Chess - Tournaments from Glynn's Books

London: Batsford, 1986. Hb, lxci + 377pp. Good in a Good dj which has sunned spine and front cover. Contents clean. Facsimile reprint of the 1852 edition. Background, finances and games with notes, of the first international chess tournament, conceived and organized by Howard Staunton and involving sixteen of Europe's leading chess players. Anderssen was the winner, ahead of Wyvill,… Read more about this item

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2010. Pb, 142pp. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents. Includes : the 22 games of the match, some annotated by Botvinnik and some by other GMs such as Flohr and Akopian; Petrosian's view of the match; other Botvinnik - Petrosian games; excerpts from Botvinnik's notebooks discussing his opening preparation; the games without notes from Botvinnik's training… Read more about this item

Nottingham: The Chess Player, 2008. Pb, glue-bound, 108pp. VG, clean contents. Includes round-by-round commentary and approx. 80 games with notes, of the July 1886 chess tournament held in London. Blackburne won, ahead of Burn, Gunsberg and Taubenhaus in a field of 13 which also included Zukertort and Mason.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1974. Hb, xii + 211pp. Good+ with clean contents in a VG dj. The Fischer v Spassky 1972 world title match seen from both sides, with independent game annotations and commentary by both Nei, part of the Soviet team assisting Spassky, and Byrne, a friend of Fischer's. Also includes Fischer's games in the Candidates' matches, against Taimanov, Larsen… Read more about this item

Modesto: Christiansen Brothers, 1979. Large format Pb, staple-bound, 160pp. Good, small chips to spine, contents clean. Includes introduction, openings survey, all 136 games of which 34 are annotated by Christiansen and Nick de Firmian. Petrosian was the winner ahead of Tal, Vaganian, Bronstein in a field of 17.. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Yorklyn, Delaware: Caissa Editions, 1994. Hb, red cloth covers, no dj (as published), 205pp, b/w photos. Good+, a few light speckles along edge of page block but otherwise very good and clean. 78 games plus the four games from the tie-break, with annotations by Charousek, Maroczy and other contemporaries, plus commentary by the author. Chigorin and Charousek tied for first… Read more about this item

Newburgh: USCF Pb, staple-bound, 71pp, b/w photos and drawings. Undated, est. 1969. Good, slight wear, clean contents. Includes round-by-round commentary, 66 games with brief notes, player bios. and openings survey for the tournament held in New York in 1969. Reshevsky was the winner ahead of Addison and Benko in a field of 12. The top three qualified for the Interzonal.… Read more about this item

London: Neville Spearman, 1963. Hb, 218pp, b/w photos. Good in a Good+ dj which has light marks on the back. Light foxing along edge of page block, contents clean. In addition to the annotated 22 games of the match, includes player profiles and careers, examples of Botvinnik's play since his last championship match, previous encounters, the qualifying series, and a… Read more about this item

Nottingham: The Chess Player, 2000. Pb, glue-bound, 176pp. VG, clean contents. Includes 166 games, most annotated, plus 12 games from Pillsbury's simul. Lasker was the winner, ahead of Pillsbury, Maroczy and Marshall in a field of 17. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

St Leonards on Sea: BCM, 1985. BCM Quarterly No. 22. Pb, 222pp. Good, sunned spine, clean contents. 200 games, most with notes, from the 1937 Chess Olympiad. Contents are organized by round and then by team/country. USA won, ahead of Hungary, Poland and Argentina. Algebraic.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

N.Y.: Charles Scribner, 1956. Hb, x + 116pp. Good in a Fair+, price-clipped dj which has small amount of loss top of spine, chips and edgewear. Clean contents. Includes 30 annotated games plus a section on theoretical contributions. Reshevsky was the winner ahead of Evans and Bisguier in a field of six. Descriptive notation.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

Nottingham: The Chess Player, 1968. Pb booklet, staple-bound, 47pp, b/w photos. Good, light foxing on covers and along edge of page block, clean contents. Includes player bios, a tournament survey by George Koltanowski, round-by-round comments and the 45 games, some with notes. Larsen and Klaus Darga were joint winners, ahead of Keres, Spassky and Benko in a field of ten.… Read more about this item

Pergamon Press, 1980. Translated by Ken Neat. Pb, xxxi + 204pp, b/w photos. Good+, sunned spine, clean contents. 90 games, half of which are deeply annotated by some of the participants, with additional notes by Soviet and British chess commentators. Includes interviews with the winners, Karpov and Tal, plus Tal's introduction to each round, general stats. and career highlights for… Read more about this item

SandS Point, New YorK: Chess Archaeology Press, 2000. Pb, iii + 200pp. Good, slight corner wear, clean contents. Includes an historical introduction, background and qualifying events, 120 games, some with notes and some with contemporary reports taken from newspapers and other publications. Reshevsky was the winner, ahead of Simonson and Fine.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Printing Craft, 1928. Hb, boards, cloth spine, no dj, 45pp, b/w plates/portraits. Good(-). Stamps of Hastings & St Leonards Chess Club on several pages and club presentation sticker and previous owner's inked name on inside front cover. The boards have a couple of creases and are brown in colour but I suspect they were originally a lighter colour which… Read more about this item

Berlin: Sportverlag Berlin, 1967. In German. Hb, beige cloth covers, no dj, 328pp, b/w photos. Good+, spine slightly sunned, unidentifiable signature (previous owner?) on inside front cover, text clean. Includes : 62 games with annotations by various GMs such as Boleslavsky, Tal and Larsen); openings survey by Leonid Stein and Peter Clarke; a summary of the 13th round by… Read more about this item

Yorklyn, Delaware: Caissa Editions, 2005. Hb, red cloth with gilt titles, no dj (as published), 445pp. VG(-), marginal wear, clean contents. Includes background, player profiles, contemporary reviews, and 363 games, many with contemporary annotations. Of these, 326 are from the masters tournament which featured a whopping 36 participants playing in various stages. Schlechter was the eventual winner, ahead of… Read more about this item

Monaco: Le Triboulet, 1948. In French. Small Pb, 101pp. Good, light cover wear, previous owner's name on inside front cover, pages tanned but clean. Not coverage of the 1948 world chess championship but a pre-tournament publication with background and coverage of its participants, prior to Fine declining to attend. Includes player profiles, 30 annotated games and 30 annotated endgames, with… Read more about this item

Yorklyn, Delaware: Caissa Editions, 1999. Hb, red covers, no dj (as published), x + 403pp. VG(-), front cover very slightly warped, clean contents. 171 games of the 1896 Nuremberg international chess tournament, with notes by Tarrasch plus other sources. Translated and edited by John Owen who also provides an introduction to each game as well as additional commentary. Lasker was… Read more about this item

Yorklyn, Delaware: Caissa Editions, 2007. Hb, red cloth covers no dj (as published), xxv + 451pp, b/w photos. Translated from the German by Robert Sherwood and edited by Dale Brandreth. Good+, faint marks on spine, a few light speckles along edge of page block, clean contents. Includes Introduction, round-by-round commentary and 210 annotated games of the strong 1907 tournament held… Read more about this item