Search Results: 1000 best short games of chess by chernev irving 1900 1981

xii+563 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Eight printing. Here, each introduced with a brief, pungent or witty commentary, are 1000 of the sweetest sugar-coated pills in all chess literature. For the chess scholar, there is the delight of savoring the finest short games from the vast storehouse of chess history. The surprise and satisfaction of discovering that even the greatest masters have suffered the ignominy of a quick knockout: Morphy mated in 12 moves, Capablanca in 13 and the great Emanuel Lasker in 14. Condition: Corners gently bumped, light edge wear, some marginalia to the pack end paper else very good.

New York : Simon and Schuster, Fireside, 1955, 1955. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. [1st editoin], 10th printing ; 563 pages illustrations 22 cm ; LCCN: 55-5949 ; LC: GV1452; Dewey: 794.1 ; ISBN: 0671538012 ((pbk.)); 9780671538019 ((pbk.)) LCCN: 55-5949 ; OCLC: 55893364 ; pictorial black, lavender, gold stiff paper wrappers ; cover illustration by Seltzer ; "Chess brevities have always excercised a strange fascination for lovers of the royal game. Here, each introduced with a brief, pungent or witty commentary, are 1000 of the sweetest suger-coated pills in all chess literature. For the chess scholar, there is the delight of savoring the finest short games from the vast storehouse of chess history. For most of us, there is the surprise and satisfaction of discovering that even the greatest masters have suffered the ignominy of a quick knockout: Morphy mated in 12 moves, Capablanca in 13, and the great Emanuel Lasker in 14!. Irving Chernev has replayed nearly every game of chess on record. He… Read More