Chess Traps Pitfalls and Swindles

Name: Chess Traps Pitfalls and Swindles
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ISBN: 9780671210410

ISBN-10: 0671210416

ISBN-13: 9780671210410

Edition: 1971

Authors: I. A. Horowitz, Fred Reinfeld, I. A. Horowitz

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Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 1971
Publisher: Touchstone
Publication date: 4/15/1971
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) was a well-known and prolific chess writer, whose writing is well known for its deceptive simplicity and clarity, tinged with warmth and humour.




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Greed Doesn't Pay



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The Gentle Art of Swindling



Gimmick vs. Gimmick



"He Sees It!"



One Good Gimmick Deserves Another



The Trapper Trapped



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