243 pp. Curled front cover, some thumbing, but still tight and close to new. No markings. With 223 chessboard diagrams, discussion of possible strategy for each situation. Cover blurb: "To snatch victory from the jaws of defeat commands our admiration; but if the snatching involves a little highclass flimflam, who will deny it gives us an extra thrill>" Size: 8vo. -- 8 in Tall. Seller Inventory # 007036

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Title: Chess Traps: Pitfalls & Swindles, How to Set...

Publisher: Fireside (Simon & Schuster), NY

Publication Date: 1954

Binding: Trade Paperback

Book Condition: Good

Edition: 13th Printing.

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This is a rich storehouse of Chess 'crimes.' Sometimes the villain is thwarted: more often he gets away with his nefarious deeds. But, in either event, the tales, and their telling, will prove to be instructive and vastly entertaining.

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