Publications
The publications are divided into four subsections:
The following is a list of all publications listed:
Rudolf Glenk
Turmtore oder der "Bone-Vorwurf" * Kachelofenprobleme
- Release Date2002
- Languagesgerman
- Pages40
- See alsoGlenk, Rudolf
Time and again it is surprising what excellent chess publications are created by pure amateurs – such a work presents our chess friend Rudolf Glenk with his "Turmtore und Kachelofen-Probleme" [Tower (Rook) gates and tiled stove problems]. If additionally, like to me, the opportunity is granted to admire the "magnificent piece" in Glenk’s front room in Forchheim will understand how it warms the problem friend’s heart.
(M.N.)
Henri Serruys
Unveiling the Victory
How Spassky Won The Third World Junior Chess Championship Antwerp 1955
- PublisherThinkers Publishing, 20241
- ISBN9789464201833
- Languagesenglish
- Pages248
- Formatshardback
- See alsoUnveiling the Victory – How Spassky Won The Third World Junior Chess Championship Antwerp 1955 – Henri Serruys
- LinkThinkers Publishing
Henri Serruys
Van Spel tot Duel
Het schaken in het jonge België
- Release Date2021
- Languagesdutch
- Pages218
- Formatshardback
- Miscellaneouswith 86 illustrations, an extensive name register and bibliography
- See alsoVan Spel tot Duel. Het schaken in het jonge België
- Attachments Henri Serruys - Van Spel tot Duel. Het schaken in het jonge België - excerpt (1.3 MiB)
Friedrich-Karl Hebeker
Vom Rhein nach São Paulo
Ludwig Engels 1905-1967
- PublisherChaturanga, 2016
- ISBN978-3944158099
- Languagesgerman
- Pages415
- Formatspaperback
- Miscellaneouscontains 35 annotated games as well as many photos and illustrations
- See alsoVom Rhein nach Sao Paulo
- LinkVerlag Chaturanga
- Attachments hebeker_book.pdf (701.6 KiB)
- hebeker_leseprobe.pdf (1.1 MiB)
Ludwig Engels - a born Düsseldorfer - was one of the strongest German chess masters in the 1930s and a player of nearly grandmaster strength. Definitely he was the most famous member of the Düsseldorf Chess Club 1854, and now another Düsseldorfer - our member Friedrich-Karl Hebeker - has set him a literary monument by this biography. You may consider this book as the adequate answer to Lothar Nikolaiczuk’s satirical chapter "König Ludwig - ruhmbekleckert" (in his book "Der ELO-Schädling", 2013) where the author presents the good chess reputation of "King Ludwig" as undeserved and considers him a chess weakling. (The real name of King Ludwig is not revealed there, but it is clear who is meant.) Well, the readers will form their own opinion about that ...
(R.B., IX 2016)
On this occasion we remind you of the author’s report from 2011: With Lourenço Cordioli at Ludwig Engel’s grave in São Paulo - in English and German.
Georg Schweiger, Natascha Niemeyer-Wasserer
Von der Krone zum Bürger
Schach in der höfischen und bürgerlichen Kultur von 1750 bis 1850
- PublisherSchach- und Kulturstiftung G.H.S., 2011
- ISBN978-3000359156
- Languagesgerman
- Pages142
- Formatshardback
- See alsoMachtspiele und Ambivalenzen / Von der Krone zum Bürger
Still available is also the catalog Von der Krone zum Bürger. Schach in der höfischen und bürgerlichen Kultur von 1750-1850 (2011; 142 pp., price 29 € + postage).
See also the KARL review by Harry Schaack.
If you order both catalogs, the postage in Germany is 4.10 € altogether.
Kurt Landsberger
William Steinitz, Chess Champion
A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar
- PublisherMcFarland, 1992
- ISBN9780899507583
- Languagesenglish
- Pages539
- Formatshardback
- See alsoLandsberger, Kurt
- LinkMcFarland
The Steinitz biography and the following collection of materials on William Steinitz by his distant relation Kurt Landsberger belong to the most impressive works I have to describe in the course of this series. Maybe it was also the personal meeting with Kurt in Düsseldorf in October 2003 which intensified this impression. It’s just unbelievable what this "non chess player" has collected on the first world champion and how it is presented with expertise and love of details. Two "wonderful" books – thanks, dear Kurt.
