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These books use algebraic notation. Variations include short algebraic notation (AN) shown as 1. Nf3, and figurine algebraic notation, where the piece is a figurine instead of a letter. Occasionally, there will be long algebraic notation (LAN), where the origination square and destination square are both given: 1. Ng1-f3. |
| No. | Cover Pic | Title | Author | FF Price | Type | Publisher | Year | Notation | Pages | Cover | Condition | Comments | ISBN |
| DK-1 |  (Stock Photo) | How to Study Chess on Your Own | Davorin Kuljasevic | $19.00 | General | New in Chess | 2021 | FAN | 224 | PB | Like New | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is very nice as well. | 978-90-5691-931-3 |
| SWE81 |  (Stock Photo) | The Amateur's Mind (note: 1st edition, not 2nd as shown in picture) | Jeremy Silman | $8.00 | Instruct. | Summit | 1995 | AN | 274 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some wear, particularly at the right edge of the front cover and top right corner. First 10 pages are slightly "dog-eared". | 0-945806-13-2 |
| EG-1 |  (Stock Photo) | The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit | Aabling et al | $16.00 | Opening | Quality Chess | 2020 | FAN | 416 | PB | Very good | Bought new and never read. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice, with minor wear at the corners. | 978-1-78483-062-5 |
| HG-1 |  (Stock Photo) | Richard Reti's Best Games | Harry Golombek / Nunn | $9.50 | Game Collection | ICE / Batsford | 1997 ed. | FAN | 205+ | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice, with minor wear. | 1-879479-68-0 |
| BAT-1 |  (Stock Photo) | Batsford Chess Endings | Speelman et al | $14.00 | Ending | Henry Holt / Owl | 1993 | FAN | 448 | PB | Very Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some wear. | 0-8050-2947-8 |
| FCE-1 |  (Stock Photo) | Fundamental Chess Endings | Muller / Lamprecht | $17.00 | Ending | Gambit | 2002 | FAN | 416 | PB | Very Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has only minor wear. | 1-901983-53-6 |
| JN-1 |  (Stock Photo) | Secrets of Pawnless Endings | John Nunn | $9.50 | Ending | Henry Holt | 1994 | FAN | 320 | PB | Very Good | Almost "Like New". Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice. | 0-8050-3285-1 |
| JN-2 |  (Stock Photo) | Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings | John Nunn | $9.50 | Ending | Henry Holt | 1995 | FAN | 288 | PB | Very Good | Almost "Like New". Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice. | 0-8050-4228-8 |
| SWE82 |  (Stock Photo) | The Samisch King's Indian Uncovered | Cherniaev & Prokuronov | $10.00 | Opening | Everyman | 1995 | FAN | 175 | PB | Very Good | Almost "Like New". Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some very minor wear at the front bottom edge. | 978-1-85744-540-4 |
| SWE83 |  (Stock Photo) | King's Indian Defense Saemisch Variation | Tony Dempsey | $1.00 | Opening | The Chess Player | 1984 | FAN | 40 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice but has a price marking written at the top. | 0-906042-59-3 |
| DH-4 |  (Stock Photo) | Back to Basics: Tactics | Dan Heisman | $11.00 | Tactics | Russell Enterprises | 2007 | AN | 192 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice with only very minor wear. Price sticker on back. | 978-1-888690-34-7 |
| D-10 |  (Stock Photo) | Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames | John Emms | $7.00 | Endgames | Everyman | 2004 | AN | 208 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover shows some wear, especially at the corners; front cover has price sticker residue. | 1-85744-359-4 |
| JS-3 |  (Stock Photo) | The Inner Game of Chess | Andrew Soltis | $11.00 | Strategy | David McKay | 1995 | AN | 359 | PB | Very good | Almost like new. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is very nice. | 0-8129-2291-3 |
| SE5 |  (Stock Photo) | The Closed Spanish | Bikhovsky | $7.00 | Opening | Henry Holt | 1993 | FAN | 141 | PB | Like new | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice. | 0-8050-2938-9 |
| Y6 |  (Stock Photo) | Showdown in Seville: Kasparov-Karpov IV | Keene et al | $5.00 | Game Collection | Collier / Macmillan | 1987 | FAN | 126 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Paper shows very minor yellowing from age. | 0-02-044131-2 |
| K4 |  (Stock Photo) | The King in Jeopardy | Alburt / Palatnik | $10.00 | Attacking | C.I.R.C. | 1996 | AN | 249 | PB | Like new | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has only minor wear. | 1-880673-93-2 |
| SWE19 |  (Stock Photo) | John Nunn's Best Games | John Nunn | $16.00 | Game Collection | Henry Holt | 1995 | FAN | 320 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has only very minor wear. | 0-8050-3899-X |
| SWE25 |  (Stock Photo) | Improve Your Chess (by learning from the champions) | Lars Bo Hansen | $18.00 | Instruct. | Gambit | 2009 | FAN | 191 | PB | Like new | Pages are clean and unmarked. Almost no wear on cover. | 978-1-906454-12-8 |
| SWE26 |  (Stock Photo) | How Chess Games are Won and Lost | Lars Bo Hansen | $18.00 | Instruct. | Gambit | 2008 | FAN | 255 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Almost no wear on cover (minor wear on the outside corners). | 978-1-906454-01-2 |
| SWE33 |  (Stock Photo) | 500 Queen's Gambit Miniatures | Bill Wall | $6.00 | Opening | Chess Enterprises | 1985 | AN | 127 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked except for a few checkmarks placed by the original owner after going through a game. Cover shows almost no wear but the spine is slightly faded. | 0-931462-38-X |
| 2-14 |  (Stock Photo) | The Daily Telegraph Chess Puzzles | David Norwood | $7.50 | Tactics, Studies | Batsford | 1995 | LAN | 128 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked inside. Pages show some yellowing from age, including significant brown color on outside edges. Cover shows some wear, especially the lower right corner, which affects the first few pages as well. Price sticker on back. | 0-7134-7815-2 |
