Meet the Masters

This book offers an insightful exploration into the world of chess, focusing on the modern chess champions and their characteristic games. It provides detailed annotations and biographies, allowing readers to understand the strategies and styles of the grandmasters. The text is a translation of "Zoo Schaken Zij," which introduced the Dutch chess-playing public to the seven grandmasters participating in the famous A.V.R.O. tournament. The book aims to keep close to the original text, offering a personal and comprehensive look at the masters of chess.

Published 1945, Second Edition

Binding of book is intact. Slight foxing and fraying of edges on front and back covers. Gilt on front cover is heavily tarnished. Slight foxing on spine with some fading and slightly tarnished gilt. Moderate tanning and slight foxing on top, fore, and bottom edges. Slight foxing and annotations in pen and pencil on endpapers. Slight foxing on some pages, clean of annotations across pages. Moderate tanning around margins of pages. Inserts are intact with slight foxing.

Condition: Well Read