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Mar 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/28/98

J. Ken MacDonald
37-Bemersyde Dr.
Etobicoke, ON
CANADA M9A 2S9

Dear Chessfriends,

We are issuing this list one last time on the Internet only. There are
again another 10 to 15 new items including some that were sold out during
the last sale.

Now, we want to clear the stuff remaining.

The prices on the enclosed list can be reduced by 40%, i.e., the prices
shown are the old prices and you can deduct 40% from these prices. (This
will be the last attempt to move these books at reduced prices. After this
sale, the prices go back to the listed prices. We will honor these prices
until June 1, 1998!) Postage for Canada is $5 for the first book and $2 per
book thereafter with free postage for orders totalling $500 or more. US
residents must pay 20% of the new prices with a minimum of $15 with no free
postage available. Sorry, but the postage to the US is quite expensive and
one can buy considerable books at these ridiculously low prices! If you wish
to pay in US$, please calculate the amount owing and multiply by .75, i.e.,
take 75% of the Canadian$ amount.

(N.B. I am seeing new DOVER books at $8 for the smallest books
to $12 for mid size books. Normal SC's of Cadogan and Batsford are running
at $30 ++.)

There are about 10 to 15 items included in lists one and two that were not
on the previous lists. Discounts apply to these books also.

My fax number is 416-236-4136.
My e-mail address is j...@echo-on.net
My phone number is 416-236-4136. This is the line I use for the internet.
It has an answering machine on it most of the time. My line with an
answering machine all the time is 416-234-0207. These two numbers are at
home.

Regards,

Ken

P. S. This is the list with all items remaining after our recent sale. Terms
remain the same.

LIST # 1

Batsford Opening Monographs

0003. French: Classical Lines by Harding
Heidenfeld. SC, 1979, 158pp. $10

0005. Grunfeld Defence: Exchange Variation
by Malcolm Pein. SC, 1981, 140pp. $10

0007. NimzoIndian Defence: Leningrad
System by Michael MacDonald-Ross
SC, 1978, 135pp. $10

0013. Ruy Lopez: Breyer System by Blackstock
SC, 1976, 102pp. $10

0028. Sicilian-Richter Rauzer by Markland
and Harding. HC, MINT, no dj.,
1975, 146pp., desc. notation $14

0029. Sicilian: Najdorf by Michael Stean.
HC, 127pp., 1976. $16

0033. French Defence: Tarrasch Variation (new ed.)
SC, 101pp., rev. 1984. $10

0034. Queen's Gambit Accepted by Gufeld.
SC, 120pp., 1986. $10

0036. Spanish Gambits by Shamkovich and Schiller.
SC, 96pp., 1986. $10

0037. Sicilian - Accelerated Dragons by Levy.
HC, 164pp., 1975. $16

0048. Winning with the Queen's Indian by Ribli and Kallai.
SC, 1987, 176pp. $10

Openings

0061. Traxlers Modangreb by Y. Estrin SC
Danish translation of USSR ed. SC 64pp. $2

0070. Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox
Variation by Schiller. Chess
Enterprises, SC, 1984, 90pp. $5

0078. Grunfeld by Botvinnik and Estrin.
Russian Language, SC, 1979, 270pp. $7

0120. Queen's Indian: Petrosian System by Konikowski.
1985, Chess Ent., SC, 100pp. $5

0132. Pirc Defence: A Second Line for White by C.W.Baker.
40pp., Chess Player, 1979, SC.
Mostly, 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 (c6) 4.f4 $3

0133. Philidor's Defence by L.M.Pickett.
1974, Chess Player, 52pp., SC. $3

0135. Owen's Defence by Bill Wall.
1986, 66pp., Chess Enterprises, SC. $4

0136. b6! by T.Kapitaniak. Chess Player, 64pp., SC, 1982. $3

0142. New Ideas in Old Settings by Warren H. Goldman.
3.Q-B3 in the Caro-Kann. 77pp. on an oddball
opening! SC, 77pp., Around 1976. Chess. $5

0144. Sicilian Defence: 1, Scheveningen Variation.
by Nikitin. SC, 71pp., 1976 ed. of 1971
version, 4th printing, not revised. Ch. Player. $3

0157. King's Indian Defence, 6.Nc6, Samisch Variation
By John Watson. 109pp., 1982, SC $6

0158. Taimanov and Knights Tour Benoni by John Watson.
SC, 68pp., 1985 $5

0163. Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine.
SC, David McKay, 240pp., 1943,
condition not great. $5

0164. The Closed Sicilian by Chess Digest.
SC, 51pp., 1974. $1

0165. Averbakh System: Pirc/King's Indian by M. Thomas.
1979 SC that was the first attempt to
codify the Averbakh setup. SC, 88pp. $4

0166. English Opening by Cafferty.
152pp., SC, 1973 $5

0167. NimzoIndian Defence : Rubinstein by Tim Taylor.
76pp., 1984. $4

ECO's, BCO's, MCO's etc.

0172. ECO B, 1st ed., SC (dirty) $6

0174. ECO C, 1st ed., HC $12

Developments and Trends Series, etc.

0180. Developments in the Alekhine's, 1985-87. $3

0181. Developments in the Caro Kann, 1984-85. $3

0190. Kasparov NimzoIndian 4.Nf3 by Jacobs.
Like a Trends Booklet. SC, 1989, 46pp. $3

0191. NimzoIndian without 4...e3. 1989. $3

0196. Developments in the French Defence, 1984-86,
by Martin. 32pp. $3

0197. Developments in the Grunfeld 1985-87
by Pein. 44pp. $3

0199. Developments in the Keres Attack, 1981-86.
by Wade and smart. 32pp. $3

0200. Developments in the NimzoIndian, 1985-86.
by Andrew Martin. 32pp. $3Tournaments

0230. London 1982, (Phillips and Drew) by Keene.
Glossy SC, 121pp., BCM Quarterly # 20. $7

0239. Lone Pine 1975. SC bound set of the
unannotated games. $3

During the late 60's and early 70's, The Chess Player and Chess Digest
published small SC tournament books which were something like bulletins in
that they contained all the games but rarely had any notes. We are grouping
the books we have from this series in the following section of the list.

