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Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condizione: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

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paperback. Condizione: Fine.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. viii+431+[3 ad] pages with diagrams and indices. Royal octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. If you like chess, Heroic Tales: The Best of ChessCafe 1996-2001 will be a treasure trove of delight for years to come. From Bobby Fischer to the financial frolics of the World Chess Federation - and everything in between, Heroic Tales brings together in one volume the best modern writing on the game. Hilarious over-the-board vignettes, top-flight instruction in every phase of the game, informative book reviews, articles on history, politics and great games - you get 54 pieces from the chess world's most important writers and players. The authors are top grandmasters and award-winning journalists: champions like Lev Alburt, Tony Miles, Genna Sosonko and Hans Ree; famous teachers like Bruce Pandolfini and Mark Dvoretsky; popular columnists like Gary Lane and Tim Harding; intrepid investigators of chess curiosities and history like Tim Krabbe and Edward Winter. ChessCafe one of the most popular chess websites in the world, earned the U.S. Chess Federation's highest award for journalism in 2002. More than that, it has won the accolades and devotion of readers around the world. Heroic Tales: The Best of ChessCafe 1996-2001 collects a gourmet buffet from the four-star offerings at ChessCafe. Condition: Light edge wear else near fine.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

No Binding. Condizione: As New. 365 days of significant birthdays, death days, and other dates.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 2nd Edition.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A Zeal to Understand "I do not accept an absolute limit to my knowledge. I have a zeal to understand that refuses to die." -- Emanuel Lasker, 1919 Among great chess masters, Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) stands unique for the depth and broad scope of his intellect. Most of the game's world champions have been single-mindedly chess-obsessed, with few outside interests. Lasker, however, was very much a polymath, making major contributions to mathematics and philosophy, plus writing on many other subjects: science, politics, economics, sociology, board games other than chess, etc. All while retaining his chess crown for nearly 27 years, and ranking among the world's top ten for over four decades. In this book you get a unique look at Lasker himself - both intellectually and emotionally - through a wide-ranging sampling of his works, with an emphasis on chess but also including much on other topics. A partial list: - Lasker's magazine London Chess Fortnightly (1892-93). - The Hastings 1895 tournament book. - Common Sense in Chess (1896). - Lasker's Chess Magazine (1904-1909). - A memorial tribute to Pillsbury, from The Chess Player's Scrapbook (1906). - Full coverage of the 1907 Lasker-Marshall and 1908 Lasker-Tarrasch World Championship matches. - The St. Petersburg 1909 tournament book. - Lasker's and Capablanca's books on their 1921 title match. - The discussion of the theory of Steinitz from Lasker's Manual of Chess. - An examination of Lasker's endgame instruction and studies by GM Karsten Mueller. - Summaries of and extensive excerpts from two of Lasker's philosophical works, Struggle (1907) and Die Philosophie des Unvollendbar (The Philosophy of the Unattainable, 1919), and his forgotten sociological rarity, The Community of the Future (1940). - A discussion of Lasker's mathematical works by Dr. Ingo Althofer of Jena University. - A look at Lasca, a checkers-like game invented by Lasker. You are invited to enter the mind of this wide-ranging, insightful and outspoken intellect. Lasker was not always right, any more than he always won at the chess board, but he was always interesting. About the Editor Taylor Kingston has been a chess enthusiast since his teens. He holds a Class A over-the-board USCF rating, and was a correspondence master in the 1980s, but his greatest love is the game's history. His historical articles have appeared in Chess Life, New In Chess, Inside Chess, Kingpin among others. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good+.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. This is what's new in this edition: More accurate and more extensive annotations, computer-assisted. Every game has beenexamined under Stockfish 14, probably the best analytical engine available forhome computers at this time. For the first edition we had only Fritz 4 and 5,which compare to Stockfish like a Model T Ford to a Ferrari, and many gameswere given no computer examination at all. Thus owners of the first editionwill find most annotations here substantially different (and substantiallybetter). However, many general assessments and heuristic notes proved valid andhave been retained.·       Torre's own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. These come fromseveral sources: the American Chess Bulletin, his book of the 1926Mexican Championship tournament, and his instructional booklet Developmentof Chess Ability.·       Several games have been added. Some, frankly, are Torre losses, which we give in theinterest of presenting a more complete, balanced picture of his play. The firstedition, to some extent, looked at Torre through rose-colored glasses; here weaim only for untinted clarity. Also added are the six games between players otherthan Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book (seeChapter VIII).·       There are many more diagrams and photographs than in the first edition. Also morethumbnail bios of Torre's opponents.