Lot: 137
Chess Openings literature 1950s to 1990s, very largely s/bks including Tirabassi Benoni Defence: Taimanov Variation, 1993; Jansa & Pribyl How to Play the Pirc – A New System for Black! 1988; Nesis Tactics in the King’s Indian, 1992. Many are Batsford publications. Fair to VF (41)
Lot: 138
Alexander Alekhine’s Best Games of Chess 1938-1945, 1959 in d/jkt; David Short Nigel Short: Chess Prodigy, 1981, in d/jkt; Victor Korchnoi My Best Games, Vol. 1: Games with White, 2003, pictorial boards; and other collections of Best Games, famous contests etc, h/bk & s/bk. (20)
Lot: 139
Chess Strategy and analysis with many h/bks in d/jkt including Reshevsky How Chess Games are Won, [1961], Byrne & Nei Both Sides of the Chessboard, 1974, Reti Masters of the Chess Board, 1956, and Nimzowitsch My System 1954 and 1964 editions. Fair to fine. (22)
Lot: 146
Daniel Gormally Insanity, passion and addiction: a year inside the Chess world, 2016; and various others including Chess Yearbooks (15) from 1938. Four titles in Russian. Mainly s/bks. Fair to VF (33)