a very nice game. $24
2) JAN FOLTYS, Podgorny, Prague, 1956, Czech. h, exc, scarce. 281p. several hundred of his best games with extensive notes to most. $135
4) VICTOR KORCHNOI'S BEST GAMES, Korchnoi, NY, 1977, h, exc, with dj. 294p, 60 of his best games with full notes followed by a selection of 12 quick wins in 25 moves or fewer with light notes. $32
5) JAN TIMMAN STUDIES AND GAMES, Timman, London, 1996, 192p. p, good, but with bent corner on front cover. Very deep notes. $16
6) PAUL KERES: THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION, Keres & Nunn, Seattle, 1997. A greatly revised version of parts of the two of the volumes in the 3-vol. Keres series. p, mint, 272p. 103 great games with superb notes. $24
10) M. I. CHIGORIN, Grekov, Moscow, 1939, h, vg, the best of several editions (more games & other material). With the book stamp of the chess author and bibliophile E.G. Cordingley. 480p. With a chronological index pasted in on the rear endpapers. $140
13) DER GROSSMEISTER AUS LUBLIN, Domanski & Lissowski, Berlin, 2005, 285p, largely biography but with 5 fully annotated games. h, mint, $40
14) EDUARD GUFELD, Moscow, 1985, with appreciations by Kasparov, Tal, Taimanov, Teplitzky. 191p, Russian. 106 games, 66 with full notes. p, vg, $20
b) autographed by Gufeld, p, vg, $45
15) ANDRE LILIENTHAL¹, Dvorkovich, Moscow, 1989, p, exc, part of the paperback Russian Black series, 158p, 67 of his best games with good notes. $20
16) AIVAR GIPSLIS, Moscow, 1987, Russian black series, 159p, Russian. 90 games (51 annotated), p, exc, $22
17) ALEKSEI SUETIN, A. Prorvich, Moscow, 1987, Russian black series, 159p, 86 fully annotated games + many other positions and parts of games to illustrate his style... p, exc, $20
19) COMPLETE GAMES OF ALEKHINE -Vol. I 1892-1921, J. Kalendovsky & V. Fiala, Olomouc, 1992, 187p, exc. research and much new material for English-speaking readers. h, exc., with dj, $38
20) ALEKSANDR ZAITSEV, Arkangelsky & Kimelfeld, Moscow, 1986, p, vg, part of Russian paperback Black Series, 144p, 104 of his best games, many with full notes. $28
21) GROSSMEISTER BOGOLJUBOW, Brinckmann, Berlin, 1953, h, exc, rebd with orig. paper covers bd in, ex-library with release stamp, 107p, 50 of his best games with notes, & 14 more of his games with interesting positions the author examines. $40
22) ALEKSANDR KOTOV, Moscow, 1984, h, exc. Ex-library with release stamp, 304p. Russian. 77 of his best games with full notes by Kotov. Also has other games contained in essays on his style and methods of analyzing positions, etc.$28
23) TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, Reinfeld, London, 1947, h, ex-library with release stamp, 385p. A very nice copy of a good book. $40.
24) CHESS IS MY LIFE, A. Karpov & A. Roshal, Oxford, 1980, h, exc, 359p. a fascinating biography into which is woven a fine selection of Karpov's games with his own notes. $44. b) p, exc, $32
25) FIGHTING CHESS MY GAMES AND CAREER, G. Kasparov & Wade, 185p, p, exc, wonderful games with brilliant notes. London, 1985, 2nd enlarged ed, p, exc, $26
26) BOBBY FISCHER HIS APPROACH TO CHESS, E. Agur, London, 1992, p, exc, one of the most interesting books on Fischer, 276p. $30
29) ALEKSEI SUETIN, A. Prorvich, Moscow, 1987, Russian black series, 159p, 86 fully annotated games + many other positions and parts of games to illustrate his style.. p, exc, $20
30) WELTGESCHICHTE DES SCHACHS BOTWINNIK, Botvinnik, Hamburg, 1959, h, exc., 400 Botvinnik games through 1958 with lt. notes to some.$79
31) ANALITICHESKIE I KRITICHESKI RABOTY (Analysis and Critical Work), , Botvinnik. His final literary legacy in 4 volumes: Vol. I (1923-41), 319p, Games 1-120 (all the games have detailed notes), 319p. Vol. II (1942-1956), 399p, Games 121 -250. Vol. III (1957 -1970), 367p, Games 251-350. Vol. IV, a volume with many of his articles on chess, chess computers, and miscellany. Also has a few games of other players he annotated., 527p. $100 the set. Each volume bought separately, $35. All are h, exc.
32) SHAKHMATNOE TVORCHESTVO BOTVINNIKA, V. Baturinsky, the famous 3-vol. set which is probably the most exhaustive documentation ever of a great player's career. The three vols. are h, vg. Vol. i, Moscow, 1965, 632p, 283 annotated games. vol. II, Moscow, 1966, 704p, games 285-500. Included is a long section on openings and endings and an essay on the Soviet school of chess. Vol. III, Moscow, 1968, 560p, games 501-699. $95 the set.
33) IZBRANNYE PARTII (1926-1946), M. Botvinnik, Moscow, 1951. 296p, 100 of his best games with his fine notes + 6 of his endgame studies. h, exc, ex-library with release stamp. $45.
34) KERES, Weltgeschichte des Schachs series, Wildhagen, Hamburg, 1960. h, exc, ex-library with release stamp, 500 of Keres' games with brief notes to some in a separate booklet (included), diagram every five moves, $75
35) ANDERSSEN I, Weltgeschichte des Schachs series, 604 games with diagrams every five moves. Brief notes to selected games bd into the back of the book. Biographical section with reproductions of some of his letters. h, exc, No second volumes was ever published.$80. b) h, vg, cover sl. sun-faded, $75. c) h, good, bottom of fc sl. water stained & separate booklet with note supplied as Xerox copy, $50
36) RUDOLF SPIELMANN, M. Ehn, Koblenz, 1996, h, mint, the most important work on Spielmann to date with photos and biography as well as 35 deeply annotated games. Excellent bibliography. German. $55
37) STEINITZ, E. Wildhagen, Hamburg, 1968, Weltgeschichte des Schachs series, h, exc, sl. sun-fading on spine, 575 games + biography (German & some in English) + light notes to some. In a separate book bd into the back. With diagrams every five moves. Edited by David Hooper. $98.
CHESS PROBLEMS
2) THE PROBLEMIST, Proceedings of the British Chess problem Society, see under MAGAZINES.
ENDGAME
1) ANALYSING THE ENDGAME, J. Speelman, London, 1981, h, mint,, with dj, 144p. An excellent book for studying the endgame.$20
2) FINALES ARTISTICOS, Kasparian, Barcelona, 1976, Spanish. p, mint, 261p. 300 fabulous endgame studies by one of the greatest of all composers. $16
3) 300 FINS DE PARTIE, H. Rinck, Barcelona 1919, h, exc, a very nice copy. Signed by Rinck and by the famous Danish player and collector Jens Enevoldsen (with Enevoldsen¹s chess bookplate too). 645p. A superb copy, $425.
4) RATE YOUR ENDGAME, Mednis & Crouch, London/NY 1997, p, mint, 239p. An excellent instructional book. $22.
MAGAZINES
1) SHAKHMATY, Grekov, L/N 6327. Scarce. Complete bd years, with cover bd in. All h, vg. $300/yr: 1925, 1926, 1927.
2) LASKER's CHESS MAGAZINE, original publications (not reprints): Vol. IV complete, h, exc, bd with 10 other #'s (Vol I 1,3,4,6; Vol. .II 6; Vol. III: 3,4, 5, 6. Vol. V #1. $175. Vol. 5, #'s 2, 3, 4, 5. Vol. VI, #'s 3, 5, 6. Vol. VII #'s 1, 2. h, exc. $100 this composite vol., Vol. IX, h, exc, 1, 2. Vol. VII, 5, Vol. VIII # 2, 4, 6 Bound out of chronological order. $80.
3) SHAKHMATNY LISTOK, Moravian Chess Reprints, h, mint, $39/vol. 1859, 1860, 1861, Russian. The originals are extremely difficult to find.
4) SCHAAKEND NEDERLAND, Dutch, a good periodical with al the standard features( chess news of tourneys, annotated games, photos, chess problems, book reviews, articles on openings, historical articles,..) Unbd complete years, $23/yr: 1981, 1992. These incomplete years: 1978 (w/o #2), $20. 1984 (w/o #7), $20. 1991 (w/o #11), $20. 1993 (w/o #11 $20) 1995 (w/o #8) $20. 1996 (w/o #¹s w/o Sept-Dec) $10. B-4
5) SHAKHMATY LISTOK, bd years, h, exc, 1925, $375; 1928, $400. 1929, $380.
6) THE BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE, the world¹s longest continuously running chess magazine. Miscellaneous issues. Prices: single issues with covers (covers may be loose), Those with both covers are designated with ** and are $2 less than the regular price.; Those with one cover missing are * and are $1 less. Double issues count as one. 1881-1891, $25/issue; 1892-1900, $12@; 1901-1910, $10@; 1911-1938, $6@; 1939-1945, $8@; 1946-1965, $5@. 1966-2000, $3@. More than 30 ordered at once: 10% discount. Concisely: 1=Jan, 2=Feb, 12=Dec. etc. 1882: 8**. 1883: 8/9, 1888: 1, 1890: 1, 1*, 3, 3**, 5**, 6, 6**, 8, 9, 10, 10**, 12**. 1892:1**, 1*, 1, 6, 8**, 11. 1893: 1, 2**, 3, 4, 4*, 6, 8**, 9**, 10, 11*, 12. 1894: 1, 3, 6, 6*, 8, 12 . 1895: 4, 4*, 5, 5**, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12. 1896: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,12. 1897: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. 1899: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12*. 1900: 4**, 12. 1901: 1, 3, 5, 7. 1902: 8. 1904: 6, 9. 1907: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12. 1908: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11. 1909: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7*, 8, 11 1910: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10. 1911: 2, 5, 8, 9. 1912: 8. 9, 10. 1913: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12. 1915: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 1916: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1917: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11. 12. 1918: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11. 1919: 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1920: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12. 1921: 1, 3, 12 1922: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12. 1923: 2, 6, 7, 9**, 12. 1924: 1, 2, 3, 4,5,6,7,8**, 9. 1926: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12. 1927: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1928: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,19,11.12. 1929: 9 1930: 2, 6, 9. 1931: 3*, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.. 1938: 2 1941: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6.
COMPLETE YEARS, unbd: 1923, a very scarce year‹the BCM almost went under. $70 1929, $65. 1941, $42 . 1948, $35 1950, $40. Composite years: h, vg, these misc. #¹s bd in one vol: 1904.1, 2, 3, 5, 12. & 1905 May. $25
HARDBOUND YEARS: 1930, $75, h, vg, powdering leather. 1931, h, exc, $80. 1932, h, exc, $80 1933, h, exc, $80 1934, h, exc, $80. 1935, h, exc, $80. 1936, h, exc, $75. 1937, h, vg, spine partly slit at top, with Grand Master Albert Becker¹s chess bookplate, $85 1938, h, exc, 1939, h, exc, $65.
7) CHESS WORLD, Australia, Purdy. Bd years: 1960, exc, $65. 1961, exc, $65. 1963, exc, $65. 1950 & 1951 bd in one vol, covers bd in, h, exc, $95. 1954 & 1955 bd in one volume, h, exc, covers bd in, $90. Unbd Compl. yrs: 1946, $60., $45. 1952, $45. 1953, $45. 1954, $45. Titled AUSTRALASIAN CHESS REVIEW 1929-1945) Many single issues available 1935-1945, $6@. 1946-1967: $3@. 1935: 8. 1936: 7. 1937:3. 1938: 7, 8, 11. 1939: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1940: 1941: 1,2,3,5, 12. 1942: 1943: 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1946: 7, 8, 11, 12. 1947: 2,3,4,6, 10. 1948:1, 11. 1949: 1, 6 1950: 3, 10. 1951: 3, 6, 8. 1952: 1, 3. 1953: 7, 12 1954: 3,7..1955:1, 2, 3, 4. 1957: 1, 6, 7, 8, 12. 1958: 6, 7. 10, 12. 1959: 5,6,9. 1960: 2,3,5, 8, 10. 1961: 2,3, 5,6. 1962: 8. 1965: 2, 3/4. 1966: 4/5/6.
8) EL AJEDREZ AMERICANO, Argentina, Misc. issues, $4@. 1927: 1(1st #), 2. 1928: 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15. 1929: 17 1930: 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41. 1933: 64/65/66, 67 1932: 54/55. 1933: 64/65/66, 67, 68, 74, 1934: 80, 1942: 85.
9) SHAKHMATNA MISL', Bulgaria. Unbd yrs,1960: 1 # in Xerox, $25. 1974, 1 # in Xerox, $25. MISC. #¹s, $2@: 1955: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1956: 1, 2, 10, 11. 1958: 8, 9, 10, 11. 1959: 3 1960: 5 1961: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 1964: 1, 3, 4. 5, 6, 8/9, 11, 12. 1965: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12. 1967: 1, 2, 3, 7. 1968: 1. 1969: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. BS-1
10) CHESS EXPRESS, Switzerland, in English & German. Compl. unbd yr.: 1971, $18 Code B-2
11) CHESS LIFE, Unbd yrs: 1961, good Fischer material, $40. 1975, $28. 1976, $28. Bound vols.: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, all h, mint, $60/yr. These other bd, h, exc yrs: 1976, $70. 1977, $70. 1980, $65. 1984, $55. 1992, $65. code RW.
12) ROCHADE, an excellent large format German chess periodical , unbd yr. 1979, $28 CODE B-2
13) REVISTA DE SAH, Romania, 1966 & 1967 bd in one vol. h, vg, ex-library with release stamp, $80. 1972, h, exc, nicely bd, $44. 1976, h, exc, $38. MISC. #¹s:
14) SPORT, an illustrated monthly Russian magazine which has an English edition. It covers sports in general, but many issues have good chess articles with good photos. Excellent material on boxing, hockey, weight lifting, soccer, etc. Single #¹s: 1972: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1974:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, & special USSR-Canada hockey issue. 1975: 3,4,5,6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12. $32 the lot. Bd yr, 1973, h, exc, $32. B-2.
15) THE AMERICAN CHESS QUARTERLY, this magazine suffered from poor dating of the issues. A complete collation is: Vol I, #1 summer 1961. Vol. I, #2 Fall 1961. . Vol. I, #3, part 1 Vol. I #3 Part 2. Vol. I #4, spring 1962. Vol. I, #1, Spring 1962. Vol. II, #2, Fall 1962. Vol II #3, Winter 1962-63. Vol. II, #4, Spring/Summer 1963. Vol. III #1, Summer/Fall 1963. Vol. III, #2 Fall 1963. Vol. III #3 Winter 1964. Vol. III #4, Spring 196 4. Vol. IV #1, July/Aug/Sept 1964. Vol, IV #2 Oct/Nov/Dec 1964, Vol IV #3 Jan/Feb/Mar 1965. Vol. IV #4 April/May/June 1965. 1961-1965, compl. good Fischer material. $65. Single issues $6@ B-1
17) XADREZ BRASILEIRO, misc. #¹s: 1941: 103, 104/105, 108/109, 113/114. 1944: 145, 148/149, 150. 1945: 161/162. 1946: .163, 164/165, 166/167, 168, 169/170. covers chipped at edges on some. $3 @. INDICES, $2@: 1940, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.
18) MAGYAR SAKKVILAG, Hungarian, bd years 1923, scarce, h, vg, ex-library with release stamp, $75 @. 1925, h, exc, ex-libris with release stamp, $75. 1931, h, vg, $75. 1943, h, exc, $75. 1947, h, exc, $60 1948, h, exc, $60. 1950, h, exc, $60. UNBD COMPL. YRS: 1948, $40. MISC. ISSUES: 1922-1929 are $5@. Years 1930-1950 are $4@ but $3 for 20 or more bought at one time..1922: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.10 1925: 6, 11, 12. 1926: 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 special #, 7, 8, 9, 10. 1927: 1, 10. 1928: 7,8,9,11. 1929: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1930: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 1931: 1, 2, 3, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1932: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12. 1933: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12. 1934: 6, 7, 8. 1935: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1936: 2, 3, 3 special #, 4, 6, 9, 10, 10 spec. #, 11, 12. 1937: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11. 1938: 3, 4, 8, 9, 10. 1939: 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1940: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1941: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11. 1942: 11. 1943: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 1944: 6, 7, 10, 11/12. 1945: 1946: 1, 10, 11, 12. 1947: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1948: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 1949: 2, 4, 7, 8, 9. 1950: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
19) DIE SCHWALBE, a German chess problem magazine. Complete unbd years: 1936, $40. 1966, $25
20) ELITE CHESS BULLETIN, J. R. Schroeder, 1972-1974, issues 1-7, wacky and defamatory, but original and with some events in full such as the 1946 Steiner-Denker match, the Kashdan Reshevsky match in 1942, and the Euwe-Keres match of 1940.h, exc, scarce. $50
21) CHECKMATE, Canada, an excellent magazine with both Canadian and US chess in the early 1900s. Moravian Chess reprints. The original magazine is quite scarce. Vol 1, 1901, h, mint. Vol. II, 1902-03, h, mint. Vol. III, 1903-1904, h, mint, $36 each volume.
22) AJEDREZ ESPANOL Misc. #¹s, $3@.: 1947: 11 (#71), 72. 1956: 12(#16). 1958: 1 (#29). 1959: 3 (#43), 1960: 8 (#51) B-1
23) AMERICAN CHESS BULLETIN, 1950, unbd, original issues, $25. I can supply most of the Moravian Chess reprints for complete years of the ACB. They are all h, mint, $28/yr. B-1
24) CESKOSLOVENSKY SACH, Czechoslovakia, .Bd. vols: 1935, h, exc, $95.. 1974, 1978, h, exc, $38@ yr. Those with an * after the year are ex-library with release stamp. all h, exc,: 1947, 48, 49, 50, 51*, bd in one, $180. 1954 & 1955*, bd in one, $80. 1956 & 1957*, bd in one, $80. 1958 & 1959*, bd in one, $90. 1960 & 1961*, bd in one, $80. 1962*, $40. 1963*, $40. 1964*, $40. 1965*, $40. 1966*,$40. 1967*, $40. 1970 & 1971*, bd in one. $75. 1972 & 1973*, bd in one, $70. 1974 & 75* bd in one, $70. 1976 & 1977*, bd in one, $70 B-1 & BX
26) ESTRATEGIA REVISTA MENSUAL DE AJEDREZ Y BRIDGE, Argentina, a scarce magazine which ran for only 6 issues. #¹s 1 & 2, $18 the lot.
27) EL AJEDREZ ARGENTINO, 1949, h, exc, with chess book plate of Grandmaster Albert Becker and with 2 loose issues from 1948 to complete the Buenos Aires- La Plata tourney of 1948. Included in this year are the matches Julio Bolbochan-Rossetto & Argentina- Spain. $70. 1950, h, exc, $45. unbd compl. yrs: 1953, $35. MISC. #¹s: 1949: Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May, Sept. 1950: 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1951: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1952: 3, 4, 9, 11, 12. 1953: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12. $4@.
31) CHESS CANADA, unbd yr, 1970, the 1st yr. compl. $25. 1971, compl. $28. CS
32) MAGYAR SAKKELET, Hungarian, a first-rate magazine. Unbd yrs: $29/yr. 1953, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84. These yrs at $32/ yr: 1985, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96. MISC #¹s: $3@: These yrs very nicely bd (gilt lettering & imitation leather), $45/yr: 1985, 86, 87, 88. also 1952, h, exc, different binding, $50.
33) NEW IN CHESS, compl. unbd yrs: $52/yr. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000. 2007, $80. This magazine is at least as good as any other chess magazine published in English anywhere. Full of meaty material. Misc. #'s $3.50 @ unless noted otherwise: 1984: #0; 1985: 1/2 ($5), 4, 6, 12; 1986: 4; 1987: 3,4,5, 6 ($10, has the complete SWIFT 1988 tournament, Brussels, won by Lubojevic / Kasparov ifo Karpov, Timman/ Korchnoi, Tal, Larsen,... ), 7,8; 1988: 1, 2,3,4, 6. 1990: 2,3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 1991: 1.
