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| AUTHOR | TITLE | PAGES | PLACE OF PUBLICATION | DATE | OP? | COMMENTS | PRICE | |
| 1 | Matanovic, Aleksandar (General editor) | Encyclopedia of Chess Endings. COMPLETE SET, 5 vols. | Beograd: Informant | 1982, '83, '85, '86 & '93. | OP | A complete set of all five volumes in very good condition, with the dust-jackets. Becoming scarce. | $175.00 | |
| 2 | Stahlberg, Gideon | Budapestturneringen 1950. Turneringsbok… (in SWEDISH) | 222pp. | Orebro (Sweden) | 1951 | OP | A very good, sound copy, although the spine is a bit faded & the title "Budapest 1950" is written on it in ink. An extremely scarce TOURNAMENT BOOK, which includes the 14 game playoff match between Bronstein and Boleslavsky. | $45.00 |
| 3 | Magriel, Paul | Backgammon. | xii, 404pp. | Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. Still the best introductory book on this game. | $50.00 |
| 4 | Petrosian, Gligoric, Portisch, Lawsen, Hort, Keres & Evans. | How to Open a Chess Game. | xvii, 227pp. | New York: RHM Press | 1974 | OP | The very scarce hardcover edition. VG copy in slightly repaired d-j. The chapters by Petrosian, Keres & Larsen alone are worth the price of admission! | $40.00 |
| 5 | Keene, Raymond & Nathan Divinsky | Warriors of the Mind. A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board. | (9) 342pp. + 8pp. of photos | (Brighton): Hardinge Simpole Publishing | 1989 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce. Recently on the ChessBase website Edward Winter undeservedly, in my opinion, kicked this off his "worst five chess books in English" to make room for another work he thought was even worse! Of course, if you also believe Alekhine was only the 18th best player of all time, you must buy this book! | $35.00 |
| 6 | Kasparov, Garry | The Test of Time | 214pp. | Oxford/New York | 1986 | OP | Paperbound, 1986 reprint edition. Very good, sound copy. Quite scarce nowadays. | $60.00 |
| 7 | Wade, R.G., L.S. Blackstock & A. Kotov | World Championship Interzonals. Leningrad and Petropolis 1973 | 299pp. | London/NewYork | 1974 | OP | Very good copy in d-j. A terrific double-tournament book! | $15.00 |
| 8 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Pirc, Vasja | Meduzonski Turnir Saltsjobaden 1948. (in Serbo-Croat!) | Frontis. (of players), 302pp. | Zagreb | 1949 | OP | A nice copy, albeit slightly rubbed, in the orig. cloth-backed boards, with the usual lightly browned (& slightly foxed) pages, and the title is written in ink by former onwner on the spine. EXTREMELY SCARCE--much more so than the Swedish book by Stahlberg of the same great event, won by Bronstein ahead of Szabo & Boleslavsky. | $60.00 |
| 9 | Cafferty, Bernard & Mark Taimanov | The Soviet Championships. | 222pp. + 8pp. of photos | London/New York: Cadogan Books | 1998 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A nice selection of annotated games & positions from the 1st (Moscow 1920) to the 51st (Moscow 1991) Soviet Championships. (Originally published at $29.95). | $20.00 |
| 10 | Finkenzeller, R. (et al) | Chess: A Celebration of 2,000 Years. | 208pp. | New York | 1990 | OP | A beautifully produced book with quite a silly text; it does however contain a wealth of fine illustrations (many in color). Fine copy in d-j. | $35.00 |
| 11 | Muller-Briel, Paul (editor). Analysen und Kommentare von GM H. Hecht, IM S. Kindermann, GM Z. Ribli, (etc.) | Luzern 1982. 25. Schacholympiade der Manner. 10. Schacholympiade der Frauen. (in GERMAN) | 303pp. | Luzern: Verlag Paul Tschudi Zug | 1884 | OP | With about 50 deeply annotated games, 165 positions & many photos. Fine copy in d-j. Very scarce! | $60.00 |
| 12 | Harding, T. D. (Edited by) | The Games of the World Correspondence Championships I - X. | x, 246pp. | London: B. T. Batsford | 1987 | OP | Revised (& enlarged) Edition. Fine copy in d-j. Contains approx. 1,000 games, often with light notes. | $30.00 |
| 13 | Darrach, Brad | Bobby Fisher vs. the Rest of the World | 240pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Fine copy in VG d-j., now quite scarce. An awful book—but some of you won't take my word for it and will have to discover how crappy it is for yourselves! | $20.00 |
| 14 | Alekhine, Dr. A. | 66 Master Games Played in the LONDON INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT, 1932 | xiv, 86pp. | Phila: David McKay Company | n.d. (1932) | OP | Spine slightly faded, rear endpapers a bit foxed, minor soiling to outer edges of covers, but a very good, sound, internally clean copy in orig. light blue cloth. Quite scarce nowadays. | $60.00 |
