New Chess Literature

The fourth and concluding volume of the Yugoslavian Chess Bibliography by Prof. Dušan Drajić just went to press and will be available middle of February. Volume IV is (as volume III) available for a price of 15.- €. Payment as usual by bank transfer to our KWA account (see Imprint). The volumes I and II cost 12.- € each. The complete series voume I to IV can be ordered for 50.- €. Postage is included in all prices. See also our page Publications 8. The combination of volume IV with The Chess Literature of Australia & New Zealand (see below) costs 33.- € (incl. postage). (26/01/2012)

The opposite biography by Olimpiu G. Urcan and Peter Michael Braunwarth has just been published by McFarland. Further details about the book in this pdf file.

Our member Peter Holmgren draws our attention to a new Swedish publication: Svensk schacklitteratur i bokform före år 1900 by Arne V. Johansson. More details about this bibliography in this pdf file.
The price of 200 SEK equals 22.63 €.

Our member Martin Ramsauer (Marbach) has just released a new publication, a facsimile of a rare title: "Zwölf Schlacht-Parthien des großen Kampfes um Europa's Freiheit, Friede und Glück, auf dem Schachbret dargestellt von B. v. L.", published by Carl Gerold, Vienna 1815. Decisive military actions against the Napoleonic forces which kept large parts of Europe occupied at that time are demonstrated on 74 pages by means of twelve chess positions (for instance Napoleon in Moscow, his flight to Dresden, Battle on the Katzbach, Battle of Culm, and as a highlight: The large Battle of the Nations near Leipzig). The author remains incognito which is not surprising in view of the insecure political situation of that time.

Some details about the book: Facsimile reprint, printed on hand made paper, stitched by hand, paper volume in contemporary style, self-made cover papers (so-called "peewit marbled papers"), small title spine label. Format 19 x 12 cm. Price: 95 € + postage (Germany 1 € as book rate, on request also insured. Rest of the world: 3.50 € as book rate). Payment in Germany by bank transfer, otherwise also by PayPal. Please order directly from Martin Ramsauer martin.ramsauer@gmx.net.

Here is the title page in German and in English as PDF each.

Below we give a passage from the foreword by Siegfried Schönle:
"Ausgewertet sind über einhundert monographische und nicht periodisch erschienene Sammelwerke (Anthologien, Kalender, Festschriften, unregelmäßig erschienene Schriften, Kunstkataloge, Vereinsschriften, Kongressberichte, u.a. der SCHACHKALENDER 1984 - 2011, das SCHACH - JOURNAL 1/1991 bis 4/1994 und auch von Vlastimil Fiala: Quarterly for Chess History, Vol. 1 - 15.) sowie Jahrbücher vorwiegend aus den letzten Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts – deutsch- und englischsprachige Titel überwiegen. Teilweise reichen verschiedene Einträge aber bis zu 150 Jahre zurück. Mehr als 2400 Einträge (zahlreiche mit Annotationen), nach dem Verfasseralphabet geordnet, bieten Zugang zu versteckt publizierten Fachaufsätzen aus dem gewählten Schwerpunkt: Schach- und Brettspiele, wobei Artikel zum Schachspiel deutlich überwiegen. Mitverfasser und Übersetzer wurden durch Querverweise erschlossen.

Der vorliegende Band verzeichnet erstmals und systematisch Publikationen von Fachvorträgen, die auf verschiedenen Kongressen (z.B. CCI) sowie vergleichbaren Veranstaltungen oder anlässlich internationaler Treffen von Schachforschern (z.B. IGK) gehalten wurden. Diese oftmals zur »Grauen Literatur« zählenden und vielfach nur wenigen Schachkollegen zugänglichen Publikationen zu verzeichnen, war ein zusätzliches Anliegen. In aller Regel ist dieses Schrifttum nur in Einzelfällen in öffentlichen Bibliotheken aufbewahrt.

Ich wünsche, die Leser und -innen dieser Bibliographie finden hilfreiche Hinweise und manchen unbekannten Fund."

