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American Chess Bulletin 1934 New York, 1934 Very good to fine 1st Hardbound Tall 8vo 172p Volume 31. Bound in Blue cloth with black stamping. Some age darkening to some edges.. Hardcover.
Breve tratado do Jogo do Whist, que contem as leis do jogo, e algumas regras, pelas quaes se póde conseguir o jogá-lo bem. Addicionado com duas computações: huma sobre as apostas em qualquer ponto do jogo; e outra para dar a conhecer ao parceiro huma, e mais certas cartas. Traduzido da lingua ingleza na portugueza (by Luiz de Vasconcellos Botelho). Segunda Edição by [HOYLE, Edmond] - 1818
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Breve tratado do Jogo do Whist, que contem as leis do jogo, e algumas regras, pelas quaes se póde conseguir o jogá-lo bem. Addicionado com duas computações: huma sobre as apostas em qualquer ponto do jogo; e outra para dar a conhecer ao parceiro huma, e mais certas cartas. Traduzido da lingua ingleza na portugueza (by Luiz de Vasconcellos Botelho). Segunda Edição
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Lisbon: Na Typografia Rollandiana, 1818. Boards.. Unopened copy. Title p. dust-stained.. Though apparently a barrister by profession, Edmond Hoyle (1671/2-1769) gave lessons on playing whist, and his manuscript handbook on the subject developed into this famous and popular work. He was the first to write scientifically about the game, his Short Treatise on the Game of Whist first appearing in 1742. Innocêncio V, 334 cites 1768 edition only. Gonçalves Rodrigues, A tradução em Portugal, 3484.[removed][removed][removed][removed]
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American Chess Bulletin
by Hermann Helms (1870-1963)
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ADVENTURES IN COMPOSITION THE ART OF THE TWO- MOVE CHESS PROBLEM
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Stamford: Printed at the Overbrook Press, 1944.. Small quarto. Quarter gilt cloth and boards, gilt label. Illustrations. Near fine. First edition. Edited by Alain White. From a total edition of four hundred copies printed in Centaur and Lutetia types, with handset chess diagrams, this is one of two hundred and fifty copies printed on laid paper. CAHOON, p.42.
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Wiener Schach-Zeitung. Organ fur das gesamte Schachleben
by Albert Becker (1896-1984) [editor]
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384 pages with diagrams, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 3/4") issued in wrappers. Volume XXIX (29). (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5957) First edition.The Wiener Schachzeitung, an Austrian chess magazine, published in German which was one of the great magazines of chess ran from 1898 through 1916 and then from 1923 through 1938. Originally founded in 1855 by Ernst Falkbeer, but was only published for nine months. In 1887 it enjoyed a rebirth, but even this publication lasted only nine months. In 1898 Hugo Fahndrich, Alexander Halprin and Georg Marco re-established the name again. As time went on Georg Marco became the sole editor and even the publisher. Marco edited the magazine until 1914 and during that period it became the best chess magazine in the world (Golombek:342). When it was renamed in 1923 it was called the Neu Wiener Schach-Zeitung and was edited by I R Wahle and A Lewitt; however, within a year it had recaptured its old title and in 1926 another great editor, Albert…
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Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond, Volume 41
by Euwe, Machglielis (Max) (1901-1981) [editor]
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xi+344 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables, photographs and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in three quarter leather with stiff boards and label to spine. Volume 41. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6203). 1st 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, corners gently bumped and rubbed, previous owner's stamp to title and front end paper, label chipped else about very good.
