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(Lusis: 1286) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work is the first book to answer the question \"How Karpov Wins?\" with the intent of instructing players of all levels and improving their game. Although it contains analysis o each of the games (about one hundred) that Karpov has won in major competition since he became a world-class player, this work is much more than just a \"best games\" book. Dispensing with long, complicated, exhaustive variations an sub-variations. Edmar Mednis - an International Chess Master - considers each game from the standpoint of how Karpov actually won it, explaining simply Karpov's tactics, strategy and even his psychological approach. Beyond its instruction effectiveness \u003ci\u003eHow Karpov Wins\u003c\/i\u003e reveals many interesting aspects of Karpov's play itself\" Does he win more with white or with black? what openings is he most effective with? Or against? Does he create his wins in opening, middle or end game? 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First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Ewart Napier (17 January 1881 in East Dulwich, Surrey - 6 September 1952 in Washington, D.C.) was an American chess master of English birth. His parents emigrated to the United States when he was five years old. From 1895 he lived in Brooklyn and came into contact with some of the best chess players of the country. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the beginning of 1896 he, despite his young age, became a member of the Brooklyn Chess Club and won the club championship later that year, at the age of 15. In the same year he defeated the later grandmaster Frank James Marshall in a match, winning 7:1 with 3 draws. 1897 saw him win a tournament game against ex-world champion Wilhelm Steinitz. 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In July 1904, he visited Great Britain and won a well-attended tournament in London against Richard Teichmann, Joseph Henry Blackburne and Isidor Gunsberg. Subsequently, he participated in the British championship in Hastings, where he was, because of his English birth, entitled to take part, and won the tournament against Henry Atkins, whom he defeated in the pass fight with 2.5-1.5, to become the first British Chess Federation Champion. Thereafter, Atkins became the most dominant player in the history of the British Championship, winning the next nine championships in which he competed. In 1905 Napier played two matches: against Jacques Mieses the match was undecided (4-4 with 2 draws), against Teichmann he lost 1-5 with 4 draws. Afterwards Napier withdrew from the international tournament arena. He gained American citizenship in 1908 and began a career at an insurance company, becoming vice president of the Scranton Insurance Company. 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Along the way he encountered the likes of Charles Linbergh, J Edgar Hoover, Barbara Hutton, Major General Lucius D Clay and many others, not to mention Cuban world chess champion Jose Raul Capablanca as well as young Bobby Fischer, with whom Whitaker toured - playing first board during team chess matches ahead of Fischer' second! And far from the warmth of his childhood home, Whitaker learned lessons the hard way, at Leavenworth, Alcatraz and a host of other federal and state penitentiaries. Calling upon a treasure trove of thousands of personal letters, court papers and chess scores discovered after Whitaker's death in 1975, Hilbert has meticulously pieced together the saga of this off-again, on-again chess champion seducer, con artist, husband and criminal. A man of strong emotions, Whitaker in life could be the best of friends or the worst of enemies. 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Royal octavo (9 1\/4\" x 6\") bound in original red cloth with white lettering to spine. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944), was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909–36, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century. Marshall was best known for his great tactical skill. One aspect of this was the \"Marshall swindle\", where a trick would turn a lost game around. Andrew Soltis writes that, \"In later years his prowess at rescuing the irretrievable took on magical proportions\". Not so well known now, but appreciated in his day, was his endgame skill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fine copy issued without jacket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500980060360,"sku":"C0808","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2561tcc_2nd.jpg?v=1618132130"},{"product_id":"1491","title":"Paul Morphy: Sammlung der von ihm gespielten Partien mit ausfuhrlichen Erlauterngen","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMaroczy , Geza (1870-1951) \u003cspan color=\"green\" style=\"color: green;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom the library of Philip W Sergeant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"blue\" style=\"color: blue;\"\u003e signed by Sergeant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVerlag von Veit \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLeipzig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003exvi+436 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and photographs. Octavo (8 3\/4\" x 6 1\/4\") bound in dark maroon leather with black lettering to spine and cover. From the library of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"green\" style=\"color: green;\"\u003ePhilip W Sergeant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e with his \u003cspan color=\"blue\" style=\"color: blue;\"\u003esignature\u003c\/span\u003e on the front end paper. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3203) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Walsingham Sergeant (1872-1952) was a chess author, without any pretension to mastership, represented Oxford University in the years 1892-5 and assisted R C Griffith in the preparing three editions of \u003ci\u003eModern Chess Openings.\u003c\/i\u003e In chess he dealt with a number of important subjects: \u003ci\u003eMorphy's Games of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, London (1916); \u003ci\u003eCharousek's Games of Chess\u003c\/i\u003e (in collaboration with W H Watts), London (1923); \u003ci\u003eChampionship Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, London (1938). All these are lucidly and carefully written but suffer from the defect that, beginning neither a master-player nor a professional annotator, he was not competent to deal with the annotation part of the work. Probably his best book on chess was \u003ci\u003eA Century of British Chess\u003c\/i\u003e, London (1934).(Golombek: 293)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOccasional marginalia and notes through out by Sergeant, frontispiece edge chipped else a very good to fine copy.