Search Results: Chess - Games from Glynn's Books

G.Bell, 1963. Hb, burgundy boards, no dj, xvi + 174pp. Good, slightly sunned spine, retail stamp on inside front cover. 100 annotated games of 25 moves or less, taken from Soviet play from the mid 1950s to early 1960s. Arranged thematically ("King's side attack", "Queen sacrifices", "Sicilicide" etc.). Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

G.Bell, 1963. Hb, xvi + 174pp. Good+ with clean contents in Good price-clipped dj (traditional Bell with Knight) which has a small tear and slightly sunned spine. Ex-libris sticker of previous owner on fep. 100 annotated games of 25 moves or less, taken from Soviet play from the mid 1950s to early 1960s. Arranged thematically ("King's side attack", "Queen sacrifices", "Sicilicide" etc.). Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: Dover, 1992. Pb, 256pp. Good, light wear to spine/covers, clean contents. Translated from the Spanish and edited by Edward Winter. Divided into Open, Semi-open and Closed Games, this collection includes some of Alekhine's own games as well as those of other players such as Reshevsky, Keres, Kashdan and Pomar amongst others. Algebraic.. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, no dj, 256pp, portrait frontis. Good, sunned spine/cover edges, contents clean, slight tanning/yellowing to page edges. Translated and edited by Edward Winter. Divided into Open, Semi-open and Closed Games, this collection of games annotated by Alekhine between 1939-1945 include some of his own games as well as those of other players such as Keres, Reshevsky, Kashdan and Pomar. Algebraic.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Routledge, 1942. Hb, green cloth covers, no dj, xv + 287pp. Good, sunned spine, clean contents. Selection of miniature games, mostly from the 19th and early 20th century, organized by opening, and illustrating chess strategems/combinations. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1981. Pb, viii +133pp. Fair. Light wear and clean contents but pages heavily tanned. 200 chess miniatures (i.e. under 25 moves), selected from 1970-1980, by players such as Spassky, Tal, Korchnoi, Larsen, Timman , with careful positioning of the diagrams to allow readers the opportunity to test their own tactical ability. Approx. one third use the Sicilian Defence.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1988. In Russian. Hb, blue boards, no dj, 432pp. Good, page tanning, clean contents. 300 of Tarrasch's games with annotations, spanning 1862-1898, plus autobiographical sections.. Hard Cover. Good.

Minsk: Polimya, 1987. In Russian. Hb, laminated pictorial covers, 270pp. Good, pages tanned, contents clean. 444 annotated miniature chess games by various players, organized by opening.. Hard Cover. Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1972. In Russian. Hb, 224pp, portrait frontis. Good in a Good dj which has light edgewear and a number written on the inner flap. Price stamped on back endpaper, contents otherwise clean. 50 of Larsen's games annotated by him in depth and tracing his development as a player.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1986. In Russian. Pb, 160pp. Good, light wear, price stamped on back cover, contents clean. 50 annotated short chess games by champions from Steinitz to Karpov, with the latter being allocated 17 games plus extras.. Soft Cover. Good.

Moon Township, Pennsylvania: Chess Enterprises, 1998. Pb, 102pp. VG+ clean copy. Compilation of 500 short games (25 moves or less) featuring the English Opening, with players ranging from grandmasters to "woodpushers".. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Jefferson: McFarland, 1989. Hb, green library binding, no dj (as issued), xiv + 314pp, portrait frontispiece. Good+, very slightly warped boards, clean contents. Translated from the Spanish and edited by Frank Mur with some additional games and revisions supplied by the author for this English edition. Covers the last phase of Alekhine's life, from late 1943 to his death in 1946 and includes biographical notes of this rather sad period for the chess champion, 45 match and tournament games played in Spain and Portugal, plus 100 exhibition games, various interesting appendices and career summary.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2015. Pb, 85pp, b/w photos. VG, clean contents. Ten annotated games and brief observations about ten players who Giri considered future contenders ( he modestly left himself off the list), including Wei, Yu, So and Vachier-Lagrave.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1987. In Russian.. Pb, 160pp, b/w photos. Good+ with clean contents, slight wear, price stamped on inside back cover. Brief biography and 90 of the Latvian GM's games, of which 51 have Gipslis' in-depth annotations. . Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka, 1989. In Polish. Pb, 204pp. Good with light cover wear, sunned spine, clean contents. Includes biography, 73 annotated games, Rubinstein's contributions to chess theory, and a section on endgames.. Soft Cover. Good.

Moscow: Self-published in Cooperation with Fizkultura I Sport, 1992. In English and German. Pb, 223pp, portrait frontis. Good with light wear to spine/covers, contents clean. 734 of Rubinstein's games, of which around 100 have brief Informant-style notes by various grandmasters. Also includes introductory articles by Gelfand and Razuvaev.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport, 1980. In Russian. Hb, 224pp, portrait frontis. Good with clean contents in a Fair+ dj which has a couple of tears and edgewear. Endpapers slightly browned, contents clean. Biography and over 100 of Rubinstein's games, most with in-depth annotations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: G. Bell, 1970. Hb, 117pp. Good with clean contents in a Good (red) dj which has chips top of spine. Final volume in the trilogy on the games of Alexander Alekhine. 42 games, extensively annotated, against players such as Flohr, Bogoljubow, Keres and Schmidt. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moscow: Academia, 1992. In Russian. Hb, black boards, no dj, 312pp, b/w photos. Good+, slight yellowing to pages, contents clean. Includes biography, annotated games, background on tournaments and opponents, results, extensive bibliography.. Hard Cover.

London: Everyman/Gloucester, 2016. Pb, 298pp. Signed by author (using first name rather than full name), with brief inscription to previous owner. Good+, a couple of small marks along edge of page block but otherwise very good. 35 of Alekhine's games, annotated, with numerous Q&A, plus a final chapter of puzzles.. Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good.