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The 1983 United States Championship Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania
by Christiansen, Larry M (1956- ) signed
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0931462282
- ISBN 13
- 9780931462283
- Seller
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About This Item
135+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece, tables, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and indices. Octavo (8 1/2" X 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Commentary by Jeremy Silman. Signed by Larry Christiansen. US Tournament series number 5. (Lusis: 2018) First edition.
Fourteen contestants were invited to participate in the 29th United States Chess Championship played in Greenville, Pennsylvania July 14 through August 1, 1983. It became a tightly contested with three players sharing first place with scores of 9/14. These contestants were Larry Christiansen, Walter Browne and Roman Dzindzichashvili. In sole third was Nick de Firmian a full point behind. A point behind him was Joel Benjamin and Dmitry Gurevich sharing fifth through sixth. Andy Soltis was sole holder of seventh place with a scored of 6.5. Closely followed by him a half point behind was a tie with Lev Alburt and Anatoly Lein. Jay Whitehead was tenth with 5.5. Sergey Kudrin and Kamran Shiraz shared eleventh and twelfth with 5 points each. A point behind them sharing the last two places were James Tarjan and Boris Kogan.
Condition:
Signed on the half title. Spine sunned, light edge wear, lightly soiled else a very good copy.
Fourteen contestants were invited to participate in the 29th United States Chess Championship played in Greenville, Pennsylvania July 14 through August 1, 1983. It became a tightly contested with three players sharing first place with scores of 9/14. These contestants were Larry Christiansen, Walter Browne and Roman Dzindzichashvili. In sole third was Nick de Firmian a full point behind. A point behind him was Joel Benjamin and Dmitry Gurevich sharing fifth through sixth. Andy Soltis was sole holder of seventh place with a scored of 6.5. Closely followed by him a half point behind was a tie with Lev Alburt and Anatoly Lein. Jay Whitehead was tenth with 5.5. Sergey Kudrin and Kamran Shiraz shared eleventh and twelfth with 5 points each. A point behind them sharing the last two places were James Tarjan and Boris Kogan.
Condition:
Signed on the half title. Spine sunned, light edge wear, lightly soiled else a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C1070
- Title
- The 1983 United States Championship Thiel College Greenville, Pennsylvania
- Author
- Christiansen, Larry M (1956- ) signed
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0931462282
- ISBN 13
- 9780931462283
- Publisher
- Chess Enterprises, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Coraopolis, PA
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 135+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece, tables, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and indices
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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