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Classic Attack Book

By Joel Johnson Aug 23, 2012 What people are saying about this book: ===================================== Life Master Brian Wall (USCF: 2213) - 2 time Colorado State Champion ===================================== I think I've died and gone to heaven. Joel has a Fishing Pole chapter where I beat GM/s/IMs. also featuring games from many friends like Ted Doykos, Kevin Seidler, GB Salvio ( A Brazilian who plays Fishing Pole blitz and postal games ), Jack Young, Craig Thomson ( Goyathlay ) and many others. It also warms my heart when I see games from Ireland or my games in non-Fishing Pole chapters. Of course plenty of GM games plus plenty of original attacking theories straight from Joel Johnson's laboratory. As usual the games are arranged by themes with plenty of explanations and examples. This time it's even better because we get fan mail from the first book, Formation Attacks, from around the globe. This book is the easiest to sell I've ever handled. It's terrific to see Joel succeed with another instant classic. Brian Wall ===================================== Randall Hoch (USCF: 1891) Texas ===================================== I am finding it as enjoyable as your first one. The games you have chosen are not only instructive, but also very entertaining. Your books have given me appreciation and motivation to play attacking chess from move 1. ... So I have to credit you with showing me the way! Best regards, Randy ===================================== Michael Stewart (USCF: 2267) Mississippi ===================================== I got your new book,outstanding work!!! Better than the first if that's possible. Both books are attacking classics,and should be on every chess players shelf.

Joel

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NIC Yearbook 80 - PAPERBACK EDITION
Levon Aronian Leads the Dance in the King's Indian Gligoric

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings, and each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashion, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons.

NIC Yearbook 80 - PAPERBACK EDITION

Levon Aronian Leads the Dance in the King's Indian Gligoric

Catalog Code: B0080PYB

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Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 5
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don't have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory.

Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 5

No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Catalog Code: B0005SOS

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Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 4
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 4

No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Catalog Code: B0004SOS

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Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics - 3RD EDITION
A Comprehensive Guide to the Sunny Side of Chess Endgames

ENDGAME TACTICS is an affordable guide that reduces the psychological burden of endgame instruction by showing that endgames are actually quite enjoyable because of the tactics! There is no substitute for hard work in getting better at chess, but the fact of the matter is that we always work harder at something we love. By enjoying the entertainment of real life endgame tactics, and (at least for the moment) forgetting about theoretical positions that seem distant from everyday practice, the amateur player learns to love the endgame.

Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics - 3RD EDITION

A Comprehensive Guide to the Sunny Side of Chess Endgames

Catalog Code: B0053NIC

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Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 3
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 3

No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Catalog Code: B0003SOS

Our Price: $21.95

Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 2
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 2

No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!

Catalog Code: B0002SOS

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Wonderboy Magnus Carlsen
How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World

At the age of thirteen years, four months and twenty-six days, Magnus Carlsen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world. The scene of this stunning record: Dubai. The date: April 26, 2004. Predictably, the international press raved about the Norwegian prodigy.

Wonderboy Magnus Carlsen

How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World

Catalog Code: B0006NIC

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Three Hundred Chess Games
English Language Edition

Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch, in Three Hundred Chess Games, takes the combinational school of Paul Morphy and combines it with the positional school founded by Wilhelm Steinitz. The result is a powerful system of chess player utilitized by some of the greatest masters since the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Tarrasch's system reflects the entire store of knowledge of chess, up to the hypermodern era.

Three Hundred Chess Games

English Language Edition

Catalog Code: B0007HY

Our Price: $19.95

Chess Praxis
21st Century Edition

This book is Grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch's companion volume to MY SYSTEM. This classic is one of the best selling and most instructive chess books of all time. Thousands of satisfied customers have used this book to improve their understanding of positional chess play.

Chess Praxis

21st Century Edition

Catalog Code: B0008HY

Our Price: $17.95

Leningrad Dutch
Strategy and Tactics

This book arms the reader with a dynamic counter to White's 1. d4 and includes up-to-date game references along with fresh analysis and numerous original suggestions. Many 1.d4 players have a secret dread for the Leningrad Dutch and rightly so! Discover why increasing numbers of serious players are turning to the Leningrad Dutch in answer to White's solid 1. d4.

Leningrad Dutch

Strategy and Tactics

Catalog Code: B0014HY

Our Price: $9.95

Bobby Fischer - Complete Games Of the American World Chess Champion

A thorough look at the games of the man recognized as the greatest Chess player of all time. Bobby Fischer's genius and uncompromised attitude raised the entire world's consciousness of chess and paved the way for multi-million dollar prize funds enjoyed by today's top players.

Bobby Fischer - Complete Games Of the American World Chess Champion

Catalog Code: B0009HY

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The Game Of Chess
Lessons in Classical Chess From the Greatest Teacher of All Time

A famous chess manual for 75 years, now re-edited for the modern chess player. Dr. Tarrasch was one of the world's strongest players in the late 19th century and this manual teaches chess from the novice level to Class A / Expert strength players. It fully covers, tactics, endings, and opening play. A must for every serious chess player.

The Game Of Chess

Lessons in Classical Chess From the Greatest Teacher of All Time

Catalog Code: B0006HY

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Winning Chess Tactics For Juniors
84 One- Two- and Three-Move Combinations for the Developing Chessplayer

In our modern era in which many chess opening and middlegame positions are guided by sophisticated stratagems, the iron fist of tactical blows is still inevitably the final arbiter of the result.

Winning Chess Tactics For Juniors

84 One- Two- and Three-Move Combinations for the Developing Chessplayer

Catalog Code: B0003HY

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The Middlegame - BOOK 1
Static Features

Max Euwe was World Chess Champion in the 1930s and he collaborated with International Master Kramer to write this great treatise on how to play chess middlegames. Book I of the series covers pawn formations and static features of the game of chess. Thousands of satisfied customers have made this one of the most popular books on chess middlegames. Completely re-edited and translated to algebraic notation in this 1994 edition.

The Middlegame - BOOK 1

Static Features

Catalog Code: B0004HY

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The Middlegame - BOOK 2
Dynamic and Subjective Features

Max Euwe was World Chess Champion in the 1930s and he collaborated with International Master Kramer to write this great treatise on how to play chess middlegames. Book II of the series covers the dynamic features of the game of chess.

The Middlegame - BOOK 2

Dynamic and Subjective Features

Catalog Code: B0005HY

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E.C.O. Busted

Although E.C.O. is the Bible of modern opening theory, there have been numerous discoveries, both from tournament and postal play, since the latest editions. In these pages you will find hundreds of splendid opening traps, reversals, and pitfalls.

E.C.O. Busted

Catalog Code: B0012HY

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My System - 21st Century Edition
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams

For many years, Nimzovich was known as the "Stormy Petrel" of the chess world. Today, his profound theories of positional chess are accepted as a matter of course, and a knowledge of them is essential to every player who wants to improve his game. My System describes a theory of chess; it also describes the character and genius of its author.

My System - 21st Century Edition

The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams

Catalog Code: B0002HY

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