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Chess Studies, Comprising One Thousand Games: A Collection of Classical and Brillant Specimens ...

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Chess Studies: comprising one thousand Games, actually played during the last half Century; presenting a unique Collection of classical and brilliamt Specimens of Chess Skill, ...: By George Walker

London : Longman [u.a.] 1844 Location/Holding institution: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Gymn. 802 b#Beibd.1

Psychology of Mental Arithmeticians and Blindfold Chess-Players

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The chess players' chronicle

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Chess

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Chess fundamentals

4 p. l., 3-246 p. 22 cm

Brooklyn Chess Chronicle

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Chess in Philadelphia : a brief history of the game in Philadelphia, illustrated by numerous charts, tables, games, and problems

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The Hastings chess tournament 1895. Containing the authorised account of the 230 games played Aug.-Sept. 1895

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The British chess magazine

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American chess magazine

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Souvenir of the Bristol Chess Club: Containing One Hundred Original Games of Chess, Recently ...

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The Chess Players Chronicle.

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The chess tournament : 1851 ...

xci, 377 pages ; 25 cm

The book of the first American chess congress

563 pages 20 cm

Chess and Chess-players: Consisting of Original Stories and Sketches

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The book of the first American chess congress;

563 p. 20 cm

Fifty Games at Chess: Which Have Actually Been Played, Most of which Occurreed Between the ...

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The grand tactics of chess, an exposition of the laws and principles of chess strategetics, the practcal application of these laws and principles to the movement of forces; mobilization, development, manoeuvre, and operation

xv, 462 p. 23 cm

Chess Room Visitors Register; (1913-2014)

Source : 200 Pages of 200: Book (11 x 14 in.) Rights : Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco. Copyright Holder has given Institution…

The Art of Chess

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Chancellor chess;

1 p. 18 cm

The chess tournament

1 Band ; 8°

Studies of chess: containing Caissa, a poem, by sir W. Jones; A systematic ...

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A Selection of Games at Chess, actually played by Philidor and his Contemporaries

London : Sherwood u.a. 1835 Location/Holding institution: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Gymn. 802

The Chess Players Text Book

Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.221309 dc.contributor.author: H Staunton dc.date.accessioned: 2015-07-09T22:10:08Z dc.date.available: 2015-07-09T22:10:08Z…

Memorable chess games, brilliants and miniatures, with notes, queries and answers

Memorable chess games, brilliants and miniatures, with notes, queries and answers Author: Moffatt, W Year: 1913 188, [1] p View on Archive.org

Fifty Games of Chess, which have actually been played, most of which occurred between the Author and Some of the best Players in England, France and Germany: to which is added some Account of the Village of Stroebeck, in Germany, with three Games…

London : Simpkin u.a. 1832 Location/Holding institution: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Gymn. 802 b

The Bristol chess club

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Souvenir of the Bristol chess club; containing one hundred original games of chess, recently played, either between the best players in that society, or by them with other celebrated players of the day;

Comp. by Elijah Williams

The Games of the Match at Chess Played by the Chess Players of the Athenaeum, Philadelphia: And ...

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Chess fundamentals

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The book of the Sixth American Chess Congress : containing the games of the international chess tournament held at New York in 1889.

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Japanese chess (shō-ngi) : the science and art of war or struggle philosophically treated : Chinese chess (chong-kie) and i-go

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A handbook of chess

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The Bristol chess club, its history, chief players, and 23 years' record of principal events, 151 games by 64 past and present members, including all correspondence and consultation games, specimens of play by nearly all the best English and…

xi, [1], 202 p. incl. front

A selection of games at chess, actually played in London, by the late Alexander McDonnell, the best English player with his principal contemporaries: including the whole of the games played by Mons. de LaBourdonnais and Mr. M'Donnell ; With 1 app.…

London : Hurst 1836 Location/Holding institution: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Gymn. 813 b

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