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| By Moran, Pablo |
| ISBN 1843821176 |
| SERIES Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics |
| Paperback 208 pages |
| Subject [Chess
] [Chess - World Championships
] [Alekhine
] [Stein
] [Zu
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| Published 23 January, 2004 |
| UK Price £17.95 Order from amazon.co.uk |
| US Price $27.50 Order from amazon.com |
The World Chess Championship was officially founded by the Steinitz - Zukertort match of 1886. This thrilling account - Part One of the Hardinge Simpole complete history of the world chess championship - tells the stories of the champions and their challengers up to 1937. It is a record of everything that is best in chess from the decades which pre-dated control of the title by the World Chess Federation and the subsequent domination by the USSR. It is a Companion volume to World Chess Championship:Botvinnik to Kasparov.Pablo Moran was a noted Spanish journalist and chess expert. He has also written the definitive account of the Spanish Chess Championships, Campeones y Campeonatos de Espana de Ajedrez as well as Agony of a Genius, the final years of Alexander Alekhine. |
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