spacious_mind wrote:This is a little bit of topic, but hopefully not too much since this is also a General Discussion area.
Besides dedicated chess computers, DOS chess programs and DOS Computers and old Home Computers and chess programs, I also love chess books, especially Player game collections, World Championships, US Championships, Olympiads and tournament books.
Raymond Keene wrote a chess book which discusses who is the strongest player of all time which you can see here:
http://chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk/Chess/Trivia ... eList.html
Well since I knew I had books on most of these all-time greats, I then put this list together which might be of interest to you chess book collectors, naming the game collection books that are available. There are 5 all-time greats on Keene and Divinsky's List for which I don't have a book, two of which I will probably never get since they are out of print and really expensive but the other 3 are doable if buy a foreign language version.
I have missing.
26 - FURMAN
33 - FLOHR
43 - HORT
48 - VIDMAR -
64 - ZUKERTORT (NOT COUNTING THE 1886 STEINITZ-ZUCKERTORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOOK)
So here is a list of books based on the Keene-Divinsky All Time Great List.
KEENE-DIVINSKY ALL TIME GREAT LIST
1 - KASPAROV - GARRY KASPAROV ON GARRY KAPSAROV PART I: 1973-1985 - GARRY KASPAROV - EVERYMAN CHESS
1 - KASPAROV - KASPAROV AGAINST THE WORLD - GARRY KASPAROV WITH DANIEL KING - KASPAROV CHESS ONLINE
1 - KASPAROV - GARRY KASPAROV'S GREATES CHESS GAMES, VOLUME 1 - IGOR STOHL - GAMBIT PUBLICATIONS LTD
1 - KASPAROV - GARRY KASPAROV'S GREATES CHESS GAMES, VOLUME 2 - IGOR STOHL - GAMBIT PUBLICATIONS LTD
1 - KASPAROV - THE TEST OF TIME - GARRY KASPAROV - PERGAMON PRESS
2 - KARPOV - KARPOV'S COLLECTED GAMES: 1961-1974 - DAVID LEVY - RHM PRESS
2 - KARPOV - ANATOLY KARPOV'S BEST GAMES - ANATOLY KARPOV - B. T. BATSFORD LTD
3 - FISCHER - BOBBY FISCHER'S CHESS GAMES - ROBERT G. WADE & KEVIN J. O'CONNELL - DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY INC
3 - FISCHER - MY MEMORABLE 60 GAMES - BOBBY FISCHER - SIMON & SCHUSTER
3 - FISCHER - BOBBY FISHER – COMPLETE GAMES OF THE AMERICAN WORLD CHESS CHAMPION - LOU HAYS - HAYS PUBLISHING
3 - FISCHER - FISCHER VERSUS RUSSIANS - DMITRY PLISETSKY AND SERGEY VORONKOV - CHESS WORLD LTD
3 - FISCHER - FISCHER HIS APPROACH TO CHESS - ELIE AGUR - CADOGAN CHESS
4 - BOTVINNIK - BOTVINNIK ONE HUNDRED SELECTED GAMES - MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
4 - BOTVINNIK - BOTVINNIK'S BEST GAMES VOLUME 1 – 1942-1956 - MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK - MORAVIAN CHESS
4 - BOTVINNIK - BOTVINNIK'S BEST GAMES VOLUME 2 – 1925-1941 - MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK - MORAVIAN CHESS
4 - BOTVINNIK - BOTVINNIK'S BEST GAMES VOLUME 3 – 1957-1970 - MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK - MORAVIAN CHESS
5 - CAPABLANCA - THE GAMES OF JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA - ROGELIO CAPARROS - CHESS DIGEST
5 - CAPABLANCA - CAPABLANCA'S BEST CHESS ENDINGS 60 COMPLETE GAMES - IRBING CHERNEV - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
5 - CAPABLANCA - THE IMMORTAL GAMES OF CAPABLANCA - FRED REINFELD - HOROWITZ AND HARKNESS
6 - LASKER - EMANUEL LASKER – ALL GAMES VOUME 1: 1889 – 1903 - SERGEI SOLOVIOV - RUSSIAN CHESS HOUSE
