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samsloan

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Jan 21, 2012, 6:31:52 AM1/21/12
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Ishi Press has now reprinted more than one hundred chess books plus we
have five more chess books in process right now.

The most convenient place to find them is on the USCF Sales website
where they are all grouped together here:

http://www.uscfsales.com/category_s/319.htm

This saves the time required to search Amazon and other book sellers.

Please note that we at Ishi Press only reprint from the first edition
of original books. We do not reprint from reprints. There a certain
book company (name withheld) that has reprinted many chess books but
in each case has made changes from the original so that they can claim
an original copyright the books. They actually set traps for future
reprinters, such as by changing the order in which the chess moves
were played or even changing the games, the players and especially the
notes. They are trying to catch those who are copying their reprints.

There are complaints about the changes they have made. We avoid their
reprints and never use them.

Sam Sloan
San Rafael, California

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Jan 21, 2012, 7:27:04 AM1/21/12
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The Mayor of Pimlico sends his hardiest laurels on your centenary.
The other publisher you mention MUST be Hardinge Simpole.
Am I right or am I right?

samsloan

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Jan 21, 2012, 10:41:09 AM1/21/12
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Actually, no. The other publisher is NOT Hardinge Simploe.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to clarify that point.

By the way, I have never even seen a book by Hardinge Simpole so I am
not passing judgment in any way on their books.

Sam Sloan

raylopez99

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Jan 21, 2012, 11:14:12 AM1/21/12
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Your books will end up in the Philippines where they sell for
literally 10 pesos (about a quarter) when the US price sticker on
them, still intact, says $50. Mostly textbooks, all used, and I've
picked up many a bargain while shopping there. Strangely, despite the
proliferation of bookstores in the Philippines they say most people
there don't read much.

RL

samsloan

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Jan 21, 2012, 11:58:28 AM1/21/12
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This has not yet happened to any of my books.

I have yet to find a single one of my 329 books for sale at a price
lower than the sticker.

If you find one please let me know.

Sam Sloan

Detectorist

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Jan 21, 2012, 1:51:36 PM1/21/12
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Your books are too expensive for out of date material.

None

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Jan 21, 2012, 3:28:55 PM1/21/12
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Offramp

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Jan 21, 2012, 6:13:22 PM1/21/12
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My local bookshop is run by an attractive young lady and she offered
me one of your books for five quid "and thum theckth".
It was "Secrets to Improving Your Lost Chess Positions."
Do you know it?

Offramp

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Jan 21, 2012, 6:18:37 PM1/21/12
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On Jan 21, 3:41 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually, no. The other publisher is NOT Hardinge Simploe.

WRONG!!
The Mayor of Pimlico has assured me that you are DEFINITELY talking
about Hardinge Samploe!
And when Keene and whatsisname find out about what YOU have been
saying about them YOU are in for a very bad half an hour of litigation!

samsloan

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Jan 21, 2012, 7:07:54 PM1/21/12
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Once again, I am not referring to Hardinge Simpole.

It should be fairly obvious whom I referring to and I am surprised
that you have not guessed it yet.

Sam Sloan

Offramp

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Jan 21, 2012, 7:41:40 PM1/21/12
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On Jan 22, 12:07 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It should be fairly obvious whom I referring to and I am surprised
> that you have not guessed it yet.

I just can't think.
The only name that comes to mind is Ishi press.
Is that it?

samsloan

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Jan 21, 2012, 10:20:12 PM1/21/12
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Still wrong.

In fact I had a discussion about this very subject with Raymond Keene
only two weeks ago in Guangzhou China when I was competing in the
World Memory Championships which he had organized.

As you know by now, I won the Silver Medal in the world Memory
championships.

Sam Sloan

Taylor Kingston

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Jan 21, 2012, 10:21:29 PM1/21/12
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On Jan 21, 7:20 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In fact I had a discussion about this very subject with Raymond Keene
> only two weeks ago in Guangzhou China when I was competing in the
> World Memory Championships which he had organized.
>
> As you know by now, I won the Silver Medal in the world Memory
> championships.

Sam, no one remembers that now but you.

samsloan

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Jan 21, 2012, 10:29:11 PM1/21/12
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By the way, here is a link you might find interesting:

http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?P20004537

Detectorist

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Jan 22, 2012, 1:13:01 AM1/22/12
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Sam,

It appears you were last in most categories. You placed second in the
senior division because there were only two seniors competing.

