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| AUTHOR | TITLE | PAGES | PLACE OF PUBLICATION | DATE | OP? | COMMENTS | PRICE | |
| 1 | NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE OF USA! | I NEVER SHIP ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THE USA! No exceptions. | NEW POSTAGE CHARGE is $4.00 per order! | 2024 or until I retire. | I still only take cash or checks drawn on an American bank. No cards, PayPal & etc. | |||
| 2 | Soltis, Andy Grandmaster | Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion. A Biography with 220 Games. | viii, 383pp. | Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. | 1994 | OP | 1st ed. Fine copy. A terrific games collection! | $ 50.00 |
| 3 | Elo, Arpad E. | The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present. Second Edition. | xvi, 230pp. | New York: Arco Pub., Inc. | 1986 | OP | pb, fine copy. The very scarce, 2nd, revised edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Jeremy Gaige. | $ 50.00 |
| 4 | DeLucia, David | A Few Old Friends. Second Edition. | 394pp. Profusely illustrated, often in color. | Darien, Ct., | 2007 | OP | 1/225 copies. Fine copy. A catalog of the greatest rare chessbook library ever assembled. | $ 300.00 |
| 5 | Plisetsky, Dmitry and Sergey Voronkov. | Russians versus Fischer. | 462pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2005 | OP | 2nd, enlarged edition. Fine copy in d-j. Quite interesting! | $ 30.00 |
| 6 | Smullyan, Raymond | The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights. | xvii, 170pp. | New York: Alfred A. Knopf | 1981 | OP | Contains 50 elaborate "retrograde analysis" problems. 1st edition, fine in d-j. Scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 7 | Hilbert, John S. | Shady Side. The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker, Chess Master. | vi, 481pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 2000 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. However, I will never understand why one our greatest chess historians chose to lavish such time and attention on this creep. | $ 35.00 |
| 8 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) MOSCOW 1935. Translated by Jimmy Adams and Sarah Hurst. | Moscow 1935 International Chess Tournament. | 356pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1998 | OP | Fine copy. Becoming scarce. | $40.00 |
| 9 | Sergeant, Philip W. | A Century of British Chess. With a Frontispiece and 18 Illustrations. | 384pp. | Philadelphia: David McKay Company | 1934 | OP | Spine faded, top & bottom of spine rubbed, else a very good copy. L/N 305; "aucta" 1123. Very scarce. | $ 30.00 |
| 10 | (Reinfeld, Fred) Reshevsky, Samuel | Reshevsky on Chess. The US Champion Tells How He Wins. | frontis., viii, 274pp.+ 1 p. photo | New York: Chess Review | 1948 | OP | 1st edition. VG copy in worn d-j. BTW, F.R. really wrote this! | $25.00 |
| 11 | Soltis, Andrew | The Younger School of Soviet Chess. | xxv, 253pp. | London, G. Bell & Sons | 1970 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Never reprinted and now very scarce. | $40.00 |
| 12 | Korchnoi, Victor | My Best Games. Vol. 1: Games with White. Vol. 2: Games with Black. | 208 + 204pp. | Zurich: Edition Olms | 2003 | OP | Third edition of Vol. 1 and Second edition of Vol. 2. A fine set. Becoming scarce. | $75.00 |
| 13 | Damsky, Iakov | Chess Brilliancy. 250 Historic Games from the Masters. | 224pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2002 | OP | pb, VG copy. An excellent games collection with good annotations. | $ 15.00 |
| 14 | Gaprindashvili, Paata | Critical Moments in Chess. | 271pp. | Batsford: London | 2010 | OP | pb, VG copy. Becoming scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 15 | Tisdall, Jonathan | Improve Your Chess Now. | 224pp. | London: Cagogan Chess | 1997 | OP | pb, VG copy. A very good instructional book! | $15.00 |
| 16 | Feenstra Kuiper, Dr. P. | Hundert Jahre Schachturniere...1851-1950. (AND) Hundert Jahre Schzweikampfe...1851-1950. | frontis., 308 + frontis. + 146pp. | Amsterdam: W. Ten Have N.V. | 1964 & 1967 | OP | Two volumes, sold together only. A fine set in the dust jackets of this extremely useful history of the great chess tournaments and matches. Very scarce. | $60.00 |
| 17 | Olafsson, Fridrik | Vid Skakbordid I Aldarfjordung. 50 Valdar Soknarskakir. | 240pp. | Reykjavik | 1976 | OP | VG copy in d-j. Contains about 60 of his best games.Very scarce. | $ 30.00 |
| 18 | 5 SPENCE LIMITED EDITION TOURNAMENT BOOKS. | ALL are US OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: 53rd…Tampa, Florida 1952; 58th…Cleveland, Ohio 1957; 59th…Rochester, Minnesota 1958; 60th…Omaha, Nebraska 1959 & 61st…St. Louis, MIssouri 1960. | approx. 40pp. each | Omaha, Nebraska: Jack Spence (editor) | 1951-1960 | OP | 5 volumes, VG, all spiral bound in orig. pntd. covers, 8 & 1/2 X 11 inches. All limited editions varying from only 100 to 150 copies issued. Rare in my experience. | $40.00 per volume |
| 19 | Nunn, John | New Ideas in the Four Knights. | 128pp. | London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd. | 1993 | OP | pb, fine copy. Still, IMHP, the best book on this opening. Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 20 | Steinitz, Wilhelm | The Modern Chess Instructor. | 194+66pp. | Zurich: Edition Olms | 1984 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Reprints both the 1889 edition & 1895 short sequel. | $15.00 |
| 21 | Reshevsky, Samuel (Annotated by...). Edited by Isaac Kashdan. | FIRST PIATIGORSKY CUP. International Grandmaster Chess Tournament Held in Los Angeles, California, July 1963. | xix, 204pp. | Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press | 1965 | OP | First edition. Fine copy, in slightly chipped d-j. Very scarce--even more so, in my experience, than the book of the SECOND PIATIGORSKY CUP. Keres & Petrosian tied for first place. | $ 50.00 |
| 22 | Eales, Richard | Chess. The History of a Game. | 240pp. (+16pp. of illus.) | London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd. | 1985 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A somewhat dry but very accurate work. Scarce. | $30.00 |
| 23 | Winter, Edward | A Chess Omnibus. | 468pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 2003 | OP | pb, fine copy. Loaded with good articles & photos! | $ 25.00 |
| 24 | (PERIODICAL) | Chess Review. 1948, 1955 & 1961 (complete years) | 384pp. each | New York | Jan.-Dec., 1948; Jan.-Dec., 1955; Jan.-Dec. 1961 | OP | 3 vols., 3 complete years, 1948 & 1955 bound in library cloth; 1961 in orig. red cloth. PRICE PER YEAR... | $ 40.00 each! |
| 25 | Denker, Arnold & Larry Parr | The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories. | 359pp. | San Francisco: Hypermodern Press | 1995 | OP | pb, VG copy. With much early US 20th Century chess history & many games (in descriptive). Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 26 | Various Russian GMs. | Russian "black cover" series of individual games collections. IN RUSSIAN! The following titles: ALEXANDER TOLUSH, ALEXEI SUETIN, VALDAS MIKENAS, AIVARS GIPSLIS, VASILY PANOV, EDUARD GUFELD & ALEXANDER KONSTANTINOPOLSKI. | approx. 160pp. | Moscow | 1983-1987 | OP | pb, VG to fine copies. All are $10.00 each! | $ 10.00 each! |
| 27 | Agnos, Dr. Alex | Endgame Artillery. Queen and Rook Endings. | (3), 109pp. | Davenport, Iowa, | 1982 | OP | pb, VG copy. A very good little book! | $ 15.00 |
| 28 | Napier, William Ewart | Paul Morphy and The Golden Age of Chess. edited by I. A. Horowitz | frontis., vi, 288pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1957 | OP | VG copy in a torn d-j of this very scarce anthology of older games. | $15.00 |
| 29 | Prokes, Ladislav | Dr. Karel Treybal. Zivot a Dilo Ceskeho Sachoveho Mistra. | Frontis., 200pp. + 2pp. ads | Praze (Prague) | 1946 | OP | Orig. printed. wrs., spine neatly tape-repaired, else a VG copy. With 168 games. L/N 3136. Scarce! | $ 20.00 |
| 30 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Bogoljubow, E. | Das Internationale Schachturnier Moskau 1925. | frontis., xii, 223pp. + 2p. ads | Berlin und Leipzig: Walter De Gruyter & Co. | 1927 | OP | Slightly rubbed, with very slight soiling of bottom corner of rear cover, extending through the rear inner pastedown & blank, but else a very good, sound copy. L/N 5385. With the word "scarce" written in pencil on 1st blank by Walter Goldwater c. 1960. Now very scarce! | $ 60.00 |
| 31 | (PERIODICAL) | British Chess Magazine. | 520 + 532pp. | Leeds & London | 1927 & 1939 | OP | Two VG bound vols. of the complete years 1927 & 1939 @ $30.00 each. I have tons more BCM listed below plus you might phone me! | $ 30.00 each |
| 32 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Owen, John C. | The Match Tournament at St. Petersburg 1895-6. | 118pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1989 | OP | Fine copy. In descriptive notation! | $ 15.00 |
| 33 | Edited by H. Helms | AMERICAN CHESS BULLETIN. | approx. 190pp. per vol. | New York | 1924-1935, SIX complete, complete bound years: 1924, 1925 (pp.153-154 torn with some loss), 1926, 1927, 1928 & 1935. | OP | SIX complete, complete bound years: 1924, 1925 (pp.153-154 torn with some loss), 1926, 1927, 1928 & 1935. Edges & corners rubbed but the bindings are all sound. Some idiot has cut out the upper right corners of each blank front flyleaf. BUT, first owner made some marginal comments about NY 1924 & 1927! | $100.00 |
