The Chess-Players Manual Containing the Laws of the Game According to the Revised Code Laid Down By the British Chess Association of 1862

George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip (1841-1907)

Published by David McKay Company, Inc, Philadelphia, 1902

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xii+884+122 pages with diagrams and appendix. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial green cloth wit gilt label to spine and red and gilt lettering to cover. 122-page appendix by S. Lipschütz. (Betts (13-127) First published in Britain in 1874. George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip was a minor American-English chess master and writer. He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world's leading players, but with only modest success. The writer G. H. Diggle calls him "the King of Wooden Spoonists" because he usually finished last in strong tournaments. Gossip was also a noted writer. His treatise The Chess-Player's Manual A Complete Guide to Chess, a 900-page tome published in 1874 after several years of work. Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Chess Champion, wrote that the 1888 edition of The Chess-Player's Manual was one of the best available books on the game. Thanks in part to a 122-page appendix by S. Lipschütz, it became one of the standard opening works of the time. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed spine ends rubbed, stain to head edges to front and rear covers, Old owner's stamp to tile, some internal soiling else a fair copy. Seller Inventory # C2553

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Title: The Chess-Players Manual Containing the Laws...

Publisher: David McKay Company, Inc, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1902

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair