The Game of Chess

Humor & Entertainment

Golombek, Harry

Puzzles & Games

Penguin??Books

'Beginning Chess' is a guide to learning chess by one of the acknowledged masters of the game.

The books covers all stages of learning to play, from descriptions of the board, pieces and movers through how to open and defend.

One of the great pleasures of 'Beginning Chess' is the obvious delight and infectious enthusiasm of the author, himself one of the world's chess experts. To learn chess from this book is to have Harry Golombeck at you elbow as your private coach, beguiling and thrilling you into the game.

Beginning Chess

Penguin Group USA

Chess: A history

G.P.Putnam's Sons

Jose Capablanca was a phenomenon who burst onto the chess world and took top prize in the first ever elite tournament in which he participated. This was at San Sebastian - otherwise known as Donostia - in the Basque country of Spain in 1911. Capablanca's style was serene - no position seemed to trouble him, and he crushed most of the established European grandmasters with seemingly little effort. Only against the mighty Lasker did he experience serious problems. Then in 1921 Capa - as he was known - obliterated Lasker in their world title match and took the championship without losing a single game. Other triumphs followed, such as London 1922, and Capablanca acquired the legend of an invincible superman when he went for 8 years without losing a game! His supreme moment was in New York 1927 - a quadruple round trial of strength between Capa himself Alekhine, Nimzowitsch and three other contenders for the crown. Capa whitewashed the field, creating a fresh masterpiece practically every day. Possibly this easy victory left him over-confident for later the same year he lost his world title to Alekhine.

Capablanca's 100 Best Games of Chess

Three Rivers Press

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A history of chess

Routledge and Kegan Paul

Capablanca's Best Games (Algebraic Classics)

Batsford Ltd.

Capablanca's 100 Best Games by Harry Golombek.

Capablanca's 100 Best Games

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

Inspiration and controversy alike still surround the 1948 match tournament. Why for example was the Polish grandmaster Miguel Najdorf not invited when US Grandmaster Reuben Fine dropped out?

The World Chess Championship 1948 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics S)

Hardinge Simpole

Richard Reti was a formidable over the board grandmaster as shown by his victories at the splendid tournaments of Kaschau 1918, Gothenburg 1920 and Teplitz Schonau 1922. His victims included Capablanca, Alekhine and Nimzowitsch, while his elegant destruction of Bogolyubov deservedly won the beauty prize at New York 1924.

Modern Ideas in Chess

Réti, Richard

Hardinge Simpole Ltd

In 1966 and 1969 Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky contested two epic battles for the world crown. In the first of these Petrosian became the only world champion to actually win a title defence for 32 years when his inspired defensive technique thwarted all of Spassky's aggressive intentions. In the second of these two ferocious fights Spassky eventually broke through to seize the world title. En route the two great players created some of the most beautiful chess ever witnessed at this high level, sparkling with numerous sacrifices of rook for bishop or knight, piece sacrifices to inaugurate enduring attacks and even a stunning queen sacrifice by Petrosian in game 10 of the first encounter.

Petrosian v Spassky: The World Championships 1966 and 1969

Clarke, Peter

Hardinge Simpole Limited

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