0247. USSR 39th Championship.
1971, 238 gms., 52pp. $4

0249. San Antonio 1972. 130 gms. 38pp. $3

There is another group of tournament books of no pattern. They are small SC
booklets with few pages. Since they are published by various sources, there
is no common description to attach to them other than short and SC. We will,
therefore, describe each as we go along. They are presented in chronological
sequence, as usual.

0252. Moscow 1976, 44th USSR Championship.
153 gms., 36pp. Karpov wins. $4

0253. Leningrad 1977, 45th USSR Championship.
126 gms. 40pp. Dorfman = 1st with Gulko. $4

0254. Tilburg 1978. 66 gms., some notes
Informant style notation, 14pp. $3

0255. Bugojno 1978. 120 gms., some notes
Informant style notation, 14pp. $3

0256. Niksic 1978. 66 gms., some notes
Informant style notation, 28pp. $3

0257. Buenos Aires 1979. FAN, some notes,
91 gms., 56pp. $4

0259. Erevan, USSR Zonal, 1982, 28pp. $4

Now, we come to the remaining tournament books. These will be regular books
and described individually and have much more substance than the little
books described previously!

0266. USSR Championship 37, 1969. 258 gms.,
few notes, 176pp. $5

0269. Wijk aan Zee GM Tmt., 1975
by the Players. SC, 275+pp.,
RHM, a strong Tmt. with Portisch
and Hort finishing 1,2. $8

0275. Tallinn 1979, Keres Memorial. Estonian
Petrosian followed by Tal & Vaganian.
Estonian language, SC, 136 gms., 165pp. $3

0276. London 1980 by Hartston and Reuben.
Photos and brief bios of all players.
Miles, Andersson and Korchnoi = 1st.
Pergamon, SC, 92 gms., 222pp. $8

0277. Merano 1981, Korchnoi-Karpov.
Russian language. Glossy SC, 144pp. MINT. $3

0282. US Open 1984 by Marfia.
SC, 65 gms., 84pp. MINT. $5

Tournament Bulletins

Most international tournaments issue bulletins as the tournament progresses.
We have a large number of these sets of bulletins available.

You will note a wide variance in the quality of these bulletins. Some look
like poor Xerox copies. The reason for this may be that they are produced as
Xerox copies or they may have been reproduced from the master copy at the
tournament in this fashion. It may also be that they are copies of the
original. Some of these bulletins may be copies of articles which acted as
bulletins, e.g., copies from the USSR magazine, "64".

Most of the bulletins we offer are indeed original issues as you will
notice! Some, however, are issued after the fact. The old tournaments here
do not have original bulletins from those years.

Tournament bulletins rarely have annotations but some do have diagrams.

We offer the bulletins below listed in chronological sequence to make it
easier for you to find what you are seeking. We have listed the top
finishers in each event. When we show "MacDonald + 3", this means that three
tied for 2nd place.

These bulletins are priced to sell with the cheapest items usually
containing the smallest amount of material.

0289. Lone Pine 1976. Petrosian +9. 191 gms. $4

0293. USA Championship 1978.
Kavalek & Tarjan. $3

0294. Niksic 1978. $3

0296. USSR Championship 1978.
Tal & Czeshkovsky. $3

0297. Wijk aan Zee 1978, Portisch $3

0299. Bugojno 1978. $3

0301. Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1978,
Selected Games. $4

0304. Amsterdam (IBM) 1979. Hort & Sax. $3

0310. Phillips and Drew Knights 1982.
Watson & Fedorowicz. $3

0312. Linares 1983. Spassky + 2. $2

0313. New York Open 1987.
Seirawan & Adorjan. Lots of gms.
incl. the 4 GM playoff. $5

World Championships

The following books all have world championship matches or tournaments as
their topic.

0320. World's Championship Matches 1921
and 1927 by Capablanca. DOVER. $7

0321. Alekhine vs. Bogoljubow, World
Championship, 1934 by Fine &
Reinfeld. DOVER. $7

0326. The World Chess Championship
by Gligoric and Wade. 220pp.,
SC, RHM, all the games from
the 1948 Tmt. to Fischer-Spassky,
1972. Light notes. $10
b) HC with dj. $14
c) HC but a small corner chewed a bit
by a dog?! $5

0327. Karpov-Korchnoi, 1974, by Hartston & Keene.
SC, 1974, faded back cover $6
ditto, back cover fine $8

0327a. World Chess Championship 1978, Korchnoi vs.
Karpov by Keene. SC, 159pp. $7

0328a. Karpov vs. Korchnoi 1978 by Keene.
SC, 159pp. $6

0328d. Kasparov-Korchnoi, 1983, the London Contest
By Keene and Lawson. SC, 96pp. $8

0329. Kasparov-Karpov III, Centenary Match
by Keene and Goodman.
SC, Collier, 1986, 124pp. $7

0331. The Moscow Challenge, Karpov-Kasparov,
by Keene. 140pp., glossy SC, Batsford, 1985. $6

0332. Manoeuvres in Moscow, Karpov-Kasparov II,
by Keene and Goodman. Glossy SC, 124pp.,
Batsford, 1985. $5

0336. Championship Chess by Philip W. Sergeant.
A collection of 66 games from world
champion's or pretenders from 1843 to 1961.
DOVER, 257pp., $7

Collections Of Masters' Games

English Language
(unless otherwise stated)

0372. One Hundred Selected Games by Botvinnik.
DOVER, SC. $7

0373. Unknown Capablanca by Hooper
and Brandreth.
SC, RHM, 1975, 201pp. $10

0374. My Chess Career by Capablanca.
DOVER, SC. $7

0379a. Lessons From My Games, A Passion
for Chess by R. Fine. HC, a library book. $12

