Bobby Fischer’s Games of Chess.
by Fischer, Bobby
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition of the only book ever written entirely by Bobby Fischer. Octavo, original boards. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Vic Traibush with best wishes from Bobby Fischer April 26,1964." The recipient, Vic Traibush was a friend of Fischer who played chess at the New York Chess Club, and became friends with some of the great chess players of the era. He was an accomplished player and won the Colorado State Chess Championship in 1955, 1967, and 1970. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Frank Pagnato. Photograph by Lawrence N. Shustak. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. This is the only book ever authored entirely by Bobby Fischer, and it was written when he was fifteen. It has historical significance as a prelude to the rest of the chess player's career. Within, Fischer analyses thirty-four games. He reflects on the experiences of thirteen games from the U.S. Championship Tournament of 1957-58 as well as the prize-winning "Game of the Century" from the Third Rosenwald Trophy Tournament. He also includes the scores of twenty games from the 1958 Portoroz Interzonal Tournament in which he played against Tal, Gligorich, Petrosyan, Bronstein, and more of the world's elite. The games in this book reveal Bobby Fischer's brilliance in middle and end-game strategy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144098
- Title
- Bobby Fischer’s Games of Chess.
- Author
- Fischer, Bobby
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- bobby fischer first edition signed
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- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...