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PRIOR TO 2000
The War Of the Chessmen
This is the first publication of a manuscript by del Rio written around 1800 but unpublished until this edition in 1984. The original Italian plus English commentary added by Professor Christopher Becker who has added a long scholarly introduction which traces the early development of chess and explains the place of this work in chess history.
The War Of the Chessmen
Catalog Code: B0003CA
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Notes of a Soviet Master
Translated by Bernard Cafferty from the original Russian edition of 1929. A small book, but a fascinating account of this prominent revolutionary's early chess career and Soviet chess in the 1920s buttressed by fifty of his games from his entire career including his immortal sacrificial win over Capablanca (then reigning World Champion).
Notes of a Soviet Master
Catalog Code: B0014CA
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Baden Baden 1925
International Chess Tournament
International Chess Tournament
Notes by Grekov and a host of great annotators including Lasker, Alekhine, Tartakower, Rabinovich, Burn, Grunfeld, Grigoriev, Levenfish, Romanovsky, Sozin, a.o., A tournament book worthy of this great event, which was one of Alekhine's finest performances. Easily one of the best tournament books ever published in English with a cornucopia of great games from the golden age of hypermodern chess.
Baden Baden 1925
International Chess Tournament
Catalog Code: B0002CA
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Hastings 1936
English descriptive notation. Good notes to the games. An Alekhine victory ahead of Fine, Eliskases, Vidmar, among others.
Hastings 1936
Catalog Code: B0010CA
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St. Petersburg 1914
International Chess Tournament
International Chess Tournament
Dr. Tarrasch and augmented by notes of many other famous players such as Alekhine, Lasker, Marco, Bernstein, Reinfeld. An extremely good tournament book for one of the greatest chess tournaments all time. Lasker just beat out Capablanca, followed by Alekhine, Tarrasch, Marshall and other greats of the day.
St. Petersburg 1914
International Chess Tournament
Catalog Code: B0012CA
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Budapest 1896
International Chess Tournament
International Chess Tournament
Notes by Maroczy, Charousek, & other contemporary masters with editing and additional commentary by John Owen. Chigorin & Charousek tied for first followed by Pillsbury, Schlechter/Janowsky, Winawer/Walbrodt, Tarrasch, Albin/Maroczy, Marco, Noa, & Popiel. Includes the Chigorin-Charousek tie-breaking match. Photos & career records of the contestants.
Budapest 1896
International Chess Tournament
Catalog Code: B0004CA
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Buffalo 1901 and 1894
At Buffalo 1901 Pillsbury won ahead of Delmar, Napier, Howell, Marshall, and Karpinski in a double-round event. At Buffalo 1894 Showalter edged Pillsbury out by half a point, followed by Albin and Farnsworth also in a double-round format. Both tournaments are previously unpublished.
Buffalo 1901 and 1894
Catalog Code: B0009CA
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Master Checkmate Strategy - OLD EDITION
The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
Learn the basic combinations as well as the advanced, surprising and unconventional mates, the most effective pieces needed to win, and how to mate opponents with just a pawn advantage. Also, how to work two rooks into an unstoppable attack, wield a queen advantage with deadly intent, coordinate pieces of differing strengths into indefensible mating attacks, and when it's best to have a knight or a bishop to win.
Master Checkmate Strategy - OLD EDITION
The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
Catalog Code: B0049CZ
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Schlechter's Chess Games
An original work which gives all the Schlechter games found in an exhaustive decade-long search. It complements the Goldman book by giving many more games (811 total), but no notes, and a brief biography with some photos and cross-tables for his major tournaments.
Schlechter's Chess Games
Catalog Code: B0007CA
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Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings
Essential Opening Moves
Essential Opening Moves
This aggressive counterattacking repertoire covers Black opening systems against virtually every opening except for 1.e4 (plus most flank games), based on the exciting and powerful Tarrasch Defense, which helped win Kasparov and Spassky championships.
Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings
Essential Opening Moves
Catalog Code: B0001CZ
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Whiz Kids Teach Chess
Winning Chess for Young Players
Winning Chess for Young Players
Today's greatest young stars, ranging from ten to seventeen years old, some perhaps to be future world champions, present a fascinating look at the world of chess. Learn from their stories of successes, failures, world travels, and love of the game. They show off their best moves and admit to their most embarrassing blunders. This basic chess primer features diagrams, explanations, and winning ideas written for kids by their prodigal peers.
Whiz Kids Teach Chess
Winning Chess for Young Players
Catalog Code: B0014CZ
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Gambit Opening Repertoire for White
Essential Opening Moves
Essential Opening Moves
Chess players who enjoy attacking from the very first move are rewarded here with a powerful repertoire of brilliant gambits. Starting off with 1.e4 or 1.d4 and then using sharp weapons such as the Goring gambit (accepted and declined), Halasz Gambit, Alapin Gambit, Ulysses Gambit, Short Attack and more, you'll learn how to put pressure on opponents.
Gambit Opening Repertoire for White
Essential Opening Moves
Catalog Code: B0040CZ
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Nuremberg 1896
International Chess Tournament
International Chess Tournament
Notes to all the games plus two photos, bibliography, openings index, and tournament records of the contestants.
Nuremberg 1896
International Chess Tournament
Catalog Code: B0001CA
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303 Tricky Checkmates
Two, Three and Four Move Checkmates
Two, Three and Four Move Checkmates
Both a fascinating challenge and great training tool, these two, three and four move checkmates are great for beginning, intermediate and expert players. Mates are in order of difficulty, from simple to very complex positions.
303 Tricky Checkmates
Two, Three and Four Move Checkmates
Catalog Code: B0017CZ
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Karlsbad 1907
An English translation of this original famous tournament book in German by George Marco and Carl Schlechter. This edition has the advantage of enhancements such as the addition of 15 photos of many of the players along with corrections and additional analysis using the new, very strong program, Rybka.
Karlsbad 1907
Catalog Code: B0011CA
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