Ruy Lopez Breyer System by Blackstock, L.S - 1976

Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1976. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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viii+102 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. The Breyer Variation was recommended by Gyula Breyer as early as 1911, but there are no known game records in which Breyer employed this line. The Breyer Variation did not become popular until the 1960s when it was adopted by Boris Spassky and others. In particular, Spassky's back to back wins over Mikhail Tal at Tbilisi in 1965 did much to enhance its reputation, and Spassky has a career-plus score with the Breyer. The variation was the choice of many top level players as White has had trouble proving an advantage against it. Nowadays however, this variation is considered too passive, and players prefer to play the Berlin or the Petroff as they seem to equalise more easily. With 9...Nb8 Black frees the c-pawn and intends to route the knight to d7 where it supports e5. If White fortifies the centre with 10.d3 the opening is classified ECO code C94. The more common continuation,… Read More

David & Charles, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. [Interesting provenance, previously owned by chess player Edward R. Westing.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name (Westing) on verso, else unmarked.

Chess Digest. Used; Very Good. Chess Digest 1976, Paperback. There is a name deleted in pen on half title page; otherwise book is clean and free of mark. Book Condition: Very Good . 1976. TRADE PAPERBACK.

David & Charles, 1976-06. Paperback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

David & Charles. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!