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Benjamin Franklin and Chess in Early America: A Review of the Literature by Hagedorn, Ralph Karl - 1958

by Hagedorn, Ralph Karl

Benjamin Franklin and Chess in Early America: A Review of the Literature by Hagedorn, Ralph Karl - 1958

Benjamin Franklin and Chess in Early America: A Review of the Literature

by Hagedorn, Ralph Karl

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Contains the text of Franklin's The morals of Chess; a commentary on this essay with historical notes; Franklin's other writings on chess, the result of research by the author amon his various works; Chess in America to 1859: a bibliography, a revised edition of Fiske's American Chess Bibliography, retaining Fiske's entries but including twice the number of items that Fiske had discovered in 1859; a list of the various printings of The morals'; a further account of the automation chess player, previously mentioned in the historical account; a number of illustrations, including a portrait of Franklin, and a picture of the automation. The bibliography gives full details of each title and locations of copies in selected U S libraries.

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  • Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Place of Publication Philadelphia
  • Date Published 1958
  • Keywords Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
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Fritz Carl Anton Englund (1871-1933,) entered the Stockholm chess circles as a young man, and soon became a friend of Ludvig Collijn, and publisher of Collijn's books. Englund was also a noted problemist, and an editor of Tidskrift för Schack and its problem column.
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American Chess Bulletin Volume 6
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American Chess Bulletin Volume 6

by Hermann Helms (1870-1963) editor

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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ f�r das gesamte Schachleben
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The Chess Player's Chronicle Volume X (10)
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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
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Fritz Carl Anton Englund (1871-1933,) entered the Stockholm chess circles as a young man, and soon became a friend of Ludvig Collijn, and publisher of Collijn's books. Englund was also a noted problemist, and an editor of Tidskrift för Schack and its problem column.
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American Chess Bulletin Volume 6
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ f�r das gesamte Schachleben
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Tidskrift för Schack, Volume 19
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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
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Oswald Jacoby on Poker

by Jacoby, Oswald [Foreword By Grantland Rice, Introduction By William E McKenney]

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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. First Edition [stated] . Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Xi, 155 Pp. Grey Blue Cloth Printed In Red, Top Edge With Publisher's Red Stain. Near Fine Book, Unmarked, Unworn, No Fading Or Staining. Dj Complete,Price $1.00, Very Clean And With Light Wear Mostly To Corners With Minor Losses, 1" Tear To Bottom Edge Of Front And Rear Panels, Red Color In Bottom 1" Of Spine Is Faded To Light Yellow, 1/8" To 1/4" Chipping At Top Of Spine With Loss Of Very Top Of A Few Letters In Author's First Name, 1/8" Chipping Along Bottom Of Spine, 1/8" Or Less Chipping At Tips.
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Wereldschaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1950
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Wereldschaaktoernooi Amsterdam 1950

by Euwe, Machgielis (1901-1981) and Lodewijk Prins

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279 pages with diagrams, photograph and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 3/4") Bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine with origibnal wrappers bound-in. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5791) First edition.
In the winter of 1950 Lodewijk Prins, backed by a committee presided over by Hendrik Jan Van Steenis, organized an international chess tournament that was held at the stock exchange in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Invitations went out to all the strongest chess masters of the day, whether they reside in Europe, the Soviet Union, or the Americas.
The Soviet Chess Federation declined the invitations sent to their masters (they would refrain from entering international competitions until late 1952), as did Lazslo Szabo. Nevertheless, the eventual line-up was still one of the finest selections to be found of the best, active Western chess masters of the day. The field was notable also for the healthy mix of both early century chess mastery and post-war talent emerging for the next… Read More
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Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier zu Mährisch-Ostrau vom 1. bis 18. Juli 1923
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102+[1] pages with table and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in stiff boards with black lettering to cover. Forward by Herausgeber. (Bibliotheek Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5358) First edition.In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to be held in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (Mährisch is German for Moravian, Ostrau is Ostrava). In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were billeted at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1-18 in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. The event culminated in another victory for Lasker, who finished undefeated in his first tournament since 1918, a full point ahead of second place Réti.Condition:Some soiling with a stain at the head hinge, corners bumped spine ends rubbed, some pencil notations through out, previous owner's name on front end paper, pages age darkened else a good to very good copy.
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chess world Volume 6
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chess world Volume 6

by Cecil John Seddon Purdy (1906-1979) [editor]

