Author: Alain Campbell White (1880-1951) from the library of Kenneth S Howard
Year: 1917
Publisher: The Chess Amateur
Place: Stroud
Description:
[4]+7-134 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (6 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Introduction by George Hume. A C White's Christmas series number 23 with greeting tipped in. From the library of Kenneth S Howard. (Betts: 31-11) First edition.
A collection of 100 problems by various composers, in varying lengths, including some self-mates and a mate in 32 as well as 2, 3 and 4 movers. In all, the predominant feature is the use of the white knights to effect or assist the mate; many incorporate the two white knights with kings and pawns. Hume provides an explanatory introduction. Solutions appear on pages 121-134. Kenneth Samuel Howard (1882-1972) one of the founders of the Marshall Chess Club and chess problem composer. He wrote several books about chess composition: The enjoyment of chess problems (1943), How to solve chess problems (1945), and One hundred years of the American two-move chess problem; a collection of 212 compositions by United States problemists (1962).
Kenneth Samuel Howard (1882-1972) one of the founders of the Marshall Chess Club and chess problem composer. He wrote several books about chess composition: The enjoyment of chess problems (1943), How to solve chess problems (1945), and One hundred years of the American two-move chess problem; a collection of 212 compositions by United States problemists (1962).
Condition: Howard's signature and date to front paste down. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, edge wear, some pencil check marks nest to problems else about very good.