| 34 | Vidmar, Milan | Goldene Schachzeiten. Erinnerungen. | xi, 259pp. + 5pp. ads | Berlin: Walter De Gruyter & Co. | 1961 | OP | Nicely rebound in strong buckram cloth. Fine copy. Very scarce. | $ 45.00 |
| 35 | Ilyin-Genevsky, Alexander | Notes of a Soviet Master. Translated by B. Cafferty. Edited by Dale A. Brandreth. | (5) 54pp. | Yorklyn (DE): Caissa Editions | 1986 | OP | With an additional 50 games added by Brandreth. Fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 36 | Soltis, Andy | The Book of Chess Lists. | vi, 218pp. | Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. | 1984 | OP | 1st ed. VG copy. Has my suggestions for the "10 most valuable chess books" on pp. 202-203. | $ 10.00 |
| 37 | van der Linde, A. | Das Erste Jartausend der Schachlitteratur (850-1880). Facsimile (edition). With an Introduction by Dale A. Brandreth and a postscript and errata by Egbert Meissenburg. | (7) 112 (4) pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Limited Editions | 1979 | OP | 1/700 copies. Fine copy, now quite scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 38 | Wade, R.G., L.S. Blackstock & A. Kotov | World Championship Interzonals. Leningrad and Petropolis 1973 | 299pp. | London/NewYork | 1974 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A terrific double-tournament book! | $30.00 |
| 39 | Le Lionnais, Francois | Les Prix de Beaute aux Echecs. Deuxieme edition, revue, corrigee et Augmentee. | 513pp. | Paris: Payot | 1970 | OP | Orig. printed wrs. VG copy of this relatively fragile, enlarged 2nd edition. Scarce. | $ 30.00 |
| 40 | Adams, Jimmy | Johannes Zukertort. Artist of the Chessboard. | 534pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1989 | OP | Fine copy. Now quite scarce! | $ 75.00 |
| 41 | Botvinnik, M. M. | Selected Games 1926-1946. (in RUSSIAN) | 296pp. | Moscow | 1951 | OP | The "second revised edition" of L/N 3278. Slightly browned but a fine copy. | $ 25.00 |
| 42 | Romanowski, P. A. | Selected Games. (in RUSSIAN) | 228pp. + errata slip | Moscow | 1954 | OP | Pages very slightly browned (as always) but a fine copy. | $ 30.00 |
| 43 | Cherniaev, A. & E. Prokuronov | The New Old Indian. | 160pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2011 | OP | Fine copy, pb. One of the best books on this defense. | $ 20.00 |
| 44 | Le Lionnais, Francois et Ernst Maget | Dictonaire des Echecs. | xi, 430pp. | Paris: Presses Universitaires de France | 1967 | OP | VG copy in worn d-j. Quite scarce. | $ 60.00 |
| 45 | Bachmann, Ludwig | Schachmeister Steinitz. (in GERMAN) | 232, 418, 482 & 391pp. | Ansbach | 1913-1921 | OP | 4 vols. "Dritter Band" has spine tape-repaired , else a good set. VERY SCARCE! | $60.00 |
| 46 | TOURNAMENT BOOK | MOSCOW 1935. (in RUSSIAN) | 596pp. | Moscow/Leningrad | 1936 | OP | Nice copy. With the often missing intro (pp.7-9). L/N 5506. NOTE: I have a FINE COPY of the Caissa Editions English translation of this book by Jimmy Adams available for $40.00. | $150.00 |
| 47 | Chicco, Adriano (and) Alessandro Sanvito | Linea di una Bibliografia degli Scacchi. | 201pp. + 5 pp. photos | Roma | 1987 | OP | pb, vg copy. Very scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 48 | (CHESS SETS) Williams, Gareth | Master Pieces. The Architecture of Chess. | 160pp. | New York: Viking Studio | 2000 | OP | Profusely illus. (mostly in color). One of the best books on chess sets. VG copy. | $ 20.00 |
| 49 | Hilbert, John A. | The Tragic Life and Short Chess career of James A. Leonard, 1841-1862. | ix, 213pp. | Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. | 2006 | OP | Fine copy. A very well-done biography. | $ 40.00 |
| 50 | Graham, F. Lanier | Chess Sets. | (84pp.) | New York: Walker asnd Company | 1968 | OP | Profusely illus., a few in color. The frontispiece shows the original charred (!) drawing for the first Jaques "Staunton" set. VG copy. | $ 15.00 |
| 51 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Kagan B., Herausgegeben von… | (THE HAGUE 1921) Erstes internationales Schachmeisterturnier im Haag vom 25. Oktober bis 5. November 1921. | 100pp. | Berlin: Verlag Bernhard Kagan | (1921) | OP | Lightly browned (as always), spine neatly rebacked with bookbinder tape, inner hinges sound. L/N 5339. Has some great photos of Aljechin, Rubinstein, Yates, Euwe, Maroczy, Mieses et al. | $ 40.00 |
| 52 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Tartakower, Dr. S. G. | Das Entfesselte Schach. Ein Unsystematisches Lehrbuch der Mittelspielstrategie…DEBRECEN 1925 Gespielten Meisterpartien. | (3), 192pp. | Kecskemet | 1926 | OP | Rebound in plain contemp. cloth, spine neatly repaired but discolored, still a decent, sound copy. L/N 5381. Kmoch (!) won ahead of Johner & Tartakower. Priced $85.00 by another dealer at least 30 years ago! | $ 45.00 |
| 53 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) (by) DR. V. Bazika, Karel Gilg, Josef Louma, Jiri Prlikan, et al. | (PODEBRAD 1936). Sjezdove Turnaje v Laznich Podebradech 1936. (in CZECH) | xvi, 171pp. | V Praze | 1936 | OP | Spine & rear outer hinge repaired, spine & front cover lettering faded and binding is a bit dusty, but a very good, sound copy of this very, very scarce tournament book! L/N 5543a. Flohr & Alekhine tied for 1st, ahead of Foltys & Pirc (18 players). | $ 90.00 |
| 54 | Lipnitsky, I. O. | Questions of Modern Chess Theory. (in RUSSIAN) | 432pp. | Kiev | 1956 | OP | A very good, sound copy of the extremely uncommon first edition, actually printed on good paper. A very highly regarded book! | $ 60.00 |
| 55 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Hilbert, John S. | The New York State Chess Association Congresses BUFFALO 1894 and 1901.9 | (4)iii, 95pp. + 2pp. ads | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1996 | OP | Fine copy. Contains a lot of Pillsbury material, who won both events. | $ 25.00 |
| 56 | Gerzadowicz, Stephan | Journal of a Chess original. | 165pp. + 10pp.ads | Davenport, Iowa | 1996 | OP | pb, VG copy. | $ 10.00 |
| 57 | Purdy, C.J.S. and FRank Hutchings & Kevin Harrison | How Purdy Won. 1st World Champion of Correspondence Chess. | 176pp. + 16pp. ads | Davenport, Iowa | 1998 | OP | pb, VG copy. | $ 15.00 |
| 58 | Palatz, F. | Miniatures Strategiques. | 132pp. | (Paris) | (1935) | OP | Fine copy on orig. stiff pntd. wrs. L/N 2771. | $ 30.00 |
| 59 | Rizzitano, James | Understanding Your Chess. | 192pp. | London: Gambit Publications Ltd. | 2004 | OP | pb, Fine copy. Basically an interesting collection of 64 of his games with a couple of dozen endgames too. | $ 15.00 |
| 60 | Adams, Jimmy (ed.) | MIKHAIL CHIGORIN:The Creative Chess Genius. Edited and translated from the Russian by… | 300pp. | Yorklyn, DE | 1987 | OP | The very scarce first edition. Spine faded, else VG copy. | $20.00 |
| 61 | Krogius, Nikolai | Psychology in Chess. | (7)243pp. | NY: RHM Press | 1979 | OP | pb, VG copy. | $ 10.00 |
| 62 | Wilson, Fred | Simple Attacking Plans. | 175pp. | Newton Highlands, MA: Mongoose Press | 2012 | pb, NEW. (2nd printing, with corrections) Contains 37 well-annotated instructive games which I believe can help you learn some useful attacking concepts. Inscribed on request. (list price is: $14.95) | $ 12.00 | |
| 63 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Adams, Jimmy, editor | International Chess Tournament OSTENDE 1905. | 128pp. | Nottingham: The Chess Player | 1984 | OP | Fine copy. Quite uncommon! | $ 25.00 |
| 64 | Wilson, Fred (editor) | Classical Chess Matches: 1907-1913. 157 Games from 19 Matches as Reported in "The Year Book of Chess". | xi, 227pp. | New York: Dover Publications, Inc. | 1975 | OP | My first book, and the scarcest of my Dover books as it was never reprinted. VG copy, pb. Rare, uninscribed copy! However, I will inscribe it on request. | $30.00 |
| 65 | Adams, Weaver W. | White to Play and Win. | 169pp. + 6pp. ads | Philadelphia: David McKay Co. | 1939 | OP | Cover lettering slightly faded but a VG copy. Very scarce. | $ 40.00 |
| 66 | Feast, F. Bonner | Chess Cameos. A Treatise on the Two-Move Problem. | 88pp. | Philadelphia | 1936 | OP | VG copy. A pleasant little book. Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 67 | Wallis, E. | 777 Chess Miniatures in Three. | xxxi, 272pp. | Scarborough | 1908 | OP | VG copy with errata leaf. Betts 38-3, L/N 2590. | $ 30.00 |
| 68 | (PERIODICAL) H. Golombek, editor | BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE | APPROX. 300-400pp. per year | London | 1940-1945 | OP | The 6 consecutive bound vols. in VG condition, with 1942-44 slightly browned, as always. Very scarce war years! | $125.00 |
| 69 | Winter, Edward | Kings, Commoners and Knaves. | iv, 452pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 1999 | OP | A very entertaining potpourri of games, history, tough book reviews, & etc. Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 70 | (PERIODICAL) Purdy, C. J. S. (editor) | Chess World. | 200pp. | Sydney, Australia | 1963 | OP | Complete year 1963, VG, bound. Scarce. Instructive Purdy annotations. | $ 25.00 |
