MISCELLANEOUS CHESS BOOKS

    Analyse du je des d'echecs - FRENCH EDITION
    >Francois-Andre Danican Philidor (1726-1795) is widely regarded as the strongest chess player ever in history prior to the modern era. He was so much better than any of his contemporaries that it is impossible for us to know how good he really was. The edition of the book that is reprinted here was published in 1871 by C. Sanson. This shows that the original Philidor book was still the standard work on the subject one hundred years after it was first written.
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    Analyse du je des d'echecs - FRENCH EDITION

    Catalog Code: B0029IS
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    The Psychology of the Chess Player
    This is Dr. Reuben Fine, one of the great chess players of this century (he has played on equal terms with Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Smyslov, and others) and a qualified psychoanalyst. Dr. Fine has called upon his own understanding of chess processes and his unrivaled contacts in the chess world in this attempt to analyze both the game of chess itself and its peculiar appeals, particularly to male players as opposed to females, to isolate its inner meaning, and to categorize and understand the special combination of characteristics that make tip a chess champion.
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    The Psychology of the Chess Player

    Catalog Code: B0028IS
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    Modern Ideas in Chess
    Modern Ideas in Chess is one of the Great Classics of chess literature. Originally published in German in 1923 as Die neuen Ideen im Schachspiel, it created an immediate sensation. This was a period of the emergence of new theories and new ways of thinking about chess.
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    Modern Ideas in Chess

    Catalog Code: B0014IS
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    The Bobby Fischer I Knew
    And Other Stories
    The Bobby Fischer I knew and other stories is hailed as an instant classic. This Damon-Runyan like work will be around well into the 21st Century. To inform future generations about such greats as Bobby Fischer and World Champion Garry Kasparov as well as the "Guys and Dolls" of the New York Chess scene during the fabled Golden Era of the 1930s and 1940s. In the introduction, five time U.S. Chess Champion writes that the authors capture "some of the most raucous and colorful figures in 20th century chess" with a "Dickensian precision".
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    The Bobby Fischer I Knew

    And Other Stories
    Catalog Code: B0059IS
    Our Price: $26.95

    Computer Chess Compendium
    The remarkable increase in strength of chess computers over the last ten years has resulted in a flood of books and articles on programming methods and new approaches to analysing positions.All important articles on the subject have now been collected together in one volume together with the best games by chess computers including the World Computer Championships.
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    Computer Chess Compendium

    Catalog Code: B0069IS
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    How Computers Play Chess
    This book attempts to satisfy two different goals. It presents a comprehensive history of computer chess along with many rare examples of the play of early programs. These examples contain both amazing strokes of brilliance and inexplicable catastrophes; they will give the reader a dear perspective of the pioneer days of computer chess. In contrast, contemporary programs are capable of defeating International Grandmasters; the text contains several recent examples including a remarkable victory over former World Champion Anatoly Karpov. The remainder of the book is devoted to an explanation of how the various parts of a chess program are designed and how they function.
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    How Computers Play Chess

    Catalog Code: B0047IS
    Our Price: $26.95

    True Combat Chess
    Winning Battles over the Board
    Winning Battles over the Board, International Master and former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor draws upon his wealth of personal experience to offer an instructive and entertaining account of how to improve your understanding of chess and your results.
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    True Combat Chess

    Winning Battles over the Board
    Catalog Code: B0106EM

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    Chess for Tigers - 1ST EDITION
    Do you want to win more games? Then become a Tiger. 'Chess for Tigers' tells you how to make the most of your playing strength, how to play upon your opponent's weaknesses, how to steer the game into a position which suits you and not your opponent, how to get results against strong opposition and how to avoid silly mistakes.
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    Chess for Tigers - 1ST EDITION

    Catalog Code: B0005BT
    Our Price: $21.95

    Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - BOOK A
    The fourth thoroughly revised and updated edition of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Volume A, brings an additional 104 pages of brand new material.
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    Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - BOOK A

    Catalog Code: B0001ECO
    Our Price: $39.95

    Chess Fundamentals - Revised
    J.R. Capablanca was a World Chess Champion and one of the greatest players in chess history, yet he wrote very little about the game. Chess Fundamentals, though normally for the beginning player, contains valuable insights that will benefit players at all levels of understanding, including masters.
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    Chess Fundamentals - Revised

    Catalog Code: B0001RH
    Our Price: $15.95

    Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - BOOK C
    The fifth thoroughly revised and updated edition of the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, Volume C, brings an additional 104 pages of brand new material with games up to 2006.
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    Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - BOOK C

    Catalog Code: B0003ECO
    Our Price: $39.95

    Secrets of Chess Training
    Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 1
    The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and grandmasters, as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses.
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    Secrets of Chess Training

    Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 1
    Catalog Code: B0006OE
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    Practical Chess Defence
    Chess is developing faster now than ever before in history, and the appearance of strong chess computers has changed the way players think. In the past many positions would have been rejected on principle as impossible to defend, and even the best players would shy away from capturing material if it meant that they would have to face a difficult defence.
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    Practical Chess Defence

    Catalog Code: B0012QT
    Our Price: $27.95

    50 Essential Chess Lessons
    A Modern Look at 50 Immensely Instructive Chess Battles
    Steve Giddins has chosen 50 supremely instructive games - some old, some new, and including many that few readers will have seen before. He has annotated these games in detail from a modern perspective, explaining the useful lessons that can be learned from them, while avoiding the harmful dogma that characterized many older works of this type.
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    50 Essential Chess Lessons

    A Modern Look at 50 Immensely Instructive Chess Battles
    Catalog Code: B0031GB
    Our Price: $24.95

    Devious Chess
    How to Bend the Rules and Win
    Master chess psychologist Amatzia Avni knows every trick in the book - and several more you'll find only in his book. Unlearn everything you've learned so far and adopt a fearless attitude toward the game. Take your opponent into virgin territory. Raise the tension to the boiling point. Master the ruses of the coffeehouse players. Discover the magic of peculiar moves. Has your opponent just made a blunder - or is it a trap? Here's a reliable way to answer that question and turn the tables. All the rule-bending strategies and devious tactics are illustrated with fully analyzed examples from real games.
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    Devious Chess

    How to Bend the Rules and Win
    Catalog Code: B0099BT
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