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Printed portrait, black and white, of Viswanathan Anand at the chess board
by Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (1969- )
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Printed black and white portrait of the former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2")
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Zweites Internationales Schachturnier, Zu San Sebastian, 1912
by Jacques Mieses (1865-1954) and Moritz Lewitt
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- 1920
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147 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in quarter green cloth with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards with original wrappers bound in. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5313) Second edition.
The San Sebastian Tournaments of 1911 and 1912 were remarkable for two reasons, of which are virtually forgotten today. Organized and run by Mieses, it… Read more about this item Item Price
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Schach-Weltmeisterschaft in Khanty-Mansiysk (World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk)
by Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov (1962- ) and Nikita Kim
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- 2007
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267 pages with diagrams and color photographs. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6")bound in original publisher's pictorial covers. First edition in Russian.
The Chess World Cup 2007 served as a qualification tournament for the World Chess Championship 2010. It was held as a 128-player single-elimination tournament, between 24 November and 16 December 2007, in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In an event attended by most… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chess Tournament of the USSR Masters With Participation of M Euwe. and H Kmoch
by I P Golubev and SO Weinstein
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- 1934
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55 pages with photographs. Duodecimo (6" x 4 3/4") bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In Russian. From the library of Meindert Niemeijer. First edition.
During the 1930s a series of tournaments were organised in the Soviet Union, the aim of which was to test the new generation of Soviet masters against the best professionals of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Printed portrait, black and white, of Viswanathan Anand at the chess board
by Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (1969- ) signed
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Printed portrait, in black and white. (7 3/4" x 10") with Vishy Anand adjusting the chess pieces. Signed on the portrait.
The 31st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 31 July - 10 August 2003. Rest day: August 5. Games started at 3 pm, Round 10 at 12:30 pm local time. Time control: "Standard" (FIDE).… Read more about this item Item Price
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Printed representation of Kramnik with scene during competition games
by Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (1975- ) signed
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- 2011
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Tinted one sheet printed representation of Kramnik with chess scene during competition games. (11 1/4" x 7 3/4") Signed and dated at the bottom.
The 33rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 8-17 July 2005. Rest day: July 13. Games started at 3 pm, Round 9 at 1 pm local time. Time control: 100 minutes… Read more about this item Item Price
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Printed portrait, in color, of Viswanathan Anand at the chess board
by Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (1969- ) signed
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Printed portrait, in color. (8" x 11") with Vishy Anand over looking the chess board. Signed on the portrait.
The 31st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 31 July - 10 August 2003. Rest day: August 5. Games started at 3 pm, Round 10 at 12:30 pm local time. Time control: "Standard" (FIDE). Viktor Antonovich… Read more about this item Item Price
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Printed representation of Kramnik with scene during competition game
by Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (1975- )
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1 sheet black and white representation of Kramnik at the chess board 1975. Size 8" x 7".
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. He has won three team gold… Read more about this item Item Price
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Grob's Schachkalender 1946
by Henri Grob (1904–1974) signed by Efim Bogoljubow
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- 1946
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111 pages with diagraphs, tables and photographs. Duodecimo (7" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Signed by Efim Bogoljubow. First edition.
Book owned by Efim Bogoljubow, with his ownership signatures; the book has a transcription of two of his games from 1946 as well as notes on the rear cover.
Efim Bogoljubow also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow (1889-1952) was… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eröffnungen in der modernen Schachpartie. Übergang zum Mittelspiel
by Jan Kotrč (1862*1943) and Anatol Gerschenkron signed by Efim Bogoljubow
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- 1937
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iv+120 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (5 3/4" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Signed by Efim Bogoljubow .First edition.
Efim Bogoljubow also known as Efim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow (1889-1952) was a Russian-born German chess grandmaster. In 1911, Bogoljubow tied for first place in the Kiev championships, and finished 9–10th in the Saint Petersburg (All-Russian Amateur) Tournament, won by Stepan Levitsky.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Printed representation of Kramnik with scene during competition games
by Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (1975- ) signed
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Color one sheet printed representation of Kramnik with chess scene during competition games. (7 3/4" x 11 1/4") Signed in the upper left hand corner.
The 33rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 8-17 July 2005. Rest day: July 13. Games started at 3 pm, Round 9 at 1 pm local time. Time control:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph sheet with handwritten signature by William Ewart Napier
by William Ewart Napier (1881-1962) signed
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- 1935
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Autograph sheet with handwritten signature and dated June 18, 1935 of William Ewart Napier. Sheet size ( 5" x 6 1/2"). Verso blank.
William Ewart Napier was an American chess master of English birth. He had his first successes with simultaneous games, among other things winning in December 1894 versus the acting United States Chess Champion Jackson Whipps Showalter. At the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chessworld Volume I Number 3
by Frank Brady (1934- ) editor
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- 1964
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80 pages with diagrams, illustrations, photographs, tables and drawings. Quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial rappers. Chessworld Volume 1, Number 3. (Betts: 7-131) First edition.
Chessworld edited by Frank Brady was a bi-monthly publication, published in New York. Only three numbers published before in ceased. Chessworld served as a valuable source of information and entertainment… Read more about this item Item Price
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In Distant Baguio
by Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (1951- )
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- 1981
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192 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. First edition in Russian.
About the match for the world championship Karpov-Korchnoi in 1978 through the eyes of the winner.
The 1978 World Chess Championship was played between challenger Viktor Korchnoi and champion Anatoly Karpov in Baguio City, Phillipines. The conditions of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chess composition in the years 1974 to 1976
by Rafael Moiseevich "R M" Kofman (1909-1988)
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- 1978
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224 pages with diagrams, table and index. Octavo (8" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers.
Rafael Moiseevich Kofman was a (Soviet) chess composer, International Master (1973) and International Judge of Chess Compositions (1956), and the editor of the problem column in the magazine Chess in the USSR.
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The Myers Openings Bulletin: Vol. 3, Numbe 8, January-April., 1984
by Hugh Edward Myers (1930-2008)
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- 1984
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31 pages with diagrams and table. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2) bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Number 32 in the series. First edition.
From 1979 to 1988, Myers edited and published 38 issues of the Myers Openings Bulletin. Nine double-sized issues, called the New Myers Openings Bulletin, came out in 1992–96. Myers Openings Bulletin, Myers offered: "...a remarkable diet… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trends in the Blumenfeld Gambit
by Susan Arkell (1965- )
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- 1993
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37 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition.
Chess players who enjoy playing the Benoni Defense or Benko Gambit will enjoy playing the Blumenfeld Gambit.
Use the Blumfeld Gambit to get exciting games when White plays 2.Nf3.
When you wish to avoid soaking up the pressure you can go on the offensive with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Master Class Delayed Castling
by Colin Crouch (1956-2015)
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- 1990
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38 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition.
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Chess exemplified in one hundred and thirty-two games. Of the most celebrated players
by William John Greenwell (1847-1914)
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- 1890
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vii+142+[10 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4) bound n original punisher's brown floral cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Betts: 24-9) First edition.
A collection of master games, played 1826-1890, with annotations drawn from various sources.
Condition: Corners heavily bumped, spine ends rubbed, lacking back fly leaf, spine dulled else good to very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Emanuel Lasker Volume I: Games 1889-1907
by Egon Varnusz (1933-2008)
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- 1998
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273+[7 as] pages with diagrams, tables, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition.
Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognized World Chess Champion… Read more about this item Item Price
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