| 71 | Sanakoev, Grigory | World Champion at trhe Third Attempt. 59 Chess Masterpieces by a Correspondence World Champion. | 256pp. | London: Gambit Publications Ltd. | 1999 | OP | pb, VG copy. A terrific well-annotated games collection. | $ 10.00 |
| 72 | McCormick, Gene H. and GM Andy Soltis | The U.S. Chess Championship, 1845-1985. | viii, 296pp. | Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. | 1986 | OP | 1st ed. Fine copy. | $ 15.00 |
| 73 | Marshall, Frank J. | Chess Masterpieces. | Frontis., xiv, 126pp. | New York: Simon & Schuster | 1928 | OP | Spine ends very slightly nicked, but a VG copy. Marshall solicited best games from his friends Capa, Lasker, Alekhine, et al for this short anthology. | $ 20.00 |
| 74 | Tchigorin, M. I. | Third Russian National Chess Tournament KIEV 1903. | (4)xii, folding frontis., 152pp. | Stanton, Delaware: Caissa Limited Editions | 1972 | OP | 1/300 copies only of this nicely done reprint of one of the rarest Russian tournament books. (IN RUSSIAN). Fine copy. | $30.00 |
| 75 | Kashdan, Isaac (editor) | Second Piatigorsky Cup. International Grandmaster Tournament...Santa Monica, California, August 1966. | 228pp. | Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, | 1968 | OP | Near fine copy in good d-j. of one of the greatest tournament books ever produced. Most games annotated by BOTH players, who included Spassky, Larsen, Petrosian—even Fischer contributed notes to one of his games! Very scarce 1st ed. | $ 40.00 |
| 76 | Zuravlevs, N. (et al) | Latvijas Sahistu Jaunrade. Saha Partiju, Kombinaciju un Kompoziciju Krajums. (IN LATVIAN) | 161pp. | Riga | 1980 | OP | Outer corners & edges rubbed, lightly browned but a VG copy. Has MANY games, problems & studies by all the top Latvians. Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 77 | Minev, Nikolay | The French Defense 2. New and Forgotten Ideas. | vi, 329pp. | Davenport, Iowa | 1998 | OP | pb, fine copy. An interesting collection with 520 games! | $20.00 |
| 78 | Trifunovic, Dr.P., S. Gligoric, R. Maric & D. Janosevic | Yugoslovensko Sahovsko Stvaralastvo. | 292pp. | Beograd | 1976 | OP | VG copy in torn- d-j. With 731 (!) symbolically annotated games, grouped by opening. Scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 79 | Hartston, William | The Kings of Chess. A history of chess traced through the lives of its greatest players. | 190pp. | New York | 1985 | OP | Nicely illustrated with some great photos & now scarce. VG copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 80 | Romanov, I. | M. I. Tchigorin. Creative Genius. (in RUSSIAN) | 407pp. | Moscow | 1960 | OP | Corners slightly bumped, else a VG copy. Now scarce. | $ 30.00 |
| 81 | Euwe, Dr. Max | Wereld-Kampioenschap Schaken 1948. The Hague/Moscow 1948. (in Dutch) | 252pp. | Amsterdam | 1948 | OP | A very good, clean copy. L/N 5732. Quite scarce. | $ 50.00 |
| 82 | TOURNAMENT BOOK. (Jimmy Adams) | Paris 1900. | 176pp. | Nottingham: The Chess Player | 1986 | OP | Fine copy. Quite scarce. A great Lasker victory! | $ 40.00 |
| 83 | BCM | the following bound years: 1930, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, & 39. | approx 550pp. | London | 1931-39 | OP | VG volumes in various contemporary cloth bindings. Quite scarce! | $30.00 per vol. |
| 84 | Gligorich, Svetozar | Selected Chess Masterpieces. | (approx.) 200pp. | New York | 1970 | OP | VG copy in chipped d-j. Contains 45 very well-annotated games from 1965 through 1969. | $20.00 |
| 85 | Bird, H. E. | Chess History and Reminiscences. | Frontis., xxiv, 138pp. | London: Dean & Son, Ltd. | (1893) | OP | Inner hinges cracked, outer rear hinge slightly abraded, else a VG copy in orig. cloth. L/N 236; "aucta" 107 | $ 40.00 |
| 86 | Berger, Johann | SCHACH-JAHRBUCH fur 1892/93. | iv, 260pp. + 8pp. ads | Leipzig: Verlag Von Veit & Comp. | (1893) | OP | Spine neatly repaired, but a good, sound copy. See "aucta" #75. Has much biographical & contemporary chess info. | $40.00 |
| 87 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) | II Torneo Internazionale di Scacchi Venezia 1948. | 316pp. | Venezia: Fantoni & C. Editori | (1949) | OP | Front inner hinge slty. cracked; rear inner hinge neatly taped, but a very good, sound copy. L/N 5762. 1/1000 copies. VERY SCARCE. | $45.00 |
| 88 | Hagedorn, Ralph K. | Benjamin Franklin and Chess in Early America. A Review of the Literature. | 92pp. + 8pp, of illus. | Phila.: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press | 1958 | OP | Contains an important bibliography of pre-1860 American chess literature. Very scarce! Pages browned (as always), but a fine copy in a worn d-j. | $30.00 |
| 89 | (PERIODICAL) B. H. Wood editor | CHESS. Vol. 3 | 444pp. | Sutton Coldfield | Sept. 1937-Aug., 1938 | OP | Orig. cloth, VG copy. Very scarce. I also have the BOUND Vols. nos. 23, 45 & 46 @ $20.00 each. | $ 60.00 |
| 90 | Burgess, Graham | The Quickest Chess Victories of all Time. | 224pp. | London: Cadogan Chess | 1998 | OP | pb, fine copy. | $ 10.00 |
| 91 | Hilbert, John S. | Napier. The Forgotten Grandmaster. | (3)iv, 354pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1997 | OP | Fine copy. | $ 35.00 |
| 92 | Linder, I. M. | A. D. Petrov. First Russian Chess Master. (in RUSSIAN) | 347pp. | Moscow | Jan.-Dec., 1954; Jan.-Dec. 1955 | OP | 2nd edition of L/N 3105. Fine copy. Uncommon. | $ 30.00 |
| 93 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Gertshon, Alik & Igor Nor. | San Luis 2005. | 442pp. + 5pp. ads | Quality Chess | 2007 | OP | pb, fine copy. One of the best tournament books ever published, with many color photos. Becoming scarce. | $ 35.00 |
| 94 | Malmgren, H. | Mina Basta Partier. (in Swedish) | 155pp. | (Orebro), Sweden | 1953 | OP | With 79 games. Not in L/N catalog. VG copy. Extremely scarce! | $ 50.00 |
| 95 | Voellmy, Erwin | Schachtaktik. 4 vols. (in GERMAN). | 128+162+128+136pp. | Basel: Verlag von Heinrich Meyer | 1930-1947 | OP | Very nice set. L/N 1486. Very scarce. | $50.00 |
| 96 | Rotova, Merike (editor) | Malestusi PAUL KERESEST. (in ESTONIAN) | frontis., 182pp. + 16pp. of nice photos | Tallinn | 1983 | OP | VG copy in torn d-j. Quite uncommon. | $ 30.00 |
| 97 | Levy, D. N. L. | Sacrifices in the Sicilian. | viii, 166p. | NY: David McKay | 1974 | OP | 1st ed., fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $20.00 |
| 98 | Moles, John & Kevin Wicker | French Winawer: Modern and Auxiliary Lines. | 265pp. | London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd. | 1979 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. In descriptive! | $ 20.00 |
| 99 | Waitzkin, Fred | Searching for Bobby Fischer. | (4)227pp. | New York: Random House | 1988 | OP | Interesting, well-written & a "good read". Fine copy in d-j. of the attractively produced first edition. Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 100 | Hort, Vlastimil | Begegnungen am Schachbrett so Spielen Profis. | 159pp. | Dusseldorf: Walter Rau Verlag | 1984 | OP | 1st edition. Fine copy in d-j. Uncommon. | $30.00 |
| 101 | Kotov, Alexander | Play Like a Grandmaster. | 221pp. | B.T. Batsford Ltd.: London | 1978, reprinted 2003 | OP | pb, fine copy. | $ 15.00 |
| 102 | Maza, Michaael de la | Rapid Chess Improvement. | 126pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2002 | OP | pb, fine copy. IMHO, somewhat overrated! | $10.00 |
| 103 | Euwe, Max and Walter Meiden | Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur. | xxxiii, 314pp. | New York: David McKay Co. | 1963 | OP | Fine copy in torn d-j. A good book! | $20.00 |
| 104 | Horowitz, I.A. and Geoffrey Mott-Smith | Point Count Chess. An Accurate Guide to WINNING CHESS. | x, 341pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1960 | OP | First edition. Fine copy, no d-j. Quite an interesting instructional book and a big favorite of the "over 50" crowd. | $ 15.00 |
| 105 | Euwe, Dr. Max | Meet the Masters. Eight Great Chess Players and their most Characteristic Games. | vii, 279pp. | London | 1945 | OP | Second Edition of 1945. My favorite Euwe title, which contains great insights (e.g., "Reshevsky likes "boring" positions") about his contemporaries. Fine copy. | $25.00 |
| 106 | Fine, Reuben | Lessons from My Games. | xxi, 225pp. | New York: David McKay Co. | (1958) | OP | 1st ed. VG copy in d-j. With 50 instructively annotated games. Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 107 | Fine, Reuben | Practical Chess Openings. | ix, 420pp. | New York: David McKay Co. | 1948 | OP | 1st ed. VG copy in torn d-j. | $ 20.00 |
| 108 | Hartston, W. R. & P. C. Wason | The Psychology of Chess. | (5)138pp. | New York: Facts on File Publications | 1984 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Pages browned. Becoming scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 109 | Kasparov, Garry | My Great Predecssors. Part V. Korchnoi (and) Karpov. | 480pp. | London: | 2006, reprinted 2014 | Fine copy in d-j. Inquire if you want others in this series, or the "Gary Kasparov on Modern Chess" series as I often have them. | $ 30.00 | |
| 110 | Fine, Reuben | The Middle Game in Chess. | vi, 442pp. | London: Hollis and Carter | 1953 | OP | 1st English edition. Fine copy. | $ 20.00 |
