Publications
The publications are divided into four subsections:
The following is a list of all publications listed:
Luca D’Ambrosio
Die Internationalen Schachturniere zu Meran 1924 und 1926
- PublisherSchachklub ARCI Bozen, 2014
- Languagesgerman
- Pages500
- Formatshardback
- MiscellaneousLimited edition of 330 copies, large format (27.4 x 20.9 x 3.6 cm), thread-stitching, dust jacket, picking belt, weight 2.2 kg
- See alsoDie Internationalen Schachturniere zu Meran 1924 und 1926
- Attachments dambrosio_frontcover.pdf (301.3 KiB)
- dambrosio_excerpt.pdf (2.2 MiB)
- meran_folder.pdf (1.1 MiB)
The long-awaited tournament book on Meran 1924 and 1926 by our Italian member Luca D’Ambrosio has been published now!
See also the announcement at www.arciscacchi.it.
Price, 20% reduced only for KWF[&]A members: 62 € + postage
The postage varies between 23 € and 44 €, depending on the country of destination and the kind of delivery. Available on request (together with the bank details), please address yourself to Luca D’Ambrosio luca.dambrosio@arciscacchi.it.
For readers' reactions see www.arciscacchi.it/Sito01/Feedback.pdf.
Jesús Seoane Sepúlveda
Doug Hamilton
el Tal australiano
- PublisherEditorial Chessy, 2022
- ISBN978-84-126220-0-3
- Languagesenglish, spanish
- Pages674
- Formatshardback
- MiscellaneousDIN-A4 format, paper 90 grs., weight around 2 kg
- See alsoA new book has just been published! For chess collectors: Doug Hamilton el Tal australiano
- Linktiendachessy.com
- Attachments Jesús Seoane Sepúlveda - Doug Hamilton el Tal australiano - Extract (1.6 MiB)
- Description
Dedicated to Doug Hamilton. A fearsome attacking player who inspired new generations of Australian players, such as the creative GM Ian Rogers. In fact, it is a Tribute to the whole of Australian chess. Some GMs and IMs and few of the best players in Australia collaborate in it. The layout designer is Juan Carlos Sanz, who does an impressive job.
The author, Jesús Seoane, is a Spanish physicist with a remarkable international career and not only a good chess player but also a passionate chess player and book collector.
Edward Pałłasz
Dwuchodówki i studia pionkowe
- PublisherWydawnictwo Penelopa, 2012
- ISBN978-83-62908-34-9
- Languagespolish
- Pages63
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoDwuchodówki i studia pionkowe
- LinkWydawnictwo Penelopa
[Two-movers and Pawn Endgame Studies]
Edward Pałłasz (*1936) from Warsaw is a music composer and director of Programme 2 of Polish Radio. Only in his restricted free time he was able to compose chess problems, his book contains 50 compositions (49 by himself), starting in 1950: 29 two-movers, 1 three-mover and 20 endgame studies, all depicted in diagrams; the (commented) solutions are given in figurine notation.
Herbert Grasemann
Eines Reverends Einfall, der Geschichte machte + A Cleric’s Idea, which made History ...
- PublisherEditions FEE=NIX, 2014
- ISBN978-3-9812128-8-4
- Languagesenglish, german
- Pages400
- Formatshardback
- MiscellaneousReprint
- See alsoEines Reverends Einfall, der Geschichte machte
- LinkDie Schwalbe
A long awaited (announced end of 2013) and pre-eminent publication for problem friends has just been released by bernd ellinghoven (Aix-la-Chapelle): it’s the reprint of Grasemann’s "Reverend", commented and extended with most interesting contributions by Hans Peter Rehm and Stephan Eisert. You may choose between three different versions of the book:
The German paperback edition:
HERBERT GRASEMANN: Eines Reverends Einfall, der Geschichte machte
- Das neudeutsche Schachproblem - Ursprung, Grundlagen, Grundbegriffe
neu herausgegeben und erweitert mit einem Aufsatz und einer Auswahl neuerer Probleme durch Hans Peter Rehm und Stephan Eisert
The English paperback edition:
HERBERT GRASEMANN: A Cleric’s Idea, which made History
- The new-German chess problem - Origin, basic Principles and Concepts
A new, extended edition with an essay and a selection of more recent problems, by Hans Peter Rehm and Stephan Eisert
Editions FEE=NIX paperback VIII [&] IX, stitch binding, 200 pages each, price: 25 € each, special price for Schwalbe subscribers: 15 € + postage
The combined bilingual (German/English) hardback edition:
Schwalbe members should order from Ralf Krätschmer (Schwalbe-Bücherwart) ralf.kraetschmer@t-online.de; non-Schwalbe members are asked to order from bernd ellinghoven be.fee@t-online.de; see also http://dieschwalbe.de/download/reverend_e.pdf.
