Publications

The publications are divided into four subsections:

The following is a list of all publications listed:

Dušan B. Drajić

An Overview of Yugoslavian Chess Literature 1886-1991 (An Annotated Bibliography) V

Additions, Biographies and Indexes

Published by Academic Mind, Belgrade ca. 190 pages, hardback. ISBN 978-86-7466-450-6

Against his initial intention, Prof. Dušan Drajić has written a 5th volume of his Yugoslavian bibliography which will be published middle of February. Here the Table of Contents and the complete cover as PDF. The slight increase of the price seems to be justified in view of the number of pages.

As usual, please address your order to Prof. Dušan Drajić, , after having paid the above sum to our KWA account or alternatively paid by PayPal to our treasurer Michael Negele, , in this case please add 0.50 € PayPal fee.

For the complete series (Volume I - V) see our KWA Publications.

Dušan B. Drajić, Dragan Stojnić

An Overview of Yugoslavian Chess Literature 1886-1991 and Serbian Problem Chess Literature 1992-2013 (An Annotated Bibliography)

Published by Academic Mind, Belgrade 2016. Edition of 150 copies, hardback. ISBN 978-86-7466-609-8

The book by Dušan Drajić and Dragan Stojnić combines the 5 previous volumes of the Yugoslavian bibliography, including the work on problems by Dragan Stojnić, as well as some additions and corrections. This time only in English, it has 316 pages, printed by computer. (The same book in Serbian - 349 pp. - will be published as well.)

The book will be available for KWA members only (and not be for sale elsewhere), and there is a deadline of 3 weeks for ordering, i.e. until the weekend 23/24 April. So you should seize the chance to acquire this work. Simply write an email to Dušan Drajić - , and don’t forget to give your postal address!

The price of the book including postage will be 17 EUR for shipping within Europe (as the weight will be above 500 g, the major part of the total is due to the postage). You can pay after delivery by bank transfer to our KWA account, as customary please see our imprint page for the bank details.

Massimiliano De Angelis

Antichi scacchi italiani

Per Skjoldager, Jørn Erik Nielsen

Aron Nimzowitsch

On the Road to Chess Mastery, 1886-1924

A "big hit" of our two Danish members is this exemplarily researched Nimzowitsch biography which was voted ChessCafe.com 2012 Book of the Year against strong international competition. But this is "only" the first part of an intended two-volume work – we hope that the authors take heart and energy from the success of the first volume to tackle and complete the successor volume as well. We are full of expectation!

More about the book in our Announcements.

(R.B., IV 2013)

Michael Schlosser, Martin Minski

ASymmetry

  • Publisherudo degener verlag, 2013
  • ISBN978-3-940531-91-9
  • Languagesgerman
  • Pages646
  • Formatshardback
  • Miscellaneousformat 16 x 22 cm; weight 1.2 kg
  • See alsoAsymmetry

A just released problem book by Michael Schlosser and Martin Minski stands in the tradition of T.R. Dawson’s and W. Pauly’s classic Asymmetry (A.C. White’s Christmas Series, 1927). Their work ASymmetrie contains a stupendous wealth of problems from all genres composed in the last ca 170 years, the earliest dating from 1841.

Price: 20 Euros (incl. postage in Germany)
The postage for foreign shipments (weight above 500 g) is 6 Euros.

You may directly order from the publisher via his online shop (where you can still find further problem books from his publishing house).

This composite work of the two well-known German chess composers is fascinating throughout, they deal exclusively with a special kind of aesthetically attractive problems, i.e. those with a symmetrical initial position and an asymmetric, generally paradoxical solution. From their own collection of 4000 problems they have selected the most interesting items – 649 in total, from orthodox mate problems to endgame studies, fairies and retros, even some originals have been included – you may have a look at the table of contents to get a short overview. Within the chapters all problems are given in chronological order, and each problem is depicted by a diagram followed by the solution, the latter mostly with additional smaller diagrams. The book is completed by a glossary (definitions of fairy [&] retro terms) as well as indexes of themes and authors.

We also learn from the preface (we link a scan here for our German speaking readers) that the authors have invested many years to finish their project, and particularly in the solutions they have spared no effort to provide entertaining and inventive comments. Fortunately the latter are mostly intelligible to OTB players with some basic knowledge of problem chess (and the help of the a.m. glossary), so this is not only a book for pronounced problem experts. Naturally there is a wide range as to the complexity of the problems and some will be more challenging than others – take it as a good sign of the variety of this absorbing anthology.