0381. Profile of a Prodigy
by Frank Brady. HC, 445pp.,
½ text, ½ games and X-tables. $15

0382. How Fischer Plays chess by Levy. 160pp.,
1975, so includes Spassky 1972 match, SC $7

0385a. How to Beat Bobby Fischer by Edmar Mednis.
Fischer's losses. Very poor condition paperback. $10

0390. Karpov's Collected Games 1961-1974
by David Levy. All 561 of them. HC,
300+pp., dj present, but a little frayed. $15

0392. Anatoly Karpov's Games as World Champion, 1975-77.
by O'Connell and Levy, Glossy SC,
221pp., 1978. Batsford. $10

0393. Games of Anatoly Karpov
by O'Connell & Adams. HC with dj,
Pitman, 1974, 352pp. MINT $16

0394. Garri Kasparov, the Chess Prodigy from Baku
by Eric Brondum. SC, 67 small pages. $5

0396. My Games by Gary Kasparov.
SC, 163pp., 1983, Batsford. $10

0397. Fighting Chess, My Games and Career
by Gary Kasparov, Batsford,
Glossy SC, 1983, 138pp. $10

0411. Playing to Win by James Plaskett.
SC, Collier Books, glossy SC, 90pp., $5

0415. Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess
by Reshevsky. DOVER, 273pp. $7

0420. My Best Games, 1935-1957, by Smyslov.
DOVER, SC. $7

0422. The Art of Sacrifice by Spielmann.
McKay edition, SC. $7

General Collections of Games

0437. Dynamic Chess by R.N. Coles.
DOVER, 195 pp., 1966 ed. of 1955 book. $6

0439. Battles Royal of the Chessboard by R. N. Coles.
SC, originally published 1948, 155pp.,
some games of the LaBourdonnais-McDonnell match
up to a 1946 Smyslov game. Chosen for their
excitement! MINT! $9

0440. 100 Chess Gems by P. Wenman.
SC, 1939, pp. unnumbered, but appears
to be the same as previous with less
notes and more games. MINT! $9

0445. Soviet Chess compiled by R. G. Wade
Includes games, history, compositions,
postal chess. SC, Wilshire Books,
1976, 288pp. $8

0451. 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures by P. H. Clarke.
MINT 1st edition with almost MINT dj.,
HC, BELL, 174pp. Boy, those BELL HC
productions were nicely done!! $25

0452. The English Chess Explosion from Miles
to Short. by Chandler and Keene, SC
Batsford, 1981, 125pp. $7

Correspondence Chess

0468. Correspondence Chess Yearbook
# 1. out of print! We have one! $30
# 14 $25

0470. Bernard Freedmen Memorial CC Tmt.
"CHECK!" # 476 $2

0482. Échiquier Belge, being the official magazine
of the Belgian CC organization.
Issue # 518 to # 555, missing # 532 and 548 $30

0483. Miscellaneous issues of the Latvian CC magazine. ea. $2

0484. Mate Postal, being the official magazine of
the Spanish CC organization.
# 83 to # 98, except # 88.
Runs from 9/93 to 6/97 $15

Yearbooks, etc.

0501. Chess Informant, priced as follows:
$15 ea. to # 30, and $19 to # 45 and,
finally, $22 to # 55. Remember, there is
no GST on these, so the saving is more
than it first appears.
Volume
# 34 & 40
41-44(2)-45 ea. $19
48-49-50-55 ea. $22

0502. Tournament Chess,
Each volume contains 1200-1600 games which
are all the games of a bunch of tournaments.
Volume 1 starts in late 1980 and they
continue on from there. I believe there are
more than 50 volumes to date. They are
usually priced at US$20 if my memory
serves me right.
# **1 to 10**, the run $95

0503. Schach Forum 3, being a Russian Yearbook
like Informants concentrating on Russian
tmts. SC, 1993, 236pp., Opening Articles. $25

0504. New In Chess Yearbook was originally
brought out to compete with Chess Informant.
It has now become a survey of openings.
but the early issues were superb quality
productions with well annotated games and
thoroughly researched opening articles. They
retail for $19.95 in SC for the earlier
volumes up to $28.95 in SC for the
later volumes.
New In Chess Yearbook, HC,
Excellent cond. # 1-2 ea. $25
MINT with dj., # 1-2 ea.$28
3-4-5-9, HC with dj.'s ea. $22

0505. The Chess Player was another series
which was to compete with Informant.
It began in early 1972 publishing
games of the last half of 1971.
The volumes we have cover every half
year up to the last half of 1974.
Each vol had well over 1000 games,
many annotated.
Volume 2-3-4 ea. $11

Endgames, Studies and Problems

0509. 100 Classics of the Chessboard by A.S.M. Dickins
and H. Ebert. SC, 217pp., being a Cadogan
reprint of a 1983 edition. The problems
include many oddball creations, the Knight's
tour being one of them. MINT! $11

0510. 100 Classics of the Chessboard by A.S.M. Dickins
and H. Ebert. HC, 217pp., 1983 edition. The
problems include many oddball creations,
the Knight's tour being one of them. $13

0521. Classic Chess Problems by Kenneth S. Howard.
DOVER, SC, 110pp. $6

0531. Questions and Answers on Practical Endgame Play
by Edmar Mednis. Glossy SC, 136pp., 1987,
Chess Enterprises. $7

0544. How to Solve Chess Problems by K. S. Howard.
DOVER, 171pp. $7

Bound Volumes of Magazines

We believe that most buyers would want bound volumes rather than individual
issues. Here are the few bound volumes that we have.

