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The Chess Competitor's Handbook
by Božidar M. Kažić (1921-1996)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0668049596
- ISBN 13
- 9780668049597
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
ix+229 pages with photographs, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Co-authors D Djaja, M E Morrison and A Elo. (Lusis: 160) First edition. With the increase in the number of tournaments and weekend congresses over the past years, the understanding of the Laws of Chess, and the way they work in practice, is of importance to all chess players. Bozidar Kazic the Chief Arbiter of FIDE, with contributions from Dragutin Djaja, Arpad Elo and Martin Morrison fill this need. The book includes a detailed explanation of the FIDE Rating system and the method by which International Titles are awarded and all controllers will benefit from the various forms of the Swiss System and other tournament system. Condition: Lightly rubbed spine ends. Jacket soiled, spine sunned else a very good copy in like jacket.
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- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS006362
- Title
- The Chess Competitor's Handbook
- Author
- Božidar M. Kažić (1921-1996)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0668049596
- ISBN 13
- 9780668049597
- Publisher
- Arco Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Chess Schach Ajedrez Echecs
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