Vintage Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings set 5 pes. First Edition 1974-1979. NOS!(New old stock). The Books not been used before! Unique Collectible Instance!!! Large gift format. Publishin: Sahovski Informator (Chess Informant). Pages: 2,600 pages.

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Annotation: The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess in five volumes from 1974 to 1979 by the Serbian company Sahovski Informator (Chess Informant) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings

The moves are taken from thousands of master games and from published analysis in Informant and compiled by the editors, most of whom are grandmasters, who select the lines which they consider most relevant or critical.

The books are intended for an international audience and contain only a small amount of text, which is in several languages. The bulk of the content consists of diagrams of positions and chess moves, annotated with symbols, many of them developed by Chess Informant. Chess Informant pioneered the use of Figurine Algebraic Notation to avoid the use of initials for the names of the pieces, which vary between languages.

Instead of the traditional names for the openings, ECO has developed a coding system that has also been adopted by other chess publications. There are five main categories, "A" to "E", corresponding to the five volumes of the earlier editions, each of which is further subdivided into 100 subcategories, for a total of 500 codes. The term "ECO" is often used as a shorthand for this coding system.

Volume A: Flank openings, Volume B: Semi-Open Games other than the French Defence, Volume C: Open Games and the French Defence, Volume D: Closed Games and Semi-Closed Games, Volume E: (other than Grünfeld Defence and Old Indian Defence)

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Unique Collectible Instance! Amazing beauty graceful chess books! Great gift on Christmas and New Year, Valentine's day, a chess lover, collector of vintage, antiques things, chess player,  friend and just a loved one! Nice and rare item for your collection!

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