Descripción:
Dover Pubns, 1980. Paperback. New. revised edition. 224 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches.
How to Play Chess Endings de Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene Aleksandrovich (1884-1954) - 1940
de Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene Aleksandrovich (1884-1954)
How to Play Chess Endings
de Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene Aleksandrovich (1884-1954)
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
xvi+262 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") issued in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Translated from the French by J du Mont. (Betts: 21-26) First American edition.
A general textbook on all phases of practical end-game play, illustrated with 145 game positions and studies. The author covers the elements of the end-game (the chessboard and moves: stalemate, zugzwang, opposition, the triangle, related squares), the men (queen, rook, pawn, bishop and night endings), positional analysis, conception and execution of a plan, tactical opportunities, false results (examples), and the transition from middle-game. Several positions are set as exercises, the solutions of which appear on pages 253-262.
Condition:
Corners gently bumped. Jacket light edge wear with some closed tears, price clipped else a very good copy in a better than very good.
A general textbook on all phases of practical end-game play, illustrated with 145 game positions and studies. The author covers the elements of the end-game (the chessboard and moves: stalemate, zugzwang, opposition, the triangle, related squares), the men (queen, rook, pawn, bishop and night endings), positional analysis, conception and execution of a plan, tactical opportunities, false results (examples), and the transition from middle-game. Several positions are set as exercises, the solutions of which appear on pages 253-262.
Condition:
Corners gently bumped. Jacket light edge wear with some closed tears, price clipped else a very good copy in a better than very good.
- Librería The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
- Formato/Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Estado del libro Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta Better than very good
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Editorial David McKay Co
- Lugar de publicación Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación 1940
- Palabras clave Chess Ajedrez Echecs Shach