·       More ancillary material about Torre's life and career: pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts,opinions, bits of trivia etc., drawn from the ACB, the WienerSchachzeitung, the film Torre x Torre, and other sources.·       A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatán magazine Anahuac, inChapter III.·       Chapter IV, excerpts from the book 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by hisfriend Germán de la Cruz.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Pb, 588pp. VG+ clean copy. Includes a biographical profile, interviews and 128 annotated games of the Mexican chessplayer Carlos Torre, whose career was cut short in the 1920s due to mental illness. This expanded 2nd edition has been thoroughly revised by Taylor Kingston with additional material including games, and new extended game annotations.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New. In.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The USSR is famous as the first totalitarian state to promote chess. Less well known is that Nazi Germany was the second. The Third Reich gave chess a tremendous financial and propaganda boost in hopes of making Germany a dominant chess power. Yet this aspect of the Nazi era has received scant attention in later German literature, and even less in English. This book fills that gap. Using a multitude of German sources, the author has crafted a narrative showing how the Nazis completely remade German chess into a monolithic structure to showcase the supposed cultural and intellectual superiority of the "master race." Many games by German masters are presented--Bogoljubow, Richter, Samisch, Rellstab, Kieninger, Junge, and more--and by others who came under Nazi rule: Alekhine, Keres, Eliskases, et al. Important political figures are featured: Otto Zander, Erhardt Post, Hans Schemm, Josef Goebbels, and especially Hans Frank. Politics affecting chess are detailed, both external (e.g., the annexations of Austria and Czechoslovakia) and internal (rivalry between the Grossdeutscher Schachbund and Kraft durch Freude), as of course are the effects of the war and persecution of Jews.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is what's new in this edition: More accurate and more extensive annotations, computer-assisted. Every game has been examined under Stockfish 14, probably the best analytical engine available for home computers at this time. For the first edition we had only Fritz 4 and 5, which compare to Stockfish like a Model T Ford to a Ferrari, and many games were given no computer examination at all. Thus owners of the first edition will find most annotations here substantially different (and substantially better). However, many general assessments and heuristic notes proved valid and have been retained. Torre's own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. These come from several sources: the American Chess Bulletin, his book of the 1926 Mexican Championship tournament, and his instructional booklet Development of Chess Ability. Several games have been added. Some, frankly, are Torre losses, which we give in the interest of presenting a more complete, balanced picture of his play. The first edition, to some extent, looked at Torre through rose-colored glasses; here we aim only for untinted clarity. Also added are the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book (see Chapter VIII). There are many more diagrams and photographs than in the first edition. Also more thumbnail bios of Torre's opponents. More ancillary material about Torre's life and career: pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts, opinions, bits of trivia etc., drawn from the ACB, the Wiener Schachzeitung, the film Torre x Torre, and other sources. A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatn magazine Anahuac, in Chapter III. Chapter IV, excerpts from the book 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by his friend Germn de la Cruz. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 400 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 272 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 2nd revised edition. 588 pages. 9.25x6.75x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Chess in the Third Reich: How the Game Was Played, Glorified, and Abused in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The USSR is famous as the first totalitarian state to promote chess. Less well known is that Nazi Germany was the second. The Third Reich gave chess a tremendous financial and propaganda boost in hopes of making Germany a dominant chess power. Yet this aspect of the Nazi era has received scant attention in later German literature, and even less in English. This book fills that gap. Using a multitude of German sources, the author has crafted a narrative showing how the Nazis completely remade German chess into a monolithic structure to showcase the supposed cultural and intellectual superiority of the "master race." Many games by German masters are presented--Bogoljubow, Richter, Samisch, Rellstab, Kieninger, Junge, and more--and by others who came under Nazi rule: Alekhine, Keres, Eliskases, et al. Important political figures are featured: Otto Zander, Erhardt Post, Hans Schemm, Josef Goebbels, and especially Hans Frank. Politics affecting chess are detailed, both external (e.g., the annexations of Austria and Czechoslovakia) and internal (rivalry between the Grossdeutscher Schachbund and Kraft durch Freude), as of course are the effects of the war and persecution of Jews. Using a multitude of German sources, Taylor Kingston has crafted a narrative showing how the Nazis completely remade German chess into a monolithic structure to showcase the supposed cultural and intellectual superiority of the Master Race. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.