34) SCHACH, DDR, German. An excellent magazine with well-annotated games. All meat‹no advertising. Unbd complete years: These large-format yrs at $28/yr: 1973, 1976, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, $20/yr. MISC. #¹s: all #¹s $3@: 1954: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. 1963: 10, 11. 1964: 6, 7, 8, 12. 1965: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11. 1966: 4, 7, 8, 11, 1968: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9. 1969: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1970: 4, 5, 6, 11 1971: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 1973: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1974: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12. 1975: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Sample # $2. Code B-2
35) CHESS DIGEST, Ken Smith, articles drawn from Chess magazines around the world translated into English. bd Yrs: 1968 (1st yr), h, exc, $45. 1969, h, exc, $42. 1970, h, exc, $42 1971, h, exc, $42. 1972, h, exc, $42 1973, h, exc, $42. 1975, h, exc, $42.. Unbd Compl Yrs: 1969, 1970, 73, 75, 77 $26/yr, MISC. #¹s, $3@: 1969: 1, 3, 4 1970: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10. 1971: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. 1975: 8. 1977: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1978: 1, 2, 3. 4, 5, 6, 10. Code RW
36) CHESS HORIZONS, an excellent magazine covering the New England area of the US with many games not given elsewhere and good articles and book reviews. Unbd compl yrs: 1978, 79, 80, 81, 84, 91, 92, 93, , $20/yr.. PRS
38) SKAKBLADET, Danish, 1904-1910, h, mint, a reproduction in one volume of these years (all extremely scarce) of these years. Reproduced in 1980 by Hartvig Nielsen. $175. Bd Yrs. $45@: 1949, 1950. MISC. 1949: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10. B-1 &WR
39) FERNSCHACH DER DDR, a good magazine with a plethora of games, but poorly distributed (nothing worked very well in the DDR except for the secret police keeping tabs on their people!). Miscellaneous issues, $3@. The number per year varied, but was usually 6, : 1979: 4, 5. 1980: 6. 1981: 1, 3, 5. 1984: 2, 3, 4.
40) EXPRESS SHAKHMATY, Russia, unbd compl. yr. opening theory & many games from current tourneys. 1991, $30. B-1
41) THE CALIFORNIA CHESS REPORTER, a good State Chess periodical with a good games section and the results of the many tournament and matches held in this state. Complete years are hard to come by. The number of issues varies from year to year. All here are unbd years in good to excellent condition. The first year was 1951. The years are complete unless noted otherwise. Prices vary with number of issues and relative scarcity. Miscellaneous single issues are: 1-10 bought at one time, $8@. 11-20 issues, $6@. 21 and up $5@. 1951, compl. 6 #'s, $40. Single #'s available: June, Oct, Nov, Dec. 1952, compl., 9 #'s, $45. Misc.: Feb, May, June, July, Sept, Nov, Dec. 1953, 9 #'s, $45. Misc.: Jan/Feb, Apr, May, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. 1954, w/o Feb, $30. Misc: Jan, Mar/Apr, May, June, Aug, Dec. 1955, 12 #'s. $45. Misc: Feb, May, Aug, Sept, Oct. 1956, compl., $42. Misc: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June. Oct (Xerox). 1957, 7 #'s + supplement, prob. Compl. $30. Misc: 1 # (Feb) 1958, 4 #'s(Mar/Apr, Aug, Dec. + special #. $20 1959, (Jan/Feb, May, Aug./Sept. Misc. Jan/Feb, Aug/Sept. 1960, 3 #'s( Mar/ Apr, May/June, Oct. $18. 1961, Aug/Sept, Nov, Dec. 1962, 8 #'s, compl. $35. Misc: May, July. 1963, 8 #'s, compl. $35. 1964, 8 #'s, compl, $35. Misc: Feb, Apr, May, Dec. 1965, 7 #'s compl, $28. Misc: Feb, July/Aug, Sept/Oct. 1966, 5 of the 6 #'s, (w/o Nov/Dec) $28 Misc: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June, July/Aug, Sept/Oct. 1967, 6#'s, compl. $35. Misc. Sept/Oct. 1968 , 5 of 6 #'s (w/o Mar/Apr, $28. Misc: Sept/Oct. 1969, 6 #'s, compl. $35. Misc: Jan/Feb, July/Aug., Sept/ Oct., Nov/Dec. 1970, 6 #'s compl. $35. Misc: Mar/Apr, May/June, July/Aug. 1971, compl, 6 #'s, $35. Misc: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr. 1972: compl. $35. Misc: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June. 1973: 6 #¹s, $35. Misc.: Mar/Apr, May/June, July/Aug, Sept/Oct, Nov/Dec. 1974, compl. 1975: Compl. 6 #¹s. $35. Misc: Jan/Feb, May/June. 1976: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/June. Code B-3
42) CHESS NOTES, Edward Winter. Complete year 1982. Ringbd, mint. All of Winter¹s CHESS NOTES are a goldmine for chess buffs. Many interesting tidbits, historical notes, odd games, little-known facts and snippets from chess history. $26. Also vol. 2 1983, $38/yr ORS
43) SAKK 1921-22, a reprint by The Chess Player of this scarce Hungarian chess magazine and the chess columns of Békés 1920-1921 which preceded it. Legal-size format. Paperbd, About 300 pages. Many games, problems, and chess notes. $40 B-2
44) FIDE PAPERS, mainly circular letters of the president (Euwe), 1972-1975. h, exc, nicely bd. Not widely distributed. These deal with a variety of matters including ratings, delegates, rules, chess events, etc. $75 B-2
47) CHESS REVIEW, bd years: 1946, h, vg, with name & book stamp of a previous owner on the endpapers. $65. 1961, h, good, but with water staining of the back cover & endpapers; fc sl. spotted, sold "as is". $50. 1963, h, good, water-stained fc, but contents fine, $40 sold "as is". 1952 & 1953 bd in one volume, very nicely bd. $120. Code RW.
48) ENROQUE!!, Compl. unbd yr: 1941, in 8 #¹s. the first yr. Has two complete tourneys: Bodas la Plata 1941 & Montevideo 1941 (Najdorf, Eliskases etc). $45. Bd vols: III, #¹s 25 (Sept. 1943)- 30/31. h, exc, $45. Vol. IV, #34 (Dec. 1944) Vol. V, # 46 (Dec. 1945) h, exc. $75. 1946, h, exc, Jan/Feb (#47/48) Dec. 1946(#58), $65. 1947, h, exc, only the half yr (#59, Jan. -64/65, June/July)) $30.. These single issues, $4@: 7, Nov. 1941), 17(Nov. 1942), 18, 20, 21, 23, 44, 45, 46, 47/48, 60. B-2
49) MUNDO DEL AJEDREZ, Argentina & Uruguay, many games, some with notes. Bd yrs: 1967 1969, #¹s 26(May-Oct. 1967) to 45( Dec. 1969), a continuous run in that period. h, exc. $110. Compl. unbd yrs: 1973, #¹s 72-79, $26. 1974,# 80-88, $28. 1975, #89-98, $29. Single #¹s, $4@: 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 100. Code B-2
50) THE CHESS ARTS, compl bd yrs: 1973, h, exc, $35. Compl. unbd yr: 1976, 5#¹s. $27. Misc. #;s: $5@, 1973: Jan/Feb.(with photo of Lasker giving a simul in Davenport IA on Mar. 14, 1926), Sept/Oct. 1974: Mar/Apr(with Alekhine letters to Capa about a rematch)., Sept/Oct 1975: Mar/Apr, Sept/Oct B-2
53) SHAH MAT, Israel, mainly in Hebrew but partly in English. Scarce. Compl. bd yrs: 1971, 1972, 1973, bd in one vol,(there may be a Dec. 1972 issue missing) $150. 1974, 1975, 1976, bd in one vol, h, exc, $150. 1977 & 1978 bd in one vol, h, exc, $85. 1979 & 1980 bd in one vol, h, exc, $85. 1981 &1982 bd in one vol, h, exc, $85, 1984, 87, 88. 92 (no English), , h, exc, $50/yr. 1989 & 1990, with several complete tournaments included: Jerusalem 1986, Tel Aviv 1989, Tel Aviv 1990 (Tal played), h, exc $65. 1985 & 1986 bd in one vol, h, exc, $85. Unbd Compl. yrs: $32/yr: 1981, 83, 85, 91. 1970, bd w/o outer covers for the year, $40. Misc. #¹s, $3@: 1977: 4, 5, 6/7, 8, 9. 1979: 1, 2/3, 4, 5, 8, 11/12. 1980: 1/2, 3/4, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12. 1981: 1/2. 1982: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9/10, 11/12. B-3.
54) SCHAAKBULLETIN, Holland, noted for its many wonderful cartoon covers and excellent content in a modern style of its own. Compl. Yrs: MISC. #¹s, $4@: 96, 97,), , 154, 166, 167, 170, 172, 175/176, 177, 181. B-3
55) THE CHESS CORRESPONDENT, composite volume, h, exc, all bd in one vol:1945 Sept/Oct, Nov. 1946 complete, 2 #¹s in Xerox, 1947, compl. $95. 1949, h, exc, nicely bd, $60. B-1
56) CANADIAN CHESS CHAT, Compl. unbd yrs: 1977, 78, 81, 82, 83 $36/yr. Misc. #¹s, $3@: 1964: 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11. 1975: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. CS
57) CHESSMAN QUARTERLY, Great Britain, a magazine on the chess openings, Vol. 4, compl, #¹s 17-22, h, exc, $30 B-4
58) DEUTSCHE SCHACHBLÄTTER, compl unbd yrs: 1950, some browning, scarce, $30. 1971, $20 B-1
59) CHESS FEDERATION OF CANADA BULLETIN, 1973 & 1974, the 1st yr, h, exc, news, games, rating lists, etc. $42. 1976, h, exc, $40
60) 64, USSR, unbd compl. yrs: 1990, 24 #¹s. 1 # in Xerox, $30
61) THE BROOKLYN CHESS CHRONICLE, Moravian Chess reprints. Vols 1(1882-1883), 2(1883-1884), 3, 4, 5, complete run. $36/vol.
62) THE COLUMBIA CHESS CHRONICLE, NY, Moravian Chess reprints, h, mint, vols1(1887-1888), 2(Jan-June 1888), 3(July-Dec), 4(Jan-June 1889), 5. Complete run is 5 vols. $36/vol.
63) THE CAPABLANCA MAGAZINE, Cuba. Spanish. Capablanca was editor. Quite scarce in the original. Ran from April 1912 to Oct 1914. One original issue, #4 (June 1912), p, mint $25. Moravian Chess reprint of the entire run in three volumes, h, exc, Vol. I, $38. Vol. II, $38. Vol. III, $38. Later in the 1940¹s there was another magazine with this same title, but it was an entirely different magazine. Code LN-1
64) LE PALAMÉDE, French. the first chess magazine in the world. First year, 1836, These Moravian Chess reprints, h, exc. 1837(2nd yr) $40 1838, $40. 1839, $32 .
65) SHAKHMATY V SSSR, compl. unbd yrs: 1964, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91. $45/yr. Ten or more years from 1964-1991 bought at one time, $40/yr. Sample issue, 1960-1991, $2 1936, unbd, yr, $150. Code G. Bd vols: 1947, (vg), 1951 (vg), 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57. h, exc, nicely bd. $85/yr. These nicely bd, at $70/yr: 1973, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79. These super nicely bd at $80/yr: 1980, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 86, 87, 88. These paperbd at $60/yr: 1959. 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69.
66) THE CHESS PLAYER¹S CHRONICLE, Staunton was editor in the series. Moravian Chess reprints, h, exc, $38@: vol. XI(1850), XII (1852), XIII(1853),
67) DIE BRÜDERSCHAFT, Schallopp & Heyde, German. Moravian Chess reprints. h, exc. $38/yr. 1888.
68) L¹ECHIQUIER, E. Lancel, Belgium, one of the best chess magazines ever published. Ran 1925-1939. Excellent coverage, many games, some good photos, endgame studies and/or chess problems section. 1936, h, vg, considerable underlining in red, $70. MISC #¹s: $15@: 1926: Sept, Nov, Dec., Index($5). 1927: Jan, Feb, Aug, Sept, Dec, Index($5). 1928: Feb, Mar, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Index ($5); 1929; 1934: Apr/ May, Aug/Sept, Oct/Nov, Dec 1935: Nov. These with much wear and/or w/o covers, $10@: Jan, July, Nov. 1925. Nov. 1928. B-3.
69) THE AMERICAN CHESS MAGAZINE, C.H. Stanley, Moravian Chess reprint, 1847, only published for one year. The second American chess magazine. h, exc. $38 B-5
70) THE CHESS PLAYER, Kling & Horwitz, Moravian Chess reprints. Vol. I (publ. July to Dec. 1851),
71) THE BRITISH CORRESPONDENCE CHESS ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE, the years 1952 and 1953 paperbd together, scarce, many postal games, a few analytical articles, book reviews, etc. 4 #¹s per yr. $95 B-5
72) THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHESS PLAYER, Editor: Reitstein. W. Heidenfeld, an excellent analyst and writer on the game, was a major contributor. complete paperbd year: 1955, $49. Complete unbd yrs,: These at $45/yr: 1971, 77, These at $40/yr: 1980, 81, 84. Misc. #¹s, $3@:1966: 4; 1967: 1, 6, 9; 1968: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12; 1969: 1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 1970: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10; 1972: 5/6, 7; 1973: 3/4, 6; 1971: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11; 1974: 5; 1979: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 1981: 5, 11; 1980: 10/11.
73) AMERICAN CHESS JOURNAL, March 1878 July 1879, C.C. Moore. Moravian Chess reprint. In the original a very difficult journal to find, h, exc, $38.
74) EUROPE ECHECS, a very fine French magazine with good notes to games and openings articles. Unbd years: 1976, 79, 81, 84 $45/yr
75) ) KAISSIBER, German, a superb magazine of chess openings and chess history with many excellent photos. All mint. Single issues, $12@: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 22. Run of 1st 10 issues, $90. 1st 20 issues: $180. #1 was May 1996; #22 is Jan/Mar 2006.
76) INSIDE CHESS, an excellent magazine edited by Yasser Seirawan. 1988, #¹s 13-26(half yr), $15. 1989, 13-26, $15. 1989, 1-26 (whole yr), $35
77) SHAKHMATY BYULLETEN', Russian, concentrates on selected best games from events around the world but especially in the USSR plus at least one theoretical article per month and usually an historical article. Unbd compl. yrs: 1956 (2nd yr), $75. 61, 62, 63, $60/yr. 1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, $50/yr. 1981, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90. $45/yr. Bd yrs, h, exc, 1963, $70. 1973, 74, $60/yr. 1959, h, vg, ex-library with release stamp, $80. These nicely bd: h, ex.: $80/yr: 1958, 63, 66, These, h, exc, at $75/yr 1967, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79. These super nicely bd (gilt lettering on imitation leather, beautiful condition). 1980, 81, 82, 83, 94, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89. $90/yr. Sample issue $2. These two reprinted scarce years (The Chess Player), h, mint, 1955, 1956, $70 per yr. 1955, original, h, vg, ELRS,
78) EUROPE ECHECS, an excellent French magazine with much good content. Contributions by O¹Kelly, Euwe, Soultanbeieff, Zinser, etc. Misc. #¹s, $4@: 1961: 6, 7/8. 1962: 7/8. 1963: 4; 1964: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. 1967: 1, 2, 3, ,5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. 1968: 3,4,5,6,7. 1969: 4. 1971: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9/10, 11. B-3.
79) THE PROBLEMIST, Proceedings of the British Chess problem Society, $8@. Indices count as one #. The numbering series is not continuous, i.e. in the earlier years the numbers continued through from one year to the next, but with 1958 they began again. 1956: #17 (Sept), 18 (Nov). 1957: 19 (Jan). 20, 21, 22. 1958: 4, 5, 6. 1959: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 1960: 13, 14, award #, 16, 17, 18. 1961: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (a compl. yr). 1962: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (a complete yr). 1963: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. (a compl. yr.). 1964: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 (a compl. yr). Index Jan 1962-Nov 1965. 1965: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (a compl. yr). 1966: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (a compl. yr). 1967: 7, 8, 9. 1969: 20, 21, Jubilee #, 22, 23, 24 (a compl yr). Index Jan 1966 to Nov 1969. B-4
80) DANSK SKAKPROBLEM KLUB, scarce, misc. #¹s, $4@: 1946: 6 (Sept), 7 (Oct), 8(Dec). 1947; 1(Jan), 2(Mar), 3, (May), 5 (Nov), bottom curled. 1948: 1, 2, 3, 4 (compl. yr). 1949: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7.: 1950: 1. the lot, $50. B-4
81) THE CHESS AMATEUR, England, An excellent magazine which ran from 1906 to 1930. Moravian Chess reprints, all h, exc, $38@ vol. Vol II(Oct 1907- Sept. 1908). Original issues: Vol 3, h, vg, $75.
82) THE PHILIDORIAN, 1837, full run Dec. 1837 to May 1838. Moravian Chess reprint, h, exc, Notable for the chess bibliography by George Walker in the terminal issue. $38
83) TIJDSCHRIFT VAN DE KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE SCHAAKBOND, compl. volumes (Sept to Aug of the following yr.: 1952/53, paperbd, $24. MISC. #¹s, $3@: 1922, index, $1. 1923: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10. 1933: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/ 9, 10, 11. 1942: 1, 2/3, 4, 5, 6/7, 8/9. B-4
84) SCHACH-ECHO, a first-rate German magazine with exc. Articles including good articles on instruction, annotated games, chess problems. Bd vols, which are ex-library with release stamp are ý. Those without original bindings are ^. All are h, exc: 1959 & 1960^,ý, bd in one, $80. 1953 & 1954^, ý, bd in one, $80. 1959, $50. 1960^, with some penciled notes by GM Albert Becker, $50. 1962, $50. 1963, $50. 1964, faintly water stained, $35. 1965, ý, $45. 1965, $50.1966, $50. 1967, $50. 1968, $50. 1970, $50. 1971, $50. 1972, $50. 1973^,ý, $45. 1973, $50.. 1974^, , $45. 1975^, ý, $45. 1975, $50. 1976, $50. 1980, $50. Unbd compl yr: 1982, $38. Paperbd yrs: 1969, $42 1977, $42. WR.
85) SZACHY, Poland, Incompl. unbd yrs, $20/yr with 1 # lacking in each yr.:, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1989, Misc. #¹s: $3@ 1947: 5/6.: 1950: 1/2, 3,4,5,6,7/8,9,12. 1956: 1,2,3. 1957: 2, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11. 1958: 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12. 1959: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12. 1960: 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10. 1961: 1, 2,4,6,7, 8, 10,11,12. 1962: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,11, 12. 1964: 5,7,8,11,12 1965: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. 1966: 3.4,6,7,8,9,10. .1969: 3,4,5,6,7,10,12. 1972: 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10,12 1974: 1,2,3,4,6,9,10. 1976: 1,2,3,4,5,6. 1970:1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,12 1971: 1, 4, 67, 8,9,10,11, 12. 1973: 1,2,3,4,6,8,11,12. 1977: 12. 1980: 6,9,10. 1981: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. Unbd compl Yrs: 1956, 1958, 1979, $30/yr. Bd. compl. yr 1977, h, exc, $42 GS & WR
86) FERNSCHACH, the official publication of the ICCF, largely in German, paperbd vols, all p, exc, but a few pages in some at the beginning with tight margins: 1971, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83. 84, 87. $33/yr.
87) SAHOVSKI GLASNIK, Yugoslavia, bd yrs, all h, exc, ex-library with release stamps, $32/vol. 1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75. WR
88) MINI-MIGHT CHESS BULLETIN, James Schroeder, probably the wackiest chess magazine ever published though once in a while he has a reasonable point. As Buschke told me several times: "Both Fischer and Schroeder usually have crazy ideas, sometimes there is a kernel of truth in what they say." Well, I guess he was often correct, but don¹t forget that when you use a shotgun, you are bound to hit something you want to sometime. These issues at $2@ :1977: May, July. 1978: Oct., Nov., Dec. 1979: Jan, Feb, May (intervening months were not necessarily published), June, July, Sept, Dec. 1980: Jan/Feb, Mar, April, July, Oct.. The lot of 17 for $28.
91) THE CHESS PLAYER¹S CHRONICLE Vol. 6, London, 1845. h, vg, fc detached, spine chipped, first 10 pages browned, rest exc. $95.
92) THE HUDDERSFIELD COLLEGE CHESS MAGAZINE, the forerunner of the British Chess Magazine, Moravian Chess reprints of this extremely scarce magazine,all h, mint: vol. I-IV, Oct. 1872-Sept. 1876, $40. Vol. V-VI, Oct. 1876-Sept. 1877, $40. Vol. VII-VIII, Oct. 1878-Sept. 1879, $40. code RW
CHESS BIBLIOGRAPHY
1) LOT OF CHESS BOOK CATALOGUES & DEALERS CATALOGUES, about 100 pieces from Chess review, American Chess Co, Caissa Editions, De Gruyter (1920¹s), Chess (Sutton Coldfield), Dover, Koltanowski, BCM, Drueke, Reinfeld (Black Knight Press), USCF, Treglown, Chessco, Hedewigs, Bell, John Rather(3 catalogues), David & Charles, Rattmann, Kagan, RHM Press. $25 the lot.
