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Max Euwe was World Chess Champion in the 1930s and he collaborated with International Master Kramer to write this great treatise on how to play chess middlegames. Book I of the series covers pawn formations and static features of the game of chess. Thousands of satisfied customers have made this one of the most popular books on chess middlegames. Completely re-edited and translated to algebraic notation in this 1994 edition.
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The Middle Game
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George Bell & Sons and David McKay, London and New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0713504315
ISBN 13: 9780713504316
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Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes: Book I, Static Features; x+293 pages with diagrams and index; Book II, Dynamic and Subjective Features; xii+346 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's reddish brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines in original pictorial jacket. Originally published in Dutch as parts 1-12 of Het middenspiel (1952-64). Translated by W H Cozens. (Betts: 18-17; 18-21) Later mixed editions. .The first volume "static features" is to identify those features of a given position which have more or less lasting properties and from them to assess it potentialities. After considering the relative value of pieces, the authors examine center formations, closed, open and half-open formations, the struggle for open lines, and weak pawns - illustrating their theme with many examples from master play. In the companion volume they examine the initiative, the different types of attack on the king, the arts of defense, maneuver and liquidation and the common failings over the chess board to which even great players are occasionally subject. There theme is illustrated by master games. The final part of the book is devoted to a survey of the personal styles of thirty-eight grandmasters and World Champions - from Anderssen to Petrosian, from Morphy to Tal and Fischer. Condition: Light edge wear with gently bumped corners. Jacket with edge wear, book one spine head sunned else better than very good in like jackets. Seller Inventory # C2462
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The Middle Game II. Book Two: Dynamic and Subjective Features. Mit einem Vorwort von Dr. Max Euwe. Mit einer Einleitung (Introduction) zum 2. Band. Translated from The Dutch by W. H. Cozens. Originaltitel: Index of Players and Index of Openings.
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London: G. Bell and Sons, 1972
ISBN 10: 0713504315
ISBN 13: 9780713504316
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Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, Germany
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Condition: Gut. 2. Auflage. vii, 346 (2) Seiten mit graphischen Darstellungen. 22,2 x 14 cm. Guter Zustand. In Book I of their authoritative study Dr Max Euwe and Mr H. Kramer examined the static, or positional, features of the middle game. In the companion volume they turn to its dynamic and subjective features. While the potentialities of a given position, its dangers as well as its opportunities, can be assessed, the manner in which they are handled varies widely according to the intellect and temperament of the player. Indeed, there is no single road to success. In this Book II the authors examine the initiative, the different types of attack on the king, the arts of defense, maneuver and liquidation, and the common failings over the chessboard to which even great players are occasionally subject. Their theme is lavishly illustrated by master games. The final part of the book is devoted to a survey of the personal styles of thirty-eight grandmasters and World Champions from Anderssen to Petrosian, from Morphy to Tal and Fischer. In this volume the former World Champion and his collaborator complete their study of middle game theory. It is a classic unlikely to be superseded and an essential addition to the library of every serious student of chess. From a review of Book I by W. A. Fairhurst in the Glasgow Herald.' "It is difficult to do justice to such a large and important book in a brief review, but I must state at once that all serious students should possess it. . . . The former world champion conceived the work during the Second World War and one is not surprised to learn that its writing took years of intensive study. Volume II dealing with the dynamic elements will be eagerly awaited. - Machgielis (Max) Euwe (* 20. Mai 1901 in Amsterdam; 26. November 1981 ebenda) war ein niederländischer Schachspieler, von 1935 bis 1937 fünfter Schachweltmeister sowie von 1970 bis 1978 Präsident des Weltschachbundes FIDE. 1919 gab er sein Debüt bei der Meisterschaft der Niederlande, 1921 gewann er sie erstmals. Insgesamt konnte er diesen Titel bis 1955 zwölfmal, davon sechsmal in ununterbrochener Folge, erringen und ist damit Rekordhalter. Im Jahre 1928 wurde er in Den Haag Amateurweltmeister der FIDE. Weitere Erfolge in internationalen Turnieren waren seine Siege in Hastings 1930/31, Hastings 1933/34 und Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch 1937. 1935 erlebte Euwe den Höhepunkt seiner Schachlaufbahn: Er gewann im Wettkampf gegen Alexander Aljechin den Titel des Schachweltmeisters (neun Siege, acht Niederlagen, 13 Unentschieden). Dadurch löste er eine große Schachbegeisterung in seinem Heimatland aus. Seine Gewinnpartie in Runde 26 wurde Die Perle von Zandvoort genannt. Euwe war auch ein hervorragender Theoretiker und Schachautor. Seine Werke wurden in viele Sprachen übersetzt. Am bekanntesten sind u. a. Meister gegen Amateur, Amateur wird Meister, Meister gegen Meister, Urteil und Plan im Schach, Theorie der Schach-Eröffnungen, Feldherrenkunst im Schach, Endspiellehre und ihre praktische Anwendung. Daneben schrieb er auch viele Artikel, unter anderem für das Schach-Echo und die Deutsche Schachzeitung. Euwe interessierte sich für alle Aspekte des Schachs, besonders auch für Endspiele, bei denen er in Korrespondenzen den GBR-Code verwendete. Er publizierte einige, meist theoretische Endspielstudien sowie Schachaufgaben. . . . Aus: wikipedia-Max_Euwe. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 630 Rotes Leinen mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln ohne Schutzumschlag. Seller Inventory # 74711
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