Verteidigung und Gegenangriff by Tibor Flórián
Contributed by Thomas Van Herck
on Oct 6th, 2019. Artwork published in
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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.
1 Comment on “Verteidigung und Gegenangriff by Tibor Flórián”
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.