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Is anyone aware of a collection of Capablancas games, annotated by the man himself, translated into algebraic? I have looked on amazon but I am having a hard time finding such a thing.
Originally posted by chrspaynWhy does it have to be in algebraic? Descriptive notation isn't so bad once you get used to it.
Is anyone aware of a collection of Capablancas games, annotated by the man himself, translated into algebraic? I have looked on amazon but I am having a hard time finding such a thing.
Originally posted by chrspaynAlso, I'm not sure how useful it would be to you, since it's in DN and not very many games, but don't forget the out-of-print Dover reissue of "World's Championship Matches, 1921 and 1927". Capa lightly annotates the 1921 games, but not the 1927 games (which were annotated by others).
Is anyone aware of a collection of Capablancas games, annotated by the man himself, translated into algebraic? I have looked on amazon but I am having a hard time finding such a thing.
Originally posted by chrspaynI'm not certain, but I suspect it is NOT in algebraic notation. The Batsford edition by Golombek and Nunn is in figurine algebraic, but there's no indication that this Hardinge Simpole edition is a copy of the Batsford edition. I suspect it's a copy of an older edition that was made in descriptive notation. Also, if you read the Amazon reviews, you'll see that they imply that the book is in descriptive.
Can anyone tell if this: http://www.amazon.com/Capablancas-Hundred-Best-Games-Chess/dp/184382129X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219754286&sr=8-1
is the algebraic version or not, I am guessing it is because of the 2004 copyright date, but am not sure.
Originally posted by chrspaynI'm not sure what you mean here. For clarification, the link you give in this post is the American Batsford edition by Golombek, as edited by Nunn. This is the same book I referred to earlier that I stated is in figurine algebraic notation. (And I'm 100 percent sure of this.) Unfortunately, it's also out of print and expensive on the used book market.
I suspect it is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Capablancas-Games-American-Batsford-Library/dp/1879479478/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219769062&sr=8-20
It seems like algebraic collections of both Capablanca and Alekhine games are always both out of print and quite expensive
Originally posted by chrspaynRegarding Alekhine game books, you could always get the Skinner book. Yeah, it would cost you several times the cost of a normal new book, but then it would take you several lifetimes to get through. What a bargain! 😉
It seems like algebraic collections of both Capablanca and Alekhine games are always both out of print and quite expensive
Originally posted by greenpawn34I believe those errors have been corrected in the algebraic reissue. As I recall, Golombek's original analysis is always included but there are a couple of games where John Nunn disagrees with Golombek and includes his alternative analysis in a footnote.
I too have this but in desciptive.
Winter states it has few errors in it - hope they cleared this up
in the algebraic version.