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Irving Chernev (1900–1981)

Author of Logical Chess: Move by Move

20 Works 2,206 Members 22 Reviews 5 Favorited

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Works by Irving Chernev

Logical Chess: Move by Move (1957) 648 copies, 5 reviews

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy (1965) 277 copies, 2 reviews

Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead (1948) 202 copies, 3 reviews

An Invitation to Chess (1973) 153 copies

Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: 60 Complete Games (1978) 141 copies

The Fireside Book of Chess (1901) 108 copies, 4 reviews

Practical Chess Endings (1961) 92 copies, 1 review

1000 Best Short Games of Chess (1955) 91 copies, 1 review

Combinations: The Heart of Chess (1960) 88 copies, 2 reviews

Winning Chess Traps (1946) 87 copies

The Chess Companion (1968) 83 copies, 2 reviews

200 Brilliant Endgames (1989) 56 copies

Chessboard Magic! (1943) 54 copies

The Russians Play Chess: Fifty-Six Master Games, Selected and Annotated (1947) 31 copies, 1 review

The Bright Side of Chess (1965) 30 copies

Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (1974) 21 copies, 1 review

The Golden Dozen: The twelve greatest chess players of all time (Oxford chess books) (1976) 21 copies

Twelve Great Chess Players and Their Best Games (1976) 16 copies

Curious Chess Facts (2013) 5 copies

The Compleat Draughts Player (1981) 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Chernev, Irving
Birthdate: 1900-01-29
Date of death: 1981-09-29
Gender: male
Nationality: Russia
USA
Birthplace: Priluki, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Place of death: San Francisco, California, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Occupations: chess

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The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62… by Irving Chernev

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Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev

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The Russians Play Chess: Fifty-Six Master Games… by Irving Chernev

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Combinations: The Heart of Chess (Dover Chess) by Irving Chernev

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Statistics

Works: 20
Members: 2,206
Popularity: #11,625
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 22
ISBNs: 68
Languages: 1
Favorited: 5

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