In view of the above advantages, the abundant content and the solid get-up of the book the price is very favourable, and I can only recommend this enjoyable publication: It belongs in every problem enthusiast’s library, and it will give you numerous hours of a stimulating read.

Table of Contents
Preface

Gerhard Josten

Auf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs

Gerhard Josten - Auf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs - frontcover
Gerhard Josten - Auf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs - frontcover

Over the last years, Gerhard Josten (Cologne) has turned out to be a most industrious author - for all his works see his page www.gerhardjosten.de/index.php/schriftstellerei-writings/my-chess-books. Now he has written two promising books, here is the corresponding information (PDF) provided by him. Auf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs [On the Silk Road to the origin of chess] can already be ordered from the publisher Diplomica Verlag (see www.diplomica-verlag.de/kunst-kultur_6/...) or from amazon.de.

Gerhard Josten - Auf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs - backcover
Gerhard Josten - Auf der Seidenstraße zur Quelle des Schachs - backcover

Efim Bogoljubow

Badische Illustrierte. Schachspalte 1946-1951

Really wonderful books are created by our member Martin Ramsauer for it belongs to his profession as a book conservator to derive pleasure from it. After his first work "Weihnachtsbäume im Schachproblem" (2003) there is now (2007) a new item from his workshop, bound in cloth and with an attractive "additional design" on the front: Bogoljubow's chess column of the "Badische Illustrierte Zeitung" 1946-51 has been reprinted in a limited edition (of 50 copies), with that a widely unknown chess column from the postwar years run incognito for a long time is available again. The content is rather unexpected as "Bogol" turns out first and foremost to be a problem columnist and moreover an occasional composer as well.

(R.B.)

Information on the book by Martin Ramsauer (PDF).

Henri Serruys, Guy Van Habberney

Belgian chess publications: an annotated bibliography

This teamwork of cash auditor and chairman is definitely a "raisin in the cake" of chess biblio-graphies, as the meticulous compilation of the complete Belgian chess literature mates here with an exquisite color printing whose impact is unveiled above all by the numerous pictures. Many information boxes (highlighted in color) on relevant authors, photographs of chess personalities, a correlation table (as to L/N and Cleveland) and an index of names complete a work which belongs to the required stock of each bibliographically interested chess friend.

Self-published,
Antwerp, 2011
157 pp, 24 x 16 cm
Softcover edition: 200 copies
Hardback edition: 50 copies

Here the entry on Henri Serruys featuring his earlier publication.

(R.B., III 2012)

Hardback edition
Dust jacket verso (or soft-cover resp.)

Michael Dombrowsky

Berliner Schachlegenden

Erinnerungen und Portraits aus der Zeit vor und nach dem Mauerbau

Before joining our KWF[&]A group this year, Michael Dombrowsky has written a delightful book dealing with the Berlin chess scene of the 1950s / 60s and the chess legends of that period. The book is not only very attractive due to its nice layout (coloured diagrams!) prepared by the publisher Arno Nickel, but also to its content – the author brings back memories of a time where many of us were still young and possibly heard for the first time the names of those 10 legends portrayed in the book. So this is a welcome excursion into a part of German chess history, and simultaneously a very entertaining read with many anecdotes and hitherto unknown biographical details on the protagonists, as well as many accompanying games and game fragments (annotated by Helmut Reefschläger).

You will find the bibliographical data and excerpts from the book on the page of the Edition Marco Publishing House.

Moreover a review (in German) by our member Dr. Mario Ziegler in Glarean Magazin: Berliner Luft-Menschen.

Alessandro Sanvito

Bibliografia italiana degli scacchi

Le Due Torri, Bologna 2015 360 pp., ISBN 9788896076569 Special prize: 29.75 €

With Alessandro Sanvito an excellent authority in the field of chess history and chess bibliography belongs to our members – his outstanding work will be presented here. Generally the Italian chess guild is extraordinary active in this field – a look at the website of the C.C.I. Italiano will confirm that.

(M.N.)

John Donaldson

Bobby Fischer and his world

The man, the player, the riddle, and the colorful characters who surrounded him

John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - frontcover
John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - frontcover

IM Donaldson examines Fischer’s life and career from his days as a child prodigy through the height of his World Championship triumph and into his tumultuous final years. Donaldson’s meticulous research has uncovered previously lost games and a wealth of unknown material about Fischer—ranging from his close friendships with players and supporters to his acrimonious relationships with organizers, journalists, lawyers, and publishers.

Bobby Fischer and His World is brought to life through a potpourri of first-hand accounts, interviews, letters, and articles by and about the colorful characters that inhabited Fischer’s world. Unifying this wide-ranging tale are over 100 photos and illustrations and 99 newly annotated games.