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500986876104,"sku":"C0038","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc1491tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618130575"},{"product_id":"1740","title":"My Great Predecessors, Part II: Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKasparov, Garri Kimovich (1963- ) \u003cfont color=\"blue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e signed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eEveryman Chess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e480 pages with diagrams and indexes. Quarto (10\" x 7\") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Ken Neat. Signed label tipped to front end paper. Reprint. First published in 2003.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part two features the play of champions Max Euwe (1935-1937) Mikhail Botvinnik (1946-1957, 1958-1961 and 1961-1963), Vassily Smyslov (1957-1958) and Mikhail Tal (1960-1961). These books are more than just a compilation of the games of these champions. Kasparov's biographies place them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas. All these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Near fine in like dust jacket.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500992938184,"sku":"C0109","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc1740tcc.jpg?v=1618130733"},{"product_id":"2127","title":"Schachmeister Steinitz. Ein Lebensbild des ersten Weltschachmeisters dargestellt in einer vollstandigen Sammlung seiner Partien","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLudwig Ernst August Bachmann, (1856-1937)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1910-1921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDruck und Verlag von C Brugel \u0026amp; Sohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eAnsbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 volumes: \u003ci\u003e1859-1877\u003c\/i\u003e: xiv+418 pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; \u003ci\u003e1878-1883\u003c\/i\u003e: 232+[ii ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and tables; \u003ci\u003e1884-1893\u003c\/i\u003e: viii+482+[vi ad] pages with frontispiece and diagrams; \u003ci\u003e1894-1900\u003c\/i\u003e: xviii+391+[iv ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams and table. Small octavo (7 3\/4\" x 5 1\/4\") bound in beige cloth with original covers laid on. [Biblioteca van Der Niemeijeriana:3131] First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilhelm (later William) Steinitz (1836-1900) was an Austrian-American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. Some contemporaries and later writers described him as world champion since 1866, when he won a match against Adolf Anderssen. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and also lost a re-match in 1897. Statistical rating systems give Steinitz a rather low ranking among world champions, mainly because he took several long breaks from competitive play. However, an analysis based on one of these rating systems shows that he was one of the most dominant players in the history of the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Steinitz became \"world number one\" by winning in the all-out attacking style that was common in the 1860s, he unveiled in 1873 a new positional style of play and demonstrated that it was superior to the old style. His new style was controversial and some even branded it as \"cowardly\", but many of Steinitz's games showed that it could also provide a platform for attacks as ferocious as those of the old school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteinitz was also a prolific writer on chess, and defended his new ideas vigorously. The debate was so bitter and sometimes abusive that it became known as the \"Ink War\". By the early 1890s, Steinitz' approach was widely accepted and the next generation of top players acknowledged their debt to him, most notably his successor as world champion, Emanuel Lasker. As a result of the \"Ink War\", traditional accounts of Steinitz' character depict him as ill-tempered and aggressive; but more recent research shows that he had long and friendly relationships with some players and chess organizations. Most notably from 1888 to 1889 he co-operated with the American Chess Congress in a project to define rules for the future conduct of contests for the world championship title that he held. Steinitz was unskilled at managing money and lived in poverty all his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebound in beige cloth with new end papers and original paste-board cover laid on front cover. Volume 3, \u003ci\u003e1884-1893\u003c\/i\u003e, with \u003cspan color=\"green\" style=\"color: green;\"\u003e Studenterforeningens Skakklub\u003c\/span\u003e stamped on title verso, some pencil markings to titles else a very good set of an extremely difficult first edition biography to obtain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501004636360,"sku":"C0392","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2127tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618131365"},{"product_id":"2241","title":"Chess the Hard Way!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDaniel Abraham \"Abe A F\" Yanofsky  (1925-2000)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1953\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ex+149 pages with tables, indexes and diagrams. Octavo (8 3\/4\" x 5 1\/2\") issued in yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and black chess vignette to front cover. Introduction by Max Euwe (Betts: 29-153). First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn account of his chess career accompanied by fifty three complete games and nineteen game positions with full annotation. Includes indexes of openings and opponents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD A Yanofsky was born to a Jewish family in Brody, Poland (now western Ukraine), and moved to Canada when he was eight months old, settling with his family in Winnipeg. He learned to play chess at the age of eight. Yanofsky won his first Manitoba provincial championship at age 12 in 1937, also making his debut in the Closed Canadian Chess Championship that same year in Toronto. In 1939, just 14 years old, he played for Canada at the Buenos Aires Olympiad. Yanofsky was the sensation of the tournament, making the highest score on second board. He won his first Canadian Chess Championship in 1941 at age 16, at home in Winnipeg. The next year he won at Ventnor City with 6.5\/9, and tied 1st-2nd with Herman Steiner on 16\/17 in the U.S. Open at Dallas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1946, at age 21, Yanofsky entered the first top-class post-war tournament, at Groningen, and defeated Soviet champion and tournament winner Mikhail Botvinnik, winning the brilliancy prize. During the next two years, he played several more European events, where his best result was second place behind Miguel Najdorf at Barcelona 1946. Yanofsky represented Canada at the Interzonals held in Saltsjobaden 1948 and Stockholm 1962. He won the British Championship in 1953. At Dallas 1957, Yanofsky achieved his first grandmaster norm with wins over Samuel Reshevsky, Friðrik Ólafsson and Larry Evans. His performance at the Tel Aviv Olympiad in 1964 earned him his second grandmaster norm, and the title, thereby becoming the first grandmaster raised in the British Commonwealth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYanofsky