The Criterion Collection, 2009.
First Printing. Blu-Ray Disc. Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight (Max von Sydow) encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess. Much studied, imitated, even parodied, but never outdone, The Seventh Seal.....
Zurich: Editions Olms, 1987.
Hardcover. Tschaturanga: Darstellungen und Quellen zur Geschichte des Schachspiels, Band 77 (Chaturanga: Representations and Sources on the History of Chess, Volume 77) edited by Christian M. Bijl, Viktor Korchnoi, & Klaus Lindorfer. In German without English translation.
Eight chess grandmasters participated in the Candidates Tournament for.....
London: Everyman Chess / Gloucester Publishers, 2005.
Hardcover. The fourth in Kasparov’s series on the definitive history of the World Chess Championship and its participants. In this volume, he focuses on Bobby Fischer (1972-1975) and the other outstanding Western stars of Fischer’s era – Samuel Reshevsky, Miguel Najdorf and Brent.....
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1985.
First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs by Daniel Keats and Adrian Pope.
Chess set design reflects changing styles in art and historical contexts including topical controversies, battles, propaganda and mythology. This comprehensive overview charts the development of chess sets chronologically and geographically and provides a tool.....
Penguin Press, 2021.
Paperback. How a New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor parlayed a strong grasp of the science of human decision-making and a woeful ignorance of cards into a life-changing run as a professional poker player, under the wing of a legend of the gameIt's true.....
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 1993.
Hardcover. Biography of chess player William Steinitz, born in Prague in 1836 and an American citizen upon his death in 1900. Steinitz was the first world chess champion, reigning from 1886-1894, and a controversial and influential voice in chess.....
Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2017.
First Edition. Hardcover. The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves and ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the.....
New York: Readymade Press, 2009.
Hardcover. The first English language study exploring the relationship between Marcel Duchamp's activities as a chess player and his work as an artist. Francis Naumann shows that the chronology of Duchamp's life as analogous to the phases of a chess game - from opening to.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859.
First Edition. Hardcover. A chronicle of Paul Morphy's chess career by his companion and assistant, Frederick Milne Edge. Morphy (1837-1884), a chess prodigy from New Orleans, won the First American Chess Congress in 1857 at the age of 20 and spent two years.....
Penguin Press, 2020.
Hardcover. A delightful, erudite, and immersive exploration of the crossword puzzle and its fascinating history by a brilliant young writer Almost as soon as it appeared, the crossword puzzle had already become indispensable to our lives. Invented practically by accident in 1913, when a newspaper editor at.....
Alkmaar, The Netherlands: New In Chess / Interchess BV, 2008.
Hardcover. The Yearbook contains news in chess openings for 2008. This issue features an article on Bobby Fischer - "Fischer's Legacy" (very American, very efficient) in Sosonko's Corner.
The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News. Chess opening ideas - novelties.....
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1986.
Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the original edition (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852). Facsimile title page with original title of The Chess Tournament: A Collection of The Games Played at this Celebrated Assemblage, Illustrated by Copious Diagrams, and Notes, Ciritical and Explanatory.
London 1851 was the first international.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889.
Hardcover. Presentation inscription signed by chess player Max Judd (1851-1906), founder and president of the St. Louis Chess Club, in St. Louis in March of 1991. This book includes a game played between Max Judd & Wilhelm Steinitz (Double Ruy Lopez: Four Knights’.....
Los Angeles: Timothy Taylor, 2016.
Hardcover. Presentation copy signed by the author on the half-title.
A scarce copy of chess master Timothy Taylor's self-published book on Bobby Fischer's response to the King's Gambit as an opening move. From the author's note on the rear panel: "This book presents a complete.....
Vintage, 2003.
Paperback. Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now an acclaimed Netflix series.
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until.....
New York: Viking Studio / Penguin Putnam Inc., 2000.
First Printing. Hardcover. An examination of the pieces that make up the chess set and a study of the historical development, miniature artistry, and design of chess pieces. The book considers the function and role of each piece, the symbolism hidden.....
