Chess Library
In 2022 the Redlands Chess Club donated their chess library of 165 books to the Gold Coast Chess Club. Studying the chess of the masters is a valuable tool to assist all players learn and grow with their chess. Our library has been catalogued below into categories of interest such as tactics, repertoires, strategy, etc. If you are a GCCC member you may borrow from our library!!
Books are borrowed via email request to goldcoastchess@gmail.com
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Have some chess books that you are not using? Donations are accepted to grow and share our library with other members looking to learn and improve.
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Thanks to our kind donors:
2022 Redlands Chess Club
2023 Ken Henrick
Lending Rules
1- One must be a paid member to borrow books.
2- Members can borrow up to 3 books at once.
3- Books can be borrowed for 3 months.
Lending Rules
4- Books can be renewed once before returning. A member can have a book for 6 months in a row before returning.
Accurate list of books available below for borrowing.
5-If a book is loaned a member can reserve the book and will have access to it when it is returned.
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6- Books lost or not returned must be replaced by members at cost to them.
If a replacement is not available then a book of the same category/theme is to be found to replace the missing book.
Eg. If one loses a Black Repertoire book and can't find the replacement online then they must buy a similar Black Repertoire book.
Books are borrowed via email request to goldcoastchess@gmail.com
Category | Num. | Author | Year | Text | Con. | Borrowed By | Loan Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginner | 7 | Purdy,CJS | 1950 | Guide to Good Chess | VG | |||
Beginner | 9 | Reinfeld,Fred | 1955 | Improving Your Chess 1965 printing | G | |||
Beginner | 19 | Evans,Larry | 1959 | Chess in Ten Easy Lessons 1975 ed. | VG | |||
Beginner | 5 | Abrahams,Gerald | 1953 | The Teach Yourself Books: Chess | G | |||
Beginner | 27 | Langfield,Paul | 1968 | Chess Move by Move 3rd ed 1971 | G | |||
Beginner | 11 | Horowitz,IA and Reinfeld,F | 1953 | First Book of Chess | P | |||
Beginner | 21 | Purdy, CJS & Koshnitsky,G | 1962 | Chess Made Easy | P | 39 page small booklet | ||
Beginner | 16 | Green,R.F. | 1941 | Chess | G | |||
Beginner | 23 | Abrahams,Gerald | 1966 | The Pan Book of Chess | G | |||
Beginner | 2 | Wolff,Patrick | 1997 | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess | VG | |||
Beginner | 18 | Alexander,CHO'D & Beach,TJ | 1963 | Learn Chess: A new way for all Vol.II Winning Methods | G | |||
Beginner | 13 | Norwood,D | 1992 | Better Chess | G |