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H.E. Bird : a chess biography with 1,198 games / Hans Renette ; foreword by Richard Forster.
LIBRA GV1439.B48 R46 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renette, Hans, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bird, H. E., 1829-1908.
- Bird, H. E.
- Chess players--England--Biography.
- Chess players.
- Chess--Collections of games.
- Chess.
- England.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 595 pages ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "This comprehensive first biography of Bird provides a detailed account of his personal life and a deeply researched coverage of his feats at the chess board. Almost 1,200 games are included, hundreds of them published here for the first time. Nearly 450 games--many of them thrilling all-out fights--are presented with a mix of contemporary and modern annotations"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, webography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786475780
- 0786475781
- OCLC:
- 933438407
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