repeated as Canadian Champion in 1943, 1945, 1947, 1953, 1959, 1963, and 1965; his eight titles is a Canadian record (tied with Maurice Fox). He represented Canada at eleven Olympiads: (Buenos Aires 1939 {13.5\/16}, Amsterdam 1954 {9\/17}, Munich 1958 {5.5\/11}, Tel Aviv 1964 {10\/16}, Havana 1966 {3.5\/5}, Lugano 1968 {6\/14}, Siegen 1970 {7\/14}, Skopje 1972 {6\/13}, Nice 1974 {7\/14}, Haifa 1976 {3.5\/10}, and La Valletta 1980) {6\/11}, a total surpassed among Canadians only by IM Lawrence Day (thirteen). His total of 141 games played in Olympiads is another Canadian record. Further tournament titles included Arbon 1946 (tied with Karel Opocensky and Ludek Pachman), Reykjavík 1947, Hastings 1952-53 (tied with Harry Golombek, Jonathan Penrose, and Antonio Medina), and the Canadian Open Chess Championship 1979 (Edmonton). Yanofsky placed second at Hastings 1951-52 behind Svetozar Gligorić, and second at Netanya 1968 behind Robert Fischer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYanofsky had the lead organizer role for Canada's first super-grandmaster tournament at Winnipeg 1967, to mark Canada's Centennial, and played in the tournament, winning the Brilliancy Prize for his victory over Laszlo Szabo. The Winnipeg tournament was jointly won by Bent Larsen and Klaus Darga. Yanofsky earned the FIDE International Arbiter title in 1977. He played in his final Canadian Championship in 1986 at age 61 at home in Winnipeg, and qualified for another Interzonal appearance, placing tied 3rd-5th with 9.5\/15, but generously ceded that opportunity in favor of a younger player. He returned to Groningen in 1996 for the 50th anniversary reunion tournament among the 1946 event's surviving players. Following Yanofsky's death in 2000, an annual Memorial Tournament has been held in Winnipeg to honor his wide-ranging contributions to Canadian chess.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrevious owner's stamp to front end paper, spine ends bumped. Jacket price clipped with chips at points, slightly soiled else a very good copy in like jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501009191112,"sku":"C0505","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2241tcc.jpg?v=1618131581"},{"product_id":"2274","title":"Bobby Fischer Uncensored","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDe Lucia, David and Alessandra \u003cspan color=\"blue\" style=\"color: blue;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid DeLucia's personal copy with corrections in his hand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid deLucia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eDarien, CT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e394 pages with diagrams, plates, photographs, and facsimiles. Quarto (11\" 8 3\/4\") original proof sheets with corrections by \u003cspan color=\"blue\" style=\"color: blue;\"\u003e David De Lucia\u003c\/span\u003e, housed in a custom made slipcase. Final proof copy before publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the highlights of this collection are signed childhood books, numerous signed chess books, unpublished childhood photographs, high school notebooks in History, Math, Biology, English, Science and Geometry. There are a number of notebooks written by Bobby in his later years, topics ranging from Batsford's algebraic edition of My 60 Memorable Games, Fischerian Chess, Fischerandom Chess and of course the Jews. There are approximately 100 of his game scores written in his hand including his \"Game of the Century\" against Donald Byrne. There are possibly four unrecorded chess games from his 1964 simultaneous tour across the United States that appear in this book. The collection includes galley proofs along with the 484 page working typescript of his famous book, My 60 Memorable Games, with extensive corrections in his hand. The collection also possesses three of his passports, his social security card, draft card, teenage insurance card and his Young Men's Christian Association card. Bobby's childhood accordion, harmonica, pocket transistor-radio, 15 puzzles and fledgling Lincoln cent collection are also preset. There are three of his chess sets, 7 pocket chess sets, Bobby's Bar Mitzvah chess clock and his patented chess clock, with position shuffler, of which only three exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid de Lucia's corrections through out else a fine copy in loose pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501010796744,"sku":"C0536","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2274tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618131664"},{"product_id":"2436","title":"Johannes Zukertort: Artist of the Chessboard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames \"Jimmy\" Bernard Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCaissa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eYorklin, Delaware\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e534 pages with diagrams, plate, illustration, tables and indexes. Royal octavo (9 1\/4\" x 6) Bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. First edition limited to 575 copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs one of the contestants in the first official World Championship match in 1886, Johannes Hermann Zukertort (1842-1888), is undeniably one of the great players of chess history. Despite a commanding lead in the early stages of that match, Zukertort ultimately had to bow for Steinitz, plagued by health problems that would cause his untimely death only two years later. The high-point of Zukertort s career was his triumph at the 1883 super-tournament in London. His dazzling win against Blackburne still stands as one of the greatest games of all time. Acclaimed chess author Jimmy Adams presents a selection of Zukertort s best games, mainly annotated by Zukertort himself, and a collection of insightful articles on Zukertort from contemporary sources. At heart, Zukertort always remained an artist of the chessboard and his dash and brilliance resulted in many wonderful games. He was a profound analyst, had a tremendous amount of opening theory stored in his astonishing memory and also was an excellent endgame player. In this monumental book, originally published in 1989 in a limited edition and highly sought after by chess collectors, Jimmy Adams brings Zukertort s masterpieces to the notice of today s chess world and secures his rightful place in history as an important link between the old combinational and the modern positional school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmall stain at page 93, some foxing to end pages else better than  very good issued without jacket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501016694984,"sku":"C0668","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2436tcc_2nd.jpg?v=1618131871"},{"product_id":"2616","title":"Emanuel Lasker: The Life of a Chess Master","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHannak, Jacques (1892-1973)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eAndre Deutsch Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e320 pages with diagrams and tables. Octavo (8 1\/2\" x 6 3\/4\") bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Foreword by Albert Einstein. Translated by Heinrich Fraenkel. (Betts: 29-65) First English edition. First published as \u003ci\u003eBiographie eines Schachweltmeisters\u003c\/i\u003e Berlin-Frohnau (1952).