Description:
vii+244 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red boards with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. (Lusis: 1078) First edition.Play for Mate is a book of checkmates. It is necessary for any aspiring player to have a considerable knowledge of mating patterns, and this book presents a wide range of them, in 290 situations taken from actual master play, each with a game diagram, each briefly and succinctly annotated for instruction.
Condition: A near fine in like jacket.