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Verteidigung und Gegenangriff by Tibor Flórián

Contributed by Thomas Van Herck on Oct 6th, 2019. Artwork published in .
Verteidigung und Gegenangriff by Tibor Flórián
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Verteidigung und Gegenangriff (“Defense and counter attack”) is a book by Tibor Flórián, First published in Budapest in 1965 as Védekezés és ellentámadás, this is the German edition issued in 1971 by Verlag Das Schach-Archiv, Hamburg. Flórián was an Hungarian chess player active in the 1950s and 1960s. The cover shows Helvetica Bold Extended and Compacta Bold in use.

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1 Comment on “Verteidigung und Gegenangriff by Tibor Flórián”

  1. That’s a clever intervention: The lowered initial not only allows for tight linespacing. With the mirrored silhouettes of the two words in blue, it also embodies the title, and the chess setup in general.

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