USCF Sales - The Championship Chess Set - 3.75" King

Play like a Champion!

Play like a champion with the Championship Chess Set. An exact reproduction of the European Pattern Chessmen, it has been used at every major chess Chapionship match for the past ten years. The list of tournaments that have used these Chessmen include The US Chess Championship, FIDE Olympiads, Linares, Dortmund, Wijk Aan Zee and many more.

A full tournament-sized Chess set, it features a 3.75" King with a 1.5"diameter base. The Chess pieces are hand carved by our master artisans and crafted out of the highest grade woods. The Chess pieces are heavily weighted with luxurious billiard cloth base pads and a beautiful finish.

As with all of our Chess sets, the Championship Series Chessmen exemplifies a perfect combination of distinct beauty and functionality. It has been designed to withstand the rigors of practical play while maintaining an elegance which has become the hallmark of a House of Staunton chess set. The design, quality and craftsmanship of this set is UNMATCHED by any set of Chessmen in its price range. Nothing even comes close!

The Chessmen are new and each set consists of 34 Chessmen, including four Queens, a standard that was introduced by The House of Staunton over 10 years ago.

Chess Tactics from Scratch - 2ND EDITION
Understanding Chess Tactics

These players clearly needed a good book, but when Weteschnik looked for it he found nothing suitable, so he decided to write it himself. But Weteschnik was not completely satisfied with the book and decided to restructure and rewrite it completely.

Chess Tactics from Scratch - 2ND EDITION

Understanding Chess Tactics

Catalog Code: B0062QT

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Forcing Chess Moves
The Key to Better Calculation

This rich book on chess tactics proposes a revolutionary method for finding winning moves. Charles Hertan has made an astonishing discovery: the failure to consider key moves is often due to human bias. Your brain tends to disregard many winning moves because they are counter-intuitive or look unnatural.

Forcing Chess Moves

The Key to Better Calculation

Catalog Code: B0085NIC

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The Gambit File
Tactical Themes to Sharpen Your Play

In The Gambit Files, the author surveys the common tactical motifs for each variation, and then invites you to hone your cut-and-thrust skills with thematic puzzles. Whether you're looking to breathe new life into your current openings or to overhaul your repertoire, The Gambit Files will help you to slay your opponents faster and with confidence.

The Gambit File

Tactical Themes to Sharpen Your Play

Catalog Code: B0063EU

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Killer Chess Tactics
Use the Strategies of World Champions to Impress Your Friends and Pummel Your Enemies

This is a book for players who want to play killer chess using the insights, concepts, tactics and combinations used by the greatest players who ever lived. This fascinating book teaches you how to learn from the incredible combinations and sacrifices of fourteen World Champions, how the champions used these brilliant stratagems to bring opponents to their knees, and how they themselves fell prey to these deadly surprise attacks.

Killer Chess Tactics

Use the Strategies of World Champions to Impress Your Friends and Pummel Your Enemies

Catalog Code: B0006CZ

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Chess Tactics For Advanced Players

Any chess enthusiast knows how important tactics are in chess and how crucial it is to make a thorough study of this aspect of the game. But up to now opinion has been divided on the best way of studying tactics. The well-known Soviet international grandmaster and chess author Averbakh has developed an entirely novel approach, which is expounded in the third edition of his Chess Tactics for Advanced Players.

Chess Tactics For Advanced Players

Catalog Code: B0001OB

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Quick Chess Knockouts

Julian Hodgson, Grandmaster and twice British Champion Julian Hodgson, with easy to understand move by move commentary, explains to less-skilled players how they can finish off their opponents in the very early stages of the game. By setting the cunning traps presented here, the reader will be given the opportunity - and satisfaction! - of scoring chess knockouts in double-quick time against friends and rivals alike.

Quick Chess Knockouts

Catalog Code: B0175EM

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Calculate Like a Grandmaster
Learn from the World-Class Attacking Players

This is a penetrating study of the attacking methods of the most aggressive chess players of the modern era-from 1960s world champion Mikhail Tal to Magnus Carlsen, teenage leader of today's new wave of deadly attackers. The attacking style is a good choice for any chess competitor, but especially for less advanced players, who will relish the fireworks it produces.

Calculate Like a Grandmaster

Learn from the World-Class Attacking Players

Catalog Code: B0112BT

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Positional Chess Sacrifices

Publisher: Quality Chess
Author: Mihai Suba
Year of Publication: 2012 Pages: 376
Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)

Book Description In chess, sacrificing material is the most dramatic way to try to seize the advantage. Most sacrifices have a forcing aim in mind, but most profound of all are positional sacrifices where the end is impossible to foresee and thus fine judgment and understanding are required. Such sacrifices are usually a mystery to average players, but acclaimed author and chess grandmaster Mihai Suba explains the secrets of this technique in his characteristically bold and humorous style. About the Author(s) Mihai Suba is a Romanian grandmaster whose previous book, Dynamic Chess Strategy, was highly acclaimed by the critics and won the BCF Book of the Year prize.

Positional Chess Sacrifices

Catalog Code: B0057QT

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Grandmaster Secrets - Counter-Attack
A Step-By-Step Guide to Turning Defence into Victory

Superb defensive technique is a hallmark of all great chess-players. With a few deft counterstrokes, they not only deflect what looked like an overwhelming offensive, but also expose the darker side of their opponent's build-up. Is this sheer black magic, or are these skills that ordinary players can develop?

Grandmaster Secrets - Counter-Attack

A Step-By-Step Guide to Turning Defence into Victory

Catalog Code: B0136GB

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How to Crush Your Chess Opponents
An Inspiring Guide for the Modern Attacker

Simon Williams, one of Britain's most dynamic and aggressive chess-players, has selected his favourite attacking games from the modern era, and annotated them with an infectious zeal that will inspire and instruct. He takes us inside the decision-making process, explaining how each stage in an attacking concept is formed, and shows how top players spot the signs that indicate it is time to stake everything on an all-out assault. We also get insights into the role of intuition and calculation in both attack and defence

How to Crush Your Chess Opponents

An Inspiring Guide for the Modern Attacker

Catalog Code: B0025GB

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