| 15 | Seirawan, GM Yasser & IM Jonathan Tisdall | Five Crowns. Kasparov-Karpov 1990 World Chess Championship 1990. New York—Lyon. | 251pp. | Seattle | 1991 | OP | Paper, fine copy. Certainly the best book on this match. | $15.00 |
| 16 | Soltis, Andy | Chess to Enjoy. | (5) 227pp. | New York: Stein and Day | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in vg d-j. A very entertaining potpourri! Scarce. | $20.00 |
| 17 | Averbakh, Yuri & Vitaly Chekhover | Comprehensive Chess Endings. Volume 1. Bishop Endings & Knight Endings. | xii, 213pp. | Oxford: Pergamon | 1983 | OP | Very good copy. Scarce. | $30.00 |
| 18 | Averbakh, Yuri | Comprehensive Chess Endings. Volume 2. Bishop Against Knight Endings, Rook Against Minor Piece Endings. | viii, 249pp. | Oxford: Pergamon Press | 1984 | OP | Very good copy. Scarce. | $35.00 |
| 19 | Pachman, Ludek | Complete Chess Strategy. First Principles of the Middle Game. | viii, 168pp. | New York | 1975 | OP | Quite scarce. Fine copy in nice d-j. 1st U.S. edition. | $40.00 |
| 20 | Fine, Reuben | Psychoanalytic Observations on Chess and Chess Masters. | 80pp. (+ 2pp. illus.) | (New York): National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Inc. | 1956 | OP | 1st ed., vg copy, paperbound. Fine's sorry screed describing the chessplayer's true, "grimmer motivation" ("father murder") for playing the game takes up the complete issue of "PSYCHOANALYSIS 3. Journal of Psychoanalytic Psychology". Deservedly scarce. | $20.00 |
| 21 | Mednis, Edmar | Practical Endgame Lessons. | xiv, 332pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in good d-j. An excellent work! Now scarce. | $20.00 |
| 22 | Korchnoi, Viktor | Viktor Korchnoi's Best Games. Annotated by… | 294pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Basically assembled by David Levy although the majority of the 60 games are with Korchnoi's notes taken from Russian sources. VG copy, now quite scarce. | $20.00 |
| 23 | (chess periodical) | CHESS LIFE. I have the following BOUND, complete year, in fine condition: 1998.PRICE PER VOLUME: | approx. 770pp. per year | New Windsor, NY | OP | Postage is $3.00 per volume within U.S. and I will not ship these big volumes outside the U.S. | $45.00 per vol. | |
| 24 | Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld | The Oxford Companion to Chess. | (7)483pp. | Oxford | 1992. | OP | Second Edition. Serious students of chess history need both editions as there are additions AND deletions in the 2nd ed.! Also, there is a totally new selection of games & illustrations in the "New Edition". Fine copy in very good d-j. | $40.00 |
| 25 | Napier, William Ewart | Paul Morphy and The Golden Age of Chess. edited by I. A. Horowitz | frontis., vi, 288pp. | New York: David McKay Co., Inc. | 1957 | OP | Very nice copy in a good d-j. of this very scarce anthology of older games. | $20.00 |
| 26 | Benko, Pal | The Benko Gambit. | (6)143pp. | New York: RHM Publishing | 1973 | OP | First edition. VG copy in heavily tape-repaired d-j. Still best strategically instructive book about this opening. | $20.00 |
| 27 | Hartston, William | The Kings of Chess. A history of chess traced through the lives of its greatest players. | 190pp. | New York | 1985 | OP | Nicely illustrated with some great photos & now scarce. Very nice copy in a good d-j. | $25.00 |
| 28 | White, Alain C. | Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems. | 471pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1962 | OP | Dover paperbound reprint of orig. 1913 edition. Fine copy. Scarce! | $20.00 |
| 29 | Korn, Walter | America's Chess Heritage | 302pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Nice copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 30 | Golombek, Harry (editor) | Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess | 360pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | An uneven compilation though the material by Soltis & W. Heidenfeld is excellent. Scarce. Nice copy in d-j. | $35.00 |
| 31 | Gufeld, Eduard & Efim Lazarev | Leonid Stein. Master of Risk Strategy. | 253pp. | Davenport, Iowa: Thinker's Press | 2001 | OP | Certainly the only really good book Gufeld was ever involved in! Contains a good bio + 61 deeply annotated games (& a few others + some positions) by one of the most brilliant players of all time. Paperbound, mint copy. | $20.00 |
