Pirc Vasja (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 90 pages with diagrams and plates. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Foreword by Edo (Edmund) Turnher. (van der Linde: 5161) First edition. Soon after Euwe won the Dutch Championship for the first time in 1921, he played and drew a short match with Geza Maroczy with 2 wins, 8 draws, and 2 losses. He played and lost what amounted to a short training match with Alekhine in 1926-7, a few months before the Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match (1927), by +2 =5 -3. In 1928 Euwe defeated Edgar Colle in a match with 5 wins and 1 draw. A few days later he played Efim Bogoljubov in a match and lost, scoring 2 wins, 5 draws, and 3 losses. After winning Hastings 1930-1 ahead of Capablanca, he played Capablanca in a match, but lost with 8 draws and 2 losses. Soon after his good result in Berne 1932, he drew a match with Salomon Flohr with 3 wins, 10 draws, and 3 losses. Later in 1932, he won a training match with Rudolf Spielmann in 1932, with 2 wins and 2 draws, but lost another training match with Spielmann in 1935. He played a match with Paul Keres in The Netherlands in 1939-40, losing 6½-7½ (+5 =3 -6). In 1941 Euwe traveled to Carlsbad and defeated Bogoljubov in a match with 5 wins, 3 draws, and 2 losses. He drew a match in 1949 with Vasja Pirc (+2, =6, -2) Euwe - Pirc (1949). Condition: Spine ends chipped, corners bumped, edge wear else a very good copy.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. First edition / First printing. Good-, darkening to covers & pages, faint vertical crease line on right side of all pages (does not affect text). 16.5 x 23cm. soft cover. 58pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. "Vasja Pirc: Sto Izbranih Partij" 100 games. 90 pages. Embossed seal of noted chess historian.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket As Issued. First edition / 1st Printing. First edition / First printing. Good, darkening to covers & pages. 16.5 x 23cm. soft cover. 58pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

OLeinwand. 2 Bde. 154, 163 S. sl Gewicht in Gramm: 600.