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Frank Marshall, U.S. Chess Champion - Soltis
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Correspondence Chess in America - Avery
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Thomas Frere and the Brotherhood of Chess - Hillyer
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From the Preface: My first serious contact with chess began when, as a high school sophomore, I took a board in a simultaneous exhibition at the Marshall Chess Club. With some difficulty I managed to locate the club's ivy-covered Greenwich Village brownstone and, after getting past the front door, climbed for the first time the ancient staircase....
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This is an historical overview and detailed analysis of American correspondence chess from the 1840s to the present.
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This work provides an historical and chronological look at the 19th century development of chess through the writings of Thomas Frère. His books, letters, chess columns and scrapbooks chronicles the ways chess evolved over the greater part of the 1800s, and illuminates important players of the time and their games.
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Chess Personalia - Gaige
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The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked - Soltis
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The United States Chess Championships 1845-1996 2nd Ed hardcover - Soltis
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The book is an invaluable resource for researchers and enthusiasts, and original copies are highly sought after by chess collectors. Long out of print, the original work is available here for the first time in a softcover format.
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How does one determine the “best” chess games? What one may see as brilliant, another may see as simply necessary. Like some art lovers, chess fans claim that they know a good game when they see it, and that they know better from good. But “best”? How is this articulated? This book, itself a work of art, is brought together by the use of five criteria.
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For more than a century and a half, people have been defining themselves by way of the United States Chess Championship.
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Chess Facts and Fables - Winter
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Chess Results, 1901-1920 - Di Felice
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Chess Results, 1936-1940 - Di Felice
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Chess Facts and Fables by Edward Winter features in-depth research into chess lore, corrections of popular misconceptions, biographical notes on famous players, and authenticated quotations.
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This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men’s chess competitions all over the world. From the famous to the lesser known, both individual and team matches from 1901 through 1920 are remembered here. Di Felice has indeed constructed a memorable work!
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This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men’s chess competitions all over the world. From the famous to the lesser known, both individual and team matches from 1936 through 1940 are remembered here. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event.
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Reuben Fine - Woodger
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Chess Lists, 2nd edition - Soltis
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Chess Results, 1747 - 1900 - Di Felice
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American Grandmaster Reuben Fine grew up in the East Bronx in an impoverished Russian-Jewish family, learning to play chess from an uncle at the age of eight.
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The lists are replete with background detail and exact facts—this second edition of Soltis’s classic 1984 book is altogether an essential part of any chess collection and a browser’s delight.The new edition contains 25 percent more lists, games, diagrams and annotations. The majority of lists from the first edition have been updated or expanded—or both.
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A comprehensive record with 465 tournament crosstables and 590 match scores. Here, in one volume, are the results of the main chess competitions, both tournaments and matches, that took place around the world from 1747 to 1900.
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Amos Burn - Forester
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Los Voraces 2019, A Chess Novel - Soltis
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The United States Chess Championship, 1845-1996 2nd Ed softcover - Soltis
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Amos Burn was one of the leading players of the late nineteenth century. This work accords him the recognition he deserves, painstakingly assembling and analyzing all available games and biographical material about him.
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This fabulous chess novel is full of game scores and diagrams; some pretty amazing games are played at Los Voraces! It's all told from the point of view of the arbiter, who is quickly drawn from his role as observer to that of target and suspect.
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This thoroughly updated and revised edition of the highly acclaimed 1986 reference work provides a definitive history of all championship events in the United States through 1995. This is the softcover edition of product #6052.
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