The Oxford Companion to Chess
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The Oxford Companion to Chess is a
Kenneth Whyld.[1] The book is written in an encyclopedia format. The book belongs to the Oxford Companions
series.
Details
The first edition of the book was published in 1984 by
tactics, over 500 brief biographies of famous players, and entries on more than 700 named openings
and opening variations. In the back of the book is a comprehensive index of opening variations and sub-variations, listing 1,327 named variations.
The book also discusses variants from other countries (such as
three dimensional chess), and some forms of fairy chess
.
Editions
- First published in 1984 by Oxford University Press
- Reissued in paperback (with corrections) in 1987 by Oxford University Press
- Second edition published in 1992 by Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-866164-9
- Paperback version of the second edition in 1996 ISBN 978-0-19-280049-7
References
- ^ "The Oxford Companion to Chess". Goodreads. Retrieved 28 November 2017.