(M.N.)
Hans Engberts, René Hesselink
Winkeldagboek
- PublisherFagel, 2003
- ISBN9789059141339
- Languagesdutch
- Pages269
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoEngberts, Hans
That’s no chess book – nevertheless I found several passages related to chess – Hans Engberts and his partner René Hesselink give a report on 20 years in the Utrecht second-hand bookshop "Hinderickx [&] Winderickx" – many episodes seem familiar to me – a likeable book by bibliophiles for bibliophiles (or bibliomaniacs ?).
(M.N.)
Alexander Baburin
Winning Pawn Structures
- PublisherBatsford, 2003
- ISBN978-0713480092
- Languagesenglish
- Pages256
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoBaburin , Alexander
Our grandmaster (from Russia), living in Ireland, may forgive me for selecting this book – there was some trouble afterwards with the publisher. Nevertheless I think it very worth mentioning – it describes the "soul of chess". We will refer here to Alexander Baburin's websites: www.chesstoday.net [&] www.gmsquare.com
(M.N.)
Marian Stere
Wolfgang Pauly
Challenge of a Legacy
- PublisherGambit, 2001
- ISBN978-9738533707
- Pages735
- Formatshardback
- MiscellaneousLanguage: romanian
- See alsoStere, Marian
Gerhard Josten
Wolfgang Unzicker
- PublisherVerlag Chess Coach, 2014
- ISBN978-3-944158-03-7
- Languagesgerman
- Pages263
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoAuf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs / Wolfgang Unzicker
- LinkVerlag Chaturanga
- Attachments josten_books.pdf (932.2 KiB)
The book on Wolfgang Unzicker (publisher: ChessCoach) will be available soon, a book presentation is scheduled to take place on Friday, 27-06-2014, at 6 – 7 pm in Munic: Spiellokal des SK Tarrasch-1945 München, Alten- und Service-Zentrum (ASZ) Untergiesing, Kolumbusstr. 33 (am Kolumbusplatz); U1/U2 Haltestelle Kolumbusplatz - www.tarrasch-muenchen.de/....
Tomasz Lissowski
Young Najdorf
- PublisherThe Chess Player, 2010
- Languagesenglish
- Pages151
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoLissowski, Tomasz
- LinkA Chess Reader
Tomasz Lissowski, Bartłomiej Macieja
Zagadka Kieseritzky'ego
- PublisherDiG, 1996
- ISBN83-85490558
- Languagespolish
- Pages294
- Formatspaperback
- See alsoLissowski, Tomasz
Our friend Tomasz Lissowski from Warsaw is a guarantee of high quality – besides his impressive work on Zukertort (together with Cezary Domański) his biography and game collection of Lionel Kieseritzky (Wydawnictwo DiG, Warsaw 1996), a joint work with GM Bartłomiej Macieja seems to me to have received much too less attention.
(M.N.)
Siegfried Schönle
Zur Schach-Akademie in Achdorf bei Landshut und vom "Sailerschen-Kreis"
- PublisherThe Löberitz Chess Museum under the sponsorship of the Schachgemeinschaft 1871 Löberitz e.V., 2022
- Languagesgerman
- Pages42
- Formatsstaple
- MiscellaneousWith a foreword by Konrad Reiss, Typesetting and layout by Konrad Reiss
- See alsoZur Schach-Akademie in Achdorf bei Landshut und vom Sailerschen-Kreis (To the chess academy in Achdorf near Landshut and from the Sailerschen circle)
Yuri Averbak
Шахматы на сцене и за кулисами
- PublisherRipol Classic, 2003
- ISBN5-7905-1835-4
- Languagesrussian
- Formatshardback
- See alsoAverbakh, Yuri
"Chess on stage and behind the scenes" appeared recently in Moscow 2003 in a marvellous colourful hardcover binding in the series "The Art of Chess" (Publishing House Ripol, www.ripol.ru) - with the subheading "Revelations of a Chess Player, of a Politician and of an Historian" – very promising, dear Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh.
(M.N.)
