American Chess Masters from Morphy to Fischer by Arthur Bisguier - 1974

x+291 pages with diagrams, plates, appendices, and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Here is the progression of chess-=-from the rough and ready game played in Ben Franklin's days to the scientifically played game of today. In the 1850's Paul Morph laid down the principles of obtaining advantages, and a wave of aggressive players--Mackenzie, Lipschutz, Showalter and Hodges--appeared on the scene. Positional ideas were still unformed, however, until Harry Pillsbury forged the essentials of planning. Frank Marshall was America's last experimental, romantic chess player. By the first part of our century, Capablanca had unleashed a crafty simplicity, revealed endgame principles to America, and shown that chess is not a gamble. American players were soon battling their way to victory with a soon battling their way to victory with a pragmatic, hardheaded style. Reuben Fine and Sammy Reshevsky… Read More

Macmillan Pub Co. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (chess, chess players, biography ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Macmillan Pub Co, 1974-06. Hardcover. Used: Good.