Bishop v Knight Endings by Yury Lvovich Averbakh (1922- ) - 1976

vi+392 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables, photographs and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") issued in original wrappers. Volume 46. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6203). First edition.This is the periodical for the Dutch Chess Federation, and through the end of World War II the organ for the Dutch Chess Problem Society. This publication, started in 1893, is the longest continuing chess magazine in The Netherlands. The name was changed in August 1943 to Mededeelingenblad van den Nederlandschen schaakbond through August 1944, when it recaptured its old name.Condition:Edge wear, some age toning else a very good set.

[vi]+246 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates and index. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7 3/4") bound in black with gilt lettering to spine. Twelve issues. Volume 18 numbers 205-216. (Betts: 7-91) First edition.
Incorporated The Social Chess Quarterly, July 1936 and the Canadian Chessner, August 1937. The later was continued as Canadian Supplement, published in Montreal in typescript and inserted in Canadian members subscribers' copies of the Chess (edited by Dudley M Leain).Baruch Harold Wood was born in Sheffield, England. He founded CHESS magazine in 1935 and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a FIDE Arbiter, a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and also wrote an interesting weekly column for Illustrated London News from 1949 to 1979. He co-founded the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.
Condition:Rebound in black with original wrappers bound in, crease in middle where copies were mailed, some occasional pencil marginalia else a very good copy.

x, 552 pages with diagrams, illustrations, plates, tables and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in green with gilt lettering to spine. Volume XXX (30). (Betts: 7-27) 1st edition.Published monthly from January 1881, Huddersfield, Leeds, London, Trench, Trubner, (1881-1919); London, Walbrook & Co (1920); Leeds, Whitehead & Miller, (1921-1937); London, Pitman (1938-April 1949); London, St Leonards-on-the-Sea (1949- ) Editors John Watkinson (1881-1887); Robert Frederick Green (1888-1893); Isaac MacIntyre Brown (1894-1919); R C Griffith (1920-1937); acting, September 1940-November 1940; Harry Golombek (1938-August 1940); Julius du Mont (December 1940-April 1949); B Reilly (May 1949- ). Continued the chess section of The Huddersfield College Magazine.Condition:Rebound a very good copy.

vii+280 pages with appendix. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in three quarter leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. (Whyld: 1836-13) 1st edition.Alexander McDonnell (1798-1835) was the son of a Belfast doctor and the strongest player from either Britain or Ireland before the rise of Staunton. In contemporary publications his name was sometimes printed as M'Donnell and he is not to be confused with the Dublin-born Rev G.A. MacDonnell (1830-1899) who had some good results in the 1860s and 1870s and lived until 1899. McDonnell is best known for being the loser of the first known Evans Gambit game (to Capt. William Evans himself) and for his marathon series of matches against the French champion Labourdonnais in 1834. (Tim Harding)Condition:Corners bumped, rebacked with original spine, previous owner's name liberally stamped through out, some occasional light pencil marginalia, front end papers with various notes and writing from previous owners with their names, a previous owners' name… Read More

179 pages with frontispiece, 4 plates, diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4")rebound in blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5424. 1st edition.A compact single-round tournament of only twelve players (only one of whom would not be designated as an international grandmaster in present-day terminology), this even in August 1928 was Capablanca's first appearance after the loss of his title. He had clearly not overcome the shock of this defeat: not only was he once again headed by Bogoljubow, who thus confirmed his status as the most highly qualified challenger for Alekhine's title, but many of his games (e.g. against Spielmann, Nimzowitsch, Tartakower) did not suggest the "chess machine" of his heyday. The tournament did not only bring to light a future challenger, but also a future champion: Euwe's joint third place was his first success in a major tournament. Leading scores: Bogoljubow 8, Capablanca 7, Euwe and Rubinstein 6 1/2.… Read More

[i-viii]+324 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Twelve issues with index. Volume 21 numbers 253-276. (Betts: 7-91) First edition.Incorporated The Social Chess Quarterly, July 1936 and the Canadian Chessner, August 1937. The later was continued as Canadian Supplement, published in Montreal in typescript and inserted in Canadian members subscribers' copies of the Chess (edited by Dudley M Leain).
Baruch Harold Wood was born in Sheffield, England. He founded CHESS magazine in 1935 and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a FIDE Arbiter, a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and also wrote an interesting weekly column for Illustrated London News from 1949 to 1979. He co-founded the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.Condition:Some light edge wear, corners bumped a very good copy issued without jacket.

218 pages with tables and biography of the players. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4 3/4") issued in wrappers. Prologue by Jose M de Cossio. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5638) First edition.Madrid had high expectations of seven international masters. However, only three attended and was won by Keres 14 1/2 ahead of Fuentes 11 1/2 and Alfred Brinckmann 9 1/2. Young Arturo Poma, age 12, after a poor start ended scoring 5 1/2.Condition:Edges, spine and hinge chipped, some occasional pencil notations else a good to very good copy.

228+iv pages with index, diagrams, plates and tables. Octavo (9 1/4" x 6") issued in wrappers and bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume XIX (19). Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6345. First edition.This is one of the world's oldest chess magazines still published. Official organ of the Nordic Chess Federation from 1895 to 1922; since 1923 of the Swedish Chess Federation. No index was published for the volume 1926 to 1934. Ludvig was President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939.Condition:Rebound, pages slightly age toned else a very good to fine copy.

228 pages, diagrams, plates and tables. Octavo (9 1/4" x 6") issued in wrappers and bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Volume XXXVI (36). Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6345. First edition.This is one of the world's oldest chess magazines still published. Official organ of the Nordic Chess Federation from 1895 to 1922; since 1923 of the Swedish Chess Federation. No index was published for the volume 1926 to 1934. Ludvig was President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939.Condition:Rebound with original wrappers bound in, a very good to fine copy.

374+vi pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in period cloth with blind stamped covers with gilt insignia, and gilt decoration and lettering to spine. From the library of Dino Ruggieri. Volume X (10). (Betts: 7-1) First edition.The Chess Player's Chronicle, founded by Howard Staunton and extant from 1841-56 and 1859-62, was the world's first successful English-language magazine devoted exclusively to chess. Various unrelated but identically or similarly named publications were published until 1902. The earliest chess magazine in any language was the French Le Palamede, published in 1836-39 and 1842-47. In 1837 George Walker introduced an English-language magazine, the Philidorian, that was devoted to "chess and other scientific games". Only six issues of it were published, and it "expired in May, 1838". The Chess Player's Chronicle became the first successful English-language chess magazine. In 1840 or 1841 Staunton bought the fortnightly magazine The British Miscellany and… Read More