| 32 | Gallagher, Joe | The Trompowsky. | 144pp. | Brighton: The Chess Press | 1998 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. Quite nicely produced, with 85 well-annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 33 | (CHESS SETS). Lanier Graham, F. | Chess Sets | unpaginated (83pp.) | New York | 1968 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Profusely illustrated (a couple in COLOR). The frontispiece is the charred (from a WW II bombing of the British Museum) remains of the original drawings for "The Staunton Chessmen" done in 1839! Quite scarce! | $20.00 |
| 34 | (CHESS SETS). Greygoose, Frank | Chessmen. | 160pp. | New York | 1979 | OP | Fine copy in nice d-j. Profusely illustrated (many in COLOR). Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 35 | Soltis, Andrew | How to Choose a Chess Move. | 240pp. | London: Batsford | 2005 | MINT COPY, paperbound (list price is $21.95). One of Andy's best instructional works! | $15.00 | |
| 36 | Wilson, Fred | 101 Questions on How to Play Chess. | 77pp. | New York | 1994 | Paper, mint. Probably the greatest bargain on the planet! This book will tell you everything you need to know about chess. This book will set you free! | $3.00 | |
| 37 | (American Chess Congresses) | The Second, Third and Fourth American Chess Congresses:Cleveland 1871/Chicago 1874/Philadelphia 1876. | 112+103+199pp. | Zurich: Editions Olms | 1985 | OP | Three vols. in one! The Olms reprint, in one volume, of three of the rarest American tournament books. Fine copy in d-j. | $30.00 |
| 38 | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Panov, V. I. (et al) | Alekhine Memorial Tournament Moscow 1956. (in RUSSIAN) | 224pp. | Moscow | 1958 | OP | Has all 116 games, many with notes. Botvinnik & Smyslov tied for first. Slightly browned (as always), else a fine copy in a good d-j. Very scarce thus! | $30.00 |
| 39 | Zweig, Stefan | The Royal Game & Other Stories. with an introduction by John Fowles. Translated from the German by Jill Sutcliffe. | xviii, 250pp. | New York: Harmony Books | 1981 | OP | 1st ed. of this—probably still the best—translation. Fine copy in chipped d-j. Very scarce. | $20.00 |
| 40 | (AMSTERDAM OLYMPIAD 1954). | XI Olympiade des Echecs Schaakolympiade, Amsterdam 1954 | 8pp. of photos + approx. 200pp. | Amsterdam (?) | 1954 | OP | A complete set of the original BULLETINS, paperbound in one volume, with 916 unannotated games. Lightly browned, but a VG, sound copy. Very scarce! | $30.00 |
| 41 | Wilson, Fred & Bruce Alberston | 303 Perplexing Chess Puzzles. | 224pp. | NY: Sterling Pub. Co., Inc. | 2004 | OP | MINT copy, paperbound, of what is one of our best instructional books, which is now OUT-OF-PRINT. Apparently, Sterling Pub. is going to reprint this, along with our other–also OP–tactics collection, "303 Tactical Chess Puzzles", late next year (2008) in one volume, MINUS the additional chapters for each book which Bruce & I wrote to include some instructive, well-annotated, tactically-resolved complete games! In this work, Bruce's chapter on the "fork trick" contains two terrific, little known masterpices by Charousek and Schlechter, along with one by B.A. himself. My chapter, on the the difficulty of defining the terms "Deflection, Undermining or Removing the Guard?", contains a truly neglected masterpiece, IM Walter Shipman-NM Louis Levy, New York, 1965, with what I hope you will agree are both revealing and instructive notes. Inscribed, by myself, on request! | $12.00 |
| 42 | Smullyan, Raymond | The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights. | xvii, 170(1)pp. | New York: Alfred A. Knopf | 1981 | OP | First edition. Fine copy in d-j. Contains fifty retrograde analysis problems. Very scarce. | $20.00 |
| 43 | Nimzovich, Aron | Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929. Translated from the Russian by Jim Marfia. | xiii, 146pp. | NY: Dover Pub., Inc. | 2004 | MINT COPY of the 2004 paperbound reprint of the 1st Dover edition of 1981(itself a translation, originally suggested by moi, of the rare Russian edition of 1930). Nimzowitsch's condescending, and occasionally acerbic, comments re his contemporaries are a hoot! | $ 8.00 | |
| 44 | Avery, Bryce D. | Correspondence Chess in America | 278pp. | North Carolina: McFarland | 2000 | Mint. Currently in print for $45.00 | $25.00 | |
| 45 | (TOURNAMENT BOOKS). Gebhardt, Ranneforth, Schellenberg, (et al). | Die sechzehnte, siebzehnte und achtzehnte Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes. | (6)178+xiv, 229+vii, 202pp. | Zurich: Edition Olms | 1984 | OP | Olms reprint, in one volume, of the orig. editions of three strong pre-WW I German tournaments: DUSSELDORF 1908, HAMBURG 1910 and BRESLAU 1912. Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $30.00 |
