The absolute correspondence championship of the United States Chess Federation, 1976-2010 / Alex Dunne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunne, Alex, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chess--Tournaments--United States--History.

Chess.

United States Chess Federation--History.

United States Chess Federation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of the games, most of them annotated, features the United States Chess Federation's premiere invitational tournament--the Absolute Championship. Features include statistical results of participants from 1976 through 2010, results of many opening variations as played in the Absolutes, yearly crosstables, biographical details of all winners and information on all participants, and indexes of players, opening variations and ECO codes.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; The Inauguration of the Absolute Correspondence Championship; Absolute Directors; Statistics for the 1976 to 2010 Participants; The 1976 Absolute Tournament; The 1977 Absolute Tournament; The 1978 Absolute Tournament; The 1979 Absolute Tournament; The 1980 Absolute Tournament; The 1981 Absolute Tournament; The 1982 Absolute Tournament; The 1983 Absolute Tournament; The 1984 Absolute Tournament; The 1985 Absolute Tournament; The 1986 Absolute Tournament; The 1987 Absolute Tournament; The 1988 Absolute Tournament

The 1989 Absolute TournamentThe 1990 Absolute Tournament; The 1991 Absolute Tournament; The 1992 Absolute Tournament; The 1993 Absolute Tournament; The 1994 Absolute Tournament; The 1995 Absolute Tournament; The 1996 Absolute Tournament; The 1997 Absolute Tournament; The 1998 Absolute Tournament; The 1999 Absolute Tournament; The 2000 Absolute Tournament; The 2001 Absolute Tournament; The 2002 Absolute Tournament; The 2003 Absolute Tournament; The 2004 Absolute Tournament; The 2005 Absolute Tournament; The 2006 Absolute Tournament; The 2007 Absolute Tournament; The 2008 Absolute Tournament

The 2009 Absolute TournamentThe 2010 Absolute Tournament; Index of Openings (Traditional Names); Index of Openings (ECO Codes); Player Index

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-80571-5

1-4766-0299-9

OCLC:

818873306