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London: Gambit, 2008. Pb, 128pp.VG(-), clean contents. 101 questions/answers covering all aspects of playing chess. Examples include: "Will playing offbeat lines and gambits give me more chances of winning quickly?", "How does one judge exchanges of pieces of equal value?", "Which endings are most drawish?", . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport In Russian. 17 books in the same series. Each is Pb, ranging from 174pp to 464pp. Generally Good with light wear, light page tanning and most with clean contents. One volume by Geller is Fair+ due to occasional inked notation and cellotape residue on inside covers and a couple of other volumes have corner stains on edge of page block. Includes 1) Bagirov - Angliyskoye Nachalo (English Opening) 2) Bagirov - Zashchita Alekhina (Alekhine Defence) 3) Fridstein - Zashchita Pirts-Ufimtseva (Pirc-Ufimtsev Defence) 4) Geller - Novoindiyskaya Zashchita ( Queen's Indian Defence) 5) Geller - Staroindiyskaya Zashchita ( King's Indian Defence) 6) Glazkov & Estrin - Korolevskiy Gambit ( King's Gambit) 7) Gufeld - Sitsilianskaya Zashchita Variant Drakona (Sicilian Dragon) 8) Kasparov & Nikitin - Sitsilianskaya Zashchita Skheveningen (Sicilian Scheveningen) 9) Kondratev - Slavyanskaya Zashchita (Slav) 10) Konstantinopolsky & Lepeshkin - Venskaya Partiya (Vienna Game)… Read More

Warsaw: Res Publica Press In Polish. 44 loose issues of the monthly Polish chess magazine, Szachista, comprising of two complete years - 1993 and 1998 - and incomplete years for 1991 (when the magazine commenced publication) and 2000. Each issue approx. 32pp. Mostly VG, a few of the 1991 issues have light creases and/or slight page tanning. Includes results and games of Polish tournaments, international tournaments, theory articles, problems.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wylie, Texas: Pickard & Son, 2000. Pb, 160pp. VG clean copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 2005. Pb, 304pp. VG clean copy. Chess reference which includes entertaining facts and figures, annotated games and biographical details.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Batsford Four volumes in the series, with a slight change in name, published between 1975 and 1978. Each is Pb, around 150-210pp, Good, clean contents but with sunned/darkened covers. Each book includes a review of the year's chess events, a selection of annotated games, results tables for international and national events, disasters of the year, FIDE rating list. In the 1977/8 volume, Euwe wrote the year's review while Miles annotated the Games section. Algebraic. . Soft Cover. Good.

London: Cadogan, 1995. Two books of classic chess games, both Pb reprints by Cadogan, Good with tanning to page edges, clean contents. Descriptive notation. 1) Battles Royal by Coles- 155pp. 50 annotated games by players, from McDonnell-Labourdonnais, London 1834 up to Smyslov-Katetov, Moscow-Prague 1946. 2) 100 Chess Gems by Wenman. 100 master games with breif notes and many featuring the King's Gambit.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gambit, 2006. Pb, 192pp. Good, corner dent, clean contents. Detailed repertoire for White against five King's Fianchetto Defences: 1) King's Indian Defence - 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 h3 2) Grunfeld defence - 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bg5 3) Benko/Volga Gambit - 4 Nf3 4) Benoni - 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 h3 5) Modern Defence - 1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 Nf3. Selected to form " a seamless whole and will fit alongside an English or Reti move order, in addition to a standard 1 d4 repertoire". Includes illustrative games.. Soft Cover. Good.

Portland: Ablaze Manga, 2022. Two manga novels about chess. Each is Pb, approx. 220pp, VG with clean contents. Targetted at ages 12+, they feature a high school student called Tom and his friends at the chess club of the International School of Shibuya. In volume 1, Tom learns chess to impress a girl in his class and stumbles upon a virtual reality machine which introduces him to the games of Garry Kasparov. In volume 2, Tom and his friends battle it out to compete in the Kanto regional high school chess tournament.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