| 46 | Hooper, David & Dale Brandreth | The Unknown Capablanca. | vi, 201pp.+ 4pp. errata laid in | New York: R.H.M. Press | 1975 | OP | 1st American edition. PRESENTATION COPY, with a long inscription from Brandreth to the well-known American collector Jim Gates. Fine copy in d-j. | $40.00 |
| 47 | Waitzkin, Fred | Searching for Bobby Fischer. | (4)227pp. | New York: Random House | 1988 | OP | Interesting, well-written & a "good read". Fine copy in d-j. of the attractively produced first edition. Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 48 | Waitzkin, Fred | Mortal Games: The Turbulent Genius of Gary Kasparov. | 302pp. | New York | 1993. | OP | 1st ed. Although Waitzkin is almost sycophantically pro-Kasparov, his accurate & honest reporting of what he saw and heard gives a true picture of Garry's delightful personality. Fine copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 49 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP) | XXII Russian Championship (Moscow 1955). (in RUSSIAN) | 264pp. | Moscow | 1956 | OP | Has all 197 games with notes. Geller & Smyslov tied for first. Edges rubbed, spine faded, lightly browned (as always), but a good, sound copy. Very scarce. | $25.00 |
| 50 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP). | XVIII Russian Championship (Moscow 1950). (in RUSSIAN) | 340pp. | Moscow | 1952 | OP | Contains 153 well-annotated games. Keres won ahead of Aronin, Lipnitsky & Tolush. A very nice tight, clean copy-- slightly browned as always. Very scarce thus! | $35.00 |
| 51 | (SOVIET CHAMPIONSHIP). | XVII Russian Championship (Moscow 1949). (in RUSSIAN) | 315pp. | Moscow | 1952 | OP | Has all 190 games with notes. Smyslov & Bronstein tied for first. A very nice, tight clean copy, only very slightly browned. Extremely scarce thus! | $35.00 |
| 52 | Kotov, A. (edited by M. Maklin) | Alexander Kotov. (in RUSSIAN) | 304pp. | Moscow | 1984 | OP | With 77 well-annotated games + his famous articles on the "tree of variations", which formed the backbone for his epic "Think Like a Grandmaster". Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 53 | Baturinski, V. | Grossmeister FLOHR (in RUSSIAN). | 256pp. | Moscow | 1985 | OP | With 75 well-annotated games(116 in all) by one of the first great "grinders". Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 54 | Vasyukov, E, A. Narkevich & A. Nikitin. | Mikhail Tchigorin. (in RUSSIAN) | 312pp. | Moscow | 1972 | OP | With 63 deeply annotated games--this was a primary source for Jimmy Adams notes to the games in his monumental Tchigorin book. One of the best volumes in the famous "black just-jacket" biographical Russian series of games collections. Very slightly browned, but a nice copy. | $15.00 |
| 55 | Ragozin, V. V. | Selected Games. (in RUSSIAN) | 200pp. | Moscow | 1964 | OP | With contributions by Abramov & Botvinnik. Contains 74 well-annotated games by BOTVINNIK'S primary sparring partner. Nice copy. Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 56 | Golombek, Harry | A History of Chess. | 256pp. | London | 1976 | OP | An uneven albeit still interesting text, profusely illustrated (some in color). Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 57 | Bronstein, David and Furstenberg, Tom | The Sorcerer's Apprentice. | 305pp. | New York | 1995 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 58 | Martin, Andrew | The Essential Center-Counter. A Practical Guide for Black. | 142pp. | Davenport, Iowa: Thinkers' Press, Inc. | 2004 | OP | Largely consisting of relevant, well-annotated games—often by lower FIDE rated players, so you can see how to handle typical White misplays against this dubious defense. Nicely done! Paperbound, fine copy. | $10.00 |
| 59 | Miles, Tony & Eric Moskow | Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack. | viii, 151pp. | London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. | 1979 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 60 | Stean, Michael | Sicilian: Najdorf. | xiv, 127pp. | London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 61 | Harding, T.D. & P.R. Markland | Sicilian: …e5. | xvi, 110pp. | London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 62 | Ree, Hans | The Human Comedy of Chess. A Grandmaster's Chronicles. | vi, 334pp. | Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, Inc. | 1999 | Paperbound, fine copy. A treasure-trove of fine, perceptive writing! Very entertaining! | $15.00 | |
