Author: M W Stevens (editor)
Year: 1915
Publisher: Frank Hollings and Walter M Hill
Place: London and Chicago
Description:
vi+293+[10 ad] pages with diagrams, tables and indices. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Betts: 8-21) First edition.
General review of period by A W Foster. Articles (Chess organization in Great Britain by R H S Stevenson, A brief history of the Ponziani by W H Watts. Th Ruzio Gambit by T Hamilton. Kriegspiel by W H Stephens. Continuation of the article by the 1913 "Yearbook" dealing with the problem of mating with king and rook v king.) Endgame section (including 40 endgame studies with solutions edited by C E C Tattersal) Problem section (including 68 problems with solutions edited by P H Williams) Leading events of the period (covers 24 events with games) Miscellaneous games-brilliancies; various championships, reviews. Periodical chess literature. Covers the period from the latter half of 1913 to the end of 1914.
Condition:
Spine ends rubbed, some soiling, book plate to front paste-down, corners bumped, some occasional light pencil marginalia else very good.