2) SOME RARE CHESS BOOKS, J.W. Adan, from an issue of The Bookman's Journal and Print Collector, of Feb. 1923. Discusses some of the earliest and rarest of chess books with prices realized in auctions in the early 1900s. Xerox copy of just the article on chess books. $4.
3) GEDENKBOEK DER NIEUWE OF LITTERAIRE SOCIËTEIT TE ŒS-GRAVENHAGE TER GELEGENHEID VAN HAAK HONDERDJAHRIG BESTAAN 1802-1902, A. M. M. Montijn, The Hague, 1902. A large book (25x32 cm), Dutch, with many photos. h, good, contents exc, but cover is well worn. Chess is on pp 18, 53 & 75. scarce. $40
5) QUARITCH CATALOGUE OF THE RIMINGTON-WILSON COLLECTION OF CHESS BOOKS, Cat. #428(1929), London, 96p, Xerox copy, ringbd, exc. The Rimington-Wilson Collection was at that time the finest collection of early chess works ever assembled up to that time, and if still held together in one place would still be the best such collection ever assembled for chess books before 1900, beyond any question beating the White Collection, the Schmid Collection, etc. $42
6) LITERATUR DES SCHACHSPIELS, Anton Schmid, Vienna, 1847, DDR quality reprint of the original 1847 edition. h, exc, 402p. A good bibliography for early chess books (up to that day) with extensive material o the more important works. $80
7) SACHOVA LITERATURA , F. Holek, Brno, 1993, p, mint, 356p. A bibliography of chess literature. In Czechoslovakian. 2395 entries. $30.
CHESS PIECES
I have about 30 different sets ranging from ivory sets to metal and plastic sets. I can supply photos over the internet of these to anyone interested. Most of these are non-standard sets.
GAMES COLLECTIONS & FAMOUS PLAYER ITEMS
1) PHILIDOR: IL MUSICHISTA CHE GIOCAVA A SCACCHI, C. Rollin, p, mint, Brescia, 1994, Italian. 70p. No games. A brief biography with many references. $10
2) THE SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIPS, Cafferty & Taimanov, London, 1998, h, mint, with dj. 224p. Coverts the Soviet chess championships from 1920 (Alekhine won) to the 58th event in 1991 with one or two of the best games from each. Good notes to a wonderful collection of games. $35
3) BUCKLE: RITRATTO INEDITO DI UN DILETTANTE, V. Laudi, Brescia, 1994, p, mint, 59p. Only 3 games & 3 illustration + biography. Italian. $11
4) SCHACH-PHÄNOMEN BOBBY FISCHER, A. Pasternak, Zürich, 1991, German. 160p. h, mint, many fine photos of Bobby and his contemporaries such as Tal, Keres, Petrosyan, ... Articles on him by Unzicker, Kotov, Botvinnik, Euwe,.. Has his match with Spassky and 245 of his games w/o notes. $45
5) TONY MILES: 'IT'S ONLY ME', G. Lawton, London, 2003, p, mint, 288p. 118 of his best games with good notes. Miles was not only a great player‹he was also a great person. I met him in a night club in Luzerne at the Olympiad in 1982 and found him to be interesting, gregarious and unpretentious. His games are fun to play over. $30
6) ALEKSEI SUETIN, A. Prorvich, Moscow 1987, p, exc, Russian, 159p. 94 fully annotated games and some fragments by Suetin. $15
7) GROSSMEISTER NIMTSOVICH, R. Kim, Moscow, 1986, Russian. h, exc, 287p, 45 of his best games with full notes plus others to illustrate facets of his play. $20
8) BOGOLJUBOW, J. Ganzo, Madrid, 1974, p, exc, 122p, Spanish. The first part consists of 30 of B's games with light notes. Part two is B's analysis of the openings. $12
10) VASILII PANOV, Ya. Estrin, Moscow, 1986, p, vg, Russian, 192p, 80 of Panov's best games with full notes plus others in articles on his style, biography, etc. $23,.
11) LA PARTITA DI DUCHAMP, P. Pezzuto, Brescia, 1994, Italian. p, mint, biography + 10 illustrations, but only one of his games. 77p. $11
12) THE GAMES OF WILHELM STEINITZ, Pickard, an amalgamation of the Wildhagen book and the Bachmann 4-vol set of Steinitz's games in English algebraic notation. Dallas, 1995. p, vg, covers worn. 260p. 1022 of Steinitz's games with lt notes to some. $18
13) CHESS THE HARD WAY, D. A. Yanofsky, London, 1953, 149p. With a nice introduction by Euwe. 72 games with Yanofsky's excellent notes. A very strong player who could have gone much further had he stuck with chess. One of the highlights is his great victory over Botvinnik at Groningen in 1946. $49
14) THE EXPLOITS AND TRIUMPHS IN EUROPE OF PAUL MORPHY, F. M. Edge, Moravian Chess reprint, of the NY 1859 ed. Note that reproductions of photos and prints in Moravian Chess reprints are generally of poor quality. h, exc, 203p. Biography w/o games. $38
15) PAUL MORPHY A SKETCH FROM THE CHESS WORLD, Max Lange, Moravian Chess reprint of the London, 1860 ed. . h, exc, xii + 356p. An English translation of the original German text by Falkbeer. Games + biography. $38
16) MORPHY¹S GAMES OF CHESS, J. Löwenthal, , Moravian Chess reprint of the London, 1913 edition. h, exc, vii + 485p. Most of his known games plus antiquated notes. $40
17) THE LIFE OF PHILIDOR, George Allen, NY & Philadelphia, 1865, Moravian Chess reprint. Largely biography though a few games are incorporated in the text. Xii + 156p. $38
18) THE CHESS GAMES OF DAVID LEES, D. Lees, Coraopolis, 1993, p, mint, a nice games collection for a relatively little-known Massachusetts master. Good notes. O/P. 126p. 100 games. $18
19) VIKTOR PUPOLS AMERICAN MASTER, L. Parr, Davenport, 1983, p, mint, O/P. 79p, A good collection of the very tactical games of this Latvian/ American master. $16
20) BILLY COLIAS MIDWEST MASTER, Rantala, Schiller, & Watson, Coraopolis, 1996, 190p. 101 games with notes. p, mint, O/P, $18
21) A GNAT MAY DRINK ONE HUNDRED ANNOTATED GAMES OF CHESS FROM 1900 TO 1999, J. Hinton, self published 1999. h, mint, with dj. 433p. In my opinion one of the best anthologies of outstanding chess games ever published. The layout is first-rate, the selection is admirable, and the diagrams and notes are superb. Because this was not published by a major publisher, it will likely never get the attention it deserves, but it is really a very fine anthology. $38
PAUL MORPHY
1) CHESSWORLD,
F. Brady, Vol. 1, #1 of this excellent magazine which ran for only
three issues. This issue was devoted mainly to Morphy with a long
article on Morphy by David Lawson with many photos etc. p, exc, $50
2) ANNUAL REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE NEW ORLEANS CHESS, CHECKERS AND WHIST CLUB FOR THE YEAR 1890-91,
original copy, p, exc, with a note on p. 2 about a resolution to have
Perelli, a New Orleans artist of high repute to make a bust of Paul
Morphy17p with notice laid in for an election of club officers.
Extremely scarce. $85
3) TIZEZER LEPES MORPHYVAL,
C. Gerencser, Hungary, 1995, p, vg, covers sl. worn, with a nice color
drawing of Morphy at the chessboard. 259p. Biography + 303 of his games
with modern notes. Hungarian. large format. $39
4) MORPHY¹S CHESS COLUMNS IN THE NEW YORK LEDGER, Caissa Editions, 1984. Ringbd. Good clear copies of all his chess columns as they appeared in the NY Ledger for 1859-1860. $30
5) AMERICAN CHESS MASTERS FROM MORPHY TO FISCHER, Bisguier & Soltis, 1st printing, NY, 1974, h, exc, with dust jacket and a protective plastic jacket. 291p. $40
6) PHOTO OF MORPHY BY BRADY,
8x10-inches. The original was signed by Morphy and given to W.A. Fuller
at the time of the First American Chess Congress. One of the best
photos of Morphy in the period of his greatest triumph. $45
7) MORPHY BY ELLIOTT,
8x10 photo of the portrait of Morphy by C.L. Elliott from the original
which once hung in the Manhattan Chess Club rooms in NY city. Another
fine photo. $25
8) CHESS EXCERPTS FROM THE SCARCE BOOK WILLARD FISKE BY H. S. WHITE, ringbd, mint. Some content has to do with Cook, Morphy, and the First American Chess Congress. 24p. $10 B-2
9) PHOTO OF MORPHY PLAYING LOWENTHAL, taken at the time of Lowenthal¹s visit to New Orleans. 4x5-inch photo. $5
INSTRUCTION
1) LES ÉCHECS - POSITION ET COMBINAISON, Euwe, Paris, 1934, Issued in paper covers. This copy rebd with original paper covers bd in. 214p. An outstanding book which illustrates Euwe's logical and organized analysis. h, exc, $16
2) STRATEGICAL THEMES, T. Unger, Davenport, 1989, 101p, p, mint. The author explains some of the main themes in chess strategy: the Bad Bishop, the Central Pawn Roller, Centralization, etc. $14
3) CHESS BEGINNER, B. H. Morrison, foreword by Koshnitzky. Place & date of publication not given (presumably Australia). PGood tips. Illustrative games, exc, 83p. . $7.
4) UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHESS, J. Rizzitano, London, 2004. 192p. An excellent advanced instructional book from which most players even through master strength can learn plenty. Interesting games with thoughtful notes. $25
5) CENTRUM, J. Enevoldsen, Aabybro, (1944), L/N 2056. Danish. 78p. p, vg, with chess bookplate of a famous collection. $18
YEARBOOKS
1) THE BATSFORD CHESS YEARBOOK 1975/76, K. O'Connell, London, 1976, p, vg, 152p. Selected annotated games, x-tables for key tourneys of the period. $10
2) SCOTTISH CHESS 1976-7 HANDBOOK, ringbd, 23p, exc, lists of chess columns in Scotland, clubs, calendar of events, titled players list, $6
VARIOUS
1) MOSSE PERICOLOSE GLI SCACCHI IN CENT¹ANNI DI CINEMA, E. Ridola, Brescia, 1995, p, mint, 92p, Chess in the movies. 19 illustrations. Italian. $12
2) ANEDDOTI DI SCACCHI, M. Leoncini, Brescia, 2003. Chess anecdotes. Italian. 94p, p, mint, $12
3) WALTER PENN SHIPLEY SCRAPBOOKS, Xerox copies of 4 volumes of Shipley¹s scrapbooks containing for the most part Philadelphia and New York newspaper chess columns. I made only a few copies of each about ten years ago. Hundreds of games, some otherwise unpublished. All are plastic comb bindings with soft covers. Vol. I, 281p, Titled by Shipley: "E. Lasker Globe Tournament, Miscellaneous Chess Games 1892-1900". $80. Vol. II, 226p. titled "Steinitz 1892-1893" but many other games are included, $70. Vol. III, 87p, titled "Ruy Lopez, Queen Pawn Games, Miscellaneous", $45. Vol. IV, 100p, untitled, but covers mainly 1903 games, $40.
4) CHESS AND THE HUMANITIES, Lincoln Nebraska, 1978. Nine papers Delivered at a Conference for Recreation Personnel, Educators, Chess Organizers and the Interested Public. The papers included: 1) Images of Chess in Detective Fiction; 2) Chess: Contributions to the Understanding of Human Cognition; 3) Chess as Education; 4) The Phenomenon of Postal Chess; 5) Chess and the Transformation of American Values: Prospects for Popular Acceptance... Ringbd, 68p, exc, $28
5) A. J. SOUWEINE CATALOGUE, Xerox of a very interesting typed 119-page catalogue of the extensive collection of a American chess book collector from the first half of the 20th century. Many excellent descriptions of special interest for rare items. 667 items. ringbd, exc, $40
6) AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COMPUTER CHESS, H. Reksten, University of Delaware, 1977, ringbd, exc. 92p. An academic coverage with most items outside of the knowledge of chess players not associated with computer chess. $20
7) GERMAN CHESS PERSONALIA, J. Gaige, ringbd, exc, 61p with names, dates & places of birth & (death). With some corrections penned-in. $15
LIST GAMCOL 2008.9.121009
A list of games collections of famous players plus more general collections such as anthologies and other specialized collections at the end.
"ELRS" = ex-library with release stamp
"FGML" = from a grandmaster's library
"‡" = previous owner's embossed bookstamp
Some especially scarce items
GLORIAS DEL TABLERO — "CAPABLANCA", Jose Gelabert, Havana, 1923, Spanish. 226p. 100 of Capa's best games with notes by Gelabert (a life-long friend of Capa's). With several otherwise unknown photos of Capa and with all the games of his matches vs. Marshall, Lasker, and Kostich. h, vg, cover somewhat worn. $295
POL STOLETA OB SAHOVNICI, M. Vidmar, Ljubljana, 1951, Serb0-Croat, 647p, h, vg, covers sl. spotted, 2 pages with inked marginalia. A games collection with 100 annotated games and much biogrphical material plus some excellent photos. $185.
DEVELOPMENT OF A GRANDMASTER - MICHAEL ADAMS, Bill & Michael Adams, Pergamon Chess, Oxford/ NY, 1991, p, mint, 143p. 50 nice, well annotated games. $18
DVE ZHIZNI GROSSMEISTERA ALATORTSEVA, Linder & Linder, Moscow, 1994, h, exc, 377p. Alatortsev's games with notes & biography, scarce, Russian. $75.
LAJOS ASZTALOS, W. Foldeak, CP Ed, Nottingham, 1998, p, exc, 47p. 57 of his best games with lt. notes. $20
ALEKHINE
AUF DEM WEGE ZUR WELTMEISTERSCHAFT 1923-1927, Alekhine, Berlin, 1955, 2nd ed. p, exc, 227p. 100 games in this short period including the full match with Capablanca. With his usual fine notes. Includes a few of his blindfold and simultaneous & consultation games. $35.
THE UNKNOWN ALEKHINE - 1905-1914, F. Reinfeld, London, 1949, h, vg, ELRS. 278p, a selection of Alekhine's games during this period when he was a rapidly developing player. $25
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1908-1923, A. Alekhine, the premier games collection of all time, NY, w/o date, Harcourt Brace ed, circa 1927, probably the first US ed., h, vg, $35. b) h, vg, from Barrett's collection with his chess bookplate. With some marginal check marks in pencil. $30. c) h, vg, with worn covers, $16
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1924-1937, A. Alekhine, London, 1939, Bell ed, first ed. h, exc, with chess bookplate of James Barrett, 285 p, Another classic. $39
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1908-1937, Alekhine, Dover ed. 1985. The two volumes (1908-1923 & 1924-1937). p, exc, $17.
MEINE BESTEN PARTIEN (1908-1923), Berlin/Leipzig 1929, & AUF DEM WEGE ZUR WELTMEISTERSCHAFT (1923-1927), Berlin/Leipzig, 1932, bd together but with the spine strip gone and with the pages loose in 4 sections. Contents fine, but needs rebinding. Would make an excellent copy properly rebd. $40 as is . b) Berlin, 1966, 2nd rev. ed., p, vg, with International Master Becker's bookplate, a forward by Richter and an 8-page survey of Alekhine's career by Tartakower. $22
ALEKHINE'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1938-1945, C.H. O'D. Alexander, h, London, 1974, mint w/ dj, $28. b) NY, 1950, 1st US ed, h, exc, with dj (faded & chipped), $35. c)London, 1949, Bell ed. h, exc, w/o dj, $32
107 GREAT CHESS BATTLES 1939-1945, A. Alekhine, edited & translated by Edward Winter, Oxford U. Press ed. 1980, p, exc, 256p. $18
DAS SCHACHGENIE ALJECHIN, I. & W. Linder, Berlin, 1992, German. 319p, h, mint, $24
ALEXSANDR ALEKHIN, Yu. Shaburov, Moscow, 1992, h, mint, 252p, mainly biography + 30 games with notes. Many interesting photos. $22
ALEKSANDR ALEKHIN, A. Kotov, Moscow, 1972, Russian black hardback series, h, exc, with dj. 254p. 75 of his best games with Kotov's penetrating notes. $24
226 KOROTKIKH PARTII ALEKSANDRA ALEKHINA, V. Charushin, Nizhny Novgorod, 1992, p, exc, 144p. Lt. notes to most of the 226 games. $18
ALEKHINE NAZI ARTICLES, edited by K. Whyld in 1986, p, 62p, mint, gives the original texts of several versions of these infamous articles. very small printing, $24
COMPLETE GAMES OF ALEKHINE -Vol. I 1892-1921, J. Kalendovsky & V. Fiala, Olomouc, 1992, 187p, exc. research and much new material for English-speaking readers. h, exc., with dj, 334 games—many hithertoo unknown in the West. $40. Vol. III 1924-1927, 494p., 295 games, many with full notes and with many excellent photos. h, exc, $40.
NA PUTAKH K VYSSHIM SHAKHMATNYM DOSTIZHENIYAM (1924-1927), (On the Way to the World Championship), Alekhin, (Moscow/Leningrad), 1932. L/N3020, scarce. h, exc, FGML, ELRS, 248p. The Russian edition. $45
GRAN AJEDREZ (MIS MEJORES ANALISIS), A. Alekhine, Madrid, 1958, 2nd ed, p, 216p, h, exc, beautifully rebd, with Barrett's chess bookplare, $55 These are games annotated by Alekhine, but many are ones in which he was not one of the players.
ALEKHINE 222 PARTIDAS, Madrid, 1990, Spanish, 126p, p, mint, 222 selected games w/o notes. Figurine algebraic. $8.50
ALJECHIN, DER GRÖSSTE!, E. Varnusz & A. Földeak, Düsseldorf, 1994, h, exc, 342p. 1111 of his games with light notes to most and extensive notes to some. Incldes surveys of the various periods in his career. $50
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS, V. Anand & J. Nunn, London, 1998, p, mint, 240p. 40 very well annotated games. $24
ADOLF ANDERSSEN, H. von Gotttschall, the original Leipzig, 1912 ed. 553p. 751 of his games with notes and another 36, also with notes, in an appendix. A magnificent book. h, exc, with the bookstamp of the famous Swiss collector, Robert Blass. Blass had the unfortunate habit of stamping many of his books on the title page or the frontispiece, as here where the ink of the stamp shows through somewhat to the plate of Anderssen. $200. b) h, exc, close to mint, with a plastic protective wrapper, $230. c) h, vg, spine sl. slit at edges but with good adhesion, contents exc. $185. d) 1912, h, exc, FGML, ELRS, $225.
DR. BALOGH JANOS ES BARCZA GEDEON JATSZMAI, Kecskemet (1942), L/N3297. Hungarian. A collection of games for Janos Balogh and G. Barcza. scarce. 55p. $38
EVGENY BAREEV, S. Gordon, Three Girls Publishing, p, exc, w/o place or date of publication. "Elo 2600 Series". 100 of Bareev's games w/o notes. $5
MASTER SERGEI BELAVENETZ, M. Beilen, Moscow, 1963, p, vg, 30 fully annotated games + a discussion of his style, contributions to chess, etc, scarce, $48.
