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Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_388140976
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.52. Seller Inventory # G0801960789I5N00
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1st. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 41162337-75
Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 196 pages; Description: v, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Chess --Biography --Chess --Collections of games. Notes: Includes indexes. Summary: A Yugoslav grandmaster, befuddled at a simulatenous blindfold exhibition, flees from a crowd of peasants through a bathroom window. A convicted murderer escapes from the police while being taken to a chess tournament. The wife of Grandmaster Reshevsky causes pandemonium when she insists on interjecting herself into a game with Grandmaster Byrne. Here are the colorful personalities, the scandals, and the great blunders of the champions that make up the chess panorama. Light in tone, sometimes humorous, and always entertaining, these stories, illustrated with game diagrams, offer a marvelous introduction to the world of chess. Delightful, kibbitzing, and chock full of marvelous anecdotes, this book, by real insiders, will entertain and instruct simple wood pushers and masters alike. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 86082
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. A glimpse into the world of competitive chess. 196 pp. Seller Inventory # 003200
Book Description Softcover. Condition: used. Book by Lombardy, William. Seller Inventory # SONG0801960789
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Fine book in VG+ dust jacket. Long crease to front flap of jacket, short tear to top edge and creasing to bottom edge of back cover, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . Two chess masters discuss chess personalities, scandals, great moves and blunders, humerous anecdotes, and much more. A beautiful copy, gift quality. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 196 pages. L5. Seller Inventory # 27250
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. Seller Inventory # 097621
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in olive buckram, in olive, orange and white illustrated wraps, 8vo. v + 196pp. Indices, position diagrams. Descriptive notation. Fine/VG. Book is as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Jacket has light curl along upper front and rear edges with two short closed tears (internally tape-repaired). Shallow crease just above lower front edge; green marker remainder stripe lower rear panel just above edge. Central colors and panels clean, sharp and bright. Jacket in Brodart. Seller Inventory # 023345
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A glimpse into the world of competitive chess. 196 pp. Seller Inventory # 002901