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288 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, pictures and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in blue and white pictorial wrappers. Volume 6, 12 issues. (Betts: 7-106) First edition.Published from 1946-1967), published monthly from 1946-1965, varies after 1965. Incorporating Check and The Australian Chess Review. Volume 1 was first published in February and is a combined issue of numbers 1 and 2. The Nov/Dec 1967 number was not published. Editor was Cecil John Seldon Purdy. (Betts 7-106, Van Manen 355)Condition:Edge wear. A very good set.
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Internationale Schachmeisterturnier zu Ķemeri in Lettland 1937
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Internationale Schachmeisterturnier zu Ķemeri in Lettland 1937

by Bētiņš, Kārlis Karlovich (1867-1943), Vladimir Petrov and A Kalniņš

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279+[iii] pages with photographs, diagrams and table. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in brown cloth. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5555) First edition.Kemeri 1937 was a chess tournament held in the resort town Ķemeri, Latvia, at the Gulf of Riga from 16 June to 8 July 1937. There were three co-winners: Samuel Reshevsky, Salo Flohr and Vladimir Petrovs. Petrovs was one of the world's leading chess players in the late 1930s (e.g., the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939), but due to the political tragedies that befell the Baltic states in World War II, he became a victim of the Soviet oppression and perished in Kotlas (Russia) gulag in 1943. Alekhine and Keres tied for 4th through 5th. Endre Steiner from Hungary captured sole 6th with six points, followed by Saviely Tartakower Ruben Fine for 7th and 8th respectively.Condition:Rebound in brown cloth which has some wear to the edges and points else a very good copy.
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Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948
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Wereldkampioenschap Schaken 1948

by Euwe, Machgielis (Max) [1901-1981]

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252 pages with diagrams and tables. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") issued in beige cloth with brown lettering to spine and front cover. Forewords by J J Gielen and W A J Visser. A History of the tournament by Dr J Hannak. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5732). First edition.The 1948 World Chess Championship was a tournament played to determine a new World Chess Champion following the death of the previous champion Alexander Alekhine in 1946. The tournament marked the passing of control of the championship title to FIDE, the International Chess Federation. Mikhail Botvinnik won the five-player championship tournament, beginning the era of Soviet domination of international chess that would last over twenty years without interruption. Before the tournament, Botvinnik was considered the favorite because of his victory at Groningen 1946 and his pre-war results. Keres and Reshevsky were veterans of international competition. Although Euwe was the former world champion, he had played poorly since… Read More
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Solaces Bibliograficos
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Solaces Bibliograficos

by Vindel, Francisco (1865-1921)

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xi+193 pages with illustrations and reproductions. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") issued in wrappers. Prolog by Miguel Herrero. (Not in Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana) (Kruijswijk, Bibliotheca van der Linde - Niemeijeriana aucta, 1222). Limited to 1400 copies. First edition.Although this is a bibliography of Spanish books in chess and checkers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, it also covers other bibliographic works such as the early works of in the Sixteenth Century published in Spanish which were translated for Italian. There are other bibliographic works as well. The work has the title pages of chess works in reproduction.Condition:Some light edge wear, spine heal chipped, some pages unread else a very good to fine copy.
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 34
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 34

by Kurt Richter (1900-1969) editor

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192 pages with diagrams, illustrations and tables. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in stiff boards. Volume 34. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6066) First edition.Deutsche Schachblätter was a German chess publication, published monthly from 1909 to 1943, with a wartime interruption. It was an organ of the German Chess Federation or of the Greater German Chess Federation. After the war, the magazine was published from 1948 to 1952 in Leipzig . A magazine of that name existed in the Federal Republic from 1962 to 1987.Condition:Occasional notations, some age toning, rebound else a very good copy.
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Chess Volume 16
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Chess Volume 16

by Baruch Harold "B H" Wood (1909-1989) editor

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288 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates, lacks index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in half green cloth with green marbled boards. Twelve issues. Volume 16 numbers 181-192. (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.
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Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octobre 1939
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Torneo Internacional del Circulo de Ajedrez Octobre 1939

by Moshe Czerniak (1910 1984)

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87 pages with illustration, tables and diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5601). First edition.The Torneo Internacional Circulo de Ajedrez was held in Buenos Aires, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad, which was held from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19th of October 1939 at the Circulo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolome Mitre 670, with rounds starting at 8:30 in the evening. All participants, except Paul Keres, had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II. Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres tied for first with 8 1/2; Gideon Stahlberg and Moshe Czerniak tied for second through fourth with scores of 7 each. Fifth through six was a tie by Paulino Frydman and Carlos Guimard. Robert Grau held seventh place by himself. The other participants were Markas Luckis, Jose Gerschman, Franscio… Read More
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