0550. Chess, the English magazine. The
annual years run from Oct to Sept.
This was the month they started
publishing so they bound their
annual volumes in the same date
period! HC
Vol. 16, Oct. 1950 to Sept. 1951 $40
Vol. 40, Oct. 1974 to Sept. 1975 $35

0551. British Chess Magazine
1949 $50

Magazines

0562. Inside Chess, being a 26-issue a year
timely magazine. It is the magazine
you use to get news on a current
basis. We have a run of Vol. 1,
# 13 to Vol. 3, # 13, two years.
This run includes all the issues
not available from the publisher!,
viz., # 25, vol. 1, 1989 complete
(although they have some issues)
and # 1 to # 13, 1990!! Inside
Chess is charging US$40+ for a
complete year. The run $90
Also, 1988-1989, volumes 1 & 2 complete
and # 1-2, 1990 $90

0564. Fernschach as follows:
Oct/82 to Sep/83 glued together. No
use to a collector but decent material! $6
# 7/85 to # 4 and 6/86 $8
1992 to 1996 complete $75
1994/# 9; 1997/# 1 ea. $2
1989-90-91, ea. yr., $18
1992, # 1 to 9, 1996, most issues, ea. issue $2

0566. Scottish Correspondence Chess Magazine,
1990-1995 complete and 3 issues from 1996 $55
# 45 (3/94) to # 52 (12/95)..1994-95 complete. $15

0569. The Problemist, being a long-running
excellent British problem magazine.
Jan/96 to Nov/97, 11 issues... $15

0570. Échecs+, being the official magazine of the FQE.
May/June/90 to Nov/Dec/96 $65
Mar/Apr/84 to Nov/Dec/86 $25

0571. En Passant, being the official magazine of
the CFC. Long run, almost complete to 1996,
and we will continue to advertise for the
missing issues for you. $350

Treatises and the like

0580. Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood
by Ed Lasker. SC, DOVER, a bit ragged! $4

0581. The Game of Chess by Golombek.
SC, 253pp., Penguin $3

0582. How to Play the Middle Game in Chess by
John E. Littlewood. 192pp., Batsford, 1974. $8

0591. The Art of Chess by James Mason.
DOVER, SC, 373pp., a little worn. $6

0594. How Not to Play Chess by Znosko-Borovsky.
DOVER, 119pp. $5

Books in French

0600. Les Échecs, Jugement et Plan par Max Euwe.
320pp., paperback, dirty covers,
sound binding. $3

0601. Le guide marabout des échecs par van Seters $4

0602. Voir Plus Clair aux Échecs par Henri
Tranquille et Louis Morin 1992 SC
Basic beginners's\ stuff. Diagrams with themes
and you find the continuation. Good way to
teach juniors practical themes! ($16. new)
MINT $9

Miscellaneous

0605. Rubinstein Memorial, Polanica-Zdroj, 1974.
Appears to be the brochure describing the
event. Polish language. $2

0606. Modern Chess Strategy by Ed. Lasker.
SC, McKay, 1968 ed. of 1951 book, 217pp. $5

0607. Complete Book of Chess by Horowitz.
SC, 372pp. for beginners. $4

0608. CFC Handbook, 1978 edition. Loose pp. $2

0609. Torneo Mundial de Ajedrez, Lev Polugaevsky,
Buenos Aires, 1994, being a small
souvenir program of this event. $4

0610. Learn Chess, A Complete Course,
by C. H. O'D Alexander and T. J. Beach.
MINT 174 pp. 1994 ed. of an earlier
1963 book., Cadogan, Beginners' stuff.
Very suitable for a present to a new player. $10

0611. Easy Guide to Chess by B. H. Wood.
A 1994 ed. of a 1942 book which has been
through many editions and still used today!
Cadogan, MINT, Glossy SC, 154pp. Beginners'
stuff. Very suitable for a present to a new player. $10

0614. First Steps in Chess by J. N. Walker.
Glossy SC, 136pp., 1995 ed. of 1978 book.
Beginners' stuff. Very suitable for a present
to a new player. $10

0615. The Oxford Companion to Chess by David Hooper
and Kenneth Whyld. Any Oxford compilation is
excellent! SC, 1987, 407pp. $16

0616. The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud and Kahn
being a collection of examples of various mates
and their patterns! Good stuff for beginners.
SC, DOVER, 214pp. $7

0620. Learn Chess Fast by Reshevsky and Reinfeld.
Mckay, SC, 1947, 147pp. $5

0621. An Invitation to Chess by Chernev Nd Harkness.
SC, 221pp., 1945/1972 ed., SC. $5

0630. The Guardian Chess Book by Leonard Barden.
166pp., Pocketbook. $3

Foreign Language

0642. 10 World Champions. Games and stories about
them. by various authors.
Russian language, SC 160pp. 1972 $2

LIST TWO

General Collections of Games

0702. 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures by P.H.Clarke.
100 short USSR games up to 1962, sorted
by chapters such as "King-side Attack"
and Queen Sacrifices". BELL, HC, 1963,
174pp., top of spine a little scarred. $18

0704. The Soviet Chess School by Alexander
Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich. This
appears to be a follow up volume
to the Soviet School of Chess
although it does have some early
material. MINT, Glossy HC, 1983,
published in USSR, but is in
English. 192pp. $13Endgames & Studies

0706. Chess Studies by Kasparyan Vol 1 only,
Notation can be understood,
so Russian not required. HC, MINT $5

0708. Queen and Pawn Endings by Averbach.
HC, with dj., Desc. notation, 140+pp.,
1975, BATSFORD, MINT. $16

0709. A Look at Grandmasters' Studies
by G. A. Nadareshvili.
208pp., 1982, SC, Russian language. $8

0710. Search for Beauty by Gia Nadareshvili.
208pp., 1986, SC. Russian language. $8

Treatises, etc.

