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Beginning May 27 we do physical inventory...and we hate counting stock!
Sooo..from May 17 - 24, 2018 we will put a large quantity of chess books on sale at all 3 of our locations! Up to 75% off!
If you can not make it to one of our locations, I will be posting a short list on ChessTalk of what is available at these incredible prices..and you can order on-line. The list will go up on our website www.strategygames.ca and here on May 17, 2018. The sale on-line will run from May 17 to May 24.
Beginning May 27 we do physical inventory...and we hate counting stock!
Sooo..from May 17 - 24, 2018 we will put a large quantity of chess books on sale at all 3 of our locations! Up to 75% off!
If you can not make it to one of our locations, I will be posting a short list on ChessTalk of what is available at these incredible prices..and you can order on-line. The list will go up on our website www.strategygames.ca and here on May 17, 2018. The sale on-line will run from May 17 to May 24.
The sale will continue on-line until June 13. I have not adjusted the prices yet...hope to do this shortly...in the meantime, I will post a few books that will be on sale.
Some great books there Larry. Zurich 53 is a classic. Also Masters of the Chessboard has hundreds of great games and brings back so memories. Nice to see also that you are still selling Bryon Nickoloff's games, Nick's best, which is a great read, especially if you are Canadian. Revolution in the 70's was covered recently by Yermo on ICC. Also a great book. I hope to scoop up some of these books tomorrow.
I only got 2 books, since I had previously owned most of the other titles. New York 1927 was outstanding. It would be interesting to see the analysis with the aid of engines. Also Suttles collected games are a must read for any Canadians. For years Canadians copied his style and I thought at the time, this was only bad for Canadian chess. Now that Carlsen plays Suttles' openings on occassion, I realize that he was just way ahead of his time.
I only got 2 books, since I had previously owned most of the other titles.
I hope you know that the "Zurich '53" you mentioned in a previous post -- also on sale from Strategy Games -- is the Najdorf book, not the Bronstein one.
I played through the Bronstein one decades ago and thought I learned a lot. I played through the Najdorf book last year and enjoyed it. These readings are too far apart in time and my skill level so different that I have no way of comparing them, but many reviewers who have actually prefer the Najdorf book.
It has pictures too, and a downloadable PDF with computer corrections.
New York 1927 was outstanding. It would be interesting to see the analysis with the aid of engines.
I bought it in Ottawa last week. I played through 9 games last night (on an actual physical board) and enjoyed it. GREAT bargain at $10!
FWIW, it is sometimes treated as a hatchet job by Alekhine, who wrote it after beating Capa for the WC in 1927; but based on some of the early games (e.g. Nimzo vs Capa from Cycle 1 rd 2 is awful play by White), it does seem like some of Capa's opponents played WAY below their standard level.
It would be interesting to see the analysis with the aid of engines.
Agree. This is one of the things Russell publishing has done for several of their books, and the opportunity to read them makes those books even more valuable, IMO.
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