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CHESS BOOKS
Soviet Chess Strategy
Soviet Chess Strategy is a collection of Suetin's finest writing. Suetin instructs the reader on all the key aspects of strategic play, including the centre, dynamism, accurate evaluation, attack and defence, and the relationship between strategy and tactics. It is not too late to become a pupil in the Soviet chess school!
Soviet Chess Strategy
Catalog Code: B0038QT
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The Sicilian Defense - Grandmaster Repertoire 6
Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship. Grandmaster Repertoire provides a repertoire to last a lifetime.
The Sicilian Defense - Grandmaster Repertoire 6
Catalog Code: B0039QT
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1. d4 - Grandmaster Repertoire 2 - VOLUME 2
"Grandmaster Repertoire" is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.
1. d4 - Grandmaster Repertoire 2 - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: B0033QT
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Attacking Manual - VOLUME 2
British Champion Jacob Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage) in an accessible and entertaining style. This groundbreaking work is well balanced between easily understandable examples, exercises and deep analysis. Five years in the making, this book will surely not disappoint.
Attacking Manual - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: B0034QT
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Secrets of Creative Thinking
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 5
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 5
In this final volume of the series, the authors deal with various creative aspects, such as the calculation of variations and the development of intuition. It also explores the psychology of taking decisions, both when attacking and when defending.
Secrets of Creative Thinking
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 5
Catalog Code: B0016OE
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The Quality Chess Puzzle Book
The Quality Chess Puzzle Book starts with less difficult thematic combinations, then moves on to various scenarios where tactics arise such as in Endgames, Defence, Positions with Pawn Promotions and even the games of Vassily Ivanchuk, before ending with the appropriately named Brain Crushers, where the reader's challenge is made more realistic by puzzles where the crash-bang-wallop moment is a few moves in the future.
The Quality Chess Puzzle Book
Catalog Code: B0041QT
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The English Opening - Grandmaster Repertoire 3 - VOLUME 1
Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.
The English Opening - Grandmaster Repertoire 3 - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0020QT
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Secrets of Positional Play
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 4
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 4
The main theme of Volume 4 is "prophylaxis", a concept first expounded by Nimzowitsch and one which has been brilliantly developed by Mark Dvoretsky and his pupils. The art of positional play is explained in terms of planning, maneuvering, the study of typical positions, and deep strategy in grandmaster games.
Secrets of Positional Play
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 4
Catalog Code: B0015OE
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Beat the KID
The King's Indian Defence is one of Black's most ambitious and popular replies to 1.d4 so White needs to be well prepared. Jan Markos shows the way with three separate repertoires for White. Each of the lines he explains has a different style, ranging from solidly positional to wildly attacking.
Beat the KID
Catalog Code: B0003QT
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1. d4 - Grandmaster Repertoire 1 - VOLUME 1
"Grandmaster Repertoire" is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship.
1. d4 - Grandmaster Repertoire 1 - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0026QT
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The Berlin Wall
The Berlin variation of the Spanish Opening is one of the best and most popular openings among world-class chess players because there are relatively few forcing lines. Black can play a completely sound chess opening based on understanding, rather than memorising theory.
The Berlin Wall
Catalog Code: B0019QT
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Build Up Your Chess - VOLUME 1
The Fundamentals
The Fundamentals
A book for chess players who want to build their skills on solid foundations. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles.
Build Up Your Chess - VOLUME 1
The Fundamentals
Catalog Code: B0015QT
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Attacking Manual - VOLUME 1
British Champion Jacob Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage) in an accessible and entertaining style. This groundbreaking work is well balanced between easily understandable examples, exercises and deep analysis. Five years in the making, this book will surely not disappoint. Volume I deals with bringing all the pieces into the action, momentum, colour schemes, strongest and weakest points, evolution/revolution.
Attacking Manual - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0014QT
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222 Opening Traps After 1. d4
Traps lurk in every stage of a chess game, but they occur especially often in the opening. In this instructional volume, the two internationally recognized masters of the game cover the traps that can be expected after the double advance of the white d-pawn. For every possible opening after 1.d4. including the Queen's Gambit or the King's Indian Defense - there are explanatory texts detailing the most typical trap motifs.
222 Opening Traps After 1. d4
Catalog Code: B0010OE
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Beating The Open Games
In this book Marin reveals his own opening repertoire, which he prepared for high-level international competition. But besides giving concrete answers to any worries players might have about facing the Open Games, Marin uses his renowned writing skills to lucidly convey the main strategic ideas.
Beating The Open Games
Catalog Code: B0001QT
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Play the Semi-Slav
The Semi-Slav is one of the most popular replies to 1.d4, especially in top level chess
American IM and theoretical expert David Vigorito provides a full repertoire for Black with two options against the main lines. If you want to play this topical opening you cannot do without this book.
American IM and theoretical expert David Vigorito provides a full repertoire for Black with two options against the main lines. If you want to play this topical opening you cannot do without this book.
Play the Semi-Slav
Catalog Code: B0010QT
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Secrets of Opening Preparation
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 2
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 2
This helpful chess handbook discusses how to build an opening repertoire and produce opening novelties. Additionally, it explores the connection between the opening and the later stages of the middlegame and the endgame.
Secrets of Opening Preparation
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: B0007OE
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Secrets of Endgame Technique
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 3
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 3
Proper technique is central to executing successful endgame play. This instructional guide provides information on how to study the endgame and analyze endgame positions. It also illustrates the highly important technique of converting an advantage.
Secrets of Endgame Technique
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 3
Catalog Code: B0008OE
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Chess Praxis
A supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France.
