English Chess Forum

Edinburgh CC does indeed have a library. Good for 19th century books, old numbers of BCM, B.H. Wood's Chess (we also have complete runs of Hoffer's Chess Monthly as well) etc. Being in Edinburgh we're handy for the NLS (Scotland's copyright library, so complete runs of eg The Field) while the public...

For those of you who are further North, or are just wanting a change of scene, the National Library of Scotland is also a copyright library but does not have the same range of foreign stuff that you find at the BL. The periodicals are on the same site though, so if you want to compare The Field and ...

It's worth remembering that the British Library is, like the Bod, a copyright library, and also has a number of items in other languages - some of these have to be ordered in advance via their website. It's a bit of a pain that periodicals are at another site (Colindale) but it is right beside the t...

Imre Konig: Queens Indian Defence, published 1946/7 has quite a modern look to it in terms of layout. There was a volume published in the USA (title escapes me just now) in 1888 by the Pierce brothers. The second half was a collection of essays by J.T. Pierce but the first half was ca 50 pages on wh...