A limited and numbered luxury leather edition of 32 copies (probably 96 €) is planned, in case of interest please address yourself to bernd ellinghoven.
Substantially the books contain three parts each:
- The reprint of Grasemann’s "Reverend"; its first edition was a small booklet of 56 pages, self-published by Grasemann in 1982 and meanwhile out of print for a long time. Despite its outer smallness it was a very important publication and surprisingly rich in content, dealing with the modern conception of the theory of the logical (new-German) problem and its evolution from the very beginning in the 19th century. As the book is also available in English now, non-German speaking readers will be able to study for the first time in detail the thinking and the ideas of the new-German problem school.
- The essay "Pläne, Spiele, Züge" [Plans, Lines of Play and Moves] by Stephan Eisert and Hans Peter Rehm, reprinted from Die Schwalbe 48, XII/1977, p. 137-151 and slightly revised by the authors, informs us "about some newer developments in the logical school".
- "A Florilegium. A choice selection of logical chess problems. Selected and with comments by Hans Peter Rehm and Stephan Eisert" gives 82 more recent problems with elaborate and sophisticated comments.
Moreover the books contain forewords by Schwalbe chairman Hans Gruber and by Hans Peter Rehm, a two-page biography of Herbert Grasemann, also written by HPR, a bibliography, a German/English glossary of technical terms, an index of names and of the most important terms [&] themes, as well as a number of photos of problem composers who played an outstanding role in the history of the new-German (logical) school.
The brilliant style of the three authors Grasemann, Eisert and Rehm, in combination with all the excellent problems make for a great reading pleasure. I can only recommend this book warmly to all people interested in chess problems.
José A. Garzón
El Ajedrez del Virrey
Virrey Chess
- PublisherAlenar Editors, 2012
- ISBN978-84-943563-2-2
- Languagesenglish, spanish
- Pages152
- Formatshardback
- See alsoEl Ajedrez del Virrey - Virrey Chess
- LinkValencia Noticias
- Attachments ajedrez_del_virrey.pdf (241.4 KiB)
- dust_cover.pdf (910.8 KiB)
- introduction.pdf (59.3 KiB)
Our Spanish member José A. Garzón has published a new book, stating that it is his most personal work.
His book El Ajedrez del Virrey - Virrey Chess was published in a bilingual edition (Spanish and English) by Alenar Editors. It deals with a reform of the game on the basis of minimal changes of the rules, to be more specific on changing the rules of pawn promotion. You may read more about that in his introduction, as well as find additional information on this webpage and in this pdf file (in Spanish). Moreover Marcos Gonzalo (Alenar Editors) has provided a flyer on the book.
We give also an image of the dust jacket.
For KWF[&]A members, the book is offered for a reduced price (discount of 10%). The shop price is 20 €. To order the book, please contact the editor Marcos Zacarés (alenareditors@gmail.com) and mention your KWA membership!
Juan Sebastián Morgado
El encuentro por el título mundial Capablanca vs Alekhine 1927
Argentina hacia las ligas mayores 1925 – 1927 Tomo 1
- PublisherAjedrez de Estilo, 2020
- ISBN978-9874743756
- Languagesspanish
- Pages580
- Formatspaperback, ebook
- See alsoJuan Morgado and his opus magnum
- Linkamazon.com
Juan Sebastián Morgado
El encuentro por el título mundial Capablanca vs Alekhine 1927
Argentina hacia las ligas mayores 1927 – 1929 Tomo 2
- PublisherAjedrez de Estilo, 2020
- ISBN978-9874743763
- Languagesspanish
- Pages584
- Formatspaperback, ebook
- See alsoJuan Morgado and his opus magnum
- Linkamazon.com
Juan Sebastián Morgado
El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939 Tomo 1
El Politeama y los prolegómenos
- Publisher Independently published, 2021
- ISBN979-8752466380
- Languagesspanish
- Pages534
- Formatshardback, paperback, ebook
- See alsoJuan Sebastián Morgado: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939
- Linkamazon.com
Juan Sebastián Morgado
El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939 Tomo 2
Desarrollo, euforia y drama final
- Publisher Independently published, 2022
- ISBN979-8759154259
- Languagesspanish
- Pages546
- Formatshardback, paperback, ebook
- See alsoJuan Sebastián Morgado: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939
- Linkamazon.com
Juan Sebastián Morgado
El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939 Tomo 3
Los inmigrantes enriquecen al ajedrez argentino
- Publisher Independently published, 2022
- ISBN979-8430421502
- Languagesspanish
- Pages530
- Formatshardback, paperback, ebook
- See alsoJuan Sebastián Morgado: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939
- Linkamazon.com
Juan Sebastián Morgado
El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939 [Volume 1-3]
- PublisherAjedrez de Estilo, 2019
- ISBN978-9874743701
- Languagesspanish
- Pages533 (vol. 1), 546 (vol. 2), 551 (vol. 3)
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoJuan Sebastián Morgado: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939
- Attachments Separata: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939, Tomo 1 (657.8 KiB)
- Separata: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939, Tomo 2 (8.5 MiB)
- Separata: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939, Tomo 3 (5.8 MiB)
- Description
Volume 1: The Politeama and the prolegomens of the event (1938)
Volume 2: Development, euphoria and drama of the Tournament of Nations (1939)
Volume 3: Immigrants enriched argentine chess (1940-1943)
From our Argentinian member Juan Sebastián Morgado we have received the announcement of his three-volume monograph on the Chess Olympiad 1939 in Buenos Aires: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939. Although written in Spanish and therefore not so easily accessible for all lovers of chess history, it will be a most welcome additional source of information to the issue of Karl, das kulturelle Schachmagazin (3/2019) that recently was devoted to this famous tournament, and the single-volume tournament book the Australian author Justin Corfield wrote on the tournament, Pawns in a greater game; The Buenos Aires Chess Olympiad August-September 1939 (Gentext Publications: Lara [Victoria] 2015).
