The Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen: Master of Attack

Having collected games of Anderssen, Steinitz, and Morphy around is always nice when the urge strikes me to "go back to basics." By basics, I of course mean wild open games, like King's Gambits, Giouco Pianos, etc. This book of Anderssen's games is truly wonderful. The games themselves are a treasure, but equally impressive is the production of the book itself. These books by Pickard Publishing are made of very high quality materials and are built to last. The paper is thick, the binding heavy, and yet the volume has that nice floppy quality that allows it to lie open on your lap with no stress on the binding. This book feels like it is to be treasured. It feels like a collector's item. It should be purchased and relished. Plus, there is a collection of 80 beautifl problems composed by Anderssen (he actually attained fame first in Germany as a composer of problems) and there is a section containing the memorial speech delivered after Anderssen's death. I cannotr say enough about this book. The annotations do not contain text, but only variations and Informator style symbols. They are collected from many sources, and they are very helpful.