SELECTED CHESS ENDINGS
Language: English
Published by George Routledge & Sons Limited, London, 1903
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Booqshop, Liverpoool, Merseyside, United KingdomBooqshop
AbeBooks seller since June 12, 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
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HARDCOVER, Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons Limited, (1903). FIRST EDITION, (Very Good), Publishers Original Full (Maroon) Cloth Binding, Gilt Titles To Front & Spine, 6” X 4 ¼” X ½” [viii] 88pp. The Corners Are a Litle 'Bumbed' & Rubbed, (the EPs are a little 'toned') Else The Content Is Clean & Tight. (In Very Good Condition For a 1903 hard to find Book) Reverend EDWARD ERNEST CUNNINGTON (Bibliophile) : The Rev E E Cunnington was an English vicar, Bible translator, and one of the most popular influential chess authors in the English-speaking world during the late 19th and early 20th century. The Reverend E E Cunnington while a member of Bridgnorth Chess Club produced a series of chess books published from 1893 onwards which explained the game in a style that could be widely understood by everyman. This gifted teacher made the game accessible to the people rather than to an intellectual elite. Selected Chess Endings is not intended to be a comprehensive theoretical manual a la Dvoretsky s Endgame Manual; nor is it about strategic endgames. It displays basic methods in (mostly) practical endgame positions, and sprinkles in some interesting studies and actual master practice from before the year 1903. The main audience for this book was and still is the amateur club player, especially ones who find themselves struggling to win or draw the positions they re supposed to.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- SELECTED CHESS ENDINGS
- Author
- CUNNINGTON, Rev E. E.
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons Limited, London
- Publication year
- 1903
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 0.145 kilograms
- Dimensions
- 4.25 inches width by 6 inches height by 0.5 inches depth
Booqshop
Liverpoool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since June 12, 2026
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