| 63 | Gallagher, Joe | c3 Sicilian | 176pp. | London: Everyman Chess | 1999 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy. Contains 70 deeply annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 64 | Harding, T.D., G.S. Botterill & C Kottnauer | The Sicilian Sozin. | iv, 192pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1974 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 65 | Blackstock, L. S. | Ruy Lopez: Breyer System | viii, 102pp. | Dallas, Texas: Chess Digest, Inc. | 1976 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Scarce. | $10.00 |
| 66 | Minev, Nikolay | The French Defense 2. New and Forgotten Ideas, | vi, 329pp. | Davenport, Iowa: Thinker's Press, Inc. | 1998 | OP | Second edition of this delightful collection, with 520 annotated games! Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 |
| 67 | Kasparov, Garry (with Donald Trelford) | Child of Change. The Autobiography of Garry Kasparov. | (9), 243pp. + 24pp. of photos | London: Hutchinson | 1987 | OP | The first, and more "outrageous" (& perhaps more honest!?) version—certainly more entertaining than "Unlimited Challenge", published 3 years later. VG copy in d-j. Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 68 | Mortazavi, Ali | Winning With the Kan. | 144pp. | New York: Henry Holt & Co. | 1996 | OP | Contains 32 well-annotated games. Paperbound, VG copy. | $6.00 |
| 69 | Euwe, M | The Development of Chess Style. | 152pp. | New York | 1966 | OP | Nice copy in slightly frayed d-j. | $15.00 |
| 70 | Cafferty, Bernard | Spassky's 100 Best Games | 255pp. | New York | 1972 | OP | Nice copy in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 71 | Reinfeld, Fred (editor) | The Treasury of Chess Lore. | xii, 306pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1959 | OP | A VG copy of the now scarce Dover pb reprint of the orig. 1951 edition. A terrific compilation! Contains the wonderful short story "Last Round" by Kester Svendsen, along with much other good reading. | $10.00 |
| 72 | Pandolfini, Bruce | Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics. | 201pp. | New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. | 1986 | OP | Paperbound. A fine copy of one of Pandolfini's better books (which, in fact, didn't sell all that well because the positions & analysis were relatively demanding!). | $10.00 |
| 73 | Wincor, Richard | Baroque Chess Openings. | xi, 116pp. | Boston | 1972. | OP | A vg copy of this peculiar little book recommending various insipid QP openings. The scarce, hardcover 1st edition. | $10.00 |
| 74 | Moles, John | The French Defense: Main Line Winawer. | xiii, 258pp. | London: Batsford | 1975 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. of this seminal work on this difficult defense, with many complete games in the notes. Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 75 | Plaskett, James | The Sicilian Taimanov. | 144pp. | Brighton: The Chess Press | 1997 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. Essentially done as a GAMES COLLECTION, with 92 well-annotated games. | $15.00 |
| 76 | Przewoznik, Jan & Malcolm Pein | The Blumenfeld Gambit. | 107pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 77 | Tseitlin, Mikhail | Winning with the Schliemann. | 155pp. | Oxford | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, vg copy. | $ 6.00 |
| 78 | Wetzell, Rolf | Chess Master... at any age. | 298pp. | Davenport, Iowa | 1994. | OP | Paperbound, now scarce. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 79 | Soltis, Andrew | Bobby Fischer Rediscovered. | 287pp. | London: Batsford | 2004 | The best book readily available about Bobby. With 100 deeply & entertainingly annotated games. Paperbound, fine copy. | $20.00 | |
| 80 | Dawson, T. R. | Five Classics of Fairy Chess. With a New Preface and Introduction by A.S.M. Dickens. | xiv, 145pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1973 | OP | The very scarce Dover pb reprint of five of Dawson's limited editions on this subject from 1935 to 1947. Nice copy. | $20.00 |
| 81 | Tevis, Walter | The Queen's Gambit. | 243pp. | New York | 1983 | OP | One of the best chess novels, by the author of "The Hustler". 1st edition. Nice copy in the attractive d-j. Recently given somewhat belated recognition in the Jan 27th, 2007 issue of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL! | $25.00 |
| 82 | (CHESS SETS). Mackett-Beeson, A.E.J. | Chessmen. | 120pp. | New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons | 1968 | OP | A beautifully illustrated work by a major dealer of rare CHESS SETS. The first printing—not the later reprint with with occasionally less sharp plates. Very good copy in frayed d-j. | $15.00 |
