The Modern Chess Instructor + Manuscript and letter of a chess game written by Hermann Helms.

Published by New York - London, G. P. Putnam' Sons, 1889

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W(ilhelm) Steinitz: The Modern Chess Instructor Part I. New York - London, 1889. G. P. Putnam' Sons. XLI. 193 p. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's worn full cloth binding, repaired at spine. The manuscript of a chess game described by Hermann Helms pasted after the first front endpaper. The manuscript of a chess game between Dawid Janowski (Polish-born American chess player) and William Wallace Young (American chess player) at the Manhattan Chess Club tournament. Inserted is a typewritten letter by Hermann Helms, signed in ink, addressed to Mr. Young. "To-day's SUN and Brooklyn Eagle both have your gamewith Janowski. We were more than usually fortunate in this matte. Enclosed is from the Hartford COURANT. Yours sincerely, Hermann Helms - New York, feb. 16. 1913." On paper of the "American Chess Bulletin". Hermann Helms (1870 - 1963) was an American chess player, writer, and promoter. He is a member of the United States Chess Hall of Fame, organized as part of the World Chess Hall of Fame. Helms served as the chess reporter for The New York Times for over fifty years, until 1962. Helms founded the American Chess Bulletin in 1904, and would publish and edit this journal until his death in 1963. - Book: The first section is elementary, containing introductory and general material not specifically devoted to the opening. The main part of the work comprises an analysis of the openings in tabular form, including, in addition to the tables, a number of illustrative games. Each right-hand page carries notes augmenting the analysis in the tables, and annotations to the games. Openings covered in this volume are the Ruy Lopez, Three Knights' Game, Scotch Gambit, Two Knights' Defense Petroff's Defense and Philidor's Defense. A final section analyses the games of the Steinitz-Chigorin match. Part 2 of this work was a small and very rare pamphlet published in 1895. ( O,O ) /)__) ,, ,.…

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Title
The Modern Chess Instructor + Manuscript and letter of a chess game written by Hermann Helms.
Author
W(ilhelm) Steinitz
Publisher
New York - London, G. P. Putnam' Sons
Publication year
1889
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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