| 111 | (CHESS SETS) Wichmann, Hans and Siegfried | Chess. The Story of Chesspieces from Antiquity to Modern Times. | 328pp. | New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. | 1960 | OP | An essential work for chess set collectors with 196 pages of FULL-PAGE PLATES (some in color). Very scarce. A VG copy in a chipped d-j. | $50.00 |
| 112 | Rowson, Jonathan | The Seven Deadly Chess Sins. | 208pp. | London: Gambit | 2001 | OP | Large pb, fine copy. A very entertaining & instructive book! | $25.00 |
| 113 | DUTCH PERIODICAL | Matten Schaakverhalen. Redactie (editors) Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam, Allard Hoogland, Rob van Vuure. | 125-130pp. per issue | Alkmaar (Holland) | 2007-2013 | OP | Issues nos. 1-9 & 12, pb, 10 large issues, each about the size of a tall Dover book. IN DUTCH. An interesting magazine about chess history, culture & etc., with almost no games but some good photos. So, 10 vols., nicely produced, in VG to fine condition. | $50.00 |
| 114 | Pafnutieff, Victor | How to Create Combinations. | 223pp. | San Francisco | 1986 | OP | pb, fine copy. An interesting book, with 338 positions. | $ 10.00 |
| 115 | Cafferty, B. | CANDIDATES MATCHES 1968. Translated by… | 243pp. | Nottingham: The Chess Player | 1970 | OP | pb, VG copy. Very scarce! | $ 25.00 |
| 116 | Soltis, Andrew | Your Kingdom for My Horse. When to Exchange in Chess. | 256pp. | London: Batsford | 2015 | pb, fine copy. | $ 15.00 | |
| 117 | Soltis, Andrew | David vs. Goliath Chess. How to Beat a Stronger Player. | 236pp. | London: Batsford | 2016. | pb, fine copy. | $ 15.00 | |
| 118 | Soltis, Andrew | Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess. | v, 275pp. | New York: Random House | 2004 | OP | pb, fine copy. | $ 10.00 |
| 119 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Edited with commentary by John C.Owen. | Budapest 1896. The First Great Chess Tournament in Hungary. With notes by Charousek, Maroczy and other contemporaries. | (2) 205pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1994 | OP | Fine copy in orig. red cloth. Charousek & Tschigorin tied for first, with the latter winning the playoff. Scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 120 | Tamburro, Pete | Openings for Amateurs –– Next Steps. | 276pp. | Mongoose Press: Newton, Ma. | 2020 | pb, fine copy. | $ 20.00 | |
| 121 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Gligoric, S. and A. Matanovic | Interzonen Turnier PORTOROZ 1958. | 411pp. | Hamburg: Verlag der Schach-Archiv | 1959 | OP | A very good, sound pb copy, with some nice early Fischer photos. Somewhat browned & fragile, as almost always. | $ 25.00 |
| 122 | Toran, Roman | Torneo de Candidatos 1965. (in Spanish) | 287pp. | Madrid | 1966 | OP | pb, fine copy. A very uncommon book on the 1965 Candidates Matches. 1st ed., 1/2000 copies. | $ 25.00 |
| 123 | Liew, Jimmy | The Chigorin Defense move by move. | 336pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2018 | Large pb, fine copy. I have many more books in this opening series so email or phone me if you are looking for others! | $ 20.00 | |
| 124 | Golombek. H. | Staunton Centenary Tourtnament (Cheltenham) 1951. | 64pp. | London: British Chess Magazine Ltd. | 1951 | OP | pb, VG copy. Gligoric won ahead of Pirc, Stahlberg & Trifunovic. | $ 15.00 |
| 125 | Watson, John | Play the French. 3rd edition. | 272pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2003 | OP | pb, fine copy. A very good, and still useful, opening book. | $ 15.00 |
| 126 | Carroll, Charles Michael | The Great Chess Automaton. | xi, 116pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc | 1975 | OP | pb, fine copy. First & only edition! I was instrumental in getting Dover to publish this nice little book about The Turk by Prof. Carroll, which I found out later (from him!) had already been rejected by a dozen other publishers! Scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 127 | Abrahams, Gerald | The Chess Mind. | 292pp. | London: English Universities Press | (1951) | OP | First edition. VG copy. Quite scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 128 | Wilson, Fred & Bruce Alberston | 212 Surprising Checkmates. | 152pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 2011 | Mint copy (retail price is: $9.95). This is a revised edition, with additional material, of "202 Surprising Checkmates", originally published by Dover Pub. in 1998. SIGNED ON REQUEST. This is the first book I co-wrote with my late good friend and very strong master Bruce Alberston. | $ 8.00 | |
| 129 | Botvinnik, M. M. | Championship Chess. Match Tournament for the Absolute Championship of the U.S.S.R. Leningrad–Moscow 1941. | ix, 186pp. | London: Macgibbon & Kee Ltd. | 1950 | OP | First English edition. A very good, sound copy. Scarce! | $20.00 |
| 130 | Pachman, Ludek | Attack and Defence in Modern Chess Tactics. | vii, 248pp. | New York: David McKay Co. | 1973 | OP | Fine copy in vg d-j. Now scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 131 | Keene, Raymond & Nathan Divinsky | Warriors of the Mind. A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board. | (9) 342pp. + 8pp. of photos | (Brighton): Hardinge Simpole Publishing | 1989 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. A few years ago on the ChessBase website Edward Winter undeservedly, in my opinion, kicked this off his "worst five chess books in English" to make room for another work he thought was even worse! Of course, if you also believe Alekhine was only the 18th best player of all time, you must buy this book! | $20.00 |
| 132 | Burgess, Graham | Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. | 208pp. + 16pp. of photos | London: Gambit Publications Ltd. | 1999 | OP | Hardcover. Fine copy. | $ 20.00 |
| 133 | Wilson, Fred | Lesser - Known Chess Mastepieces: 1906 - 1915. 335 Games as Reported in The Year - Book of Chess. | 370pp. | New York | 1976 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. 1st edition, with the king & queen reversed on the cover photo! Rare, uninscribed copy--inscribed on request! My second book, now scarce. | $20.00 |
| 134 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK, Vienna 1882)) Bijl, Christiaan M. | Das II. Internationale Schachmeisterturnier Wien 1882. (in German) | 434pp. | Zurich: Edition Olms | 1984 | OP | It took just over 100 years for this great event to get a book--Steinitz & Winawer tied for first--but better late than never! Nice copy in d-j. Scarce. | $ 35.00 |
| 135 | Keene, Raymond D. | Learn from the Grandmasters | 120pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1975 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $20.00 |
| 136 | Shamkovich, Leonid | The Modern Chess Sacrifice With a treatise on the theory of sacrifice, and a classification of sacrifices by type. | 224pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | VG copy. Very scarce! | $30.00 |
| 137 | Averbakh, Yuri & Mark Taimanov | The World Chess Championship KARPOV-KASPAROV Moscow 1985. | 256pp. + 16pp, photos | Moscow: Raduga Publishers | 1986 | OP | Also contains all 48 games, with notes, from the " Moscow marathon" first match of 1984-85. VG copy in good d-j. | $20.00 |
| 138 | White, Alain C. | Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems. | 471pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1962 | OP | Dover paperbound reprint of orig. 1913 edition. Fine copy. Scarce! | $20.00 |
| 139 | Fletcher, L. Elliot | Gambits Accepted. A survey of opening sacrifices. | viii, 254pp. | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. | 1954 | OP | With 84 illustrative games. VG copy in d-j. Quite scarce! | $ 35.00 |
| 140 | Pritchett, Craig & Danny Kopec | Best Games of the Young Grandmasters. | vi, 218pp. | London: Bell Chess Books | 1980 | OP | 1st edition. Fine copy in VG d-j. Quite scarce. Of course, all the GMs discussed are now either middle-aged or dead (Browne & Miles). | $ 25.00 |
| 141 | Avni, Amatzia | Devious Chess. How to bend the rules and win. | 144pp. | Batsford: London | 2006 | OP | pb, fine copy. Fun stuff! | $8.00 |
| 142 | Magriel, Paul | Backgammon | 405pp. | New York | 1976 | OP | VG, hardcover copy. | $25.00 |
| 143 | Schmidt, Paul | How Chessmasters Think. Translated by Eric Tangborn. | (9), 125pp. | Coraopolis, PA: Chess Enterprises | 1988 | OP | pb, VG copy. A nice games collection. | $ 10.00 |
| 144 | Romero, Alfonso and Amador Gonzalez de la Nava | The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book: Volume 1. | 207pp. | London: Gambit Publications Ltd. | 2008 | OP | pb, fine copy. Quite a good & demanding test book with 90 complete games. ALL PUBLISHED! Vol. 2 was never issued! | $ 10.00 |
| 145 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK/MONTE CARLO 1903). Kemeny, Emil | The Monte Carlo Tournament of 1903. With a (modern) Foreword by Christiaan M. Bijl. | (20)112pp. | Zurich: Editions Olms | 1983 | OP | Reprint of orig. edition with a new introduction in German & English. Fine copy in faded d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 146 | Shirov, Alexei | Fire on Board. Shirov's Best Games. | 235pp. | London: Cadogan Books | 1997 | OP | pb, fine copy. 1st edition. One of the best games collections ever! | $ 20.00 |
