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The Oxford companion to chess

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Oxford University Press, Nov 12, 1992 - Games - 483 pages
So much has happened in the ever-changing world of chess since 1984, that this new edition of the essential companion to all branches of the game is now 10% longer than the acclaimed first edition.

Much of the original text has been rewritten to incorporate the latest research and developments. There are over 160 new biographies (most of them of today's players), hundreds more names of openings, many more technical terms, and more game scores and compositions than ever before.
Ranging from the earliest myths to the present, the Companion offers full coverage of all aspects of over-the-board play and correspondence chess, and other forms of telechess. Fully cross-referenced throughout, the 2,600 entries take the reader from laws and strategies to details of the representation of chess in philately, literature, art, theatre, and film.

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User Review  - Serge Pierro - Goodreads

Tons of information on the game of chess! Covers players, history, openings, and all kinds of other fascinating info for the chess enthusiast. Read full review

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User Review  - notgettingenough - Goodreads

Pop it by the bed, cruise in and out of it. I'm not saying it's as good as sex, but. Here are a couple of things I've found out from it lately. A goodreader recently asked me what the sexiest chess ... Read full review

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Contents

Section 1
14
Section 2
63
Section 3
89
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Common terms and phrases

ahead ALEKHINE ALEKHINE DEFENCE analysis ANDERSSEN attack became bishop Black resigns Bogoljubow Botvinnik British Chess bxc3 Candidates Candidates tournament Capablanca capture centre century Chess Compositions CHIGORIN composer cxd4 defeated endgame English equal Euwe EVANS GAMBIT exd5 FAIRY PROBLEMS FIDE FRENCH DEFENCE GAMBIT Accepted German GRUNFELD DEFENCE International Grandmaster International Master international tournament interzonal Judge of Chess Karpov Keres king KING'S GAMBIT KING'S INDIAN DEFENCE knight KNIGHTS DEFENCE KORCHNOI Lasker London mate ment Morphy Moscow move Nf3 Nc6 NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENCE NIMZOWITSCH notation Nxd4 Nxe4 Olympiad opponent pawn PETROSYAN PHILIDOR PHILIDOR DEFENCE pieces pionship play-off played POLUGAYEVSKY position prize problemist published QUEEN'S GAMBIT Declined rook Rubinstein Schachzeitung Schlechter score shared SICILIAN DEFENCE Smyslov sometimes called SPANISH OPENING SPASSKY squares Staunton Steinitz strong tournaments TARRASCH TARTAKOWER tion tourna USSR championship Variation Vienna White resigns world champion world championship zugzwang Zukertort

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The Oxford Companion to Chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on chess written by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. The book is written in an encyclopedia or dictionary ...
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ The_Oxford_Companion_to_Chess

John Greschak - Connections between Music and Chess
The Oxford Companion to Chess by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld (1996). Specifically, the articles: "Theatre and Chess" and "Music and Chess". ...
www.greschak.com/ muschess.htm

British Chess Magazine: Ken Whyld (1926-2003)
Ken's landmark work was The Oxford Companion to Chess, which he co-authored with David Hooper in 1984. Ken was a strong amateur player who won the ...
www.bcmchess.co.uk/ news/ obitwhyld.html

David Vincent Hooper: Information and Much More from Answers.com
He is best known for his chess writing, including The Oxford Companion to Chess (1992 with Ken Whyld), Steinitz (Hamburg 1968, in German), ...
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Booklist
The Oxford Companion to Chess [David Hooper and Ken Whyld]. Oxford, 1984. – 407 pp. [Lusis 75; Kiel 620] Oxford, 1987. – pbk. Corrected reprint. ...
www.kwabc.org/ Home/ booklist.htm

The Oxford Companion to Chess - Wikipédia
The Oxford Companion to Chess é o título de uma obra abrangente sobre o enxadrismo escrita pelos autores David Hooper e Kenneth Wyld. ...
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Kenilworth Chess Club - Favorite Chess Books by Glen Hart
The Oxford Companion to Chess by David Hooper and Ken Whyld My favorite one-volume work on the game is "The Oxford Companion to Chess," Second Edition, ...
www.kenilworthchessclub.org/ articles/ books/ hart.html

The Amazing Robert James 'Bobby' Fischer
Hooper, David and Whyld, Kenneth The Oxford Companion To Chess. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, 1984. Pandolfini, Bruce Bobby Fischer's Outrageous ...
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Chesstories - Dilaram Revisitd - Jan Newton, February 10, 2007
(1) David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess (Second Edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford, NY, 1992, ISBN 0-19-866164-9. ...
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Stratford Chess Club - Fat Boy Sim
This psychological tactic exactly matches the conditions under which a simul is played, since as Hooper and Wylde's The Oxford Companion to Chess puts it, ...
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About the author (1992)

David Hooper has represented Great Britain in chess and is a former British Correspondence Chess Champion. His books include A Complete Defence of 1 P-K4, A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames, and The Unknown Capablanca (with Dale Brandreth). Ken Whyld, a former international player, is a renowned
bibliophile and chess researcher. He is the former editor of The Chess Reader and the author of a number of books, including Chess: The Records.

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TitleThe Oxford companion to chess
AuthorsDavid Hooper, Ken Whyld
ContributorKen Whyld
Edition2, illustrated
PublisherOxford University Press, 1992
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized16 Nov 2006
ISBN0198661649, 9780198661641
Length483 pages
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