Search Results: Chess from 64 Books

Five 2002 issues of Texas Knights magazine, the official publication of the Texas Chess Association. Very good to near fine condition stapled wraps softcovers with subscription labels, 20-28 pp each. Many annotated games in algebraic notation, tournament reports, black and white photographs and diagrams, etc.

Five 2001 issues of Texas Knights magazine, the official publication of the Texas Chess Association. Very good to near fine condition stapled wraps softcovers with subscription labels, 20-32 pp each. Many annotated games in algebraic notation, tournament reports, black and white photographs and diagrams, etc.

Signed on the ffep by George Koltanowski. VG- condition hardcover in good condition dustjacket with tears, chipping and rubbing, inked-out price. Descriptive notation, 194 pp. Koltanowski's stories of the chess world are interwoven with countless illustrative games from his many exhibition matches, illuminated by his sparkling comments and with many diagrams.

Clean and unmarked, 291 pp, 121 diagrams, descriptive notation.

Hardcover with heavily bumped and frayed corners, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with color photos, 9.25" x 9.75", 48 pp.
The genesis of a chess table and pieces, from its origin as an ancient tree to its end as a custom-built piece of art. Tri-lingual: English, German and Arabic.

All 6 issues of the rare USA correspondence chess magazine, 60-64 pp each. Very good condition quarto stapled wraps magazines with mailing labels. Many annotated games and articles, along with rating lists, tournament results, etc.

All 6 issues of the rare USA correspondence chess magazine, 48-56 pp each. Very good condition quarto stapled wraps magazines with mailing labels. Many annotated games and articles, along with rating lists, tournament results, etc.

Near fine condition hardcover no dustjacket, clean and unmarked, 715 pp. All 12 issues of Chess Life & Review bound in one handsome volume.

VG condition softcover, creases on front cover, tight binding, uncreased spine, clean and unmarked, descriptive notation, 184 pp.
Notorious edition of Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals, fraudulently published with a fictitious author's name ("Frank Eagan").

VG+ condition softcover, clean and unmarked, 240 pp. 350 Informant-style annotated games, plus 3 theoretical openings articles, ratings lists, tournament results, foreword in Italian and English.

VG+ condition softcover with white pages, Laszlo Polgar stamp on first page else text unmarked. English, Russian and German languages, 805 diagrams, 200 pp. With laid in errata sheet in Hungarian.Rare 1968-1970 FIDE chess composition compilation (selfmates, helpmates, fairy chess, etc.), published in 1977.

As new condition quarto softcover, clean and unmarked, 232 pp. "A large, readable, and entertaining work that comes loaded with anecdotes, insights, and career highlights that will put the reader inside the heart of the action. Exciting games are accented with great notes. The book itself is beautifully bound in a durable cover, with large, readable type in an attractive font, with generous diagrams that make following the action easy. Fighting Chess succeeds as a biographical sketch, as a games collection, and as a record of comparative achievements in American chess." — Chess Cafe.com

Fine condition softcover, minor shelf wear, tight binding, uncreased spine, clean and unmarked.
Huge compilation of every serious chess game (nearly 700) played by Bobby Fischer from 1955 to 1977. 24 games have in depth annotations, while many other games have light notes.
Illustrated with 16 pages of b&w photos, 8.4" x 5.4", 464 pp, almost 750 diagrams, descriptive notation (P-K4).
Includes a complete record of Fischer's tournaments and matches and an index of total results against every opponent. Special articles by Grandmasters Paul Keres and Arthur Bisguier, former British Champions Golombek and Barden and openings expert Blackstock.

Good condition with heavy wear, creased spine that lays flat in several places, checkmarks and dates written in text.
Best games of the Yugoslav grandmaster, 192 pp, 63 annotated games, descriptive notation.

Very nearly fine condition, lightly tanned pages, clean and unmarked, 180 pp.

Clean and unmarked.

Fine condition softcover, clean and unmarked. Descriptive notation (P-K4), 320 pp. 61 annotated games with diagrams.

Rare early 3 issues of Kingpin chess magazine, #14-16, 1988-1990. Near fine condition stapled wraps, clean and unmarked, 36 pp each. Chess humor and satire, analysis, book reviews and much more. Figurine algebraic notation.

VG condition tournament booklet, price sticker on front cover else clean and unmarked. All the games from the tournament won by Leonid Stein and Tigran Petrosian over Hort, Andersson, Panno, Ribli and others. Three-page english language summary with crosstable. Diagrams, some annotated games, figurine algebraic notation.

Good condition softcover with cracked spine that lays flat at page 74, text unmarked, store sticker on last page. Annotated tournament book with many diagrams, algebraic notation, 108 pp.