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HarDback # OF # TITLE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT or PAGES PaperBack 1 100 Chess Gems Wenman 1995 160 pb 2 100 Classics Of The Chessboard Dickins / Ebert 1983 217 pb 3 100 Master Games Of Modern Chess Tartakower / DuMont 1975 171 pb 4 1000 Best Short Games Of Chess, The Chernev 1955 563 pb 5 1001 Brilliant Ways To Checkmate Reinfeld 1955 224 pb 6 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices And Combinations Reinfeld 1955 252 pb 7 101 Questions On How To Play Chess Wilson 1994 77 pb 8 107 Great Chess Battles - 1939-1945 - Alexander Alekhine Winter 1980 254 pb 9 1234 Modern End-Game Studies Sutherland / Lommer 1938 358 pb 10 1990 World Chess Championship - Karpov vs. Kasparov, The Wall 1991 105 pb 11 200 Demanding Chess Puzzles Greif 1996 143 pb 12 200 Modern Chess Traps In The Fianchetto Openings Howson 1970 203 hd 13 2010 Chess Oddities Dunne 2003 215 pb 14 360 Brilliant And Instructive End Games Troitzky 1968 192 pb 15 365 Ways To Checkmate Gallagher 2004 208 pb 16 42nd USSR Chess Championship By The Players 1975 205 pb 17 500 Caro-Kann Miniatures Wall 1991 102 pb 18 500 French Miniatures Wall 1984 125 pb 19 500 Master Games Of Chess Tartakower / DuMont 1975 665 pb 20 A Passion For Chess Fine 1958 225 pb 21 A Practical Guide To Rook Endgames Minev 2004 114 pb 22 A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire For White Watson 2012 271 pb 23 A. Alekhine vs E.D. Bogoljubow – World Chess Championship 1934 Reinfeld / Fine 1934 57 pb 24 Adventures Of Chess, The Lasker 1949 296 pb 25 Alexander Alekhine Kotov 1975 218 pb 26 All About Chess Horowitz 1958 197 pb 27 Alterman Gambit Guide - Black Gambits 1, The Alterman 2011 360 pb 28 Alterman Gambit Guide - Black Gambits 2, The Alterman 2012 376 pb 29 Amateur's Mind, The Silman 1995 274 pb 30 American Chess Art – 250 Portraits Of Endgame Study Korn 1975 384 hd 31 American Grandmaster Benjamin 2008 268 pb 32 An Opening Repertoire For The Attacking Player Gufeld 1996 160 pb 33 Anatoly Karpov: The Road To The World Chess Championship Byrne 1976 177 pb 34 Application Of Chess Theory, The Geller 1984 263 pb 35 Archangel and New Archangel Panczyk / Emms 2000 160 pb 36 Art Of Attacking Chess, The Franco 2008 255 pb 37 Art of Checkmate, The Renaud / Kahn 1953 208 pb 38 Art Of Chess Combination Znosko-borovsky 1959 212 hd / pb 39 Art Of Chess, The Mason 1947 278 pb 40 Art Of Defense In Chess, The Soltis 1975 262 pb 41 Art Of Positional Play, The Reshevsky 1976 333 pb 42 Art Of Sacrifice In Chess, The Spielmann 1951 197 pb 43 Art Of The King's Indian Gufeld 2000 221 pb 44 Art Of The Middle Game, The Keres / Kotov 1964 238 pb 45 Attack And Counterattack In Chess Reinfeld 1954 154 pb 46 Attacking Chess - The King's Indian Vigorito 2011 368 pb 47 Award-Winning Chess Problems Hochberg 2005 93 pb 48 B-12 (Caro-Kann) Seirawan 1993 93 pb 49 Barcza-Larsen Defense Fields 1991 109 pb 50 Baroque Chess Openings (How To Play Your Betters At Chess) Wincor 1972 116 hd 51 Basic Chess Endings Fine 1941 573 pb 52 Basic Chess Endings (Algebraic Notation, Revised by Pal Benko) Fine / Benko 2003 585 pb 53 Batsford Book Of Chess Records, The Damsky 2005 303 pb 54 Battle Of Chess Ideas Saidy 1972 160 hd 55 Beating The Caro-Kann With The Advance Variation Soltis 1993 103 pb 56 Beating The Grunfeld Karpov 1992 192 pb 57 Beating Unusual Openings Palliser 2006 223 pb 58 Benko Gambit, The Pinski 2005 124 pb 59 Benko Gambit, The Benko 1973 143 hd HarDback # OF # TITLE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT or PAGES PaperBack 60 Benoni Defense Taimanov Variation Tirabassi 1993 116 pb 61 Benoni, The Hartson 1969 111 hd 62 Best Chess Games Of Boris Spassky, The Soltis 1973 288 hd 63 Best Lessons Of A Chess Coach Weeramantry / Eusebi 1993 322 pb 64 