How Purdy Won: 1st World Champion of Correspondence Chess (Purdy Series)
How Purdy Won recounts the journey of the world's first correspondence chess champion, Cecil Purdy. Included are the hardest games of Purdy's life. Through 6 years of correspondence play, Purdy was constantly learning. Now, he is sharing the secrets he learned with you.
How Purdy Won recounts the journey of the world's first correspondence chess champion, Cecil Purdy. Included are the hardest games of Purdy's life. Through 6 years of correspondence play, Purdy was constantly learning. Now, he is sharing the secrets he learned with you.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780938650805 (0938650807)
Publish date: October 1st 1998
Publisher: Thinkers' Press
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Purdy is one of the world's enduring writers on chess. His influence extended far beyond Australia. The magazine he edited from the 1920s on, which took on various names, Chess World being the most enduring, is something over which collectors fight and for good reason.By the time I started playing h...