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Published by Chess Digest, Dallas, 1971
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 28 pages with photograph and diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. The opening 1.e4 c5 2.f4 has several names. It is known as the Grand Prix Attack, the Larsen-Santasiere Variation, the McConnell Attack, and Philidor's Variation of the Sicilian. Whatever it is called, it can be a strong opening. It's like a King's Gambit against the Sicilian Defense. Condition: Edges toned with some wear and bumped corners, previous owner's name to front wrapper verso else very good.
Published by Chess Digest, Dallas, 1974
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 93 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. The Vienna Game is an opening in chess that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 White's second move is less common than 2.Nf3, and is also more recent. The original idea behind the Vienna Game was to play a delayed King's Gambit with f4 (the Vienna Gambit), but in modern play White often plays more quietly (for example, by fianchettoing his king's bishop with g3 and Bg2). Black most often continues with 2.Nf6. The opening can also lead to the Frankenstein Dracula Variation. Weaver W. Adams famously claimed that the Vienna Game led to a forced win for White. Nick de Firmian concludes in the 15th edition of Modern Chess Openings, however, that the opening leads to equality with best play by both sides. In the Vienna Gambit, defined by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4, White sacrifices a pawn to gain control of the center. Condition: Edge wear wich bumped corners else very good.
Reprint; 8vo; pp. 43; variations; stiff stapled wrapper, previous price marked out and marking where paper has been torn from front left top wrapper, otherwise a good copy. (Dallas, Texas, Chess Digest, 1973).