The White Knights
Alain Campbell White (1880-1951)
Verlag: Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1917
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[4]+7-134 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (6 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Introduction by George Hume. Christmas greeting tipped in. Alain White's Christmas series volume XXIII. (Betts: 31-11) First edition. A collection of 100 problems by various composers, in varying lengths, including some self-mates and a mate in 32 as well as 2, 3 and 4 movers. In all, the predominant feature is the use of the white knights to effect or assist the mate; many incorporate the two white knights with kings and pawns. Hume provides an explanatory introduction. Solutions appear on pages 121-134. Condition: Corners gently bumped, inner hinge at title beginning else very good without jacket as issued. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BOOKS005656
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Titel: The White Knights
Verlag: Chess Amateur, Stroud
Erscheinungsdatum: 1917
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition
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The White Knights
Verlag:
The Chess Amateur, Stroud, 1917
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Verkäuferbewertung 5 von 5 Sternen
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. [4]+7-134 pages with diagrams. Duodecimo (6 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Introduction by George Hume. A C White's Christmas series number 23 with greeting tipped in. From the library of Kenneth S Howard. (Betts: 31-11) First edition. A collection of 100 problems by various composers, in varying lengths, including some self-mates and a mate in 32 as well as 2, 3 and 4 movers. In all, the predominant feature is the use of the white knights to effect or assist the mate; many incorporate the two white knights with kings and pawns. Hume provides an explanatory introduction. Solutions appear on pages 121-134. Kenneth Samuel Howard (1882-1972) one of the founders of the Marshall Chess Club and chess problem composer. He wrote several books about chess composition: The enjoyment of chess problems (1943), How to solve chess problems (1945), and One hundred years of the American two-move chess problem; a collection of 212 compositions by United States problemists (1962). Condition: Howard's signature and date to front paste down. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, edge wear, some pencil check marks nest to problems else about very good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers C2253
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