New in Chess Yearbook: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News (Volume 101)

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings, and each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashion, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons. A must-have publication for serious chess students.

New in Chess Yearbook: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News (Volume 101)

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NY Chess Since 1972: A Guide Book Of Places To Go And People You Will See Around NY Chess (Volume 1)

Bobby Fischer won the world chess championship in 1972 and the chess boom started. The Village Chess Shop opened on Thompson Street, Washington Square Park chess tables turned into a regular venue, Times Square 42nd Street opened chess tables not only at Bryant Park but also on Broadway and several indoors clubs. Chess was every where. This book covers 40 years of history of the NY Chess scene. Great reading for tourists and locals alike.

NY Chess Since 1972: A Guide Book Of Places To Go And People You Will See Around NY Chess (Volume 1)

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Chess Camp: Simple Checkmates (Volume 2)

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board. The second volume in this series, Simple Checkmates, contains 618 structured problems, exercises, and fun puzzles that will help the student to: 1) learn basic checkmate patterns in the opening, middlegame, and endgame; 2) see when checkmate is imminent; and 3) understand that material isn't everything, as just a few pieces can defeat a whole opposing army.

Chess Camp: Simple Checkmates (Volume 2)

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California Chess Reporter 1951-1953 (Volume 1)

The California Chess Reporter ran for 25 year from 1951 to 1976. It was published six times a year. The first issue of the California Chess Reporter, that promised continuous coverage of the entire state, appeared on June 1951. Editor Dr. H. J. Ralston’s first editorial explained it best, “The unhappy demise of the Chess Digest early this year left the chess players of California without any organ for the systematic publication of chess news. It has been the fate of chess publications in the past to quietly expire unless they enjoyed the support of some solid organization of chess players.

California Chess Reporter 1951-1953 (Volume 1)

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California Chess Reporter 1958-1961 (Volume 4)

A special treat awaits in this volume! The short article, “Topsy-Turvy World of the Knight”, is written as only the renowned fantasy writer Fritz Leiber can. Regarded as a Grandmaster of fantasy and science fiction, he is the author of the award winning Fafhrd and Grey Mouser series. Chessplayers, of course, are mostly familiar with the California Expert’s later chess stories, “The 64-Square Madhouse” and Midnight by the Morphy Watch”. This volume also features the first California State Chess Federation Ratings list. Definitely a bonus! This volume of California Chess Reporter features first California State Chess Federation Ratings list and a discussion of the controversies concerning the rating system. Kerry Lawless has been working for years and years, at least 25 years that I know of and probably a lot longer than that, on compiling every game he can, published and, where possible, unpublished that has ever been played in the State of California. One result of these efforts is he has compiled every issue of the California Chess Reporter during its 25 year run from 1951 to 1976. At great personal expense to himself he has had all these volumes bound by a professional binding service. These bound volumes created by Kerry Lawless have been used to make these reprints.

California Chess Reporter 1958-1961 (Volume 4)

Kerry Lawless has been working for years and years, at least 25 years, on compiling every game he can, published and, where possible, unpublished that has ever been played in the State of California. The result of this great work is his website ChessDryad.com and his database calgames.pgn that contains at present 37,598 games, all played in the State of California from 1856 to the present. Kerry Lawless has also been making great efforts to compile all chess publications published in the State of California and, as much as possible, all articles about California chess. One result of these efforts is he has compiled every issue of the California Chess Reporter during its 25 year run from 1951 to 1976. At great personal expense to himself he has had all these volumes bound by a professional binding service. These bound volumes created by Kerry Lawless have been used to make these reprints.