Category Archives: Books

Barker and Marshall

Posted on April 6, 2021 by David McAlister

In the previous post Malcolm Barker, Sean had queried Barker’s attribution of a photograph of him in play against Walter Marshall (and being watched by Sir George Thomas and W. Ritson Morry) to the 1949 Glorney Cup, because the contemporary newspaper reports had … Continue reading →

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Inscription

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Sean Coffey

My local club, the Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco, has an excellent chess library, with about 2,000 books, along with complete runs of the British Chess Magazine, Informator, New in Chess, and others. I have meant for some time to … Continue reading →

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From John Moles’ The French Defence Main Line Winawer

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Sean Coffey

John Moles’ book The French Defence Main Line Winawer (Batsford, 1975) has been widely praised but even still Wolfgang Heidenfeld’s assessment ‘perhaps the best of all chess opening monographs’ (see the last post) is startling, I confess. On the other … Continue reading →

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Bibliography

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Sean Coffey

A new Bibliography page has been added to the menu above. The plan is to include information on all books, journals, columns, articles, and DVDs written in Ireland or by Irish authors. I hasten to add that the current page … Continue reading →

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“Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987” shortlisted for ECF Book of the Year

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Sean Coffey

The English Chess Federation has announced the shortlist of four books for its highly prestigious Book of the Year award, and Tim Harding’s book, with much of interest to Irish chess history, has very deservedly been selected as one of … Continue reading →

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