N.Y: Fireside/Simon & Schuster Three instructional books by the same author, each Pb, published by Fireside/Simon & Schuster, between 1994-1998. Good+, clean contents, light wear. 1) Chess Target Practice - 239pp. 192 chess positions, each summarised in terms of "enemy move, primary target, secondary target, battle tactic, response, result, attack profile, observations". Plus 10 review problems. 2) The Winning Way - 188pp. 150 examples illustrating opening strateagems. 3) Power Mates - 316pp. 70 short master games with quiz questions at the end.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cadogan, 1994. Pb, 121pp. VG(-), marginal wear, clean contents. Examines typical danger signals during a chess game and players' inability to recognize them - whether they be related to an opponent, a position or thought process - and suggesst ways of improving awareness as well as the use of deceptive techniques against an opponent.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Two small books on gambits, both Pb. 1) Yudovich - The Gambit. Planeta, Moscow, 1989. 183pp. Good(-), cover creases, clean contents. Includes the history and typical tactics of different gambits, with 23 games. 2) Harding - Counter gambits. British Chess Magazine, St. Leonards on Sea, 1974. 204pp. Good(-), creased spine, couple of cover marks, clean contents. Discusses Black counter-gambits, with 67 illustrative games. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Gambit, 1999. Pb, 256pp. Good, sunned spine, clean contents, small mark on edge of page block. Includes : the Reversed Dragon, Closed Variation, Fianchetto Variation (King's Indian approach by Black), the Three Knights, the Four Knights without 4 g3 and with 4 g3, Systems with . . . f5, Systems with 2. . . d6 or 2. . . . Bb4, and Early deviations.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Batsford, 1997. Pb, 128pp. Good+ with clean contents, very faint yellowing to page edges. Part 1 discusses the nature of chess genius and Part 2 (about two-thirds of the book) consists of talent tests to measure a player's innate chess skill (plus you get to see how various GMs scored) as well as multiple-choice tests on all phases of the game. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 2007. Pb, 204pp. Good+ with clean contents, marginal wear. Contents: Day 1 So you want to improve your chess?; Day 2 Understanding the openings; Day 3 Strategy vs Tactics; Day 4 Creating the attack; Day 5 Avoiding blunders; Day 6 Mastering the endgame; Day 7 The art of swindling; Moving on.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Macmillan, 1993. Hb, xiii + 249pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Based on a behind-the-scenes knowledge of the Kasparov-Short encounter in 1993, this narrative describes the rivalry, psychological plots and snares, and the "inner game" and self-belief that chess grandmasters encounter at top level. The games from the match (without notes) are included at the back.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St Leonards on Sea: BCM In German. Pb, xv + 127pp, b/w photos. Good, light corner wear, clean contents. Reprint of the work first published by B.Kagan. Introductory summary by Tarrasch and 210 games without notes, of the strong chess tournament held in Baden-Baden in 1925. Alekhine was the winner, ahead of Rubinstein and Samisch.. Soft Cover. Good.

Two match books by Hartston, featuring Karpov-Korchnoi face-offs. 1) Co-authored with Raymond Keene, the book of the 1974 Candidates' Final - Pb, OUP 1974, 94pp. Good, light page tanning, previous owner's name on fep. Includes players' bios, previous encounters, road to the world championship, annotated games and account of the match. Algebraic notation. 2) The 1978 World Chess Championship - Pb, Hutchinson, 1978, 121pp. Good, slightly sunned covers, clean contents. Includes background, match prelims, Karpov interview, annotated games and account of the match. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Batsford, 1983. Pb, xlviii + 163pp. Good, scuffed spine, previous owner's name on fep. Published prior to Kasparov's becoming World Champion, this volume contains 200 of his games, of which over half are annotated (Informant style). Includes introductions by Botvinnik and Gufeld. . Soft Cover. Good.

London: Gambit, 2002. Pb, 320pp. VG, clean contents. Survey of the Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein system. Part 1 covers 4 . . . 0-0 ( Karpov variation, Parma., . . . Ba5, Nimzowitsch, Khasin, Main, Classical, Averbakh, Delayed Fiachetto, and Reshevsky variations). Part 2 covers other 4th moves ( Fischer variation, Dutch, Keres, Classical Fianchetto, Hubner, Modern, Rubinstein and Taimanov variations).. Soft Cover. Very Good.