SERGEY BELAWENETZ AND NIKOLAI RIUMIN, A. Woodger, CP ed, Nottingham, 2001, p, mint, 96p. 35 annotated games for SB & 35 games with notes for NR. Brief biographies. $18
MODERNE SCHACHSTRATEGIE, Tartakower, Breslau, 1930, p, exc, 139p, with 50 of Bernstein's best games with Tartakower's usual witty and perceptive notes. $45 b) h, exc, ELRS, $55 c) Olms reprint, h, mint, $28
COMBAT: MY 50 YEARS AT THE CHESS BOARD, Sidney Bernstein, NY, 1977, p, exc, 117p. 142 games with full notes, scarce, small edition. $25
MR. BLACKBURNE'S GAMES AT CHESS, J. H. Blackburne, edited by P. Anderson Graham, 331p, 407 of his games plus 28 of his chess problems. Moravian Chess reprint of the original 1899 ed, h, mint, $45. b)p, exc, Dover ed, $12
J. H. BLACKBURNE - THE FINAL YEARS, O. Hindle, CP ed, Nottingham, 1968, 79p. 56 games from his later career with notes. At least until the appearance of the young British masters such as Tony Miles, he was Britain's greatest player—a man who gave even Emanuel Lasker several sound defeats. p, exc, $20
GROSSMEISTER BOGOLJUBOW, Brinckmann, Berlin, 1953, p, exc, 107p, 50 of his best games with notes, & 14 more of his games with interesting positions the author examines. $42
BOGOLJUBOW, J. Ganzo, Madrid, 1974, p, exc, Spanish. 122p. 30 of his best games with notes + his analysis of the openings. $18
GROSSMEISTER BOLESLAVSKY, A. Suetin, Moscow, 1961, part of Russian hardback black series, h, exc, 255p. Biography + 140 of his best games with notes. $24
I. E. BOLESLAVSKY - IZBRANNII PARTII, I. Boleslavsky, Moscow, 1957, 254p. Russian. p, exc, FGML, ELRS, 100 of his best games with deep notes praised by Fischer. $55. b)p, exc, $48. b) Moscow, 1957, p, vg, c) ISAAC BOLESLAVSKY - SELECTED GAMES, the English translation, edited & translated by Jimmy Adams, London, 1988, h, exc. 288p. $42
SHAKKI STRATEGIAA JA TAKTIIKKAA, E. Böök, Helsinki, 1945, p, vg, 119p, Finnish, 56 thoroughly annotated games, $60
77 VALITTUA PELIÄ, E. Böök, Helsinki, 1952. p, vg, 173p. Finnish, full notes. 77 of Böök's best games. scarce. $65
BOTVINNIK
BOTVINNIK'S BEST GAMES, Botvinnik, in 3 volumes, Moravian Chess. Botvinnik states that the analysis has often been revised from his early notes and new analysis sometimes added. Vol. 1, 1925-1941, 392p.121 annotated games. Vol. 2. 1942-1956. 496p. Another 110 games. Vol. 3, Olomouc, 2001, 464p. 130 selected games from 1957-1970 with Botvinnik's fine notes. h, exc, $40 per volume.
BOTVINNIK THE INVINCIBLE, F. Reinfeld, Philadelphia, 1946, h. good, covers worn, spine strip frayed. autographed by Bogoljubow, a fine selection of very good games. The notes are unattributed largely Russian sources as edited and augmented by Reinfeld. $175
MIKHAIL M. BOTVINNIK - 15 GAMES & THEIR STORIES, Botvinnik, Coraopolis, 1982, The background behind each game is given. 76p. Extremely interesting. p, exc. $10
BOTVINNIK'S BEST GAMES 1947-1970, Botvinnik, NY, 1972. p, exc, transl. by Cafferty, 237p, 111 of his best games with his fine notes. $28
100 VALOGATOTT JATSZMA, M. Botvinnik, h, exc, Budapest, 1982. 335p. 100 of his best games with his fine notes. In Hungarian. Covers the period 1925-1970. $26
BOTWINNIK LEHRT SCHACH, H. Müller, Vienna, 1949, German. 358p. 100 of Botvinnik's best games with excellent extensive notes. h, vg, $42.
HALF A CENTURY OF CHESS, M. Botvinnik, London, NY, 1984, 278p. 90 of his best games from 1925-1966 with his superb notes which he has revised and perfected over previous editions. p, vg, $28
KEUR VAN MIJN BESTE PARTIJEN (1926-1936), M. Botvinnik, transl. from Russian by G. Oskam, Dutch. ELRS, 120p, 60 of his best games with full notes. h, vg, browning pages, not brittle. $20
GYULA BREYER - SEIN LEBEN, WERK UND SCHAFFER FÜR DIE ERNEUERUNG DES SCHACHS, I. Bottlik, Unterhaching, 1999. p, mint, 179p. A very nice book with biography and annotated games. Also includes some articles of his from various sources. $25
BRONSTEIN
DAVID BRONSTEIN, R. Toran, transl. from the Spanish original by Eliskases. German. Amsterdam, 1962, 237p. 65 fully annotated games. p, exc, FGML, $46
BRONSTEIN - EL GENIO DEL AJEDREZ MODERNO, R. Toran, Madrid,. 1957, the original Spanish ed. 238p, 50 fully annotated games. p, exc. $32
200 OPEN GAMES, D. Bronstein, NY, 1973, h, exc, with dj, & protective plastic jacket, 240p, light general notes at the beginning of each game. $32. b) London, 1974, with dj, $30.
200 OTKRYTYKH PARTII, D. Bronstein, Moscow, 1970, the original Russian edition of 200 OPEN GAMES, h, vg, ELRS, 248p, $12
MASTERPIECES OF ATTACK- THE BRILLIANT GAMES OF GM MARCEL SISNIEGA CAMPBELL, G. Velasco, Grand Prairie, 1997, 299p, 663 games, some annotated, by the little-known GM Sisniega. p, mint, $30
ESTEBAN CANAL, A. Zichichi, Brescia, 1991, p, mint, 151p. Italian. A collection of his best games with notes plus several articles by him about great platers such as Lasker and Capablanca. $25
CAPABLANCA
CAPABLANCA'S 100 BEST GAMES OF CHESS, H. Golombek, NY, 1st US ed, 1947, h, exc, with dj & protective plastic jacket. With some curious errors such as "Em. Lasker vs Capablanca at Lake Hopatcong, 1926). (It was Edward, of course), 332p. With the nice Bell-style diagrams. $60. b) BCM Classic reprints, Great Britain, 1989, 270p, p, mint, good notes. $22. c) McKay ed, NY, w/o date, p, vg, $10
J.R. CAPABLANCA 75 SEINER SCHÖSTEN PARTIEN, H. Golombek, Berlin, 1970, 194p, p, exc, the German ed., the German ed. of Golombek's book. $26
CAPABLANCA - HET SCHAAKPHENOMEN, Euwe & Prins, The Hague & Batavia, 1949, the original Dutch ed, 381p, h, exc, with dj. 175 games, many with notes. A fine copy, $70
THE IMMORTAL GAMES OF CAPABLANCA, F. Reinfeld, New York, 1942, 1st ed, 239p, 112 masterpieces with good notes by Reinfeld. h, with worn dj, vg, with a few marginal pencilled checkmarks, $26. b) h, vg, no marginalia, with well worn & taped dj. $28. c)Phila, 1942, vg, ‡ $25 d) h, vg, no dj, lt penciled marginalia (some worthwhile, other in code), $24. e) h, vg, covers worn, some check marks, $20. f) p, mint, Dover ed, NY, 1990, $10
JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA 1927-1942, Khalifman & Yudasin, "Chess Stars". Bulgaria, 1997. 647 games with Informant-style notes. p, mint, $28
THE UNKNOWN CAPABLANCA, David Hooper & Dale Brandreth, London, 1975. h, mint, a collection of Capa's 208 best simul and exhibition games with good notes plus a tabulation of his records in tournaments, matches, simuls, clock simuls, consultation games, etc. $18 including the addendum & errata sheet not available elsewhere.
KAPABLANKA, V. Panov, Moscow, 1959, h, exc, 232p, Russian, biography + 64 fully annotated games. $35
KAPABLANKA VSTRECHI S ROSSIEI, A. Sizonenko, Moscow, 1988, p, exc, 142p, largely a prose account of Capa's trips to the USSR from 1913 to 1936 with many photos not known in the West before this. Only a few games. $18
KAPABLANKA V ROSSI, Linder & Linder, Moscow, 1988, h, exc, 270p. Biography + a good selection of games he played in Russia along with notes. Too bad they did not give some of the many photos taken of Capa in Russian. $22.
TROFEI DI CAPABLANCA, L. Penco, Milan, 1954, Italian. Scarce. 151p. Includes the article by his wife Olga Capablanca on the Nottingham 1936 tournament along with 24 selected games from among his best. There are also some little known photos and an interesting introduction. p, vg, spine chipped. $95
CAPABLANCA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (1911-1920), V. Fiala, Olomouc, 2006, h, exc, 379p. Fiala has unearthed quite a bit more Capablanca material in the form of reports of his simuls and articles about him in Britain in this period. This is to be followed at some point by a companion volume covering the period 1922-1939. $38
MY CHESS CAREER, J. R. Capablanca, London, 1920, 1st ed, h, exc, very nicely rebd, with J. Barrett's chess bookplate. A famous book with Capa's own account of his career up to that time. $58. b)p, vg, Dover ed, $10
CHAROUSEK'S GAMES OF CHESS, P.W. Sergeant, London, 1919, 220p, 146 annotated games by this brilliant player. Dover ed. reprint, 1989, p, 231p, exc. $18
CHIGORIN
MIKHAIL CHIGORIN - THE CREATIVE CHESS GENIUS, Jimmy Adams, Caissa Editions. The fullest and best book on Chigorin in English by far. Much material translated from Russian sources. 292p. 100 of his best games with full notes. h, mint, $50
IZBRANNYE PARTII CHIGORINA, E. Bogoljubov, Leningrad, (1926), scarce. 175 of Chigorin’s best games with Bogo’s notes. h, vg, pages somewhat browned but fully useable, rebd. $175. b) h, vg, with the chess bookplate of the famous collector Dr. M. Niemeijer, ELRS. $190. c)
M. I. CHIGORIN, N. I. Grekov, Moscow, 1939, Russian, 480p. 275 of his games with notes to most plus extensive discussions of his style . h, vg, covers worn, $105. b) Moscow, 1952, h, vg, ELRS, 376p. 120 of his games with notes. An attenuated version. $75
M. I. CHIGORIN, V. Panov, Moscow, 1963, Russian. p, exc, a biography with a few x-tables, but no games. 156p, $15. b)rebd. in stiff cardboard, ELRS, $16
MIKHAIL CHIGORIN, A. Khalifman & S. Soloviov, Sofia, 1999. p, exc. 338p. 775 games with Informant-style notes to about one-third. "Chess Stars Edition". $30
TVORCHESKOE NASLEDIE M. I. CHIGORINA, I. Romanov, Moscow, 1960, Russian. 407p. h, exc, ELRS. 177 annotated games. Biography, discussion of his style. Excerpts from his columns in Shakhmaty Listok, 1876-1881. $60
MIKHAIL CHIGORIN - SELECTED GAMES, E. Bogoljubov, London, 1987, p, mint, 128p. a revised edition in English of Bogoljubov's original Russian book (game count increased to 240 games and with some others deleted from the Russian original). Informant style super-condensed notes. $24
MIKHAIL CHIGORIN, M. Yudovich, Moscow, 1985, h, mint, Russian, 207p. 59 of his best games with extensive analysis and biography. $30
BILLY COLIAS - MIDWEST MASTER, Rantala, Schiller, & A. Watson, Moon Township, 1996, p, mint, 190p. A nice book with 100 annotated games. $18
FIFTY-ONE BRILLIANT CHESS MASTERPIECES, F. Reinfeld, NY, 1950, h, exc, Colle's games with detailed notes. $40
GEDENKBOEK - COLLE, Euwe, & Baekerroodt, Demey, van Praag, (Liege, 1932), quite scarce. 50 of his best games with notes in Flemmish & French. 155p. p, exc, the original, Liege, 1932. $125
POST-MORTEMS, F.E. Condon, Selected Games from 50 Years of Chess, p, mint, vol. 2, Queen's Pawn Openings only, self published, 104p, 1996, w/o place of publication, $15. Vol. 4, p, mint, Symmetrical King's Pawn Openings, 116p, 1997, $15. These volumes have a real distinction—most of the games presented were lost by the author!
75 YEARS OF AFFECTION FOR CHESS - A TRIBUTE TO HARLOW B. DALY, H. Lyman & S. Dann, p, exc, Boston, w/o date, ca 1975, 140 games w/o notes by the veteran New England player who still played tournament chess at 80. Small ed. $25
"THE ENGLISH MORPHY" ? THE LIFE AND GAMES OF CECIL DE VERE FIRST BRITISH CHESS CHAMPION, O. Hindle & Bob Jones, Exmouth, 2001, p, exc, 130p, small edition. 101 of De Vere's gameswith biography & many pictures and photos. $22
IF YOU MUST PLAY CHESS, Arnold Denker, Philadelphia, 1947, h, vg. 190p. 55 of his best games with interesting notes by this aggressive and tough competitor. $24
EMIL JOSEPH DIEMER, G. Studier, Dresden, 1996, p, exc, 280p. More a biography than a games collection, but does include 55 annotated games. $24
EMIL JOSEF DIEMER 1908-1990 - A LIFE DEVOTED TO CHESS, A. Dommett, Sussex, 2003, 124p. 126 games with light notes and biography. h, mint, $27
J. H. DONNER GROOTMEESTER, E-J. Straat, Amsterdam, 1993, p, exc, 96p. Dutch. Biography + about 100 of his best games with Informant-style notes, $23
THE CHESS BIOGRAPHY OF MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887-1968), V. Fiala, Vol. I, 1887-1925, h, mint, 324p. With many of his games that could be found plus wide digressions into the chess in the locales he lived in. Duchamp was, of course, one of the giants of modern art though only a light-weight master in chess. A good research effort which turned up many other interesting games as well from the NY and Paris chess scenes. $40
THE COMPLETE GAMES OF OLDRICH DURAS, J. Kalendovsky, CP ed, Nottingham, 1997. p, exc. 180p. The only book on Duras in English to date. 539 games with lt notes to some. $30
OLDRICH DURAS, J. Louma, Podgorny & Richter. Prague, 1954, Czech, 391p, h, exc, scarce, ‡. 199 annotated games plus a selection of his EG studies & chess problems. Duras was one of the very best players in the world in the first two decades of this century. $110
DURAS VITEZI, F.J. Prokop, Prague, 1944, p, exc, 147p., 142 of his best games with lt. notes. Czech. Also has a selection of 73 of his endgame studies and chess problems. $75. b) h, exc, FGML, ELRS. $90.
DUZ-KHOTIMIRSKY, Moscow, 1954, h, exc,160p, 57 annotated games + biography of this fine Russian player whose carerr spanned the first half of this century and who had wins over Lasker & Rubinstein among others. $52
EUWE
MAX EUWE—BIOGRAFIE VAN EEN WERELDKAMPIOEN, A. Munninghoff, Euwe, Welling, Amsterdam, 1976, h, exc, with dj, Dutch. The best book of Euwe's games in terms of biography and number of games (many annotated). 496p. 268 games, many with notes. $85
MAX EUWE - THE BIOGRAPHY, A. Münninghoff, Alkmaar, 2001, 351p. Roughly an English translation of the 1976 book above, but with many important differences including the difference in languages and in the number of games. A superb book. p, $26
CAISSAS WELTREICH, M. Euwe, Euwe's chess reminiscences. Berlin, 1956, p, vg, 109p. some good photos are included. A few positions, but no full games. $40
MAKS EIVE, Moscow, 1979, h, exc, with dj, part of the Russian hardback Black series. Based on the book published by Andriessen in Holland in 1976 by Munninghoff (see above). 247p, h, exc. $30
MAX EUWE, H. Kmoch, Berlin, 1938, h, exc., with chess bookplate 161p, 144 games with lt. notes, German. $65.
DR. MAX EUWE - EINE AUSWAHL SEINER BESTEN PARTIEN, Richter & Teschner, h, exc, 2nd ed, Berlin/NY 1986, 160p. 48 of his best games with excellent notes. $32
EUWE SLAAGT!, H. Kmoch, Amsterdam, 1937, Dutch, h, vg, 206p. 144 games with good notes. $65
FINE
LESSONS FROM MY GAMES, Reuben Fine, NY, 1958, h, exc, with dj, 1st ed, 50 of his best games with light notes, 225p. $38
REUBEN FINE - A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF AN AMERICAN CHESS CAREER 1929-1951, A. Woodger, Jefferson, 2004. h, mint, large format, vii + 392p. An outstanding book though a bit short on good annotations to many games worthy of them. Many games do have good notes and there are some interesting little-known photos. $75
FISCHER
A LEGEND ON THE ROAD, John Donaldson, Seattle, 1994. h, exc, with dj. 124p. A fine account of Fischer's greatest simultaneous exhibition tour in which he contested over 2000 games and achieved a 94% result—fantastic in view of the strength of the opposition. Includes about 100 games, some with notes. $42
THE UNKNOWN BOBBY FISCHER, Donaldson & Tangborn, Seattle, 1999, p, mint, 191p. Additional games, photos, commentary on Fischer and some letters of Bobby's to Larry Evans. $22
BOBBY FISCHER – HIS APPROACH TO CHESS, E. Agur, London, 1992, p, exc, one of the most interesting books on Fischer, 276p. $30
RUSSIANS VERSUS FISCHER, Moscow, 1994, English. The original Moscow Chess World edition. h, mint, 396p. Easily one of the most interesting, if not the most interesting books on Fischer because the Russians give comments that are not just idolatrous. $29
BOBBY FISCHER'S CHESS GAMES, R Wade and K. O'Connell, London, 1972, h, exc, with dj. 448p, with contributions by Barden, Bisguier, Blackstock, Golombek, & Keres. In addition to the 660 known formal tournament and match games of Bobby's to this point in his career there are excellent surveys of his career by Keres, Barden, Bisguier, etc. $70
MY 60 MEMORABLE GAMES, B. Fischer, New York, 1969, h, vg, w/ dj, 1st ed., 3rd printing with dj in exc. condition. 382p, h, exc . Inscribed by someone. $165
ROBERT JAMES FISCHER - GESAMMELTE PARTIEN, p, mint, Nürnberg, 1989, most of Fischer's games in an inexpensive edition, no notes, figurine alg. notation, 132p, $15 b) p, mint, Nürnberg, 1991, mint, $15
BOBBY FISCHER - THE GREATEST?, M. Euwe, NY, 1979, h, exc, with dj(worn), 200p. In my view the best book on Fischer's style, errors, etc. Written by an ex-World Champion who was especially good at analysis. $28
DAS SCHACHPHÄNOMEN ROBERT FISCHER, Kramer & Postma, Amsterdam, 1966, 1st ed, Biography + 108 of his best games with notes. 326p. h, vg, $48
MOI 60 PAMYATNYKH PARTII, R. Fischer, Moscow, 1972, the Russian edition, with a preface by Smyslov and a 37-p survey of his style and career by Suetin (neither is in the US ed.) h, exc, with dj. $28
THE BOBBY FISCHER I KNEW AND OTHER STORIES, Denker & Parr, San Francisco, 1995, 359p. Many games, stories, and interesting memoirs including some outrageous mistakes—e.g. that Norman T. Whitaker once served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior in the US Government in 1922. Whitaker had already been arrested in 1921 for transporting a stolen auto across state lines as recorded in the book itself. p, exc, Inscribed by Parr to Art Bisguier. $35
KAK POBEZHDALI BOBBI FISHERA, E. Mednis, Moscow, 1981, the Russian edition of HOW TO BEAT BOBBY FISCHER. h, exc. 279p. It would be interesting to know if the analysis has been changed at all compared to the original English edition. There is a 2p introduction by Karpov. $23
HOW TO BEAT BOBBY FISCHER, E. Mednis, p, vg, Bantam ed, May 1975, a great book due to the excellent Mednis notes and the very instructive games. 247p. $10
BOBBY FISCHER, L. Hays, complete games, Dallas, 1995, p, mint, 288p, all his then known games with very light notes to some. $22
ROSADY SALO FLOHR, J. Kalendovsky, Brno, 2000. 66p, small edition, games photos, biography.Czech, 57 selected games with lt. notes to some. p, mint, $18
GROSSMEISTER FLOHR, Baturinsky, Moscow, 1985. h, exc, part of the Russian hardback Black series (but this volume evidently was issued w/o the black dj), 255p. With 75 of his best games with full notes and considerable biography and discussion of his style, etc. $28
SALO FLOHR - MASTER OF TACTICS- MASTER OF TECHNIQUE, J. Adams, Nottingham, 1985, h, mint, small edition of a few hundred copies, 238p. 100 of his best games with good notes. $60
JAN FOLTYS, Podgorny, Prague, 1956, Czech. h, exc, scarce. 281p. A strong international player with some impressive tournament successes such as Karlsbad/ Marienbad 1948. Several hundred of his best games with extensive notes to most. $135
LEO FORGACS, W. Foldeak, CP ed, Nottingham, 1999, 56p, 62 of his best games incl. wins over Alekhine, Chigorin, Spielmann, Nimzovich, Mieses, & Maroczy among others. p, exc, $20
SEMEN FURMAN, Karpov & Makarychev, Moscow, 1988, p, exc, 159p. part of the Russian softcover black series. 115 of his best games, 86 with notes. Furman was a very strong player who was Karpov's trainer for a good part of his development into a world-class player. $24
SEMNADTSAT' VESEN MAII, Gufeld & Eremya, Moscow, 1980, Maya Gaprindashvili and her games (30 annotated). 111p. p, vg. $14
V ANALIZE I ZA DOSKOI, V. Gavrikov, Kishinev, 1996, 56p, 20 of Gavrikof's best games with notes. p, mint, scarce, $26
DAS GEDULT BUCH- DAVID GEDULT UND SEINE PARTIEN, A. Freidl, Kelkheim, 1985. 77 exciting gambit games with notes. Gedult was an adventuresome gambit player, and these games show the fun one can have. Many Blackmar Diemer Gambits plus many other gambits. p, exc, $22
GROSSMEISTER GELLER, Damski, Moscow, 1976, h, exc. Part of the Russian hardback Black series. 288p, 64 of his best games with full notes and a few positions for discussion. $25. b) h, exc, w/o dj, ELRS, $22
JOURNAL OF A CHESSMASTER, Stephan Gerazadowicz, Davenport, 1992, p, mint, a very nice book by a top US postal player with many interesting postal games. The notes are good and entertaining. 291p. $26
GLIGORIC
THE CHESS OF GLIGORIC, David Levy, Gligoric's chess career 1945-1970, NY1972. h, exc, with dj. 192p. 63 first-rate games with good notes. $28
SVETOZAR GLIGORIC - COLLECTED GAMES, Colin Leach, 201p, 371 games with Informant-style condensed notes. p, exc. $30
100 PARTIJA SVETOZARA GLIGORICA, Vukovic & Bozic, Belgrade, 1952. Serbo-Croat, 100 of Gligo's best games, most with notes, 135p & biography, 64p. p, vg, ELRS, $42
GLIGORIC'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, D. Levy, RHM Press, 1972, p, exc, 192p. 63 of his best games with full notes. $26.