| 147 | Soltis, Andrew | The New Art of Defense. | 232pp. | London: Batsford | 2014 | pb, fine copy. Completely revised from the "1970's classic". | $ 15.00 | |
| 148 | Soltis, Andrew | The Inner Game of Chess. Revised Edition. | 324pp. | MA: Mongoose Press | 2014 | pb, fine copy. A good book! | $ 10.00 | |
| 149 | PERIODICAL (English) | Chess. Volume 3. Edited by B. H. Wood | 444pp. | Sutton Coldfield: England | 1937-1938 | OP | Unbound, orig. 12 issues, from Sept. 1937-Aug., 1938–this is how B.H. Wood's complete "volumes" run–in VG condition. Very scarce! | $ 20.00 |
| 150 | Kavalek, Lubomir | World Cup Chess. The Grand Masters' Grand Prix - The Games. The Players. The Pictures. | 285pp. | North Pomfret, Vermont | 1990 | OP | Contains 1,600 games! VG copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 151 | Golombek, Harry (editor) | Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess | 360pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | An uneven compilation though the material by Soltis & W. Heidenfeld is excellent. Scarce. Nice copy in d-j. | $25.00 |
| 152 | Avni, Amatzia | Creative Chess. Expanded Edition. | x, 157pp. | London: Cadogan Books | 1997 | OP | pb, fine copy. Very entertaining. | $ 8.00 |
| 153 | Vukovic, Vladimir | The Chess Sacrifice. Technique, Art and Risk in Sacrificial Chess. Translated from the German by P.H. Clarke. | xiii, 219pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1968 | OP | Fine copy in near fine d-j. In descriptive! Very scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 154 | Reinfeld, Fred | Botvinnik the Invincible. | xxiv, 220pp. | Phila.: David McKay Co. | 1946 | OP | VG copy. Curiously this was never reprinted! | $ 15.00 |
| 155 | Cafferty, Bernard | Spassky's 100 Best Games | 255pp. | New York | 1972 | OP | VG copy in d-j. Amazingly, this is still the best book on Spassky! | $20.00 |
| 156 | Cheshire, Horace F. (editor) | The HASTINGS CHESS TOURNAMENT 1895... | x, 370pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1962 | OP | VG copy of the now scarce Dover pb reprint of the orig. 1896 edition. | $10.00 |
| 157 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | Botvinnik's Best Games 1947-1970. Translated by Bernard Cafferty. | ix, 237pp. | New York, David McKay | 1972 | OP | VG copy in slightly torn d-j. In descriptive! Contains 111 (obviously) well-annotated games. Very scarce. | $25.00 |
| 158 | Koltanowski, George | Practical Chess. By...World's Blindfold Chess Champion. | 175pp. | New York: Kolty Publishing Co. | 1947 | OP | Signed (naturally!) by author on 1st blank. VG copy. Uncommon. | $25.00 |
| 159 | Aagaard, Jacob | Excelling at Technical Chess. Learn to Identify and Exploit Small Advantages. | 183pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2004 | OP | pb, fine copy. | $ 15.00 |
| 160 | Levitt, Jonathan & David Friedgood. | Secrets of Spectacular Chess. (much expanded) 2nd edition. | 287pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 2008 | OP | pb, VG copy. A very entertaining book! | $ 10.00 |
| 161 | BCM TOURNAMENT BOOKS | CHELTENHAM 1951. Staunton Centenary Tournament 1951. 64pp., by H. Golombek; BUDAPEST 1952. Maroczy Memorial Tournament. 84pp., by H. Golombek; MOSCOW 1957 (January-February, 1957) 24 U.S.S.R. Chess Championship. 120pp., by P. H. Clarke; PORTOROZ 1958. Interzonal Tournament. xvi, 60pp., (long) Intro, by A.H. Russell. | London: The British Chess Magazine Ltd. | v.d. | OP | Five very scarce tournament books published by BCM, all in VG condition considering the fragile orig. paper bindings. Price for each book is $20.00, and I will sell them separately. | $20.00 per volume! | |
| 162 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) EUWE, DR. M. & LOD. PRINS | Wereldschaaktoernooi AMSTERDAM 1950. (in DUTCH) | 280pp. + 5pp. photos | Lochem | 1951 | OP | A little bit rubbed but a VG copy of this large, hc book. Naidorf won ahead of Reshevsky. Quite scarce. | $35.00 |
| 163 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) | Pasadena 1932 International Chess Tournament. by Robert Sherwood, Dale Brandreth & Bruce Monson | (4)xiii, 118pp. + errata slip | Caissa Editions: Yorklyn, DE | 2011 | OP | Fine copy. Nicely produced. Alekhine won, with a nice backstory about LaVieve Hines, who won the women's tournament | $ 30.00 |
| 164 | Kotov, A. (edited by M. Maklin) | Alexander Kotov. (in RUSSIAN) | 304pp. | Moscow | 1984 | OP | With 77 well-annotated games + his famous articles on the "tree of variations", which formed the backbone for his epic "Think Like a Grandmaster". Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 165 | Mednis, Edmar | How to Beat Bobby Fisher | 282pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | 1st ed. Nice copy in slightly worn d-j. | $20.00 |
| 166 | (BOBBY FISCHER) Brady, Frank | Endgame. Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall... | xi, 384pp. | New York: Crown Publishers | 2011 | OP | First edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, paperbound (as issued), without the 8pp. of photos which appear in the first trade edition. Fine copy. | $ 20.00 |
| 167 | Levy, David (photographer!) | (Palma de Mallorca) Souvenir Book/Buch | (approx.) 100pp. | Nottingham, England: The Chess Player | June, 1971 | OP | FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAPHS–no text–of the players of this great interzonal tournament won by FISCHER. 1/600 copies. Fine copy. | $ 25.00 |
| 168 | Golombek, H. | (HAGUE/MOSCOW 1948). The World Chess Championship 1948. | (4)229pp. | Philadelphia: David McKay Co. | (1948) | OP | Fine, tight copy in slightly rubbed d-j. Scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 169 | Gallagher, Joe | The Magic of Mikhail Tal. | 224pp. | London | 2001 | OP | Contains 34 deeply researched & annotated games from the so-called "neglected period" of Tal's career, roughly 1975-1992. An absolute "must" for the Tal enthusiast and one of the best games collections ever written! pb, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 170 | Krogius, N. et al. | ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHESS MIDDLEGAMES. | 352pp. | Beograd: Chess Informant | 1980 | OP | The first edition of this famous book on COMBINATIONS, which breaks them down by type and contains 1,817 positions! Very good copy. | $ 20.00 |
| 171 | Richter, Kurt | Kombinationen. Mit 259 Voll- und 53 Teil-Diagrammen. | (4)115pp.+ 1p. ads | Berlin und Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co. | 1936 | OP | First edition. Nice copy in orig. linen cloth. Very uncommon! | $ 35.00 |
| 172 | Donald, John & Nikolay Minev | AKIVA RUBINSTEIN: Volume 1: Uncrowned King. 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. | 405pp. | Milford, CT USA | 2018 | pb, fine copy. | $ 15.00 | |
| 173 | Kasparov, Garry | Garry Kasparov an Autobiography - Unlimited Challenge with Donald Trelford | xiii, 273pp. | New York | 1987 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 174 | Alekhine, A. | The Book of the HASTINGS INTERNATIONAL MASTERS' CHESS TOURNAMENT, 1922. | 68pp. + 4pp. ads | London: Printing-Craft Ltd. | n.d. (1924) | OP | Includes 6 pages of photos of the players (pp. 11-16). Nice copy. | $30.00 |
| 175 | PERIODICAL | The British Chess Magazine | 360-380pp. per vol. | London: The British Chess Magazine Ltd. | various | OP | The following complete, BOUND years (in orig. maroon cloth), in VG condition: 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 & 1989 PRICE PER YEAR.... | $25.00 per vol. |
| 176 | Renaud, George and Victor Kahn | The Art of the Checkmate. | vi, 208pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1953 | OP | First edition in English. A terrific instructional book with 80 complete games. A very good copy of the uncommon hardcover edition. | $ 20.00 |
| 177 | Abrahams, Gerald | Not Only Chess. A Selection of Chessays. | 264pp. | London: George Allen& Unwin Ltd. | 1974 | OP | Entertaining, instructive & funny–also with a selection of Abrahams' best games. Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 178 | Seirawan, GM Yasser & IM Jonathan Tisdall | Five Crowns. World Chess Championship 1990, New York–Lyon | iv, 252pp. | Seattle | 1991 | OP | Contains the 24 games, deeply annotated, of the 1990 match, PLUS all 158 tournament games played between Karpov & Kasparov through 1991. With 495 diagrams! Paperbound, fine copy. | $ 12.00 |
| 179 | Gufeld, E. & N. Kalinichenko | Inside Chess Openings. | vii, 212pp + 3pp. ads | Seattle: International Chess Enterprises | 1993 | OP | Mint copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 180 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Kmoch, Hans | Bled 1931. International Chess Tournament. Tanslated from the original Russian edition by Jimmy Adams. | xvii, 259pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1987 | OP | One of Alekhine's greatest victories. I believe Kmoch's original manuscript was in German (now lost), then translated for this Russian edition although never published in Germany (!), and then re-translated into English. Still, pretty good notes & "eyewitness" commentary by Kmoch. VG copy. Now quite scarce. | $ 30.00 |