Bob van de Velde
More information: Juan Sebastián Morgado: El impresionante Torneo de Ajedrez de las Naciones 1939
José Antonio Garzón
El Regreso de Francesch Vicent
La historia del nacimiento y expansión del ajedrez moderno
- PublisherFundació Jaume II "el Just", 2005
- ISBN84-482-4193-2
- Languagesspanish
- Pages497
- Formatshardback
- See alsoGarzón, José Antonio
"Our man in Valencia" succeeded with a remarkable chess historical coup as José A. Garzón was able to trace the apparently lost incunabulum of Francesch Vicent in an Italian manuscript - his Libre dels jochs partitis dels scachs en nombre de 100 was published more than 500 years ago (1495) just in Valencia. José’s latest work on the birth and the expansion of modern chess is connected with this and further find(s) and moreover it was published in a marvellously equipped and illustrated edition. Surely many a person will already impatiently wait for the English version of the first Spanish edition ...
(R.B.)
Josep Alió Borràs
Els Escacs a Tarragona
50 anys de l'actual Club d'Escacs Tarragona (1947-1997)
- PublisherClub d'Escacs Tarragona, 1999
- ISBN9788460595120
- Pages450
- See alsoAlió, Josep
Josep Alió has friendly sent me his extensive work: "Els Escacs a Tarragona 1947-1997" (450 pp, more than 130 pictures, written in Catalan, edition of 500 copies published 1999). A splendid work of high quality – congratulations to our Spanish chess historian who is also an excellent chess player.
(M.N.)
Richard Forster, Stefan Hansen, Michael Negele
Emanuel Lasker
Denker, Weltenbürger, Schachweltmeister
- PublisherExzelsior Verlag, 2009
- ISBN9783935800051
- Languagesgerman
- Pages1079
- Formatshardback
- See alsoAnnouncement of the Lasker Monograph
- LinkEmanuel Lasker Gesellschaft
- Description
- Wolfgang Kamm [&] Tomasz Lissowski: Emanuel Laskers Vorfahren, Familie und Kindheit
- Tony Gillam: Lasker in Grossbritannien
- John Hilbert: Emanuel Lasker - Amerikanische Sichtweisen
- Roberto Mayor Gutiérrez [&] Jesús Bayolo Gonzalez: Emanuel Lasker auf Kuba
- Peter de Jong: Laskers Beziehung zu den Niederlanden
- Isaak Linder [&] Wladimir Linder: Emanuel Lasker in Russland
- Toni Preziuso: Aus der Schreibmaschine des Schachweltmeisters
- Susanna Poldauf: Lasker und die Berliner Boheme
- Joachim Rosenthal: Der Mathematiker Emanuel Lasker
- Bernd Gräfrath: Lasker als Philosoph
- Egbert Meissenburg: Emanuel Lasker - Bibliographie seiner Schriften
- Karl Kadletz: Laskers Biograph Jacques Hannak
- Wolfgang Angerstein: Laska - Ein strategisches Verstandesspiel
- Robert van de Velde: Nicht nur Schach - Emanuel Lasker als Bridgespieler
- Hans-Christian Wohlfarth: Lasker und Go
- Ralf J. Binnewirtz: Laskers Schachprobleme
- Jürgen Fleck: Laskers Endspielstudien
- Robert Hübner: Zu den Anfängen von Laskers Schachlaufbahn
- Raj Tischbierek: Hastings 1895
- Raj Tischbierek: Das Weltmeisterschaftsmatch Lasker-Tarrasch 1908
- John Donaldson: Weltmeister ohne Titel
- Raj Tischbierek: Laskers Comeback 1934 in Zürich
- Viktor Kortschnoi: Drei Partien eines alten Meisters
- Thomas Lemanczyk: Laskers Turnier- und Wettkampfpartien
- Michael Negele: Jenseits des Zufalls - Schach war doch das Leben
Bob van de Velde
Emanuel Lasker de veelzijdige
Overdruk uit Jan Hibma. Van Brouwerij tot Aardappelbeurs; 50 jaar schaken op Het Bildt. Schaakclub Emanuel Lasker, Sint Jacobiparochie 2012. Uitgave in eigen beheer
- PublisherSelf-published, 2011
- Formatsstaple
- See alsoEmanuel Lasker de veelzijdige
Our Amsterdam member Bob van de Velde offers a contribution on the many-sided Emanuel Lasker, i.e. an offprint of 11 pages, originally written in Dutch for a commemorative publication of the Frisian Chess Club Emanuel Lasker (club anniversary in 2011). The offprint is taken from the 2nd edition of that (self-published) book.