VELEMAJSTOR GLIGORIC, Cicek & Ivkov, Osijek, 1973, 249p. Serbo-Croat. 64 games with full notes plus biography and some excellent photos. $26
ERNST FRANZ GRÜNFELD- BAND I, M. Ehn, Vienna, 1993, h, mint, 200p, Covers his career from 1911 o 1920. Has 246 of his games in that period with notes to most. To the best of my knowledge the second volume has not yet appeared. $45
EDUARD GUFELD, Moscow, 1985, with appreciations by Kasparov, Tal, Taimanov, Teplitzky. 191p, Russian. 106 games, 66 with full notes. p, vg, $20
OT KANDIDATA DO GROSSMEISTERA, S. Guliev, Moscow, 1997. 50 well-annotated games by this strong but relatively little-known master. 145p. h, mint, $40.
IGY SAKKOZOK EN!, G. Gyantar, Szabadka, 1997, Hungarian. A nice collection of 615 annotated games of this lesser-known master, Gyantar, who had wins over many good players such as Barczay, Bertok, Bjelica, Damjanovic, Farago, Matanovic,... Scarce. 313p with exc. indexing incl. endgames. 313p. h, exc, $60
KORNEL HAVASI AND DR. GEZA NAGY, W. Foldeak, Nottingham, 1996. p, exc. 52p. A short games collection for both of these lesser-known Hungarian players with biography + 26 annotated games for Havasi and 20 for Nagy, who was also a very strong postal player. $18.
HEINICKE - KUNST DER POSITIONSSPIELS, Hamburg, 1981, p, exc, 85p. Heinicke was one of the leading German players from the late 30's to the 1960's. About 50 of his games with brief notes and biography. He was close friends with Klaus Junge's family. $24
CHESS GLADIATOR - ASA HOFFMANN, Seattle, 1996, 97p. p, exc, 68 games with notes. Includes a blitz game win over Fischer. $20
HONFY NAGYMESTER (1930-1996), G. Honfi, Zalaegererszeg, 2000. p, exc, 248p. Hungarian. 205 full games plus many positions in which Honfi pulled off pretty combinations. $42
HOOKED ON CHESS - A MEMOIR, Bill Hook, Alkmaar, 2008, p, mint. A few of Hook's games, but with mainly fabulous stories of his chess exploits and those of others along with many good photos. $23
REFLECTIONS, David Hooper, Yorklyn, 2000, ltd ed. of 100 numbered copies. 42p. A games collection 52 of his best games with light notes and some interesting comments about British players and the BCF, among other topics. Includes a few game snippets and some of his endgame study compositions. hardback, 8⁄ x 11-in. A true collector's item. $65
NOTES OF A SOVIET MASTER, A. Ilyin-Genevsky. Yorklyn, 1986. Hardback, 54 pages. Translated by Bernard Cafferty from the original Russian edition of 1929. A fascinating account of this prominent revolutionary's early chess career and Soviet chess in the 20's buttressed by 50 of his games from his entire career including his immortal sacrificial win over Capablanca (then reigning World Champion). $25
DAVID JANOWSKI - ARTIST OF THE CHESS BOARD, Cherniaev & Meynell. Devon, 2005. 147p. 64 of his best games with only very light notes. $22
DAVID JANOVSKY, Voronkov & Plisetsky, Moscow, 1987, h, exc, Russian. 416p. 175 of his best games (a few fragments) plus excellent biographical material on one of the most creative and colorful players of the first quarter of the 20th century. ELRS, $27. b) h, exc $28
KOSTBARKEITEN DER PROBLEMKUNST, G. Baumgartner, (Switzerland), ca. 1965. p, vg, scarce, small ed. mainly a book devoted to Hans Johner's chess problem compositions, but with 22 of his best games with notes 7 brief biography. $65
DAS LEBEN UND SCHAFFEN VON KLAUS JUNGE 1924-1945, H. Riedl, Unterhaching, 1995, p, mint, 208p. Of the three books on Junge, this is easily the best. 106 games with extensive notes. Includes selected games from several Junge memorial tournaments. $24
TANETS NA KRAYU VULKANA, V. Charushin, Nizhniy Novgorod, 1993, Russian. Klaus Junge's games & biography. p, exc, 127p.90 of his best games, most with full notes. Junge was killed in the last days of the war in Europe. He was a great talent who likely would have been a world championship contender had he survived the war. $24.
KARPOV
STO POBEDNYKH PARTII A, Karpov, Moscow, 1984, h, exc, 319p, 100 of his games with his own deep notes. Russian. $22
KARPOV - UN GENIO DE NUESTRO TIEMPO, Studenetzky & Wexler, Buenos Aires, 1980, 1st ed, p, exc, 279p. 84 of his best games with full notes. $25
SCHACH MIT KARPOV - LEBEN UND SPIELE DES WELTMEISTERS, Rosal & Karpov, Hamburg, 1978, p, exc. 149p. Mainly biography + 9 annotated games. $16
THE COMPLETE GAMES OF WORLD CHAMPION ANATOLY KARPOV, O'Connell, Levy, Adams, London, 1976, p, exc, 373p, the 541 known games of Karpov's (some with lt notes) up to Sept. 1975. $28
THE GAMES OF ANATOLY KARPOV, O'Connell & Adams, NY, 1974, h, exc, 352p, 347 games, most with notes, good photos and some biography, $32
KASPAROV
GARRY KASPAROV'S GREATEST CHESS GAMES, Igor Stohl, London, 2005, Vol. I. h, mint, 320p. 74 of his best games with Stohl's exc. notes. Stohl is one of the best annotators today. $35. b) Vol. II, h, mint, London, 2006, 349p. Another 55 beautifully annotated games from Garry's best. Stohl's notes are truly fabulous. $35
KASPAROV: HOW HIS PREDECESSORS MISLED HIM ABOUT CHESS, T. Karolyi & Nick Aplin, London, 2009, p, mint, 271p. A novel work which shows the influence of his predecessors on his own games. $23
MY GAMES, G. Kasparov, London, 1983, p, exc, 163p, 372 games w/o notes plus 10 with detailed notes, $30 b)p, vg, $18
GARRI KASPAROV, E. Brondum, Copenhagen, 1980, 65 games with notes. 67p, p, exc, One of the earliest Kasparov books. $20
GARRY KASPAROV, Vitali Melik-Karamov, Moscow, 1988, p, exc, a photo-filled book with a biography of Kasparov. 48p. $24
SOLT DEZSO KASZPAROV, 223p, p, mint, Hungarian. 222 games, some with notes. $22
FIGHTING CHESS MY GAMES AND CAREER, G. Kasparov, trans. by E. Schiller, Macon, GA, 1983, 136p, p, mint, wonderful games with brilliant notes. $24. b) London, 1985, 2nd enlarged ed, p, exc, $28
VOLSHEBNIK SHAKHMAT, G. Akopyan, Erevan, 1981. Russian. A book on the games and endgame studies of Henrik Kasparyan. h, exc, 214p. Kasparyan is one of the greatest EG study composers of all time. This book has a good selection of his games (he competed in 4 USSR championships) and over a hundred of his studies. $24
BECOMING A GRANDMASTER, R. Keene, London, 1977, 155p, Biographical with a selection of his best games with lt. notes. p, vg, $18
IZBRANNYE ETYUDY I PARTII, H. Kasparyan, Erevan, 1959, ELRS. 246p. Scarce. h, vg, cover corners chipped. 41 of his best games with notes plus 150 of his superb endgame studies. $48. b)h, exc, $56
KERES
PAUL KERES CHESS MASTER CLASS, I. Neishtadt, Oxford, 1983, p, exc, 182p. Mainly positions from Keres' games to illustrate principles and themes with full analysis. A first-rate instructional book. With some complete games as well. $28
KERES' BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1931-1938, F. Reinfeld, London, 1941, Bell ed. h, vg, 224p, 77 of Keres' best games with good notes by Reinfeld based on Keres' notes. One of the best games collections of all time due to the fabulous games and very fine notes. $36. b)KERES' BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1931-1948, Dover ed, NY, 1960, p, exc, revised ed. with 90 games. $13
PAUL KERES—PHOTOGRAPHS AND GAMES, M. Keres, Tallinn, 1995, with a foreword by his wife, Maria, and a beautiful preface by his friend Olafsson. 1944 of his games with no notes to most, and some fine photos as well. h, exc. $45
MEIE KERES, V. Heuer, Tallinn, 1977, h, exc, with dj. Estonian. With many excellent photos of top player especially Keres and photos of Keres' early days. Much biography and many of his games with lt notes to some. If one can read Estonian, this is the best biography. $55
PAUL KERES: THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION, Keres & Nunn, Seattle, 1997, 271p, 103 of Keres best games in the period from 1950 to his death in 1975. p, mint, $24
THE LATER YEARS OF PAUL KERES, Keres, London, 1969, h, exc, with dj, 183p. covers the years 1952 to 1962. An outstanding collection of fine games. $35
ALEKSANDAR KHALIFMAN, G. Nesis, St. Petersburg, 2000, h, exc, Russian, 252p. 93 games with full notes & biopgraphy. With some good photos. $29
SULTAN KHAN, R.N. Coles, East Sussex, England, 1965, BCM Quarterly #10, 1st ed, 143p, h, exc, ‡, $25. b) p, exc, $28
RATMIR KHOLMOV, Moscow, 1982, Russian paperback “black series”. p, exc, 142p, 63 annotated games of this very strong Russian GM. $22. b) rebd, h, exc, with original cover bd in. ELRS, $26
ADVENTURES OF A CHESS MASTER, G. Koltanowski, NY, 1955, h, exc, autographed by Koltanowski. 194p. Games and tales from his long career. $20
ALEKSANDR KONSTANTINOPOLSKI, I. Romanov, Moscow, 1985. p, exc, Russian black paperback series, p, ex, 160p, 104 games with full notes + a few positions. A player whose activity in tournaments & matches extended from 1928 to 1966. $20
KORCHNOI 125 GAMES, A. Kalnajs, Chicago, 1972. p, exc, 138p. Notes taken from Soviet and Latvian sources for most games. An excellent book due to the interesting notes. $24. b)p, vg, $20
KORCHNOI'S 400 BEST GAMES, Korchnoi, Wade, Blackstock, NY, 1978, h, exc, with dj, 264p. with condensed Informant-style notes. $32. b) p, mint, $25. b) h, mint, with a protective plastic jacket, $27
KORCHNOI'S CHESS GAMES, Levy & O'Connell, Oxford, 1979, p, mint, 291p, almost 1700 games with condensed notes to some. $26
PERSONA NON GRATA, Kortchnoi & Cavallaro, Davenport, 1981, 147p. Largely an account of the nefarious goings-on before and during the famous Kortchnoi-Karpov 1978 match. With the match games themselves with lt. notes. p, vg. $12
VIKTOR KORTSJNOI, Korchnoi, Amsterdam, 1977, p, exc, Dutch. 207p. Extensive biography + a good selection of his games from 1973-1976 with full notes and another section with selected games from 1952-1973. There is also a section at the end with x-tables for 32 tournaments, almost all extremely strong events of which Korchnoi won 21 outright and shared 1st in 3 others—an absolutely phenomenal record without equal at least up to that time! $18
VIKTOR KORCHNOi - IZBRANNIE PARTII, Korchnoi, St. Petersburg, 1996, h, exc, 106 of his best games with fine notes.226p. Easily one of the most successful tournament players of all time, especially considering the strength of the competition. $32.
ALEKSANDR KOTOV, Moscow, 1984, h, exc. 304p. Russian. 77 of his best games with full notes by Kotov. Also has other games contained in essays on his style and methods of analyzing positions, etc.$28
BENT LARSEN—THE FIGHTER, Eric Brondum, Copenhagen, 1978, h, vg, corner sl. bumped, 171p, 75 of his best games with notes. $42. b) with several blank pages, with laid-in xeroxes to yield a complete copy. "as is". $10 .
LARSEN'S SELECTED GAMES OF CHESS, Larsen, London, 1970. Bell edition. h, exc, An exceptionally interesting games collection because of Larsen's ideas about his games. 181p. 50 of his best games. $38. b) h, vg, with a few pages with penned-in notes, $26
50 IZBRANNYKH PARTII 1948-1969, Bent Larsen, Moscow, 1972, h, mint. the Russian editioin of his games, 223p.
LASKER
EMANUEL LASKER - BIOGRAPHIE EINES SCHACHWELTMEISTERS, J. Hannak, Berlin, 1952, h, exc, with dj, The original German edition. 315p. A good biography with 100 annotated games. $38. b) h, vg, ELRS, $32.
DR. LASKER'S CHESS CAREER PART I, 1889-1914, F. Reinfeld & R. Fine, New York, 1935, 1st ed, Black Knight Press, 165p, 75 very well-annotated games, h, vg, ELRS, $35. b) h, vg, ‡. with some penciled marginalia. the British ed, London, 1935. $ 25
MYSLITEL', B. Vainshtein, Moscow, 1981, 287p, a biography which includes 108 Lasker games of which 47 have full notes. Russian. part of the hardback black series. h, exc. $24
LASKER, V. Zak, Moscow, 1963, Russian, 198p. Biography + 59 of his best games with full notes + selected positions. a) p, vg, $42. b) fc worn, spine stripchipped away, bc lacking, contents vg, $25.
IZBRANNYE PARTII I VOSPOMINANIYA, G. Levenfish, Moscow, 1967, p, vg, with some penciled marginalia. 199p. Levenfish was a very strong master fully as strong as Botvinnik for a period in the mid-30s. 79 of his best games with full notes. $32. b) p, exc, $40.
CHESS FOR FUN & CHESS FOR BLOOD, Edward Lasker, Dover ed, p, vg, covers worn, 224p, an interesting book with some good games explained in great detail. $3
ANDRE LILIENTAL’, Dvorkovich, Moscow, 1989, p, exc, part of the paperback Russian Black series, 158p, 67 of his best games with good notes. $20
ZHIZNY- SHAKHMATAM, A. Lilienthal, Moscow, 1969, Russian. p, exc, 60 fully annotated games. $36. b)p, vg, with some marginalia on a few pages. $28
ÉLETEM A SAKK (LILIENTHAL'S BEST GAMES). A. Lilienthal, Budapest, 1985, 339p, Hungarian, 128 fully annotated games, many photos. a) p, vg, $26. b) p, good, last several pages sl. waterstained, $20. c) p, good, back cover damaged, $18. d)p, exc. FGML, ELRS, $24.
LILIENTHAL'S HUNDRED BEST GAMES, edited by G. Negyesi, Kecskemet, 2001, p, mint, 245p. 100 of his best games with full notes naturally including his famous win over Capablanca at Hastings in 1934. A very interesting GM! $28
SAMUEL LIPSCHÜTZ, A. Gillam, CP ed, Nottinham, 2000, 76p. 96 of his best games with lt. notes to most. Lipschütz is a largely forgotten American player in good part because his ill health and relatively short career (about 1883-1900). Perhaps his greatest triumph was his 6th place in the mammoth NY 1889 tournament ahead of Mason, Judd, Showalter, Bird, ... p, exc. $20
ERIK LUNDIN— SPELAR UPP SINA SCHACKMINNEN 1924-1979, Skara, 1979, 178p, Good photos & 125 of his best games with notes. A very strong Swedish player who won the Zürich 1952 tournament ifo Euwe & Christoffel, beating Euwe in a pretty game. Swedish, p, vg, with considerable pencilled underlining. $40
SHAKHMATNOE NASLEDIE A. S. LUTIKOVA, Aleksandrov & O. Lutikov, Novosibirsk, 1993. h, mint, 303p, Over a hundred of his best games with most deeply annotated. $48
VLADIMIR MAKOGANOV, V. Asriyan, Moscow, 1991, p, exc, 159p. Part of Russian black series. 75 games, most annotated, + extensive biography. A tough customer with wins over the likes of Botvinnik, Keres, Reshevsky,... $24,
MAROCZY GEZA, J. Szily, Kecskemet, 1957, h, good, 2 pages damaged & replaced by xeroxes, ELRS. Hungarian. 100 of his best games with extensive notes. 198p. $30. b) h, exc, $48
GEZA MAROCZY - LEBEN UND LEHREN, W. Földeak, Berlin, 1971, 104p, 55 of his best games with full notes. p, vg, back cover creased, $20. b)p, mint, $24
YOUNG MARSHALL, J. S. Hilbert, Olomouc, 2002, 282p, 173 games, some with full notes. An interesting study of the young Marshall (1893-1900) showing his very erratic development in those years, sometimes winning handily and more often losing miserably to players virtually unknown today. h, exc, $39
FRANK JAMES MARSHALL, T. Hagemann, Hollfeld, 1987, p, mint, 88p. 40 of Marshall's best games with fragmentary notes to only a few. With some of his analysis of a few lines and a brief biography. $13
MY FIFTY YEARS OF CHESS, F. Marshall, NY, 1942, 242p. 140 of his best games with his own notes. 242p. with considerable underlining and comments in the first part of the book. h, vg, covers sl. worn. $23. b) FRANK MARSHALL'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, NY, 1960, Dover ed, with change of title (same contents). p, vg, $11.
HENRIQUE MECKING - LATIN CHESS GENIUS, S. Gordon, Davenport, 1993, p, mint, 167p. 344 Mecking games of which 24 are annotated. $24
TONY MILES: IT'S ONLY ME, G. Lawton, London, 2003, 288p, p, mint, 119 of his best games in an original format. A great player and a very gracious GM. $30
VLADAS MIKENAS, V. Dvcorkovich & Ya. Damski, Moscow, 1987. p, exc, 160p. Estonian born IM who settled in Lithuania 1n 1931 and who played for that country in five olympiads. Russian. 69 of his best games with good notes. $28
ALABAMA'S FIRST CHESS MASTER, B. N. Edwards, Grand Prairie, 1997, p, exc, 22p. Milan Momic. Three games with notes. Small ed. $5
MORPHY
PAUL MORPHY AND THE EVOLUTION OF CHESS THEORY, M. Shibut, Yorklyn, 1993, h, mint, with addendum (separate pamphlet) with an additional 52 games. 341p + 15p addendum. All of Morphy's known games with some interesting assessments of his play by Steinitz and Alekhine. The author, himself, gives a much deeper, more realistic view of Morphy's play than ths often been promoted and backs his views up with numerous examples and with much original analysis. $40. b) Dover reprint, p, mint, $15
MORPHY LA ESTRELLA FUGAZ DEL AJEDREZ!!, J. Sanz, Madrid, w/o date (circa 1947), 93p, p, poor, pages browning & fragile. The paper is such low grade paper that I doubt that copies not kept in controlled temperature/humidity surroundings would be much better. The book is usable with care. $2
PAUL MORPHY, Max Lange, Leipzig, 1894, 3rd ed, heavily revised. h, exc, FGML, ELRS. 416p. German. $85
PAUL MORPHY, B. Hörberg & J. Westberg, Stockholm, 1961, Swedish. A volume in the series Schack Spelets Världs Mästare. 127p. 100 of his best games with full notes. $40.
