Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 17:56:56 03/22/05
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On March 22, 2005 at 20:39:52, Mike Byrne wrote: >On March 22, 2005 at 11:17:13, Terry McCracken wrote: > >>22.03.2005 International Master Simon Webb, successful junior and correspondence >>player, was killed by his son in his Stockholm appartment last week. The tragedy >>occurred when Webb returned from a tournament late at night. After the attack >>the son tried to commit suicide. Simon Webb is best known for his book Chess for >>Tigers. >> >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2277 > >A real tragedy. His only chess book. "Chess for Tigers", is very often on the >top ten list for young players and is very good for new players young and old >alike. > >They have become scarce and are in demand as collectible book if you can find >one. Below are 4 of the known ISBN numbers that I oculd track down if you are >interested. > > > >http://isbn.nu/0192175750 1978 Globe Pequot Press >http://isbn.nu/0192175769 1978 Globe Pequot Press >http://isbn.nu/0080377882 1990 Globe Pequot Press >http://isbn.nu/1857440218 1991 Globe Pequot Press > > > Best, > >Michael Thanks for the info Mike, I may keep an eye out for this book, I haven't even heard of it in the last 20 yrs., ...it seems morbid to me to think of this book as a collectable, after reading on Mr. Webb's death:( Terry
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