There's no such thing as an "old" CHESS REVIEW The issues of CHESS REVIE W may get worn and yellow with age-but the contents never grow old I The games that were played in the match~s and tournaments of last year and other years arc just as important, just as interesting as they were at the time they were pla}'ed, The annotations by leading ma s· ters arc just as inst ructive. Chess problems, cnd_game studies, articles on theory and practical play, analyses of openings, pi c. tures aod personality sketches of the masters, features by Reuben Fine, Kashdan, Reinfcld, Marshall, Horowitz, Cherney and other masters- these things never grow old. They make as good reading now a~ on the day they were published. Handsomely bound in cloth, each volume of CHESS R EVIEW is a treasure of entertainment and instruction, a constant sou rce of rderence. Each volume i~ com· pletely indexed. The 1942 volume, published in a special bind. ing, is the rnst complete year in our new format. With pictures and d iagrams galore, this volume con· tains the record of such important events as the U. S. Championsh ip Tourney, the Open Federati on Tour. ney, the Rapid Chess Championship Tourney and Ventnor City Tourney. T here are eight '·Game of the Month·· features by Reuben Fine, 8 IllA Y THE MASTERS, Chess Thrillers, End_games and othet BOUND VOLUMES oddi ties by Irving Chernev, a book_ full of chess prob­ lems, serials by Frank Marshall and Fred Reinfeld, OF CHESS REVIEW the scores of 131 games! As the years go by, the bound volumes of CIIESS 1935. 1936 or 1937. REVIEW become more and more valuable. We bind Each ............. $2.50 only a li mited number each yc ar. Some volumes are now out of print and book dealers sell them at a 1941 Volume . , . $3.00 high premium . The volumes still available are: listed in the box al the left. At these low prices they reo 1942 Volume .... ..... S3.50 present value you cannot duplicate, an opportunity you cannot afford to miss. 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