1994. I got my copy at Goodwill. I haven't looked at it in a while, but now that I've seen this post, I might start looking at the problems again.
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There seem to be at least two different printings of Polgar's 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games. I recently bought the paperback version from Amazon (copyright 2013) and noticed that many of the solutions to mate in 2/3 chapters only show the first move. I heard that there was another version of the book that gave the full solutions, so I did some research, and found that that was true. Which version do you guys have and prefer?
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The 1994 (the original) and the 2013 (current) versions are identical in layout, page numbers, and solutions, while the 2006 version has some notable differences in the solutions and some of the chapters.
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Based on the above, there are pros and cons of both versions, and I can't decide which is best. Maybe the 2013/1994 (mostly due to the Miniatures chapter), and use the 1994 PDF for the more detailed solutions? I know many have said that you really only need the first move, but for solutions with multiple lines, the complete moves are helpful.
(Also, the binding and paper quality on the current paperback I got from Amazon are atrocious. When I first picked it up, I was surprised at how light it was considering the size. The paper is so poor (mass market quality), and the tightly glued binding seems cheap and flimsy. And it's not the 2006 version as it says in the "Read sample" of the Amazon listing, it's the 2013.)