Monday, July 28, 2008

Chess Books O'Plenty

By an odd and strange series of events, I have become the recent owner of a trove of chess books -- 96 to be exact.

Titles, authors, year of publication, etc. are all listed below. There are some real interesting ones in there including one all the way back from 1915 (very cool!).

Title Author Year Theme Hard/Soft Notation Copies
100 Master Games of Modern Chess Tartakiwer, S. and Du Mont, J. 1975 Game Collection soft British 1
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate Reinfeld, Fred 1955 Tactics soft British 1
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations Reinfeld, Fred 1955 Tactics soft British 1
200 Demanding Chess Puzzles Greif, Martin 1996 Puzzle soft British 1
500 Master Games of Chess Tartakiwer, S. and Du Mont, J. 1975 Game Collection soft British 1
A Guide To Chess Endings Euwe, Max and Hooper, David 1976 Endgame soft Algebraic 2
An Introduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained Barden, Leonard 1959 Misc. soft British 1
An Invitation to Chess Chernev, Irving and Harkness, Kenneth 1945 Misc. soft British 2
Art of Attack in Chess Vukovic, Vladimir 2002 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Attack and Counterattack in Chess Reinfeld, Fred 1959 Tactics soft British 1
Begin Chess Pritchard, David 1992 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach Weeramantry, Sunil and Eusebi, Ed 1993 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Better Chess Gillan, A.J. 1993 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Fischer, Bobby 1972 Misc. soft None 2
Chess Catechism Evans, Larry 1970 Narrative soft British 1
Chess for Beginners Horwitz, I.A. 1960 Misc. soft British 1
Chess in 30 Minutes Lowe, E.S. 1955 Misc. soft British 1
Chess In a Nutshell Reinfeld, Fred 1960 Misc. soft British 1
Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters Lasker, Edward 1969 Narrative soft British 1
Chess Self-Teacher Horowitz, Al 1961 Misc. soft British 1
Chess Tactics for Beginners Reinfeld, Fred 1961 Tactics soft British 1
Chess Theory and Practice Morry, W. Ritson and Mitchell, W. Melville 1967 Misc. soft British 1
Chess Traps, Pitfalls and Swindles Horwitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred 1954 Tactics soft British 1
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games Polgar, Laszlo 1994 Tactics soft Algebraic 1
Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa Gufeld, Eduard 2001 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Classic Chess Problems Howard, Kenneth 1970 Tactics soft Algebraic 1
Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom Schiller, Eric 2000 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move (Vol. II) Smith, Ken 1992 Endgame soft Algebraic 1
Evans Gambit and a System Versus Two Knights' Defense Harding, Tim 1996 Specific - Opening soft Algebraic 1
First Book of Chess Horwitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred 1952 Misc. soft British 1
Fischer Spassky Roberts, Richard 1972 Narrative soft British 1
Fundamental Chess Endings Muller, Karsten and Lamprecht, Frank 2001 Endgame soft Algebraic 1
How Good is Your Chess? Barden, Leonard 1976 Misc. soft British 1
How to Force Checkmate Reinfeld, Fred 1958 Puzzle soft British 1
How to Improve Your Chess Horowitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred 1973 Misc. soft British 1
How To Play the Chess Openings Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene 1971 Openings soft British 1
How to Play the Endgame in Chess Barden, Leonard 1975 Endgame soft British 1
How to Play Winning Chess Reinfeld, Fred 1972 Misc. soft British 1
How to Reassess Your Chess Silman, Jeremy 1993 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
How to Solve Chess Problems Howard, Kenneth 1961 Puzzle soft British 1
How to Think Ahead in Chess Horowitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred 1951 Misc. soft British 1
Hypermodern Opening Repetoire for White Schiller, Eric 1999 Openings soft Algebraic 1
Ideas Behind The Ches Openings Fine, Ruben 1949 Openings soft British 1
Mastering the Opening Jacobs, Bryan 2003 Openings soft Algebraic 1
Mitchell's Guide to the Game of Chess Mitchell, David 1915 Misc. Hard British 1
Modern Chess Openings (11th ed.) Korn, Walter 1972 Openings hard British 1
Modern Chess Openings (14th ed.) de Firmian, Nick 1999 Openings soft Algebraic 1
Modern Chess Strategy Lasker, Edward 1968 Misc. soft British 1
Modern Chess Tactics Pachman, Ludek 1970 Tactics soft British 1
More Chessercizes: Checkmate! Pandolfini, Bruce 1991 Puzzle soft Algebraic 2
New Ideas in Chess Evans, Larry 1972 Misc. soft British 1
Pandolfini's Chess Complete Pandolfini, Bruce 1992 Narrative soft none 1
Pawn Power in Chess Kmoch, Hans 1990 Misc. soft British 1
Play Winning Chess Seirawan, Yasser 1990 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Play Winning Chess Seirawan, Yasser 1995 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Rapid Chess Improvements de la Maza, Michael 2002 Narrative soft Algebraic 1
Searching for Bobby Fischer Waitzkin, Fred 1988 Narrative Hard none 1
Simple Chess Emms, John 2001 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Standard Chess Openings Schiller, Eric 2000 Openings soft Algebraic 1
The ABCs of Chess Pandolfini, Bruce 1986 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
The Amatuer's Mind Silman, Jeremy 1999 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
The Art of Sacrifice in Chess Spielmann, Rudolf 1995 Tactics soft British 1
The Basics of Winning Chess Cantrell, Jacob 2002 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
The Chess Café Puzzle Book Muller, Karsten 2004 Puzzle soft Algebraic 1
The Chess Companion Chernev, Irving 1968 Narrative soft British 1
The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights Smullyan, Raymond 1981 Logic soft None 1
The Complete Book of Chess Strategy Silman, Jeremy 1998 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
The Complete Chessplayer Reinfeld, Fred 1953 Misc. soft British 1
The Complete Chessplayer Reinfeld, Fred 1992 Misc. soft British 1
The Fireside Book of Chess Chernev, Irving & Reinfeld, Fred 1949 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
The Game of Chess Golombek, Harry 1980 Misc. Soft British 1
The Golden Treasury of Chess Wellmuth, Francis 1943 Misc. Hard British 1
The Grunfeld Defense Hartson, William 1971 Specific - Opening hard British 1
The Logical Approach to Chess Euwe, Max, Blaine, M., Rumble, J.F.S 1958 Misc. soft British 2
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played Chernev, Irving 1992 Misc. soft British 1
The Official Laws of Chess MacMillian Chess Library 1989 Narrative Hard none 1
The Pan Book of Chess Abraham, Gerald 1983 Misc. soft British 1
The Petroff Defense Forintos, Gyozo and Haag, Ervin 1991 Specific - Opening soft Algebraic 1
Weapons of Chess Pandolfini, Bruce 1989 Misc. soft none 2
Winning Chess Chernev, Irving and Reinfeld, Fred 1948 Tactics soft British 2
Winning Chess Brilliancies Seirawan, Yasser 1995 Tactics soft Algebraic 2
Winning Chess Openings Reinfeld, Fred 1973 Openings soft British 1
Winning Chess Tactics Robertie, Bill 1996 Tactics soft Notational 1
Winning Chess: Strategies Seirawan, Yasser 1994 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Winning Chess: Strategies Seirawan, Yasser 2004 Misc. soft Algebraic 1
Winning Chess: Tactics Seirawan, Yasser 2004 Tactics soft Algebraic 1
Winning With the Philidor Kosten, Tony 2001 Specific - Opening soft Algebraic 1
Your Chess Questions Answered Lalic, Susan 1999 Narrative soft Algebraic 1












TOTAL 96

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