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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Golden Treasury of Chess
Author: Francis J. WellmuthPublisher: Ishi Press
ISBN: 9784871878258
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Golden Treasury of Chess is one of the most popular and most often reprinted and revised chess books ever created. It is filled with hundreds of the most thrilling, exciting and surprising chess games ever played. It also includes articles about chess history and stories about how these great games came to be played. It has also become one of the most controversial chess books ever written. The controversy arises over the question of who is the true author of the work. This controversy is explained by Chess Historian Edward Winter in his column "Chess Notes," in an article entitled "The Horowitz-Wellmuth Affair."
THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF CHESS
Author: De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, 1834
Author: Cary UtterbergPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786471744
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The meeting of Louis Charles Mahe de la Bourdonnais and Alexander McDonnell at London's Westminster Chess Club in 1834 was notable for a number of reasons. Hard-earned reputations were zealously protected, and masters of equal standing had seldom faced each other on even terms. The chess world was watching closely, but it was the actions of spectator William Greenwood Walker, who recorded each move of the 85 games, that has had the greatest impact. This recording and publication of game scores from a series of matches between masters was a first in chess history: The event gave birth to modern chess theory. Once based upon composed exercises studied in isolation, theory now became concrete and measurable. Practice replaced contrivance, and tactics could be studied and honed in light of the avalanche of match records that followed. McDonnell and de la Bourdonnais played six matches in 1834. This book offers biographies of the two and illuminates their times--and then the 85 games are analyzed using modern theory; there are numerous diagrams and previously published commentary. The merits of the openings, middle- and endgame maneuvers of the two are weighed. Nine appendices present selected games against other opponents; excerpt a contemporary account of the games' ambience; provide other interesting documents; present several statistics; and provide a schematic of mistakes made by both contestants. Bibliography, notes, indexes.
The Golden Treasury of Magazine Verse
Author: William Stanley BraithwaitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
"The selections in this book are gathered from American magazines, during the period from 1905 to 1917, which embrace the editor's studies and summaries of contemporary poetry that have appeared in the Boston Evening Transcript"--Foreword.
The Golden Treasury of English Poetry
Author: Charles Hains GunnA Book of Golden Deeds
Author: Charlotte Mary YongePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Golden Treasury of Poetry
Author: Louis UntermeyerThe Ultimate Pirc
Author: John NunnPublisher: Batsford
ISBN: 9780713482218
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Pirc is a modern chess opening whose unbalanced nature usually leads to eventful play and a decisive outcome. A perfect complement to John Nunn's earlier work, The Complete Pirc, a guide to pawn structures and their importance in forming and executing plans. Expert
Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking
Author: Cheryl DayPublisher: Artisan Books
ISBN: 1579658415
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A complete and comprehensive Southern baking book from one of the South’s best and most respected bakers, Cheryl Day.
Chess Openings Theory and Practice
Author: I. A. HorowitzPublisher: Ishi Press
ISBN: 9784871879637
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
"Speaking for myself and for players of my strength, Chess Openings: Theory and Practice is the greatest aid I have ever seen for preparing for a tournament. Speaking for all other players, the book is a "must." Current thinking on all important lines is meticulously presented, offering myriad, clear-cut ideas a completely new and effective arsenal of weapons. "-Samuel Reshevsky, United States Open Champion." Chess Openings Theory and Practice is a remarkable book, unequaled by any book of that era or since. It is not a mere openings book with long columns of moves followed at the end by punctuation marks such as + -- or =. It presents opening ideas and games, often including the first game where each opening was played, plus the history of the opening, the names of famous players who played this opening and the ideas and plans on which the opening is based. It provides "idea variations." These are variations that may not actually occur in actual practice, but are what you would play if given the chance. No other book does that, at least not in English and not to this extent.