Karl Marx Plays Chess and Other Reports on the World's Oldest Game
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Out of Print Extremely RARE 1991 First AMERICAN Edition PAPERBACK from Macmillan Publishing Company, New York * Collectable VERY GOOD * practically LIKE NEW, but with shelf wear and obvious study.... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812919068
ISBN13:9780812919066
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Three Rivers Press (CA)
Length:305 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.0" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Chess reading for pleasure.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
While there are a vast number of chess books to learn the art of playing, this particular book contains very little to improve your chess directly,Rather, it is a wonderful collection of anecdotes on the game itself, and the giant and not-so-giant figures who've been part of the chess through the years.Filled with dozens of Soltis' articles from a US Chess magazine (Chess Life?). It's just a joy to read with or without the aid of a board.Extremely highly recommended.
Chess anecdotes, humour and an entertaining miscellany
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The material in this book is compiled from Soltis' "Chess to Enjoy" column in _Chess Life_. The chapters are a lively mixture of anecdote and analysis, and should entertain anyone with any level of interest in chess.Soltis knows his chess history, and tells some neat stories, such as the history of Capablanca's Composition. This is a problem composed by Capablanca in 1908, in which flaws were found after his death. The problem itself is fascinating, but Soltis makes a good story of the ups and downs of the subsequent analysis, and points out that chess fame still awaits anyone who can save the composition.Soltis is also good with anecdote and wit; my favourite section perhaps being the very tongue-in-cheek instructions on how to annotate a master game, e.g. suggesting safe adjectives: "positions are 'difficult,' 'winning,' 'critical,' 'hopeless,' or--the safest dodge of all--'shown in the diagram.'"Very entertaining; recommended.
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