Leonard William Barden (30 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. xii+112+[13 ad] pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 14") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First published in 1957. 35 master games, win which the reader, "playing with" the winner, selects each move and is graded with a numerical points system according to his choice. The games are classified under eight headings: Center control; Superior development; Positional play; Attacking play the art of defense; combinations; Constriction technique and the ending. Condition: Corners gently bumped, light edge wear else better than very good.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket As Issued. Edition and Printing Not Stated. Edition and printing not stated. Good, Slight wear to covers. 13.5 x 20. soft cover. 112pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Condition: good. Gently used with light wear to the cover, corners, or spine. Pages are clean and free of writing or highlighting. Binding is tight and fully intact. Dust jacket included with hardcover books. Ships fast in a protective poly mailerâ"Monday through Friday, excluding weekends and holidays.…

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Good+ (in mylar). Textblock is very clean and tight. Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed; some light wear around the spine. Dust jacket lightly edge and corner worn; some light wear at the base of the spine. Genral Editor of this series is R.G. Wade: 334p., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Chess Diagrams (illustrator). Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 192 pages with diagrams and indexes. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. First American edition. The Grünfeld Defence (ECO codes D70 D99) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5. Black offers White the possibility of 4.cxd5, which may be followed by 4.Nxd5 and 5.e4, giving White an imposing central pawn duo. If White does not take the d5-pawn, Black may eventually play .dxc4, when a White response of e4 again leads to the same pawn structure. In classical opening theory this imposing pawn centre was held to give White a large advantage, but the hypermodern school, which was coming to the fore in the 1920s, held that a large pawn centre could be a liability rather than an asset. The Grünfeld is therefore a key hypermodern opening, showing in stark terms how a large pawn centre can either be a powerful battering ram or a target for attack. Condition: Points gently rubbed else very good lacking jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Dust jacket has tiny chipping at head and heel of spine. Slight lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Dust Jacket spine a trifle sunned. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Games & Magic; chess; ISBN: 0713403675. ISBN/EAN: 9780713403671. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24629.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The King's Indian Defence by Leonard Barden, William R. Hartson and Raymond D. Keene. Published in 1969 by Gulf Digest Inc. No edition listed presumed first. Previous owners named inked on front free endpaper, Edges of book slightly rubbed, otherwise book and jacket both in excellent condition. Not price clipped and not a remainder.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xi+112 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's red cloth with silver lettering to spine in original jacket. (Betts: 11-77) First edition. 35 master games, win which the reader, "playing with" the winner, selects each move and is graded with a numerical points system according to his choice. The games are classified under eight headings: Center control; Superior development; Positional play; Attacking play the art of defense; combinations; Constriction technique and the ending. Condition: Some pencil notations. Jacket spine heal lightly chipped, some offset darkening to edges, light edge wear else a very good copy in like jacket.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine +. Good + or Better. A chess book. "This book provides a systematic description of the strategy, tactics and variations of the King.s Indian Defence." - book jacket flap. Descriptive chess notation. Many complete games.and a myriad of game fragments. Index of complete games (players). Index of Variations and Classification System. 334 pages + prelims. The book has just a trace of shelf wear. No owner's marks. Pages are in perfect condition. The dust jacket hsa soiling and shelf wear; but it looks decent in a mylar book jacket cover. The book will be sent to you well packed in a box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hb, viii + 334pp. VG with clean contents in a Good+ dj which is price-clipped but otherwise very good. Reprint of the 2nd expanded edition. Descriptive notation.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 90 pages with tables and index. Octavo (8" x 6") bound in original publisher's quarter brown cloth over brown wrappers. First edition. The 30th Soviet Chess Championship was held in the city of Yerevan (Erevan) from November 21st to December 20th, 1962. Twenty of the Soviet Union's strongest grandmasters and masters participated in the round robin event. Seven qualified from semi-final tournaments held earlier in the year: Igor Zaitsev and Vladislav Shiyanovsky qualified from Dnepropetrpvsk (with Shiyanovsky's seat incidently being won in a playoff among three masters who had finished tied for second); German Khodos and Yury Kots qualified from Novosibirsk; and Lev Aronin, Vladas Mikenas, and Leonid Stein qualified from Riga. The remaining thirteen seats went out as invitations, including to the previous year's Soviet champion Boris Spassky, recently deposed world champion and two time Soviet champion Mikhail Tal, winner of the 27th Soviet championship Viktor Korchnoi, winner of the 23rd Soviet championship Mark Taimanov, and perennial Soviet championship participant Ratmir Kholmov. While not as strong as some USSR championships of the past, due to the absence of grandmasters such as Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Efim Geller, David Bronstein, Paul Keres, and Lev Polugaevsky, the field assembled was a powerful mix of veterans and up and coming talents. Korchnoi dominated the field with wins against half the participants, starting with 12/14 and coasting to the finish. He had a full-point lead going into the last round, when runners-up Tal and Taimanov made it seem closer by winning their games. Korchnoi's fierce attacking style insured that this second Soviet crown would not be his last, as he would go on to win twice more at Kiev in 1964/65 and Riga in 1970 for a career total of four USSR championship victories. (Chessgames dot com) Condition: Lacks first two page and title, first signature loose, some soiling and rubbing to edges else good. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. The King's Indian Defence by Leonard Barden, William R. Hartson and Raymond D. Keene. Published in 1969 byB.T. Batsford. No edition listed presumed first.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover no jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

8vo, 211pp. Black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Contemporary Chess Openings Series.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. First American Edition. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. 211pp. Brick-orange cloth in dust jacket. Baords are a bit cocked. There is some soiling to the back cover of the jacket. Part of the Contemporary Chess Openings series.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition, Revised And Enlarged. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a very good price clipped dust jacket with light edge wear.

8vo (22x14cm), hardback, 334pp. Goodish condition in goodish dustwrapper (bumped, creased, water-stained edges- visible mainly on the inside, some colour bleed to lower inside spine and rear edge, and to inside rear, bumped, creased, chipped corners and spine extremities, tear to illustration at lower front cover, scuff marks). Bumped, edges a little flecked, blue upper edges spotted, missing free front endpaper, fore edge has splash marks. Interior good, clear and bright. Pictures available on request.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Nice copy octavo viii + 334pp., text ills., Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. An excellent copy, gently worn; Pages free of markings; Jacket housed in protective mylar; Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Mild shelf wear to extremities, scuffs and small nicks along jacket edges. Bookseller plate on FEP. Gentle foxing to page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition.

Collana "Contemporary Chess Openings". Un volume di VIII-334 pagine, tela editoriale con sovracoperta illustrata. Dimensioni: 14,5x22 cm. Minime tracce d'uso alla sovracoperta, per il resto ottime condizioni. Numerose illustrazioni in b/n nel testo. In lingua inglese.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.