PAUL MORPHY, G. Maroczy, Berlin/ Leipzig, 1925, h, exc, FGML, ELRS. This edition has some corrections to the 1909 ed. 290p. Maroczy is the strongest player who did a book of Morphy's games. 403 games. $45. b) Olms reprint of the 1909 ed. h, mint, with a special plastic protective binding over the dj. $39. c) Leipzig, 1909, 1st ed, h, vg, covers sl. worn, ELRS, FGML, $80. d) Berlin/ Leipzig 1925, h, good, pages somewhat browningbut quite useable, corner of fc chipped off. once Ken Whyld's copy, $40. e) SHAKHMATNYE PARTII PAULYA MORFI, G. Maroczy, h, vg, (Leningrad 1929), L/N 3205, the Russian ed., 272p, 290 games, 450
MORPHY GLEANINGS. P.W. Sergeant, London, 1932, h, vg. 114p. Interesting Morphy material dug up by Sergeant while writing his book on Morphy's games. Includes many important corrections and emendations to the notes in his book of Morphy's games in a separate 13-p. section. Lawson's copy, with but two inconsequential notes in Lawson's hand. $55
MORPHY'S GAMES OF CHESS, P. W. Sergeant, NY, 1957, Dover ed, 352p. 300 of his best games with light notes. p, vg, spine chipped, $5
MY 75 YEAR CHESS CAREER, Walter Muir, Pittsburg, 1997, p, mint, 354p. A biography of ICCF Master Muir with several score of his postal games. Some with notes. $24
WILLEM JAN MUHRING EEN TIJDSBEELD - LEVEN EN WERKEN VAN EEN INTERNATIONAAL SCHAAKMEESTER, F.W.J. Henneberke, Ijmuiden, 1978, p, vg, 376p, largely the games of Muhring, but with much other material added. Dutch. $52
ISKATEL' SHAKHMATNOI ISTINY, V. Teplitzky, Rishon Le-Zion, 2008, p, mint, a games collection for the Israeli GM Yakov Murei, Russian. 226p. Some of the games are analyzed. Some positions from his games are also included with commentary. $28
MIGUEL NAJDORF: KING OF THE KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE, N. Minev, Seattle, 1997, p, mint, 112p. 202 of his games using the KID with light notes to most. $16
NAPIER: THE FORGOTTEN CHESSMASTER, John Hilbert, Yorklyn, 1997. Hardback, 354 pages, 321 games, many with notes. Extensive historical background. Especially strong on New York City area chess around the turn of the century. $38
NEZHMETDINOV¹S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Yorklyn, 2001, paperback, 185 pages. 102 annotated games plus biography. The games are superb and the notes are excellent. One of the best biographical chess games collections ever published. Nezhmetdinov had a plus score in the 20 games he contested against World Champions (+6 =9 -5). $25
SUPER NEZH CHESS ASSASSIN, A. Pishkin, Davenport, 2000, h, mint, with dj. 100 of his best games (or game fragments) with notes, but quite inferior to the book by Nezhmetdinov himself (above). In addition there are too many omissions with some rather foolish excuses, e.g. the statement on p. 135 that "The preliminary moves are not known." Nezhmetdinov's own book gives the full game. Maybe Pishkin was just lazy? There are many other errors in attributing games to the wrong tournament, etc, but the games themselves are so good that the book is good anyway. $30
IZBRANNIE PARTII, R. Nezhmetdinov, 1978, Russian, h, vg, 68 annotated games +32 MG & EG positions. A book much praised by Tal. $48
IZBRANNIE PARTII, R. Nezhmetdinov, Kazan, 1960, Russian, scarce. M. Yudovich, editor. 188p. h, vg, some underlining. This book has full notes to his incredible game vs Polugayevsky in 1958. $125
RASHID NEZHMETDINOV, Ya. Damski, Moscow, 1987, p, exc, 176p, 63 of this extremely original master's best games with notes plus other material, Russian paperback Black series. $20
NIMZOVICH
ARON NIMZOWITSCH 1886-1935 - A REAPPRAISAL, R. Keene, G. Bell ed, London, 1974, h, exc, with dj, 334p. Probably Keene's best book. $38
GROSSMEISTER NIMZOVICH, R. Keene, Moscow 1986, a Russian rendition of the famous Keene book Aron Nimzovich – A Reappraisal, 287p, Part of the Russian hardback series. Russian. $ 20
NIMZOWITSCH, A. Becker & F. Chalupetzky, Kecskemet (1928), L/N 3102. Hungarian. 23p. p, vg, covers loose, 23 of his best games with notes & a few positions. $20.
HYPERMODERN CHESS: ARON NIMZOVICH, F. Reinfeld, NY, 1958, Dover edition. p, vg. 221p. A very nice collection of 58 well-annotated games. The notes are light but entertaining. $8
D. NOTEBOOM, M. Euwe, Amsterdam, 1932, h, vg, with color descriptions of a fabulous Fabergé chess set and board pasted in the front endpapers. 123p. Biography + 30 fully annotated games of this very strong Dutch player who died at an early age. . Dutch. Scarce. $110
SECRETS OF GRANDMASTER PLAY, Nunn & Griffiths, NY, 1987, p, mint, 212p. 24 of Nunn's best games with extremely deep notes. $20
OJASEN OIVAL LUKSIA, K. Ojanen & V. Salonen, Toijala, 1975. p, exc, Finnish. Scarce. 199p. The best games of the Finnish master Kaarle Ojanen who scored 58 points for Finland in 12 Olumpiads from 1936 to 1972. $55. b) h, exc, with dj, the hardback version. $68
PILGRIMAGE TO HASTINGS 1973, J. C. Owen, p, mint, Avon, CT, w/o date. iv + 43p. The author placed 3-7th in the Third Week "A" Hastings tourney in 1972/73 and recounts his adventures there with a few of his games with notes plus selected postal games in US events from the strongest US events from the 1940s to the 1950s with brief notes. $18
CHECKMATE IN PRAGUE, L. Pachman, NY, 1975, h, exc, with dj, ‡, 216p. No games, just biography. An account of his life as a chesssmaster and of his miserable life after his arrest in his native Czechoslovakia on political charges by the Russian dominated Communist government and his disbarment from international chess tournaments. $30
ENTSCHEIDUNGSPARTIEN, Pachman, Düsseldorf, 1972, the German translation from the original Czech edition. 157p. ELRS. $18
PACHMAN'S DECISIVE GAMES, L. Pachman, London, 1975, h, vg, ‡, with some check marks and underlining, 259p. The title is somewhat misleading since this collection is not Pachman's own games but instead his selection of decisive games in chess history, starting with Baden Baden 1870 after some previous examples fro early games. With Pachman's good notes. $28
SOROK LEM ZA SHAKHMATNOI DOSKOI, V. Panov, Moscow, 1966, p, vg, 174p, 50 of Panov's best games + biography & chess essays. $28. b) h, rebd in stiff boards, orig. soft covers bd in, ELRS, vg, $24.
VASILI PANOV, Ya. Estrin, Moscow, 1986, p, exc, part of Russian black series. 192p., 80 of his best games with full notes & biography. $24
VLADIMIRS PETROVS A CHESSPLAYER¹S STORY FROM GREATNESS TO THE GULAGS, Andris Fride, Yorklyn, 2004, paperback, iv+ 191p + 9 photos. Vladimirs Petrovs from Latvia was one of the world¹s leading chessplayers from the mid thirties to the early forties, but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic States in WWII, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in a gulag in 1943. True to the Soviet style, he also suffered the fate of so many who were imprisoned and murdered: obliteration of their records, lives, accomplishmentsŠ In great part, not only was his promising career cut short, but many of his fine games were lost or intentionally forgotten.
Petrovs greatest chess accomplishments were his tie for first at Kemeri 1937 with Flohr and Reshevsky, ahead of Alekhine, Keres, and Fine, and his outstanding performance at the Buenos Aires Olympiad in 1939 where he achieved a 72% score at first board for Latvia against the world¹s best players including Capablanca, Alekhine, Eliskases, Keres, Tartakower, and Stahlberg, among others. As Golombek wrote: "Petrovs played the best chess at Buenos Aires 1939". In this book there is a biographical account of his chess career along with all his 265 games that could be found. Notes, often by Petrovs and other outstanding players, are given to many of his best games. In addition information is given on the status of chess and chess personalites in Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Petrovs' style was largely positional, but he played many ingenious games involving advanced tactics as well. As White in the Catalan Opening he was extremely strong, as the reader can ascertain from studying those games. Hopefully, this work will help to set the record straight historically and will commemorate the artistic chess achievements of a world-class player. $25
PETROSIAN.
EL AJEDREZ SUPERIOR, O'Kelly, Madrid, 1968, Spanish. p, exc, Petrosian's best games with full notes. 203p. $18
PETROSIAN'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1946-63, P.H. Clarke, London, 1973, Bell ed, with dj, h, exc, 60 of his best games with excellent notes. $42
PETROSIAN THE POWERFUL, Soltis & Smith, Chess Digest, 1990, p, mint, 156p. 30 selected games with light notes. $16
TIGRAN PETROSIAN, G. Oganesyan, Erevan 1989, p, exc, Russian. 111p, over a hundred of his games w/o notes plus scores of fine photos. $18
TIGRAN PETROSIAN -WORLD CHAMPION, O'Kelly, Oxford, 1965, h, exc, 119p, 30 fully annotated games. $28
PETROSJAN, Weltgeschichte des Schachs series, Hamburg, 1963, h, exc, 350 games. Lt notes to selected games in a separate laid-in sect not bound in (as issued) at the back. Game diagrams every five moves. $35
TIGRAN PETROSIAN - HIS LIFE AND GAMES, V, Vasiliev, London, 1974, 247p. h, vg, with dj(sl torn), ‡, Exc. biographial information and general commentary on the indivual contests plus extensive notes by Petrosian,,Suetin, & others. $30. b) London, 1974, h, exc, with dj, and a laid-in Dutch review of the book by Jongsma. $42
PETROSIAN'S LEGACY, R. Petrosian, Los Angeles, 1990. p, exc, Excellent analysis of some of his games. 123p. $26. b) p, vg, corner sl. bent, $22
CHESS: 60 YEARS ON WITH CAISSA AND FRIENDS, Alan Phillips, British Master and co-champion of Britain in 1954, Yorklyn, 2003, paperback, 185 pages. A collection of 200 games by British players from the 1950s to the present. 100 are Phillips¹ games and 100 are sparkling games by other British players, all with light notes. Also there are 37 good photos of the best British players of those days. $19
PILLSBURY
PILLSBURY'S CHESS CAREER, Sergeant & Watts, Dover ed, NY, 1966. new Introduction and Afterword by Chernev. Pillsbury's games make him one of the immortals inn chess history. 230p. 233 games. Light notes. p, covers creased, $8
HARRY NELSON PILLSBURY, J.N. Pope, Ann Arbor, 1996, p, mint, 376p. All the Pillsbury games the author was able to find: 907 games, many with notes. Includes many exhibition games. $30. b) h, mint, Ann Arbr, 1996, the hardback edition, $48
SLED METEORA, E. Mansurov, Moscow, 1997, h, mint, 504p. The Russian book on Pillsbury with hundreds of games (not numbered unfortunately), but with excellent indexing of openings and opponents and with a very good list of references to books and articles on Pillsbury plus cross tables for the events he played in. $29
SCHACHMEISTER PILLSBURY, L. Bachmann, Ansbach, 1908, 149 of his best games with lt notes. German. L Bachmann, Olms reprint, h w/ dj, mint, Zürich, 1982, 277p, brief notes to 210 of his best games. mint $28
PILLSBURY UND CHAROUSEK, L. Bachmann, Ansbach, 1914, h, vg, 294p. The first 221 pages are devoted to Pillsbury (174 games with light notes) and the pages 223 to the end to Charousek. with brief biography and 53 of Charousek's best game with brief notes. Scarce in this edition. $85
PLAYING TO WIN, J. Plaskett, London, 1988, p, exc. A thought-provoking book with 15 keenly examined Plaskett games. 90p. $22
POLLOCK MEMORIES: A COLLECTION OF HIS CHESS GAMES, PROBLEMS, &c., &c. F.F. Rowland, Dublin, 1899. 162p. h, covers stained but contents fine, 145 of his games with brief notes, 15 endings, & 4 problems + biography. Scarce. $95. b) Moravian Chess reprint, h, mint, $30
GROSSMEISTER POLUGAYEVSKY, Ya. Damsky, Moscow, 1982, 304p. biography + discussion of his style & 60 of his best games with full notes. h, exc, Russian. $24. b) h, exc, ELRS, FGML, $30
GRANDMASTER LAJOS PORTISCH, E. Gelenczei, 34 games with brief notes, 1968, The Chess Player Series No. 80, 43p, p, exc, $24
GROSSMEISTER PORTISCH, J. Haztun, Moscow, 1977, 221p. Part of the hardback Russian series. h, exc, About 100 of his best games with detailed notes and a study of his style with examples. The Russian edition of the Portisch Nagymester below. $24
PORTISCH NAGYMESTER, J. Haztun, Budapest, 1978, h, exc, 352p + 26 photos. Hungarian. 50 of his best games + discussion of his career & style with examples. $26. b)h, vg, ELRS, spine taped, $20
SELECTED GAMES OF LAJOS PORTISCH, E. Varnusz, NY, 1979, h, mint, with dj, 206p, 90 games with good notes. $30. b) h, vg, with dj, $24
DAWID PRZEPIORKA - HIS LIFE AND WORK, Tomas Lissowski, CP Ed., Nottingham, 1999. p, exc, 59p. 90 of his games with lt. notes. $20
DAVID PRZEPIORKA - A MASTER OF STRATEGY, H. Weenink, Amsterdam, 1932, h, exc, FGML, ELRS, scarce. 131p. This is not really a games collection, but is included here because he was a tournament player as well as being an outstanding composer of chess problems as well a few endgame studies. With a brief biography. An exceptionally fine copy. $175
VIKTORS PUPOLS AMERICAN MASTER, L. Parr, Davenport, 1983, 78p, p, mint, Some 93 of his best games with lt. notes to some. $14
VYACHESLAV RAGOSIN, M. Yudovich, Moscow, 1984, part of the soft cover Russian black series. p, exc, 160p. Biography + 109 of his best games, 89 with notes. $25
SAMUEL RESHEVSKY, S. Gordon, Jefferson, 1997, h, mint, a large book (8.5x11-in.), 1768 games, Too few with notes & not a single photo. A nice job in terms of book production. Tedious for the author to collect all these games, but really a rather half-baked work since there's a lot more good Reshevsky stuff out there if one searches more dilligently. Still, we have to be thankful for the obvious effort the author went to. $65
MEINE SCHACHKARRIERE, S. Reshevsky, Berlin, 1957, the German ed. of RESHEVSKY ON CHESS. Translated by R. Teschner. 210p. p, exc, $30
THE ART OF POSITIONAL PLAY, S. Reshevsky, NY, 1976, h, exc, with dj & plastic protective jacket, 335p. There are 61 games, most by Reshevsky, but with others to illustrate particular themes in positional play. $32
RICHARD RETI SACHOVY MYSLITEL, Jan Kalendovsky, Prague, 1989, h, mint, Czech, 365p, 200 of his best games with notes, a discussion of his endgame studies with 56 examples, discussions of his chief opponents and contemporaries + biography & many photos. $38
RETI'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, R. Reti & H. Golombek, Dover ed., New York, 1974, p, 173p, exc, $8. b) London, 1954, h, vg, one page with extensive marginalia, otw clean & fine with dj. $22. c) London, 1954, h, vg, covers worn, $30. d) London, 1954, Bell Ed., with dj, h, exc, $47
KURT RICHTERS BESTE PARTIEN, A. Brinckmann, 2nd ed, Berlin, 1961, p, vg., 162p, a nice games collection for the famous German attacking master known also for his excellent books on chess combinations. $38. b) 1st ed, Berlin, 1939, h, exc, 120p. 77 annotated games of Richter's plus 7 game positions. $52.
HENRI RINCK, E. Voellmy, Kecskemet, 1940. German. Biography + 41 of his superb endgame studies. 20p. p, vg, $62
SHAKHMATIST NIKOLAI RIUMIN, I. Kan, Moscow, 1968, Russian. p, exc, 118p, biography and selection of his best games. $34.
PETR ROMANOVSKY, I. Romanov, Moscow, 1984, p, vg, Russian. Part of the softcover Russian "black series". 160p. Biography + 114 of his best games, 86 with notes. $26.
AKIBA RUBINSTEIN - EIN LEBEN FÜR SCHACH, H. Wenz, Berlin, 1966, 110p, Light biograsphy plus 35 annotated games & 34 game positions. p, exc, $30
RUBINSTEIN GEWINNT!, H. Kmoch, Vienna, 1933, h, vg, FGML, ELRS. 151p. 100 of his best games with notes by Kmoch. $35.
AKIBA RUBINSTEIN, K. Pytel, Warsaw, 1987, p, exc, Polish, 144p, biography + a good selection of his games, some with notes, $24
RUBINSTEIN'S CHESS ACADEMY, V. Glatman, Moscow, 1982, in German & English, Intro by B. Gelfand. Informant-style notes to some of the 734 games. 223p. p, exc. $26
RUBINSTEIN'S CHESS MASTERPIECES - 100 SELECTED GAMES. Kmoch, Dover ed, NY, 1960. p, fair, contents fine but fc torn & spine strip tattered, OK as a working copy, 192p. $4
FRIEDRICH SÄMISCH, H. Wieteck, Nürnberg, 1987, p, mint, 63p, 40 of his best games with notes. $24
TRET'YA POPYTKA, (Success at the Third Attempt), G. Sanakoev, Vladikavkaz, 1996, Russian. 204p. 49 very fine postal games by an ex-ICCF World Correspondence Champion. h, exc, $32
"MR. CHESS" THE ORTVIN SARAPU STORY, Wainuiomata, 1993, p, mint, 180p. 68 games with lt. notes. Sarapu was New Zealand's strongest player for quite some time after his immigration there in 1950. $26
EMIL SCHALLOPP, Gillam & Swift, Nottingham, 2008, p, mint, 80p, 108 games with notes. $22
SCHLECHTER
CARL SCHLECHTER! THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE AUSTRIAN CHESS WIZARD, by Warren Goldman. Yorklyn, 1994. Hardback, 551 pages. 244 games‹most with notes. Good indices & bibliography. 54 photos & drawings. More than just a games collection due to the heavy research the author spent on Schlechter's life and contributions to chess in his writings as well as his tournament career. $65
SCHLECHTER'S CHESS GAMES, Tom Crain. Yorklyn, 1998, Hardback, 287p. An original work which gives all the Schlechter games found in an exhaustive decade-long search. It complements the Goldman book by giving many more games (811 total), but no notes, and a brief biography with some photos and cross-tables for his major tournaments. $25
KARL SCHLECHTER, R. Spielmann, Stockholm, 1924. Swedish. h, exc, ELRS, FGML, rebd. 177p. Biography plus 124 of his best games with notes. $100
KARL SHLEKHTER, L. Verkhovski, Moscow, 1984, h, exc. 239p. biography + 202 games (132 with notes) + a section on his chess problem compositions and a review of his chess literary contributions. Russian. $28
THE CHESS TERRORIST'S HANDBOOK, L. Shamkovivh, Macon, 1995, 148p, 85 games, most by Shamkovich & most annotated. Many dynamic games. p, mint, $20
SEIRAWAN, V. McCambridge, Los Angeles, 1984, p, exc., 145p. 29 of his best games with full notes. $19
NIGEL SHORT: CHESS PRODIGY, D. Short, London, 1981, p, exc, 254p, from prodigy to one of the world's top players in 12 years! 67 of his best games with good notes by Botterill & Short, $18 b)h, mint, $25
SHORT, Martin, Tisdall & O'Brien. Brighton, 1993, p, mint, 193p. lt notes to some of his best games. $22
VLADIMIR SIMAGIN, A. Woodger, CP, Ed. Nottingham, 2000, p, exc, 99p. 77 games with notes. A srong Russian player who was often in the top players in the Moscow CH in the 40s and 50s. $20
SMYSLOV
IZBRANNYE PARTII, V. Smyslov, Moscow, 1952, h, vg, 157p. Russian. 60 of his best games with deep notes. $47
V POISKAKH HARMONII, V. V. Smyslov, Moscow, 1979, h, exc. 237p. 103 of his best games with full notes. Russian hardback Black series. $24
AUSGEWAHLTE SCHACHPARTIEN, Smyslov, Berlin, 1954. The German translation of his original Russian games collection. 60 of his best games with full notes. h, vg, with dj, ELRS, $22
SMYSLOV'S BEST GAMES, Vol. II 1958-1995, V. Smyslov, Moravian Chess, Olomouc, 2003, 456p. 186 games with his fine notes. Includes x-tables from this period of his career. h, exc, $39.
