L/N 2701. T[homas] R[ayner] Dawson and W[olfgang] Pauly: Asymmetry /A.C. White Christmas Series 34./ Stroud, 1927. Office of "The Chess Amateur". 154 p. with chess diagrams. First edition. Publisher's red full cloth binding. Foreword and 100 asymmetric problems (those having symmetrical starting position and asymmetrical solution). Solution with 25 more problems in the end. - Thomas Rayner Dawson (1889 1951) was an English chess problemist and is acknowledged as "the father of Fairy Chess". He invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He introduced the popular fairy pieces grasshopper, nightrider, and many other fairy chess ideas. - Wolfgang Pauly (1876-1934) was a well-known German-Romanian composer in chess. In total about 5000 compositions of all fields are known by him, many of them self-matches and fairy chess problems. He was often mentioned with William Anthony Shinkman and Otto Wurzburg as one of the three best chess composers of his time. - Publisher of the series was chess composer and enthusiast Alain Campbell White (1880-1951). A. C. White sent most books of the series to his friends as Christmas gifts. But they were offered for sale, too. The series consists from 44 books on problem chess and one pamphlet from 1912. Most books are hard covers, bound in red cloth with gold lettering, usually written in English, sometimes in German and French and one was partially in Czech. Includes a Christmas note by Alain C. White.

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: T. R. Dawson and W. Pauly
Publisher: Office of the "Chess Amateur"
Publisher city: Litchfield
Year: 1927
Pages: 154
Language: English
Condition: Very Good

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