Search Results: Titles starting with V from Glynn's Books

Kecskemet: Bkkm-i TSH Sakk Szakszovetsege, 1977. In Hungarian. Pb, 58pp + 48pp, b/w photos. Good+, slight wear to base of spine, contents clean. Two-in-one volume combining coverage of the 5th and 6th Laszlo Toth memorial chess tournaments held in Kecskemet in 1975 and 1977. Includes introductions, round-by-round commentary (only for the 1975 tournament), the games without notes and photos. Honfi won 1975 ahead of Kholmov and Hernandez while Vogt won 1977 ahead of Barczay and Farago.. Soft Cover. Good.

Moscow: Sovetskaya Rossiya, 1981. In Russian. Hb, red boards, no dj, 187pp. Good, bumped top corners, clean contents. Karpov's account of the acrimonious 1978 world chess championship match against Korchnoi held in Baguio City, including a concluding chapter of letters between various parties. Narrative, no games.. Hard Cover.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1979. In Russian. Hb, 240pp, b/w frontis and photos. Good in a Fair dj which has small tears, chips and edgewear. Corner dent, contents clean other than price stamped on back endpaper. Includes over 100 of Smyslov's games with his annotations, from 1935 to 1978.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

Tbilisi: Sabchota Sakartvelo, 1986. In Russian. Pb, 208pp + 8pp of b/w photos. Good, covers curling slightly, small mark on inside front cover, contents otherwise clean. Includes 204 endgame studies by the author with commentary; a theoretical article on Rook vs Queen and minor piece endings, featuring studies by various composers; a biographical section by V.Neidze which also contains additional studies by Nadareishvili plus photographs.. Soft Cover. Good.

Minsk: Polimya, 1984. In Russian. Hb, pictorial boards, 208pp. Good, pages tanned but clean. Includes 73 annotated games of Kira Zvorykina (1919 - 2014), three times Soviet Women's Chess Champion. The games range in date from 1950 to 1974. . Hard Cover. Good.

Skopje: Sahovski Sojuz na Makedonija i Gradskiot Sahovski Sojuz , 1976. Title in Macedonian and text in Serbo-Croat. Pb, staple-bound, 34pp, b/w photos. VG(-), clean contents, one page is creased. Includes introduction, player bios. and 120 games without notes. Karpov was the winner ahead of Uhlmann and Timman in a field of 16.. Soft Cover.

Tirion-Baarn, 1991. In Dutch. Pb, 168pp, b/w photos. Fair+. There is a heavy scuff on the front cover but the book is otherwise Good with clean contents except for one game which has an inked cross. Includes player bios, round-by-round commentary (by different authors) and analysed games of the 5th Max Euwe Memorial Chess Tournament sponsored by Verenigde Spaarbank (VSB) and held in Amsterdam in 1991. Salov and Short were joint winners, just ahead of Kasparov and Karpov in a field of ten.. Soft Cover.

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2008. Pb, 479pp. VG, clean contents. Third edition of this well-regarded endgame book, winner of the English Chess Federation's Book of the Year award. In an entertaining and often humorous way, it presents over 1,000 endgame positions from actual play, while not forgoing instructional value. "Destined to achieve classic status" (ChessLife) .. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Orebro: Sveriges Schackforbunds Forlag, 1956. In Swedish. Hb, red boards, no dj, 328pp, frontis., b/w photos/illustrations of players. Good+, slight corner wear, very slightly sunned/faded top edge to covers, clean contents. Commentary and 210 annotated games of the 1955 Interzonal Chess tournament in Gothenburg, plus a section on opening theory by O'Kelly de Galway. Bronstein was the winner, ahead of Keres, Panno, Petrosian, Geller, and Szabo.. Hard Cover. Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1986. In Russian . Pb, 192pp, b/w photos. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Biography and 80 annotated games of the Soviet player.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baarn: Moussault, 1974. In Dutch. Pb, 226pp, b/w photos. Good, mark on spine, light cover wear, clean contents. Coverage of the 14th IBM-sponsored chess tournament held in Amsterdam in 1974. Includes commentary, results and 120 games, some annotated, of the Grandmaster tournament, plus games without notes from the Master tournament. Ivkov, Tukmakov and Jansa were joint winners in a field of 16.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Rosendale, 1992. Hb, 192pp, colour illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in Good+ dj. Familiar and unusual vegetables are presented in over 120 recipes, many of them vegetarian. Examples include Stuffed Courgette Flowers, Harira Soup, Beetroot Pasta, Green Papaya Salad, Chicken Korma with Spinach, Cauliflower with Mole Sauce, Mexican Green Rice.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Angus and Robertson, 2004. Hb, 144pp, colour illustrations. Over 180 vegetarian recipes wiith menu planners, organized into age groups, from babies to toddlers upwards. Special sections cover packed lunches, quick recipes and party cooking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Everyman, 2003. Pb, 160pp. VG with clean contents. Repertoire for White based on the Veresov. Includes 80 complete annotated games. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

St Petersburg: Levsha, 2011. In Russian. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, 224pp, b/w photos. Print run of 1000 copies. Signed and dated by Nesis on fep, with inscription in English to previous owner (another chess author). VG, contents clean other than author's inscription. Memoir/autobiography without any games.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Oxford University Press, 1990. Hb, 256pp, b/w photos. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Memoir by the widow of Peter Medawar, the Nobel prize winning scientist, who suffered a massive cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 54 but continued to have an active life for another 18 years.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Self Published/Amazon Pb, 130pp. VG+ clean copy. 60 positions with solutions and simple explanatory text, designed for young children and with no chessboard required.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Moscow: Russian Chess House, 2017. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, 467pp. Good+, bumped top corners but otherwise very good and clean. Translated by Ilan Rubin. Over 90 annotated games of Veselin Topalov, from 1991 to 2016.. Hard Cover. Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1984. In Russian. Pb, 160pp, b/w photos. Good+, light crease along spine, clean contents other than number stamped on inside back cover. Biography and 112 of Ragozin's games, most with in-depth annotations. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lorenz Publications, 1995. Hb, 96 pgs, colour plates. VG in G. dust jacket which has light scuffing along spine and cover edges. Period patterns using traditional techniques and materials favoured during the Victorian era. Cross-stitch, patchwork, beadwork, whitework and quilting, ribbons and tassels, and surface embroidery.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.