Wade Robert Graham (50 results)

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book has slight lean. Binding tight. Pages clean.

Hard cover. 191 p. : illus.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. book is clean and tight, ex library with the usual markings. Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+192 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial to cover in original jacket. (Lusis: 1384) First edition. The full match scores of every series have been collected into a single volume. Clearly presented with diagrams of the critical match potions and with succinct annotations, organized and edited by Robert Wade, complete with indexes of players and variations. Svetozar Gligoric has known all these champions and it is from firsthand experience that he reveals the clash of their contrasting temperaments. From his observation and analysis, Botvinnik emerges as the technical perfectionist, Bronsein is master of psychology and Smyslov as the most assured; Tal displayed brilliance while Petrosian triumphed through his positional knowledge and in turn yielded to the new champion Boris Spassky. Condition: Previous owner's name on verso 1/2 tilte page, front end paper lightly soiled. DW price clipped, corners chipped, lightly soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: About Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+192 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial to cover in original jacket. (Lusis: 1384) First edition. The full match scores of every series have been collected into a single volume. Clearly presented with diagrams of the critical match potions and with succinct annotations, organized and edited by Robert Wade, complete with indexes of players and variations. Svetozar Gligoric has known all these champions and it is from firsthand experience that he reveals the clash of their contrasting temperaments. From his observation and analysis, Botvinnik emerges as the technical perfectionist, Bronsein is master of psychology and Smyslov as the most assured; Tal displayed brilliance while Petrosian triumphed through his positional knowledge and in turn yielded to the new champion Boris Spassky. Condition: Previous owner's name on front end paper. DW corners and spine ends chipped, price clipped, front head edge closed tears with creases.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Previous owner's name written on inside front and back covers. No dust jacket. Some text from dust jacket is pasted on inside cover. No writing in the text. Strong spine and nice cover.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 64 pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4) bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. The Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings. Modern Chess Openings calls it the "Cadillac" or "Rolls-Royce" of chess openings. The opening is named after the Polish-Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, although he was not the first strong player to play the variation. Many players have relied on the Najdorf (notably Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, although Kasparov would often transpose into a Scheveningen). The Najdorf begins: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 Black's 5.a6 aims to deny the b5-square to White's knights and light-square bishop while maintaining flexible development. If Black plays 5.e5?! immediately, then after 6.Bb5+! Bd7 (or 6.Nbd7 7.Nf5) 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 (or Qxd7) 8.Nf5, the knight on f5 is difficult to dislodge without concessions. Games in the Najdorf frequently feature opposite-side castling, where White castles long and both sides launch simultaneous attacks on their opponents' kings. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, old sticker residue to front cover else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 59 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. The Sicilian Defense Dragon Variation is one of the sharpest chess openings you can play. It is also known to be one of the most extensively analyzed opening systems in chess and one of the most-feared counterattacking options for Black against the move 1.e4. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. SOFT COVER IN NEAR FINE CONDITION.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Couple short tears and a tiny chip to jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 38 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers, First edition. The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn from the flank, which may occasion 2.dxc4. White may couple this plan with a kingside fianchetto (g3 and Bg2) to create pressure on the light squares in the center. The opening is named after Czechoslovakian chess player Richard Réti (18891929). The opening is in the spirit of the hypermodernism movement that Réti championed, with the center being dominated from the wings rather than by direct occupation. If White fianchettoes both bishops, castles kingside, and refrains from occupying the center with pawns, the result may be described as the Réti System. Condition: Light edge wear else very good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1972) 192 pp. Original purple cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and gilt decoration of chess pieces on front cover. Light soiling to top edge of text block. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. Contents very nice.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. (1st paperback) Smaller trade paperback, glossy white wrappers very slightly browned overall with blue and brown-tinted photos of champions on front wrapper, lettering in black, red and blue, 128 browned but supple pages. Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 38 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 14" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. First edition. The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn from the flank, which may occasion 2.dxc4. White may couple this plan with a kingside fianchetto (g3 and Bg2) to create pressure on the light squares in the center. The opening is named after Czechoslovakian chess player Richard Réti (18891929). The opening is in the spirit of the hypermodernism movement that Réti championed, with the center being dominated from the wings rather than by direct occupation. If White fianchettoes both bishops, castles kingside, and refrains from occupying the center with pawns, the result may be described as the Réti System. Condition: Light edge wear with gently bumped corners else very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. x+133 pages with diagrams, tables and photographs. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. (Lusis: 2273) Originally published by Turnstile Press 1951. The 1951 World Chess Championship was between 39 year old defending champion Mikhail Botvinnik of the Soviet Union and 27 year old challenger David Bronstein who was also the defending champion. The match was a best of 24 games. The first player to reach 12 1/2 points would be the winner. If the match ended in a 12-12 tie, then the defending champion (in this case Botvinnik) would retain the title. The match took place in Moscow. The first game was played on March 14th, 1951. The match ended on May 11th, 1951. After a draw in Game 24, the match was tied 12-12. Since the match was tied, the defending champion (Botvinnik in this case) retained his title. Condition: Very good to fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 38+[1 ad] pages unpaginated with diagrams and table. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. (Lusis: 1789) First edition. The small town of Bugojno in central Yugoslavia (now Bosnia) hosted five strong tournaments between 1978 and 1986. This tournament, however, was the first one. It was a Category 14 event that featured players of the old guard like Svetozar Gligoric, Borislav Ivkov and Robert E Byrne and pitted them against a younger generation that included Jan H Timman, Anthony J. Miles and Robert Huebner. The tournament ran from the 26th of February to the 16th of March and in the sixteen player field Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky emerged as the joint winners. For Spassky it was a victory to rank alongside wins such as the USSR Championship (1961), the USSR Zonal (1964) and the Second Piatigorsky Cup (1966). For Karpov it was an excellent dress rehearsal in his only other showing in 1978 before facing Korchnoi to defend the World Title in September. Timman came in a point behind the leaders. Ljubomir Ljubojevic and Mikhail Tal shared fourth with 8.5. Sixth was share as well with Vlastimil Hort and Bent Larsen with 8. Shared eight was Yuri S Balashov and Robert Huebner. Sole tenth was Anthony J. Miles with a score of 7. Borislav Ivkov and Lajos Portisch eleventh; while Milan Vukic and Robert Byrne shared thirteen. The last place finishers also shared Enver Bukic and Gligoric. Condition: Corners bumped, light edge wear, bookseller's sticker to title else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 256pp hardback red boards gilt in wrapper, (Contemporary Chess Openings).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vii+191 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Lovett F Edwards. First edition. The history of the World Chess Championship continues in this volume with the epic struggles between Botvinnik, Bronstein, Smyslov, Tal and Petrosian. All games from the matches are annotated and this book with its companion volume, World Chess Championship: Steinitz to Alekhine, forms a valuable addition to the library of any chess enthusiast who wishes to possess a complete collection of games played at the very highest level. Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper. Jacket with edge wear and some closed tears, spine ends chipped else very good in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket. 1st Printing. 448pp 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Fine. First Edition. (Updated to include Fischer-Spassky Match) Slightly smaller, sturdy book, fine dark blue cloth, gilt lettering fine on spine, 221 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy white lightly browned overall, photo of chess pieces on front and back. DJ has micronick at top front edge, two microtears at spine top edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Stated First American edition with a 1 present in the number line; 8vo.; glossy pictorial stiff wraps, softcover; 310 pages; black and white illustrations; very good.