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Stellan
Persson
En gyllene Epok
Hardback, 480 p.
An historical encyclopedia from 1922 to 2009 about chess life in
South Sweden and in Copenhagen. With 434 games.
Language: Swedish
Price: 39 € + postage
web: www.skakhuset.com/...
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With this book our member Stellan Persson presents his lifework. He himself
has described the contents of his book on 3 pages (in German) - here as
PDF (text slightly revised
by me - RB).
Stellan
Persson at the chess olympiad, 2004 |
The
completion of the Yugoslavian Bibliography is approaching (announced for
06/07/2010), Dušan Drajić has already sent us
a picture
of the cover (PDF 3.1 MB): An Overview of Yugoslavian Chess
Literature (An Annotated Bibliography) I Period
1886-1952.
More details soon.
PS
(23/07/2010): In the meantime I have received a copy of the book
which has been published in a bilingual edition (English/Serbian). Here
a scan of the (English) foreword.
Bibliographic details:
Akademska misao (Academic mind), Belgrade, Serbia, 2010
Hardback, 105 p., 17 x 24.5 cm
ISBN 978-86-7466-387-5
Circulation 300 copies
And now the best: Our board has decided to accord all KWA members who have
no arrears of their membership fee (for 2009 and 2010) a copy of the book
as a present! The books will be sent end in the course of August (ex Belgrade)
- wait and see ...
Werner
Keym
Eigenartige Schachprobleme
Kuhn † / Murkisch-Serie Nr. 44
Nightrider
Unlimited, Treuenhagen 2010
ISBN 978-3-935586-12-2
Paperback, 222 pages, 14.5 x 21 cm;
with a colour picture of the author (frontispiece)
The first book of the well-known German problemist Werner
Keym who made a name for himself especially in the field
of retro analysis has been given as a present to all members of the
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Werner Keym writes in the autobiographical part:
Dies ist ein sehr persönliches Buch über exotische Regionen
der faszinierenden Welt der Schachkomposition. Die Themen und die Auswahl
der eigenen und fremden Schachprobleme spiegeln meine persönlichen
Vorlieben wider: anfangs Endspiel-Studien, später Retro-Aufgaben, Rochade-Probleme,
Kuriosa, Textaufgaben etc. Das sind alles keine "normalen" Zwei-,
Drei- oder Mehrzüger. Insofern sind die ausgewählten Probleme
"eigenartig". ... [This is a very personal book about
exotic regions of the fascinating world of chess composition. The themes
and the selection of own and other chess problems reflect my personal preferences:
at first endgame studies, later on retros, castling problems, odd things,
word problems etc. All these are no "normal" two-, three- or moremovers.
In this respect the chosen problems are "strange". ...]
The book contains not only more than 500 problems with solutions but also
an introduction by the editor Godehard Murkisch, a preface each by Hans
Gruber (chairman of the "Schwalbe") and by Thomas Brand (retro
columnist of the "Schwalbe"), "personal details" about
the author's chess and non-chess life, three annexes (esp. "Economical
Retro Records"), a German-English vocabulary, a small glossary as well
as a list of names and a subject index. Excellent reading material for problem
friends!
Our member and prolific author José A. Garzón
has published a new book:
Luces sobre el Ingenio, el pionero libro del juego llamado
marro de punta, de Juan Timoneda (UNED, Valencia, 2010)
A monograph on Juan Timoneda's unknown book and the Valencian origins
of modern chess and checkers. Reproduced are pages of manuscripts from
different European libraries, partly their publication is a real novelty.
The book, dedicated to the researcher Govert Westerveld, contains a preface
written by the renowned bibliophile and author Rafael Solaz Albert.
The work is of multidisciplinary interest: it should comparably appeal
to the academic, the bibliophile and the cultural world as well as to
the friends and scholars of chess and checkers history.
You will find more details (in Spanish) at:
www.chessbase.com/espanola/...
www.levante-emv.com/cultura/...
apliweb.uned.es/comunicacion/...
To reserve copies (price approximately 11€ + postage) please contact:
Lydia Plumed
fihs@valencia.uned.es
Secretaria Publicaciones
Fundación Instituto de Historia Social
UNED ValenciaC / Casa de la Misericordia, nº 34
Valencia 46 014
phone: 96.313.26.21
fax: 96.350.27.11
In a few weeks you will be able to order from the distributor as well:
www.adonay.com
[According to Josep Alió, 9 May 2010]
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Herberts
Lieblinge I
32 ausgewählte Schachprobleme von Herbert Engel
compiled and commented by Rudolf Glenk
Self-published, Forchheim 2010
(version dated 15/04/2010)
2nd (numbered) edition of 25 copies, 40 p., paperback, ill.,
with many diagrams.
The author succeeded in publishing the second edition of this reprint
in a visually very attractive design:
Nearly all photos, illustrations and even the diagrams are now in
colour.