| X-2 |  (Stock Photo) | Chess Tactics for Advanced Players (Bobby Fischer Memorial Ed.) | Yuri Averbach | $8.00 | Tactics | Labatechess | 2008 | FAN | 326 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has only minor wear. Original owner protected outside edges of cover with clear tape. | 0-87568-219-0 |
| G1 |  (Stock Photo) | Modern Chess Openings 13 | Nick de Firmian | $12.00 | Opening | McKay | 1990 | AN | 708 | PB | Very good | Almost like new. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover is nice. | 0-8129-1785-5 |
| G11 |  (Stock Photo) | Blitz Theory | Johnathan Maxwell | $4.00 | Instruct. | SLP | 1999 | AN | 112 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some wear and a wrinkle in the lower right corner (front and back). | 0-9677752-0-5 |
| D-7 |  | How to Reassess Your Chess (3rd Ed.) | Jeremy Silman | $9.00 | Strategy | Siles Press | 1993 | AN | 406 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some wear, especially at the corners. Get this even if you have the 4th Edition. | 1-890085-00-6 |
| SWE74 |  (Stock Photo) | The Simon & Schuster Pocket Book of Chess | Raymond Keene | $4.00 | General | Simon & Schuster | 1988 | LAN | 192 | PB | Very good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover shows only minor wear. Cover has price stickers on front and back. | 0-671-67924-4 |
These books use descriptive notation. Most commonly, "N" is used for the Knight but occasionally in older books "Kt" is used. These books can be a bit of a challenge to read for those not familiar with Descriptive notation, but often it can be well worth the effort to learn. |
| No. | Cover Pic | Title | Author | FF Price | Type | Publisher | Year | Notation | Pages | Cover | Condition | Comments | ISBN |
| SWE14 |  (Stock Photo) | The Najdorf Variation | 4 GMs | $4.00 | Opening | RHM | 1976 | DN | 388 | PB | Very good. | Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is intact. Cover is nice except for some minor discoloration, primarily on the spine. | 0-89058-025-1 |
| Y1 |  (Stock Photo) HC/No Dust Jacket | Karpov's Collected Games | David Levy | $10.00 | Game Collection | RHM | 1975 | DN | 303 | HC/noDJ | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Outside edges of pages show some discoloration from age. Cover has a "ding" at the bottom near the spine. Binding is tight. | 0-89058-201-1 |
| Y4 |  (Stock Photo) | The World Chess Championship: Korchnoi vs. Karpov | Raymond Keene | $2.00 | Game Collection | Simon and Schuster | 1978 | DN | 159 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Paper shows very minor yellowing from age. Original price sticker on front cover. | 0-671-24648-8 |
| IC-2 |  (Stock Photo) | Logical Chess Move by Move | Chernev | $4.00 | General | Fireside | Reprint of 1957 book. | Old DN | 250 | PB | Very Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover shows only minor wear. Spine has light fading. | 0-671-21135-8 |
| SWE28 |  (Stock Photo) | The American Chess Player's Hand Book (Revised Edition) | Unknown | $3.00 | General | John C. Winston Co. | 1934 | old DN | 256 | HC/noDJ | Very good | This is a book primarily intended as a collectible. Pages are clean and unmarked. Pages have some yellowing from age. Cover shows only minor wear and spine is slightly faded. Binding is intact except near the back between pages 254 and 255 where there has been a slight separation - this could be repaired with glue and there is no risk of pages falling out or the book separating. Notation is old descriptive: K. Kt. to B's 3d, which would be the equivalent of Ng1-f3 in algebraic. | N/A |
| SWE51 |  | Modern Chess Openings, Eighth Edition | Walter Korn | $8.00 | Opening | Pitman & Sons | 1952 | Old DN | 317 | HC/noDJ | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked (except for original owner's namme inside front cover). Pages have minor yellowing from age, particularly the outside edges. Cover has minor wear, except for minor damage on the front near the spine. | N/A |
| A3 |  | The 1974 World Chess Olympiad | Keene, Levy | $5.00 | Game Collection | RHM | 1975 | DN | 200 | PB | Acceptable | Pages are mostly clean but there is some underlining and minor highlighting. Several nice black & white photos. Cover has some wear, primarily at the corners. Front cover bends slightly upward. | 0-89058-006 |
| A4 |  (Stock Photo) | The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament (1936) | Alekhine | $6.00 | Game Collection | Dover | 1962 | Old DN | 291 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked except for a notation inside the front cover: "Harry Nash Memorial". Cover has some wear, primarily at the corners. Overall, a very nice book for its age. | 486-20189-9 |
| A6 |  (Stock Photo; cover background is peach color) | The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1922 | Various | $6.50 | Game Collection | Dover | 1968 reprint | Old DN | 126 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked except for previous owners' names on title page. Photos of participants included. Cover has some wear, primarily at the corners. Pages show very minor yellowing from age. | 486-21691-5 |
| G2 |  (Stock Photo) | The Art of Attack in Chess | V. Vukovic | $5.00 | Attacking | Pergamon | 1985 reprint | DN | 422 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has some wear, primarily wrinkles on the front and back cover. Price sticker on back. Binding is tight. | 0-08-011196-3 |
| F2 |  (Stock Photo) | The World Chess Championship 1948 | H. Golombek | $15.00 | Game Collection | BCM | 1982 reprint | Old DN | 226 | PB | Good | Pages are clean and unmarked, except for original owner's name written on the title page. Cover has notable wear, primarily surface wrinkles. | 900846-35-6 |
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