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost people agree that Emanuel Lasker was the greatest chess master of all time, but he was more than that. He hated chess as much as he loved it, using it chiefly as a means of livelihood while he devoted himself to problems of philosophy and mathematics. In the latter field he could hold his own with men such as Einstein who honored this book with a foreword out of respect for a fellow scientist and affection for a remarkable man. There is much in Lasker's story to interest even readers who care little for the game that made him famous, but it is, of course, the chess fraternity which will find it most fascinating. They will see an almost legendary exponent of their game come vividly to life, his great exploits in tournaments and matches revived, and a hundred of his games annotated. Hannak's book is the standard work on Lasker. Heinrich Fraenkel (Who is \"Assiac\" of the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e) has used it as a welcome opportunity to pay homage to a man who was a friend and hero of his own youth, thereby adding to its quality as a himan document as well as an important contribution to the history of chess.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrevious owner's name on front end paper, some underlining through page 35, heal corners bumped. Jacket with some light soiling, spine sunned else a very good copy in like jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLD 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501019742408,"sku":"C0858","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2616tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618132263"},{"product_id":"2656","title":"William Steinitz, Chess Champion. 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First edition, second printing with corrections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 � August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and also lost a rematch in 1896�97. Statistical rating systems give Steinitz a rather low ranking among world champions, mainly because he took several long breaks from competitive play. However, an analysis based on one of these rating systems shows that he was one of the most dominant players in the history of the game. Steinitz was unbeaten in over 25 years of match play. Although Steinitz became \"world number one\" by winning in the all-out attacking style that was common in the 1860s, he unveiled in 1873 a new positional style of play and demonstrated that it was superior to the previous style. His new style was controversial and some even branded it as \"cowardly\", but many of Steinitz's games showed that it could also set up attacks as ferocious as those of the old school. Steinitz was also a prolific writer on chess, and defended his new ideas vigorously. The debate was so bitter and sometimes abusive that it became known as the \"Ink War\". By the early 1890s, Steinitz's approach was widely accepted and the next generation of top players acknowledged their debt to him, most notably his successor as world champion, Emanuel Lasker. As a result of the \"Ink War\", traditional accounts of Steinitz's character depict him as ill-tempered and aggressive; but more recent research shows that he had long and friendly relationships with some players and chess organizations. Most notably from 1888 to 1889 he co-operated with the American Chess Congress in a project to define rules governing the conduct of future world championships. Steinitz was unskilled at managing money and lived in poverty all his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorners bumped else a very good copy.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501021675720,"sku":"C0891","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2656tcc_3rd.jpg?v=1618132365"},{"product_id":"2687","title":"Samuel Reshevsky: A Compendium of 1768 Chess Games, with Diagrams, Crosstables, Some Annotations, and Indexes","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGordon, Stephen W \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMcFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eJefferson, NC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003exviii+406 pages with tables, diagrams and indexes. Folio (11\" x 8 1\/2\") bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe full, majestic title of Stephen W. Gordon's book is \u003ci\u003eSamuel Reshevsky: A Compendium of 1768 Games With Diagrams, Crosstables, Some Annotations, and Indexes\u003c\/i\u003e; and this gives an accurate impression of its Brobdingnagian scope. It charts the chess career of Samuel Reshevsky (1911-1992), and that was pretty Brobdingnagian too. Reshevsky was a genuine prodigy and was giving simultaneous displays against adults-playing scores of amateur players at a single shot-from the age of six; and he was still of grandmaster strength when well into his 70s. The earliest game given here is against the great Rubinstein and was played in Warsaw in 1917, while the last competitive game (number 1766) is against Smyslov, one of Reshevsky's great rivals, and was played in Moscow in 1991. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that Reshevsky was a chess player who straddled the twentieth century. Gordon provides a substantial linking narrative, surveying Reshevsky's career decade by decade, and his prose is clear, lucid and interesting. The scores of the 1768 games are generally accurate and they are well presented; there are a plentiful number of diagrams. A considerable amount of time and research must surely have gone into collecting and checking them. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some of the annotations have errors that seem to have arisen out of a conversion from English descriptive notation to algebraic notation. These errors are especially prevalent in Larry Evans's annotations to the Reshevsky-Fischer match (on pages 217-224). One simple example from page 219: \"Fischer and Tal are the best 1.e5 players in the world.\" Clearly, 1.e4 (and not 1 - e5) is meant. On the same page, in the note to Black's twelfth move in game 906, the variation 12.a4 d6 13.a5 is given. Since White's eleventh move in this game was 11.axb3 this is clearly impossible; 12.h4 d6 13.h5 is meant. And one could point to other similar examples. These mistakes don't make the text incomprehensible, but they can be quite irritating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReshevsky as a player had what one might call a combative positional style. Because he depended on his positional understanding and technique, and was dogged and resourceful rather than inspired (unlike, say, Tal), it is easy for an average player to underestimate just how strong he was. He was unspectacular and so his magic often remained invisible; but not to his peers, of course, those who played against him and sometimes lost. Bobby Fischer put him in his top ten and highlighted one of his strengths: \"He can see more variations in a shorter period of time than most players who ever lived.