British Chess Magazine Bound Volumes
Complete classic years, all hardback (except 1971), with British
Chess Magazine and the year embossed on the spine. Supplies limited
- stocks for several of the years are nearly exhausted.
Photograph on the right: John Watkinson (1833-1923), founder
and first editor (1881-1887) of British Chess Magazine, the chess
magazine with the longest uninterrupted run in the world.
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| 1967 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR : P H Clarke and Heidenfeld do a huge series
on the Havana Olympiad, Botvinnik wins at Hastings, interview with
Tal, Penrose wins the British Championships. Plus Golombek continues
his famous Games Department. Was £27, now £20.
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1968 -
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| 1969
- SPECIAL OFFER YEAR : A vintage Spassky beats Petrosian second
time around, plus reports on the Soviet Championship, Hoogoven and
Hastings... at Rhyl Penrose wins a record tenth British. Was £27,
now £20. £20.
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| 1970:
c. 150 match and tournament reports, including USSR v Rest of the
World... Siegen Olympiad... To the fore: Tal, Larsen, Gligoric, Petrosian,
Polugayevsky, Taimanov... £14.
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1971 -
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1972 -
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| 1973 -
Jim Slater announces £5000 prize should any Briton become a
GM... Rising star Anatoly Karpov appears at Skopje Olympiad, Leningrad
Interzonal. £12.50 |
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| 1974 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR : Tony Miles wins World Junior title, Tal is
third at Hastings behind Kuzmin and Szabo, CHO'D Alexander dies, Candidates'
Matches: Karpov-Spassky, Karpov-Korchnoi, Nice Olympiad. Was £12.50,
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1975 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR - The Alexander Memorial In Teeside is won
by Geller, ahead of Smyslov, Bronstein, Hort... Paul Keres dies. Karpov
is the new champion as Fischer defaults. Was £12.50, now
£10.50. £10.50
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1976
- Geller wins the Alekhine Memorial, Bronstein wins Hastings. England
third at Haifa Olympiad behind USA and Holland, with a team of Miles,
Keene, Hartston, Stean, Mestel and Nunn. 10-year-old Nigel Short beats
Korchnoi in a simul. £14.00
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1977 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR - c. 400 tournament and match reports, c. 350
general articles, reviews and reports, c. 900 games - i.e. a typical
BCM bound volume. The new generation of English players is just starting
to emerge. Was £14.00, now £10.50. £10.50
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1978 :
The year of the bitter Karpov-Korchnoi match in Baguio City. Plus
Spassky-Korchnoi, and the usual Practical Chess Endings, Improve Your
Chess, theoretical articles. £14.00.
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1979 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR - Montreal tournament stars Karpov, Portish,
Spassky, Timman, Tal, Hort, Hubner, Kavalek and Larsen. Billed as
'strongest of all time,' but placed fifth by Keene in historical survey.
16-year-old Kasparov wins Banja Luka. Was £14.00, now £10.50. £10.50
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1980 -
A bumper issue for tournaments - Tilburg, Lone Pine, Novi Sad, Wijk
aan Zee... just a few of very many. Leading English players are much
in evidence: Miles, Stean, Nunn. £14.00
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1981 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR- Karpov takes the lead vs. Korchnoi in Merano.
Plus the Malta Olympiad, Hastings, China, Tilburg and in London Short
beat Miles in the final of the BBC's Master Game. Was £16.00,
now £12.50. £12.50
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1982:
Karpov beats Korchnoi in just 18 games, plus Lucerne Olympiad, Phillips
& Drew, Moscow Interzonal, Speelman's annotated Great Games 1970-1980
series begins. £18.00
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1983 -
Nunn and Speelman by now frequent contributors. Linares elite event
won by Spassky over Andersson, Karpov, Miles... Matches: Kasparov-Beliavsky,
Tal-Andersson ... Capablanca Memorial. £16.00
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1984 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR- The first Karpov-Kasparov match begins in
Moscow. Halcyon days for the 'English Chess Explosion': Short, Miles,
Speelman, Chandler, Nunn. Was £17.50, now £14.00. £14.00.
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1985 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR: The marathon K-K match is stopped by Campomanes,
but Kasparov wins the re-match six months later. England win silver
at the Thessaloniki Olympiad. Was £17.50, now £14.00. £14.00
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1986 -
The Karpov-Kasparov World Title dual is split between London and Leningrad...
plus a shock win by Flear at the London GLC tournament, ahead of Chandler,
Short, Nunn. £19.95
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1987
- The closest Kasparov-Karpov match of them all begins in Seville.
A great performance by the England team at the Dubai Olympiad, just
pipped to gold by the Soviets... Short and Speelman qualify for the
Candidates. £22.00.
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1988
- Another dramatic last-round win by Kasparov levels the World Championship
scores and denies Karpov yet again... Reggio Emilia, New York, SWIFT...
Short and Speelman's spectacular Candidates quarter-final in London.
