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Valitud Partiid 1931-1958
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Valitud Partiid 1931-1958

by Paul Petrovich Keres (1916-1975) signed

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485 pages with diagrams, plates and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") issued in grey cloth with black and white cover and black lettering to spine and white and red lettering to pictorial cover. signed First edition.Paul Keres was born in Narva on 7 January 1916. At the University of Tartu, he studied mathematics from 1938 to 1941. In 1935, he became the Estonian chess champion for the first time. In the years 1936-1940, Keres was the editor-in-chief of the journal "Estonian Chess". Paul Keres first appeared in the international chess arena in the mid-1930s, and remained a prominent figure there for years. In 1938, he shared the first place with Fine in the memorable AVRO tournament, but after additional calculations Paul Keres was announced the winner.
However, the title match with Alekhine did not follow. After the war, he was eclipsed by Botvinnik, though still retaining his place among the world's top class players. By the end of the 1950s, he was the strongest chess player in the world (at least, as… Read More
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Chess Tournament Crosstables:
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Chess Tournament Crosstables:

by Jeremey Gaige (1927-2011)

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4 volumes: Volume I (1851-1900) iv+166+[27 unnumbered] pages with bibliography and appendix; Volume 2 1900-1910 v[1]+[167]-354+[2]pages; Volume 3 (1911-1920) iv+[355]-520A+[2 unnumbered] pages; Volume 4 (1921-1930) iii+[350A]+[496A]+[520B]+[521]-920+xvi pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Over 375 cross-tables, including a list of tournaments in series. (Lusis: 1382) Volume 1, volumes 2, 3 and 4 first editions.Issued in four volumes over a period of various dates. Covers a period from the first chess tournament, which was a knock out London, in 1851 through 1930.Condition:Corners bumped and rubbed, spine ends and hinges rubbed, gilt dulled. Volume A very good set issued without jackets.
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Das Internationale Gambitturnier in Baden bei Wien 1914
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Das Internationale Gambitturnier in Baden bei Wien 1914

by Marco, Georg (1863-1923)

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Wien: Verlag der Wiener Schachzeitung, 1916 iv+184 pages with diagrams, plates and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original wrappers with black lettering to spine and cover. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5318) 1st edition. The luxuriously appointed "Kasino Club", a newly launched enterprise in the fashionable Austrian resort, celebrated its gala opening by sponsoring an international gambit tournament. Unfortunately the Baden event over-lapped the great St Petersburg tournament, which attracted many of the world's best foreign masters. Nevertheless a good gield entered the double-round tournament which permitted any gambit except the universally popular Queen's Gambit! The ten-player field was headed by the strong Danube contigent of Schlechter, Spielmann, Tartakower and Reti - complemented by Breyer (Budapest), Johner (Berlin), Fahrni (Munich), Opocensky and Hromadka (Prauge), and Nyhlm (Stockholm). The gambit warrior Spielmann repeated his Abbazia triumph by posting (+ -2… Read More
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 62
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 62

by Johann Nepomuk Berger (1845-1933) and Carl Schlechter editors

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viii+392 pages with plate, diagrams, illustrations, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") 12 issues bound in half dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and marbled boards. Volume 62 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) First edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945-1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblatter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997,… Read More
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Das Ereste Italienische Grossturnier San Remo 1930
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Das Ereste Italienische Grossturnier San Remo 1930

by Ferenc Chalupetzky (1886-1951) and László Tóth

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93 pages with frontispiece, diagrams, table and plate. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 5 1/4") original wrappers bound in brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. From the library of Jens Endevoldsen. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5441) First edition. This event (January-February 1930) marks a peak period in Alekhine's tournament career. Neither before nor after was a tournament of such strength won by a score of 14 out of 15 - in fact, nobody has ever remotely approached this achievement, except Bobby Fischer when he won the US Championship with a perfect score. Alekhine 14, Nomzowitsch, 10 1/2, Rubinstein 10 and Bogoljubow 9 1/2. The other remarkable feature of San Remo was the extraordinary number of profound and beautiful games played not only by the winner but also by a number of his rivals. Jens Evald Enevoldsen-Elsing (1907-1980) was a Danish chess master born in Copenhagen. Enevoldsen won the Danish Chess Championship five times (1940, 1943, 1947, 1948, and 1960). In 1939 he shared first… Read More
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 53
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 53

by Johann Nepomuk Berger (1845-1933) and Paul Lipke

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viii+391 pages with plate, diagrams, illustrations, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") 12 issues bound in modern biege cloth with label on spine. Volume 53 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) First edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945-1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblatter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was… Read More
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 48
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Deutsche Schachzeitung, Volume 48

by Hermann von Gottschall (1862-1933)

