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Paperback. Condition: New. Adolf Albin, a Romanian-born chess master of German origins, was renowned in epoque for his originality, eccentric and dashing playing style, aggressiveness and edgy character. Through previously unpublished data, tournament reports, newspaper articles, consultation games this work covers Albin's brief but highly significant period spent in New York, 1893-1895, with details on his life and chess career.…

Paperback. Condition: New. This biography explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann, an early 20th century Romanian-born grandmaster-level player. A contemporary of luminaries such as Capablanca, Reti, Schlechter, Spielmann, and Tartakower, Kaufmann remained an enigma despite his high level play. Through an analysis of primary sources, including correspondence, diaries and other archival material, Kaufmann's chess career is reconstructed in detail. His tournament and match play games from the early 1890s to the 1910s are explored, as are his little known matches against some of the top players of his time and his participation in the Trebitsch memorials in wartime Vienna. The book also offers an unprecedented account of Kaufmann's close relationship with Arthur Schnitzler, the famed Austrian dramatist, whose diary offers important clues to Kaufmann's life and work as a philosopher. There is a collection of 71 Kaufmann games with detailed annotations and diagrams.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This biography explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann, an early 20th century Romanian-born grandmaster-level player. A contemporary of luminaries such as Capablanca, Reti, Schlechter, Spielmann, and Tartakower, Kaufmann remained an enigma despite his high level play. Through an analysis of primary sources, including correspondence, diaries and other archival material, Kaufmann's chess career is reconstructed in detail. His tournament and match play games from the early 1890s to the 1910s are explored, as are his little known matches against some of the top players of his time and his participation in the Trebitsch memorials in wartime Vienna. The book also offers an unprecedented account of Kaufmann's close relationship with Arthur Schnitzler, the famed Austrian dramatist, whose diary offers important clues to Kaufmann's life and work as a philosopher. There is a collection of 71 Kaufmann games with detailed annotations and diagrams. This book explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann, a Romanian-born grandmaster-level player of the 1900s and 1910s. A contemporary of luminaries such as Capablanca, Schlechter, Tartakower, Reti, R. Spielmann and M. Vidmar, Kaufmann remained an enigma despite his high-level play. Through an analysis of primary sources, including private correspondence, diaries and other archival material, this text reconstructs Kaufmann's chess career in detail. His tournament and match play games in early 1890s and 1910s are explored, as are his little-known matches against some of the top players of his time and his participation in the Trebitsch memorials in war-time Vienna. The book also offers an unprecedented and extensive account of Kaufmann's close relationship with Arthur Schnitzler, the famed Austrian dramatist, whose diary offers important clues to Kaufmann's life and work as a philosopher. There is a collection of 70 Kaufmann games with detailed annotations and diagrams.] Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Adolf Albin, a Romanian-born chess master of German origins, was renowned in epoque for his originality, eccentric and dashing playing style, aggressiveness and edgy character. Through previously unpublished data, tournament reports, newspaper articles, consultation games this work covers Albin's brief but highly significant period spent in New York, 1893-1895, with details on his life and chess career. Adolf Albin, a Romanian-born chess master of German origins, was renowned for his originality, eccentric and dashing playing style, aggressiveness and edgy character. Through previously unpublished data, tournament reports, newspaper articles, consultation games this work covers Albin's brief but highly significant period spent in New York, 1893-1895, with details on his life and chess career. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in Singapore. Covering 1945-1990, it covers the post-war emergence of a truly "local" chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking the story up to the modern era. Contained within these pages are tributes to the modern founding fathers of Singapore chess. Also chronicled within are the careers of Singapore's top players and their achievements. This includes fine team performances (belying Singapore's seeming status in the chess world as a tiny red dot) and spectacular individual successes on the international stage.In documenting chess development in Singapore for the period in question, this book also provides glimpses of a wider social history. Personal stories (based on fresh interviews) are provided that give a sense of the chessplaying milieu of the time. Stalwarts in the chess scene, featured in this book, went on to be notable figures in the wider social and political landscape.A selection of 139 annotated games played by top Singapore-based players and Singapore masters between 1949 and 1990 is matched by a rich collection of more than 200 rare illustrations. This volume is a wonderful resource for chess aficionados, interested amateurs, collectors and historians.…

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library. Condition: Good. Former library copy with stamps and stickers. No highlighting/underlining.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hb, blue library binding, xiii + 271pp. VG+, clean contents. Biography and annotated games of the American chessplayer, Julius Finn, a European emigrant who rose from humble beginnings to become New York chess champion and an expert at blindfold chess. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Life and games of one of the great Irish masters and endgame composer. 500 pp.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 286 pages. 10.25x7.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Gut. 218 S. Gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 447 Illustrierter Pappband, ca. 21 x 15,1 cm.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Format, quarto, 260mm. Physical description, 271. Photographs, line drawings, diagrams, and Indexes of Openings and Tournament Tables etc. The contents are fresh, clean and bright. Blue cloth over boards, the upper cover and backstrip lettered in white. Overall, a fine copy. Julius Finn (1871 - 1931) was an American chess player. He was one of the USA's best blindfold players. …

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Format, quarto, 260mm. Physical description, 500. Diagrams, Photographs, Appendices, Indexes of Openings and Players, and a Bibliography. The contents a re very clean, bright and fresh. Black cloth over boards, the upper cover and backstrip lettered in gilt. A fine copy. William Henry Krause Pollock (1859-96), was a British Chess Master.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 280 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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