The paragraphs of the booklet are headed:
- De sterkste schaker aller tijden?!
- Thuis in vele werelden
- Lasker als wiskundige
- Vooral filosoof
- Aanzet tot speltheorie
- Abstinentie van schaken
- Uitvoerige studies
- Vaandelvlucht
- Niet alleen opportunisme
- Terugkeer naar het schaken
- Laskers laatste jaren
Bob van de Velde’s offprint is not offered for sale, so interested members may address to him.
Tim Harding
Eminent Victorian Chess Players
Ten Biographies
- PublisherMcFarland, 2012
- ISBN978-0786465682
- Languagesenglish
- Pages406
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoEminent Victorian Chess Players
- LinkMcFarland
Sooner than expected, the new work of Tim Harding, Eminent Victorian Chess Players: Ten Biographies, was published by McFarland.
All relevant information on the book may be found on the publisher's site at www.mcfarlandpub.com/... as well as (more detailed) on the website of the author at www.chessmail.com/timsite/....
Review by John D. Warth at ChessCafe: An Eminent Historian (PDF)
Stellan Persson
En gyllene Epok
- PublisherSelf-published, 2010
- Pages480
- Formatshardback
- See alsoPersson, Stellan
With this historical encyclopaedia our Danish member and operator of the Skakhuset has published his lifework about "a Golden Era": On 480 pages he reports about the chess life in South Sweden and Copenhagen, spanning a period of 87 years (1922-2009). A total of 434 games is included in this work which the author has presented in more details on 3 pages (in German).
(R.B., IV 2012)
Michael Ehn, Ernst Strouhal
en passant
- PublisherSpringer, 2010
- ISBN978-3709103456
- Languagesgerman
- Pages184
- Formatshardback
- See alsoEhn, Michael
- LinkSpringer
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their chess column in the daily "Der Standard", ruf [&] ehn (i.e. Ernst Strouhal and Michael Ehn) emerged with this wonderful publication, being a combination of a book (with a chronology, indexes and 273 chess problems) and a DVD (with all 1035 chess columns from VI 1990 to VI 2010 as jpg or pdf files). This work belongs to the 15 most beautiful Austrian books in 2010, a tribute certainly rarely paid to a chess book at national level.
(R.B., III 2012)
Reviews:
Thomas Binder in Glarean Magazin
Prof. Christian Hesse at ChessBase
Jan van Reek
Endspielstudie
Zwischen Theorie und Artistik
- PublisherVerlag Hans W. Fink
- ISBN3929291010
- Languagesgerman
- Pages240
- See alsovan Reek, Jan
This lovingly equipped volume incorporates 3 works of the author in German translation: "Miniaturen / Schachfiguren in der Endspielstudie / Die ultramoderne Endspielstudie" (Miniatures / Chessmen in the Endgame Study / The Ultra Modern Endgame Study); including a foreword by Harrie Grondijs (Koblenz 1993; 238 pp.). Jan van Reek has written and published numerous books on endgame studies, you will get to know more about him by visiting his homepage.
(R.B.)
Karel Mokry
Eröffnungsideen großer Schachmeister
Französisch
- PublisherWeltschach, 1992
- ISBN9783861230052
- Languagesgerman
- Pages170
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoMokry, Karel
Another grandmaster in the KWA, but also a "Great" one for us collectors. Our Czech friend is regarded as an always reliable, nearly inexhaustible source for chess literature (chess bookshop), but now I have discovered him as an author too. Surely this kind of opening literature is not necessarily the main aspect of my collecting passion but here GM Mokry has impressively described the French Defence.
(M.N.)