| 181 | Pohl, Duncan | VINTAGE CHESS SETS of the United States. Revised, Second Edition. | 394pp. | (Charleston, SC) | 2016 | Paperbound & printed on very good paper! A masterpiece of research, profusely illustrated with hundreds of color photos! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to chess set collectors! MINT. | $ 60.00 | |
| 182 | Rellstab, Ludwig, bearbeitet von... | WELTGESCHICHTE des SCHACHS: DR. EMANUEL LASKER | 32 + APPROX. 300pp. | Hamburg | 1958 | OP | With the 13pp. "Anmerkungen" booklet laid in. Very nice copy. | $30.00 |
| 183 | Levy, David and O'Connell, Kevin | How to Play The Sicilian Defence | 152pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 184 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Gilberg, Charles A. | The Fifth American Chess Congress, New York 1880. | xii, 539pp. | Zurich: Edition Olms | 1986 | OP | The Olms reprint of the original work published in New York, 1881. Capt. George H. Mackenzie defeated James Grundy in a playoff match, 2-0, after Grundy apparently cheated his way into a tie for first place! Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $ 25.00 |
| 185 | Karklins, Andrew (TOURNAMENT BOOK) | (MOSCOW 1964. Zonal Tournament of Seven.) Modern Grandmaster Chess. | 119pp. | Chicago | 1974 | OP | A labor of love, with very deep notes (in descriptive). Spassky won this very strong event ahead of Stein, Bronstein & Kholmov.Fine copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 186 | Bisguier, Arthur B. & Newton Berry | The Art of Bisguier. Selected Games 1961-2003. | 272pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 2008 | OP | pb, fine copy. Contains 100 of Arthur's best games along with entertaining anecdotal material. | $ 20.00 |
| 187 | Jun, Xie | Chess Champion from China. The Life and Games of Xie Jun. | 223pp. | London: Gambit Publications Ltd. | 1998 | OP | pb, fine copy. An excellent collection of attacking chess! | $ 15.00 |
| 188 | Cafferty, Bernard | Tal's 100 Best Games 1961-1973. | 251pp. | New York; Pitman Publishing | 1975 | OP | Very good copy in d-j. Cafferty was fluent in Russian and says in the introduction that many of the notes come from Tal himself and/or other Russian sources. In descriptive. Becoming scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 189 | Boumeester, Hans | Winning Chess Combinations. | vi, 138pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | Fine copy in faded d-j. | $10.00 |
| 190 | Hallman, J. C. | The Chess Artist. Genius, Obsession and the World's Oldest Game. | vii(2), 334pp. | New York: St. Martin's Press | 2003 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Despite the author somewhat sneakily interviewing me without telling me this was for publication--so that some of you will discover I have a bit of a "potty mouth"--and that apparently Hallman never met a metaphor he didn't like, still an occasionally interesting read. | $ 15.00 |
| 191 | Alekhine, Alexander | On the Road to the World Championship 1923-1927. | ix, 217pp. | Oxford | 1984 | OP | Paperbound, a VG copy. Contains his entire match with Capablanca, along with much else. Now scarce! | $20.00 |
| 192 | Speelman, Jonathan | Analysing the Endgame. | 144pp. | New York | 1981 | OP | Pages browned (as always), else a fine copy in the d-j. | $ 10.00 |
| 193 | Keene, Raymond | Aron Nimzowitsch 1886-1935: A Reappraisal | x, 334pp. | NY: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1974 | OP | By "a country mile" Keene's best book and a terrific games collection! Pages slightly browned (as always), but a very nice copy in the d-j. A later pb reprint does NOT contain Hans Kmoch's hilarious parody of Nimzowitsch "A Masterly Example of My System". | $ 20.00 |
| 194 | Byrne, Robert and Nei, Ivo | Both Sides of The Chessboard. An Analysis of The Fisher/Spassky Chess Match. | 211pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Nice copy in d-j. Rather scarce nowadays. | $20.00 |
| 195 | Cockburn, Alexander | Idle Passion. Chess and the Dance of Death. | 248pp. | New York: Village Voice/Simon and Schuster | 1974 | OP | A dreadful book filled with untruths by a man who hates chess. 1st ed., fine copy in d-j. Becoming (justly) scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 196 | Berliner, Hans | The System. A World (Correspondence) Champion's Approach to Chess. | 176pp. | Great Britain: Gambit Pub. | 1999 | OP | pb, VG copy. "The System turns out to be a lazily-written collection of dogmatic claims, banalities, and awful analysis, colored throughout by an arrogance that fails to disguise the book's shallowness."–IM John Watson, in his review of The System in INSIDE CHESS, Vol/ 12, Issue 7, July, 1999. Can't say I didn't warn you?! Still, it is pretty scarce nowadays. | $15.00 |
| 197 | Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld | The Oxford Companion To Chess | (7)407pp. | Oxford | 1984 | OP | 1st edition. Nice copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 198 | Golombek, Harry | A History of Chess. | 256pp. | London | 1976 | OP | An uneven albeit still interesting text, profusely illustrated (some in color). Nice copy. | $15.00 |
| 199 | LEVENFISH, G. (editor) | MOSCOW 1936 International Chess Tournament.Notes by the tournament Competitors, edited and translated by Jimmy Adams from the original 1937 edition. | vi, 245pp. | Yorklyn, DE: Caissa Editions | 1988 | OP | Nice copy of this well-made hardcover. Scarce. | $30.00 |
| 200 | Knight, Norman and Will Guy | King, Queen and Knight. A Chess Anthology in Prose and Verse. Compiled by … | xv, 240pp. | London | 1975 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Now scarce. | $10.00 |
| 201 | Weinreb, Michael | The Kings of New York. A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team. | (7)289pp. | New York: Gotham Books | 2007 | OP | A great read! I was instrumental in having this book win the Cramer "Book of the Year" award in 2007, lobbying for it mightily. Mint in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 202 | Marten, Gero H. | AARON NIMZOWITSCH. 1886-1935. Ein Leben fur das Schach. (in German) | x, 357pp. | Hamburg: Verlag das Schacharchiv | 1995 | OP | 1st edition. Fine copy. | $ 20.00 |
| 203 | Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld | The Oxford Companion to Chess. | (7)483pp. | Oxford | 1992. | OP | Second Edition. Serious students of chess history need both editions as there are additions AND deletions in the 2nd ed.! Also, there is a totally new selection of games & illustrations in the "New Edition". Fine copy in very good d-j. | $30.00 |
| 204 | Fiske, Daniel W. | The Book of the First American Chess Congress...New York 1857. | 563pp. | Zurich: Editions Olms | 1985 | OP | The Olms reprint of the important work, first published in 1859. Fine copy in d-j. | $25.00 |
| 205 | Soltis, Andy | Chess to Enjoy. | (5) 227pp. | New York: Stein and Day | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in vg d-j. A very entertaining potpourri! Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 206 | Nunn, John | Tactical Chess Endings. | ix, 204pp. | London | 1981 | OP | 1st ed. Fine copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 207 | Glyn, Anthony | The Dragon Variation. | 319pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1969 | OP | 1st US edition. A very scarce chess NOVEL–I have not had a copy in a "dog's age"! This is also probably the funniest chess novel ever! VG copy in worn d-j. | $ 20.00 |
| 208 | Karpov, Anatoly (editor) | Secrets from Russia. Chess Theory and Analysis. 1993. | 470pp. | Seattle | 1994 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 209 | Seirawan, GM Yasser & IM Jonathan Tisdall | Five Crowns. Kasparov-Karpov 1990 World Chess Championship 1990. New York—Lyon. | 251pp. | Seattle | 1991 | OP | Paper, fine copy. Certainly the best book on this match. | $15.00 |
| 210 | Chess periodical | NEW IN CHESS MAGAZINE 2004. | approx. 800pp. | The Netherlands | 2004 | OP | A complete year (8 issues), unbound (as issued), in VG condition, of the BEST CHESS MAGAZINE EVER PUBLISHED. This year has on the cover of the 1st issue the great photo of Judit Polgar with a REAL lion cub on her desk at home! I usually have several complete, unbound years in stock (@ $25.00 each), so please inquire via phone or email and/or send me your "New In Chess" want list. | $ 25.00 |
| 211 | Shamkovich, Leonid | The Chess Terrorist's Handbook. Edited by Paul Hodges. | xvi, 148pp. | Macon, Georgia: American Chess Promotions | 1995 | OP | Paperbound, VG copy. Despite the unfortunate title this is quite a good book and really a collection of Shamkovich's best games. Becoming scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 212 | Steiner, George | Fields of Force. Fischer & Spassky at Reyjavik. | (6)86pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Nice copy in d-j. An "essential trivial endeavor", being an arrogant literary critic's jaundiced view of the match in particular, and chessplayers in general. Not worth reading, but don't take my word for it--find out what a snotty piece of junk this is yourself! Not scarce enough. | $15.00 |
| 213 | Levy, David & Kevin O'Connell (editors) | Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games. Volume 1, 1485-1866 (all published) | xviii, 527pp. | Oxford: Oxford University Press | 1981 | OP | Contains approx. 4000 games! Very good copy in d-j. Extremely scarce. | $ 35.00 |