Best Of Chess Life And Review Vo1 2, The Pandolfini 1988 583 pb 65 Best Of Chess Life And Review Vo1 I, The Pandolfini 1988 611 pb 66 Best of Lone Pine 1971 - 1980 Grefe / Waterman 1981 235 pb 67 Better Chess For Average Players Harding 1996 237 pb 68 Big Book Of Combinations, The Schiller 1994 266 pb 69 Bird-Larsen Attack Soltis 1989 106 pb 70 Bishop v Knight - The Verdict Mayer 1997 224 pb 71 Black Defensive System For The Rest Of Your Chess Career Revised 2nd Edition Soltis 1997 172 pb 72 Black Defensive System For The Rest Of Your Chess Career, A Soltis 1987 187 pb 73 Black Is OK Forever! Adorjan 2005 192 pb 74 Black is Still OK! Adorjan 2004 224 pb 75 Blunders… And How To Avoid Them Dunnington 2004 144 pb 76 Bobby Fischer Comes Home Olafsson 2012 143 pb 77 Bobby Fischer Goes To War Edmonds / Eidinow 2005 342 pb 78 Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories, The Denker / Parr 1995 359 pb 79 Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Fischer 1966 334 pb 80 Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest Of The World Darrach 1974 240 hd 81 Bobby Fischer: Profile Of A Prodigy Brady 1965 435 pb 82 Book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament 1922, The Watts 1923 62 pb 83 Book Of The London International Chess Congress 1922, The Watts 1924 126 pb 84 Book Of The New York International Chess Tournament 1924, The Helms 1925 271 pb 85 Book Of The Nottingham International Chess Tournament, The Alekhine 1937 291 pb 86 Botvinnik's Best Games Of Chess 1947-1970 Botvinnik 1972 237 hd 87 Brain Games World Chess Championship Keene 2000 128 pb 88 Bright Side Of Chess, The Chernev 1948 175 pb 89 Budapest Gambit, The Taylor 2009 239 pb 90 Building Up Your Chess Alburt 2002 352 pb 91 C.J.S. Purdy's Fine Art Of Chess Annotations And Other Thoughts Tykodi 1992 177 pb 92 Cambridge Springs Defense Schiller 1984 101 pb 93 Capablanca's 100 Best Games Of Chess Golombeck 1978 265 pb 94 Capablanca's Best Chess Endings Chernev 1978 288 pb 95 Caro-Kann 4...N-KB3 (pamphlet) Chess Digest 1982 54 pb 96 Caro-Kann Defence Suetin 1983 159 pb 97 Catalan Schiller 1983 95 pb 98 Catalan, The Smith/Hall 1995 99 pb 99 Catalog Of Chess Mistakes Soltis 1979 213 pb 100 Catastrophe In The Opening Neishtadt 1980 271 hd 101 Center Counter Grefe/Silman 1983 95 pb 102 Center Counter Uprising Dunne/Taylor 1990 49 pb 103 Center Counter! Hodges 1994 67 pb 104 Chess - A Celebration Of 2000 Years Finkenzeller / Ziehr 1989 208 hd 105 Chess - 5334 Problems, Combinations, And Games Polgar 1994 1104 pb 106 Chess – A History Golombeck 1976 236 hd 107 Chess – The Complete Self Tutor Lasker 1972 468 pb 108 Chess And Computers Levy 1976 145 pb 109 Chess Brilliancy - 250 Historic Games From The Masters Damsky 2002 224 pb 110 Chess Catechism Evans 1970 250 pb 111 Chess Champion From China: The Life and Games of Xie Jun Jun 1998 223 pb 112 Chess Child Robson 2010 281 pb 113 Chess Coaching Littlewood 1991 153 pb 114 Chess Combination As A Fine Art Golz/Keres 1989 255 pb 115 Chess Combination from Philidor to Karpov, The Keene 1977 162 hd 116 Chess Companion Chernev 1968 287 pb 117 Chess Competitor's Handbook, The Kazic 1980 229 pb 118 Chess Computer Book, The Harding 1981 215 pb HarDback # OF # TITLE AUTHOR COPYRIGHT or PAGES PaperBack 119 Chess Doctor, The Pandolfini 1995 284 pb 120 Chess Duels - My Games With The Wold Champions Seirawan 2010 427 hd 121 Chess Endgame Quiz Evans 2002 304 pb 122 Chess Endgame Study - A Comprehensive Introduction, The Roycroft 1972 370 pb 123 Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge Averbakh 1966 135 pb 124 Chess Exam and Training Guide: Tactics Khmelnitsky 2007 207 pb 125 Chess Explained: The French Defence Eingorn / Bogdanov 2008 27 pb 126 Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni Franco 2007 111 pb 127 Chess For