The United States Chess Championship, 1845-2011, 3D Ed. (Paperback)

from ennedroC

The United States Chess Championship 1845-2011 is a well put together book of all U.S. Chess Championships from 1845 to the more recent year of 2011. It is very highly detailed and informative. I do not have much to say about this book. But if anyone plans to get it you will get even MORE than yo...

from JamesPaul977

A very nice summary of a concept familiar to US chess players. Soltis chronologically describes the evolution of the US chess championship in twelve chapters. From Paul Morphy to the present, the tournaments are narrated with details of the players lives, rivalries, event scheduling, rule making,...

from km494949

"The United States Chess Championship, 1845-2011" is the 3rd edition/update in prolific chess write and columnist Andy Soltis' excellent series about the storied championship. The book is broken down into nine chapters (e.g Paul Morphy, The Reshevsky Years, The Fischer Era, The Russians are Comin...

from lupoman

I received this Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) through the LibraryThing Early Reviewer Program. This is the definitive book on the U.S. Chess Championships and is indexed three ways: by player, by chess openings, and by ECO openings. It covers the stories behind the games, and one of the stories is t...

from sthitha_pragjna

GM Andy Soltis's "The United States Chess Championshio, 1845-2011", published by McFarland, in the third edition, extends the 2nd edition (1845-1996), and the first (1845-1985).( The added chapters are: Chapter Eleven, Champions Galore(1985-1996), Chapter Twelve, Sponsor Shock(1997-2011)). Runnin...