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viii+384 pages with plates, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in 1/2 cloth with marbled boards. Volume 48 (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6047) First edition.Deutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.) When it ceased publication in December 1988 it was the oldest existing magazine in the world, having been published regularly since its founding in 1846 except for a five-year break (1945-1949) during World War II. Since January 1989, the Deutsche Schachzeitung was merged in the Deutsche-Schachblatter - Schach-Report which was edited in Hollfeld. The resulting magazine appeared with the names of both former magazines on its cover till December 1996. Since January 1997, this magazine again was merged in the Berlin magazine Schach. The… Read More
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Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten Schachzeitung Volume 6
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Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten Schachzeitung Volume 6

by Bernhard Kagan (1866-1932) editor

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512 pages with diagrams, tables and plates. Octavo 8" x 6 1/4") bound in half red leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Volume 6 complete, with Sonderheft no 1, 2 and Extra Ausgabe, Jubildums Ausgabe bound in at back. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6073) First edition.Bernhard Kagan, Polish born German amateur who lived in Berlin and published Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten in the years 1917-32. This chess magazine first appeared as a quarterly and then monthly in the years 1921-32. It was published in Berlin and used as a vehicle for giving many master games and articles by such writers as Grunfeld, Tartakower, Tarrasch, Nimzowitsch, Reti and Spielman. Many of the great tournaments of the period appeared in supplements to the magazine. It died when Kagan himself died in 1932. (Golombek: 157)Condition:Rubbing to extremities else a very good copy.
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The City of London Chess Magazine, Volume I
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The City of London Chess Magazine, Volume I

by Potter, William Norwood (1840-1895) [editor]

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[i-ii]-314+[2 ad] pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in black cloth with original wrapper laid on front cover, faded label to spine. Volume I. Edited by W N Potter with the cooperation of H E Bird, J H Blackburne, B Horwitz, J Lowenthal, W Steinitz, J Wisker and J H Zukertort. From the library of Koninklijke Bibliotheek .(Betts: 7-20) 1st edition.Published from February 1874 through March 1876, volumes one through volume three, numbers one through 25. Volume number run from February through January. J Wisker edited March 1876 issue only.Condition:Some foxing through out, points rubbed else a good to very good copy.
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Seven Hundred Chess Problems
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Seven Hundred Chess Problems

by Baird, Mrs William James (Edith Elina Helen Wood) [1859-1924]

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unpaginated (418) with frontispiece portrait and column diagrams. Quarto (11 1/4" x 8") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and decorative gilt cover, page ends in gilt, decorative flower gilt end papers, beveled edges. The text is printed in blue, the diagrams in blue and red. (Betts: 33-5) First edition.630 direct mates (286 two-movers, 315 three-movers, 24 four movers, 5 five-movers) and 70 self-mates, with solutions at the end. 2 large diagrams are given to each page. In the mid 1880s, Baird started composing chess problems and within a few years had gained a reputation in the field. In 1888, she took third prize in a Sheffield chess-composition tournament, the first of over two dozen subsequent prizes. Her most celebrated success came in 1893 when she won an international chess-composition tournament against a number of the most notable chess composers of the day. She became the most prolific composer of chess problems in the world, with over 2000 problems to her credit. These were… Read More
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 13
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Deutsche Schachblätter Volume 13

by Heinrich Wagner and Wilhelm Schönmann (editors)

