The Next Move Is....: Studies In Chess Combinations
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
For the chess player who has mastered the basics and hungers for the deeper art of tactical brilliance, The Next Move Is.... is an indispensable companion. Published in 1945 by London's esteemed G. Bell & Sons Ltd, E. G. R. Cordingley's work presents a carefully curated collection of chess combinations, challenging readers to calculate, visualise, and discover the decisive move hidden within each carefully constructed position. Rather than offering passive instruction, the book actively engages the reader's mind, presenting each puzzle as a test of combinatorial vision — the very skill that separates the competent player from the truly formidable one. Cordingley's approach is methodical yet stimulating, guiding the student through a disciplined study of tactical motifs that remain as relevant today as when the book was first printed. The work sits within a distinguished tradition of British chess literature, reflecting the rigorous analytical culture of mid-twentieth-century chess scholarship. Its terse, elegant style strips away the superfluous and focuses entirely on the board — leaving the reader perpetually asking, with each turn of the page, what exactly that next move will be.
Author: E. G. R. Cordingley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1945, G. Bell & Sons Ltd
Genre: Reference & language
Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
For the chess player who has mastered the basics and hungers for the deeper art of tactical brilliance, The Next Move Is.... is an indispensable companion. Published in 1945 by London's esteemed G. Bell & Sons Ltd, E. G. R. Cordingley's work presents a carefully curated collection of chess combinations, challenging readers to calculate, visualise, and discover the decisive move hidden within each carefully constructed position. Rather than offering passive instruction, the book actively engages the reader's mind, presenting each puzzle as a test of combinatorial vision — the very skill that separates the competent player from the truly formidable one. Cordingley's approach is methodical yet stimulating, guiding the student through a disciplined study of tactical motifs that remain as relevant today as when the book was first printed. The work sits within a distinguished tradition of British chess literature, reflecting the rigorous analytical culture of mid-twentieth-century chess scholarship. Its terse, elegant style strips away the superfluous and focuses entirely on the board — leaving the reader perpetually asking, with each turn of the page, what exactly that next move will be.