VISITING my father yesterday my eye fell on an old openings book, A Pocket Guide To The Chess Openings by RC Griffith and H Golombek.
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| A 1975 reprint of a book first published by G Bell & Sons in 1949 |
My "new and revised edition" first came out in 1958, and by 1975 cost £1.75.
Of course the price of chess books now, compared with almost 50 years ago. stands out.
But the biggest difference, in my opinion, is what you get for your money.
Back then a single, small book was apparently capable of covering all the openings.
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| Size may not be everything, but clearly today we get more depth for our money |
Book stalls are relatively rare sights at modern chess congresses, but when they are there the range of opening books, and DVDs for that matter, is immense, and so, often, are the tomes themselves.
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