| 83 | (CHESS SETS). Dennis, Jessie McNab and Charles K. Wilkinson | Chess: East and West, Past and Present. A Selection from the Gustavus A. Pfeiffer Collection. | xxxvi, (108)pp. | New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1968 | OP | Very good, sound copy in worn d-j. Profusely illustrated, with a few in COLOR. | $20.00 |
| 84 | Pritchard, D.B. | The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants | 364pp. | Games & Puzzles Publication, Surrey, | 1994 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. A most thorough work! | $30.00 |
| 85 | Fiske, Daniel W. | The Book of the First American Chess Congress...New York 1857. | 563pp. | Zurich: Editions Olms | 1985 | OP | The Olms reprint of the important work, first published in 1859. Fine copy in d-j. | $25.00 |
| 86 | Reinfeld, Fred and Reuben Fine | Lasker's Greatest Chess Games 1889-1914. | ix, 165pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1965 | OP | VG copy of Dover pb reprint of this excellent collection, originally published in 1935 as "Dr. Lasker's Chess Career. Part I: 1889-1914". | $10.00 |
| 87 | Euwe, Dr. Max | Meet the Masters. Eight Great Chess Players and their most Characteristic Games. | vii, 279pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1975 | OP | Dover pb reprint of the Second Edition of 1945. My favorite Euwe title, which contains great insights (e.g., "Reshevsky likes "boring" positions") about his contemporaries. Fine copy. | $15.00 |
| 88 | Fine, Reuben | Fifty Chess Masterpieces 1941-1944. | v, 218pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1977 | OP | Dover pb reprint of "Chess Marches On", orig. published in 1945. VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 89 | Reinfeld, Fred | Nimzovich the Hypermodern. | viii, 221pp.+ 3pp. ads | Philadelphia: David McKay | 1948 | OP | 1st edition. VG copy in torn d-j. | $15.00 |
| 90 | Edge, Frederick Milne | The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of PAUL MORPHY The Chess Champion. | xiv, 203pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1973 | OP | VG copy of the Dover paperbound reprint of the orig. 1859 edition. With A new Introduction by David Lawson. This Dover edition is quite scarce, as it was never reprinted! | $15.00 |
| 91 | Brady, Frank | Profile of a Prodigy. The Life and Games of Bobby Fischer. (Revised Edition) | x, 435pp., + 16pp. of photos. | New York | 1973 | OP | Fine copy in VG d-j. | $20.00 |
| 92 | Steinitz, W. | The Modern Chess Instructor. Part I. | xli, 193pp. | New York | 1889 | OP | Spine ends rubbed, front inner hinge cracked, but a VG, bright copy in orig. gilt-decorated cloth. Part II, Section 1, dealing only with the Giuoco Piano & Ponziani openings, is very rare and was issued in 1895 separately. | $150.00 |
| 93 | Rellstab, Ludwig, bearbeitet von... | WELTGESCHICHTE des SCHACHS: DR. EMANUEL LASKER | 32 + APPROX. 300pp. | Hamburg | 1958 | OP | With the 13pp. "Anmerkungen" booklet laid in. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "to Nick, Merry Christmas, 1989...according to John", by JACK COLLINS. | $35.00 |
| 94 | Horowitz, I. A. & P. L. Rothenberg | The Personality of Chess. | xii, 372pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | 1st ed., nice copy. Almost certainly by Rothenberg! A nice collection of essays, games, problems, etc. | $20.00 |
| 95 | Korchnoi, Viktor | Chess is my Life. Autobiography and Games. | 168pp. | New York | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in faded d-j. | $20.00 |
| 96 | Reinfeld, Fred | Great Moments in Modern Chess. | x, 182pp. | New York | 1963 | OP | Entertaining. Fine copy in d-j. | $10.00 |
| 97 | Cordingley, E.G.R. | The Next Move Is…Studies in Chess Combinations. | 88pp. | Philadelphia | 1944 | OP | 1st US edition. Nice copy in soiled d-j. Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 98 | Berry, Jonathan (editor) | Diamond Dust. (a correspondence chess tournament book) | 122pp. | Seattle | 1991 | OP | Paperbound, VG copy. A well-annotated collection of 105 games from this strong event won by Eric Bang, ahead of Berry, Kiviaho, Hebert, Rittner, etc. | $6.00 |
| 99 | Konig, Imre | Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik - A Century of Chess Evolution | xv, 202pp. | New York | n.d. (c. 1955) | OP | A fine copy in a good d-j. of one of my favorite games collections. A wonderful history of the first 100 years of 4 major opening systems, Ruy Lopez, Queen's Gambit (& QGA), English Opening & King's Gambit, done mainly with COMPLETE GAMES. | $20.00 |
