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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1979. Hb, plain brown binding witth title ("Chess Vol. 44") embossed on spine, 400+ pp, b/w photos. Complete issues + index. Good+, with light wear and light tanning to some page edges. Games, tournament and match reports, theory articles, chess problems , reviews, obituaries and general features. Montreal 1979, Hastings, Karpov-Korchnoi, Lone Pine 1979 and Hungary's triumph at the Olympiad amongst others.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1978. Unbound, paperback, b/w photos, 12 individual issues making up a complete volume. Good+, light tanning on some page edges and two issues have marks on the cover, but generally clean. Games, match and tournament results, chess theory, obituaries, reviews, postal chess and general articles. Karpov-Korchnoi World Championship, profile on Karpov, opening theory by Tim Harding, Simon Webb on chessplayers' thinking, Hastings, amongst others.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1976. Two of three volumes covering 1976. Each is a Paperback, with over 200pp, with clean contents and very light wear. Good+ to VG. Each volume contains over 700 chess games from tournaments and matches in mid to late 1976, plus results tables and chess opening developments. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1979. Hb, plain brown binding with title ("Chess Vol. 44") embossed on spine, 400+ pp, b/w photos. Complete issues + index. Good+, top of spine has slight dent. Games, tournament and match reports, theory articles, chess problems , reviews, obituaries and general features. Montreal 1979, Hastings, Karpov-Korchnoi, Lone Pine 1979 and Hungary's triumph at the Olympiad amongst others.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1955. Pb booklet, 24pp. Good copy with light wear (bottom cover corner has small crease); clean contents. 32 games, score charts, round by round resume, diagrams and index of openings. The winning Soviet team consisted of Bronstein, Keres, Petrosian, Ilivitsky while their Hungarian counterparts were Szabo, Barcza, Benko and Bilek. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1984. Hb, plain brown binding, with embossed title "Chess Vol. 48" on spine, 340+ pp, b/w photos. Good+ condition; occasional faint tanning on page edges, small dent on cover. Articles, tournament and match results and news, numerous games, theory, reviews, obituaries. Includes games by Smyslov, Ribli, Watson, Hebden, Kasparov, Korchnoi, and Bobby Fischer's account "I was tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse".. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London/Fort Collins: Imprint, 1981. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, xv + 114pp + Index. Fair+. Foxing/spotting on endpapers and along edge of page block; cover corners and base of spine a bit bumped. From the program conceived by David Levy, Kevin O'Connell and David Watt. Encyclopedic database of games with the English Opening, from tournaments of 1979-1980, with statistics on variations.. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Madrid: Ediciones Eseuve, 1990. In Spanish. No. 5 in the Coleccion Campeones de Ajedrez series. Pb, 127pp. Good+ copy; previous owner's name on front endpaper, contents otherwise clean. Brief bio. notes, results table and a selection of 222 of Tal's chess games (un-annotated) from 1949 to 1990. Algebraic figurine notation.. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London/Fort Collins: Imprint, 1981. Hb, pictorial covers, no dj, xiii + 95pp + Index. Fair+ - corners and edges a bit scuffed and bumped. Contents clean. From the program conceived by David Levy, Kevin O'Connell and David Watt. Encyclopedic database of games featuring the King's Indian, mostly from tournaments in 1980, with statistics on variations. . Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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St Leonards on Sea: British Chess Magazine, 1986. Pb, iii + 123 pp, VG, with clean, tight contents. No. 22 in BCM's Classic Reprint series, containing an anthology of editorial, news and analyses for much of the interwar period.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1959. Pb with stiff card covers, 63pp, b/w photos. Good with light wear to spine and cover corners.Light foxing on endpapers/inside covers. Contents clean other than tanning to page edges. "The one hundred and eighty-seven games of the British Championship tournament, the four games of the Championship play-off, and twelve games from other events". The top scorers were Golombek, Haygarth and Penrose although Penrose won the Play-Off. Other participants included Alexander, Barden, Wade, Clarke and Aitken.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1967. Chess Player series No. 63. Pb, staple-bound, 26pp. Fair - some foxing to covers and pages. 120 games. Joint winners were Zaitzev, Krogius, Simagin, Spassky and Shamkovich ahead of Kotov. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford Univ. Press, 1980. Introduction by Raymond Keene. Pb, xxvi + 166 pp. Good+ copy with only the slightest cover wear and clean contents. Comprehensive collection of Bobby Fischer's games, from 1955-1972, with many of the games annotated by GMs. Plus tournament and match records/tables and opening index. Algebraic figurine notation. