Chess Gems: Some of the Finest Examples of Chess Strategy, by Ancient and Modern Masters (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Augustus Miles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0266879233 ISBN 13: 9780266879237

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Chess Gems: Some of the Finest Examples of Chess Strategy, by Ancient and Modern Masters

Eighteen years have elapsed since I made an attempt to coi and arrange some of the finest Chess Problems extant. During t' time so many beautiful compositions have emanated from authors all countries, which are scattered among various newspapers and seri: that it appears to me very desirable to collect and arrange the choi< of these, and, at the same time, to make a better and larger select: from the works of our two great English Masters, Bone and Bolt the decease of both of whom we have now to lament.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0266879233
• ISBN 13: 9780266879237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 452