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L/N 2790. 119 pages with diagrams. Small Octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"). bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover with Christmas greeting tipped in. Volume XLIV and final year of the Christmas series.Includes a Christmas note from Alain C. White. White began publishing the annual Christmas series for his friends in 1905. From the library of Edgar Holladay (Betts: 37-9) First edition. 114 problems, with solutions and commentary, preceded by a short biographical and critical introduction. Holladay was the first American to become a FIDE International Master for Chess Composition; FIDE International Judge for Chess Composition; and "After Alain White's death, Edgar became the world's foremost expert on American chess problems." Moreover, Holladay is the "second overall most important American to the world of chess composition . . . ." (Alain White is the most important person ever in chess composition.)
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: 1936
Pages: 119
Language: English
Condition: Very Good
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