Beginners Horowitz 1950 132 pb 128 Chess For Fun & Chess For Blood Lasker 1942 224 pb 129 Chess For The Gifted & Busy Alburt / Lawrence 2012 304 pb 130 Chess From Morphy To Botvinnik - A Century Of Chess Evolution Konig 1950 202 hd 131 Chess Fundamentals Capablanca 1949 246 pb 132 Chess Is My Life Korchnoi 1978 167 hd 133 Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur Euwe / Meiden 1963 315 pb 134 Chess Master vs. Chess Master Euwe / Meiden 1997 367 hd 135 Chess Master…At Any Age Wetzell 1994 300 pb 136 Chess Of Bobby Fischer, The Burger 1975 345 pb 137 Chess Of Gligoric, The Levy 1972 191 hd 138 Chess Omnibus, A Winter 2003 468 pb 139 Chess On The Net Crowther 2001 127 pb 140 Chess On The Web Hurst 1999 144 pb 141 Chess Openings For Black Explained Alburt / Dzin / Perelshteyn 2005 549 pb 142 Chess Openings For Kids Watson / Burges 2011 128 hd 143 Chess Openings For You, The Evans 1975 155 pb 144 Chess Openings: Theory And Practice Horowitz 1964 789 pb 145 Chess Praxis Nimzowitsch 1993 295 pb 146 Chess Sacrifice Vukovic 1968 219 hd 147 Chess Sacrifices And Traps Emery 1924 118 hd 148 Chess Secrets I Learned From The Masters Lasker 1951 428 pb 149 Chess Self-Improvement Franco 2005 239 pb 150 Chess Skill In Man And Machine Frey 1977 225 hd 151 Chess Strategy For The Tournament Player Alburt / Platnik 1997 336 pb 152 Chess Strategy In Action Watson 2003 288 pb 153 Chess Struggle In Practice, The Bronstein 1978 498 pb 154 Chess Tactics And Strategy Burgess 1997 537 hd 155 Chess Tactics For Advanced Players Averbakh 1992 328 pb 156 Chess Tactics For Scholastic Players Ippolito ? 206 pb 157 Chess Tactics For The Tournament Player Alburt / Platnik 1995 240 pb 158 Chess The Easy Way Fine 1942 186 pb / hd 159 Chess Training For Budding Champions Hall 2001 176 pb 160 Chess Traps, Pitfalls, And Swindles Horowitz / Reinfeld 1954 243 pb 161 Chess Under The Microscope Motwani 1998 256 pb 162 Chess World Championship 1972 - Fischer vs.
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  • A Glimpse Into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer July 24, 2014 – June 7, 2015

    A Glimpse Into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer July 24, 2014 – June 7, 2015

    Media Contact: Amanda Cook [email protected] 314-598-0544 A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer July 24, 2014 – June 7, 2015 July XX, 2014 (Saint Louis, MO) – From his earliest years as a child prodigy to becoming the only player ever to achieve a perfect score in the U.S. Chess Championships, from winning the World Championship in 1972 against Boris Spassky to living out a controversial retirement, Bobby Fischer stands as one of chess’s most complicated and compelling figures. A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer opens July 24, 2014, at the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) and will celebrate Fischer’s incredible career while examining his singular intellect. The show runs through June 7, 2015. “We are thrilled to showcase many never-before-seen artifacts that capture Fischer’s career in a unique way. Those who study chess will have the rare opportunity to learn from his notes and books while casual fans will enjoy exploring this superstar’s personal story,” said WCHOF Chief Curator Bobby Fischer, seen from above, Shannon Bailey. makes a move during the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup. Several of the rarest pieces on display are on generous loan from Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, owners of a a collection of material from Fischer’s own library that includes 320 books and 400 periodicals. These items supplement highlights from WCHOF’s permanent collection to create a spectacular show. Highlights from the exhibition: Furniture from the home of Fischer’s mentor Jack Collins, which