Variety of Chess Books
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Variety of Chess Books
I'm rationalising a large surplus of chess books.
See https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jeupham/m.ht ... 7675.l2562
My eBay username is "jeupham"
Many more to be listed...
See https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jeupham/m.ht ... 7675.l2562
My eBay username is "jeupham"
Many more to be listed...
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
There are some very interesting books listed
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
I hope so.
I'm kicking off with mainly opening books and will add more titles next week.
If anyone has "wants" then let me know as they may well not be listed...
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
Not getting involved (and opening books are of no interest whatsoever), but some of the chess history books are tempting. It is interesting that World Championship Interzonals has had 8 bids (though can't tell if that is just two people battling over it). The Korchnoi book has had 11 bids. And Positional Masterpieces of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch and Balogh has had 15 bids and is up to £10.50! (Unless that is its initial pricing?) Bit sad that The Potter Memorial by Ken Messere has had no bids even at £0.99. Hmm. A Batsford Chess Yearbook is there too... Auctions are fun to watch. (Though how do you get to see the actual results of online ones? That is half the fun.)
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
The positional masterpieces book is really rather excellent and the bids do not surprise me.
The Potter Memorial was printed in huge numbers by BHW and he had many remainders. Similar was the printing of The Tactical Grob.
More titles will appear in the next few days.
Opening books first with a few other chucked in.
The Potter Memorial was printed in huge numbers by BHW and he had many remainders. Similar was the printing of The Tactical Grob.
More titles will appear in the next few days.
Opening books first with a few other chucked in.
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
Chris - if you go into a specific item on EBay and click where it shows number of bids (8 in the case of the Interzonals book), you will see that there are 4 bidders involved. You can also see the amounts of each bid so you can see that Naiditsch and Balogh (a great book from a great series) started at £0.99. Finally, if you click on Watch This Item, you will be able to see the final outcome of an auction.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:00 pmNot getting involved (and opening books are of no interest whatsoever), but some of the chess history books are tempting. It is interesting that World Championship Interzonals has had 8 bids (though can't tell if that is just two people battling over it). The Korchnoi book has had 11 bids. And Positional Masterpieces of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch and Balogh has had 15 bids and is up to £10.50! (Unless that is its initial pricing?) Bit sad that The Potter Memorial by Ken Messere has had no bids even at £0.99. Hmm. A Batsford Chess Yearbook is there too... Auctions are fun to watch. (Though how do you get to see the actual results of online ones? That is half the fun.)
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
I also remember BHW producing a tome about the offbeat Caro Kann line with an early Qf3 for White, plus a few originally Soviet efforts.
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
That was probably on the Warren H.Goldman VariationMatt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:17 pmI also remember BHW producing a tome about the offbeat Caro Kann line with an early Qf3 for White, plus a few originally Soviet efforts.
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
Rather than just looking at John's books I started looking at "chess books" on ebay and scrolled through 500+ before realising:
1. None of John's opening books appeared in the 1st 500 (that I detected);
2. Many books are overpriced - you can easily buy the same book much cheaper by doing a search on abebooks (for example);
3. A lot of the books are just dross.
In short: ebay doesn't seem to be a good place to browse and buy a good chess book unless you have an enormous amount of patience!
1. None of John's opening books appeared in the 1st 500 (that I detected);
2. Many books are overpriced - you can easily buy the same book much cheaper by doing a search on abebooks (for example);
3. A lot of the books are just dross.
In short: ebay doesn't seem to be a good place to browse and buy a good chess book unless you have an enormous amount of patience!
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
Not sure about the categorisation of some of these books; we have books on the Spanish and the Sicilian listed under "Language Courses".
When trying to navigate to non-fiction books with a topic of "Chess" you only find 43 results, including some copies of the BCF grading list from around the turn of the millennium.
When trying to navigate to non-fiction books with a topic of "Chess" you only find 43 results, including some copies of the BCF grading list from around the turn of the millennium.
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I think I missed the final hammer price of the Naiditsch and Balogh book. It appears to have gone, so presumably the auction has ended for that one. I failed to click 'Watch This Item' (thanks, John, for the advice), so can anyone tell me what it went for in the end?John Moore wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:48 pmChris - if you go into a specific item on EBay and click where it shows number of bids (8 in the case of the Interzonals book), you will see that there are 4 bidders involved. You can also see the amounts of each bid so you can see that Naiditsch and Balogh (a great book from a great series) started at £0.99. Finally, if you click on Watch This Item, you will be able to see the final outcome of an auction.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:00 pmNot getting involved (and opening books are of no interest whatsoever), but some of the chess history books are tempting. It is interesting that World Championship Interzonals has had 8 bids (though can't tell if that is just two people battling over it). The Korchnoi book has had 11 bids. And Positional Masterpieces of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch and Balogh has had 15 bids and is up to £10.50! (Unless that is its initial pricing?) Bit sad that The Potter Memorial by Ken Messere has had no bids even at £0.99. Hmm. A Batsford Chess Yearbook is there too... Auctions are fun to watch. (Though how do you get to see the actual results of online ones? That is half the fun.)
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
It went for £12. There was a bidding war for Chess is My Life which I sold since I have the Batsford hardback.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:45 amI think I missed the final hammer price of the Naiditsch and Balogh book. It appears to have gone, so presumably the auction has ended for that one. I failed to click 'Watch This Item' (thanks, John, for the advice), so can anyone tell me what it went for in the end?
You can always search on eBay for final prices of sold items using the Advanced Search options.
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
There are some excellent books on the list John.
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
Added another 20 today.
I'm guessing I will add 20 a day for next few weeks!
John
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Re: Variety of Chess Books
Crikey. How many books do you have?John Upham wrote: ↑Tue Jun 29, 2021 10:10 pmAdded another 20 today.
I'm guessing I will add 20 a day for next few weeks!
John
By the way a friend in a different part of the country has recently brought out a chess book. Just wandering if you could do a review if possible please.