0720. Middlegame by Romanovsky.
Small Russian book with loads of games
and positions. SC, in great shape as many
Russian publications are not! 224pp., 1963. $5

0720a. Last Lectures by Capablanca.
Small booklet in Russian language, 56pp., SC $4

Openings

0737. Chess Archives, Jan-Feb, Mar/Apr, 1994,
May-June, 1995, and July/August, 1997
being a series of German language opening
articles on loose leaf sheets.
(sub rate = $48/yr.) Sample of one of the 4 above $2

0739. King Pawn Openings by Marovic and Susic.
HC with dj., 1975, 264pp., desc. notat., MINT. $14

0740. Sicilian-Accelerated Dragons by D.N.L.Levy.
HC with dj., 1975, 164pp., desc. notat., MINT. $16

0741. The Leningrad Dutch by Harding.
HC with dj., 1976, 180pp., MINT.
desc. notat. $16

0742. Sicilian Scheveningen by Pritchett.
HC with dj., 1977, 204pp. $16

0743. Sicilian-Richter Rauzer by Markland
and Harding. HC, MINT, with dj.,
1975, 146pp., desc. notation $16

0745. Benoni and Konigindisch Samisch Variante,
Das System Laufer g5 by Rajkovic and Despotovic.
German language, glossy SC, no date given,
but, I see games from late 1980's. $5

0746. Das Angenommene Damen-Gambit by Davidovic.
Glossy SC, 65pp., German language, 1991. $4

0752. Modern Benoni: Dreibauerngriff and Three Pawn Attack
by Konikowski. SC, 84pp., 1987. $4

0752a. Abgelehntes Nordisches Gambit by Ingo Firnhaber.
Danish Gambit, SC, 1993, 300pp. $7

0752b. Die Eidechhse 1...g6 und Gewinnt by R. Schlenker.
Vol. 1 and vol. 2, taken from the pages of
RandSpringer. Each 44pp., 1985 and 1986.
Lots of oddball stuff here. $6

Correspondence Chess

0753. "CHECK!" 1927 to 1988, complete, reprints. $350

0754. NAICCC VI games and history and
crosstables of all NAICCC events by jkm. $6

0755. The Potter Memorial by Ken Messere.
Small book of games from this English
sponsored International CC event.
Glossy SC, 112pp. 1980, MINT. $6

0756. North American INVITATIONAL Correspondence
Chess Championships I, II, IV, V
by J. Ken MacDonald. 100 8½"x11" pages
containing a history of the NAICCC events
and the unannotated games from the 4 events.
Events III and VI have been published already
and may be available in this list elsewhere.
Many games here have never seen the light of day!
They were obtained from the files of the
Tournament Secretaries of the events! $12

0757. Chess by Envelope by Grodzensky and Romanov.
Being a Russian book on CC in Russia.
192pp., 1982, SC nice cond., $8

0759. Correspondence Chess Yearbook #15. $25

0761. Vestnik, being a minimum twice a year Russian
Publication on CC. # 2, 1996. 96pp., A
bunch of stuff you won't find elsewhere
in CC publications. $7

0763. Korr-SM, 1976-1979 by Axelson and Erlandsson.
A NICE edition of this sought after book
containing a history of Swedish CC during
these years. SC, 208pp. $25

0769. Diamond Dust by Jon Berry.
Being the account of the strong GM CC
event sponsored by the Canadian
Correspondence Chess Association in
which three (!) Canadians earned their
GMC titles! MINT! 106pp., glossy SC. $10

Magazines

We have a very large selection of magazines to choose from. The magazines
are offered in complete years at very reasonable prices. We don't offer odds
and ends except as listed below.

0774. Chess Mail, being an English language
international correspondence chess magazine
that begun officially in 1997 with a
premiere issue from late 1996. Issues
# 10 and 11 of 1997 have a couple of
articles on Hans Berliner - actually
interviews with Mr. Berliner - which
effectively complement his book on the
V World CC Championship and deal with
computers. Wonderful reading! I purchased
ten copies of each so that non-subscribers
can get these two important and interesting
issues. They will also allow one to sample
a superb CC magazine!
Premiere issue $5
Issues 10 and 11, 1997 (Berliner issues) $12

0775. New In Chess, if year incomplete, individual
issues can be purchased.
# 0, 1984 (premiere issue) $10
# 1-2, 1989 $20
# 1-2-3-4-6-7-8, 1988 $60
# 6, 1993 $10

0780. Various old Chess Chat's and Chess Canada's
and CFC Bulletin's. We have most CFC Bulletin's,
many Chess Chat's and many Chess
Canada's. What do you need? ea. $2.50
Take 10 or more at ea. $2
Chess Chat's...full year $18
Chess Canada's...# 1 $10
Chess Canada's...# 2 to # 6 ea. $4
Chess Canada's...# 7 and up ea. $2.50

*0781. Spéchecs, being the magazine of the Montréal
chess club, "Le Spécialiste des Échecs".
Only 6 issues were published. Odd #'s (Not # 1) ea. $3
Complete set # 1 to 6, rarely is # 1 available. $30

0782. Le Petit Roque & Québéchecs, being the
official magazine of the FQE. Most issues ea. $3

0783. Grab Bag of various Magazines. There are
all types of magazines here. CC, Problems,
Studies, many are foreign languages. Tell
me what you'd like! (minimum 15 mags!) $10
40 magazines $25

0784. RandSpringer, 1985-86-87, being a 4 to 6
issues a year publication devoted to unusual
openings. German language. 16 large format
issues. $25

0786. Fernschach 1990 Complete $18

0788. Sach, Czechoslovakia, # 3/1978 to # 3/1984
actual postage plus $60

*0789. Skakbladet, Denmark, 1976 to 1983
actual postage plus $70

*0790. Skakbladet, 1984-5-7, odds and ends @ ea. $.60

0791. Jaque, Spain, 1976 to 1984
(missing 1 issue from 1983 and two from 1981)
actual postage plus $70

0792. Jaque, Spain, 1976 to 1980
actual postage plus $50

Bound Volumes of Magazines

0799. Canadian Chess Review: 1927-1928, a reprint.
This magazine only lasted these four issues
but it contains the earliest CCCA news
published in magazine form. It also
contains much interesting chess news of
the time!! It is SC bound in a cheap
offset method. So, it's only... $5

0800. British Chess Magazine BOUND HC
1901, vol XXI, recently rebound
in HC red binding. Very nice condition! $125
1949 $50
1952-54-55 $45
1965. $40
For more volumes, see the following Cleeve list.

