pachman ludek littlewood john (9 résultats)

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 8vo. dustwrapper. [8]. 184pp. 194 diagrams. a good copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition, 1976. Tightly bound with fine, unmarked contents. Slight edge wear to the binding and slight stains to the top of the text block. The dust jacket shows light shelf wear.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. "Reprinted 1978," a "complete and unabridged reprint of the original hardcover edition" from Doubleday. Traditional notation. As new unread with no creases, though a number has been scratched out to top corner of front wrap -- probably the original publication price. ISBN listed as 346*12343*7, which lacks one digit. We have added a preliminary zero, though there is no zero as listed to copyright page. Passed pawns, isolated pawns, backward pawns, etc. 184 pp. including indices. Reduced from $42.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 8vo. dustwrapper. 176pp. 196 diagrams. a good copy.

paperback. Etat : Very Good-. VG-/G+ paperback copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Interior appears free of markings. Age toning to pages, very small tear near top of half title page. Original price has been scratched out at upper right front cover. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Cornerstone Library edition ; viii, 166 p. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0346123216; 9780346123212 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; translated by John Littlewood ; "Every chess player hopes to set off brilliant combinations and win games in a blaze of glory. Such combinations do not come into being by themselves, however; they appear only as the result of proper chess strategy. It is therefore surprising that so few books deal with this highly important subject, and understandable that Pachman's modern classic has been so enthusiastically received by chessplayers at all levels. ; Ludek Pachman, a Czech grandmaster, has long had an international reputation as a chess theorist, but until now his work has not been available in English. This present volume, which condenses his great Modern Schachstrategie, presents his ideas and theories in a form that the English-speaking world can assimilate easily. Beginning with basic concepts and the rules of the minor and major pieces, it covers the use of the Queen, the active King, exchanges, various kinds of Pawns, the center and its use, superiority on the wings, minority attack, strategical points and weak squares, methods of attack and defense, and similar topics. Pachman elaborates the various kinds of strategy that can be employed, and shows how each leads to tactical opportunities. Pachman presents his method in the form of a thorough, systematic, analytical text, which draws upon scores of great games for exemplification. Both classical and very recent masters are included, although stress is on the moderns: Capablanca, Alekhine, Dr. Lasker, Rubinstein, Nimzovich, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Bronstein, Smyslov, and Spasski." ; store stamp, corner-clipped front endpaper ; else VG. Book.

Paperback. Etat : Original pictorial wraps. First Edition in English. London & New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. 5.25" wide by 8.5" tall. Trade paperback. Very Good+ condition. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are clean and crisp, probably never read. Illustrated with a few photos and numerous chessboard positions. Algebraic notation. Includes a fascinating history of chess computers; insight into the chess computer style and game plan; an examination of the chess computer in action against grand-masters, amateurs, and other computers; etc. The second part of the book (pp. 125-186) features games annotated by chess theorist and International Grand Master Ludek Pachman. . First Edition in English. Soft Cover. Original pictorial wraps. viii, 186pp.

Hardcover. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!