Good try.

http://www.worldmemorychampionships.com/absolutecontent/content/2011_World_Memory_Championships_Final_Results_181211.pdf

None

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Jan 22, 2012, 2:46:59 PM1/22/12
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samsloan

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None

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Nomen Nescio

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Jan 26, 2012, 6:50:03 PM1/26/12
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In article <c956ef6c-346c-44df...@pj4g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>
samsloan <samh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Did you notice this?
>
> http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?P20004537

Are you just completely unaware of what an asshole you are?

Anonymous

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Jan 26, 2012, 7:36:28 PM1/26/12
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Taylor Kingston

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Jan 26, 2012, 7:39:57 PM1/26/12
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On Jan 24, 7:04 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you notice this?
>
> http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?P20004537

No.

Nomen Nescio

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Jan 26, 2012, 9:33:26 PM1/26/12
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On Jan 26 2012 in alt.chess Nomen Nescio <nob...@dizum.com> wrote in
article<f83c644550bd617d...@dizum.com>...
Asshole?
Sloan's no asshole.
You cannot call someone who has raped several of his own underage
daughters an asshole, asshole.
Under here is a message from one of his sons, Peter Aravena Sloan,
accusing his dad of sexually molesting his twin sibling.
Having been outwitted by his son's mother Anda Baumanis, Sloan
switched the tactics and there-after he impregnated only imported
vulnerable retards and had any male fetus stick-aborted for Islam.
That's not the action of an asshole. Sloan's got class.

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> I though that was insightfull being his son. My mother was smart
> enough to throw him on the street and through court bailed and
> everything before it got to that point. My twin sister Mary a victim
> of Molesation and I often noticed that Sam was around during those
> years standing outside with visitation rights. I hope the fucker goes
> to jail this time. We made a nice case against him.

None

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Jan 27, 2012, 12:52:51 PM1/27/12
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On Jan 24, 10:04 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you notice this?
>
> http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?P20004537

samsloan

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Feb 18, 2012, 3:39:55 PM2/18/12
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Since nobody has answered the question, I will answer it.

It is Dover who always makes changes in the text of the original book.

When I reprint a book, I just copy the original. I do not make any
changes.

On the other hand, Dover always makes changes. They do this so that
they can create an original copyright on the reprinted book. However,
invariably this results in the creation of new errors.

Sam

Taylor Kingston

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Feb 20, 2012, 11:02:00 PM2/20/12
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On Feb 18, 12:39 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > There a certain [sic]
> > > > book company (name withheld) that has reprinted many chess books but
> > > > in each case has made changes from the original so that they can claim
> > > > an original copyright the books. >
> > Sam Sloan
>
> Since nobody has answered the question, I will answer it.
>
> It is Dover who always makes changes in the text of the original book.

Interesting. I have several Dover editions. Specifically, what books
are you saying Dover has altered, and in specifically what ways?

Offramp

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Feb 21, 2012, 1:04:37 AM2/21/12
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Dover printed them on special paper that will not fold crack or
mutilate.

samsloan

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Feb 21, 2012, 1:36:13 AM2/21/12
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All of them. Compare any Dover book with the original and you will
find important changes.

Sam Sloan

None

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Feb 21, 2012, 10:05:39 AM2/21/12
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Taylor Kingston

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Feb 21, 2012, 1:09:50 PM2/21/12
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I asked for specifics, Sam, and again you just give a blanket
generalization. Tell us exactly what are the "important changes" in,
for example, the Dover editions of the following books:

"The World's Great Chess Games" (2nd edition) by Reuben Fine (McKay
1976 edition vs. Dover 1983)
"Emanuel Lasker: The Life of a Chess Master" by J. Hannak (London 1959
edtion vs. Dover 1991)
"Lasker's Greatest Chess Games 1899-1914" by Reinfeld and Fine (Black
Knight Press 1935 edition vs. Dover 1965)
"Great Moments in Modern Chess" by Reuben Fine" (McKay 1948 vs. Dover
1965)
"Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess" by Samuel Reshevsky (Chess Review
1948 vs. Dover 1960)
"The Joys of Chess" by Reinfeld (Collier 1961 vs. Dover 1974)

None

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Feb 21, 2012, 5:16:02 PM2/21/12
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The Master

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Feb 22, 2012, 7:48:30 PM2/22/12
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On Jan 21, 10:20 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> As you know by now, I won the Silver Medal in the world Memory
> championships.