Tournaments

0805a. New York Open, 1991, by S1 Editrice.
SC, 62pp., 100 games, but only 2 are
annotated. Any person with a DataBase and
a WP could publish something like this.
What a ripoff! $2

Yearbooks, etc.

0806. Chess Yearbook 1960, being one of the Russian
yearbooks that ran from 1935 until 1962.
It did not publish from 1937 to 1946.
This book has some waterstains on the cover
and there is a split between the index pages
at the rear. Binding solid and all pages solid. $14

Miscellaneous

0807a. The Role of the Centre in a Chess Game
by V. D. Persitz. Small Russian booklet
of 96pp. 1983, SC. $3

0807b. Attack on the Queen's Wing by V. S. Shashin.
Small Russian booklet of 96pp. 1988, SC. $3

0807n. Leisure Time Chess by Gik.
Small Russian booklet with some
of Gik's games. SC, 130pp. $4

General Problem and Study Books

0807x. The Highlander, Episode One: Helpmates and Fairies.
by Kenneth Solja. A small private publication
of 48 diagrams composed by the author.
30pp., SC. $5

0811. Wybrane Problemy Szachowe by Henryk Zuk.
Small format, glossy SC, Polish, but very
Little language due to FAN, 80pp., 70 diagrams $5

0812. The Enjoyment of Chess Problems by
Kenneth S. Howard.
A corrected, revised edition published in 1951.
HC, 225pp., nice condition with the signature
(autograph?) of Russ Isaac who ran our
association for many years in the 70's
and 80's. I have been hoping to find some
news about him such as his date of death.
We have never eulogized him in the
pages of "CHECK!". Can anyone in Vancouver
take a stab at it?? He used to live at
4074-Sunnyside. $15

0813. Classic Chess Problems by Kenneth S. Howard.
DOVER, SC, 107pp. $6

0816. British Chess Federation
"Awards in Problem Tourneys"
These small 12pp. booklets were published by
Chess of Sutton Coldfield, England. Three
tourneys per booklet.
Nos. 134-5-6 (1974) $5
Nos. 131-2-3 (1973) $5
Nos. 128-9-30 (1972) $5
Nos. 125-6-7 (1971) $5
Nos. 122-3-4 (1970) $6
Nos. 119-20-1 (1969) $7
Nos. 116-7-8 (1968) $7
Nos. 113-4-5 (1967) $7
Nos. 110-1-2 (1966) $7

0817. Israel Problemists' Association AWARDS
Olympic Composing Tourneys 1964
16th Olympiad, Tel Aviv $5

0818. Final Award of the Boris' 10th Anniversary
Jubilee Tourney of EG
edited by Jan van Reek. 8pp., incl covers. $2

0820. Chess Compositions 1977-1982, no author given.
256pp., SC, 1983, problems and studies. $6

0821. Best Studies, Georgian Chess Composition,
by David Gurgenidze. A small English language
booklet containing 132 diagrams published
in Tbilisi. SC, 48pp., $6

0821a. 2345 Chess Problems by Chess Informant.
Typical Informant style, HC, red dj.,
416pp., languageless notation.
New price runs $34US!! $33

0821b. Chess Compositions by Gryn.
Small Russian booklet, SC, 88pp.
Problems and studies. $5

Problem Magazines

0825. Themes_64 being a quarterly publication in
French dedicated to PROBLEMS. Available
as follows:
Loose Issues 1968-69-70 (and index) $14
Loose Issues 1971 $4

0826. Diagrammes, being a French problem magazine.
Loose Issues 1979-80-81, to Aug/82 $15

0831. Albano, a USSR Problem publication
(copy) It's been a long time
since I have seen a hand written publication!
Issue # 1 (copy) $3
Issue # 2 (copy) $3

0832. The Ural Problemist, being a small format
Russian problem magazine. Issue # 2/1994
Which is # 3 overall. 32pp. packed, small
font and diagrams which allows for a lot
of material. $5CLEEVE LIST

Most of Cleeve's books were inscribed with his name and the date he
obtained the book. There are occasional inscriptions to John from others. If
this is unacceptable, you should advise me with your order and I will avoid
sending you a book with these marks. Don't expect to buy many books from his
list if you do!!

Batsford Opening Monographs

1004. Grunfeld Defence by William Hartston.
HC with dj., 182pp., 1971. $16

ECO's, BCO's, MCO's, etc.

1007. Batsford Chess Openings, edition 1,
by Kasparov and Keene.
1982, 346pp., SC, $10

Openings

1019. Play the Tarrasch by Shamkovich and Schiller.
142pp., glossy SC, Pergamon Press, 1984. $10

1020. Play the French by John L. Watson.
220pp., glossy SC, Pergamon Press, 1984 $10

1021. Play the Bogo-Indian by S.Yaulbut.
Pergamon Press, glossy SC, 1985, 153pp., $10

And now, a few older and unusual books
on the openings. The older books are
good to search for variations that
are no longer popular. There are some
nasty surprises for the student. Bobby
Fischer used to come up with some old
lines occasionally.

1042. A Supplement to Cook's Chess Players' Compendioum
by Alfred Emery. HC, 1910, 31pp.,
an opening update. $5

1043. Il Dragone Italiano (The Italian Dragon).
135pp., 1990, authored by Lotti and Picardi.
SC, one of a series of booklets published
by the Italian CC organization. Usually they
are on CC events. $8

Yearbooks, Annuals, etc.

