PRIOR TO 2000

    S.T.A.R. Chess
    Strategy - Tactics - Attack - Reaction
    This book is packed with instructive model examples starting from a wide spectrum of opening systems, presenting a treasure trove of ideas to surprise even the most experienced of opponents. Interspersed with the instruction are test positions and puzzles to improve your skills in reasoning -- necessary if you are to become a brighter chess S.T.A.R. yourself!
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    S.T.A.R. Chess

    Strategy - Tactics - Attack - Reaction
    Catalog Code: B0007GB

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    How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
    Including the 50 Deadly Checkmates
    This is not just a book for kids - for 'Dad' read any opponent who beats you regularly! This book teaches the 50 Deadly Checkmates - basic attacking patterns that occur repeatedly in games between players of all standards. Each mating motif is carefully and simply explained, and several illustrative examples are given. A final test enables the reader to grade his pattern recognition abilities, and the last chapter explains what to do if your Dad is Garry Kasparov. Fun, instructive - and guaranteed to improve your game.
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    How to Beat Your Dad at Chess

    Including the 50 Deadly Checkmates
    Catalog Code: B0056GB
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    101 Chess Opening Traps
    A Collection of Deadly Traps, New and Old, to Catch Opponents of All Standards
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    101 Chess Opening Traps

    A Collection of Deadly Traps, New and Old, to Catch Opponents of All Standards
    Catalog Code: B0127GB
    Our Price: $14.95

    Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack
    An Easy-To-Learn Opening System with Real Practical Sting
    The Torre Attack is a very attractive system for White as it allows him/her to set the agenda from the outset, preventing many counterattacking systems. It has quick-strike potential if Black is careless or unfamiliar with the subtleties.
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    Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack

    An Easy-To-Learn Opening System with Real Practical Sting
    Catalog Code: B0082GB
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    The System
    A World Champion's Approach to Chess
    Hans Berliner is one of the most successful correspondence chess players of all time, and was utterly dominant in the 5th World Championship. Here, for the first time, he explains the set of principles - The System - that he used to guide him to the right moves. Readers will be astonished by the simplicity and power of Berliner's methods as he takes several major openings and subjects them to System principles, and finds radically new approaches to them.
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    The System

    A World Champion's Approach to Chess
    Catalog Code: B0098GB
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    Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
    Advances Since Nimzowitsch
    It is now seventy years since Nimzowitsch wrote his monumental work My System. While it remains a fundamental work on chess strategy, the way chess positions are handled has changed greatly since Nimzowitsch's time - both refinements to existing ideas, and completely new concepts.
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    Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy

    Advances Since Nimzowitsch
    Catalog Code: B0104GB
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    Chess Made Simple
    This is a book about the most fascinating game in the world. It is both a manual for beginners and a refresher course for experienced players. Clear and methodical explanations begin with the various chess pieces and proceed to subtle, advanced plays.
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    Chess Made Simple

    Catalog Code: B0004IS
    Our Price: $16.95

    The ABC of Chess
    This book was first published in the mighty Soviet Union in 1972. It is NOT a basic book to learn how to play chess or how to improve your game. It is a story book with the chess pieces as a background. It is suitable to be read to children who are interested in the game.
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    The ABC of Chess

    Catalog Code: B0036IS
    Our Price: $19.95

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