Buy this book on-line LEVY,DAVID. N. L**: : Learn Chess from the World Champions.**UK.OXFORD.PERGAMON PRESS, 1979. ISBN 0080213871.
UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE.
Neat,ink,parental gift inscrptn to fep.
B/w laminated bds with minimal shelf-wear and negligible bumping and creasing to edges and head+foot of spine/backstrip - as usual/normal - and all corners minimally bumped.Top edge very lightly dust-soiled and lightly aged;fore-edge brighter and cleaner,contents bright, tight and generally clean.Qrto,v-viii+ 1-206pp includes half-title+title pages, contents list,author/compiler foreword, Pts 1-6,profuse b/w board/match illus and 2pp blank to rear.
Although the chess literature of the last
two centuries is vast,only a minute proportion is available to chess enthusiasts in contemporary publications.
David Levy has brought together the very best articles,games and annotations of the top players of their time,spanning a period from the late 18thC to the present day (then 1979).Each of the twelve official World Champions has contributed, as have five other Great Masters,who prior to the introduction of the Championship were recognized as the strongest players of their day.The book is an interesting,instructive and entertaining collection of writings by, simply,the greatest players who have ever
lived.Covering basic elements, openings, middle and end game,knowing one's opponent and finally 34 games from 17 players.Includes games by Jennings v. Philidor (17??), Macdonell v. La Bourdonnais and vice versa(1834), Saint Amant v. Staunton(1843), Paulsen v. Morphy(1857), Andersen v. Neumann(1866), Meitner v. Steinitz [blindfold](1882), Janowski v. Lasker(1909), Corzo v. Capablanca(1913), Alekhine v. H.Steiner (1929), Smyslov v. Botvinnik(1954), Kotov v. Smyslov(1940), Spassky v. Tal(1958), Tal v. Portich(1965), Larsen v. Spassky (1970), Fischer v. Darga(1960), Fischer v. Geller(1961), Karpov v Enevoldsen (1972) et al.This volume is one of the Pergamon International Library of Science,
Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
published by the since disgraced Robert Maxwell M.C.(later Sir) who drowned in mysterious circumstances following discovery of (alleged?) financial irregularities.
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