1050. Correspondence Chess Yearbook's
# 1 $30
# 13 $25

1053. The Players Chess News, vol. 1,
Loads of great reading, games, opening
articles, etc., August/1981-January/1982. $10
And vol. 2, January/82-June/82. $10

1054. Tournament Chess
Index to vol. 1 to 4 $2
Vol. 6 $10

1055. The Universities Chess Annual,
Small pamphlets of 20pp. The latter even has
a win by Yanofsky!
Second Issue, November, 1951 $5
Third Issue, 1952-53 $5

1056. The Kipping Chess Club Yearbook, 1943-44.
Problems and Games. 30pp. $5

1057. The Lancashire Chess Association,
Season 1924-25. Some games, 24pp. $5

1061. British Chess Federation Yearbook,
1951-52, 296pp. $7

1062. Schaak Jaarboek, 1982, by Cor van Wijgerden.
Belgium, SC, 154pp. $5

Bound Magazines

1085. The Chess Amateur, being a magazine
published in England from 1906 to
approximately 1927. I have never seen any
offered for sale elsewhere, so, it is not
easy to pick a price. This magazine had
a very active correspondence chess club.
We have the first 6 volumes HC bound
in a faded red colour with volume # 1
being done in a brown woodsy finish.
Nice condition. The set of 6... $575
They aren't cheap but, from experience, the
buyers who are serious will cherry pick this
good stuff very quickly.

1086. Chess, volume 25, 1959-60 $37

1087. British Chess Magazine, being another British
magazine which published from 1881 and
continues to this day. We have a series of
almost MINT HC bound volumes for sale. Unless
stated otherwise, they are all bound in the
typical red binding of BCM.
It took me 8 years to complete my set and I
did so by taking one or more volumes at a time!
1952 & 54 ea. $45
All the above volumes include the annual
index and title page.
The following volumes were privately bound and
do not have the title page and index. They are
bound in a nice blue colour.
1974-5-6-7 ea. $35
Current volumes cost approximately $80.00 each!

Magazines

1100. Echiquier Belge, being the Belgian CC
magazine. One package containing
38 issues, most of which run in
sequence. #'s...250,287,302-3-4,
309-10, 356 to 385 (May, 1979 to
January, 1982), # 389. $40

*1101. CCLA Record, being the Australian CC
magazine. One package containing
22 issues, most of which run in
sequence. #'s Volume 30 (1977), # 1
to Volume 34 (1981), # 3 and Volume 35,
# 1-2-3. 4 issues a year.
Includes 5 other odds and ends issues! $28

1104. Mate Postal, being the Spanish CC magazine.
1990 to 1994 and issue # 1, 1995. (21)
Includes indices for 1991-2, 1993-4 to allow
For binding! $30

*1105. Chess Post, being the official CC magazine
from the British Correspondence Chess
Society, one of the CC organizations
in England. A run from # 5, 1987 to # 1,
1996, the complete run above... $80

*1106. Information Circular, being the magazine
of the British Postal Chess Federation.
A run from issue # 4/89 to # 1/95.
I expect that current issues after
this are available from the Federation. $50

1107. SSKK Bulletinen, being the CC magazine
Of Sweden. Full years and individual
issues as follows:
1982, # 2 to # 6 $7
1983, 1984 ea. $15
1985, # 1 $2
1986-7 ea. $15
1988 $15
1989, 1-2-3 $4
1990-1-2-3-4 ea. $15

1110. Fernschach, being a German and English
international and German CC magazine.
1990-1-3-4 ea. $20
And the following individual issues:
1974, # 1 ea. $2
1975, # 4-5-6-7-9-10-11-12 ea. $2
1981, # 1; 1988, # 12; 1989, # 1 ea. $2
1992, # 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-12 ea. $2
1994, # 2; 1995, # 1-2-3 ea. $2

1111. Ajedrez Postal Americano, being one of the
"official" CC magazines of Argentina.
Very difficult to find, we have a long
run from Oct/73, # 23 to Dec/84, # 90
Missing three issues, # 32-35-79.
A good start to a complete set.
Includes 7 odds and ends from later issues.
The run... $125

1113. Telescacco Nuovo, followed by Telescacco 92
Being the magazine of Italian CC.
# 8, 1989 to # 6, 1993, missin g the
following issues: 12/89; 7/90; 12/91;
9/92; 2-3/93. $20

1114. Inside Chess, being the most up-to-date
English News magazine available in the
world. We have a couple of the early
issues available... Issue # 1 $5
Issue # 2 $3

1115. New Zealand CC Magazines.
International Correspondence
Chess Newsletter...11 earlier issues
after # 9, and,
EP, being the regular CC magazine
issued infrequently.
# 4 (1980) to # 34 (1994), all of above $40

1116. Schaakschakeringen, the Netherlands CC magazine.
Issues # 9/84 to # 8/95, a run of 11 complete
years... $125

Collections' of an Individual's Games

1125. My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1923 by Alekhine.
Volume 1 of the acclaimed series on his games.
This is a 1939 edition, HC, BELL, 267pp.,
No dj. And am unsure whether there was one.
With 100 well-annotated games. Well worn,
but quite sound binding and pages!
My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937 by Alekhine.
Volume 2 of the acclaimed series on his games.
This is the 1st edition of 1939, HC, BELL, 285pp.,
No dj. And am unsure whether there was one.
With 120 well-annotated games. A little wear
but quite sound binding and pages!
Alekhine's Best Games of Chess, 1938-1945
by C. H. O'D. Alexander. Volume 3, but not
done by Alekhine. 1st edition with worn dj.
Book inside dj. almost MINT! Even to having
the original BELL info card! 42
well-annotated games, 117pp., HC, 1949.
For the three... $65

1131. My Chess Career by J. R. Capablanca.
DOVER edition. $7

1137. A Passion for Chess by Reuben Fine.
Formerly called "Lessons From My Games".
David McKay and Company, 1958, 225pp., SC, $8

1147. Chess is my Life, Autobiography and Games
by Viktor Korchnoi. Popular title for a book,
eh? I'm sure many spouses would not be surprised
to hear their mates say the same thing!
Batsford HC with dj., 1978, 168pp. $14

1155. Morphy's Games of Chess by Philip W. Sergeant.
BELL, HC, 1937, sound, solid covers and
pages with the dj. Which is yellowed on
the spine. Excellent condition.
361pp., 300 games. $22