\" Fischer went on to say that \"for a period of ten years - between 1946 and 1956 - Reshevsky was probably the best chess player in the world\"; a judgment that can be queried but is worth consideration. Significantly, Fischer's time frame takes in the Zurich 1953 tournament where, as we know from the late David Bronstein's revelations, the KGB bullied Soviet players into cheating and conniving to deny Reshevsky first place (with some players, it didn't take much bullying). See, in this regard, Andy Soltis's two articles entitled \"Treachery in Zurich\" at the ChessCafe website. Review by Paul Kane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA near fine copy issued without jacket.","brand":"The Chess Collector","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39501023248584,"sku":"C0923","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9899\/6168\/products\/tcc2687tcc_2nd.jpg?v=1618132434"},{"product_id":"2703","title":"Carl Schlechter! Life and times of the Austrian Chess Wizard","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGoldman, Warren (?-1992)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear: \u003c\/b\u003e1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCaissa Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlace: \u003c\/b\u003eYorklyn, DE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003exiv+537 pages with diagrams, plates, tables, indexes and bibliography. Royal octavo (9 1\/4\" x 6 1\/4\") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering. Publisher's preface by Dale Bradreth. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarl Adalbert Hermann Schlechter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1874.(1) He learned the rules of chess when about 13 years old,(1) probably under the influence of problem composer Samuel Gold. Schlechter visited a business school (Handelsschule) and worked for a short time, before concentrating on chess.(1). Berthold Englisch recognized his talent and introduced him to the Viennese chess life in 1892. Already in early 1893, Schlechter won a tournament in Vienna ahead of Georg Marco. He further established himself among Vienna's strongest players with a shared 3rd place in the Winter tournament 1893\/1894. At 9th DSB Kongress, Leipzig (1894) he finished only 11th out of 18. In 1895, he finished only 3rd in the Vienna Championship, but put up a solid performance at the great Hastings (1895) tournament with place 9\/22 and a win over the tournament winner Harry Nelson Pillsbury in their individual encounter. The year 1896 was busy and successful for him, as it began with a shared 1st place at the Vienna Championship 1896, followed by a second place in the Vienna Chess Club tournament. After a good +3 score at the great Nuremberg (1896) tournament, Schlechter finished equal fourth at Budapest (1896). In November 1896, he came in 2nd in a Vienna tournament behind David Janowski, but ahead of Simon Winawer and Jacques Mieses. Schlechter dominated the Vienna tournament 1897  and had a solid result at Berlin (1897). The year 1898 began with a slightly disappointing result at the Vienna Chess Club tournament, but then he came in 5th at Vienna (1898) and shared 6th place at 11th DSB Kongress, Cologne (1898). The strong London (1899) tournament saw him coming in 5th again. Schlechter shared 2nd place at the second Kolisch Memorial in Vienna (1899\/1900). At Paris (1900) he shared 7th place, but he followed up with a shared 1st place at Munich (1900) drawing Pillsbury in the final tie-break match (+1 -1 =2). He dominated the Master Group of the Vienna Winter tournament 1900. This was followed in 1901 by a 2nd place at Monte Carlo (1901). One year later, he had to satisfy himself with a shared 5th place at Monte Carlo (1902) and a 50% score in a Vienna tournament though. After a 4th place at Monte Carlo (1903), Schlechter disappointed at Vienna (1903). The King's Gambit Accepted tournament at Vienna 1903, was also not a success for him. Despite these discouraging results, Schlechter had a good year 1904. Unbeaten, he came in 2nd at Monte Carlo (1904), followed by a shared 6th place at Cambridge Springs (1904). In the USA, he also competed successfully in a team match. Schlechter shared 1st place at Coburg (Meisterturnier) (1904) before winning the Vienna (1904) King's Gambit Declined tournament, which extended into 1905. The year 1905 continued to be a successful one for Schlechter with his triumph at the Austro-Hungarian Championship in Vienna, followed by a 4th place at Ostend (1905) and a shared 4th place at the Barmen Meisterturnier A (1905). Schlechter did not slow down and turned 1906 into a banner year for him. First, he shared 1st place at Stockholm (1906) together with Dr. Ossip Bernstein. He then went on to win the huge Ostende 1906 tournament, followed by 3rd place at Stockholm (1906). Schlechter only reached 6th place at 1st Trebitsch Memorial (1907). This was followed by a 2nd place at Ostend (Championship) (1907) and a shared 2nd place at Copenhagen (1907). The strong Karlsbad (1907) tournament saw him sharing 4th place together with Aron Nimzowitsch. 1908 turned out to be another banner year for Schlechter, who shared 1st place at Vienna (1908) together with Geza Maroczy and Oldrich Duras, and shared 1st place again with Duras at Prague (1908). The great St Petersburg (1909) tournament was a disappointment for him, but the next year he won Hamburg (1910). Schlechter continued successfully by sharing 1st place at the 3rd Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna, 1910 to 1911, together with Rudolf Spielmann. He suffered a slight setback at San Sebastian (1911) with a shared 5th place, but bounced back by sharing 2nd place at Karlsbad (1911) together with Akiba Rubinstein. In 1912, he started successfully with a win at the 4th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna,(19) but only shared 8th place at San Sebastian (1912). He recovered and shared 4th place at Bad Pistyan (1912), and shared 1st place at the Budapest (1912) Queen's Gambit Declined tournament with Frank James Marshall. He shared 4th place again at the 18th DSB Kongress (1912) in Breslau (today Wroc³aw). After a disappointing Club tournament in Vienna, he went on to win the 5th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna (1913). At Baden-bei-Wien (1914) he came in 3rd but remained undefeated, and he won the 6th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna (1914). In 1908, he challenged Dr. Emanuel Lasker for a WC match in 1909, considering his contemporaneous tournament successes. Yet, he had to wait another year before Lasker - Schlechter World Championship Match (1910), wherein he came within a whisker of winning the title of World Chess Champion: going into the final game leading by one point, he disdained a possible draw and ultimately lost. The drawn match meant that Lasker retained his crown. In match play, he drew Marco in the spring of 1893 in a 10-game match at the age of 19. In 1894, he drew 11-games matches against Marco, and Adolf Julius Zinkl. In 1896, Schlechter drew a 7-games match against David Janowski, and in 1899 he drew a 6-games match against Semion Alapin. In Carlsbad, June 1902, Schlechter clearly defeated Janowski in a match by the score of +6 -1 =3.