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1975. Three volumes covering all of 1975 and published from 1975-76. All three are Pb, each with over 200pp, in Good to Good+ condition with light wear and tanning to page edges but contents otherwise clean. Vol. 10 has a bottom corner crease/dent. Tournament results and hundreds of games, many with annotations and some by the players. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: BCM, 1931. Pb, stapled wraps. Fair - one page is loose, covers have wear, staples rusting, contents unmarked. Includes tournament results, games (Alekhine, Yates, Rubinstein, Sultan Khan), articles, chess problems. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player. Two volumes of the Chess Player (Der Schachspieler) , covering the whole of 1972. Each is Pb . No. 2 is xxiv + 288pp - Good with sunned cover edges, light wear, clean contents. No. 3 is xxxx + 315pp - VG, with only slight wear and clean contents. Combinations, opening developments, tournament result tables and over 2000 games from 1972. Includes Fischer-Spassky, Skopje 1972, the USSR semi-final, San Antonio and Palma amongst others. Includes annotations by players. Figurine Alegabraic. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: BCM, 1938. Pb, stapled wraps. Poor - a reading copy only, with loose pages, tear to base of covers and general wear, rusting staples. Includes articles, tournament results, theory, games, chess problems. Highlights are Tartakower's coverage of the 1937 Alekhine-Euwe world championship match plus games from the match with annotations by Milner-Barry and Golombek, and Koltanowski's article on the young Paul Keres. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Exmouth: Keverel Chess Books, 2001. The official bulletins for the British Chess Championship of 2001 (held in Scarborough) and 2002 (held in Torquay). The first was won by Joe Gallagher, (ahead of Keith Arkell, John Emms, Bogdan Lalic and others for joint second place) and the 2002 tournament was won by Ramesh Ramachandran who narrowly beat Krishnan Sasikiran and Gallagher for the top spot. Each bulletin is a ring-bound, A4 sized booklet, with 90-100 photocopied pages, b/w photos, in Good+ to VG clean condition. Contains hundreds of games, some with detailed analysis, and results tables.. Soft Cover. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1976. Three volumes covering 1976. Each is a Paperback, with over 200pp, with clean contents, light cover wear and tanning to edges. Good to Good+. Each volume contains over 700 chess games from tournaments and matches in 1976, plus results tables and opening developments. Figurine algebraic.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1975. Pb, xxxii + 336pp, in Good. Light stain on covers and along edge of text block but contents clean. Over 1000 games, many including annotations by players, tournament results. Figurine algebraic. Includes amongst others games from the Nice Olympiad, Karpov-Korchnoi, and USSR 1974.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sutton Coldfield: Chess, 1982. Hb, plain brown binding, with embossed title "Chess Vol. 46" on spine, 390+ pp, b/w photos. Good condition but with a scuff mark on the back cover. Contents clean.. Articles, tournament and match results and news, numerous games, theory, reviews, obituaries. . Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Schmidt Schach, 1998. Pb, 230 pgs. VG clean copy. Many annnotated games. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1987. In Russian language. Pb, 159pp, b/w photos. Good+ with light cover wear, clean, tight contents. Includes around 100 games of the Soviet grandmaster (mostly complete games) with annotations, plus biographical notes, career table from 1947 to 1984.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Chess & Bridge, 1998. The July 1998 issue of Chess magazine with dozens of signatures from grandmasters, masters and "ordinary" chess players. This issue previewed the British Championship and several of the GMs signed their names next to their player profiles. These include Tony Miles, Jon Speelman, Nigel Short, Matthew Sadler, Joe Gallagher, Stuart Conquest, Aaron Summerscale. And scattered elsewhere in the magazine, Jonathan Rowson (within the article he wrote on his challenge match vs Adams), Susan and Bogdan Lalic, P M Thipsay and others I have yet to decipher.... Signed by Subject. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1967. Chess Player series No. 59. Pb, staple-bound, 56pp. Fair + with damp-staining to cover edges. 205 selected games from the 17 participating regional teams. The finals were a close race between Moscow (which had the advantage of having three world champions and Bronstein), Oblasti/Sbornaya and the Ukraine while Group 2 saw a runaway victory by the Latvians thanks to Tal. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Notingham: Chess Player. Pb, 315pp. Good - pages a bit tanned, otherwise contents clean. Light cover wear. Opening developments, tournament results tables and over 1300 games from 1973, many annotated by the players. Includes 41st USSR Championship, Bath 1973, Petropolis Interzonals, US Open, and many more. Figurine Algebraic. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Everyman, 2000. Pb, 144pp. VG+, clean copy, looks barely used. Provides a good understanding of the themes and enough concrete knowledge of the lines of this sound, dynamic system which is supported by top players such as Kramnik and Shirov. In three Parts: Strategic introduction and sidelines; The Sveshnikov with 9 Nd5; The Sveshnikov with 9 Bxf6 gxf6 10 Nd5. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Three books by the same author covering different aspects of chess. 1) "The Chess Mind" - Penguin, 1964, 346pp. G. Page edges tanned, otherwise contents clean. Contains hundreds of chess "gems" including many annotated games, illustrating different aspects of mental activity employed in Master/GM play (e.g. vision, intuition, reasoning, memory, causes of error etc.). 2) "Test Your Chess" - Pan, 1975. Revised, expanded ed. G. with light tanning to page edges, otherwise clean. 55 chess problems, designed to have more than one answer on varying levels of difficulty. 3) "Technique in Chess" - G.Bell, 1961. Ex-library book with residue from docket, usual stamps and catalogue no. on spine. Hb, laminated covers. First page has an inked diagram by previous owner. Fair. Divided into: Intro.; Exploitation of material advantages; Struggle for advantage.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: English Universities Press, 1951. Hb, 292pp. Good+ copy with clean contents, very light foxing along edge of text block, in a Good dj which has a small corner tear and a scuff mark (from sticker removal?). Includes hundreds of examples from play as well as 35 annotated games, illustrating various aspects of chess playing - vision, reasoning, calculation, imagination, memory, will power, strategy and judgement, types of errors etc.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Two books, both paperbacks, by the same author. 1) "The Chess Mind" - Penguin, 1960, 346pp. Page edges tanned, inside covers a little mottled, otherwise in Good condition with clean text. Contains hundreds of chess "gems" including many annotated games, illustrating different aspects of mental activity employed in Master/GM play (e.g. vision, intuition, reasoning, memory, causes of error etc.). 2) "Test Your Chess" - Pan, 1975. Revised, expanded ed. Page edges and endpapers tanned, cover/spine a bit worn, otherwise Good with unmarked contents. 55 chess problems, designed to have more than one answer on varying levels of difficulty. . Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Two books by the same author, both hardbacks without djs. 1) "Brilliance in Chess" - Pitman, 1977, orange boards, vii + 143pp. Good copy. Front endpaper has small tear; light cover wear, contents clean. Offers 60 games/160 positions as examples of chess brilliancies. 2) "Technique in Chess" - Bell, 1961, blue boards, 216pp. Fair. Cover edges and spine darkened/discoloured; light occasional foxing/spotting. Broadly divided into : exploitation of material advantage and struggle for advantage.. Hard Cover. more information

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London: G. Bell, 1961. Hb, blue covers, no dustjacket, 216pp. Fair - some light soiling to the covers/spine and on the back endpaper. Contents: Description of technique; Scope and uses of technique: some instances of method; Exploitation of material advantage - Kings and ascending Pawns, Varying values of pieces, Relative merits of some pawns; Struggle for advantage - some early initiatives and exploitations; Control of the centre in the early game; On taking advantage.. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Pitman, 1977. Hb, vii + 143pp. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, text clean. Good+ copy in Good dj which has a sun-faded spine. The author examines 60 games/160 positions which he considers to meet the criteria of "brilliance" . These range from play by world class players such as Reti, Fischer or Anderssen to games by lesser-known participants.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1978. Pb, 232pp. Fair+ - covers a bit worn, spine faded. A couple of pages (less than 5) have brief underlining. Analysis of lines for the Polugayevsky Variation. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Nottingham: Chess Player, 1977. Pb, 111pp. Good - light cover wear, clean contents. Opening analysis and complete games. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Peter Owen, 1983. Pb, 96pp. Good+ - very light wear; indentation of earlier price on fep. Includes chess-related games and variants (e.g. Japanese chess, Chamelon chess, Explosion chess, using "Fairy" chess pieces), Draughts and variations (e.g.Turkish draughts, Conversion Redrafting draughts), Occupational games, Positonal games, Custodian Capture games, Games played on the intersections. Plus a selection of chessboard puzzles. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon Press, 1987. Pb, vii +172pp. VG clean copy. Part of Pergamon's Chess Openings series, covers analysis of all the main lines.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Milford, Connecticut: Russell Enterprises, 2004. Pb, 138pp. VG clean copy with slight dent along top edge. Over 200 chess problems/puzzles.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon Press, 1989. Pb, 128pp. Good+, with light wear, clean contents. A couple of page corners have been turned down. Uses a system of numerical evaluation developed originally in Russia with chess graphs. Includes numerous exercises.