The opposite depicted bibliography of Belgian chess literature has recently come out. The two authors gave a first presentation of the book on 18/11/2011 in Brunswick. Further information: Softcover edition of 200 copies, 160 p., size 24 x 16 cm. Weight: 438 g Price for KWA members: 20.- € + postage Retail price: 25 € Hardback edition of 50 copies, numbered and signed by the authors. Weight: 617 g Price for KWA members: 40.- € + postage Packaging: 1.50 € Postage: 12.45 € (Europe, USA) or 20.75 € (other countries) For the postage see also www.bpost.be.

Text verso: Henri Serruys (*1948) is a founding member of the Ken Whyld Association of chess book collectors, while Guy Van Habberney (*1954) is the worldwide chairman of this organization, which promotes the collection of chess books and intends to contribute to a greater knowledge of the history of the game of chess. In this publication, the authors give a comprehensive overview of all chess books published in Belgium, not just the usual technical books, but also those that are more literary in nature and that feature chess as a theme. Images of all these books are provided. The authors have also added very detailed chapters on Bulletins as well as on Magazines.

Hardback edition
(dust jacket corresponds to
pictures above)

Volume 16 of the Quarterly for Chess History from Vlastimil Fiala's workshop has just been published, with it the 4th run is complete. Vlastimil Fiala - simultaneously author, editor and publisher - has managed it in spite of his personal, job-related bottlenecks to continue with this periodical, and he doesn't think of stopping it in future! We are pleased that in the current issue many well-known names appear again as authors (on 542 pages), most of them also members of the KWA: besides Vlastimil Fiala we find John Hilbert, Tony Gillam, Dmitry Gorodin, Eric Ruch, Tim Harding, Michael Negele and Alain Pallier.

Contents

"A Word to the Reader"

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Please click to enlarge! Foreword of the Editor (as PDF)

The 4th edition of this bibliography has just been published by the Belgrade publishing house Academic Mind. Due to high postage costs in Serbia and additional customs charges the price had to be modified a little. These are the possibilities to order:
- Order from Prof. Dušan Drajić (Belgrade) only possible in combination with
  ordering one of the bibliographic works of Prof. Drajić; in this case the price
  for the Australasian bibliography is 18.- € including postage (for KWA
  members only); mailto:drajic@etf.rs.
- Order in Germany (mail to Michael.Negele.Wtal@t-online.de), for members the
  price is 20.- € including postage.

Scale prices (including postage):
 5 copies for 80.- €
10 copies for 150.- €
Bank transfers as usual to our KWA club account.

The retail price for non-members is 26.80 € plus postage.


RJB, in November 2011

13 years ago Alessandro Sanvito discovered in Vienna the till then unknown manuscript of Orazio Gianutio. Alessandro had shortly prepared a book about it, bureaucratic hurdles alone prevented afterwards a publication. Last year, during the KWA meeting at Vienna Alessandro could come to an agreement with the Director of the Austrian Library and subsequently finalized the project.
The edition is only about 100-150 copies, the price 18 Euros. Please contact the publisher Messaggero Scacchi www.messaggeroscacchi.it/... / mailto: info@messaggeroscacchi.it to order the book.

Alessandro Sanvito wrote in his book about his discovery and the contents of the MS and shows (in color) the 12 wonderful chess problems.
(According to A. Sanvito)

Please click to enlarge!

Prof. Dušan Drajić now presents the third volume of his Yugoslavian bibliography (for the period 1968-1979) in the established layout, for this see our Publications page 8. This time the price has slightly increased to 15.- Euros. Our members can again order directly from the author (mailto:drajic@etf.rs) after having transferred the a.m. amount to our club account.
Part I and II of the bibliography are still available as well, please see our page Publications (8) for that.
Part IV of the bibliography is in preparation.







Announcement
Jubilee Book Schaakclub Utrecht 1886-2011

Robert Beekman:
125 jaar Schaakclub Utrecht 1886-2011
Coauthored by our member Peter de Jong

1st edition (300 copies), available in October 2011
Hardback, approx. 325 pages, with numerous photos and illustrations
Price (updated!): 25.- Euros plus postage

Please order from Peter de Jong peterdej@kpnmail.nl who also sent us an excerpt from the book (PDF, 2.3 MB). You will find further information on the book in his e-mail dated 22/08/2011.


24/27-08-2011