Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Chess Enterprises, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, U.S. A
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780931462924ISBN:0931462924
Description: Very Good. 90 pages. Light wear and discoloring to covers; tight, clean book. "White's opening with 1 b4 is known by a variety of names. Tartakower gave it the colorful moniker 'Orangutan' after a visit to the zoo during the New York 1924 tournament....It is not really a radical opening and author Wall has provided a thorough survey of the current theory. It is a very playable game for the venturesome who are willing to depart from the most analyzed openings. " Quantity Available: 1. Shipped ... read more
Description: Fine Condition. EAN: 9780931462924. 90 pp. Flawless copy. Pages are clean & bright, with no marking or creasing. Over the years, the opening has been called the English, Hunt, Polish, Sokolsky, or Orangutan Opening. Tartakower said (about 1. b4): "This move, which has so bizarre an aspect, occupies a place of honor amongst the `freak' openings. Later, at the New York Tournament of 1924, I termed this the `Orangutan' Opening, not only because I employed it there against Maroczy-after a previous ... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Chess Enterprises Inc., U. S, A.
Date Published: 1989
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A tight clean copy, slightly sunned spine, printers ink mark on rear cover otherwise unmarked.. read more
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