Federation Internationale Echecs (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. A tight and clean copy with no inscriptions. 135pp. (11x18cm). Please contact us for any more information.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Second Revised Edition. Glazed pictorial boards. Small yellow circular sticker to spine. Price sticker to back cover. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Page edges a bit browned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. x+627 pages with diagrams, charts, tables and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with white lettering to spine and cover. First edition. Introductory text in English, German and Russian. The FIDE Albums are publications of the world chess governing body, FIDE, via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC), containing the best chess problems and studies of a certain period (usually three years in length). Currently, problems submitted for publication in the album are reviewed by a panel of three judges. Each judge may give from 0 to 4 points for a problem; if the judge's combined scores is 8 or greater, the problem is included in the Album. Sometimes the necessary number of points is lowered to 7.5. The titles Grandmaster, International Master and FIDE Master of Chess Composition are awarded on the basis of problems published in FIDE Albums: each problem included in an album is worth 1 point, and each study is worth 1.66 points, these scores divided by the number of composers in the case of joint compositions. For a problemist to be awarded the FIDE Master title, 12 points must be accumulated; for the International Master title 25 points are required; and for the Grandmaster title 70 points are needed (in each case, these points need not be gained in a single album; usually the points are accumulated over a number of albums). Condition: Corners and edges bumped else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xiv+671 pages with diagrams, charts, tables and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with white lettering to spine and cover. From the library o Welsey T Brandhorst. First edition. Introductory text in English, German and Russian. The FIDE Albums are publications of the world chess governing body, FIDE, via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC), containing the best chess problems and studies of a certain period (usually three years in length). Currently, problems submitted for publication in the album are reviewed by a panel of three judges. Each judge may give from 0 to 4 points for a problem; if the judge's combined scores is 8 or greater, the problem is included in the Album. Sometimes the necessary number of points is lowered to 7.5. The titles Grandmaster, International Master and FIDE Master of Chess Composition are awarded on the basis of problems published in FIDE Albums: each problem included in an album is worth 1 point, and each study is worth 1.66 points, these scores divided by the number of composers in the case of joint compositions. For a problemist to be awarded the FIDE Master title, 12 points must be accumulated; for the International Master title 25 points are required; and for the Grandmaster title 70 points are needed (in each case, these points need not be gained in a single album; usually the points are accumulated over a number of albums). Wesley Ted Brandhorst (1933-2019) Ted learned chess in high school. His chess improved in college which led him into chess problem solving and composing. Ted didn't play any chess between 1965 to 1975, but then ventured into correspondence play. After a slow start, steady improvement was encouraging and led Ted to qualify for the U.S. CC championships and often for the Absolutes. Ted played on a number of U.S. teams in international competition against other countries. He achieved an IM norm in 2002. Condition: Corners and edges bumped, Brandhorst's book plate to front end paper else a very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. 12mo., 1931. 31pp. Some foxing throughout, a few small turned corners otherwise good. Original orange card covers. Creases to two corners and upper cover faded. Good. SCARCE. Only 6 copies located in World Cat. Earliest edition of official code of laws of chess. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. One sheet black and white press photo. Oblong small octavo (7 1/4" x 9 1/2") With a photo of the 21 participants in the tournament under the flag of FIDE. Back row Unzicker, Keres, Pachman. Front row Szabo, Panno, Bronxtein, Geller, Spassky, Plinik Petrosian. Original from the photo studio Claes Forsberg. The Gothenburg interzonal tournament was played between 15th August and 21st September 1955. It was a 21-player round robin, with the top nine players qualifying for the Amsterdam Candidates (1956) tournament. The winner was Bronstein with 15/20 (+10 =10 -0), Keres was second with 13.5, Panno had 13, Petrosian 12.5, Geller and Szabo each had 12 and the other qualifiers were Filip, Pilnik and Spassky with 11. Just missing out with 10.5 were Ilivitsky and Pachman). Condition: The photo is a little faded, has slight signs of wear and below with signs of mounting. Forsberg, Gothenburg on the back. A very good copy of a nice collector's item. C: File.