How could you possibly remember this? It happened over two weeks
ago.


Taylor Kingston

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Feb 22, 2012, 8:48:53 PM2/22/12
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Still waiting for your answer, Sam. Since you assure us that Dover
altered /all/ its reprints, you /must/ have examined them all, right?
Please tell us what changes they made to the above titles.

samsloan

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Feb 22, 2012, 9:35:26 PM2/22/12
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I have been trying to think of jokes about winning the Silver Medal in
the World Memory Championship.

Something about I cannot remember how I did it.

However, the best one so far comes from Al Lawrence, who wrote that he
had been planning to compete in the World Memory Championship, but he
forgot about it.

Sam Sloan

Taylor Kingston

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Feb 22, 2012, 10:55:23 PM2/22/12
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Apparently you can't remember /any/ of the alterations Dover
supposedly made in "all" their reprints, either.

None

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Feb 23, 2012, 10:29:32 AM2/23/12
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On Feb 21, 10:05 am, None <joeschm...@gmail.com> wrote:

The Master

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Feb 23, 2012, 2:14:14 PM2/23/12
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On Feb 22, 9:35 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > As you know by now, I won the Silver Medal in the world Memory
> > > championships.
>
> >   How could you possibly remember this?  It happened over two weeks
> > ago.
>
> I have been trying to think of jokes about winning the Silver Medal in
> the World Memory Championship.
>
> Something about I cannot remember how I did it.
>
> However, the best one so far comes from Al Lawrence, who wrote that he
> had been planning to compete in the World Memory Championship, but he
> forgot about it.


Well, not everyone has the ability to get around the entire world
'at will' in order to compete. In fact, I know a few people who
cannot well afford to enter certain 'big money' events even when they
come to town, as the U.S. Open did to Indianapolis a few of years ago,
let alone go galavanting around Asia on a whim. In fact, perhaps only
two players who have ever competed in one local club do galavant
'round like that: Ms. Yun Fan from China and a grandmaster from the
Phillipines... whose name slips my mind. Mark Paragua.

My own powers of recall are generally superb. For example, I still
remember that John Nunn and a crack team of famous grandmasters found
numerous 'improvements' on Bobby Fischer's original analysis,
publishing them in a 'new and improved' version of the old classic, My
60 Unforgettable Games', converted to algebraic notation. It goes
without saying that all these 'improvements' annoyed Bobby to no end,
and he complained bitterly in the press despite promises that he would
be paid royalties on the vastly superior published chess analysis of
his brilliant successors from Brittania.

But that was nothing when compared to my ability to recall how to
install ancient operating systems on dusty old PCs I still have lying
around. No CD-rom driver? No problem. Just insert the floppy disk
(5.25" or 3.5") and type 'dir\' (granted, I have forgotten how to make
the darn thing stop before the text scrolls off-screen). I even
remember how to insert and play an 8-track tape, how to change
channels on a TV set that has no remote control, and how to pedal a
'Big Wheel' plastic tricycle. (Before that things get a little
fuzzy.) To swing forward, you extend your legs, and to swing back,
you pull them under you, I think. The best ride at Disneyland?
Pirates of the Caribbean. About four spoonfuls of cane sugar will
make that nasty tasting grown-up breakfast cereal --Cheerios or Corn
Flakes-- edible.
But all these ideas were vital for daily living. I'm not sure I could
recall trivia fed to me under conditions in which I am competing
against the world's best.




None

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Feb 23, 2012, 3:14:03 PM2/23/12
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On Feb 23, 2:14 pm, The Master <colossalblun...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   Well, not everyone has the ability to get around the entire world
> 'at will' in order to compete.  In fact, I know a few people who
> cannot well afford to enter certain 'big money' events even when they
> come to town, as the U.S. Open did to Indianapolis a few of years ago,
> let alone go galavanting around Asia on a whim.  In fact, perhaps only
> two players who have ever competed in one local club do galavant
> 'round like that: Ms. Yun Fan from China and a grandmaster from the
> Phillipines... whose name slips my mind.  Mark Paragua.

