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A Chess Omnibus
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9781888690170
ISBN: 1888690178
Label: Russell Enterprises
Manufacturer: Russell Enterprises
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 468
Publication Date: 2003-06
Publisher: Russell Enterprises
Studio: Russell Enterprises
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Editorial Review:
An exceptionally wide-ranging anthology featuring hundreds of rare chess games, puzzles, photographs, biographies, exposes, bons mots and much more. This is a gem of peasurable, delightful reading.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Kid in a Candy Shop!
If you like reading fascinating stories about the giants of chess, if you like seeing chessic "urban legends" debunked, if you want fascinating and little known chess combinations, games and "behind the scenes" people and history at your finger tips, you will be delighted with all of Mr. Winters books. You will be shocked at how much inaccurate information Mr. Winter has discovered and corrected.
Rating: - Fun Internet Sites are Fun But Can Be Inferior to Superb Books Such as this...
This is an incredible book. It's not the kind of book you read cover to cover in one sitting, nor is it the kind of book you "study" like an opening book. It is fascinating, well-written, meticulously-researced chess information, history, and entertainment, and it is well worth the money you would pay for it. If all books were this thoroughly self-vetted, we would have more trees in the forest and less junk on the market.
While he is right on target about the meticulousness of research ... Read More
Rating: - An exceptional compilation
Mr. Winter's outstanding omnibus of chesslore is well worth the money for anyone interested in chess. His writing style is engaging, his research of facts and ephemera exhaustive, and his attention to the most insignificant detail is more than apparent. This is indeed a well-executed omnibus of all things chess. Anyone familiar with his equally excellent book Kings, Commoners and Knaves or his online reviews at ChessCafe will certainly not be disappointed. However, for those who have not cut their teeth ... Read More
Rating:  - Fun Internet sites don't always make great books
Edward Winter is familiar to on-line students of chess history through his long-running column at chesscafe.com. This book continues the tradition of chess scholarship he has shown there and in his similar book "Kings, Commoners and Knaves," but this time the effect, sad to say, is beginning to wear old. The problem is not that the material is ill-researched -- quite the contrary, it's as meticulously turned out as usual for Winter -- or uninteresting -- that's in the eye of the beholder. In all simplicity, ... Read More
Rating: - Chess lore galore
This is the third book of Edward Winter's that explores various aspects of chess lore in great detail (following on from Chess Explorations, and Kings, Commoners and Knaves). Winter has a derserved reputation as an excellent and exacting author, with very high standards in seeking chess truth and setting the record straight. His direct criticism and refusal to accept mediocrity, has often put him offside against some of the more frequent and sloppy chess authors. The book contents are presented in seven sections ... Read More
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