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"J. H. Donner (1927-1988) was a Dutch Grandmaster and one of the greatest writers about chess of all time. He was a chess reporter and a chess columnist, as well as an annotator of the game. Above all he was a witty and unpredictable commentator of everything and everybody, both inside and outs...
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| Language: | English Dutch |
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Alkmaar :
New in Chess,
2006.
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"J. H. Donner (1927-1988) was a Dutch Grandmaster and one of the greatest writers about chess of all time. He was a chess reporter and a chess columnist, as well as an annotator of the game. Above all he was a witty and unpredictable commentator of everything and everybody, both inside and outside the chess world. The King spans a writing career of more than thirty years during which Donner slowly developed from chess player-writer into writer-chess player."--Jacket. |
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Includes indexes. Translation of De koning : schaakstukken. - Amsterdam : Bakker, 1987. |
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391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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9056911716 9789056911713 |