The Two-Move Chess Problem
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
For the chess enthusiast who has mastered the basics and now hungers for a deeper intellectual challenge, The Two-Move Chess Problem by B. G. Laws stands as an indispensable guide to one of the most elegant disciplines in the world of chess composition. Published in 1922 by the prestigious London house G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., and accompanied by numerous diagrams, this volume presents the art and science of the two-move chess problem — that deceptively compact puzzle format in which White must force checkmate in precisely two moves — with authoritative clarity and systematic rigour. Laws, a highly regarded figure in late Victorian and Edwardian chess problem circles, instructs the reader through a carefully curated selection of problems, illustrating the key themes, tactical motifs, and compositional principles that define the genre at its finest. Beyond its practical utility as a solving manual, the work argues for the aesthetic merit of the two-move problem as a legitimate art form, one demanding creativity, logic, and economy of means in equal measure. Laws's prose is precise and pedagogically sound, making this text as valuable to the aspiring composer as it is to the keen solver. A century on, The Two-Move Chess Problem endures as a cornerstone of chess problem literature — one that leaves the reader perpetually wondering: what hidden key move lies just beyond the edge of sight?
Author: B. G. Laws
Format: Paperback
Published: 1922, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd.
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
For the chess enthusiast who has mastered the basics and now hungers for a deeper intellectual challenge, The Two-Move Chess Problem by B. G. Laws stands as an indispensable guide to one of the most elegant disciplines in the world of chess composition. Published in 1922 by the prestigious London house G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., and accompanied by numerous diagrams, this volume presents the art and science of the two-move chess problem — that deceptively compact puzzle format in which White must force checkmate in precisely two moves — with authoritative clarity and systematic rigour. Laws, a highly regarded figure in late Victorian and Edwardian chess problem circles, instructs the reader through a carefully curated selection of problems, illustrating the key themes, tactical motifs, and compositional principles that define the genre at its finest. Beyond its practical utility as a solving manual, the work argues for the aesthetic merit of the two-move problem as a legitimate art form, one demanding creativity, logic, and economy of means in equal measure. Laws's prose is precise and pedagogically sound, making this text as valuable to the aspiring composer as it is to the keen solver. A century on, The Two-Move Chess Problem endures as a cornerstone of chess problem literature — one that leaves the reader perpetually wondering: what hidden key move lies just beyond the edge of sight?