GENERAL CHESS INSTRUCTION

    Everything Chess Basics Book
    The Rules, the Moves, and the Strategies - All You Need to Know to Play the Game
    If you're looking to learn about the game of chess and win, The Everything Chess Basics Book provides you with the perfect introduction! Endorsed by the United States Chess Federation, The Everything Chess Basics Book is an authoritative guide that appeals to chess players of all ages and skill.
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    Everything Chess Basics Book
    The Rules, the Moves, and the Strategies - All You Need to Know to Play the Game
    Catalog Code: B0002OB
    Our Price: $14.95

    Chess Rules of Thumb
    Backed up with diagrams and illustrations to help you remember key principles, a glossary of essential chess terms and a rundown on all major openings, Chess Rules of Thumb will improve your chess play. And it's great fun to read!
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    Chess Rules of Thumb
    Catalog Code: B0008LV
    Our Price: $19.95

    Test Evaluate and Improve Your Chess
    A Knowledge Based Approach
    Through a revolutionary testing system, Dr. Kopec is able to quantify their overall chess strength, specific deficiencies and definite abilities, allowing him to pinpoint which aspects need the most work. This book, developed with the US Chess Federation, represents the sum of Dr. Kopec's knowledge and efforts to help chess players understand and acquire the knowledge necessary to achieve chess mastery.
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    Test Evaluate and Improve Your Chess
    A Knowledge Based Approach
    Catalog Code: B0009OB
    Our Price: $9.95

    Complete Book of Beginning Chess
    Learn How to Play Chess and Obtain a Deeper Understanding of the Game with this Comprehensive Step-By-Step Course
    In just ten easy lessons, beginning and novice players learn everything they need to know to play and win at chess. From setting up a chess board and moving the pieces to basic concepts and winning strategies, and even how to get rated and play on the internet, this is a great book for players looking to learn and improve their game.
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    Complete Book of Beginning Chess
    Learn How to Play Chess and Obtain a Deeper Understanding of the Game with this Comprehensive Step-By-Step Course
    Catalog Code: B0013CZ
    Our Price: $19.95

    Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
    Basic to Advanced Strategies with America's Foremost Chess Instructor
    From America's foremost chess teacher and author comes a new standard: a comprehensive course covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan.

    One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops.
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    Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
    Basic to Advanced Strategies with America's Foremost Chess Instructor
    Catalog Code: B0014SS
    Our Price: $16.00

    Chess Under the Microscope
    Magnify Your Chess Strength
    In this major work, Paul Motwani, the author of the critically acclaimed H.O.T. Chess and C.O.O.L. Chess, looks in-deph at key aspects of chess. His witty style will not only amuse but will instruct the reader by providing memorable insights into chess secrets.
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    Chess Under the Microscope
    Magnify Your Chess Strength
    Catalog Code: B0039BT
    Our Price: $9.95

    How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess
    Explains How to Tame the Silicon Monsters and Use Them to Your Advantage
    Computers have permeated almost every facet of modern chess, yet few players know how to gain the maximum benefit from working with them. Computers function as playing partners, opening study tools, endgame 'oracles', tactics trainers, sources of information on opponents and searchable game databases. Kongsted provides practical advice on how to use computers in all these ways and more. He also takes a look at the history of the chess computer, and how its 'thinking' methods have developed since the early days.
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    How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess
    Explains How to Tame the Silicon Monsters and Use Them to Your Advantage
    Catalog Code: B0061GB
    Our Price: $22.95

    Logical Chess - Move By Move
    Once you have learned the basic moves, how exactly should you improve? In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. When you play through these games and explanations you will get a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.
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    Logical Chess - Move By Move
    Catalog Code: B0079BT
    Our Price: $21.95

    Decision Making at the Chessboard
    An Experienced Grandmaster Penetrates to the Heart of the Chess Thought-Process
    Chess is a game of decisions. As well as deciding about which move to play and which plan to adopt, players must also make practical decisions about how to use their clock time and whether to use intuition rather than trying to calculate every line to a finish.
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    Decision Making at the Chessboard
    An Experienced Grandmaster Penetrates to the Heart of the Chess Thought-Process
    Catalog Code: B0118GB
    Our Price: $14.95

    Master Checkmate Strategy - OLD EDITION
    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.
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    Master Checkmate Strategy - OLD EDITION
    The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
    Catalog Code: B0049CZ
    Our Price: $12.95

    C.O.O.L. Chess
    The sequel to H.O.T. Chess. Grandmaster Motwani continues to explain his easy-to-use approach to chess thinking, and shows how Creative Original Opening Lines can bring astonishing over-the-board success. The many brilliant games in this book includes victories by Motwani over some of the world's leading players, whom he has outwitted in the early stages of the game.
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    C.O.O.L. Chess
    Catalog Code: B0064BT
    Our Price: $3.95

    H.O.T. Chess
    Secrets from Scotland to Unlock Your Highly Original Thinking
    The H.O.T. stands for Highly Original Thinking. The author's ideas extend beyond the situation on the board. He maximizes your strengths and exploits your opponent's weaknesses.
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    H.O.T. Chess
    Secrets from Scotland to Unlock Your Highly Original Thinking
    Catalog Code: B0071BT
    Our Price: $9.95

    The Development of Chess Style
    An Instructive and Entertaining Trip Through the Heritage of Chess
    An algebraic expanded revision of Euwe's 1968 edition examining the contributions of great players throughout history. Nunn brings you up-to-date over the last 30 years with the eras of Fischer, Karpov, and Kasparov. They assess the contributions of each great players in the way chess is played and approached.
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    The Development of Chess Style
    An Instructive and Entertaining Trip Through the Heritage of Chess
    Catalog Code: B0072BT
    Our Price: $14.95

    Castling to Win
    The king is the most valuable piece on the chessboard, yet many players - especially at club level - give little thought to where His Majesty should reside. This wide-ranging survey explains the dangers with leaving the King in the center, and the possible drawbacks to castling too early or on the wrong side. Castling can be an attacking move, as shown in many stunning examples. An expected castling is often devastating and can often determine the game on the spot. This practical manual includes entertaining examples of late castling and castling in studies.
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    Castling to Win
    Catalog Code: B0105BT

    Regular Price: $8.95

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