| 214 | Magriel, Paul | Backgammon. | xii, 404pp. | Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. Still the best introductory book on this game. | $40.00 |
| 215 | MacDonald - Ross, Michael | Nimzo - Indian Defence: Leningrad System | 135pp. | London | 1978 | OP | Fine copy, paperbound. Very scarce! Still the only book on this fascinating variation, and quite a good one. I used to play it myself and won a big game against IM Walter Shipman with it in 1967, which was published in Horowitz's column in the NY Times. | $20.00 |
| 216 | Winter, Edward (Editor) | World Chess Champions. | iv, 185pp. + 8pp. of illus. | Oxford; Pergamon Press | 1981 | OP | Contains interesting material by Hooper, Whyld, Diggle, Cozens, et al. A very nice copy, pb, and now quite scarce. | $15.00 |
| 217 | Pandolfini, Bruce & Bruce Alberston (editors) | The Best of Chess Life and Review. Volume 1, 1933-60 & Volume 2, 1960-1988. | 612 + 584pp. | New York: Simon & Schuster | 1988 | OP | 2 volumes, paperbound, in very good condition. A terrific anthology, now quite scarce. | $ 30.00 |
| 218 | Zweig, Stefan | The Royal Game & Other Stories. with an introduction by John Fowles. Translated from the German by Jill Sutcliffe. | xviii, 250pp. | New York: Harmony Books | 1981 | OP | 1st ed. of this—probably still the best—translation. Fine copy in chipped, repaired d-j. Very scarce. | $20.00 |
| 219 | Sokolsky, A. P. | The Modern Openings in Theory and Practice. Their Influence on the Middlegame. Translated & edited by H. Golombek & E. Strauss. | (7) 241pp. | London & New York: Pitman Publishing | 1972 | OP | First edition in English. VG copy in d-j. With many, occasionally little-known, illustrative games. Scarce. | $25.00 |
| 220 | Winter, Edward | Chess Explorations. A Pot-Pourri from the Journal | (7)343pp. | London/NewYork: Cadogan Chess | 1996 | OP | The first of Winter's books of this type; filled with interesting and unusual historical material, trivia, & games. VG copy, pb. | $ 20.00 |
| 221 | Foldeak, Arpad | Chess Olympiads 1927-1968 | 417pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1979 | OP | Dover paper reprint of the 2nd, enlarged edition of 1969. Contains over 200 annotated games. Scarce! | $ 15.00 |
| 222 | Finkenzeller, R. (et al) | Chess: A Celebration of 2,000 Years. | 208pp. | New York | 1990 | OP | A beautifully produced book with quite a silly text; it does however contain a wealth of fine illustrations (many in color). Fine copy in d-j. | $35.00 |
| 223 | Darrach, Brad | Bobby Fisher vs. the Rest of the World | 240pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | VG copy in fair d-j., now quite scarce. An awful book—but some of you won't take my word for it and will have to discover how crappy it is for yourselves! | $20.00 |
| 224 | Zeuthen, Steffen | Wing Benoni. A Key to Key Structures. | 331pp. | Denmark | 1975 | OP | First & only edition. Contains 683 games. VG copy. Now scarce. | $20.00 |
| 225 | Kawabata, Yasunari | The Master of Go. translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker. | viii, 188(3)pp. | New York: Alfred A Knopf | 1972 | OP | A VG copy in a torn, tape-repaired d-j. of the very scarce 1st edition (& only hardcover edition) in English. I consider this to be the best "chess novel" ever written, but you'll have to read it to see why I believe this! | $20.00 |
| 226 | Wilson, Fred & Bruce Alberston | 303 Tricky Checkmates. | 184pp. + 8pp. of ads | Las Vegas, NV: Cardoza Publishing | 2011 (3rd printing) | Mint copy. Special price (list: $12.95) to introduce you to our "303" series! | $ 10.00 | |
| 227 | Zeuthen, Steffen | Son of Sorrow: MODERN BENONI. Survey of a Structure. | xiv, 404pp. + approx. 150pp. of complete games. | Denmark | 1973 | OP | Spine & outer edges slightly rubbed, but a good, sound copy of this large, somewhat obsessive collection, with 928 analysed Benoni positions & 868 complete, unannotated games. Becoming scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 228 | O'Connell, Kevin & David N.L. Levy | Anatoly Karpov's Games as World Champion 1975-1978. | 208 pp. | London: B. T. Batsford Ltd. | 1978 | OP | Paperbound, with 200 diagrams. Fine copy. Very scarce! | $ 20.00 |
| 229 | Silman, Jeremy | Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move, Volume One, Novice through Intermediate. | 224pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1992. | OP | Revised 2nd Edition. Fine copy, pb. One of the best endgame books ever written for players under 1400-1500. Scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 230 | Soltis, GM Andrew | Black to Play and Win with 1…g6. A Complete Defensive System. | 152pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1993 | OP | Revised, 2nd Edition. Nice copy, pb. Becoming scarce. | $ 10.00 |
| 231 | Soltis, Andrew | Beating the Caro-Kann with the Advance Variation. | 104pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1993 | OP | Nice copy, paperbound. | $ 10.00 |
| 232 | Soltis, Andrew | Bird-Larsen Attack. A Complete Opening System with 1. f4 then 2. b3. | 112pp. | Dallas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1989 | OP | Paperbound, nice copy–becoming scarce. | $ 10.00 |
| 233 | Kazic, B. M. | International Championship Chess. A complete record of FIDE events (from 1927-1973). | (8)360pp. | New York: Pitman Publishing | 1974 | OP | Also contains 273 (unannotated) games & positions. Fine copy in d-j. | $ 15.00 |
| 234 | Konig, Imre | Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik - A Century of Chess Evolution | xv, 202pp. | New York | n.d. (ca. 1954) | OP | A very good, sound copy of one of my favorite games collections. A wonderful history of the first 100 years of 4 major opening systems, Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit (& QGA), English Opening & King's Gambit, done mainly with COMPLETE GAMES. | $20.00 |
| 235 | Chernev, Irving | Wonders and Curiosities of Chess. | 203pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1974 | OP | Paper, vg copy. Vastly expanded edition of "Curious Chess Facts" (1937). | $12.50 |
| 236 | Howard, Kenneth S. | The Enjoyment of Chess Problems. | x, 222pp. | Philadelphia: David McKay Co. | 1943 | OP | VG copy in d-j. First edition. Quite scarce. | $ 15.00 |
| 237 | Alexander, C.H.O'D. | A Book of Chess. | 163pp. | New York: Harper & Row Publishers | 1973 | OP | An very entertainly written book illustrated with several terrific photos. VG copy in good d-j. Scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 238 | (CHESS SETS). Williams, Gareth | Master Pieces. The story of chess: the pieces, players and passion of 1,000 years. | 160pp. | London | 2000 | OP | This is the most useful and accurate book ever written on chess pieces, and is essential for the serious collector of chess sets. Profusely illustrated IN COLOR. Mint in d-j. | $ 20.00 |
| 239 | Matanovic, Aleksandar | Chess Olympiad Skopje 1972. | 214pp(+ 8pp. ads) | Beograd | 1972 | OP | Contains 280 games from the Men's event & 21 games from the Women's event–all with "Informant style" notes. Very good copy in d-j. Quite scarce. | $ 20.00 |
| 240 | Coles, R. N. | Mir Sultan Khan. | 144pp. | East Sussex: The British Chess Magazine, Ltd. | 1977 | OP | 2nd edition, revised, enlarged & reset. Spine faded, but a very good, sound copy. Very scarce. | $20.00 |
| 241 | Levy, David N. L. (compiler) | Learn Chess From the World Champions. | vii, 206pp. | Oxford: Pergamon Press | 1984 | OP | Often interesting articles, sometimes in translation, by all the world champions (except Bobby!) from La Bourdonnais through Spassky. Paperbound, VG copy. Scarce! | $20.00 |
| 242 | Ree, Hans | The Human Comedy of Chess. A Grandmaster's Chronicles. | vi, 334pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 1999 | Paperbound, fine copy. A treasure-trove of fine, perceptive writing! Very entertaining! | $15.00 | |
| 243 | Harding, T. D. | The Leningrad Dutch. | ix, 179pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $ 10.00 |
| 244 | Cafferty, Bernard & Mark Taimanov | The Soviet Championships. | 222pp. + 8pp. of photos | London/New York: Cadogan Books | 1998 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A nice selection of annotated games & positions from the 1st (Moscow 1920) to the 51st (Moscow 1991) Soviet Championships. (Originally published at $29.95). | $20.00 |
| 245 | Fine, Reuben | Psychoanalytic Observations on Chess and Chess Masters. | 80pp. (+ 2pp. illus.) | (New York): National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. | 1956 | OP | 1st ed., vg copy, paperbound. Fine's sorry screed describing the chessplayer's true, "grimmer motivation" ("father murder") for playing the game takes up the complete issue of "PSYCHOANALYSIS 3. Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychology". Deservedly scarce. | $20.00 |
| 246 | (CHESS SETS). Lanier Graham, F. | Chess Sets | unpaginated (83pp.) | New York | 1968 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Profusely illustrated (a couple in COLOR). The frontispiece is the charred (from a WW II bombing of the British Museum) remains of the original drawings for "The Staunton Chessmen" done in 1839! Quite scarce! | $20.00 |
