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ANALYSIS OF THE CHESS ENDING - KING AND QUEEN AGAINST KING AND ROOK

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Classic Victorian chess manual, illustrated with explanatory boards throughout.

8vo. c130pp. Cloth-covered boards. Boards rubbed to edges. First few pages coming loose from binding. Awarded as a prize in a "Chess Problem Solving Tourney" organised by The Observer in 1926, with associated sticker to inside cover. Good condition. First edition.

Date: 1895
Publisher: Keegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
Author: EUCLID

£85.00 (Code: 95748)

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