Chess - Tournaments from Glynn's Books

Seattle: I.C.E., 1991. Pb, vii + 121pp, b/w photos. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Games from the tournament held from 1981-83 to celebrate the 60th (Diamond) anniversary of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association. Includes 105 games, many annotated by the players. The winner was Erik Bang from Denmark, ahead of Canadians Jonathan Berry and Bob Kiviaho.. Soft Cover.

Helsinki: Sveriges Schackforbund, 1951. In Swedish. Hb, patterned boards, no dj, 149pp, frontis. and b/w photos. Good, marks along spine, slight corner edgewear, clean contents. Coverage of the Botvinnik vs Bronstein 1951 World Chess Championship with the 24 games, annotated, as well as some earlier games by both players.. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. Pb, 200pp, b/w photos. Signature of William Hartston on title page. Good, creased spine, light cover wear, tanning to page edges, clean contents other than author's signature. Includes history of the world chess championship and profiles of earlier champions (50+ pgs), extensive background to the Short v Kasparov match and split with FIDE, annotated… Read more about this item

Olomouc: Moravian Chess Hb, red cloth covers, no dj (as pub.), lvi + 371pp. VG, clean contents. Facsimile reprint of the 1883 edition. 296 games in total. Of these 242 are from the main tournament, with notes by Zukertort, Steinitz, Bird and Mason as well as the author. The winner was Zukertort, ahead of Steinitz and Blackburne. The remaining… Read more about this item

Prague: Prace, 1951. In Czech. Hb, pale blue boards, no dj, 304pp, b/w photos. Good, chipped corners, sunned cover edges, prize-winner's inscription on inside front cover (dated 1955). Coverage of the 1949 Richard Reti Memorial chess tournament held in Trencianske Teplice. Includes 190 games with annotations; the prize-winning studies from the endgame studies tourney; a profile on Reti with a… Read more about this item

London: Unwin, 1985. Pb, xvii + 301pp. Good(-), cover crease, pages tanned but clean. All the 48 games annotated in detail plus eye-witness commentary. Also includes FIDE documents.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Havana: INDER, 1967. In Spanish. Pb, punch-holed pages in card binder, un-numbered pages, b/w photos. Fair+, covers scuffed and creased, tear on back cover which is darkened at edges, rusty clasps, clean contents. Bulletins 1-19 containing 190 games without notes, plus round-by-round results, player bios/photos, results tables of earlier Capablanca Memorial tournaments, and openings index. Larsen was the winner ahead… Read more about this item

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2022. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, 223pp, b/w photos. VG, clean contents. A " tell-all" account by the then President of the Icelandic Chess Federation who helped organize the bid for the match. Contents: Prologue; the origins of chess; World chess champions from unofficial to official; Prelude to the match of 1972; The match of all… Read more about this item

Havana: INDER, 1968. In Spanish. Pb, punch-holed pages in card binder, un-numbered pages, b/w photos. Good(-), covers scuffed with small tears and darkened back cover, contents clean. Bulletins 1-15 containing 105 games without notes, round-by-round results, player photos, results tables from previous Capablanca Memorial tournaments. Kholmov was the winner ahead of Suetin and Stein in a field of 15.. Soft… Read more about this item

Nottingham: The Chess Player, 1999. Pb booklet, staple-bound, plastic jacket, 47pp. VG, clean contents. Includes 77 games, most with notes. Anderssen was the winner ahead of Steinitz, Blackburne and Neumann in a field of 10.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Isaac Pitman, 1947. Hb, viii + 119pp, b/w photos including frontispiece. Good in a Good(-) dj which has a small tear and edgewear top of spine. Contents clean, slight tanning to page edges. Account of the radio chess match between Great Britain and Soviet Russia held in June, 1946, with two rounds and twelve boards. In addition to the… Read more about this item

Warsaw: Spoldzielnia Wydawnicza " Sport i Turystyka", 1953. In Polish. Pb, 239pp, b/w photos. Author's signature, dated 1958, on title page. Good(-), heavily sunned spine with faded lettering, pages tanned, stamp on back endpaper. Round-by-round commentary and 120 annotated games of the David Przepiorka Memorial International Chess Tournament held in Sopot in 1951. Gereben was the winner ahead of Troianescu,… Read more about this item

Orebro: Sveriges Schackforbunds Forlag, 1953. In Swedish. Hb, green boards, no dj, 343pp, frontis. and b/w photos. Good, edgewear to corners, slightly skewed spine, clean contents. Coverage of the 1952 Interzonal chess tournament held in Stockholm with background, 210 annotated games and an openings survey. Kotov was the winner, ahead of Petrosian, Taimanov, Geller, Averbakh, Stahlberg, Szabo and Gligoric in… Read more about this item

Reykjavik: The Chess Club of Reykjavik, 1968. Large-format Pb, staple-bound, 32pp, b/w photos. Good, light cover wear/creases, pencilled crosses throughout. Coverage of the 1968 international chess tournament held in Reykjavik in memory of Professor Daniel Willard Fiske (1831-1904), an American scholar and chess enthusiast who was " a genuine friend to Iceland". Includes an account of the tournament, a profile… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1984. Pb, 144pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Background and annotated games to the 1984 match held in London and won by the USSR team (with Karpov and Kasparov on Boards 1 and 2) , 21-19. The ROW team included Andersson, Korchnoi, Miles and Seirawan.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sarajevo: Zavod Za Izdavanje Udzbenika, 1971. Pb with dj flaps, 156pp, b/w photos. Inscription to chessplayer/author William Hartston, signed and dated by Bjelica who also provided his own version of Bobby Fischer's signature. Good(-), scuffs and edgewear to spine and covers, sunned spine and back cover edge. Contents clean other than author's inscription. Includes games, some annotated, from two… Read more about this item

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2009. Pb, 287pp. Good(-), corners creased and with mild edgewear, contents clean. Includes a total of 69 games across the three matches, with most annotations by Botvinnik plus some by Smyslov and other GMs. Edited by Botvinnik's nephew, Igor, the book also contains excerpts from Botvinnik's secret notebooks which discuss his opening preparation.. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

Havana: INDER, 1963. In Spanish. Pb, punch-holed pages in card binder, [193pp], b/w photos. Good, light wear to covers, corner creases, contents clean. Bulletins 1-21 containing a total of 231 games without notes and round-by-round results. The final results table appears to be written in ink. Smyslov was the winner ahead of Ivkov, Geller and Fischer in a field… Read more about this item

London: BCM, 1952. Pb, xiv + 84pp. Good. Covers have darkened edges, a couple of marks and corner crease; contents clean. Includes 153 games, some with notes; an introductory account of the tournament with round-by-round tables; a brief biography of Maroczy; openings survey. Keres was the winner, ahead of Geller, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Stahlberg in a field of 18. Algebraic..… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1978. Pb, 128pp. Fair+, scuffed spine, foxing along edge of page block, contents clean. Account of the 1977 Candidates' Final in Belgrade which was marred by Spassky's controversial antics, detailed here by Keene who was Korchnoi's second. Includes all the games with annotations, plus players' biographies, games from previous encounters and all the behind… Read more about this item