BIOGRAPHICAL CHESS BOOKS

    Diary of a Chess Queen
    Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk chronicles her rise to the top of the chess world in this introspective autobiographical work. Drawing from personal diaries kept during her youth, Kosteniuk takes the reader from the very dawn of her career as a child star in Russia, through triumph and disappointment, and finally to the pinnacle of success on the black-and-white battlefield.
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    Diary of a Chess Queen
    Catalog Code: B0044EU
    Our Price: $24.95

    Gata Kamsky: Chess Genius
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    Gata Kamsky: Chess Genius
    Catalog Code: CB0058CD
    Our Price: $9.95

    Pillsbury the Extraordinary
    Soltis's research has found material found no where else! He was a chess meteor brilliantly streaking across the sky in only two years after learning the moves. He came and went quickly, this Harry Nelson Pillsbury. But while he was here, he left something for you - his extraordinary life and games. You will learn from his style that mixed and combined that or Steinitz and Morphy. Between 1896-1902, he may have been the best player in the world, superior even to World Champion Lasker. You are going to be a part of history and beautiful games with this book on Pillsbury the Extraordinary! There's a diagram every 3 moves, like a movie, to help you exercise your powers of visualization.
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    Pillsbury the Extraordinary
    Catalog Code: CB0033CD
    Our Price: $9.95

    Petrosian the Powerful
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    Petrosian the Powerful
    Catalog Code: CB0055CD
    Our Price: $12.95

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