1158. Blockade by Aron Nimzowitsch.
Chess Enterprises, Translated by Dr. Joseph Platz.
SC, 91pp., $6

1162. Reshevsky On Chess by Samuel Reshevsky.
1948, 274pp., David McKay and Chess Review,
1st edition, (See next for the DOVER edition.)
HC, dj. worn, book excellent. $25

1163. Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess
by Samuel Reshevsky. Same as above in DOVER
edition. $7

1166. Ausgewahlte Schachpartien by W. W. Smyslov.
The DOVER edition above has slightly more
material than this German edition.
HC, 195pp., SPORTVERLAG, 1954. $7

General Collections of Games

1179. The Fireside Book of Chess
by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld.
SC, 400pp., covers a littlr rough.
Contains lots of anecdotes, facts and games. $7

1193. 100 Chess Gems by P. Wenman.
SC, 1939, pp. unnumbered, and more games.
1st edition, excellent condition with dj. $13

1196. Gems of the Chessboard by P. Wenman.
pp. unnumbered, 57 games, SC, around
1940 because inscription is dated 1941!
Appears to be 1st edition.
Excellent condition with dj. $13

1199. The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine.
Dj. Tattered, book excellent, HC, 287pp.
Great players and some not so great with
Their games. $14

1205. Dynamic Chess by R. N. Coles.
DOVER, 90 lightly annotated games. $7

1212. 100 Soviet Miniatures by P. H. Clarke.
At one time, we didn't get Russian
games easily. This explains the title.
BELL HC, 174pp., 1963, ever so slight
yellowing on the spine. Excellent condition. $20

1213. Kings of Chess by William Winter.
DOVER, 271pp., Lasker, Capablanca,
Alekhine, Euwe and Botvinnik. $7

1215. Great Short Chess Games of the Masters
by Fred Reinfeld. 221pp., pocketbook format,
about 80 games lightly annotated. 1961, $4

Tournaments and Matches

1232. U.S.S.R. vs. Hungary 1955. All 32 games in
figurine algebraeic notation! What a
typesetting job that must have been in 1955!
Paper bound 24pp. $4

1234. 37th USSR Championship 1969 by B. Cafferty.
SC, some loose pages at back, but the
event's pages are all sound.
Small format, 258 games, 175pp+. $5

1236. U.S. Championship Chess, A History of the
Highest American Chess Title with the 1973
Matches Annotated by William lombardy and
David Daniels.
HC with dj., 362pp., 1975, 1st edition,
David McKay. Nice condition. $15

1238. Bugojno 1978 by Wade, Blackstock and Thomas.
Small booklet with all 120 games lightly
annotated in FAN. 40pp. $3

1245. 1980 U.S. Championship by Larry Christiansen.
1980, Chess Enterprises, 111pp., SC, MINT! $7

1246. Amsterdam 1971, being one of the
Chess Player magazines with all the games
in about 40pp. $3

World Championships

1277. The World Chess Championship
by S. Gligoric and R. G. Wade.
HC, includes Spassky-Fischer, 1972,
221pp., with dj., all games from 1948
To 1972. $14

1279. The New King, Anatoly Karpov by Robert Byrne.
A small pocketbook, with all the candidates'
matches leading to the Fischer match which
didn't take place, of course. SC, 178pp., 1976 $5

1282. London-Leningrad Championship Games 1986
by Kasparov. Pergamon Press, 1987, glossy SC,
143pp., $12

General Treatises
1296. Judgment and Planning in Chess by M. Euwe.
Nice clean BELL HC, with a little yellowing
on the spine of the dj. 190pp. $20

1299. The Principles of Chess by James Mason.
(This has been reprinted by DOVER.)
This is a BELL HC, 1908, 308pp., revised
and enlarged edition. Spine yellowed. $15

1300. The Principles of Chess by James Mason.
DOVER, 366pp., as edited and revised by Fred Reinfeld. $7

1303. Chess by C. H. O'D. Alexander.
Pitman, HC, 190pp., 2nd edition, 1938.
If you're interested in a listing of the
general books available for sale at that time
through Pitman, there is a long list in the
back. (So, who cares!!) $8

1310. The Complete Chess Guide
by F. J. Lee and G. H. D. Gossip.
There are four parts to this book, each with
their own page numbering, so, in spite of not
seeing any reprint information, I have to assume
it is not a 1st edition. Basic stuff, including
a guide to games at odds! Hc, 1903, appears to
have more than 300 pp. $12

1313. The Psychology of the Chess Player by Reuben Fine.
DOVER, 74pp. $7

1314. Common Sense in Chess by Emanuel Lasker.
DOVER, 139pp. $7

1315. Common Sense in Chess by Emanuel Lasker.
A small format HC edition in 139pp.,
1917, David McKay edition. $10

1317. Tackle Chess This Way
by W. Ritson-Morry and W. Melville Mitchell.
200pp., 1970 edition, beginner's stuff. $4

1318. The Logical Approach to Chess
by Max Euwe, M. Blaine and J. F. S. Rumble.
DOVER, beginner's book, 217pp., $6

1326. Your First Move, Chess for Beginners by Alexei Sokolov.
Published in Moscow in 1981 in the
English Language! This appears to be a
first rate book which goes into more detail
than most beginner's books.
Glossy HC, 296 small format pages. $9

1328. How Not to Play Chess by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.
DOVER, 119pp., $6

1330. New Ideas in Chess by Larry Evans.
185pp., SC $4

1331. How to Play Better Chess by Fred Reinfeld.
A collection of games with specific themes
illustrated. HC, dj. A mess, book excellent.
1948, 120pp., 1st edition. $7

1334. Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch.
David McKay, SC, 304pp., A classic, desc. Not. $8

1340. From the Middlegame into the Endgame
By Edmar Mednis. Mednis is an EG expert
who frequently writes columns and books
on this subject.
1987, 220pp., glossy SC, Pergamon Press. $13

1343. Test and Improve Your Chess by Lev Alburt.
128pp., glossy SC, Pergamon Press, $10

1344. Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker.
DOVER, 282pp. $7

Correspondence Chess