Article Number
LXEDWTCPBB
Author
The Chess Player's Bedside Book
149 pages, paperback, Reprint, Hardinge, 2003, original edition 1975
From the series »Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics«
Discontinued
Deskriptive Notation.
Descriptive Notation.
An anthology of wit and wisdom from the masters and grandmasters of the game. Do you know which was the worst game ever played in a World Championship? Or that Botvinnik once failed to win having been given an extra rook? Join the chairman of the British Chess Magazine - the world's oldest regular chess publication still in print - and Grandmaster Ray Keene as they take you on a guided tour through the annals and anecdotes of the game of kings and queens.
An anthology of wit and wisdom from the masters and grandmasters of the game. Do you know which was the worst game ever played in a World Championship? Or that Botvinnik once failed to win having been given an extra rook? Join the chairman of the British Chess Magazine - the world's oldest regular chess publication still in print - and Grandmaster Ray Keene as they take you on a guided tour through the annals and anecdotes of the game of kings and queens.
| EAN | 9781843821038 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 250 g |
| Manufacturer | Hardinge |
| Width | 13.7 cm |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Author | Raymond EdwardsRaymond Keene |
| Series | Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 1843821036 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781843821038 |
| Year of Original Version | 1975 |
| Pages | 149 |
| Binding | paperback |
vii Preface
viii Acknowledgments
ix Symbols
001 A Russian Trilogy Eduard Gufeld
008 World Champions I Have Met Harry Golombek
019 The Morals of Chess Benjamin Franklin
021 No Queens? How Boring! Wolfgang Heidenfeld
032 Fairy Chess Christopher Feather
042 A Lost Talent: An Appreciation of Gyula Breyer Kevin O'Connell
049 Unsung Heroes of US Chess Andrew Soltis
058 Endgame Quartet Editors
060 The Technique of Tournament Play Aron Nimzowitsch
068 A Sad Tale Frank Marshall
070 Computer Chess - Past, Present and Future David Levy
079 The Tal Touch Editors
081 The Great Age of British Chess Nevil Coles
090 Variations on a Familiar Theme Harry Golombek
092 The Art of Sudden Crisis Svetozar Gligoric
098 The World's Worst Raymond Keene
104 Desert Island Books Raymond Edwards
113 Notes on Kriegspiel Sir Robert Robinson
117 Korchnoi at Work Editors
119 On the Knight Shift William Hartston
125 Chess Masters are Human Mlle Pour-quoi Pas
128 The Style of Robert J. Fischer John Littlewood
140 Psychology in Chess Hans Bohm
145 Solutions
viii Acknowledgments
ix Symbols
001 A Russian Trilogy Eduard Gufeld
008 World Champions I Have Met Harry Golombek
019 The Morals of Chess Benjamin Franklin
021 No Queens? How Boring! Wolfgang Heidenfeld
032 Fairy Chess Christopher Feather
042 A Lost Talent: An Appreciation of Gyula Breyer Kevin O'Connell
049 Unsung Heroes of US Chess Andrew Soltis
058 Endgame Quartet Editors
060 The Technique of Tournament Play Aron Nimzowitsch
068 A Sad Tale Frank Marshall
070 Computer Chess - Past, Present and Future David Levy
079 The Tal Touch Editors
081 The Great Age of British Chess Nevil Coles
090 Variations on a Familiar Theme Harry Golombek
092 The Art of Sudden Crisis Svetozar Gligoric
098 The World's Worst Raymond Keene
104 Desert Island Books Raymond Edwards
113 Notes on Kriegspiel Sir Robert Robinson
117 Korchnoi at Work Editors
119 On the Knight Shift William Hartston
125 Chess Masters are Human Mlle Pour-quoi Pas
128 The Style of Robert J. Fischer John Littlewood
140 Psychology in Chess Hans Bohm
145 Solutions