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1935-1957, Smyslov, Dover ed, NY, 1972, p, vg. xxxv + 154p. 67 of his best games in this period with excellent notes. $10
SPASSKY
GRAND STRATEGY, Van Reek & Spassky, Margraten, 2000. p, exc. 144p. A strange book with Japanese prints and some interesting photos of Spassky with Fischer, Kasparov, Che Guevarra a.o. The authors use Spassky's games to illustrate chess strategy. The games are well annotated. $28
BORIS SPASSKY SHTURMUET OLIMP, I. Bondarevsky, Kaluga, 1966, 163p. Russian. 22 of his games with thorough notes. $22
RUDOLF SPIELMANN, M. Ehn, Koblenz, 1996, h, mint, the most important work on Spielmann to date with photos and biography as well as 35 deeply annotated games. Excellent bibliography. German. $55
RICHTIG OPFERN!, R. Spielmann, Leipzig, (1935), German. A collection of 37 of Spielmann's games with his detailed notes which later became the English version The Art of Sacrifice in Chess. p, exc, 96p. $40. b) Leipzig, 1935, h, vg, $42
THE ART OF SACRIFICE IN CHESS, R. Spielmann, David McKay ed, NY, 1951, h, exc, with dj(sl discolored), $26. b) Phila., ,w/o date, with dj, $26
HOWARD STAUNTON 1810-74, D.N.L. Levy, Nottingham, 1975, 142p, p, mint, more biography than games collection. $19
HOWARD STAUNTON, R.D. Keene & R.N. Coles, St. Leonards-on-Sea, 1975, p, exc, 181p, 60 games with notes + biography, $24
LEONID STEIN - MASTER OF ATTACK, Ray Keene, p, exc, London, 1988, 2nd ed. 157p, 79 of his best games, most with notes. One of the best and most enterprising Soviet players from the 60's until his too-early death in 1973. $25
GROSMEISTER LEONID SHTEIN, Yu. Lazarev, Kiev, 1978, Russian. 79p, 34 games & positions + biography. p, exc, $26. b) p, fair, tea-stained at top of some poages, OK as a working copy. "As is", $14
LEONID SHTEIN, Gufeld & Lazarev, Moscow, 1980, h, exc., 238p, Russian. biography + 61 fully annotated games + several positions. $28
CONFESSIONS OF A GRANDMASTER, A. Soltis, Davenport, 1990, p, mint, 366p. 55 of Soltis' best games annotated in an entertaining style. $26
LAJOS STEINER, W. Foldeak, CP ed, Nottingham, 1997. 68p. 83 of his best games with lt. notes for this Hungarian player who was a competitor in many European events from 1922 to 1938 and then afterward in Australian events after his immigration there in 1939. $20
ALEKSEI SUETIN, A. Prorvich,.Moscow, 1987, Russian black series, 159p, 86 fully annotated games + many other positions and parts of games to illustrate his style.. p, exc, $18
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS, L. Szabo, Oxford, 1986, h, exc, 209p, 123 well annotated games & entertaining comments by one of the most successful tournament players in the period 1946-1965. $28. b) h, good, piece gouged out of front cover, otherwise perfect. sold "as is". $15
STEINITZ
DIE MICHEL ANGELO DES SCHACHSPIELS - WILHELM STEINITZ, J. Hannak, Vienna, 1936, h, vg, pages somewhat browning. ELRS, 127p. No games. A biography of Steinitz. $25
WILLIAM STEINITZ. CHESS CHAMPION, K. Landsberger, Jefferson, 1993, h, exc, the original hardback ed, now O/P. Mainly biography, letters, photos, but with 15 of his most significant games analyzed by Andy Soltis and with a chaper on the Theory of Steinitz by Hooper. A fine effort for one of the pioneers of chess analysis. $75
IZBRANNYE PARTII 1947-1966, A. S. Suetin, Minsk, 1969. 100 games & positions of Suetin's with notes. 285p. Russian. $35
TAIMANOV'S SELECTED GAMES, M. Taimanov, p, exc, London, 1995, 198p. 60 of his best games with excellent notes. $22
CHESS GAMES AND CHESS PROBLEMS, Walter Suesman, Providence, RI, p, exc, ‡, scarce. 40 lightly annotated games of Suesman's and 50 of his chess problems. Three of those whose scalps he took in tournament games were Kashdan, Horowitz, and Reshevsky. $30
TAL
EL EXTRAORDINARIO AJEDREZ DE MIGUEL TAL, L. Palau, Buenos Aires, 1960, 1st ed, 134p, p, vg, full notes. Spanish. $22
SELECTED CHESS GAMES OF MIKHAIL TAL, J. Hajtun, transl. by R. Ejuri, 1961, Dover ed., New York, 145p, exc, $10. b) London, 1961, h, exc, the original edition. $26
MICHAIL TAL, Boumeester & Withuis, Amsterdam, 1951, p, exc, ELRS, FGML, Dutch. 192p. A nice collection of 70 of Tal's best games with good notes. One of the best Tal game collections. $26
V OGON’ ATAKI, Tal & Damsky, Moscow 1978, h, exc, ELRS, part of the hardback Russian Black series, 304p, Biography, discussion of his style and 63 of his best games with full notes. $24
THE LIFE AND GAMES OF MIKHAIL TAL, Tal, London, 2003, p, mint, 496p. Due to the fine notes and the brilliance of the games (100 with full notes), one of the outstandiong games collections of all time. $28. b)RHM Press edition, p, exc, $25. c) RHM ed, NY, 1976, h, exc, $33.
TAL THE MAGNIFICENT, A. Soltis, Dallas, 1990, p, mint, 202p, 30 of his exciting games with entertaining notes. $18
TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, Reinfeld, Philadelphia, 1947, h, vg. 385p. Essentially drawn from the two German books by Tarrasch: Dreihundert Schachpartien and Die Moderne Schachpartie, but extended to cover his entire career with 183 games selected and annotated by Reinfeld but heavily influenced by Tarrasch's notes. $26. b) Phila., 1947, h, exc, $29
DREIHUNDERT SCHACHPARTIEN, Tarrasch, a classic of chess literature due to the excellent notes and fine games. Gouda, 1925, h, vg, ELRS, FGNL, 538p, $65. b) Leipzig, 1909, 532p, 2nd ed, his best games through 1894, h, vg, covers sl. worn, contents & binding fine, $90. c)Leipzig, 1909, 2nd edition, p, good, but with last 20 pages soiled, fc stained, $35
300 SHAKHMATNYKH PARTII, S. Tarrasch, Moscow, 1988, h, mint, a Russian ed. of this famous book. 431p. $24
ZIGBERT TARRASH, Ya. Neishtadt, Moscow, 1983, h, exc, in Russian.272p. Biography plus many annotated games. Black hardback series. $24
TARTAKOWERS GLANZPARTIEN 1905-1930, Berlin, 1956, DE Gruyter ed, p, exc, FGML, ELRS, 227p, 75 of his best games with superlative notes. $37. b) 2nd ed, Berlin/NY, 1986, h, exc, $42
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS, Tartakower, Vol. II, 1931-1954, 197p, h, vg, London, 1956, Bell ed., ‡, $30
MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1905-1954, Tartakower, NY, 1985, Dover ed, p, mint. The two vols bd in one. 201 fine games with fine notes. $16
THE CHESS CAREER OF RICHARD TEICHMANN, J. Spence, Omaha, 1970, 152p, p, exc, 92 annotated games, $22. b) p, good, front cover sl. solied & creased, some pencilled marginalia. $13. c) Omaha, 1970, bc creased & back page & cover soiled. $9. d) Gillam reprint, p, mint, rev. & edited by Gillam, Nottingham, 1995, 80p. $18
CARIERA MEA SAHISTA, Gheorghe Telbis, IM in the ICCF, Bucarest, 2000, p, mint, scarce. 87p. mainly high-level postal games. Has asection of excellent EG studies. $30
ALEKSANDR TOLUSH, V. Tolush, Moscow, 1983, 128p. Russian. One of the most feared attacking players in the Soviet Union from the 30s to the 60s. He had the scalps of Botvinnik, Boleslavsky, Bronstein, Kotov, Ragozin, Levensish, Flohr, Korchnoi among many other fine players. p, exc, $24. b) p, vg, ELRS, $20.
THE CHESS GREATS OF THE WORLD - VESELIN TOPOLOV, Kecskemet, 2006, D. Lovas. p, mint, 125p. 46 of his games with diagrams at the critical point where the reader is asked to find the winning continuation. $12
THE LIFE AND GAMES OF CARLOS TORRE, G. Velasco, Milford, 2000. 297p, biography + 102 of his best games with exc. notes. The best book so far on Torre. p, mint, $25
STANISLV TRCALA - SACHOVY ODKAZ, Kalendovsky & Dragoun, Prague, 1999. Czech. p, mint, 60p. 40 games with light notes to a few. With 90 of his chess problem compositions. $14
KAREL TREYBAL, L. Prokes, Prague, 1946, scarce, 202p, Czech, p, good, fc loose, spine chipped, 168 of his best games with notes. $120.
GEORGI TRINGOV, Z. Kaikamdzhozov, Sofia, 2001, p, mint. scarce. 175p. 70 of his best games with full notes. $48
OLAF ULVESTAD, J. Donaldson, Davenport, 2002, p, mint, 36p. Games, photos, biography of this all-but forgotten strong master who was just a shade below the top US masters in the 40s & 50s. $10
GOLDENE SCHACHZEITEN - ERINERUNGEN, M. Vidmar, Berlin, 1961, h, exc, a beautifully rebd copy with the original paper covers bd in. Also with an postcard from Dr. Niemeijer to a Dutch collector, in his hand. 259p. This is an account of his career with considerable prose and about 30 of his most interesting games plus some short essays. Vidmar was a World-cless electrical engineer whose insights into chess topics were penetrating and different. $85
MY CHESS ADVENTURES, C. W. Warburton, & T. Bogan, Chicago, 1980. Small edition, privately published. p, exc, 98p. This is a collection of 24 deeply annotated postal games by a strong British player. $30
H.G.M. WEENINK, Euwe, Niemeijer, Rueb, Trotsenburg, Amsterdam/ Haarlem, (1932), L/N 3138, h, vg, scarce. 290p. This is mainly about Weenink the problem and EG study composer (with hundreds of examples), but he was also a strong player and 57 of his games with good notes are included. $90. b) h, vg, covers worn, $85
SHADY SIDE - THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF NORMAN TWEED WHITAKER, CHESS MASTER, by John Hilbert, a chronicle of America's most notorious chess master based on many of his own papers. Includes a detailed story of his life, his loves, his cons, and his many chess experiences in a 60+ -year career. along with 570 of his games (some with full notes). Much US chess history and some excellent photos are a notable part of the book. Yorklyn, 2000. 481 + v pages + dust jacket. A remarkable book and quite unusual for a chess book in its coverage of a true character in the world of scams, chess, and advanced womanizing. $48.
SZYMON WINAWER, T. Lissowski, CP ed, Nottingham, 2000, 76p. 124 of his best games with lt. notes to most. Though seldom remembered today due to his having no books devoted to his games, he was from 1867 to 1900 one of the leading players in the world. His most memorable chess contributions are some lines in the openings, especially in the French Def. $20
THE GAMES OF D. A. YANOFSKY, D.J. Ross, Ottawa, 1985, p, exc, 260p, 60 annotated games for the Canadian GM. $26. b) p, vg, one blank page supplied in xerox. $10
CHESS THE HARD WAY!, D. A. Yanofsky, London, 1953, h, exc, with dj, 149p, good notes to 72 of his best games. $52
ONE-HUNDRED -AND ONE OF MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS, F.D. Yates, Philadelphia, w/o date, Moravian Chess reprint of the David McKay Company ed., 182p, h, exc, $35
DER GROSSMEISTER AUS LUBLIN, Domanski & Lissowski, Berlin, 2005, ZUKERTORT, 285p, largely biography but with 5 fully annotated games. h, mint, $40
ALEKSANDR ZAITSEV, Arkangelsky & Kimelfeld, Moscow, 1986, p, vg, part of Russian paperback Black Series, 144p, 104 of his best games, many with full notes. $28
ARCYMISTRZ Z LUBLINA, Domanski & Lissowski, Warsaw, 2002, Polish. on Zukertort. 279p. Some positions and discussion of style, but not a games collection. Much biographical and pictorial material. $48. b) p, vg, front cover creased, otw mint, $28
ANTHOLOGIES
GRANDMASTERS IN PROFILE, D. Bjelica, Sarajevo, 1973, p, exc, 272p. Has only a few games, but this is a very interesting book because of the excellent accounts of the GMs quotes and description. Treated are Botvinnik. Bronstein, Euwe, Tal, Fischer, Spassky, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Stein, Gligoric, Keres, Korchnoi, Ivkov,.. $45.
AROUND THE CHESS WORLD IN 80 YEARS, N. Divinsky, vol. 2 (of 2), BCM Quarterly #8, p, exc, 99p. A statistical study of all the top chessmasters from 1870-1950 with the games between the top six annotated.
SOLITAIRE CHESS, I. Horowitz, NY, 1972, p, vg, ELRS, FGML,. Has 62 games in which the reader is asked to find the best move and is then ranked on his accuracy. p, vg, 128p. $5
100 SOVIET CHESS MINIATURES, P. H. Clarke, NY, 1963, h, exc, an excellent selection of fine games by little-known Soviet players with full notes. $28
THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHESS GAMES, G. Burgess, Nunn, & Emms, London, 1998. 560p.p, mint. One of my favorite games collections due to the many (100) fabulous games, one of which (Adams-Torre) was certainly not a game. It was merely something that Torre pointed out to Adams after a game as an interesting conclusion. Adams was a weak player who was very helpful to the dirt-poor young Torre. There was no tournament in New Orleans in 1920 that the already very strong Torre would have played in, and other games of Edwin Ziegler Adams (not to be confused with Edward Adams of New York, who was a strong player) show him as a real patzer. $22
MEET THE MASTERS, Cathy Forbes, Brighton, 1994. A very entertaining book due to the freshness and zest of the young author in chasing down interesting players such as Fischer, Seirawan, Kasparov, Short, Keene, Timman, Anand, Adams,... A few games are included, but the interviews are the thing. 160p. $22
LEARN CHESS FROM THE WORLD CHAMPIONS, D. Levy, London, 1978, 206p. An extremely good book with the highlight being Alekhine's introduction to the New York 1927 tournament book where he reveals his strategy for winning against Capablanca in their monumental title match. p, vg, $28. b London, 1979, h, exc, $34)
LES PRIX DE BEAUTÉ AUX ÉCHECS, F. Le Lionnais, Paris, 2002. A new edition of a classic games collection. 455p. p, mint, 239 brilliant games culled from thousands of worthy games. Detailed notes. $33
SOVETSKIE SHAKHMATISTKI, E. Bykova, Moscow, 1951, p, vg, 184p. On Soviet female players with records of ladies events, brief biographies, and 50 well-annotated games. scarce. $46
NEUE SCHACHSTERNE, S.G. Tartakower, Wien, 1935, 143p, pages uncut, p, exc, Representative games of 30 of the then newer masters of that time with Tartakower's exc. notes. $15
CHESS IN THE USSR 1945-1972 Part 2: THE CLOSED RUY LOPEZ, C. Leach, p, mint, 102p. 262 annotated games in fine print. $18
CHESS IN THE USA 1945-1972: Part 2: SICILIAN DEFENCE, C. Leach, (Great Britain), 1994, p, mint, 109p. 272 games with notes in fine print. $18
BEST OF BRITISH CHESS 1945-1989 PART 1, C. Leach, (Great Britain), 1991, p, mint, 73p, 179 games with notes in fine print. $18
BEST OF BRITISH CHESS 1945-1989 PART 2, C. Leach, (Great Britain), 1993, p, mint, 69p, 173 games with notes in fine print, $18
WINNING QUICKLY WITH BLACK, Ya. Neishtadt, London, 1996, p, mint, 160p. 107 quick victories by Black with brief notes. $19
99 SCHÖNHEITSPREISE AUS 159 SCHACHJAHREN, L. Steinkohl, Maintal, 1995. p, exc, Brief notes to exciting games. 128p. $12
DIE BESTEN PARTIEN DEUTSCHER SCHACH-GROSSMEISTER, Darga, Hecht, Hübner, Hund, Lobron, Pfleger, Schmid, & Unzicker. Niedernhausen, 1983. h, mint, 192p. A nice collection of well annotated games by these German GM's and Masters. $24
BEST GAMES OF THE YOUNG GRANDMASTERS, C, Pritchett & Kopec, London, 1980, p, exc, 217p. covers Miles, Timman, Browne, Andersson, Hübner, Ribli, Ljubojevic, and Kasparov. How fast time moves! Except for Kasparov none of these players would be ranked in the top ten today. 87 games with interesting notes.$23
RELAX WITH CHESS AND WIN IN TWENTY MOVES, F. Reinfeld, NY & London, 1948, h, exc, a nice collection of little-known miniatures with good notes. 154p. $14. b) US ed, NY, w/o date. h, exc, with dj. 150p. $16
500 MASTER GAMES OF CHESS, Tartakower & DuMont, in 2 vols., London, 1952, h, exc, with djs. ELRS, Vol. I, 508p, 237 games. Vol. II, Games 238-500. + 26 games at odds, blindfold, etc. 391p. With good notes to the gasmes. Bell edition. A notable collection. $95. b) Dover ed, NY, 1975, a one volume edition, 664 + iv p. p, vg, sl. word at cover edges. $18
100 MASTER GAMES OF MODERN CHESS, Tartakower & Du Mont, Dover ed, NY, 1975. p, mint. A follow-on volume to the 500 Master Games above. Another fine set of well-annotated games. $10. b)London, 1954. h, good, but with many inked-in marginal notes, $13
THE WORLD'S GREAT CHESS GAMES, R. Fine, NY, 1951, Crown edition. 287p., a very good selection with Fine's good, but in this case, light, notes. h, exc, with dj. $24. b) h, exc, $18. c),Dover ed, NY, 1983, 397p, a revised and expanded ed, p, vg, $13
THE WORLD'S A CHESSBOARD, R. Fine, Philadelphia 1948.h, exc, with dj(worn). Probably Fine's best book due to the good selection and the fine Fine notes. He also gives several of his losses, but most of the games are by other players. $38
FIFTY CHESS MASTERPIECES 1941-1944, R. Fine, Dover ed, NY, 1977. Originally published in 1945 as CHESS MARCHES ON. These games were originally published with Fine's excellent notes in his monthly column in CHESS REVIEW. p, exc, $10
THE YOUNGER SCHOOL OF SOVIET CHESS, A. Soltis, London, 1976, 253p, With selected games principally of the Soviet masters Tukmakov, Kuzmin, Balashov, Karpov, Vaganian, Belyavsky and others such as Gulko, Romanishin, Razuvaev,...With good notes. h, exc, with dj. $26
SECRETS OF THE RUSSIAN MASTERS, Alburt & L. Parr, NY, 1977. Rather elementary notes, but good for instruction. 229p. h, exc, with dj. $25
THE SOVIET SCHOOL OF CHESS, Kotov & Yudovich, Moscow, 1958. 390p. A fine games collection though somewhat tainted by Soviet propaganda. English edition. Features many lesser known players with excellent games in which many more famous players scalps were taken. Interestingly calls Alekhine their greatest player. h, exc, with dj. $35. b) THE SOVIET CHESS SCHOOL, re-titled,Moscow, 1983, h, exc, 195p.heavily revised, many good photos, with some of the newer masters. $28
INSTRUCTIVE MODERN CHESS MASTERPIECES, Igor Stohl, London, 2002, p, exc. 319p. 50 outstanding modern games with copious notes. This book won at least two book-of-the-year awards. As good a book as one can find in terms of displaying the richness of modern chess at the highest level. $25
CHESSLETS, Dr. J. Schumer, London, 1928, a hodge-podge of different classifications: 1 collection of 14 outstanding games with notes based on literary quotations. 2) stalemates in master play. 3) False conclusions. 4) chess problems. 5. Chesslets. h, vg, a minor defect on 3 lines (with xerox of that whole page provided). With bookplate of the Philadelphia master and chess columnist, Isaac Ash. $48
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS, I. A. Horowitz,(actually Horowitz conveniently disregarded the fact that the vast majority of the book was authored by Francis Wellmuth). The original hardback edition had 540 games but Horowitz pruned some games and added a trivial number to yield his own version with 323 games. Cornerstone Library edition, NY, 1974, p, vg, first 4 leaves sal. waterstained. With an unattributed game on the endpapers. $4. b) Galahad Books edition, NY, 1969, h, exc, with dj. with 322 games incl. a 1966 game. On page 5 under favorite games the "I " in the sentence "In the course of the decades in which I have devotes to the preparation of this volume" there is no trace of attribution to the actual writer, Francis Wellmuth. The cover states "compiled by I. A. Horowitz", but that is an untrue statement since the vast majority of the games were compiled by Wellmuth, whose name appears nowhere in this edition. $12
ONE HUNDRED CHESS GEMS, P. Wenman, Phila., w/o date, ca. 1939. Great games but skimpy notes. h, exc, $28
GEMS OF THE CHESS BOARD, P. Wenman, Bristol, 1940, p, vg, 57 little-known fine games, though with sparse notes. scarce. $35
MASTER CHESS PLAY, P. Wenman, London, 1951, h, vg, with a handwritten openings index on the endpapers. 106 selected games with light notes. $30
MALE EESTIS 1965-1969, K. Rötova, Tallinn, 1972, Estonian. 261p, h, good, with some light waterstainingof the endpapers. A collection of many games in Estonia in this period with detailed notes and a chapter on rook & pawn endgames. $32. b) h, exc, $40.