Mestel wins the British, ahead of a young Vishy Anand.
£22.00
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1989 -
Thessaloniki Olympiad. Michael Adams annotates. Polgar sisters in the UK. Kasparov on the 'professionalisation' of chess. Barcelona World Cup. Euwe Memorial in Amsterdam. Obituary of BH Wood. Matthew Sadler annotates. Bogoljubow in memoriam. Rotterdam World Cup. John Nunn annotates. Who's Afraid of the Polgar Sisters? Michael Adams wins British Championship. 50 Years Ago: 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad. Kasparov triumph at Tilburg. Student's Corner with Raaphy Persitz. Viewpoint with Stewart Reuben. World Championship semi-finals. Kasparov versus Deep Thought. £22.00
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1990:
The 5th K-Karpov match begins in New York. The next cycle gets underway
as Short sneaks through to qualify from the Manila Interzonal.. Fischer
announces his patented new clock. £22.00.
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1991 -
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1992 -
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1993 -
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1994 - SOLD OUT
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1995 - SOLD OUT
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1996
- Featuring the FIDE World Championship clash between Karpov and Kamsky
in Elista, whilst elsewhere... Ivanchuk wins brilliantly in Wijk aan
Zee, Michael Adams wins in New York, and Zsusza Polgar beats Xie Jun
for the Women's title. England's new star at the Erevan Olympiad,
Matthew Sadler, contributes a full report on his gold-medal performance.
£29.95
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1997 -
SPECIAL OFFER YEAR - Covering every big event of the year, including
Tilburg, Las Palmas, Hastings, Wijk, Groningen, 4NCL, Linares, Kasparov-Deep
Blue, Monaco, Pula... plus annotated games, problems, studies, correspondence
chess and book reviews. Was £29.95, now £22.50.
£22.50
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1998
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1999
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2000 - Sensation
as Kramnik defeats Kasparov in London to become the BGN World Champion...
Kasparov triumphs in Wijk and Sarajevo, but he shares the honours
with Kramnik in Linares... Anand in top form, winning the inaugural
FIDE World Cup and in Dortmund, shares first with Kramnik in Dortmund
- where England's Mickey Adams finally ended Vladimir Kramnik's
long unbeaten run... Julian Hodgson retains his British Championship
at Millfield... BCM celebrates its 120 year history with articles
on each decade penned by twelve distinguished writers... Joe Gallagher
on the King's Gambit. Colour pictures from all the year's big
events. £31.95
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2001 - SOLD OUT
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2002
- SOLD OUT (European Team Championship...
Obituary of Tony Miles... Ponomariov beats Ivanchuk to take the FIDE
World Championship... Bareev wins at Wijk aan Zee, Kasparov in Linares...
Leko wins the FIDE Grand Prix in Dubai... Prague Reunification talks...
Andrew Martin on the King's Indian... RB Ramesh wins British Championship...
Russia versus the World in Moscow... Epishin wins the Monarch in the
Isle of Man... Brains in Bahrain: Kramnik ties with Deep Fritz...
more than 50 pages of colour pictures from the world's top events.
672 pages, hardcover. £31.95)
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2003
- Bled Olympiad, annotated
by Emms, McShane, Motwani, Collins and Williams, Women's Olympiad
by Harriet Hunt... Anand wins Corus Wijk aan Zee, Leko in Linares...
Keith Arkell on the Grand Prix... Vescovi on Bermuda, Giddins on Gibraltar...
Kasparov v Deep Junior... Yates Remembered by Steve Giddins... Mystery
of the Lewis Chessmen by Ken Whyld... Short Triumph in Budapest...
Pirc 150 Attack by James Vigus... Nigel Johnson on the Future of the
4NCL... † Ken Whyld: An Appreciation... Art of Chess Exhibition...
Staunton Memorial: Chess Returns to Simpsons... Abhijit Kunte wins
the British Championship... Bologan wins in Dortmund... Interviews
with Peter Svidler and Glenn Flear... Svidler wins the Russian Championship...
Agdestein wins the Monarch in the Isle of Man, Short sensational withdrawal...