(30) Shortly afterward in 1902, he allegedly played an 8-games match against Samuel Mikulka in Olomouc, but the final score is not known.(31) He beat the young Richard Reti in a short casual match in Vienna in 1903, and played a short match against Richard Teichmann in 1904 of which the score was +1 -1 =1, but possibly a 4th game was played. In 1909, Schlechter lost a blindfold match against Mieses in Stuttgart by +0 -2 =1. He drew Siegbert Tarrasch in Tarrasch - Schlechter (1911). At the beginning of 1918, Schlechter lost the match Rubinstein - Schlechter (1918). The outbreak of World War I put an end to international tournament play for the duration. In 1915, Schlechter convincingly won the 7th Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna. In 1918, Schlechter competed again internationally with a second-place finish at Berlin Four Masters (1918) and a 3rd place at Berlin Grandmasters (1918). He played one further tournament in Budapest. The Budapest Chess Club arranged a Simul for him, but a few days after it, he had to be admitted to the local Rochus hospital. There he died on December 27, 1918. 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Small quarto (10 1\/4\" x 7 1\/2\") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, PhD (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник, (August 17 1911-May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion, widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Working as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time, he was one of the very few professional chess players who achieved distinction in another career while playing top-class competitive chess. He was also a pioneer of computer chess. Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union, putting him under political pressure but also giving him considerable influence within Soviet chess. From time to time he was accused of using that influence to his own advantage, but the evidence is unclear and it has been suggested he resisted attempts by Soviet officials to intimidate some of his rivals. Botvinnik also played a major role in the organization of chess, making a significant contribution to the design of the World Chess Championship system after World War II and becoming a leading member of the coaching system that enabled the Soviet Union to dominate top-class chess during that time. 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Thick quarto (11 1\/4\" x 8 1\/4\") issued in gray cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover and two ribbon markers. Published for the Lasker Society. Introduction by Paul Werner Wagner. \u003cspan color=\"blue\" style=\"color: blue;\"\u003eSigned\u003c\/span\u003e. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty five top level authors contribute in detail Lasker's multifaceted life inside and outside the chess world. His chess carer has been analyzed by grand-masterly hands from the very beginning over the long time as a world champion to the surprising comeback in retirement. Six key chapters trace Lasker's life and work in Germany, England, the Netherlands, the United States, Cuba and Russia. For the first time Lasker's origin and childhood have been compiled in detail besides the volume offers and in-depth appreciation of the figure of Jacques Hannak who's 1952 biography of Lasker has decisively formed the Lasker image of many generations. Moreover Lasker's own creative activity as a journalist and author has been systematically researched. Reputable experts pursue Lasker's ambitions in the fields of mathematics, philosophy and drama. His achievements in the area of Bridge and Go as well as in the game invented by himself, \u003ci\u003eLaska\u003c\/i\u003e, are appreciated first hand, and friends of artistic chess don't loose out as well. One chapter each on Lasker's oeuvre in problem chess and in endgame studies round out the diversified work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work and been inscribed or signed by one of the editors, Michael Negele and two of the contributors, Robert van de Velde his work on bridge and John Donaldson. Also signed by the following Second Sinquefield cup participants. The players: The winner with seven consecutive wins Fabiano Caruana; World Champion Magnus Carlsen (second); Veselin Topalov former World Champion took third; tied for fourth was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, former World Junior Champion, and Levon Aronian. In addition to the players the was the arbitrator and the commentators as well as the sponsor, Rex Sinquefield. The Cup was held from August 27 to September 7, again at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. The event in 2013 was the strongest chess tournament ever held in the U.S. up until that time. The 2014 edition, however, is (numerically) the strongest in the total history of chess, as measured by actual ELO-ratings of the (this time) six opponents, all in the top ten of FIDE's ELO-rating list. The six grandmasters again played the modernized classic time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment for every move, followed by an additional 30 minutes plus the per-move-increment for the rest of the game, in a double round-robin tournament. With the six players present (Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave), the tournament consisted of ten rounds with 10 games to play for every participant. According to the FIDE rating, the players were the nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 in the world. The total prize fund was increased to $315,000. After round 7, Caruana had achieved a score of 7-0, which was described as an \"historical achievement\" by Levon Aronian. Caruana finally finished the tournament with 8.5\/10, with the highest ever performance rating in a single tournament, beating out Magnus Carlsen in the 2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament and Anatoly Karpov in the 1994 Linares chess tournament. 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Edited by Dale Brandreth. First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about Vladimirs Petrovs, his exceptional chess talents and his early tragic fate. We know how the world class grandmaster Korchnoi and Gulko were mistreated by the Soviet Union, Petrovs was an upcoming world-class grandmaster whom the Soviets sent to the Gulags...and a year later he was dead. This is also a story about the Baltic States, their independence between the two World Wars and players that came from those small countries: Aaron Nimzovich, Palu Keres, Vladas Mikenas and Vladimirs Petrovs, Mikhail Tal came later. Petrovs' main chess successes where his tieing for first place in the first Kemeri tournament in 1937 with Reshevsky and Flohr ahead of Alekhine, Fine, Keres and Bogolubov; and his scoring +8=11-0 on the top board at the Buenos Aires 1939 Olympiad, among Capablanca, Alekhine, Keres, Stahlberg, Tartakower, Eliskases and others. In the chess world few have heard so little, if anything, of Petrovs. The Soviet system tried to conceal its misdeeds by hiding the names of those it killed; they made them \"non-persons\" and eliminated them from their public records. He was not mentioned in their writings and it was unhealthy for the Soviet people ever to mention him. His name is properly \"Vladmirs Petrovs\", even though it is often written \"Petrov\" in many English-language sources. The name \"Petrov\" is common in Russia and, therefore, to use that only made it easier to hide his disappearance and non-person status. The material in this book is mostly from the files of the author's father. Quotations from other publications are identified where known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fine copy. 