T D Timothy David Harding (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. viii+136 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition The Italian Game is a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 This opening is defined by the development of the white bishop to c4 (the so-called "Italian bishop"), where it attacks Black's vulnerable f7-square. It is part of the large family of Open Games or Double King's Pawn Games. The Italian Game is one of the oldest recorded chess openings; it occurs in the Göttingen manuscript and was developed by players such as Damiano and Polerio in the 16th century, and later by Greco in 1620, who gave the game its main line. It has been extensively analyzed for more than 300 years. Condition: Previous owner's name to front wrappers else very good in a near fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. [vi+246 pages with diagrams, tables and indexes. Quarto (10" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Revised edition. More than 1,000 games from 10 first correspondence championships, from 1950-53 through 1978-84. Many games are annotated. Crosstables, indexes of players and openings. The World Correspondence Chess Championship determines the World Champion in correspondence chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest the title. The official World Correspondence Chess Championship is managed by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF). The world championship comprises four stages: Preliminaries, Semi-Finals, Candidates' Tournament, and Final. ICCF tournament rules define which players can access each stage. The first-, second- and third-placed finishers from the previous Final, and the first- and second-placed finishers from the Candidates' Tournaments have access to the World Correspondence Chess Championship Final. The ICCF also manages the Ladies World Correspondence Chess Championships, that comprises Semi-Finals and Final. Condition: Spine heal pushed else near fine in like jacket.…

Softcover. Condition: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. Including games played up to December 1979, this volume is an attempt to capture the many recent changes in the theory of the Ponziani Opening.