L/N 2615. 269 pages with diagrams. Small Octavo. Bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine with Christmas greeting by Alain C. White tipped in. Christmas series for 1911. (Betts: 31-7) First edition. The introduction consists of an essay on the development of chess problems, how "two main types of accumulation have marked the progress of composition during the last fifty years: on the one hand, the pursuit of variations, that is the accumulation of different elements in one problem; and, on the other hand, the pursuit of echoes, that is the accumulation of similar elements in one problem". 300 problems (s00 sets of 3) are devoted to these "tasks" and "echoes", grouped under twenty one main thematic ideas, and discussed with solutions.

This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, a writer of chess books, and an international arbiter.

Author: Alain C. White
Publisher: Office of "The Chess Amateur"
Publisher city: New York
Year: 1911
Pages: 269
Language: English
Condition: Very Good

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