Search Results: Authors starting with A from Glynn's Books

Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2020. Hb, pictorial covers, 416pp. Good+, small dent to bottom front corner but otherwise very good and clean. Provides a complete repertoire for Black after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d5!? based on 3 exd5 Bd6 or 3 Nxe5 Bd6 4 d4 dxe4. With 34 illustrative games.. Hard Cover.

London: Everyman, 2004. Pb, 239pp.Good with slight cover wear, clean contents. Following introductory chapters on combinations and their indicators, Sicilian sacrifices, and how to solve puzzles, the bulk of the book consists of 500 exercises/puzzles with detailed solutions.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cadogan, 1998. Pb, 128pp. Good, light cover wear/creases, clean contents. Stresses key themes with possible repertoires for White and Black. Aagaard's first chess book.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kecskemet: Bkkm-i TSH Sakk Szakszovetsege, 1977. In Hungarian. Pb, 58pp + 48pp, b/w photos. Good+, slight wear to base of spine, contents clean. Two-in-one volume combining coverage of the 5th and 6th Laszlo Toth memorial chess tournaments held in Kecskemet in 1975 and 1977. Includes introductions, round-by-round commentary (only for the 1975 tournament), the games without notes and photos. Honfi won 1975 ahead of Kholmov and Hernandez while Vogt won 1977 ahead of Barczay and Farago.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: English Universities Press, 1951. Hb, blue cloth covers, no dj, 292pp. Good, sunned spine, light foxing along edge of page block, clean contents. Includes hundreds of examples from play as well as 35 annotated games, illustrating themes such as vision, reasoning, calculation, imagination, memory, will power, strategy and judgement, types of errors etc.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Pitman, 1977. Hb, vii + 143pp. Good in a Fair+ dj which has heavily sunned/faded spine and cover edges. Contents clean. 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. Descriptive notation. This was a review copy and included is the publisher's slip and an insert of typed notes by the reviewer.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow, 1956. In Russian. Hb, modern blue binding with title on spine, A4 sized, approx. 200pp, b/w photos. Good, pages tanned but clean. There are punch-holes on the pages by the spine. Bound volume containing the complete set of 25 bulletins for the 1956 Moscow Chess Olympiad. In addition to the results and games , the bulletins also contain reports and many photographs (although the reproduction quality isn't great). The Soviet Union, led by Botvinnik, were the winners, ahead of Yugoslavia and Hungary.. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1955. In Russian. Hb, cream boards, 368pp. Good(-), covers have a few marks, pages lightly tanned but clean. Includes annotated games, commentary and tournament tables for the period covered; analysis of historical games/positions; chess literature published. With contributions from Levenfish, Averbakh and Romanovsky amongst others.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1954. In Russian. Hb, pale blue boards, 320pp. READING COPY only. Contents clean but covers heavily dampstained/marked and pages tanned. Includes 57 annotated games, commentary and tournament tables for the period covered; analysis of historical games/positions; endgames/studies, composition. With contributions from Suetin, Averbakh, Korolkov amongst others.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1953. In Russian. Hb, cream boards, 244pp. Good(-), top corners chipped, light cover marks, old price on back cover, " Collectie Max Euwe Centrum" stamped on title page but otherwise contents clean. Pages tanned at edges. Includes 61 annotated games, commentary and tournament tables for the period covered; theory/analysis; studies and problems. With contributions from Averbakh and Boleslavsky amongst others.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Victoria, Canada: Trafford, 2003. Pb, 334pp. VG, clean contents. Two volumes in one. The Italian Gambit takes up around two-thirds and is an energetic examination with "over the top analysis, instructive sound bites, time warps into yesteryear, biographical details of many great players and teachers..." (Jeremy Silman) and coverage of a sharp gambit, the Miami Variation (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 d4 Nxd4 5 Be3), Max Lange attack, Scotch-Goring gambit and others. Vol. 2 recommends lines especially useful in cases of limited time controls, against the French, Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Alekhine etc. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Interscience/John Wiley, 1964. Hb, burgundy boards, no dj. 342 pgs. Good but lettering on spine faded. Previous owner's signature front end paper.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Llanerch: Llanerch Enterprises, 1988. Pb, 140pp. Good+, slight tanning to page edges, but otherwise very good and clean. Facsimile reprint, taken from the Historians of Scotland, 1874. Biography of the 6th century saint written by Adamnan, the ninth Abbot of Iona and edited by Dr William Reeve in 1856.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Cadogan, 1996. Pb, 192pp. Good, light cover/corner wear, clean contents. Sequel to "Development of a Grandmaster", this volume contains 50 of Michael Adams' games with annotations, from 1989 to 1993, against players such as Ivanchuk, Short and Gelfand. Includes biographical background.. Soft Cover. Good.

Oxford: Pergamon, 1991. Pb, viii + 148pp. Good+, slight back corner dent, clean contents. Biography and 50 annotated games of the young Michael Adams, up until the time he became British Champion at the age of 17. . Soft Cover. Good.

London: Cadogan, 1996. Pb, 192pp. Signed by Michael Adams on title page, with brief inscription to previous owner. Good, light cover wear, corner crease, contents clean other than author's inscription. Sequel to "Development of a Grandmaster", this volume contains 50 of Michael Adams' games with annotations, from 1989 to 1993, against players such as Ivanchuk, Short and Gelfand. Includes biographical background.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Concrete Publications, 1950. Hb, blue cloth covers, no dj, viii + 152pp, b/w diagrams. Good with light foxing to endpapers, previous owner's name on inside front cover, light wear to covers, corners a bit bumped. Contents: The simple beam - bending and shear; Continuous beams; Concrete; Reinforced concrete under stress; Design of simply-supported slabs; Design of continuous slabs; Design of simply-supported beams; Design of continuous beams; Design of columns; Design of column footings; Earth pressure; Design of simple retaining walls; Prestressed reinforced concrete.. Hard Cover.

London: Caissa Books, 1988. Hb, 288pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Includes 180 of Boleslavsky's chess games with annotations, of which 100 are taken from his 1957 work "Izbrannye Partii" plus additional games up until 1970, against opponents such as Lillienthal, Bronstein and Bondarevsky. Also tournament/match record; biographical introduction by Adams. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nottingham: The Chess Player, 2000. Pb, glue-bound, 176pp. VG, clean contents. Includes 166 games, most annotated, plus 12 games from Pillsbury's simul. Lasker was the winner, ahead of Pillsbury, Maroczy and Marshall in a field of 17. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Nottingham: The Chess Player, 1978. Pb, 240pp. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. Good.