Chess Volume 13 de Baruch Harold "B H" Wood (1909-1989) editor - 1948

288 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, pictures and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in blue and white pictorial wrappers. Volume 6, 12 issues. (Betts: 7-106) First edition.Published from 1946-1967), published monthly from 1946-1965, varies after 1965. Incorporating Check and The Australian Chess Review. Volume 1 was first published in February and is a combined issue of numbers 1 and 2. The Nov/Dec 1967 number was not published. Editor was Cecil John Seldon Purdy. (Betts 7-106, Van Manen 355)Condition:Edge wear. A very good set.

288 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates, lacks index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in half green cloth with green marbled boards. Twelve issues. Volume 16 numbers 181-192. (Betts: 7-91) First edition.Incorporated The Social Chess Quarterly, July 1936 and the Canadian Chessner, August 1937. The later was continued as Canadian Supplement, published in Montreal in typescript and inserted in Canadian members subscribers' copies of the Chess (edited by Dudley M Leain).
Baruch Harold Wood was born in Sheffield, England. He founded CHESS magazine in 1935 and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a FIDE Arbiter, a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and also wrote an interesting weekly column for Illustrated London News from 1949 to 1979. He co-founded the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.
Condition:
Rebound in half green cloth with green marbled stiff boards with "Chess Club" knight on front cover, fold in issues where mailed else about very good.

230 pages with diagrams; tables and advertisement laid in. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5340) First edition.The 21st DSB–Congress was held in Hamburg. Ehrhardt Post captured first place with 8 1/2 ahead of eleven other contestants. Friedrich Samisch was second with 7 1/2 points. Third was Willi Schalage with 7; Walter John was next with 6 1/2. Carl Carls, Paul Kruger and Georg Shories tied fifth though seventh with scores of six. There were several Hauptturnier played as well as the master tournament.Condition:Spine sunned, re-cased with original paper boards and spine laid on, pages age darkened, points bumped,about very good copy issued without jacket.

87 pages with illustration, tables and diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5601). First edition.The Torneo Internacional Circulo de Ajedrez was held in Buenos Aires, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad, which was held from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19th of October 1939 at the Circulo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolome Mitre 670, with rounds starting at 8:30 in the evening. All participants, except Paul Keres, had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II. Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres tied for first with 8 1/2; Gideon Stahlberg and Moshe Czerniak tied for second through fourth with scores of 7 each. Fifth through six was a tie by Paulino Frydman and Carlos Guimard. Robert Grau held seventh place by himself. The other participants were Markas Luckis, Jose Gerschman, Franscio… Leer más

102+[1] pages with table and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in stiff boards with black lettering to cover. Forward by Herausgeber. (Bibliotheek Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5358) First edition.In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to be held in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (Mährisch is German for Moravian, Ostrau is Ostrava). In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were billeted at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1-18 in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. The event culminated in another victory for Lasker, who finished undefeated in his first tournament since 1918, a full point ahead of second place Réti.Condition:Some soiling with a stain at the head hinge, corners bumped spine ends rubbed, some pencil notations through out, previous owner's name on front end paper, pages age darkened else a good to very good copy.

288 pages with diagrams, tables, illustrations, pictures and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") issued in blue and white pictorial wrappers. Volume 6, 12 issues. (Betts: 7-106) First edition.Published from 1946-1967), published monthly from 1946-1965, varies after 1965. Incorporating Check and The Australian Chess Review. Volume 1 was first published in February and is a combined issue of numbers 1 and 2. The Nov/Dec 1967 number was not published. Editor was Cecil John Seldon Purdy. (Betts 7-106, Van Manen 355)Condition:Edge wear. A very good set.

288 pages with diagrams, photographs, tables, plates, lacks index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 7 1/2") bound in half green cloth with green marbled boards. Twelve issues. Volume 16 numbers 181-192. (Betts: 7-91) First edition.Incorporated The Social Chess Quarterly, July 1936 and the Canadian Chessner, August 1937. The later was continued as Canadian Supplement, published in Montreal in typescript and inserted in Canadian members subscribers' copies of the Chess (edited by Dudley M Leain).
Baruch Harold Wood was born in Sheffield, England. He founded CHESS magazine in 1935 and was its editor until 1988, when it was sold to Pergamon Press. He was also a FIDE Arbiter, a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and also wrote an interesting weekly column for Illustrated London News from 1949 to 1979. He co-founded the Sutton Coldfield Chess Club.
Condition:
Rebound in half green cloth with green marbled stiff boards with "Chess Club" knight on front cover, fold in issues where mailed else about very good.

230 pages with diagrams; tables and advertisement laid in. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:5340) First edition.The 21st DSB–Congress was held in Hamburg. Ehrhardt Post captured first place with 8 1/2 ahead of eleven other contestants. Friedrich Samisch was second with 7 1/2 points. Third was Willi Schalage with 7; Walter John was next with 6 1/2. Carl Carls, Paul Kruger and Georg Shories tied fifth though seventh with scores of six. There were several Hauptturnier played as well as the master tournament.Condition:Spine sunned, re-cased with original paper boards and spine laid on, pages age darkened, points bumped,about very good copy issued without jacket.

87 pages with illustration, tables and diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5601). First edition.The Torneo Internacional Circulo de Ajedrez was held in Buenos Aires, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad, which was held from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19th of October 1939 at the Circulo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolome Mitre 670, with rounds starting at 8:30 in the evening. All participants, except Paul Keres, had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II. Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres tied for first with 8 1/2; Gideon Stahlberg and Moshe Czerniak tied for second through fourth with scores of 7 each. Fifth through six was a tie by Paulino Frydman and Carlos Guimard. Robert Grau held seventh place by himself. The other participants were Markas Luckis, Jose Gerschman, Franscio… Leer más

102+[1] pages with table and diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in stiff boards with black lettering to cover. Forward by Herausgeber. (Bibliotheek Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5358) First edition.In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to be held in Mährisch-Ostrau, Czechoslovakia (Mährisch is German for Moravian, Ostrau is Ostrava). In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were billeted at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1-18 in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. The event culminated in another victory for Lasker, who finished undefeated in his first tournament since 1918, a full point ahead of second place Réti.Condition:Some soiling with a stain at the head hinge, corners bumped spine ends rubbed, some pencil notations through out, previous owner's name on front end paper, pages age darkened else a good to very good copy.