L/N 2636. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 223 pages with diagrams and index. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. A C White's Christmas series number 20 with greeting tipped in. (Betts: 31-10). 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 tasks, arranged in 21 thematic areas, of which 100 are in a large diagram. 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: Litchfield
Year: 1915
Pages: 223
Language: English
Condition: Fair

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