Guide to the Two-Move Chess Problems Research and Manuscripts Collection

History of Two-Move Chess Problems

In 1967, Robert Clyde Moore had the idea to create a collection of the best two-move chess problems by the top ten problemists in the United States. In 1986, McFarland published Moore's book, entitled Two-Move Chess Problems. Once the top problemists were selected, Moore kept up a correspondence with them about their problems. The Two-Move Chess Problems Research and Manuscript Collection has these correspondences as well a collection of other individual problems published between 1857-1982 thought to be the best of the best American problems. The collection also houses two editor's manuscripts with edits of Two-Move Chess Problems.

Scope and Content

Two Move Chess Problems by Robert C. Moore has two parts. The first part is a collection of the best American chess problem composers top ten two-move chess compositions. Part two is a collection of the best American two-move chess problems by various composers from the 1859-1982. The second part was compiled by Edgar Holladay. The TMCP by Robert C. Moore Archive has the correspondence letters between Robert C. Moore and the ten best American chess problem composers: Marcel Aschenazi, William L. Barclay, Christopher Becker, David L. Brown, Robert E. Burger, Newman Guttman, Eric M. Hassberg, Edgar Holladay, Kenneth S. Howard, Walter Jacobs, Milan R. Vukcevich, and F. Vaux Wilson, Jr.

Statement of Arrangement

Restrictions on Use

This collection is open for research but contains materials that cannot circulate. Please contact the John G. White Special Collections Department for details at Special.Collections@cpl.org. Cleveland Public Library, Special Collections, 325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114-1271. (216) 623-2818.

Restrictions on Access

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. The copyright law of the United States (title 17, UNITED STATES CODE) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Edgar Holladay Chess Collection at the Cleveland Public Library

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

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Preferred Citation

The Two-Move Chess Problems Research and Manuscripts Collection of the John G. White Special Collections Department of the Cleveland Public Library.

Bibliography

Moore, Robert Clyde. Two-Move Chess Problems. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1986.

Detailed Description of The Collection