MALE EESTIS, E. Lukk. Tallinn, 1965, Estonian, 599p. covers the history of chess in Estonia from earliest times to about 1964 with X-tables, games, and chess compositions. Naturally Paul Keres features prominently. h, vg, with dj, $75.
MEET THE MASTERS, M. Euwe, London, 2nd ed, 1945. h, exc, with Barrett's bookplate, 279p. An English translation of the Dutch book in which Euwe introduced the Dutch public to the 7 players he was to compete against in the great AVRO tournament of 1938. Euwe's books are all of high quality. He gives evaluations of their play with sample games and positions. Kmoch rounded out the book with material on Euwe himself. Includes some good photos. Wood added a few more paragraphs to each chapter. $35. b) h, exc, $32.
GROSSE REMISPARTIEN, W. Heidenfeld, Düsseldorf, 1968, German, 80p. p, exc. A very nice collection of 35 exciting drawn games from the period 1896-1966 with deep notes to these generally very tactical games. $22
CHESS: 60 YEARS ON WITH CAISSA AND FRIENDS, Alan Phillips, British Master and co-champion of Britain in 1954, Yorklyn, 2003, paperback, 185 pages. A collection of 200 games by British players from the 1950s to the present. 100 are Phillips¹ games and 100 are sparkling games by other British players, all with light notes. Also there are 37 good photos of the best British players of those days. $19
CHESS BY YOURSELF, F. Reinfeld, Philadelphia, 1946, Viii + 144p. Ten games with questions for the reader to find the best move and with answers to each question and a scoring system for evaluating the reader's responses. h, exc, with dj. $20. b) h, exc, $18
200 MEGNYITASI SAKKCSAPDA, E. Gelenczei, Hungary, short games & opening traps. 20 moves or fewer arranged by openings. Many little-known games. 144p. p, vg, $18
100 PREISGEKRÖNTE SCHACHPARTIEN, W. Földeak, Berlin, 1952, h, exc, with original covers bd in. 135p. With good notes to each game. ELRS., $28
444 SRAZHENNYKH KOROLYA, A. Roizman, Minsk, 1987, h, exc. 270p. A further 444 short sharp assaults on the King with lt. notes to each game. Arrangement by openings. Very good choices, not like some books I've seen where the win is by elementary blunder or "cheapo". $14
SCHACHKUNST IN DER UDSSR, S. Sprecher, Vienna, 1947, h, vg., spine strip repaired. 208p, German. An excellent collection of 51 choice annotated games, the notes being by top Soviet players. The games are from 1933 to 1947 and there is an extensive discussion of the Russian school of chess with examples. $28
50 MINIATURE GAMES BY WORLD CHAMPIONS, Karpov, Moscow, 1986, Russian. h, exc, orig. covers bd in, ELRS, 160p. $16
FIFTY GREAT GAMES OF MODERN CHESS, H. Golombek, Philadelphia, w/o date (1942). Full notes. h, vg, $24. b) h, vg, with several pages of intensely packed inked-in notes. A good working copy. $6
SHAKHMATNYE BATALII, M/Boenizdat, Moscow, 1970, Russian. 208p. A collection of annotated games by Russian armed forces players along with EG studies by them and their contributions to the openings. Among the masters are some well-known plasyers. h, vg, ELRS, $15. b) h, exc, $18.
HOW CHESSMASTERS THINK, Paul Schmidt, Coraopolis, 1988, p, mint,127p. A revised and expanded English version. These games are fully annotated, but only one is a game by Schmidt. All are by top-notch players. $22
DYNAMIC CHESS, R.N. Coles, NY, 1966, Dover ed, p, exc, 195p. An excellent collection of fighting games with good notes. $8
EPIC BATTLES OF THE CHESSBOARD, R. N. Coles, NY, 1971, p, vg. covers worn. 50 fighting games woth nice notes. 173p. $5
PARTIJ VERLOREN..., Eggink & Schelfhout, Amsterdam, 1947, h, vg, scarce. Dutch, 220p. Dedicated to the Dutch players who lost their lives in WWII in the resistance, in concentration camps and in other wartime tragedies. 64 games with notes. Preface by Euwe. Among these were Landau (quite strong), van den Hoek, Max Levenbach, Dr. B. Beffie, Dr. B. Frank, J. Polak, and many others. $72
107 GREAT CHESS BATTLES, A. Alekhine, Oxford, 1980, transl. by Edward Winter. h, exc. A collection of games selected and annotated by Alekhine in the period he lived in Spain during WWII. They include 31 of his own games and also a good selection of the three masters he likely considered his most likely match opponents in a title match after the war. $32
HOW TO DEFEAT A SUPERIOR OPPONENT, E. Mednis, Los Angeles, 1989, p, mint. 312p. Although intended largely as a book of instruction, this is also a very good collection of 68 interesting games with exceptionally good notes. Notable is that all of these games are from 1973 and each involves one Soviet player. $21
TRUD, TALANT, POBEDA, M. Yudovich, Moscow, 1960, h, vg, Russian, FGML, ELRS, with dj. part of the Russian "Black Series". 271p. Truth, Talent, Work. An analysis of games from these standpoints. $22.
EARLY CHAMPIONS, Neishtadt, Moscow, 1973, h, exc, 302p. A games collection for Philidor, La Bourdonnais, Staunton, Andersen, Morphy. Very well-annotated games. $24
LEHRREICHE KURZPARTIEN, J. Benzinger, Hamburg 1964, p, exc, 193p. 350 instructive short combinational games arranged by openings. $24
MODERN MASTER-PLAY, Yates & Winter, London, 1929, h, vg, with some light pencilled marginalia. 105p. An excellent selection of games with good notes. $40. b) London, 1929, h, exc, with James Barrett's chess bookplate, $46. c) h, fair, some loose pages, covers worn, some good photos. London, 1929, $20
MEMORABLE CHESS GAMES, W. Moffatt, Stroud, 1913, h, vg, spine worn, some foxing. Scarce (365 copies). 321 games in which the author asks questions about the play. Answers at the back. $75
OD STEINITZA DO BOTVINIKA, V. Vukovic, Zagreb, 1950, Vol. II. Alekhine - Euwe - Botvinnik. Serbo-Croat. h, vg, corners chipped. ELRS. 252p. Vukovic had the reputation of being an extremely good analyst. He gives the games between each of these players and their chief rivals with his very deep notes. $32
LESSER-KNOWN CHESS MASTERPIECES 1906-1915, ed by Fred Wilson. NY, 1976. p, exc. ‡, Inscribed by the editor. A good collection of games with brief notes from the Year-Book of Chess. 369p. O/P. $12
OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS GAMES, Vol. I 1485-1866, Levy & O'Connell, h, exc, with dj (partly sun faded), about 4000 games from this period. A monumental work with lt notes to some. $85
DIE WELTMEISTER DES SCHACHSPIELS, Barcza, Alfoldy, & Kapu, budapest, 1975, the German edition. In two vols. Vol. I from Morphy to Alekhine, p, exc, 362p. Vol. II, Botvinnik to Fischer, p, exc, FGML, ELRS, 347p.Games with deep historical commentary. Too bad that this work has not been translated into English. In my opinion it is one of the most interesting things that needs translation into English. Sold only as a set. $75.
SHAKHMATY V MOLDAVII, P. Savin, Kishniev, 1968, p, exc, 155p. Chess history in Moldavia with games, x-tables from events there, compositions by Moldavian composers. $15
GREAT GAMES BY CHESS PRODIGIES, F. Reinfeld, NY, 1972. p, vg, 246p. 56 annotated games by the four American prodigies Morphy, Capablanca, Reshevsky, and Fischer. $16
LOS NIÑOS PRODIGIO DEL AJEDREZ, P. Moran, Barcelona, 1973, p, exc. 137p. 54 games, largely by Morphy, Capablanca, Reshevsky, Pomar, Fischer, Mecking as well as a few by players at an advanced age. $18
FERNSCHACH KURZSCHLÜSSE, E. Dyckhoff, Düsseldorf, 1947, scarce. 24p. 44 brilliant brevities incl. 5 by Keres and 4 by Kurt Rattmann (the very successful chess book dealer). p, vg, ELRS, FGML. $30
50 MINIATYUR CHEMPIONOV MIRA, A. Karpov, Moscow, 1986, 50 chapters filled with miniatures (30 moves or fewer) by World Champions. 160p. p, exc, $16
SOVIET CHESS, R.G. Wade, Hollywood, 1976, 288p, p, exc, a nice book filled with games of Alekhine to Polugayevsky, with notes and other material. Included are chapters on chess problems and endgame studies. $28
CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS, P.W. Sergeant, revised by Reinfeld, NY, 1960, h, exc, a notable book with 64 world championship games with good notes and with commentary on the matches for the championship. $26
THE ENGLISH CHESS EXPLOSION FROM MILES TO SHORT, M. Chandler & R. Keene, London, 1981, p, exc, 122p. Representative games for the top British players plus x-tables, chatter about the individuals and teams. $18
STELLUNGSPIELE, Eliskases, Kecskemet, 2000, p, mint, this is actually a book on positional chess with some of Eliskases' games with deep notes & with a good many notes by other players—also with very deep notes. 163p. $24
DAS KLASSISCHE LÄUFEROPFER AUF h7/h2, H. Wieteck, Mönkloh, 1989, 50 annotated games feasturing this famous bishop sacrifice. p, exc. $20
FINDING BOBBY FISCHER, D. Ten Geuzendam, Amsterdam, 1994. Although Fischer is mentioned a lot, this is basically interviews of leading players including Fischer as one small part. The interviews are extremely good reading, especially some of the stories Najdorf tells. 254p. A fascinating book. h, exc. a) signed by the author, h, $55. b)h, mint, $49.
IZBRANNIKI CAISSY, I. Kagan, Kareliya, 1983, p, exc, 214p. Brief biographies of the World Champions from Steinitz to Karpov. Includes studies of their playing styles. $18
SHAKHMATIE DUELI, A. Roizman, Minsk, 1976, p, exc, 174p. 200 short sharp games from master practice arranged by opening. $13
SHAKHMATISTY BELORUSSII, V. Nikiforovich, Minsk, 1972. p, exc, Chess in Belorus with mainly games plus a chapter on chess compositions. 109p. $20
DIE NEUEN IDEEN IM SCHACHSPIEL, R. Reti, 1st ed, Vienna, 1922. A famous book. 121p. h, exc, rebd. $36
LYUBIMAYA IGRA – SHAKHMATY, Moscow, 1968, h, exc, 223p. chess in the Russian armed forces. Games, compositions (problems & EG studies). With some strong players such as Savon & Gufeld at the time they were in the Soviet forces. $20. b) h, vg, ELRS, $18.
MOSKVICHI ZA SHAKHMATNOI DOSKOI, Shaburov & Matsyukevich, Moscow, 1980. p, vg, chess life in Moscow: many photos, annotated games, compositions. 140p. $18
NETERPENIE DOBROTY, V, Vasil'ev, Moscow, 1980. h, exc, rebd, ELRS. 176p. No games. Largely about Soviet female players. $16
SHAKHI V UKRAINI, Y. Semenko, The Ukraine, 1993, h, exc. 223p. Largely an anthology of games by Ukrainian players, but with a section on EG studies as well. $28 b) h, vg, tops of a few pages torn not affecting text, $15.
POWER CHESS - GREAT GRANDMASTER BATTLES FROM RUSSIA, Paul Keres, NY, 1991, ed. by B. Hochberg. p, exc, 279p. A collection of 22 great games with Keres' superb notes. $18
SAHOVSKE LEPOTICE, B. Ivkov, Osijek, 1973, p, vg, Serbo-Croat. A collection of 91 brilliant games from the time of Kieseritzky to the modern Yugoslav masters. With light notes. 183p. $23
MASTERS OF THE CHESS BOARD, R. Reti, London, 1965, Bell ed, with dj, h, exc. 211p. One of the game's great classics despite some rather silly factual errors such as stating that Capablanca studied at Harvard (It was at Columbia University). $32. b) Dover reprint, 1976, p, exc, $9
DRAW!, W. Heidenfeld, London, 1982, 216p. A top-notch book which should have been reprinted many times over. Heidenfeld was one of the best chess authors anywhere and this was his best book. 64 exciting drawn games with excellent notes. Because they were "only" draws many of these games have never been given the recognition they deserve. h, exc, with dj. $65
MODERN CHESS MINIATURES, Barden & Heidenfeld, NY, 1960, Dover ed, 161 fine short games with excellent notes. 148p. $10
WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS, E.G. Winter, Oxford, 1981, h, exc. 185p. The best account by far of the lives of the World Champions from Staunton to Karpov, at least up until the much longer and different perspective of Kasparov's MY GREAT PREDECESSORS. Each champion's biography is written by different expert. $32
THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE GAMES OF CHESS EVER PLAYED, I. Chenev, NY, 1965, p, vg, 279p. 62 very well chosen beautiful games with illustrative winning themes. $20
THE RUSSIANS PLAY CHESS, I. Chernev, Phila, 1947, h, good, spine split, contents fine, 200p. 50 choice, brief, brilliant games by Soviet players with short, entertaining notes. $10. b) h, exc, $18.
THE GREAT CHESS MASTERS AND THEIR GAMES, F. Reinfeld, NY, 1952, h, exc, w/o dj, 302p, With 14 annotated games to illustrates the styles of the greatest masters from Anderssen to Euwe. Reinfeld has written a fascinating brief history of chess in this era, albeit with some historical inaccuracies. $27
111 SOWJETISCHE MEISTERPARTIEN, H. Machatscheck, Berlin, 1956, h, vg, 326p. A primo collection of Soviet games with good notes. $30
DIE NEUEN SCHACHSTERNE, H. Wieteck, Maintal, 1995, p, mint, 160p. 100 annotated games by the younger masters. $15
WARRIORS OF THE MIND, Keene & Divinsky, London, 1989, h, exc, with dj, 342p. A good games collection , but I find his thesis of "A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board" unconvincing due to the somewhat arbitrariness of choice of the tournaments. $37
A SELECTION OF GAMES AT CHESS ACTUALLY PLAYED BY PHILIDOR AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES, G. Walker, London, 1835, reprint, Moravian Chessw/o date. 112p. h, exc, $20
THE MODERN CHESS INSTRUCTOR, W. Steinitz, parts 1 & 2 Olms reprint, h, exc, ‡, with dj & protective plastic jacket, the original editions (of which Part II is super scacre) were NY 1889 & NY 1895. xli + 193 + vii + 64p. Most of the Part II copies were destroyed in a fire before they were fully distributed. The contenst largely consists of openings analysis, but with many full games included with the author's notes and with the complete Havana 1889 Steinitz-Chigorin match. $45
SCHACH UND SCHALOM, L. Steinkohl, Düsseldorf, 1995, a study of the prominence of Jews in chess, illustrated with 81 annotated games and many stories. 189p., p, exc. $24
SCHNELL MATT!, C. Hüther, Munich, 1913, h, exc, scarce. 333 brief brilliant games by famous masters and strong amateurs. XXXIII + 115p. The largest number of games are by Morphy and next by Anderssen, but with many by unknowns. $55
CHESS STRATEGY AND TACTICS - 50 MASTER GAMES, Reinfeld & Chernev, Phila, 1946, h, exc, with dj. 179p. An excellent selection with good notes.
SCHACK OCH SCHACKMÅSTARE, G. Stahlberg, Stockholm, 1952, Swedish. p, exc, the original edition of CHESS AND CHESSMASTERS. With chapters and illustrative games for the leading players from Lasker to Bronstein. $45
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1) UNCERTAINTY, David Lindley, NY, 2007, 1st ed, h, mint, with dj. 257p. Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr and the Struggle for the Soul of Science. Largely a history of quantum mechanics with some entertaining vignettes about the top physicists involved in the convoluted tale of development of one of the two greatest physical theories of the past century (the other: relativity). Written without equations. $25.50
2) GUIDE TO GAMES & PUZZLES, H. L. Rinker, Dubuque, 1997, p, mint, 256p. A catalogue of hundreds of games and puzzles along with photos of many and with descriptions and monetary valuations of all the items. Quite interesting to browse to find all-but-forgotten games and toys of one's youth. $18
3) SUPERCOMPUTING AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF SCIENCE, W. Kaufmann & L. Smarr, NY, 1993, h, exc, with dj. 238p. Part of the excellent Scientific American series. A book that can be read and enjoyed by anyone interested in the many ways that supercomputers impact virtually every aspect of modern life. $28
4) RARE AMERICANA FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE LEVI Z. LEITER, Sale Catalog Feb. 15 & 16, 1933. An extremely nice catalog due to its reproduction of some wonderful documents in parts such as Thomas Jefferson's own copy of his notes on Virginia with MS additions in his autograph; First Edition of the André Court Martial, 1780; Probably a Unique Copy of Eliot's Indian Bible One of the Largest and Finest in Existence. 1680 "Mamusse wunneetupannatamwe up-biblum God naneeswe..."; The Second Work Printed by Bradford, one of the Rarest Books Relating to Pennsylvania, Thomas Budd, 1685; One of the Largest Private Collections of Confederate Books and Pamphlets, 5 pages in fine print of documents of the Confederate States, hundreds of pieces, said to be inferior only to those in the Library of Congress and the Athenaeum in Boston; Washington at Valley Forge- The Darkest Hour, 10p; p, exc, 106p. 263 items with first-rate descriptions. $48
6) THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY BELONGING TO ROBERT FRANK SKUTCH INCLUDING ALSO ORIGINAL MINIATURES BY CHARLES WILSON PEALE, COLONIAL AND PEARL FANS, Stan. V. Henkels, Catalogue No. 1096, Dec. 16 & 17, 1913. p, vg, 66p, 441 lots. Mainly literary items such as: first editions of Brownings poems; Original edition of Burton¹s Arabian Knights, Benares 1885-1888. first editions of several Dickens books ; Eliot¹s Cat Family, only 150 copies printed, the greatest work ever printed on the Cat Family; about 40 Kelmscott Press publications; Several Ben Franklin imprints, and much more. Some bids penciled in. $35
7) THE FREDERICK S. PECK COLLECTION OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS AND A FEW VERY RARE BOOKS, Samuel T. Freeman catalogue Feb. 17, 1947. p, vg, 105 p, 203 lots. Include. the first edition, first issue of Whitman¹s Leaves of Grass; Benjamin Rush (signer of the Declaration of Independence) to Major General Lee, July 23, 1776 (one page reproduced); Letters by at least 20 other signers of the Declaration of Independence; ALS Francis Lightfoot Lee to Col. Landon Carter, March 19, 1776. Scores of letters by other Revolutionary War notables such as Jefferson, Washington, as well as later presidents. $85
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9) LATHROP HARPER CATALOG 219 - MEDICINE- SCIENCE - TECHNOLOGY & NATURAL HISTORY, 1975, p, exc, 120p, 350 entries incl. many great rarities incl. some incunables. $8
10) AMERICANA CATALOG- THE LIBRARY COLLECTED BY THE LATE JOSEPH B. SHEA OF PITTSBURGH, American Art Association Anderson Galleries , NY, 1937, p, exc, 212p, 674 entries. This catalog, like many others of that era are themselves full of interesting facts and history due to the detailed listings. $40
11) A SUPERB COLLECTION OF ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPTS AND WORKS ON THE ART OF ILLUMINATING FROM THE LIBRARY OF W.J.GILBERT OF ST. LOUIS, Catalog 999, Stan Henkels, June 8, 1909, p, exc, 11p, 312 entries with 5 color examples of fine illuminations, $25
12) A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF GREAT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE- STAN HENKELS CATALOGUE No. 1139, AUCTION OF JUNE 2nd 1915, Embracing 29 letters of George Washington with extensive passages therefrom; 35 from General Sullivan; 13 from General Enoch Poor, 7 from Genl. Philip Schuyler; 14 from Genl. Gates Genl. Stephen, Genl. Lord Stirling and others; and 81 letters from Signers of the Declaration of Independence; and 59 letters by Revolutionary Statesman. p, vg, 91p, 454 entries, $65
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