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Octavo (8 3\/4\" x 5 3\/4\") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering within a black box on cover and spine. Volume 2 in the chess classic series. \u003cspan color=\"blue\" style=\"color: blue;\"\u003eInscribed \"To Roy, Phillis and Margaret, With kind remembrances from Frank and Carie Marshall. New York, NY August 4th, 1944.\"\u003c\/span\u003e. (Betts: 29-72) First edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Marshall was born on August 10, 1877, he was born in the city of Brooklyn (at present, the district of New York), the American chess player, one of the strongest world chess theorists at the beginning of the 20th century. Frank Marshall began playing chess in Canada, where in 1894 became by the champion of the Montreal's chess club. On returning to America won the champion's title of the chess club, located in Brooklyn (1899). He won the one-round tournament at the chess congress, held in London (1899). In 1900 shared the 3rd-4th place with G. Marosi in Paris and once defeated upon the tournament's winner, Em. Lasker. In 1903 occupied the 2nd place in Vienna (gambit tournament). In 1904 occupied the 3rd place at the tournament, held in Monte Carlo, and at the Cambridge-Springs became by the winner (the highest sports success), in 2 points having outrun Lasker and D. Yanovsky. F. Marshall was awarded by the US champion title for the victory a the tournament, but he refused of this title, because G. Pillsbury didn't participate at the competition. He won 15 matches from 23 ones (1 match was in a draw). However, he was defeated by Lasker at the match for the world championship (1907) (+0, -8, =7); he also suffered the large defeats at the matches with Z. Tarrasch (1905; +1, -8, =8) and Capablanca (1909; +1, -8, =14). Yanovsky (1899; +1, -3, =0; 1905; +8, -5, -4; 1908, +2, -5, =3; 1912, +6, -2, =24 1916, +4, -1, =3); R. Teikhmann (1902; +2, -0, =3); A. Rubinstein (1908; +3, -4, =1); J. Mizes (1908; +5, -4, =1); O. 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Thick Quarto (11 1\/4\" x 8 1\/2\") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Forward by Viktor Korchnoi. Second priniting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis enormous and definitive work on the Englishman Amos Burn assembles an d analyzes all extant games and provides a thorough biography of the famous chess master of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It chronicles in exceptional detail the broader picture of chess development throughout that era. Burn was active for a long time, winning victories over such masters as Blackburne, Marshall, Steinitz (his mentor), Alekhine, and Zukertort. He was a fighting player who relished tactical battles against his more romantic rivals but was also one of the worlds best defensive players. He made a number of valuable discoveries in such openings as the Queen's Gambit Declined and the Ruy Lopez, and even today his name remains associated with a variation of the French Defense. Burns life is painstakingly traced from his birth on the last day of 1848 to his death of a stroke at age 76. The great international tournaments in which he took part are paid particular attention, with extensive quotation of notes by Burn himself and his contemporaries. Where necessary, old analysis is corrected and supplemented. Meticulous research has been undertaken in newspapers and periodicals from various countries where Burn played and traveled, including the United States, with the result that many forgotten games have been unearthed. Precise citations of primary sources are given in all cases. The book features approximately 800 games played by Burn, almost all of them annotated, about 850 chess diagrams, and about 200 photographs, indices of openings, annotators, games, players, and general subjects. An appendix describes missing evidence, uncertain games, and further research possibilities. 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Royal octavo (9 1\/4\" x 6 1\/4\") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Preface by Dale Brandreth. Translated by Robert Sherwood from the original German edition. First edition in English limited to 600 copies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Charles Morphy (1837-1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest  chess masters of his era and is often considered the unofficial World Chess Champion.  A chess prodigy, he was called \"The Pride and Sorrow of Chess\" because he had a brilliant chess career but retired from the game while still young. Commentators agree that he was far ahead of his time as a chess player, though there is disagreement on how his play ranks compared to modern players. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter receiving his law degree in 1857, Morphy was not yet of legal age to practice law and found himself with free time. At his uncle's urging, he accepted an invitation to play at the First American Chess Congress in New York City. After winning the tournament, which included strong players such as Alexander Meek and Louis Paulsen, Morphy was hailed as the chess champion of the United States and stayed in New York playing chess through 1857, winning the vast majority of his games. In 1858, Morphy traveled to Europe to play European Champion Howard Staunton. Morphy played almost every strong player in Europe, usually winning easily. The match with Staunton never materialized, but Morphy was acclaimed by most in Europe as the world's best player.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to the United States in triumph, Morphy toured the major cities, playing chess on his way back to New Orleans. Returning to New Orleans in late 1859 at the age of 22, he retired from active chess competition to begin his law career. Morphy never established a successful law practice, however, and ultimately lived a life of idleness, living off his family's fortune. Despite appeals from his admirers, Morphy never returned to the game, and died in 1884 from a stroke at the age of 47.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot yet of legal age to begin the practice of law, Morphy found himself with free time. He received an invitation to participate in the First American Chess Congress, to be held in New York from October 6 to November 10, 1857. He at first declined, but at the urging of his uncle eventually decided to play. He defeated each of his rivals, including James Thompson, Alexander Beaufort Meek, and two strong German masters, Theodor Lichtenhein and Louis Paulsen, the latter two in the semifinal and final rounds. Morphy was hailed as the chess champion of the United States, but he appeared unaffected by his sudden fame. According to the December 1857 issue of \u003ci\u003eChess Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \"his genial disposition, his unaffected modesty and gentlemanly courtesy have endeared him to all his acquaintances.