Download or read book The Golden Treasury of Chess written by Francis J. Wellmuth and published by Ishi Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Treasury of Chess is one of the most popular and most often reprinted and revised chess books ever created. It is filled with hundreds of the most thrilling, exciting and surprising chess games ever played. It also includes articles about chess history and stories about how these great games came to be played. It has also become one of the most controversial chess books ever written. The controversy arises over the question of who is the true author of the work. This controversy is explained by Chess Historian Edward Winter in his column "Chess Notes," in an article entitled "The Horowitz-Wellmuth Affair."