Roycroft a j (10 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The endgame study, like the chess problem, eliminates over-the-board competition to concentrate on an invented endgame position carefully plotted to fox, bewilder, challenge, and otherwise stimulate the solver. Unlike problems, studies do not stipulate the number of moves to the solution; they demand a greater knowledge of endgame theory, thus becoming useful tools for actual players while giving studyists self-contained epiphanies of compositional art. A. J. Roycroft, founder of the Chess Endgame Study Circle and editor of its magazine EG, presents this complete introduction to the endgame study. Roycroft writes the history of endgame study with its international roster of great theorists and composers; he directs an encyclopedic discourse to all varieties of chess lovers -- casual solvers, composers and connoisseurs, analysts and judges; and he offers over 400 endgame studies dating from ninth-century Arabia to the present. All studies, from the transparent to the endlessly complex, are annotated with genial wit and spirit. Roycroft devotes much coverage to definition, classification, and retrieval of published endgame studies, providing his own modification of the Guy-Blandford system. He also investigates motivation and creativity, summing up with a grand apologia on chess as game, science, and art.…

Zustand: New. pp. 370 Illus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hb, 370pp. Good in a Good(-), price-clipped dj which has a corner tear. Typed presentation sticker on fep with author's initials (John R.). Erudite text by the well-known endgame composer, with appeal to a broad range of chess players. The chapters are divided into three main categories : The Interested, The Practical and The Serious .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Hb, 370pp. Good in a Good+, price-clipped dj. Light foxing along top edge of page block, contents clean. Erudite text by the well-known endgame composer, with appeal to a broad range of chess players. The chapters are divided into three main categories : The Interested, The Practical and The Serious .…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Three large-format booklets in the same series. Each is Pb, staple-bound, 20pp, 8pp and 16pp respectively. VG, clean contents. A co-operation with the legendary computer scientist Kenneth Thompson who was at that time developing databases for 5-man chess endgames. It's not clear whether Roycroft produced additional titles in the series. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. second revised edition. 384 pages. 8.30x5.40x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 39 loose issues of EG, the periodical dedicated to endgame studies. Nos. 100-102 were still produced by John Roycroft, following which EG was published by ARVES. Each issue is a Pb booklet, staple-bound, 50+pp, later including b/w photos on the front. VG. Nos. 122, 130 and 131 also have thin supplements. With numerous studies and articles by various contributors. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 48 loose issues of EG, the periodical dedicated to endgame studies. These make up Volume IV ( total of 492pp), Volume V ( 544pp) and part of Volume VI up to 696pp. Good+ to VG, a few with rusty staples. Include numerous studies and articles by a wide range of international contributors.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. The first 50 loose issues of EG, the periodical dedicated to endgame studies. These make up Volume I ( total of 524pp), Volume II (496pp) and Volume III ( 544pp). One issue, No. 37, is a photocopy. Mostly Good+ to VG, but a few issues with tanned covers or rusty staples. Studies and articles from a wide range of international contributors including material sourced from the Soviet Union. …