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Pergamon Press, 1984. Pb, ix + 217 pp. VG with clean contents. First English translation of Alekhine's well-regarded book charting the years preceding his attainment of the World Championship title. 100 games, annotated by Alekhine, are organized according to 1) Occasional games from his time in the U.S. during the winter of 1923-24 2) Blindfold games 3) Tournaments in Paris and Baden-Baden 1925 4) Tournaments in Hastings, Scarborough, Birmingham 1926 5) Tournaments in Semmering and Dresden 1926 6) Buonas Aires 1926 7) Games with Dr Euwe and the Kecskemet Tournament of 1927 8) His match with Capablanca.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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London: G. Bell, 1969. Hb, burgundy covers, no dustjacket, xvi + 285pp. Good copy with light wear, clean contents. Second volume of Alekhine's games, annotated by the world champion. 120 games from tournaments and matches against Capablanca, Bogoljubow and Euwe. Plus an introductory memoir by J. Du Mont.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: G.Bell, 1939. Hb, green cloth covers, no dustjacket, xii + 267pp, b/w portrait frontis.. Good; spine has light soiling; previous owner's inscription dated 1941 on front endpaper. First volume of Alekhine's games, annotated by the world champion. Contains 100 games. . Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: G. Bell, 1974. Hb, burgundy covers, no dustjacket, xvi + 285pp. Good+, clean contents. Second volume of Alekhine's games, annotated by the world champion. 120 games from tournaments and matches against Capablanca, Bogoljubow and Euwe. Plus an introductory memoir by J. Du Mont.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: G. Bell, 1945. Hb, 285pp, b/w portrait frontis of Alekhine + brief biographical note before the Contents page. Presentation bookplate to previous owner on inside front cover (awarded for his work as a chess club secretary 1938-1945). Good+ copy with clean contents, slightly bumped corners, in a Fair+ dj which has several small chips and tears and is sun-darkened along spine. The dj appears to be made from recycled book pages with the title and illustration over-printed (due to war-time economy?). Second volume of Alekhine's games, containing 120 games annotated by the world champion and including tournament games, matches against Capablanca, Bogoljubow and Euwe, simultaneous, exhibition and blindfold games. . Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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N.Y.: Dover. Pb reprint of the 1925 edition, xi + 272pp, b/w photos. Good with light cover wear including a small crease; contents clean. Includes all 110 games with full annotations by Alekhine who also added a 21-page discussion on the theory of openings developed in the tournament. The winner was Lasker, ahead of an illustrious group which included Capablanca, Marshall, Reti, Tartakower and Alekhine amongst others.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Dover Publications. Pb reprint of the 1923 original. xii + 63 pp, b/w photos. VG with clean contents. All 30 games annotated by Alekhine who was the winner ahead of Rubinstein, Bogoljubow, Thomas, Tarrasch and Yates. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Dover Publications. Pb reprint of the 1923 original. xii + 63 pp, b/w photos. Good+, light cover wear, clean contents. All 30 games annotated by Alekhine who won the tournamentt ahead of Rubinstein, Bogoljubow, Thomas, Tarrasch and Yates. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. Pb, 256 pp. Translated from the Spanish. Good+ with light cover wear, sunned spine and clean contents. Price inked out on back cover. Divided into Open, Semi-open and Closed Games, this collection of games annotated by Alekhine between 1939-1945 contains some of what he considered his best analysis and many of the games were specially annotated for Spanish prodigy Arturito Pomar. They include some of Alekhine's own games as well as those of other players such as Keres, Reshevsky, Kashdan and Pomar.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Middlesex: Penguin, 1972. Pb, 20cm square format, 144pp, b/w photos and illustrations.. Good copy with general wear to spine/covers. Number written on inside front cover; text clean. Includes illustrated bios. of the protaganists, their previous encounters, the run-up to the World Championship, commentary on the match with fully annotated games and specially commissioned drawings.. Soft Cover. more information

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Two books by the British chess master, Hugh Alexander. 1) "Chess" - Pitman, 1965. Hb, 198pp, b/w frontipiece of Petrosian, photos of players. Good with clean contents in Fair dj which has edgewear and chips. Introduction to the different elements of the game and including illustrative master games (from Zukertort-Blackburne to Penrose-Tal). 2) "Penguin Book of Chess Positions" - 1976, Pb, 171pp. Fair+ copy - pages rather tanned, although text otherwise clean, and spine faded/worn. Includes theory on the basic elements of combinations, and 100 test positions, some of which can be scored.. more information

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