Do you mean Y.O. Olvido?

>   My own powers of recall are generally superb.  For example, I still
> remember that John Nunn and a crack team of famous grandmasters

Crack huh? Whatever happened to the push for drug testing at these
tourneys?

None

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Feb 24, 2012, 3:47:58 PM2/24/12
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The Master

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Feb 24, 2012, 4:49:26 PM2/24/12
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On Feb 23, 3:14 pm, None <joeschm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >   Well, not everyone has the ability to get around the entire world
> > 'at will' in order to compete.  In fact, I know a few people who
> > cannot well afford to enter certain 'big money' events even when they
> > come to town, as the U.S. Open did to Indianapolis a few of years ago,
> > let alone go galavanting around Asia on a whim.  In fact, perhaps only
> > two players who have ever competed in one local club do galavant
> > 'round like that: Ms. Yun Fan from China and a grandmaster from the
> > Phillipines... whose name slips my mind.  Mark Paragua.
>
> Do you mean Y.O. Olvido?


No, I meant GM Mark Paragua.


> >   My own powers of recall are generally superb.  For example, I still
> > remember that John Nunn and a crack team of famous grandmasters
>
> Crack huh? Whatever happened to the push for drug testing at these
> tourneys?


Are you crazy? These British GMs no longer compete actively.
Instead, they 'cash in' by writing lots and lots of chess books, to be
consumed by unsuspecting newbies who actually believe they will
improve dramatically by studying such books-- especially those on
tricky chess openings.

None

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Feb 25, 2012, 11:56:03 AM2/25/12
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On Feb 24, 4:49 pm, The Master <colossalblun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Crack huh? Whatever happened to the push for drug testing at these
> > tourneys?
>
>   Are you crazy?  These British GMs no longer compete actively.
> Instead, they 'cash in' by writing lots and lots of chess books, to be
> consumed by unsuspecting newbies who actually believe they will
> improve dramatically by studying such books-- especially those on
> tricky chess openings.

Yes, well i'll say Nunn's treatsie on the two volumne Classical KID
was very beneficial to me but for the most part they are just data
dumps.

None

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Feb 25, 2012, 11:59:50 AM2/25/12
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samsloan

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Feb 26, 2012, 12:32:59 PM2/26/12
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On Feb 25, 2:12 pm, William Hyde <wthyde1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was always quite incapable of learning openings, but Nunn's book on
> the Pirc was invaluable when I played postal chess.  It's not an
> "idea" book, though.  I learned ideas from, for example, Keene's
> "Flank Openings" that won me many games, though I never managed to
> commit to memory any of the variations given.
>
> William Hyde

Thank you since at Ray Keene's request I have reprinted "Flank
Openings".

It is my best selling book by Grandmaster Keene

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ISBN=4871878457

http://www.amazon.com/dp/4871878457

Sam Sloan

None

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samsloan

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Feb 28, 2012, 10:38:21 AM2/28/12
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On Jan 21, 10:51 am, Detectorist <johnj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 21, 5:31 am, samsloan <samhsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ishi Press has now reprinted more than one hundred chess books plus we
> > have five more chess books in process right now.
>
> > The most convenient place to find them is on the USCF Sales website
> > where they are all grouped together here:
>
> >http://www.uscfsales.com/category_s/319.htm
>
> > This saves the time required to search Amazon and other book sellers.
>
> > Please note that we at Ishi Press only reprint from the first edition
> > of original books. We do not reprint from reprints. There a certain
> > book company (name withheld) that has reprinted many chess books but
> > in each case has made changes from the original so that they can claim
> > an original copyright the books. They actually set traps for future
> > reprinters, such as by changing the order in which the chess moves
> > were played or even changing the games, the players and especially the
> > notes. They are trying to catch those who are copying their reprints.
>
> > There are complaints about the changes they have made. We avoid their
> > reprints and never use them.
>
> >                                          Sam Sloan
> >                                           San Rafael, California
>
> Your books are too expensive for out of date material.

I realize that my books contain a lot of old chess games that you
consider to be out of date.

You are free not to buy them.

However, there seem to be sufficient readers who prefer to learn the
reasons why the famous old players gave for why they made their moves,
even though their analysis is not updated with data dumps from the
latest computer chess programs.

Sam Sloan

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/ishi-press

None

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