The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played the fifth in the series

the fifth in the series

Characterized by beauty and richness of design

valuable reference

Byland places the Codex in its historical context and helps elucidate its meaning and significance

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played the fifth in the seriesHere are 62 masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning at chess, compiled and annotated by one of the game's most admired and respected writers. Each game offers a classic example of a fundamental problem and its best resolution, described and diagrammed in the clearest possible manner for players of every level of skill. As Irving Chernev observes in the Introduction, "Who will doubt the tremendous power exerted by a Rook posted on