This is the story of Fischer the man and the player, shedding new light on the riddle of the most famous chessplayer in history.

More Information:

John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - page 470
Siles Press
John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - page 470
John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - page 471
Siles Press
John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - page 471
John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - page 472
Siles Press
John Donaldson - Bobby Fischer and his world - page 472

Tim Harding

British Chess Literature to 1914

A Handbook for Historians

Caissa

Journal for the history of chess and other board games

  • PublisherChaturanga
  • Languagesenglish, german
  • Pages90
  • Formatsstaple
  • MiscellaneousA4, triple columned, color print on glossy paper; Frequency: biannual
  • See alsoCaissa
  • LinkCaissa
  • Description

    Edited by Ass.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Buland MAS and Dr. Mario Ziegler

    Prices: single issue 14.90 € + postage
    subscription 12.90 € per issue, free of shipping costs

    Articles are in German or English, each with a synopsis in the other language. The main contributions to the current issue are listed on caissa-journal.de/blog/2015/10/caissa-erstausgabe/, the largest article has been provided by our member Siegfried Schönle. The beautiful layout is captivating, and I can only recommend this professionally made magazine to all who are interested in the history of chess.

Good things come to those who wait!

The first issue of the new periodical Caissa - Journal of Chess and Board Game History has just been released:

Michael Dombrowsky

Cambridge Springs 1904

Irgendwo im Nirgendwo ...

Lev Albert, Jon Crumiller

Carlsen vs. Karjakin

World Chess Championship New York 2016

Carlsen vs. Karjakin - Front cover

Jon Crumiller and GM Lev Alburt have published a most interesting book on the World Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Sergei Karjakin last winter in New York City. As Bob van de Velde and I had the opportunity to visit that match during it´s desicive state, but also our friend Jon in Princeton, it is a nice remembrance to that trip.

The book itself offers an intriguing sight on the match and it´s background.

Michael Negele

Carlsen vs. Karjakin - back cover

Georges Bertola

Capablanca

La Prodigieuse Ascension Tome 1

Georges Bertola - Capablanca - frontcover
Georges Bertola - Capablanca - frontcover

Yuri Averbakh

Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes

The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend

  • PublisherNew In Chess, 2011
  • ISBN9789056913649
  • Languagesenglish
  • Pages272
  • Formatspaperback
  • See alsoAverbakh, Yuri
  • LinkNew In Chess

PS: We have to mention here the English edition of the above work, published last year (2011) by New In Chess: Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes - The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend (Paperback, 272 pp.) – an autobiography with many interesting insights into a bygone Soviet chess era. -

More information at New In Chess, or read Hans Ree’s review "Hard Times" in NIC 2011/6, p.94-97 and GM Stuart Conquest's essay on Yuri Averbakh's Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes (Part 1 of 2 / Part 2 of 2) at ChessVibes. (R.B., 10/08/2012)

From Averbakh's large literary output we still mention his latest work only: A History of Chess. From Chaturanga to the Present Day (Russell Enterprises, 2012) - see our Announcement.

Herbert Bastian

Chapais

Das revolutionäre Schachmanuskript von Gaspard Monge

Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Cover
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Cover
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 5 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 5 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 6 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 6 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 7 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 7 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 8 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 8 Contents
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 90 Pawn Endgames
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 90 Pawn Endgames
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 451 Marshall of Saxony
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 451 Marshall of Saxony
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 451 Marshall of Saxony Diagram
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 451 Marshall of Saxony Diagram
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 620 Monge
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 620 Monge
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 765 Battle Plan
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 765 Battle Plan
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 799 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 799 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 800 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 800 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 801 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 801 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 802 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 802 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 806 Literature
Herbert Bastian - Chapais - Page 806 Literature

Albert Frank

Chess and Aptitudes

  • Publisherlulu.com, 2011
  • ISBN978-1257044061
  • Languagesenglish
  • Pages96
  • Formatspaperback, ebook
  • See alsoFrank, Albert

It was nearly 40 years ago that Albert Frank, with the help of Dr. Max Euwe, undertook a study on the psychopedagogy of chess at a high school in Kisangani (Zaïre). The question was if learning chess has a positive influence on the development of numerical and verbal aptitudes, Albert Frank has recorded the results of his research in his book from 1978. You can read a summary online, and meanwhile the book is also available as an electronic edition, see for that www.lulu.com/product/ebook/....

(R.B., III 2012)

Ken Whyld

Chess Christmas