McShane's tournament successes... Kasparov wins the Book of the Year
award. More than 50 pages of colour pictures from the world's top
events. 672 pages, hardcover. £31.95
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2004
- As always, the bound volume
of the year's 12 British Chess Magazines is the most complete record
of chess available anywhere. It has coverage of major international
and British events, articles, problems, studies, quotes and queries,
book reviews, history, colour photos and much more. Articles on Kasparov
vs X3D Fritz, Kasparov's books and documentary film, Rowson's win
at Hastings, Short's win in Gibraltar, 4NCL, historical articles on
BH Wood, Harold Lommer and Philip Stamma, FIDE World Championship,
Rowson winning the British Championship, Monarch Assurance, Kramnik
vs Leko in Brissago, the controversial Mallorca Olympiad - and much,
much more. Contributors and annotators include Ian Rogers, Lubosh
Kavalek, Jonathan Rowson, Daniel King, John Emms, Giovanni Vescovi,
Harriet Hunt, Colin Crouch, Gary Lane, Bernard Cafferty, Craig Pritchett,
Steve Giddins and many others. All bound in an attractive maroon cloth-bound
hard cover. Your bookshelf would be incomplete without it! •
672 pages, hardcover. £32.95
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2005
- There is no better way
of keeping abreast of competitive chess than by collecting bound volumes
of British Chess Magazine. The 2005 bound volume has coverage
of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems, studies, quotes
and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos and much more. Featured
articles: Kasparov wins the Russian Championship, Women's Olympiad,
Hastings, Hikaru Nakamura wins the US Championship, Leko wins Corus
Wijk aan Zee, Kasparov wins Linares and then retires, exclusive post-retirement
interview with Kasparov , Bermuda, Melody Amber, 50 Years of Quotes
and Queries, 4NCL, Special Ukrainian edition (July, edited by Ukrainian
GM Mikhail Golubev), Topalov wins in Sofia, interview with Sergey
Karyakin, Adams vs Hydra Computer, Naiditsch wins in Dortmund, Rowson
retains British Championship, Topalov wins FIDE World Championship
... and much, much more. Contributors and annotators include Ian Rogers,
Lubosh Kavalek, Mikhail Golubev, Ruslan Ponomariov, Jonathan Rowson,
Valeri Beim, Mikhail Podgaets, Alexander Moiseenko, Alexander Vaisman,
John Emms, Chris Ravilious, Steve Giddins, John Roycroft, Colin Crouch,
Gary Lane, Bernard Cafferty and many others. All bound in an attractive
maroon cloth-bound hard cover and fully indexed. Your bookshelf would
be incomplete without it! • 672 pages, hardcover. £32.95
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2006 - The 2006 bound volume
has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems,
studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos
and much more. Featured articles: Russia pips China for the World
Team Championship • Shakriyar Mamedyarov wins the world junior
championship • Jonathan Levitt reviews Chess for Zebras by
Jonathan Rowson • Aronian wins FIDE World Cup • Chess as
a feminist issue: Cathy Forbes reviews Jennifer Shahade's book Chess
Bitch • Sergey Rublevsky wins the Russian Championship •
Anand and Topalov share the honours at Corus Wijk • Chandler
wins the Queenstown Classic, Georgiev wins in Gibraltar • Aronian
wins Morelia/Linares • Peter Leko interviewed by Ian Rogers •
John Watson on the US Championship, won by Alexander Onischuk •
Kholmov: Steve Giddins pays homage • Armenia win the Turin Olympiad,
Ukraine win the Women's Olympiad • Topalov wins the Mtel Masters
• Figurine Notation? No thanks, says John Roycroft • Mikhail
Golubev on the Foros Supertournament • Jonathan Rowson wins his
third straight British Championship • Kramnik and Svidler share
first in Dortmund • Ivan Sokolov wins the Staunton Memorial •
Short wins the EU Championship • Controversy and excitement at
the World Championship reunification match in Elista • Judit
Polgar crushes Veselin Topalov in Hoogeveen • Mikhail Tal and
William Winter remembered • .. and much, much more. Contributors
and annotators include Ian Rogers, Lubosh Kavalek, John Watson, Mikhail
Golubev, Sam Collins, Chris Ravilious, Steve Giddins, John Roycroft,
Gary Lane, Cathy Forbes, Bernard Cafferty and many others. All bound
in an attractive maroon cloth-bound hard cover and fully indexed.
Your bookshelf would be incomplete without it! • 672 pages, hardcover. £32.95
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2007 - The 2007 bound volume
has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems,
studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos
and much more. Featured articles: Kramnik vs Deep Fritz • Tribute to David Bronstein • Bronstein and the King's Indian Defence • Wijk aan Zee • Akopian wins in Gibraltar • Morelia/Linares • European Championships • Easter Congresses • Guildford-ADC wins the 4NCL • Candidates Matches in Elista • Kramnik wins in Dortmund • Ivanchuk's Hot Streak • Aagaard wins British Championship • UK vs China in Liverpool • Adams wins Staunton Memorial • Vishy Anand wins undisputed world title in Mexico • Russians dominate in Crete • Fischer and the Poisoned Pawn.. and much, much more. Contributors
and annotators include Jonathan Speelman, Ian Rogers, Lubosh Kavalek, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Mikhail
Golubev, Sam Collins, Chris Ravilious, Steve Giddins, Gary Lane, Bernard Cafferty and many others. All bound
in an attractive maroon cloth-bound hard cover and fully indexed.
Your bookshelf would be incomplete without it! • 672 pages, hardcover. £33.95
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2008 - The 2008 bound volume
has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems,
studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos
and much more • 672 pages, hardcover. £39.95
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2009
- The 2009 bound volume
has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems,
studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos
and much more • 672 pages, hardcover.
£39.95
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