227+[1 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Chess is supposed to be fun. Here then is a king's treasure of insiders' chess stories, unusual problems and annotated games, dedicated to that proposition. The reader will find tales of famous grandmasters who were two-fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fight and a broken rib, of police interrogations of a world chess champion because he was receiving post cards from Russia carrying code like notations. Condition. Light edge wear with bumped, rubbed and creased corners else very good. Date: 1978. Stein and Day A Scarbrough Book ISBN 0812823311 9780812823318 [US]

New York:: Stein and Day, Publishers, Date: 1978. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Small ink mark on top edge (remainder mark?). The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First printing with "First Published in 1978" so stated on the copyright page. Illustrated with chess board diagrams throughout. Index. Bound in the original brown boards with a black spine lettered in shiny gold. From the Dust Jacket: "A king's treasury of chess stories and unusual games and problems for budding masters, sideline kibitzers, and rainy-Sunday-afternoon beginners... [The book is filled with] unusual problems and annotated games dedicated to the proposition that chess is supposed to be fun... Here are stories of famous grandmasters who were two fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fight and a broken rib, and a chubby young Czech champion falling out of his chair. The New York police once questioned World Chess Champion Steinitz after they intercepted post cards he was receiving from Russia -- post cards carrying strange code-like notation... Illustrated with game diagrams and overflowing with privileged lore from the world's great chess clubs, CHESS TO ENJOY is as instructive as it is engaging." . First Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine condition./Very Good DJ (price clipped). Illus. by Ternay, Bill (jacket design). 8vo. (vi), 227pp.. 1978. Stein and ...

Scarborough House, Date: 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1978. Scarborough House ISBN 0812823311 9780812823318 [US]

227 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over brown boards with faux gilt signature to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Even if Bobby Fischer did fall asleep in his game with Grandmaster Arthur Bisguier, chess is no sedate sport. Here are stories of famous grandmasters who were two-fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fist-fight and a broken rib, and a chubby young Czech champion falling out of his chair. Condition: back head edge bumped and lightly chipped. Jacket spine head chipped else very good in like jacket. Date: 1979. Stein and Day ISBN 0812823311 9780812823318 [US]

Chess To Enjoy by Andy Soltis first editionhardcoverPublisher:Stein And Day, Date: 1978Condition: Very Good - writing on a couple of pages 1978. Stein And Day ISBN 0812823311 9780812823318 [US]

ISBN10: 0812823311, ISBN13: 9780812823318, [publisher: Stein and Day A Scarbrough Book, New York] Softcover First Edition 227+[1 ad] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. First edition. Chess is supposed to be fun. Here then is a king's treasure of insiders' chess stories, unusual problems and annotated games, dedicated to that proposition. The reader will find tales of famous grandmasters who were two-fisted drinkers, of a threatened queen leading to a fight and a broken rib, of police interrogations of a world chess champion because he was receiving post cards from Russia carrying code like notations. Condition. Light edge wear with bumped, rubbed and creased corners else very good.
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