ISBN: 9780805039092 - The Complete Vienna (batsford Chess Library) (2 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Henry Holt & Co, 1995; stated first American edition; 127pp. Very good paperback, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Very light shelfwear overall, a crisp and clean copy. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Softcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Very Good. First Thus; First Printing. 1995. Henry Holt & Company, NY. Unmarked. Paperback, clean and bright; tight, solid & square. Small bump & light crease to bottom edge. 127 pp. Illustrated throughout. First English translation of a Soviet monograph on the Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3), issued in the Batsford Chess Library. Ships in box from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: The Complete Vienna is an English-language study of the Vienna Game, the chess opening beginning 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3. First published in Russian in 1989 as Venskaya Partyia by Fizkultura i Sport and issued in English in 1995 by Henry Holt in the Batsford Chess Library, it covers both sides of the opening across its tactical and positional lines, including the Vienna Gambit. Authors Mikhail Tseitlin and Igor B. Glazkov annotate key games and variations. Translated by Sarah J. Young, it brought Soviet-era analysis of the opening to English-reading players.…