Those interested should contact Rudolf Glenk glenk-kwass@t-online.de. |
Sad news remain to be added: The honoured composer Herbert Engel passed
away only a few days after receiving the booklet.
Rudolf Glenk wrote:
On 20 April 2010 I sent ten copies of the edition hot off the presses
to Herbert Engel. He was really thrilled.
As a part of the introduction I wrote among other things in a biographical
abstract:
Meanwhile 82 years but still going strong and ready for action, Herbert
Engel [born 26/12/1927 in Hof/Saale] lives now as a retiree in his native
town ...
Here death has belied me.
Herbert Engel died completely unexpected on 26/04/2010. One week before
- at his last call - we still had laughed together as usual and had made
plans. Only the remembrance is left now.
With Herbert Engel the chess world has lost one of its great problem composers,
and I, I have lost a friend. We all will never forget him.
In silent memory,
Rudolf Glenk
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Lieblinge II
32 ausgewählte Schachprobleme von Herbert Engel
compiled and commented by Rudolf Glenk
Self-published, Forchheim 2010
(version dated 01/03/2010)
1st (numbered) edition of 40 copies, 40 p., paperback, ill.,
with many diagrams.
The booklet is an expanded separate publication of the corresponding
chapter from the congress book presented below - containing 12 color
photos!
As a part of the edition was handed out to Herbert Engel, probably
few copies are still left.
Price: 5.- Euros + postage
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Gerhard
Josten
A Study Apiece
Edition Jung, Homburg 2010
278 p., DIN A5, paperback
Price: € 29.80 + postage
Numerous contemporary study composers present their favourite piece.
Further information at
www.schach-agentur.de/...
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59. Mittelfränkischer Schachkongress
vom 30. März bis 04. April 2010 in Forchheim
Ed.: © Schachclub Forchheim e.V.
Self-published, Forchheim 2010
Editorial work, set and layout: Rudolf Glenk
1st ed. of 500 copies,
64 p., paperback,
with many illustrations and diagrams
Price: only 2.- Euros + shipping costs
Again our member Rudolf Glenk has prepared a nice commemorative
publication with a felicitous mixture of contributions, such as:
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Vladimir
Nabokov und das Schachspiel (Schachliterarisches aus dem Bücherschrank
von Rudolf Glenk); Kurzschlüsse und Geistesblitze auf Forchheimer
Brettern (ausgewählte Partien Forchheimer Schachspieler);
Herberts Lieblinge II (ausgewählte Schachprobleme
von Herbert Engel); Über 1200 Jahre Forchheim in Geschichte
und Gegenwart.
Those interested should contact Rudolf Glenk glenk-kwass@t-online.de.
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The
latest issue of SSA was published end of 2009:
Scacchi e Scienze Applicate
Una revista internazionale
Volume 16
Fascicolo 28
Anno XXVI 2008
Venezia, December 2009
ISSN: 0392-0127
Chief editor:
Romano Bellucci
romanobellucci@libero.it
Contents
of this issue
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You will find all publications of the arhiSAH
Chess Series, edited by our member Marian Stere,
in this pdf
file.
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Book
offers from
Schachdorf Verlag & Schachladen in Ströbeck - Renate Krosch
Click on the picture to enlarge it! |
The "Chess Guide" by Alain Biénabe and Nicolas Giffard
has just been published in a second edition, you may find the 1993 first
edition in the Publications of our
Members. Here the most important details of the new edition:
Nicolas Giffard and Alain Biénabe (Authors)
Le nouveau guide des échecs: Traité complet
Paperback: 1701 pages
Publisher: Robert Laffont (1 October 2009)
Collection: Bouquins
Language: French
ISBN-10: 2221110137
ISBN-13: 978-2221110133
Price: EUR 30.39 (Amazon.fr) + postage
Further information and order: http://www.amazon.fr/...
The
long-awaited translation of the Codex Alfonso has been published by
LIT publishing house!
Alfons X "the Wise"
Toward the end of his life King Alfons X of Spain (1221–1284),
also called "the Wise" owing to his numerous scientific
projects, arranged the production of a book on board games and games
of dice. He didn't live to see the completion of that marvellous manuscript
equipped with many colour illustrations. For Alfons games had been
more than a mere pastime only: they symbolized the nature of man and
of the world he lived in. Therefore his book of games forms one of
the most significant sources on the cultural history of games. In
this work chess, games of dice, trictrac games, nine men's morris
and other games are for the first time described in an European language.
For the first time Ulrich Schädler and Ricardo Calvo make Alfons'
X book of games accessible to a wide readership, in a complete German
translation from the Old Spanish and with a sound commentary on the
games dealt with. |
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PS
(26/11/2009): KWA members will get the book for 25.- (instead of
29.90) Euro + postage if they order directly from the author Ulrich Schädler
(u.schaedler@museedujeu.com).
Orders by 04/12/2009 (date of receipt) will be sent from Germany in the
week 7-11/12/2009.
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