Yakov borisovich estrin (4 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 91 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publishers pictorial wrappers. Translated by Jim Marfia. First edition. In this work Yakov Estrin presents a convincing case for players to adopt gambit play. Only by playing gambits will the chessplayer begin to understand that getting active positions with the possibility of landing combinative shots, will compensate him for the material sacrifices. Estrin presents concepts and line of ppay8 in every major opening as well as examples from his own games. Condition: Near fine.…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 75 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (6 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. In Bulgarian. First edition. Yakov Borisovich Estrin was a Russian chess player, chess theoretician, writer, and World Correspondence Chess Champion who held the chess titles of International Master and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Estrin wrote several chess books and was an authority on the Two Knights Defense. His game with Hans Berliner in which Berliner played the Two Knights Defense and defeated Estrin is one of the most famous and important games in correspondence chess. During the Soviet Era, Estrin was one of the very few chess Authors/editors that were able to publish books in the West through direct contact with the Western Publishers. Condition: Light edge wear, spine gently rubbed else very good.…

Paperback. Condizione: VG. First ed. Russian language edition of the classic "Two Knights Defense" 143 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 271 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Signed by Mikhail Botvinnik and Jakow Estrin. First edition. a dedication by an unknown scribe and the handwritten signatures of the former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik and the former correspondence chess world champion Jakow Estrin on the title. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. On the basis of his strong results during and just after World War II, Botvinnik was one of five players to contest the 1948 World Chess Championship, which was held at The Hague and Moscow. He won the 1948 tournament convincingly with a score of 14/20, three points clear becoming the sixth World Champion. Yakov Borisovich Estrin was a Russian chess player, chess theoretician, writer, and World Correspondence Chess Champion who held the chess titles of International Master and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Condition: Signed on the title page. Pages toned. Wrappers with edge wear and bumped corners with defects on the spine else good to very good. Signed by Author(s).…