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the book is a real work of art, the author found the right measure in description, in the selection of the most notable chess events and inclusion of the most attractive or most important correspondence games...splendid...warmly recommend --Quarterly for Chess History; this mammoth work is exhaustively researched and traces the history of British and Irish chess from it beginning right up until the Internet age. Highly recommended --IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com); excellent tome...heartily recommended --British Chess Magazine; very well written...fascinating...highly recommended --Manchester Chess Federation; excellent...valuable --Chess Life; recommend...this is more than a book, it is a historical gem...Do yourself a big favor and buy it...clearly written with much effort --carlsplanet.co.uk; excellent...worth every penny...strongly recommend --British Correspondence Chess Association; a richly enjoyable book...a must-keep --Iain Mackintosh, Scottish Correspondence Chess Association.

the book is a real work of art, the author found the right measure in description, in the selection of the most notable chess events and inclusion of the most attractive or most important correspondence games...splendid...warmly recommend --Quarterly for Chess History; deeply researched --Chess Book Chats; this mammoth work is exhaustively researched and traces the history of British and Irish chess from it beginning right up until the Internet age. Highly recommended --IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com); excellent tome...heartily recommended --British Chess Magazine; very well written...fascinating...highly recommended --Manchester Chess Federation; excellent...valuable --Chess Life; recommend...this is more than a book, it is a historical gem...Do yourself a big favor and buy it...clearly written with much effort --carlsplanet.co.uk; excellent...worth every penny...strongly recommend --British Correspondence Chess Association; a richly enjoyable book...a must-keep --Iain Mackintosh, Scottish Correspondence Chess Association.

"""the book is a real work of art, the author found the right measure in description, in the selection of the most notable chess events and inclusion of the most attractive or most important correspondence games...splendid...warmly recommend""--Quarterly for Chess History; ""deeply researched""--Chess Book Chats; ""this mammoth work is exhaustively researched and traces the history of British and Irish chess from it beginning right up until the Internet age. Highly recommended""--IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com); ""excellent tome...heartily recommended""--British Chess Magazine; ""very well written...fascinating...highly recommended""--Manchester Chess Federation; ""excellent...valuable""--Chess Life; ""recommend...this is more than a book, it is a historical gem...Do yourself a big favor and buy it...clearly written with much effort""--carlsplanet.co.uk; ""excellent...worth every penny...strongly recommend""--British Correspondence Chess Association; ""a richly enjoyable book...a must-keep""--Iain Mackintosh, Scottish Correspondence Chess Association."

the book is a real work of art, the author found the right measure in description, in the selection of the most notable chess events and inclusion of the most attractive or most important correspondence games...splendid...warmly recommend --<i>Quarterly for Chess History</i>; this mammoth work is exhaustively researched and traces the history of British and Irish chess from it beginning right up until the Internet age. Highly recommended --IM John Donaldson (<i>JeremySilman.com</i>); excellent tome...heartily recommended --<i>British Chess Magazine</i>; very well written...fascinating...highly recommended --<i>Manchester Chess Federation</i>; excellent...valuable --<i>Chess Life</i>; recommend...this is more than a book, it is a historical gem...Do yourself a big favor and buy it...clearly written with much effort --<i>carlsplanet.co.uk</i>; excellent...worth every penny...strongly recommend --<i>British Correspondence Chess Association</i>; a richly enjoyable book...a must-keep --Iain Mackintosh, Scottish Correspondence Chess Association.

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Tim Harding played for Ireland at the 1984 FIDE chess olympiad in Thessaloniki. He is a FIDE Candidate Master and a Senior International Master of correspondence chess. He is a former editor of Chess Mail magazine and for almost 20 years he contributed monthly articles in ""The Kibitzer"" series at www.chesscafe.com. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

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