English Chess Forum

Discussion of this issue started in another thread (sorry for it) and i am starting a new one to continue it. Assuming that Staunton’s affirmation in the first issue of « the chess world » in 1865 that « the number of chess clubs (in Britain?) had fallen from 140 to 40 » is right. Any clues about th...

Thanks a lot Mr. Harding. Well automatic translation and the help of my daughter in German would likely be helpful 😇 I am currently reading your very excellent and useful book: British chess literature to 1914 . On p. 139 you make a long instructive quote of Staunton’s editorial in the first issue o...

Hi, Sorry if this issue was raised before. Being not fluent - to say the least - in German, i searched for english translations - even partial - of the above-mentioned classical 19th century author’s books on chess history and found nothing. Do i need to learn German 😇 or try the services of an auto...

Ok thanks understood your meaning. The purpose of my question was primarily to inquire if one can find a cosy brick and mortar bookstore where you could flip into a decent chess books collection and make your choice. Of course i fully agree that if one has a specific out of print book in mind, AbeBo...

Thanks for the hints; my experience with abebooks though is that they generally charge overly expensive prices especially when the book is of some interest and value…

Hi there, I am new to this forum and not sure if this is the right place to ask. I am doing a small piece of research on chess literature ; luckily some old stuff is available on the net from google books but others relatively more recent aren’t Anyone knows if one (or more?) second hand bookstore i...