White to Play and Win plus Simple Chess

Weaver W. Adams

ISBN 10: 0923891838 / ISBN 13: 9780923891831

Published by Ishi Press, USA, 2007

About this Item

Good, Ishi reprint.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1759668704263

Bibliographic Details

• Title: White to Play and Win plus Simple Chess
• Publisher: Ishi Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0923891838
• ISBN 13: 9780923891831
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 1.448W x 15.24H x 22.86D centimeters 1.448 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 381 grams

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Synopsis

Chess Openings showing how White can win against any defense.

About the Author

Weaver Warren Adams (b. April 28, 1901 in Dedham, Massachusetts) was a chess player, author and chess opening theoretician. He won the US Open Chess Championship in 1948 and his picture was on the cover of the August, 1948 issue of Chess Review magazine. He played in the US Chess Championship five times.He was best known for his books and magazine articles in which he claimed and attempted to prove that White has a win by force from the first move.His first book which expounded on this thesis was "White to Play and Win" published in 1939. He followed it up with several editions of "Simple Chess".