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The United States Chess Championship 1845-1996
Second Edition
by Andrew Soltis, Gene H. McCormick

The United States Chess Championship 1845-1996

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Publisher: McFarland, 1997
Edition: Paperback medium
ISBN: 0-7864-0248-2
Pages: 234
Language: English

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This thoroughly updated and revised edition of the highly acclaimed 1986 reference work provides a definitive history of all championship events in the United States through 1995. Both the games and the occasions are covered in depth, including biographical details, descriptive settings, anecdotes, tournament drama, unusual games, and grandmaster analysis.

Filled with quotations from the winners, losers and many others, this is an authoritative and indispensable volume.

Grandmaster Andy Soltis, eight times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City. Gene McCormick has written numerous books on a variety of subjects. He is president of a marketing and public relations company and lives in Wayne, Illinois.

Chess Notes:
"Handsome (..) clearly written and beautifully produced"

Chess Life:
"Entertaining and Fascinating"

Choice:
"Detailed analysis"

Library Journal:
"This handsome retrospective is written with reverence and brio"

Inside Chess:
"Full of obscure facts about fascinating characters (..) Excellent pictures, lots of crosstables and crisp typesetting make this a very attractive book, one that belongs in every chess player's home"

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