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THE CHESS PLAYER


Ken Whyld Association


A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess
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Current price : (GBP) £30,00
(EUR) €34,63
Starting bid: (GBP) £25,00
(EUR) €28,86
# of bids: 3
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Location: Great Britain (UK)
Started: 2018-09-07 18:38:32
Ended: 2018-09-30 19:47:00
Seller: jupitervenus (81)
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A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess, by H. F. L. Meyer, London 1882.

LN 1018, Betts 30-2.

The covers are worn with the spine being particularly faded. A little foxing internally.

The book has four Parts: Part I, The Elements  - gives general instructions on how to play. Part II, Games - gives further instructions followed by openings, middle games, endings, games actually played and 18 studies.

Part III, Problems - desribes how to compose and solve chess problems with 96 examples and solutions, plus 14 "special problems".

Part IV, Historical Notes - includes a very brief history of the game followed by a list of composers who have published their own problems in books, and a list of "the most important works published during the last thirty years".

 

 

 

 

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