Chess - Sale Items & Lots from Glynn's Books

London: Batsford Two books of chess puzzles taken from the author's chess column. Published 1991 and 1996, each is Pb, 111pp and 96pp respectively. Good with light wear and clean contents. Together they contain a total of 480 tactical chess puzzles taken from actual games. . Soft Cover. Good.

London: Bell, 1974. Hb, 334pp. Fair+ in a Good+ dj which has marginal wear. Pages heavily tanned, sticker of the ECF Dunleavy Collection on fep, inked notation on back endpaper. Examines Nimzowitch's career in detail, drawing on the chess thinker's own notes, looking at his influence on modern opening play, and providing a wide selection of his games from… Read more about this item

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: Chess Enterprises Four books in the same series, published 1993-1994. Each is Pb, 96pp, Good to VG with clean contents, a couple have slight corner wear. Each volume presents around 370 positions with explanations, with the first two volumes targetted at beginners and subsequent volumes increasing in difficulty. They are intended primarily for study rather than tests.. Soft… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1991. Two books by the same author. Each is Pb, ranging from 128-168pp, Good, light tanning to pages but contents clean. 1) Tactical Chess Exchanges - Contents: Linking all stages of the games; Role of the exchange; The exchange in the Opening; The exchange in the Middlegame (realizing a material advantage; exchange in attack and defence; realizing a… Read more about this item

Batsford Three books in the same series, published 1994-95 and targetted at players relatively new to competitive chess. Each is Pb, 112pp, Good to Good+ with clean contents, slight wear. 1) Planning by McDonald - accumulation of advantages, weak pawns, open and closed positions, open files and diagonals, how to think during a game, playing by analogy, planning in a… Read more about this item

N.Y.: CiRC, 1996. Pb, 250pp. VG, clean contents. Five broad lessons, with games and exercises : Attacking the King in the centre; When the King is safe in the centre; Piece attacks with same-side castling; Pawn attacks with same-side castling; Attacks with opposite-side castling.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 2004. Pb, 208pp. VG, clean contents. Collection of 64 chess games which were the winners of the Paul M Albert Jr. Brilliancy Prize at the U.S. Chess Championships from 1984-2003. The games are used to illustrate how favourable positions are converted into victory. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Portland: Ablaze Manga, 2022. Two manga novels about chess. Each is Pb, approx. 220pp, VG with clean contents. Targetted at ages 12+, they feature a high school student called Tom and his friends at the chess club of the International School of Shibuya. In volume 1, Tom learns chess to impress a girl in his class and stumbles upon a… Read more about this item

Two small books on gambits, both Pb. 1) Yudovich - The Gambit. Planeta, Moscow, 1989. 183pp. Good(-), cover creases, clean contents. Includes the history and typical tactics of different gambits, with 23 games. 2) Harding - Counter gambits. British Chess Magazine, St. Leonards on Sea, 1974. 204pp. Good(-), creased spine, couple of cover marks, clean contents. Discusses Black counter-gambits, with… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1993. Hb, xiii + 249pp. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Based on a behind-the-scenes knowledge of the Kasparov-Short encounter in 1993, this narrative describes the rivalry, psychological plots and snares, and the "inner game" and self-belief that chess grandmasters encounter at top level. The games from the match (without notes) are included at the back..… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1995. Pb, 222pp. Good+, faint tanning/yellowing to page edges but otherwise very good and clean. Numerous examples of "chess beauty", in games, positions,studies, problems.. Soft Cover. Good.

Moscow: Fizkultura I Sport In Russian. 17 books in the same series. Each is Pb, ranging from 174pp to 464pp. Generally Good with light wear, light page tanning and most with clean contents. One volume by Geller is Fair+ due to occasional inked notation and cellotape residue on inside covers and a couple of other volumes have corner stains on… Read more about this item

London: Cadogan, 1996. Pb, 160pp. VG(-), marginal wear, clean contents. Opening repertoire based on 1 e4 as White and the Sicilian and Dutch Defences as Black, focusing on attacking lines of play and providing suggestions against the opponent's main alternatives. Includes illustrative games.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berlin: Sportverlag In German. Six books in the same series, published in the early 1970s. Each is Hb with dj, ranging from 294pp to 524pp. Generally Good with clean contents in Good(-) to Good djs, some of which have small tears or edgewear. A couple of volumes have tanned pages and one has light speckles along fore-edge of page block.… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Cardoza, 2003. Pb, 266pp. VG with clean contents. Provides "recommendations, refutations and remedies" for sharp "annoying" lines as well as slower systems popular in club play for 1 e4 e5. Part 1 deals with the Open Games as White ( vs sharp Black lines in the Spanish, Italian game, Philidor; vs the Calabrese Countergambit; minor Black alternatives; the Petroff;… Read more about this item

London: Gambit, 2002. Pb, 320pp. VG, clean contents. Survey of the Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein system. Part 1 covers 4 . . . 0-0 ( Karpov variation, Parma., . . . Ba5, Nimzowitsch, Khasin, Main, Classical, Averbakh, Delayed Fiachetto, and Reshevsky variations). Part 2 covers other 4th moves ( Fischer variation, Dutch, Keres, Classical Fianchetto, Hubner, Modern, Rubinstein and Taimanov variations)..… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Cardoza Two books in the same series by Schiller, published 1998-2000. Each is Pb in VG clean condition. 1) Openings - 384pp. Covers over 100 openings with 102 annotated games featuring world champions. 2) Combinations, co-authored with Keene - 264pp. Includes 84 annotated games of world champions with exercises.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1974. Two companion volumes on the Sicilian by Tim Harding and various co-authors, published 1974-75, both Hb, Good with clean contents in VG dj. 1) Sicilian Sozin - co-authors Botterill and Kottnauer - iv + 192pp.Coverage of the main lines of the Sozin Attack including Velimirovic (various), Fischer's Variation, Old Main line, Najdorf Variation, Bronstein's Variation, Benko Variation,… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1974. Pb, xi + 299pp, b/w photos. Good(-), covers sunned/yellowed, dampstain along top edge of inside front cover and fep, contents clean. Over 300 games from the Leningrad and Petropolis (Brazil) Interzonals, many with annotations. Plus games from the Portoroz playoff, tables and author commentary. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

St Leonards on Sea: BCM In German. Pb, xv + 127pp, b/w photos. Good, light corner wear, clean contents. Reprint of the work first published by B.Kagan. Introductory summary by Tarrasch and 210 games without notes, of the strong chess tournament held in Baden-Baden in 1925. Alekhine was the winner, ahead of Rubinstein and Samisch.. Soft Cover. Good.