The Unknown Capablanca
by David Vincent Hooper (1915-1998), and Dale Brandreth
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0890580081
- ISBN 13
- 9780890580080
- Seller
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
vi+201 pages with diagrams, tables and index. Errata laid in. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition.
Over 200 games by great Cuban champion, drawn from lesser matches and exhibition events, which nevertheless display the incredible prowess of "the chess machine." Included are games against Corzo, which earned Capablanca the Cuban Championship at the age of 12, as well as match and exhibition games, consultation games, simultaneous games, simultaneous games with clocks and other events. Discover and learn from brilliant strategies, subtle positional maneuvers.
Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, light edge wear else very good.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C2712
- Title
- The Unknown Capablanca
- Author
- David Vincent Hooper (1915-1998), and Dale Brandreth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0890580081
- ISBN 13
- 9780890580080
- Publisher
- R H M Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- vi+201 pages with diagrams, tables and index. Errata laid in
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Chess, Ajedrez, Schach, Echecs
- Bookseller catalogs
- /chess;
Terms of Sale
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
About the Seller
The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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