500 Master Games of Chess - 2nd hand

This compilation of 500 master games is the greatest standard collection of chess games ever published in English. Ranging over 150 years of master play, these games include masterpieces of every kind by such master players as Anderssen, Morphy, Blackburne, Pillsbury, Lasker, Marshall, Steinitz, Tarrasch, Alekhine, Capablanca, Spielmann, Tartakower, Rubinstein, Réti, Nimzowitsch, Euwe, Botvinnik, and many more. There are also once-in-a-lifetime masterpieces, such as Franz-Mayet (1858) and Bowdler-Conway (1788), and other interesting examples.

Just browsing through this tremendous collection, the chess player will find such exceptional games as Schlechter—Lasker (from the match, 1910), Botvinnik—Euwe (Leningrad, 1934), Capablanca—Bogoljubow (London, 1922), Blackburne—Gifford (The Hague, 1874), Lasker—Pillsbury (St. Petersburg, 1896), Alekhine—Fine (Hastings, 1937), Bird—Mason (New York, 1876), Capablanca—Alekhine (from the match, 1st game, 1927), Botvinnik—Flohr (from the match, 1933), Morphy—Anderssen (from the match, 1858), Janowski—Marshall (Cambridge Springs, 1904), Steinitz—Bird (Hastings, 1895), Rubinstein—Spielmann (San Sebastian, 1912), Réti—Bogoljubow (New York, 1924), and many, many more. Many of the games exhibit important advances in opening play, and to further increase the instructional value of these games the editors have arranged all the games into 33 opening categories—Ruy Lopez, Queen’s Gambit, Sicilian Defense, etc. There is also a supplementary section of 26 unusual games—games played at odds, blindfold, lighting chess, and so on.

International Grandmaster Tartakower and chess editor and author du Mont have supplied expert annotations (with over 85 extra miniature games) and incisive introductory comments for each game. The comments, annotations and, above all, the unsurpassed selection of games have given this collection an almost legendary reputation among knowledgeable chess enthusiasts since its initial publication. Now, in this republication, it is a must for every serious chess player.

Republication of the original (1952) edition. Index. 267 diagrams. xxviii 665pp. 5⅜ x 8½. Paperbound.

• Casa editrice Dover
• Code 1188us
• Pagine 665
• Isbn 0-486-23208-5