Cecil de Vere became the first ever British Chess Champion in 1866 and was compared, by Steinitz, to Paul Morphy. Yet he died from tuberculosis, a penniless alcoholic less than 10 years after his greatest achievement. This book charts de Vere's life, career and death in a 45 page biography which includes contemporary obituaries and many photographs of him and his fellow players. It also contains 101 of de Vere's games, with annotations. This is a well produced book on a talented although little-known player. Pub. 2001, softback, 130 pages.
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A collection of 126 of Diemer's games all played in the opening which partly bears his name - the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. (1.d4,d5; 2.e4) The games are in chronological order and illustrate many of the ideas and style of the gambit without being an exhaustive survey of all lines. Annotations are by author Alan Dommett, a BDG enthusiast and chess columnist. Includes a brief biography and index of variations. Pub. 2003, hardback, 138 pages.
Alexey Dreev (born Stavropol 1969) is a grandmaster from Russia who was twice World Junior Champion and has won three Olympiad gold medals. He has also won several strong international tournaments and achieved an ELO rating of 2705. His play is noted for deep theoretical preparation and good endgame technique. In this book Dreev has annotated, in depth, 100 of his best games played against the leading Grandmasters of his generation. The games are from the period 1984 to 2006 and feature a variety of styles and of openings. In addition Dreev has written a short biography of his chess development and included 8 pages of colour plates of himself, his family and other players. Pub. 2007, softback, 299 pages.
One of the twentieth centuries great artists, Marcel Duchamp was no mean chess player, achieving the title of French Master. This book concentrates exclusively on Duchamp's chess career, documenting his chess activities in Argentina, USA, Belgium and France. However, much of the content outlines the chess events taking place at the time Duchamp was present and involving the clubs with which he was connected even though he did not necessarily play in these events. As a result there are a large number of games featuring Capablanca, Marshall, Colle, Reshevsky and other, less famous, contemporary players although a sprinkling of Duchamp games survive. In particular his performances in the French Championships of 1924 and 1925 and in the Chess Olympiad 1924 are fully covered. In summary, this book should be seen as a history of club, league and tournament chess in the above countries as well as a chess biography of Duchamp. The author was commissioned by chess sponsor and Duchamp admirer Bessel Kok to write this work which will comprise two volumes when complete. Includes an index of players and openings as well as a full bibliography. Pub. 2002, hardback, 324 pages.
Volume two covers the years when artist Marcel Duchamp's chess activity was at it's peak culminating in his appearance in the Nice Tournament of 1930. This book examines not only the chess activities of Duchamp but also reports on chess life in France at that time with games and tournament reports from many contemporary events including the Olympiads of 1928 and 1930 in which Duchamp played for France. Pub. 2004, hardback, 451 pages.
Oldrich Duras was one of the world's leading players until the outbreak of war in 1914. He competed at the very top level in tournaments such as Vienna 1908, St Petersburg 1909, San Sebastian 1911 & 1912. During the First World War he served in the Austro-Hungarian army but gave up serious chess after 1918 to pursue his career. This book contains all of Duras' known games (539) as well as his tournament record, cross tables, indexes of opponents and openings and a few pages of biography. Pub. 1997, softback, 180 pages.
This is a slightly expanded edition of a book which originally appeared in Dutch in 1976 and which contains an extensive biography of the man who was, in his time, World Champion, President of FIDE and a prolific author as well as being a full-time university lecturer. By all accounts Euwe was a modest, fair-minded and popular champion in a World of gigantic egos. He was also the methodical, driving force behind the creation of FIDE and had to exercise all his diplomatic skills when, as president, he was called upon to save the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match. This detailed biography does full justice to Dr. Euwe's chess career and an additional chapter has been added to conclude the story upto Euwe's death in 1981. There are 116 annotated games included of which 50 contain original analysis by Euwe. "Without this book your chess library is not worth it's name." - Hans Ree Pub. 2001, softback, 351 pages.
Originally published as From My Games, 1920-1937, in this book the fifth World Champion comments on his rise to the top by annotating 75 of his best games. Euwe was a hero in his native country of the Netherlands after he defeated the mighty Alekhine to take the World Championship in 1935. During this period Euwe scored some magnificent wins, such as his sparkling sacrifice of a knight against Alekhine at Zürich 1934 or the so called 'Pearl of Zandvoort' victory from the 1935 clash. After losing the title back to Alekhine in 1937 Euwe continued to play chess at the top level against the likes of Botvinnik, Fine and Fischer, whilst maintaining his post as a university lecturer . Euwe went on to become president of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, and in this capacity he officiated at the celebrated 1972 championship between Fischer and Spassky. (In English descriptive notation - 1.P-K4 etc) Pub. 2003, softback, 244 pages.