\" In the fall of 1857, staying in New York, Morphy played 261 games, both regular and at odds. 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Octavo (8 1\/4\" x 6\") bound in original pictorial boards. First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRudolf Charousek (1873-1900) was a Czech born Hungarian chess player. One of the top ten players in the world during the 1890s, he had a short career, dying at the age of 26 from tuberculosis. Reuben Fine wrote of him \"Playing over his early games is like reading Keats's poetry: you cannot help feeling a grievous, oppressive sense of loss, of promise unfulfilled\". The games of Charousek's student period only differ little from the ones of his schooldays. As before he only concentrated on his opponent's king and attacked it. His fantastic combinations demonstrate that his tactical talent had reached the highest level. But there were also endgames. And even uncomplicated endings panicked Rudolf. He drew two won endgames in his match with Makovetz. It was time to work at the technical stages of the game and especially his endgame skills needed substantial improvement. In the September and the October of 1895 Charousek played a lot of games at the Budapest Chess Club; mainly with Makovetz and Maroczy. Makovetz was the weakest and Maroczy the strongest of this triumvirate. A match had to be staged in order to determine the strongest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn July and August 1896, in the surroundings of the Bavarian exposition, a grand tournament of the strongest chess players in the world was planned in the home town of Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, Nuremberg. The organizers had worked perfectly: A fantastic tournament site (the \"Club Museum\"), fantastic prices (3000 marks and a huge silver trophy for the winner, 2000 marks for the second place...) and finally fantastic names could be presented to the public. Almost all of the chess greats of that time should participate: Pillsbury, Showalter and Steinitz from America; Schiffers and Chigorin from Russia; Burn and Blackburne from England; Em. 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Earlier histories had relied chiefly on the written documents, but here considerable weight is also attached to the philological evidence (i.e. the significance of chess terms in the various languages). Since 1913, Murray's history has been recognized as the standard work of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJens Evald Enevoldsen-Elsing (1907-1980) was a Danish chess master born in Copenhagen. Enevoldsen won the Danish Chess Championship five times (1940, 1943, 1947, 1948, and 1960). In 1939 he shared first but lost a playoff, and in 1950 he again shared first but lost a lottery. He took 4th place at the Helsinki 1947 zonal tournament; Eero Böök and Gösta Stoltz shared first place. 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Royal octavo (8 1\/4\" x 6 1\/4\") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decorative squares to cover and spine. Biography by Jacques Hannak. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3262)\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Signed by Rubinstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e below printed name on portrait. First edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAkiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1880-1961) was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Between 1907 and 1912, Rubinstein established himself as one of the strongest players in the world. In 1907, he won the Carlsbad tournament and the All-Russian Masters' tournament, and shared first at Saint Petersburg. In 1912 he had a record string of wins, finishing first in five consecutive major tournaments: San Sebastián, Pöstyén, Breslau, Warsaw and Vilna (All-Russian Masters' tournament), although none of these events included Lasker or Capablanca. Some sources believe that he was stronger than World Champion Emanuel Lasker at this time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRubinstein's peak as a player is generally considered to have been between 1907 and 1914. Rubinstein won at Vienna in 1922, ahead of future World Champion Alexander Alekhine, and was the leader of the Polish team that won the 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg with a record of thirteen wins and four draws. He also won an Olympic silver at the 1931 Chess Olympiad, again leading the Polish team. Rubinstein came in fourth place in the London 1922 tournament, after which new world champion Jose Raul Capablanca offered to play him in a match if he could raise the money, which once again he was unable to do. At Hastings 1922, he came in second place, followed by a fifth-place finish at Teplitz-Schönau late in the year, and then won in Vienna brilliantly. This triumph, however, was soured when Austrian border guards impounded most of the prize money he had won. Rubinstein closed out 1922 with another appearance at Hastings, which he won, but his tournament record during 1923 was disappointing as he came in just twelfth place at Carlsbad and tenth at Maehrisch-Ostrau.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis first tournament of 1924, at Meran, saw him come in third. He attempted to participate in the New York tournament that spring but was excluded from the event due to a limited number of available slots, all of which were filled. Rubinstein's 1925 tournament record was reasonably good, but his year-end appearance in Moscow saw him come in 14th. 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At age 14, he became the US Chess Champion, and at 15, he became both the youngest grandmaster up to that time and the youngest candidate for the World Championship. At age 20, Fischer won the 1963-64 US Championship with 11 wins in 11 games, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. His book My 60 Memorable Games (1969), is regarded as a classic work of chess literature. He won the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3 1\/2 point margin, and won 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6-0 sweeps, in the Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official FIDE number-one-rated player. Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky of the USSR, in a match held in Reykjavik, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, it attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. In 1975, Fischer refused to defend his title when an agreement could not be reached with FIDE, chess's international governing body, over one of the conditions for the match. Under FIDE rules, this resulted in Soviet GM Anatoly Karpov, who had won the qualifying Candidates' cycle, being named the new world champion by default.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned on the front end paper. Corners gently bumped. 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