| 100 | Wilson, Fred | Lesser - Known Chess Mastepieces: 1906 - 1915. 335 Games as Reported in The Year - Book of Chess. | 370pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Paperbound, fine copy, inscribed to former owner. Re-inscribed on request! | $20.00 |
| 101 | Botterill, George & Tim Harding | The Scotch. | xviii, 140pp. | London: B. T. Batsford | 1977 | OP | Fine copy, now scarce. | $15.00 |
| 102 | Thimann, R.G. | King's Gambit. | 226pp. | Nottingham | 1974 | OP | Paper, fine copy. With 208 complete, illustrative games. An interesting work, now quite scarce. | $20.00 |
| 103 | Tartakower, Dr. S. & J. Du Mont | 100 Master Games of Modern Chess. | xiii, 171pp. | New York: Dover Pub. | 1975 | OP | Dover paperbound reprint of orig. 1955 edition. VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 104 | Botvinnik, M.M | Computers in Chess. Solving Inexact Search Problems. | xiv, 158pp. | New York: Springer-Verlag | 1984 | OP | 1st ed. Fine copy. Becoming scarce. | $20.00 |
| 105 | Kagan, Bernhard | (TOURNAMENT BOOK) Bad Piestany 1922…II. Julius Breyer-Memorial Schachturnier…Herausgegeben von Bernhard Kagan. | 190pp. | Zurich: Editions Olms | 1987 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. Olms reprint of orig. book published in Berlin, 1923. Bogoljubow's greatest victory, ahead of Alekhine & Spielmann. | $20.00 |
| 106 | Sergeant, Philip W. | CHAROUSEK'S Games of Chess. (New) edition (which) includes and Appendix incorporating previously unpublished corrections and additional notes prepared by the author and edited for this edition by Fred Wilson. | xxiii, 231pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1989 | OP | Paper, nice copy. The Dover reprint of the orig. 1919 edition, which some new material. Now scarce! | $15.00 |
| 107 | Assiac (H. Fraenkel) | The Pleasures of Chess. | vi, 193pp. | New York: Simon and Schuster | 1952 | OP | 1st ed. VG copy with the FOLDING PAPER CHESSBOARD & PIECES bound in at the back in perfect condition! | $20.00 |
| 108 | Suetin, Aleksei | A Contemporary Approach to the Middle Game. | ix, 166pp. | Dallas | 1976 | OP | VG copy in d-j. Scarce. | $15.00 |
| 109 | Larsen, Bent & David Levy | San Antonio 1972, Church's Fried Chicken First International Chess Tournament. | 271pp. | New York | 1973 | OP | Paper, vg copy. A superb tournament book. Larsen's notes are particularly entertaining & instructive! | $15.00 |
| 110 | Steiner, George | Fields of Force. Fischer & Spassky at Reyjavik. | (6)86pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Nice copy in d-j. An "essential trivial endeavor", being an arrogant literary critic's jaundiced view of the match in particular, and chessplayers in general. Not worth reading. | $20.00 |
| 111 | Aberbakh, Yuri | Bishop v. Knight Endings. | vii, 165pp. | London: Batsford | 1978 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $25.00 |
| 112 | Schwarz, Rolf | Das Klassische Damengambit II | 233pp. | Hamburg | 1971 | OP | VG copy. | $10.00 |
| 113 | Troitzky, A. A. | Collection of Chess Studies. With a supplement on the theory of the end game of two knights against pawn. | 264pp. | Zurich | 1985 | OP | Olms edition, fine in d-j., reprinted from the 1937 edition. | $20.00 |
| 114 | Sergeant, Philip W. | The Unknown Morphy. Games, Writings, Biography. | 114pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc | 1973 | OP | Nice copy of the Dover reprint of "Morphy Gleanings" (1932), which is, itself, quite scarce as it was never reprinted. | $12.50 |
| 115 | Coles,R.N. | The Chess-player's Week-end Book. | 162pp. | London | 1950 | OP | 1st. Ed. | $20.00 |
| 116 | Nunn, John & Burgess, Graham & Emms, John & Gallagher, Joe | Nunn's Chess Openings | 544pp. | London | 1999 | OP | Paper | $20.00 |
| 117 | Timman, Jan | The Art of Chess Analysis | 216pp. | London | 1980 | OP | Paperbound. A great book! | $12.50 |
| 118 | Frey, Peter W. | Chess Skill in Man and Machine | 329pp. | New York | 1977 | OP | Paperbound. | $10.00 |
| 119 | Marovic, D and Susic, I. | King Fianchetto Defences | 126pp. | London | 128pp. | OP | $10.00 | |
| 120 | Andrade, da C. B. J. | Andradiana. 256 Selected chess problems by B.J.da C. Andrade with solutions; his favourite quatations about the Problem Art. | 82pp. | Sutton Coldfield | 1961 | OP | Very scarce. | $20.00 |
| 121 | Keene, Raymond D. | Learn from the Grandmasters | 120pp. | London | 1975 | OP | Paper, nice copy. Scarce. | $12.50 |
| 122 | Romanowsky, P. A. | Selected Games. (IN RUSSIAN!) | 227pp. | Moscow | 1954 | OP | Very scarce! Pages slightly browned, as always, but a very nice copy. | $30.00 |