6 - LASKER - EMANUEL LASKER – ALL GAMES VOUME 2: 1904 – 1940 - SERGEI SOLOVIOV - RUSSIAN CHESS HOUSE
6 - LASKER - EMANUEL LASKER – THE LIFE OF A CHESS MASTER - DR J. HANNAK - SIMON & SCHUSTER
6 - LASKER - LASKER'S GREATEST CHESS GAMES - FRED REINFELD - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
7 - KORCHNOI - KORCHNOI'S 400 BEST GAMES - VIKTOR KORCHNOI, R.G. WADE & L.S. BLACKSTOCK - ARCO PUBLISHING
8 - SPASSKY - THE BEST GAMES OF BORIS SPASSKY - ANDREW SOLTIS - DAVID MCKAY COMPANY
8 - SPASSKY - BORIS SPASSKY: MASTER OF INITIATIVE - ALEXANDER RAETSKY & MAXIM CHETVERIK - EVERYMAN CHESS
8 - SPASSKY - SPASSKY'S 100 BEST GAMES - BERNARD CAFFERTY - MACMILLAN PUBLISHING
9 - SMYSSLOV - SMYSLOV'S BEST GAMES VOLUME I – 1935-1957 - VASILY SMYSLOV - MORAVIAN CHESS
9 - SMYSSLOV - SMYSLOV'S BEST GAMES VOLUME II – 1958-1995 - VASILY SMYSLOV - MORAVIAN CHESS
9 - SMYSSLOV - MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1935-1957 - V. V. SMYSLOV - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
9 - SMYSSLOV - VASSILY SMYSLOV WORLD CHESS CHAMPION - ALEXANDER LIEPNIEKS & JACK L. SPENCE - VAIDAVA
10 - PETROSIAN - PETROSIAN'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1946-1963 - P. H. CLARKE - G. BELL & SONS LIMITED
10 - PETROSIAN - TIGRAN PETROSIAN HIS LIFE AND GAMES - VIK. L. VASILIEV - ISHI PRESS INTERNATIONAL
11 - MORPHY - PAUL MORPHY AND THE EVOLUTION OF CHESS THEORY - MACON SHIBUT - CAISSA EDITIONS
11 - MORPHY - MORPHY'S GAMES OF CHESS - PHILIP W. SERGEANT - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
12 - POLUGAEVSKY - GRANDMASTER PREPARATION - LEV POLUGAEVSKY - ISHI PRESS INTERNATIONAL
13 - GELLER - THE APPLICATION OF CHESS THEORY - YEFIM GELLER - EVERYMAN CHESS
14 - TAL - THE LIFE AND GAMES OF MIKHAIL TAL - MIKHAIL TAL - EVERYMAN CHESS
14 - TAL - COMPLETE GAMES OF MIKHAIL TAL 1960-1966 - HILARY THOMAS - ARCO PUBLISHING
14 - TAL - COMPLETE GAMES OF MIKHAIL TAL 1967-1973 - HILARY THOMAS - B. T. BATSFORD LTD
14 - TAL - SELECTED GAMES OF MIKHAIL TAL - J. HAJTUN - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
14 - TAL - ATTACK WITH MIKHAIL TAL - MIKHAIL TAL & IAKOV DAMSKY - EVERYMAN CHESS
15 - STEIN - LEONID STEIN MASTER OF RISK STRATEGY - EDUARD GUFELD & EFIM LAZAREV - THINKER'S PRESS
15 - STEIN - LEONID STEIN MASTER OF ATTACK - RAYMOND KEENE - HARDINGE SIMPOLE PUBLISHING
16 - KERES - PAUL KERES: THE ROAD TO THE TOP - PAUL KERES - THE AMERICAN BATSFORD CHESS LIBRARY
16 - KERES - PAUL KERES: THE QUEST FOR PERFECTION - PAUL KERES & JOHN NUNN - THE AMERICAN BATSFORD CHESS LIBRARY
16 - KERES - KERES' BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1931-1948 - KERES/REINFELD - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
16 - KERES - GRANDMASTER OF CHESS THE COMPLETE GAMES OF PAUL KERES - PAUL KERES AND HARRY GOLOMBEK - ARCO PUBLISHING
17 - BRONSTEIN - THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE - DAVID BRONSTEIN & TOM FÜRSTENBERG - CADOGAN CHESS
17 - BRONSTEIN - 200 OPEN GAMES - DAVID BRONSTEIN - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
17 - BRONSTEIN - THE MODERN CHESS SELF-TUTOR - DAVID BRONSTEIN - EVERYMAN CHESS
17 - BRONSTEIN - SECRET NOTES - DAVID BRONSTEIN AND SERGEY VORONKOV - EDITION OLMS
18 - ALEKHINE - ALEXANDER ALEKHINE – MASTER OF ATTACK - ALEXANDER RAETSKY & MAXIM CHETVERIK - EVERYMAN CHESS
18 - ALEKHINE - ALEXANDER ALEKHINE 'S CHESS GAMES 1902 -1946 - LEONARD M. SKINNER & ROBERT G. P. VERHOEVEN - MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC
18 - ALEKHINE - MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS VOLUME 1 1908 – 1923 - A. ALEKHINE - DAVID MCKAY COMPANY
18 - ALEKHINE - MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS VOLUME 2 1924 – 1937 - A. ALEKHINE - DAVID MCKAY COMPANY
18 - ALEKHINE - MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS VOLUME 3 1938 – 1945 - C.H.O'D ALEXANDER - DAVID MCKAY COMPANY
19 - SOKOLOV - SOKOLOV'S BEST GAMES - IVAN SOKOLOV - CADOGAN CHESS
20 - BOLESLAVSKY - ISAAK BOLESLAVSKY - JIMMY ADAMS - CAISSA EDITIONS
21 - PORTISCH - SELECTED GAMES OF LAJOS PORTISCH - EGON VARNUSZ - ARCO PUBLISHING
22 - RESHEVSKY - SAMUEL RESHEVSKY - STEPHEN W. GORDON - MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC
22 - RESHEVSKY - RESHEVSKY'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS - SAMUEL RESHEVSKY - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
23 - YUSUPOV - ARTUR YUSUPOV: OVER 100 VICTORIES SPANNING HIS CAREER - ARTUR YUSUPOV - THREE GIRLS PUBLISHING
24 - KHOLMOV - RATMIR KHOLMOV - ADAM CORNELIUS BERT - CHROMO PUBLISHING
25 - AVERBAKH - AVERBAKH'S SELECTED GAMES - YURI AVERBAKH - CADOGAN CHESS
26 - FURMAN - MISSING - MISSING - MISSING
27 - BELYAVSKY - UNCOMPROMISING CHESS - ALEXANDER BELYAVSKY - CADOGAN CHESS
28 - TIMMAN - JAN TIMMAN STUDIES AND GAMES - JAN TIMMAN - CADOGAN CHESS
29 - LARSEN - LARSEN'S SELECTED GAMES OF CHESS 1948-69 - BENT LARSEN - G. BELL & SONS LIMITED
30 - TAIMANOV - TAIMANOV'S SELECTED GAMES - MARK TAIMANOV - EVERYMAN CHESS
31 - VAGANIAN - RAFAEL VAGANIAN: OVER 100 VICTORIES SPANNING HIS CAREER - RAFAEL VAGANIAN - THREE GIRLS PUBLISHING
32 - KOTOV - ALEXANDER KOTOV - YURI AVERBAKH - ISHI PRESS INTERNATIONAL
33 - FLOHR - MISSING - MISSING - MISSING
34 - LJUBOJEVIC - LJUBOMIR LJUBOJEVIC - MILAN BJELAJAC - ZOFI SERVICE
35 - NAJDORF - NAJDORF: LIFE AND GAMES - TOMASZ LISSOWSKI, ADRIAN MIKHALCHISHIN & MIGUEL NAJDORF - B. T. BATSFORD LTD
35 - NAJDORF - YOUNG NAJDORF - TOMASZ LISSOWSKI - THE CHESS PLAYER
36 - SZABO - MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS - LASZLO SZABO - PERGAMON PRESS
37 - GLIGORIC - THE CHESS OF GLIGORIC - DAVID N. L. LEVY - WORLD PUBLISHING
37 - GLIGORIC - I PLAY AGAINST PIECES - SVETOZAR GLIGORIC - BATSFORD CHESS LIBRARY
37 - GLIGORIC - SVETOZAR GLIGORIC COLLECTED GAMES - COLIN LEACH - CAISSA EDITIONS
38 - FINE - LESSONS FROM MY GAMES - REUBEN FINE - DAVID MCKAY COMPANY
38 - FINE - REUBEN FINE: A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF AN AMERICAN CHESS CAREER 1929-1951 - - MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC
39 - HUEBNER - DR ROBERT HÜBNER 60 SEINER SCHOENSTEN PARTIEN - M. VAN FONDERN & P. KLEINE - BEYER VERLAG
40 - ANDERSSON - GRANDMASTER STRATEGY – WHAT AMATEURS CAN LEARN FOM ULF ANDERSSON'S POSITIONAL MASTERPIECES - JURGEN KAUFELD & GUIDO KERN - NEW IN CHESS
41 - SEIRAWAN - CHESS DUELS – MY GAMES WITH THE WORLD CHAMPIONS - YASSER SEIRAWAN - EVERYMAN CHESS
42 - EUWE - FROM MY GAMES 1920 – 1937 - DR MAX EUWE TRANSLATED BY FRED REINFELD - CHELTENHAM PRESS LTD
43 - HORT - MISSING - MISSING - MISSING
44 - RUBINSTEIN - THE LIFE & GAMES OF AKIVA RUBINSTEIN VOLUME 1 – UNCROWNED KING - JOHN DONALDSON AND NIKOLA MINEV - RUSSELL ENTERPRISES INC
44 - RUBINSTEIN - THE LIFE & GAMES OF AKIVA RUBINSTEIN VOLUME 2 – THE LATER YEARS - JOHN DONALDSON AND NIKOLA MINEV - RUSSELL ENTERPRISES INC
44 - RUBINSTEIN - RUBINSTEINS CHESS MASTERPIECES 100 SELECTED GAMES - HANS KMOCH - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
45 - MECKING - HENRIQUE MECKING LATIN CHESS GENIUS - STEPHEN W. GORDON - THINKER'S PRESS
46 - MAROCZY - MAROCZY'S HUNDERT SCHACHPARTIEN - B. KAGAN - SCHACHVERLAG B. KAGAN
47 - STEINITZ - WILLIAM STEINIZ – SELECTED CHESS GAMES - CHARLES DEVIDE - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
47 - STEINITZ - WILLHELM STEINITZ, CHESS CHAMPION A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BOHEMIAN CAESAR - KURT LANSBERGER - MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC
47 - STEINITZ - THE GAMES OF WILLHELM STEINITZ, FIRST WORLD CHAMPION - SID PICKARD - EVERYMAN CHESS
48 - VIDMAR - MISSING - MISSING - MISSING
49 - BERNSTEIN - COMBAT: MY 50 YEARS AT THE CHESS BOARD - SIDNEY BERNSTEIN - ISHI PRESS INTERNATIONAL
50 - NIMZOVITCH - ARON NIMZOWITSCH: ON THE ROAD TO CHESS MASTERY 1886-1924 - PER SKJOLDAGER AND JORN ERIK NIELSEN - MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC
51 - BOGOLJUBOV - BOGOLJUBOV – THE FATE OF A CHESS PLAYER - SERGEI SOLOVIOV - CHESS STARS LTD
52 - SHORT - NIGEL SHORT: CHESS PRODIGY - DAVID SHORT - FABER AND FABER
52 - SHORT - NIGEL SHORT WORLD CHESS CHALLENGER - RAYMOND KEENE - OWL BOOK
53 - TARRASCH - THREE HUNDRED CHESS GAMES – DREI HUNDERT SCHACHPARTIEN - SIEGBERT TARRASCH – TRANSLATION SOL SCHWARZ - HAYS PUBLISHING
53 - TARRASCH - TARRASCH'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS - FRED REINFELD - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
54 - PILLSBURY - PILLSBURY'S CHESS CAREER - P. W. SARGEANT AND W. H. WATTS - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
54 - PILLSBURY - HARRY NELSON PILLSBURY A GENIUS AHEAD OF HIS TIME - ALEXANDER CHERNIAEV - OM MEDIA
55 - SCHLECHTER - CARL SCHLECHTER ! LIFE AND TIMES OF THE AUSTRIAN CHESS WIZARD - WARREN GOLDMAN - CAISSA EDITIONS
56 - MARSHALL - FRANK J. MARSHALL'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS - FRANK J. MARSHALL - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
56 - MARSHALL - FRANK MARSHALL UNITED STATES CHESS CHAMPION A BIOGRAPHY WITH 220 GAMES - ANDREW SOLTIS - MCFARLAND & COMPANY INC
57 - ANDERSSEN - MASTER OF ATTACK – THE CHESS GAMES OF ADOPH ANDERSSEN - SID PICKARD - PICKARD & SON PUBLISHERS
58 - CHAROUSEK - CHESS COMET CHAROUSEK - VICTOR A. CHAROUCHIN - SCHACHFIRMA FRUTH
58 - CHAROUSEK - CHAROUSEK'S GAMES OF CHESS - PHILIP W. SERGEANT - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
59 - CHIGORIN - MIKHAIL CHIGORIN – THE FIRST RUSSIAN GRANDMASTER - ALEXANDER KHALIFMAN & SERGEI SOLOVIOV - CHESS STARS LTD
59 - CHIGORIN - MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TCHIGORIN - A. E. SANTASIERE - CHESS DIGEST
60 - TEICHMANN - RICHARD TEICHMANN - JACK SPENCE - THE CHESS PLAYER
61 - JANOWSKI - DAVID JANOWSKI ARTIST OF THE CHESS BOARD - ALEXANDER CHERNIAEV AND ALEXANDER MEYNELL - HARDINGE SIMPOLE PUBLISHING
62 - DURAS - THE COMPLETE GAMES OF OLDRICH DURAS - J. KALENDOVSKY - THE CHESS PLAYER
63 - BLACKBURNE - BLACKBURNE'S CHESS GAMES - EDITED BY P . ANDERSON GRAHAM - DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC
64 - ZUKERTORT - MISSING - MISSING - MISSING
Well I hope this is not too far off topic.
Best Regards,
Nick