| 247 | Wilson, Fred | 101 Questions on How to Play Chess. | 77pp. | New York | 1994 | Paper, mint. Probably the greatest bargain on the planet! This book will tell you everything you need to know about chess. This book will set you free! | $3.00 | |
| 248 | Nimzovich, Aron | Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929. Translated from the Russian by Jim Marfia. | xiii, 146pp. | NY: Dover Pub., Inc. | 2004 | MINT COPY of the 2004 paperbound reprint of the 1st Dover edition of 1981(itself a translation, originally suggested by moi, of the rare Russian edition of 1930). Nimzowitsch's condescending, and occasionally acerbic, comments re his contemporaries are a hoot! | $ 8.00 | |
| 249 | Waitzkin, Fred | Mortal Games: The Turbulent Genius of Gary Kasparov. | 302pp. | New York | 1993. | OP | 1st ed. Although Waitzkin is almost sycophantically pro-Kasparov, his accurate & honest reporting of what he saw and heard gives a true picture of Garry's delightful personality. Fine copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 250 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP) | XXII Russian Championship (Moscow 1955). (in RUSSIAN) | 264pp. | Moscow | 1956 | OP | Has all 197 games with notes. Geller & Smyslov tied for first. Edges rubbed, spine faded, lightly browned (as always), but a good, sound copy. Very scarce. | $25.00 |
| 251 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP). | XVII Russian Championship (Moscow 1949). (in RUSSIAN) | 315pp. | Moscow | 1952 | OP | Has all 190 games with notes. Smyslov & Bronstein tied for first. A very nice, tight clean copy, only very slightly browned. Extremely scarce thus! | $35.00 |
| 252 | Baturinski, V. | Grossmeister FLOHR (in RUSSIAN). | 256pp. | Moscow | 1985 | OP | With 75 well-annotated games(116 in all) by one of the first great "grinders". Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 253 | Ragozin, V. V. | Selected Games. (in RUSSIAN) | 200pp. | Moscow | 1964 | OP | With contributions by Abramov & Botvinnik. Contains 74 well-annotated games by BOTVINNIK'S primary sparring partner. Nice copy. Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 254 | Bronstein, David and Furstenberg, Tom | The Sorcerer's Apprentice. | 305pp. | New York | 1995 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 255 | Gallagher, Joe | c3 Sicilian | 176pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 1999 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. Contains 70 deeply annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 256 | Blackstock, L. S. | Ruy Lopez: Breyer System | viii, 102pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $10.00 |
| 257 | Reinfeld, Fred (editor) | The Treasury of Chess Lore. | xii, 306pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1959 | OP | A VG copy of the now scarce Dover pb reprint of the orig. 1951 edition. A terrific compilation! Contains the wonderful short story "Last Round" by Kester Svendsen, along with much other good reading. | $10.00 |
| 258 | Pandolfini, Bruce | Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics. | 201pp. | New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. | 1986 | OP | Paperbound. A fine copy of one of Pandolfini's better books (which, in fact, didn't sell all that well because the positions & analysis were relatively demanding!). | $10.00 |
| 259 | Plaskett, James | The Sicilian Taimanov. | 144pp. | Brighton: The Chess Press | 1997 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. Essentially done as a GAMES COLLECTION, with 92 well-annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 260 | Przewoznik, Jan & Malcolm Pein | The Blumenfeld Gambit. | 107pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 261 | Tseitlin, Mikhail | Winning with the Schliemann. | 155pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 262 | Wetzell, Rolf | Chess Master... at any age. | 298pp. | Davenport, Iowa | 1994. | OP | Paperbound, now scarce. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 263 | Dawson, T. R. | Five Classics of Fairy Chess. With a New Preface and Introduction by A.S.M. Dickens. | xiv, 145pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1973 | OP | The very scarce Dover pb reprint of five of Dawson's limited editions on this subject from 1935 to 1947. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 264 | (CHESS SETS). Mackett-Beeson, A.E.J. | Chessmen. | 120pp. | New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons | 1968 | OP | A beautifully illustrated work by a major dealer of rare CHESS SETS. The first printing—not the later reprint with with occasionally less sharp plates. Very good copy in frayed d-j. | $15.00 |
| 265 | (CHESS SETS). Dennis, Jessie McNab and Charles K. Wilkinson | Chess: East and West, Past and Present. A Selection from the Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Collection. | xxxvi, (108)pp. | New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1968 | OP | Very good, sound copy in worn d-j. Profusely illustrated, with a few in COLOR. | $20.00 |
| 266 | Fine, Reuben | Fifty Chess Masterpieces 1941-1944. | v, 218pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1977 | OP | Dover pb reprint of "Chess Marches On", orig. published in 1945. VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 267 | Reinfeld, Fred | Nimzovich the Hypermodern. | viii, 221pp.+ 3pp. ads | Philadelphia: David McKay | 1948 | OP | 1st edition. VG copy in torn d-j. | $15.00 |
| 268 | Brady, Frank | Profile of a Prodigy. The Life and Games of Bobby Fischer. (Revised Edition) | x, 435pp., + 16pp. of photos. | New York | 1973 | OP | Fine copy in VG d-j. | $20.00 |
| 269 | Horowitz, I. A. & P. L. Rothenberg | The Personality of Chess. | xii, 372pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | 1st ed., nice copy. Almost certainly by Rothenberg! A nice collection of essays, games, problems, etc. | $20.00 |
| 270 | Korchnoi, Viktor | Chess is my Life. Autobiography and Games. | 168pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in faded d-j. | $20.00 |
| 271 | Reinfeld, Fred | Great Moments in Modern Chess. | x, 182pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | Entertaining. Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 272 | Berry, Jonathan (editor) | Diamond Dust. (a correspondence chess tournament book) | 122pp. | Seattle | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, VG copy. A well-annotated collection of 105 games from this strong event won by Eric Bang, ahead of Berry, Kiviaho, Hebert, Rittner, etc. | $6.00 |
| 273 | Botterill, George & Tim Harding | The Scotch. | xviii, 140pp. | London: B. T. Batsford | 1977 | OP | Fine copy, now scarce. | $15.00 |
| 274 | Tartakower, Dr. S. & J. Du Mont | 100 Master Games of Modern Chess. | xiii, 171pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1975 | OP | Dover paperbound reprint of orig. 1955 edition. VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 275 | Sergeant, Philip W. | CHAROUSEK'S Games of Chess. (New) edition (which) includes and Appendix incorporating previously unpublished corrections and additional notes prepared by the author and edited for this edition by Fred Wilson. | xxiii, 231pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1989 | OP | Paper, nice copy. The Dover reprint of the orig. 1919 edition, which some new material. Now scarce! | $15.00 |
| 276 | Assiac (H. Fraenkel) | The Pleasures of Chess. | vi, 193pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1952 | OP | 1st ed. VG copy with the FOLDING PAPER CHESSBOARD & PIECES bound in at the back in perfect condition! | $20.00 |
| 277 | Coles,R.N. | The Chess-player's Week-end Book. | 162pp. | London | 1950 | OP | 1st. Ed. | $20.00 |
| 278 | Frey, Peter W. | Chess Skill in Man and Machine | 329pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | Paperbound. | $10.00 |
| 279 | Lawson, Dominic | End Game. Kasparov vs. Short: Dispatches from a war for the World Chess Crown. | 253pp. | New York | 1994 | OP | Mint in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 280 | Keene, Ray & Levy, David | Chess Olympiad 1972 | 240pp. | New York | 1973 | OP | $20.00 | |
| 281 | Fine, Reuben | The World's A Chessboard. | xi, 323pp. | Philadelphia | 1948. | OP | 1st ed., VG copy. A largely post-WW II, well-annotated games collection. | $20.00 |
| 282 | Levy, David | The Chess of Gligoric. | 192pp. | New York | 1972 | OP | Best games of the Yugoslavian grandmaster - 1945-1970-who has become a legend in his own time. | $20.00 |
| 283 | Karpov, Anatoly | Karpov on Karpov. Memoirs of a Chess World Champion. | 232pp. | New York | 1991 | OP | An unintentionally funny autobiography — probably has a lie on every page! Fine copy! | $15.00 |
| 284 | Wilson, Fred & Alberston, Bruce | 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles | 222pp. | New York | 2002 | Paper, mint. A wonderful book!! | $12.00 | |
| 285 | Gligoric, Svetozar | Shall We Play Fischerrandom Chess? | 144pp. | London | 2002 | Paperbound, mint. | $12.50 | |
| 286 | King, Daniel | Winning With the Najdorf. | 205pp. | New York | 1993 | OP | Paper, vg copy. Probably the best introductory book on this opening as it deals with CONCEPTS, with 60 well-annotated games, | $10.00 |
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