| 123 | Lawson, Dominic | End Game. Kasparov vs. Short: Dispatches from a war for the World Chess Crown. | 253pp. | New York | 1994 | OP | Mint in d-j. | $20.00 |
| 124 | Keene, Ray & Levy, David | Chess Olympiad 1972 | 240pp. | New York | 1973 | OP | $20.00 | |
| 125 | Levy, David N.L. & Keene, Raymond D. | How to Play The Opening in Chess | 225pp. | London | 1974 | OP | $10.00 | |
| 126 | Wicker, Kevin | 200 Modern Brilliancies | 135pp. | New York | 1981 | $7.50 | ||
| 127 | Varnusz, Egon | PAUL KERES' Best Games. Volume 2: Open and Semi-Open Games. | 278pp. | Oxford: Pergamon | 1990 | OP | Paper, fine copy. The "blue" volume—much scarcer than Vol. 1 of this set as it wasn't really distributed well in the US. | $20.00 |
| 128 | Saidy, Anthony & Norman Lessing | The World of Chess. | 252pp. | New York | 1974 | OP | Entertaining & beautifully illustrated. VG copy. | $30.00 |
| 129 | Averbakh, Yuri | Rook v. Minor Pieces Endings | 162pp. | London | 1978. | OP | Nice copy in d-j. This edition in descriptive notation. | $15.00 |
| 130 | Gallagher, Joe | The Magic of Mikhail Tal. | 224pp. | London | 2001 | Contains 34 deeply researched & annotated games from the so-called "neglected period" of Tal's career, roughly 1975-1992. An absolute "must" for the Tal enthusiast! Paper, MINT. | $20.00 | |
| 131 | Keres, Paul & John Nunn | Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection. | 272pp. | London: Batsford | 1997 | John Nunn's superb edition of Keres' "Grandmaster of Chess: The Middle & Later Years". Contains 51 terrific games from 1952-1971, often with additional material & notes by Nunn. Paper, MINT. | $15.00 | |
| 132 | Fine, Reuben | The World's A Chessboard. | xi, 323pp. | Philadelphia | 1948. | OP | 1st ed., VG copy. A largely post-WW II, well-annotated games collection. | $20.00 |
| 133 | MacDonald - Ross, Michael | Nimzo - Indian Defence: Leningrad System | 135pp. | London | 1978 | OP | Paper, scarce. Still the only book on this variation. | $15.00 |
| 134 | Mednis, Edmar | How to Beat Bobby Fisher | 282pp. | New York | 1974 | 1st ed. Nice copy in slightly worn d-j. | $20.00 | |
| 135 | Kasparov, Garry | Garry Kasparov an Autobiography - Unlimited Challenge with Donald Trelford | 275pp. | New York | 1987 | OP | Fine copy in d-j. | $15.00 |
| 136 | Levy, David | The Chess of Gligoric. | 192pp. | New York | 1972 | OP | Best games of the Yugoslavian grandmaster - 1945-1970-who has become a legend in his own time. | $20.00 |
| 137 | Blackburne, Henry Joseph | Blackburne's Chess Games. | 330pp. | New York | 1979 | OP | Paper, nice copy. | $15.00 |
| 138 | Karpov, Anatoly | Karpov on Karpov. Memoirs of a Chess World Champion. | 232pp. | New York | 1991 | OP | An unintentionally funny autobiography — probably has a lie on every page! Fine copy! | $15.00 |
| 139 | Soltis, Andrew | Pawn Structure Chess | 300pp. | New York | 1976 | 1st Ed. | $20.00 | |
| 140 | Kavalek, Lubomir | World Cup Chess. The Grand Masters' Grand Prix - The Games. The Players. The Pictures. | 285pp. | North Pomfret, Vermont | 1990 | OP | Contains 1,600 games! | $15.00 |
| 141 | Burgess, Graham | Winning With The Smith-Morra Gambit. | 192pp. | New York | 1994 | OP | Paper, nice copy. | $15.00 |
| 142 | Foldeak, Arpad | Chess Olympiads 1927-1968 | 417pp. | New York: Dover Pub., Inc. | 1979 | OP | Dover paper reprint of the 2nd, enlarged edition of 1969. Contains over 200 annotated games. Scarce! | $ 15.00 |
| 143 | Goldman, Warren | Encyclopedia of Tournament Chess - Vienna 1890 -1st Kolisch Tournament | 150pp. | Germany | 1983 | OP | Paperbound. Nice copy of a minor event won by Max Weiss. | $10.00 |
| 144 | Wilson, Fred & Alberston, Bruce | 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles | 222pp. | New York | 2002 | Paper, mint. A wonderful book!! | $12.00 | |
| 145 | Gligoric, Svetozar | Shall We Play Fischerrandom Chess? | 144pp. | London | 2002 | Paperbound, mint. | $12.50 | |
| 146 | King, Daniel | Winning With the Najdorf. | 205pp. | New York | 1993 | OP | Paper, vg copy. Probably the best introductory book on this opening as it deals with CONCEPTS, with 60 well-annotated games, | $10.00 |
| 147 | Gallagher, Joe | Beating the Anti-Sicilians. | 160pp. | London | 1994 | OP | Paper, vg copy. | $10.00 |
| 148 | Soltis, Andrew | Grandmaster Secrets: Openings. | 238pp. | Davenport, IA | 2002 | OP | Paper, mint. | $15.00 |
| 149 | Soltis, Andrew | Grandmaster Secrets: Endings | 214pp. | Davenport, IA | 2003 | OP | Paper, mint. | $15.00 |
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