Description
This edition published in 2005 led to overwhelming international acclaim, Jeremy Gaige’s Chess Personalia has been called one of the most useful chess books ever published (Edward Winter in New in Chess).
The book is an invaluable resource for researchers and enthusiasts, and original copies are highly sought after by chess collectors. Long out of print, the original work is available here for the first time in a softcover format.
This biobibliography contains around 14,000 worldwide entries, each entry offering full name, date and place of birth and death, FIDE title, country of citizenship and citations to mentions in the worlds media. Variants in names are cross referenced. Those knowledgeable in the chess world will recognize the authors name and be completely assured as to the comprehensiveness, accuracy, lack of bias, and sedulous research this extraordinary reference work represents.
Softback, 505 pages. 154.94 x 229.62 x 29.46mm, 735g. ISBN 0786423536
