English Chess Forum

There are a number of chess books that are out of print that shouldn't be (and, likewise, many that are in print that shouldn't be! )

Here are a couple of the former :

Bent Larsen's Good Move Guide, Oxford University Press, 1982
The Penguin Book of Chess Positions by C.H.O'D Alexander, Penguin Books, 1973

Any more for any more?

I would love to see somebody reissue Gerald Abrahams' The Chess Mind.

A book called "The Soviet Chess Conveyor" by Mikhail Shereshevsky, published in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1994 (english language). Chess book reviewers seem to have overlooked this outstanding book.
Very hard to find a second-hand copy. Shereshevsky is a very talented writer.

Not sure that it is out of print but I did read a book on the middle game by Bellin and someone else which I found really useful, succinct and too the point and vastly improved my chess.

Gavin Strachan wrote:Not sure that it is out of print but I did read a book on the middle game by Bellin and someone else which I found really useful, succinct and too the point and vastly improved my chess.

Perhaps "Test your positional play" by Bellin and Ponzetto?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Test-Your-Posit ... 0713446269

Gordon Cadden wrote:A book called "The Soviet Chess Conveyor" by Mikhail Shereshevsky, published in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1994 (english language). Chess book reviewers seem to have overlooked this outstanding book.
Very hard to find a second-hand copy. Shereshevsky is a very talented writer.

Shereshevsky may be a very talented writer, but his translator didn't even know English chess terms. The book could do with substantial editing.

The Kasparov against the World book is very good. Also, Ray Keene's "Becoming a Grandmaster" is well worth a read.

Bent Larsen's Good Move Guide, Oxford University Press, 1982

I'd like to obtain a copy of this book. Can anyone help?

Not on abebooks as far as I can see, so probably quite hard to track down.

Jon Manley wrote:

Bent Larsen's Good Move Guide, Oxford University Press, 1982

I'd like to obtain a copy of this book. Can anyone help?

I own a copy of the paperback edition.

It's in good condition, but not for sale, so I'm probably of no use to Jon; however, if there's something specific he wants to ask, I'll try to answer.

For those who've never seen a copy, the book contains test positions, games and helpful commentary. I concur that it is an excellent book of instruction, a cut above Chernev's offerings that the antonym pedlars promote.

I too have fond memories of Bent Larsen's Good Move Guide. North Chingford Library used to own a copy which I borrowed each year for my annual vacation.

There is a simple solution, Amazon have a device called a 'Kindle' - an electronic book so to speak, these out of print books are an enormous resource, that unless saved for the good of our species, will be lost. There is page turning technology, video technology, character recognition software and a growing readership, the internet is doing for chess what, television did for football.

So okay we get a fund together and with that fund, buy a computerised book reader, pass the reader around to all members that have out of print chess books, as long as we apply the golden rule - problem solved!