Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research. W._Steinitz

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 Andy Ansel
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 Lissowski, Tomasz
 McAlister, David
 Phillips, John Paul
 Pope, Nick
 Ravilious & Denman
 Savage, Allan

The Lazy Man’s Guide to Chess Research 
by Andy Ansel

Napier: The Search Continues 
by John S. Hilbert
The Queen City: George Thornton and Early Buffalo Chess 
by John S. Hilbert
To Checkmate the Kaiser 
by John S. Hilbert
Capablanca in Cleveland 
by John S. Hilbert

A Trap for the Historian 
by Tomasz Lissowski
Alexey, Brother of Alekhine 
by Tomasz Lissowski
Letter from the Lodz Ghetto: A Tribute to Dawid Daniuszewski 
by Tomasz Lissowski
Unknown Games of Mikhail Tal 
by Tomasz Lissowski
Adolf Albin: The Teacher of Nimzovich? 
by Tomasz Lissowski

History of the Early Irish Championships 
by David McAlister

The McConnell Family Notebooks, Part I 
by John Paul Phillips

The Anderssen-Kolisch Match, London 1861 
by Nick Pope
The Mackenzie-Reichhelm match, US Championship 1867 
by Nick Pope
The Blackburne-Steinitz match, London 1876 
by Nick Pope
The Rosenthal-Zukertort Match, London 1880 
by Nick Pope
The Gunsberg-Steinitz match, World Championship 1890-91 
by Nick Pope
The Lasker-Steinitz match, World Championship 1894 
by Nick Pope
History and Literature of Chess 
by Nick Pope
Gallery of Chess Portraits - No. II. 
by Nick Pope
Have We A Traitor Among Us? 
by Nick Pope

The Chess Detectives 
by Chris Ravilious & Brian Denman
  • The Sculptor’s Daughter

  • Caissa’s Legacy: The Great Chess Libraries 
    by Allan Savage

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