The New York Times Book of Great Chess Victories and Defeats
Out of Print Extremely rare 1990 1st Ed. * This is a collection of chess columns that originally appeared between 1972 and 1977. It might be called a collection of his best columns. You will notice a particular style to his columns. Byrne starts with a story or an anecdote about chess or he sets forth a general principle for the reader to follow. Having done that he then presents a game in which the principle he has just set forth is applied. Great Chess Victories and Defeats analyzes games by Kavalek, Larsen, Bisguier, Portisch, Petrosian, Karpov, Polugaevsky, Korchnoi, Timman, Saidy, Benko, Hubner, Tal, Bronstein, Lombardy, Spassky. Well renowned grandmaster and chess columnist Robert Byrne unveils the all-or-nothing strategies employed by greats of the game in recent tournaments. Here is Byrne's insightful examination of over fifty examples of brilliant combinational play and positional play. An instructive, vividly entertaining work that captures the drama tension and excitement of world class chess. * Pages CLEAN, Binding STRONG! Not a remainder or ex-library. * 23 hr shipping or quicker! Safely packaged with delivery tracking & confirmation email. * From a SMOKE-FREE home * We will try to add new items and correct previous listing errors daily. Being a 2 person operation, my office manager REGINA & Myself, I have set a goal of 100,000 new listings within 3 years. I am honest, not infallible; thus, I only make one guarantee...I will make mistakes. If there is a mistake/problem with an item or description, please let me know and I will do my utmost in resolving it and making you VERY HAPPY!! "Always Buying Chess Libraries" THANK YOU Edward Labate National Chess Master 702 722-7202/Text Preferred! LVChessKing@gmail.com Spring Valley (LV), NV 89103