Basic Chess Endings
by Reuben Fine (1914-1993)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Better than Good
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About This Item
xiv+573 pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with dark blue lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. Fourth edition.
Fine had an exceptionally brief but fruitful international career before changing from grandmaster to psychiatrist. Within three years, 1935-8, he developed from an unknown American master into co-winner of AVRO 1938, one of the highest-rated events ever held. Yet when chess revived after the second World War Fine was too busy with his studies to accept an invitation to the World Championship tournament of 1948. After AVRO 1938. Fine concentrated on writing chess books. Altogether he wrote more than a dozen works. (Golombek: 116p)
Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper. Jacket edge chipped with tears, spine head with half inch by quarter in loss else very good in a better than good jacket.
Synopsis
Basic Chess Endings is a book on chess endgames which was written by Reuben Fine and originally published in 1941. It is considered the first systematic book in English on the endgame phase of the game of chess. It is the best-known endgame book in English and is a classic piece of chess endgame literature. The book is dedicated to World Champion Emanuel Lasker, who died in 1941. It was revised in 2003 by Pal Benko. Cecil Purdy said "...
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2605
- Title
- Basic Chess Endings
- Author
- Reuben Fine (1914-1993)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Better than Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- xiv+573 pages with diagrams
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
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