CHESS STRATEGY BOOKS

    Starting Out - Defensive Play
    In this valuable and entertaining book, Angus Dunnington arms the reader with all the necessary skills to be able to cope with vicious assaults on his or her king. Using illustrative games, Dunnington investigates in depth defensive ideas such as blockading, giving up material and the timely launch of counterattacks. Read this book and defend with confidence!
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    Starting Out - Defensive Play
    Catalog Code: B0010EM
    Our Price: $21.95

    Foundations of Chess Strategy
    Applying Business Methods to Chess Preparation and Training
    Chess is a game where profound strategic thinking must be allied with clever short-term tactics. Most previous works on strategy focus on specific aspects of chess strategy, but Lars Bo Hansen's aims here are different. He creates a framework in which the various elements can be systematically included and organized - a framework that will help chess-players to think about chess strategy during practical play.
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    Foundations of Chess Strategy
    Applying Business Methods to Chess Preparation and Training
    Catalog Code: B0058GB
    Our Price: $14.95

    Secrets of Attacking Chess
    Understanding When, Where and How to Attack
    In his previous work, Secrets of Chess Defence, Mihail Marin examined the task facing the defender. Now he considers the other side of the coin. In this wide-ranging treatise, he discusses many topics including: the balance between attack and defence; the premises for starting a successful attack; advantage in development; intuitive sacrifices; typical scenarios. The book features many practical examples from top-level play.
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    Secrets of Attacking Chess
    Understanding When, Where and How to Attack
    Catalog Code: B0113GB
    Our Price: $28.95

    Winning Chess Strategies
    Proven Principles from One of the World's Top Chess Players
    Strategy - it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with confidence and energy, ready to play forcefully and intelligently - the way you need to play so you can win!
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    Winning Chess Strategies
    Proven Principles from One of the World's Top Chess Players
    Catalog Code: B0195EM
    Our Price: $24.95

    Strategic Play
    School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 3
    This third volume in Mark Dvoretsky's School of Chess Excellence series is devoted to questions of strategy aimed at improving the reader's positional understanding.
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    Strategic Play
    School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 3
    Catalog Code: B0003OE
    Our Price: $34.95

    Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen
    Lessons in Chess Strategy and Thinking Methods
    Valeri Beim, an experienced trainer and grandmaster, explains key principles of chess strategy and thinking methods in chess. His 'recipes' include: tactical ideas in the middlegame; liquidation to the endgame; the technique of analyzing variations; inverted thinking in chess. Readers are presented with new ways of looking at chessboard issues that will help them develop a deeper understanding of the game.
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    Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen
    Lessons in Chess Strategy and Thinking Methods
    Catalog Code: B0054GB
    Our Price: $17.95

    Positional Chess Handbook
    495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games
    This complete guide, written by a grandmaster, can assist all players at every level in developing a more powerful strategic game. Spanning more than a century of chess, it presents examples on such themes as key squares, bad bishops, and pawn structures in ascending difficulty, with ample cross-references.
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    Positional Chess Handbook
    495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games
    Catalog Code: B0040DV
    Our Price: $11.95

    Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
    How to Use Your Pawns to Fight for the Initiative and Central Control
    This book tackles fundamental questions such as: 'How should pawns be used to fight for the centre?' and 'How does the central pawn formation affect planning for both sides?' These issues are central to understanding chess. Marovic discusses central pawn-structures and their impact on play both in the centre and on the wings.
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    Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
    How to Use Your Pawns to Fight for the Initiative and Central Control
    Catalog Code: B0066GB
    Our Price: $27.95

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