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Verlag: Chess Digest, Dallas, 1971
ISBN 10: 0713403543ISBN 13: 9780713403541
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 224 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Philip F Booth. First edition. Rooks and pawns are involved in about half of all chess endgames. The present study is a translation of the great Russian work by grandmasters Levenfish and Smyslov, teaches players of all abilities just how to handle the difficult type of ending. Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper, some light edge wear. Jacket with edge wear, spine sunned else very good in better than very good jacket.
Verlag: Publishing House Moravian, Olomouc, 2003
ISBN 10: 8071895032ISBN 13: 9788071895039
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. Volume 1: 1935-1957. 348 pages with diagrams, tables and indexes. Volume 2:1958-1995. 456 pages with diagrams, tables and indexes. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's stiff boards. Translation by Ken Neat. First edition. Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, who was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985). Smyslov twice tied for first place at the Soviet Championships (1949, 1955), and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won is an all-time record. In five European Team Championships, Smyslov won ten gold medals. Smyslov remained active and successful in competitive chess well after the age of sixty. Despite failing eyesight, he remained active in the occasional composition of chess problems and studies until shortly before his death in 2010. Condition: Spine heal bumped, previous owner's name to front end paper volume 1 else very good.