These files and other resources are from my old web site (pre-2010).
They remain in place (i.e. the original URLs are unchanged).
Any work related to this is over, and is unlikely to be revived.
My own works
Digital editions of problem books
Some of these problem books have since become available as digital scans, which are always
preferrable to edited texts: no matter how carefully they were produced, there are sure to
be errors. If such sources are known, and are generally available, links to them have been provided.
Most of the problems are available as PBI files,
a very simple text-based ‘card-oriented’ problem transcription format. These are, however,
transcriptions of the original sources, used as starting points for the books; they do not
contain all information present in the PDF editions.
| Book |
Original |
Digital |
External Link |
| J. W. Abbot: 121 Chess Problems |
1886 |
PBI |
GOOGLE, HATHI |
| Aftonbladets Problemturneringar 1898-1904 |
1906 |
PBI |
|
| American Chess Nuts (prel. vers.) |
1868 |
- |
IA, GOOGLE, HATHI |
| A. Arnell & S. A. Sørensen: Nordiske Skakproblemer |
1879 |
PBI |
GOOGLE |
| Mrs. W. J. Baird: 700 Chess Problems |
1902 |
- |
|
| O. Bláthy: Vielzügige Schachaufgaben |
1890 |
- |
|
| O. Blumenthal: Schachminiaturen |
1902 |
PBI |
|
| O. Blumenthal: Schachminiaturen, Neue Folge |
1903 |
PBI |
|
| F. C. Collins: Chess Problems |
1881 |
PBI |
|
| J. Dufresne: Sammlung Leichterer Schachaufgaben, 1. Teil |
1881 |
PBI |
|
| J. Dufresne: Sammlung Leichterer Schachaufgaben, 2. Teil |
1882 |
PBI |
|
| J. Dufresne: Sammlung Leichterer Schachaufgaben, 3. Teil |
1887 |
PBI |
|
| C. A. Gilberg: Crumbs From the Chess-Board |
1890 |
PBI |
|
| F. Healey: Two-Hundred Chess Problems |
1866 |
PBI |
IA, GOOGLE, HATHI |
| ‘J. B., of Bridport’: Chess Strategy |
1865 |
PBI |
GOOGLE, HATHI |
| J. Jespersen: 320 Danske Skakopgaver |
1902 |
PBI |
|
| Ph. Klett: Schachprobleme |
1878 |
PBI |
BSB, GOOGLE |
| B. G. Laws: The Artistry of the Chess Problem |
1923 |
- |
|
| J. Löwenthal: Era Problem Tournament |
1857 |
PBI |
GOOGLE, HATHI |
| F. W. Martindale: Chess Problems |
1872 |
PBI |
GOOGLE |
| A. C. Palmer: A Collection of Chess Problems |
1890 |
PBI |
HATHI |
| J. P. & W. T. Pierce: English Chess Problems |
1876 |
- |
GOOGLE |
| V. M. N. Portilla: Chess Problems |
1873 |
PBI |
GOOGLE |
| J. A. Ros: 370 Utvalda Svenska Schackproblem |
1901 |
- |
|
| C. F. Stubbs: Canadian Chess Problems |
1890 |
PBI |
|
| C. F. Stubbs: Globe Problem And Solution Tourney No. 2 |
1888 |
- |
HATHI |
| T. Taverner: Chess Problems Made Easy |
1924 |
- |
|
| J. Thursby: Seventy-Five Chess Problems |
1883 |
PBI |
HATHI |
| E. Wallis: 777 Chess Miniatures in Three |
1908 |
PBI |
|
| C. White: Chess Problems |
1885 |
PBI |
|
Note: Books availble from HathiTrust can be read on-line, but cannot always be
downloaded freely.
All local problem books and their PBI files are free to be used in any way at
all. Books on external sites may have separate conditions for use.
Additional PBI files
In addition to the PBI files used as starting points for the problem books
listed above, I also made some additional PBI files available. The file
format is documented here.
| Source |
Digital |
| Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, 1846–1849 |
ZIP(PBI) |
| Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, 1850–1859 |
ZIP(PBI) |
| Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, 1860–1870 |
ZIP(PBI) |
| Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1880–1889 |
ZIP(PBI) |
I’m considering adding new material to this list (or to a new list), and the
options that are available today.