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384 pages with diagrams.Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6") bound in the original wrappers. Volume 13. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6066). First edition.Deutschen Schachblatter was the organ of the German Chess Federation and the regional German Chess Clubs, first launched in July 1909. Initially Deutschen Schachblatter was published in the Riemann Hofbuchhandlung and was edited by Paul Lipke, Siegbert Tarrasch, Hans Appunn and Franz Sackmann published as semi-monthly magazines. It was published continuously until the out break of World war II and ceased publication in 1941. After the war it resumed its publication in 1948 and continued until 1952.Condition:Some age toning to pages, some edge wear, corners, some soiling to wrappers, number four tear at back wrapper with small piece missing, bumped else a very good set.
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Simple Two-Move Themes
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Simple Two-Move Themes

by Frederic Bonner Feast (1872-1941) and Alain Campbell White signed by Feast

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xiv+218 with diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Edited by George Hume. Signed by F B Feast. A C White's Christmas Series with greatig tipped in. (Betts: 35-5) First edition.
100 themes (or sub-divisions of themes) described, each accompanied by a group of 6 illustrative examples by various composers. In all, 600 problems, with solutions. Includes indexes and composers, terms and themes.
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VI Gran Toreneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de las Palmas (Program)
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VI Gran Toreneo Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de las Palmas (Program)

by Juan Marrero (President Chess Federation of Las Palmas) signed by Mikhail Tal, Jan Timman, Bent Larsen, Artur Pomar, Anatoly Karpov, Sergio Cabrera and Vasily Smyslov

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24 unpaginated pages with tables and photographs. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. Signed by the following contestants: Mikhail Tal, Jan Timman, Bent Larsen, Artur Pomar, Anatoly Karpov, Sergio Cabrera and on the back wrapper by Vasily Smyslov. First edition.The sixth Torneo Internacional Ciudad de Las Palmas was organized in Las Palmas, Spain in May of 1977. Sixteen chess masters and grandmasters, including the world champion, competed in the round robin format. The participants were (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2690), Mikhail Tal (2620), Bent Larsen (2615), Jan Timman (2590), Anthony Miles (2555), Walter Shawn Browne (2545), Andras Adorjan (2530), Stefano Tatai (2480), Roman Hernandez (2435), Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez (2415), Roberto Debarnot (2405), Fernando Visier Segovia (2355), Gabriel Cabrera (unrated), Jose Garcia-Padron (unrated), Angel Martin-Gonzalez (unrated), and Arturo Pomar-Salamanca (unrated). The average of the combined… Read More
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Newspaper Clippings From a Weekly 1866 Chess Column Reporting Chess Games and News
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Newspaper Clippings From a Weekly 1866 Chess Column Reporting Chess Games and News

by Stanley, Charles H. (?)

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Hardcover in fair condition. Black leather with gilt title and decoration, raised bands on the spine, 10 in tall, sewn binding. A scrapbook of 14 weekly chess columns pasted on 34 pages, 18 blank leaves. The chess columns were published in 1866 in the New York Leader, a weekly literary magazine, and were probably written and annotated by Charles H. Stanley, although the columns show no attribution. The 51 annotated chess games reported in the newspaper clippings include the 5 games of the 1866 match for the championship of the United States between G. H. Mackenzie of the New York Chess Club and G. Reichhelm of the Philadelphia Chess Club. Also include are 3 games played by Wilhelm Steinitz, 2 played by Paul Morphy, and 9 played by Adolf Anderssen. A library discard, noncirculating copy. Label affixed to pastedown identifies this copy as part of the Peter G. Toepfer chess collection of 1918. Spine shows paper label with library code. Covers have surface wear at tips and hinges, soil spots to the rear cover.
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Book of the Second American Chess Congress held at Cleveland, Ohio December, 1871
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Book of the Second American Chess Congress held at Cleveland, Ohio December, 1871

by Brownson, Orestes Augustus (1828-1892)

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112 pages with 2 portraits and diagrams. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in quarter brown cloth with marbled boards. (Betts: 25-8, (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5198) First edition.The second American Chess Congress was held in Cleveland on December 4-15, 1871 and won by George Henry Mackenzie. The first prize was $100 ($1,500 today) and the total prize fund was $290 ($5,000 today). The entry fee was $10 ($150 today). It was a double round robin tournament with a time limit of 12 moves an hour. Draw games were replayed. There were nine players (George Henry Mackenzie, Henry Hosmer, Frederick Elder, Max Judd, Preston Ware, Harsen Darwin Smith, Henry Harding, A. Johnston, and William Houghton). With the retirement of Morphy, this tournament was generally intended to recognize the best player in the United States. Contains 67 games, a few with annotations and awards and selections from the problem tourney (10 problems). Includes a frontispiece portrait of Max Judd, and a portrait of the… Read More
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