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Chess Catalog

Brno SPK public library, 2395 items

Brno 1993, softcover, 356 pages.

Published 500 copies

Holek, Frantisek: Sachova literatura ve fondu SPK v Brne.

Brno, SPK Brno, 1993. 356 pages. Paperback. 21 cm. In Czech. 400 grams. Published 500 copies. Book code 1118.

Very good+:  light general signs of use, no flaws, pages clean and with no writings.

Contents:

• The list of categories, pp.3-4
• Preface by Jan Kalendovsky, pp.5-8
• Library catalog, pp.9-329
• Name index, pp.330-355

Statni pedagogicka knihovna (Brno Pedagogic Library, since 1993 renamed to Moravska zemska knihovna) is the second-biggest public library in the Czech Republic and the biggest public library on chess. The library catalog contains 2395 items, divided into 5 main sections by themes: chess theory, chess praxis, problem chess, others, periodicals. Within these sections are items divided into chapters:

1. Chess theory (items 1-790) - manuals, opening, middle game, endgame
2. Chess praxis (items 791-1733) - tournaments, olympiads, matches, Czechoslovak championships, Soviet championships, biographies, collections of games
3. Problem chess (items 1734-1961)
4. Others (items 1962-2260) - history of chess, yearbooks/calendars, bibliography, rules, methodic materials, correspondence chess, checkers, psychology of chess, others
5. Periodicals (items 2261-2395) - chess periodicals, chess columns in non-chess magazines

Name index at the end. 

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