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The California Chess Reporter Volume 1
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224 pages with diagrams, photographs and tables. Octavo (8 1/2" x 7") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Volume 1. (Betts: 7-122). First edition.The California Chess Reporter ran for 25 year from 1951 to 1976. It was published six times a year. The first issue of the California Chess Reporter, that promised continuous coverage of the entire state, appeared on June 1951 and was published in ten issues that year. Editor Dr. H. J. Ralston's first editorial explained it best, "The unhappy demise of the Chess Digest early this year left the chess players of California without any organ for the systematic publication of chess news. It has been the fate of chess publications in the past to quietly expire unless they enjoyed the support of some solid organization of chess players. The present issue of the Reporter is made possible by the generous financial support of the San Francisco Bay Area Chess League, which voted funds for the publication at the meeting of May 6, 1951.Condition:Some light edge…
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American Chess Bulletin Volume 35
by Hermann Helms (1870-1963) editor
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140 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations and pictures of this era. Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") Separate issues bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Volume 35. (Betts: 7-50) First edition.Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933. Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963. Condition: Stained, small worm hold through pages else about very good.
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American Chess Bulletin Volume 32
by Hermann Helms (1870-1963) editor
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180 pages with diagrams, tables illustrations and pictures of this era. Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") Separate issues bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Volume 32. (Betts: 7-50) First edition. Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933. Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963. Condition: A very good copy.
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American Chess Bulletin Volume 29
by Hermann Helms (1870-1963) editor
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200 pages with diagrams, tables illustrations and pictures of this era. Octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") Separate issues bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine and cover. Volume 29. (Betts: 7-50) First edition. Published monthly (November-April); bi-monthly (May-October). Official publications of the United States Chess Federation. Absorbed the North American Chess Reporter after 1933. Volume 1, 1904, thru volume 60, 1963 issued. No more published after February 1963. Condition:Some light damp stains at head edge. Else a very good copy.
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Chess the Hard Way!
by Yanofsky, Abraham Yanofsky (1925-2000)
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x+149 pages with tables, indexes and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and black chess vignette to front cover. Introduction by Max Euwe (Betts: 29-153). First edition.An account of his chess career accompanied by fifty three complete games and nineteen game positions with full annotation. Includes indexes of openings and opponents.D A Yanofsky was born to a Jewish family in Brody, Poland (now western Ukraine), and moved to Canada when he was eight months old, settling with his family in Winnipeg. He learned to play chess at the age of eight. Yanofsky won his first Manitoba provincial championship at age 12 in 1937, also making his debut in the Closed Canadian Chess Championship that same year in Toronto. In 1939, just 14 years old, he played for Canada at the Buenos Aires Olympiad. Yanofsky was the sensation of the tournament, making the highest score on second board. He won his first Canadian Chess Championship in 1941 at age 16, at home in…
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Lloréns, Rafael (1909-1989)
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223 pages with diagrams, tables, photographs and index. Quarto (9 1/2" x 7") rebound with original front wrapper laid on. Prolog by Rey Ardid. Errata tipped in. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5672) First edition.The Barcelona Chess Club sponsored the tournament with 14 contestants. Najdorf was the clear winner with 11 1/2 loosing no games. Yanofsky captured second with 9 1/2 points. C E Guimard and A Medina tied for third through fourth with 9 points each. M Albareda was alone in fifth with 8 1/2. Sixth through eight were R Llorens, A O'Kelly and F J Perez each with 6 1/2.Condition:Rebound with original wrapper laid on front cover. Corners bumped, some internal soiling else a very good copy.
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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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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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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…
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Der 21. Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes (E.V.) in Hamburg 1921
by Juluis Dimer (1871-1945)
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230 pages with diagrams; tables and advertisement laid in. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5340) First edition.The 21st DSB–Congress was held in Hamburg. Ehrhardt Post captured first place with 8 1/2 ahead of eleven other contestants. Friedrich Samisch was second with 7 1/2 points. Third was Willi Schalage with 7; Walter John was next with 6 1/2. Carl Carls, Paul Kruger and Georg Shories tied fifth though seventh with scores of six. There were several Hauptturnier played as well as the master tournament.Condition:Spine sunned, re-cased with original paper boards and spine laid on, pages age darkened, points bumped,about very good copy issued without jacket.
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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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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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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…
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Internationales Schachmeister-Turnier zu Mährisch-Ostrau vom 1. bis 18. Juli 1923
by Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932)
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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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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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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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