Chess Praxis
Catalog Code: B0007QT
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A Spanish Repertoire for Black
As the title suggests, the repertoire is based on the respected Spanish Opening, or the Ruy Lopez, as it is commonly called in the United States. In his previous book, Beating the Open Games, Grandmaster Mihail Marin dealt with White's options up to 3.Bb5. Now Marin provides all the answers for Black after 4.Ba4.
A Spanish Repertoire for Black
Catalog Code: B0008QT
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My System
Aron Nimzowitsch was one of the greatest chess players of the 1920s and 1930s, ranked just behind the famous World Champions Alekhine and Capablanca. His reputation as an author is higher still.
My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch's ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch's work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player's education.
My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch's ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch's work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player's education.
My System
Catalog Code: B0009QT
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True Lies in Chess
True Lies in Chess
Catalog Code: B0025QT
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San Luis 2005
San Luis 2005 is the most celebrated chess tournament of the decade. Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov triumphed and proved that he is a worthy successor to World Champions such as Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. In this ambitious work, Gershon and Nor analyze all the games from the tournament, but there is no danger of the reader drowning in masses of variations, as the authors clearly explain the ideas behind the moves.
San Luis 2005
Catalog Code: B0028QT
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Secrets of Chess Training
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 1
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.
Secrets of Chess Training
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0006OE
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Experts vs. The Sicilian
Updated and Revised
Updated and Revised
The Sicilian Defence is the most popular opening at all levels of tournament play from Linares to the local club championship. The Sicilian is played regularly by Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Topalov, and Shirov - a.k.a. the best players in the world. In this book a multinational line-up of leading experts give recommendations against their own pet lines in the Sicilian Defence. This repertoire book recommends the critical main lines and reveals Black's greatest fears to you. Experts vs. the Sicilian is the no-nonsense opening repertoire for players of all strengths who want to teach the Sicilian players a lesson or two...
Experts vs. The Sicilian
Updated and Revised
Catalog Code: B0002QT
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Chess for Kids and Parents
It is widely accepted that learning chess has a very positive effect on children. Many parents want to help their children to study chess, but don't know how to do it. This book is the solution. It is a practical handbook that teaches the mysteries of chess with a light touch.
Chess for Kids and Parents
Catalog Code: B0004QT
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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.
Practical Chess Defence
Catalog Code: B0012QT
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Understanding Chess Tactics
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When FM Martin Weteschnik started working as a trainer in his local chess club, he quickly realized that even the stronger club players had great weaknesses in their tactical play. He also discovered that simply asking them to solve a huge number of puzzles did not fix the problem. These players clearly needed a good book, but when Weteschnik looked for it he found nothing suitable, so he decided to write it himself. To his surprise, the book quickly became very successful in his native Germany, where one reviewer called it an "instant classic."
Understanding Chess Tactics
Catalog Code: B0022QT
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Spanish Exchange Variation
A Fischer Favorite - White Repertoire for Tournament Players
A Fischer Favorite - White Repertoire for Tournament Players
The Spanish Exchange Variation lets you play one of the major chess openings, the Ruy Lopez, without the risk of drowning in the huge flow of information now available to the modern chess-player. White's play in this opening is often very thematic, thus an understanding of the typical positions is more important than concrete knowledge of variations.
Spanish Exchange Variation
A Fischer Favorite - White Repertoire for Tournament Players
Catalog Code: B0012OE
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Leningrad System
A Complete Weapon Against 1. d4
A Complete Weapon Against 1. d4
The Leningrad System is one of the sharpest and most interesting replies to 1. d4. Since this typical set-up is also playable against the flank openings 1. c4 and 1. Nf3, it provides the Black player with a genuine universal weapon.
Leningrad System
A Complete Weapon Against 1. d4
Catalog Code: B0017OE
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Challenging the Grunfeld
The young Scottish IM delivers a profound yet entertaining survey of the statistically most dangerous line against the Grunfeld Defence: the Modern Exchange Variation with 8.Rb1. Dearing has achieved the very difficult balance between analytical depth and general explanation which is seldom achieved even by seasoned writers.
Challenging the Grunfeld
Catalog Code: B0011QT
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Tiger's Modern
In this book Swedish grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Persson presents his own favourite defence against 1.e4, the Modern Defence with a6. With his trademark laidback approach, he explains the different White replies to his system. His repertoire is based on deep understanding, common themes, and interesting games, rather than simply theory to be memorized.
Tiger's Modern
Catalog Code: B0021QT
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Rook vs. 2 Minor Pieces
Many chess players shy away from positions with material imbalances, because they feel insecure in the face of their unclear nature. Traditional chess teaching does not spend much time on understanding such imbalances, but in this original book Esben Lund discusses one of the most common imbalances, where one player has a rook, and the other two minor pieces.
Rook vs. 2 Minor Pieces
Catalog Code: B0023QT
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Opening Developments
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 4
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 4
The fourth in Mark Dvoretsky's School of Chess Excellence series, this book analyzes opening problems that players may face in any game. As always, there are numerous examples to help illustrate the best choices to make for chess success.
Opening Developments
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 4
Catalog Code: B0004OE
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Tactical Play
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 2
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 2
In this second book in his School of Chess Excellence series, Mark Dvoretsky looks at combinations and tactical techniques and suggests methods for developing a player's ability to calculate.
Tactical Play
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: B0002OE
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Endgame Analysis
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 1
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 1
Mark Dvoretsky is regarded as the leading chess coach in the world, and the first book in his School of Chess Excellence series is devoted to the endgame. He analyzes a wide range of positions, and his comments are packed with advice. Special test positions and frequent questions ensure the reader's participation.
Endgame Analysis
School of Chess Excellence - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0001OE
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