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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

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

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

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

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

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

Autograph sheet (8" x 6 1/2") signed on front by Alexander Alekhine, Frank James Marshall, Lajos Steiner and Hermann Steiner, and on the verso by Jacob Bernstein. Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (1892-1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking… Read more about this item

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Condition: Light edge wear else very good.

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

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

38 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. Condition: Light edge wear else very good.

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

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

viii+287 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine in original jacket. An annotated treasury of the greatest games ever played... Now you can savor the strategy, psychology and sheer brilliance behind a host of landmark struggles.... [Dr. Fine] has leavened his tale of master strokes and miscues with… Read more about this item